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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1968#August 1968|1968]] - August 18 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:680818 - Lecture SB 07.09.12 - Montreal|Lecture SB 07.09.12 - Montreal]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/680818SB-MONTREAL_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"For offering prayer to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, you do not require any high qualification. It doesn't matter. You can offer your prayer from any standard of life. Not that you have to become a very learned man, very scholarly man, and you have to present your prayers in a very nicely selected words so that poetry, rhetoric, prosody, everything is there, metaphor. Nothing required. Simply you have to express your feelings."|Vanisource:680818 - Lecture SB 07.09.12 - Montreal|680818 - Lecture SB 07.09.12 - Montreal}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Physical conception is temporary. The vibration conception is eternal|There are two conceptions: the physical conception and the vibration conception. So physical conception is temporary. The vibration conception is eternal.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|As soon as we chant Hare Krsna or chant Bhagavad-gita or Bhagavata, so He is present immediately by His vibration. He's absolute. Therefore try to remember His words of instruction; you'll not feel separation. You'll feel that He is with you|As soon as we chant Hare Kṛṣṇa or chant Bhagavad-gītā or Bhāgavata, so He is present immediately by His vibration. He's absolute. Therefore try to remember His words of instruction; you'll not feel separation. You'll feel that He is with you. So we should associate by the vibration, and not by the physical presence. That is real association.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|He (one European gentleman) said that "I find in this temple there is God." "Why? Why you conclude like that?" "That in every temple I saw, that the god, deity, is doing something. But here I see the God is enjoying. He has nothing to do"|He (one European gentleman) said that "I find in this temple there is God." "Why? Why you conclude like that?" "That in every temple I saw, that the god, deity, is doing something. But here I see the God is enjoying. He has nothing to do"Very nice conclusion. This is Vedic conclusion.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1970#August 1970|1970]] - August 18 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:700818 - Letter to My Beloved Disciples at New Vrindaban written from Tokyo|Letter to My Beloved Disciples at New Vrindaban written from Tokyo]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am very much encouraged to know that you are all advancing in KC at New Vrndavana and I am very much eager to see your transcendental community grow still more to become an ideal Krsna conscious asrama|I am very much encouraged to know that you are all advancing in Krsna consciousness at New Vrndavana and I am very much eager to see your transcendental community grow still more to become and ideal Krsna conscious asrama. So please follow the regular schedule of Krsna activities and be happy.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700818 - Letter to Satsvarupa written from Tokyo|Letter to Satsvarupa written from Tokyo]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|He is a good worker in Sydney; he should be encouraged|He is a good worker in Sydney; he should be encouraged.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700818 - Letter to Upendra written from Tokyo|Letter to Upendra written from Tokyo]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We have already got invitation from various places like Mt. Abu, Nainital Hill Station, Gorakhpur and many other important cities. With my party at the present moment we are five Sannyasis and one householder|We have already got invitation from various places like Mt. Abu, Nainital Hill Station, Gorakhpur and many other important cities. With my party at the present moment we are five Sannyasis and one householder.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1971#August 1971|1971]] - August 18 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:710818 - Letter to Bhakta dasa written from London|Letter to Bhakta dasa written from London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If there are enough qualified devotees on hand to care for Lord Jagannatha, then certainly He should come there. So make nice arrangements for Him|If there are enough qualified devotees on hand to care for Lord Jagannatha, then certainly He should come there. So make nice arrangements for Him.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710818 - Letter to Madhusudana written from London|Letter to Madhusudana written from London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The point is that these drawings should be realistic. Not that you make Krishna a cartoon character and therefore laughing stock. And hippy ideas shouldn't be used either|The point is that these drawings should be realistic. Not that you make Krishna a cartoon character and therefore laughing stock. And hippy ideas shouldn't be used either. Whatever technique is there, make it realistic. That will be nice.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972#August 1972|1972]] - August 18 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:720818 - Lecture SB 01.02.15 - Los Angeles|Lecture SB 01.02.15 - Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Just follow his order. Spiritual master is along with you by his words. Just like my spiritual master is not physically present, but I am associating with him by his words|Just follow his order. Spiritual master is along with you by his words. Just like my spiritual master is not physically present, but I am associating with him by his words.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|By the karma-bandhana, we are transmigrating from one soul, one body to another. This is not Darwin's theory. I am the soul. I am changing, I am selecting my body, in this life. Not that by nature there is a, I mean to say, gradual evolution|This living entity simply enters a particular type of body. Actually, it enters, because... Suppose I am doing something, my next life has to become a dog, that is my punishment. Then I'll have to enter into the womb of a dog mother, and she will give me the body of dog. Then I come out and enjoy like dog. This is the law. This is the law. Not that my body is turning.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Although we cannot test, but sastra gives us the chance of testing. We accept spiritual master by testing, not by blind faith. No. According to the Vedic instruction, tad-vijnanartham|We are accepting Kṛṣṇa as God not blindly, but by testing. By testing. His character is mentioned in the books. Therefore, we accept God, not by blind faith, but by testing. Although we cannot test, but śāstra gives us the chance of testing. We accept spiritual master by testing, not by blind faith. No. According to the Vedic instruction, tad-vijñānārtham.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1973#August 1973|1973]] - August 18 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:730818 - Lecture BG 02.12 - London|Lecture BG 02.12 - London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Either Krsna or we, every one of us are ever-existing, because we are part and parcel of Krsna. Therefore, if Krsna is ever-existing, so we are also ever-existing|Either Kṛṣṇa or we, every one of us are ever-existing, because we are part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa. Therefore, if Kṛṣṇa is ever-existing, so we are also ever-existing. A particle of gold is gold, qualitatively. The value of gold mine and the gold earring may be different. Gold earring may be, say, hundred dollars, but a gold mine, millions of dollars. But both of them are gold.}} | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/730818BG-LONDON_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"We are taking so much care of this body, but the ultimate end of this body is either stool, earth or ashes. So foolish persons who are in the bodily concept of life, they are thinking, "After all, this body will be finished. So, so long the body is there, senses are there, let us enjoy. Why so much restrictions—no illicit sex, no gambling, no...? These are all nonsense. Let us enjoy life." This is atheistic life. Foolish life. They do not know. So the body is not all. This is the first lesson to understand, what is spiritual life, what is spiritual knowledge. But all rascals, they do not know. Therefore Kṛṣṇa first of all slapped Arjuna: aśocyān anvaśocas tvaṁ prajñā-vādāṁś ca bhāṣase ([[Vanisource:BG 2.11 (1972)|BG 2.11]]). 'You do not know what is the fact, and talking like a very learned man. Just try to understand what is truth.' Na tv evāhaṁ jātu ([[Vanisource:BG 2.12 (1972)|BG 2.12]])."|Vanisource:730818 - Lecture BG 02.12 - London|730818 - Lecture BG 02.12 - London}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1974#August 1974|1974]] - August 18 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:740818 - Lecture Excerpt - Vrndavana|Lecture Excerpt - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| A devotee wants to see that everyone is happy|We want to see whether you have advanced in the matter of loving God. Not that "Superficially I am very advanced in religion, but I do not know how to love." This is the test. A devotee wants to see that everyone is happy. It doesn't matter whether he is a Hindu or a Muslim or a Christian. It doesn't matter. We want to see that everyone is happy.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740818 - Letter to Balabhadra and Ratnaranjini written from Vrndavana|Letter to Balabhadra and Ratnaranjini written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740818 - Letter to Ksirodakasayi written from Vrndavana|Letter to Ksirodakasayi written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740818 - Letter to Madhudvisa written from Vrndavana|Letter to Madhudvisa written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|My only request to my disciples all over the world on this day is to go on pushing on this movement with determination and sincerity, rigidly following the principles I have given you|My only request to my disciples all over the world on this day is to go on pushing on this movement with determination and sincerity, rigidly following the principles I have given you.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740818 - Letter to Nalinikanta and Ratnesvari written from Vrndavana|Letter to Nalinikanta and Ratnesvari written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740818 - Letter to Nayanabhirama written from Vrndavana|Letter to Nayanabhirama written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740818 - Letter to Purnaprajna and Narayani written from Vrndavana|Letter to Purnaprajna and Narayani written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| It is stated by Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura it is only by pleasing the Spiritual Master that one can be assured of pleasing Krishna. So my only request to my disciples all over the world on this day is to go on pushing on this movement| It is stated by Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura it is only by pleasing the Spiritual Master that one can be assured of pleasing Krishna. So my only request to my disciples all over the world on this day is to go on pushing on this movement with determination and sincerity.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#August 1975|1975]] - August 18 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:750818 - Letter to Shaktimati written from Bombay|Letter to Shaktimati written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You are an experienced lady, and you can teach especially the girls there to cook nicely for the Deity, to prepare flower garlands nicely for the Deity, to clean and dress the Deity nicely|You are an experienced lady, and you can teach especially the girls there to cook nicely for the Deity, to prepare flower garlands nicely for the Deity, to clean and dress the Deity nicely.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#August 1976|1976]] - August 18 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:760818 - Lecture SB 01.07.06 - Hyderabad|Lecture SB 01.07.06 - Hyderabad]]''' | |||
{| | {{youtube_ditl|Tjbh5SCJ2S4|[[Vaniquotes:There is no credit for me, but it is only a teeny attempt, and humble attempt. So if one man could do, if you say, some success, why not all of us?|There is no Credit for Me - 0079]]|01:52 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.07.06 in Hyderabad}} | ||
| | {{VaniQuotebox|There is no credit for me, but it is only a teeny attempt, and humble attempt. So if one man could do, if you say, some success, why not all of us?|There is no credit for me, but it is only a teeny attempt, and humble attempt. So if one man could do, if you say, some success, why not all of us? Caitanya Mahāprabhu has given power of attorney to all Indians.}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox|This is the prediction of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. As many towns and villages are there all over the world, this Krsna consciousness movement will be spread|This is the prediction of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. As many towns and villages are there all over the world, this Krsna consciousness movement will be spread.}} | |||
| | {{VaniQuotebox|We have got our centers in Iran also. In Tehran, I am just coming from there. We have got so many Mohammedan students, and they have also taken to it. In Africa they have taken to it. In Australia they have taken to it. All over the world|We have got our centers in Iran also. In Tehran, I am just coming from there. We have got so many Mohammedan students, and they have also taken to it. In Africa they have taken to it. In Australia they have taken to it. All over the world. So that is the Caitanya Mahāprabhu's mission.}} | ||
|} | {{VaniQuotebox|Why not try to take the instruction of Bhagavad-gita, the instruction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and try to utilize it for practical life. And it will be successful. There is no doubt about it. I am speaking from my practical experience|Why not try to take the instruction of Bhagavad-gita, the instruction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and try to utilize it for practical life. And it will be successful. There is no doubt about it. I am speaking from my practical experience.}} | ||
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1968 - August 18
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "For offering prayer to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, you do not require any high qualification. It doesn't matter. You can offer your prayer from any standard of life. Not that you have to become a very learned man, very scholarly man, and you have to present your prayers in a very nicely selected words so that poetry, rhetoric, prosody, everything is there, metaphor. Nothing required. Simply you have to express your feelings." |
| 680818 - Lecture SB 07.09.12 - Montreal |
1970 - August 18
 vanipedia.org |
He is a good worker in Sydney; he should be encouraged. |
1971 - August 18
1972 - August 18
1973 - August 18
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "We are taking so much care of this body, but the ultimate end of this body is either stool, earth or ashes. So foolish persons who are in the bodily concept of life, they are thinking, "After all, this body will be finished. So, so long the body is there, senses are there, let us enjoy. Why so much restrictions—no illicit sex, no gambling, no...? These are all nonsense. Let us enjoy life." This is atheistic life. Foolish life. They do not know. So the body is not all. This is the first lesson to understand, what is spiritual life, what is spiritual knowledge. But all rascals, they do not know. Therefore Kṛṣṇa first of all slapped Arjuna: aśocyān anvaśocas tvaṁ prajñā-vādāṁś ca bhāṣase (BG 2.11). 'You do not know what is the fact, and talking like a very learned man. Just try to understand what is truth.' Na tv evāhaṁ jātu (BG 2.12)." |
| 730818 - Lecture BG 02.12 - London |
1974 - August 18
- Letter to Balabhadra and Ratnaranjini written from Vṛndāvana
- Letter to Ksirodakasayi written from Vṛndāvana
- Letter to Madhudvisa written from Vṛndāvana
- Letter to Nalinikanta and Ratnesvari written from Vṛndāvana
- Letter to Nayanabhirama written from Vṛndāvana
- Letter to Purnaprajna and Narayani written from Vṛndāvana
1975 - August 18
1976 - August 18
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