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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1969#August 1969|1969]] - August 06 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:690806 - Letter to Devananda written from Los Angeles|Letter to Devananda written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You should write articles for Back To Godhead. You are very intelligent boy, and writing will be a good manner for you to keep your intelligence engaged and doing nice preaching work|You should write articles for Back To Godhead. You are very intelligent boy, and writing will be a good manner for you to keep your intelligence engaged and doing nice preaching work.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690806 - Letter to Hayagriva written from Los Angeles|Letter to Hayagriva written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Please take care of Birbhadra, Girish and Dwarkadish, and make them nice brahmacharies. Treat them like your own children. These boys are future hope for our preaching Krishna Consciousness, so help them grow in that spirit|Please take care of Birbhadra, Girish and Dwarkadish, and make them nice brahmacharies. Treat them like your own children. These boys are future hope for our preaching Krishna Consciousness, so help them grow in that spirit}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690806 - Letter to Kirtanananda written from Los Angeles|Letter to Kirtanananda written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Cut berries, green apples or green tomatoes into pieces. Without adding water, add a mixture of equal quantities of salt, turmeric and red peppers|Your recipe for pickling foodstuffs, it is all right, but it will be nicer still if you follow the following procedure: Cut berries, green apples or green tomatoes into pieces. Without adding water, add a mixture of equal quantities of salt, turmeric and red peppers. Then let it be dried in the sunlight as far as possible. When this is done, put it either in mustard oil or in olive oil, and it will then keep for years.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690806 - Letter to Pradyumna written from Los Angeles|Letter to Pradyumna written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You have got more important business than selling. Both your wife and yourself are meant for publication department|Regarding your idea for opening a store, don't bother with it. Let Gargamuni do it; not others. You have got more important business than selling. Both your wife and yourself are meant for publication department.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690806 - Letter to Satsvarupa written from Los Angeles|Letter to Satsvarupa written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I think it will be ideal for beginning our printing department in Boston immediately. You have written that there are two big halls, so do you think one of these halls will be nice for printing machines and workshop?|I think it will be ideal for beginning our printing department in Boston immediately. You have written that there are two big halls, so do you think one of these halls will be nice for printing machines and workshop? You may immediately write to Advaita and Vaikunthanatha in New York and invite them to go there to Boston to begin printing operations.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690806 - Letter to Shyama Dasi written from Los Angeles|Letter to Shyama Dasi written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am glad that you are working very hard in assisting your good husband. So my idea of combining you as husband and wife is now fulfilled, and you both continue to render your important service to Krishna|I am glad that you are working very hard in assisting your good husband. So my idea of combining you as husband and wife is now fulfilled, and you both continue to render your important service to Krishna.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690806 - Letter to Subala written from Los Angeles|Letter to Subala written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| I am thinking that the press department may immediately be begun now in Boston in the new house, so there is necessity for funds for purchasing printing equipment and the necessary paraphernalia for printing our many books| I am thinking that the press department may immediately be begun now in Boston in the new house, so there is necessity for funds for purchasing printing equipment and the necessary paraphernalia for printing our many books.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1970#August 1970|1970]] - August 06 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:700806 - Letter to Upendra written from Los Angeles|Letter to Upendra written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our ISKCON should be taken as being a family based upon love and trust|All my disciples must work combinedly and with cooperation to spread this Sankirtana Movement. If you cannot work together then my work is stopped up. Our Society is like one big family and our relationships should be based on love and trust. We must give up the fighting spirit and use our intelligence to push ahead. You should accept help from your Godbrothers.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700806 - Letter to Vyasa written from Los Angeles|Letter to Vyasa written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Anyone can understand that behind the beauty of nature, behind the succulent fruits and vegetables, and behind the wonderful heat and light of the sun, there is a Friend. So we should contact that Dearmost Friend, Krsna. That is rational thinking|Anyone can understand that behind the beauty of nature, behind the succulent fruits and vegetables, and behind the wonderful heat and light of the sun, there is a Friend. So we should contact that Dearmost Friend, Krsna. That is rational thinking.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1971#August 1971|1971]] - August 06 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:710806 - Lecture SB 01.01.01 - London|Lecture SB 01.01.01 - London]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/710806SB-LONDON_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"We are offering obeisances to a temporary manifestation of tejo-vāri-mṛdāṁ vinimayaḥ ([[Vanisource:SB 1.1.1|SB 1.1.1]]). Tejaḥ means fire, vāri means water, and mṛt means earth. So you take earth, mix with water, and put it into fire. Then grind it, so it becomes mortar and the brick, and you prepare a very big skyscraper and offer obeisances there. Yes. 'Oh, such a big house, mine'. Tri-sargo 'mṛṣā. But there is another place: dhāmnā svena nirasta-kuhakam. We are offering here obeisances to the bricks, stone, iron. Just like in your country especially—in all Western countries—there are so many statues. The same thing, tejo-vāri-mṛdāṁ vinimayaḥ. But when we install Deity, actually the form, eternal form of Kṛṣṇa, nobody offers obeisances. They'll go to offer obeisances to the dead. Just like in British Museum."|Vanisource:710806 - Lecture SB 01.01.01 - London|710806 - Lecture SB 01.01.01 - London}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We belong to Gaudiya-sampradaya - Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, from the disciplic succession of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. We have got immense literature to understand God|We belong to Gauḍīya-sampradāya—Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, from the disciplic succession of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. We have got immense literature to understand God. One who wants to understand God through philosophy, science, argument, logic, so to supply them material, we have got immense literature, Vedic literature. So one of them is mentioned here, Kṛṣṇa-sandarbha, what is Kṛṣṇa.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710806 - Lecture SB 01.02.06 - London|Lecture SB 01.02.06 - London]]''' | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972#August 1972|1972]] - August 06 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:720806 - Letter to Damodara written from London|Letter to Damodara written from London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|These debts must be paid, that is important business. Along with our preaching and propaganda work, we must also give attention to financial matters, otherwise the whole thing will collapse and it will be a farce|These debts must be paid, that is important business. Along with our preaching and propaganda work, we must also give attention to financial matters, otherwise the whole thing will collapse and it will be a farce.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|It is understood that Laksmi is favorable because her husband Narayana is being served nicely. If Laksmi is unfavorable, then we must increase our preaching efforts, and strive for pleasing the Supreme Personality of Godhead|It is understood that Laksmi is favorable because her husband Narayana is being served nicely. If Laksmi is unfavorable, then we must increase our preaching efforts, and strive for pleasing the Supreme Personality of Godhead.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720806 - Letter to Hrdayananda written from London|Letter to Hrdayananda written from London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Simply read our Sanskrit wherever it appears in our books and teach these slokas to the devotees, do not waste time by studying Sanskrit independently of our books|Simply read our Sanskrit wherever it appears in our books and teach these slokas to the devotees, do not waste time by studying Sanskrit independently of our books.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720806 - Letter to Jadurani written from London|Letter to Jadurani written from London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Generally the Lord is standing. Anyway it can be done, paint it like that. Even when it appears that the Lord is alone, it does not mean He is alone|Generally the Lord is standing. Anyway it can be done, paint it like that. Even when it appears that the Lord is alone, it does not mean He is alone.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720806 - Letter to Yadubara written from London|Letter to Yadubara written from London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You should submit to me a weekly report as secretary of our Bombay center, as I am always anxious to know how the things are going on there|You should submit to me a weekly report as secretary of our Bombay center, as I am always anxious to know how the things are going on there.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1973#August 1973|1973]] - August 06 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:730806 - Lecture BG 02.06 - London|Lecture BG 02.06 - London]]''' | |||
{| | {{youtube_ditl|60JIzGMct3Q|[[Vaniquotes:Because a ksatriya family, it is to be understood they must go on fighting. Even in their marriage there would be fighting. Without fighting, no marriage takes place in ksatriya family|Krishna had 16,108 wives, <br/>and almost in each time He had to fight, to gain the wife - 0248]]|06:30 minutes from a lecture on BG 02.06 in London}} | ||
| | {{VaniQuotebox|Because a ksatriya family, it is to be understood they must go on fighting. Even in their marriage there would be fighting. Without fighting, no marriage takes place in ksatriya family|Because a ksatriya family, it is to be understood they must go on fighting. Even in their marriage there would be fighting. Without fighting, no marriage takes place in ksatriya family. Kṛṣṇa had 16,108 wives, and almost in each time He had to fight, to gain the wife. It was a sporting. For kṣatriya to fight, it was a sporting.}} | ||
{{youtube_ditl|F8EpbZvJezI|[[Vaniquotes:Whatever you do, it must have some relationship with the satisfaction of Krsna. If Krsna is satisfied, then you act. That is Krsna consciousness|The Question was Raised that, Why War Takes Place? - 0249]]|10:06 minutes from a lecture on BG 02.06 in London}} | |||
| | {{VaniQuotebox|Whatever you do, it must have some relationship with the satisfaction of Krsna. If Krsna is satisfied, then you act. That is Krsna consciousness|Whatever you do, it must have some relationship with the satisfaction of Kṛṣṇa. If Kṛṣṇa is satisfied, then you act. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. This is love. Just like you love somebody; for the sake of your beloved, you can do anything, and we do sometimes. Similarly, the same thing should be transferred to Kṛṣṇa. That's all.}} | ||
|} | {{youtube_ditl|BXAVj2iS43M|[[Vaniquotes:Whatever you do, it doesn't matter. You have to test it, whether you are doing it for Krsna. That is your perfection. Not only perfection, that is the perfection of your mission of human life|Act for Krishna, Act for God, Not for Your Personal Interest - 0250]]|06:50 minutes from a lecture on BG 02.06 in London}} | ||
{| | {{VaniQuotebox|Whatever you do, it doesn't matter. You have to test it, whether you are doing it for Krsna. That is your perfection. Not only perfection, that is the perfection of your mission of human life|Whatever you do, it doesn't matter. You have to test it, whether you are doing it for Kṛṣṇa. That is your perfection. Not only perfection, that is the perfection of your mission of human life. This human life is meant for that purpose. Because less than human form, the animal life, they are trained, perfection of sense gratification, personal satisfaction.}} | ||
| | {{youtube_ditl|SqOjpXLObI4|[[Vaniquotes:We have to learn how to act only for Krsna, how to love only Krsna. Then our life is successful. And the human life... Because we have also come down from Vaikuntha some millions and millions of years ago|The gopis are Eternal Associates of Krishna - 0251]]|06:37 minutes from a lecture on BG 02.06 in London}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox|We have to learn how to act only for Krsna, how to love only Krsna. Then our life is successful. And the human life... Because we have also come down from Vaikuntha some millions and millions of years ago|We have to learn how to act only for Kṛṣṇa, how to love only Kṛṣṇa. Then our life is successful. And the human life... Because we have also come down from Vaikuṇṭha some millions and millions of years ago. Anādi karama-phale. Anādi means before the creation. We living entities, we are eternal. Even the creation is annihilated after millions and trillions of years, the living entities, they are not annihilated.}} | |||
| | {{youtube_ditl|vM_sJWDK2x0|[[Vaniquotes:The Hanuman policy is: "Take out Sita from the hands of Ravana and get her seated by the side of Rama." The same Sita. Sita means Laksmi. So Laksmi means Narayana's property, God's property|We are Thinking That we are Independent - 0252]]|04:16 minutes from a lecture on BG 02.06 in London}} | ||
|} | {{VaniQuotebox|The Hanuman policy is: "Take out Sita from the hands of Ravana and get her seated by the side of Rama." The same Sita. Sita means Laksmi. So Laksmi means Narayana's property, God's property|The Rāvaṇa policy is "Take away Sītā from the clutches of Rāma and enjoy it." This is Rāvaṇa policy. And the Hanumān policy is: "Take out Sītā from the hands of Rāvaṇa and get her seated by the side of Rāma." The same Sītā. Sītā means Lakṣmī. So Lakṣmī means Nārāyaṇa's property, God's property.}} | ||
{| | {{VaniQuotebox|Yoga, when you are in contact with Krsna, that is the secret of success in this material world, working. Otherwise whatever you are doing, whatever you are working, it will produce some reaction and you will have to enjoy or suffer|Yoga, when you are in contact with Kṛṣṇa, that is the secret of success in this material world, working. Otherwise whatever you are doing, whatever you are working, it will produce some reaction and you will have to enjoy or suffer.}} | ||
| | :'''[[Vanisource:730806 - Interview - London|Interview - London]]''' | ||
{{VaniQuotebox|Syamasundara told George that if he can give us a…, give us some money, we can purchase. So he has purchased without taking any of our money|Sixty-seven devotees. So we wanted a bigger place. So Śyāmasundara told George that if he can give us a…, give us some money, we can purchase. So he has purchased without taking any of our money.}} | |||
| | :'''[[Vanisource:730806 - Letter to Tamala Krishna written from Bhaktivedanta Manor, UK|Letter to Tamala Krishna written from Bhaktivedanta Manor, UK]]''' | ||
|} | {{VaniQuotebox|Whatever amount you have collected, that also deposit in this account. But the main point is whether any negotiations or settlement|Whatever amount you have collected, that also deposit in this account. But the main point is whether any negotiations or settlement. I am prepared to send the balance of 9 Lacs, but I do not wish to block this amount without definite understanding.}} | ||
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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1974#August 1974|1974]] - August 06 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:740806 - Lecture BG 04.14 - Vrndavana|Lecture BG 04.14 - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If anyone understands that Krsna, or God, is not under any rules and regulation and laws of this material world, then he understands Krsna perfectly|He is nobody's son. He is everybody's father. He is the origin. Nobody can be cause of His creation. This idea should be understood. And if anyone understands that Kṛṣṇa, or God, is not under any rules and regulation and laws of this material world, then he understands Kṛṣṇa perfectly.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740806 - Lecture SB 01.05.25 - Vrndavana|Lecture SB 01.05.25 - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| In the present material condition, our heart is covered with so much garbage of different types of body, just like all of a sudden something comes to your mind - it has no connection - just like a bubble comes out|It is not that we are artificially acquiring this kṛṣṇa-bhakti. No. It is not artificial; it is natural. This is actual fact. In the present material condition, our heart is covered with so much garbage of different types of body, just like all of a sudden something comes to your mind—it has no connection—just like a bubble comes out. Because so many dirty things are reserved on account of our material conditional life for millions and millions of years.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740806 - Letter to Lilavati written from Vrndavana|Letter to Lilavati written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am very glad to learn that your illness is cured. You can take it that it is Krsna's mercy| I am very glad to learn that your illness is cured. You can take it that it is Krsna's mercy. So now I think you have got good engagement there, so continue it always thinking of Krsna at every moment.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740806 - Letter to Madhavananda written from Vrndavana|Letter to Madhavananda written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The Indians there have been cheated by so many rascal swamis who have come simply to collect money and then leave. So our work will be done locally|For Janmastami I am already engaged here, but your proposed meeting is very encouraging. So when you expect me, let me know, and I shall make my program. The Indians there have been cheated by so many rascal swamis who have come simply to collect money and then leave. So our work will be done locally.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740806 - Letter to Yudhisthira written from Vrndavana|Letter to Yudhisthira written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I thank you very much for your sentiments, and I was pleased to visit your house. I liked New Vrindaban very much how everything is going on. Now just develop it to bigger scale|I thank you very much for your sentiments, and I was pleased to visit your house. I liked New Vrindaban very much how everything is going on. Now just develop it to bigger scale. Help Kirtanananda Maharaja to do this.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#August 1975|1975]] - August 06 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:750806 - Morning Walk - Detroit|Morning Walk - Detroit]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You know medical science; we know spiritual science. So let us exchange and be happy. Why you are envious of us?|You know medical science; we know spiritual science. So let us exchange and be happy. Why you are envious of us?}} | |||
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- See also: A Month in the Life of Srila Prabhupada.
1969 - August 06
1970 - August 06
1971 - August 06
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "We are offering obeisances to a temporary manifestation of tejo-vāri-mṛdāṁ vinimayaḥ (SB 1.1.1). Tejaḥ means fire, vāri means water, and mṛt means earth. So you take earth, mix with water, and put it into fire. Then grind it, so it becomes mortar and the brick, and you prepare a very big skyscraper and offer obeisances there. Yes. 'Oh, such a big house, mine'. Tri-sargo 'mṛṣā. But there is another place: dhāmnā svena nirasta-kuhakam. We are offering here obeisances to the bricks, stone, iron. Just like in your country especially—in all Western countries—there are so many statues. The same thing, tejo-vāri-mṛdāṁ vinimayaḥ. But when we install Deity, actually the form, eternal form of Kṛṣṇa, nobody offers obeisances. They'll go to offer obeisances to the dead. Just like in British Museum." |
| 710806 - Lecture SB 01.01.01 - London |
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1973 - August 06
1974 - August 06
1975 - August 06
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