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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1968#August 1968|1968]] - August 23 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:680823 - Lecture Excerpt - Montreal|Lecture Excerpt - Montreal]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/680823LE-MONTREAL_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"We should learn to sacrifice for Kṛṣṇa. That is the sign of love. Yat karoṣi yad aśnāsi yaj juhoṣi ([[Vanisource:BG 9.27 (1972)|BG 9.27]]). If you... you are eating, if you simply decide that 'I shall not eat anything which is not offered to Kṛṣṇa', then Kṛṣṇa will understand, 'Oh, here is a devotee'. 'I shall not see anything except Kṛṣṇa's beauty', Kṛṣṇa can understand. 'I shall not hear anything except Hare Kṛṣṇa and topics on Kṛṣṇa'. These things are there. It does not require that you become very wealthy, very beautiful or very learned. You have to decide that 'I shall not do this without Kṛṣṇa. I shall not do this without Kṛṣṇa. I shall not mix with any man who is not Kṛṣṇa conscious. I shall not talk anything which does not speak about Kṛṣṇa'. So your... 'I shall not go anywhere except Kṛṣṇa's temple. I shall not engage my hands in anything except Kṛṣṇa's business'. In this way, if you train your activities, then you love Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa is purchased—simply by your determination. Kṛṣṇa does not require anything from you. Simply He wants to know whether you have decided to love Kṛṣṇa. That's all."|Vanisource:680823 - Lecture Excerpt - Montreal|680823 - Lecture Excerpt - Montreal}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|To love Krsna we don't require anything. Ahaituky apratihata. It is open for everyone, but we should learn to sacrifice for Krsna. That is the sign of love|To love Kṛṣṇa we don't require anything. Ahaituky apratihatā. It is open for everyone, but we should learn to sacrifice for Kṛṣṇa. That is the sign of love. Yat karoṣi yad aśnāsi yaj juhoṣ. You are eating. If you simply decide that "I shall not eat anything which is not offered to Kṛṣṇa," then Kṛṣṇa will understand, "Oh, here is a devotee."}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:680823 - Letter to Bon Maharaja written from Montreal|Letter to Bon Maharaja written from Montreal]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I beg to inform you that many of my American disciples have become seriously interested in the philosophy of Krishna Conscious. They want to come to Vrindaban to study the Krishna philosophy as authorized and explained by the Gosvamis|I beg to inform you that many of my American disciples have become seriously interested in the philosophy of Krishna Conscious. They want to come to Vrindaban to study the Krishna philosophy and authorized by explained by the Gosvamis and specifically by Jiva Goswami in his six Sandarbha.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:680823 - Letter to Kirtanananda and Hayagriva written from Montreal|Letter to Kirtanananda and Hayagriva written from Montreal]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|In my idea, there should be one central body of trustees for directing all the different centers as well as New Vrindaban, but there must be a local governing body for each center, that is my idea|In my idea, there should be one central body of trustees for directing all the different centers as well as New Vrindaban, but there must be a local governing body for each center, that is my idea. Now you are consulting with some lawyers, you can take their suggestion also, but do everything very nicely so that we can serve Krishna without any difficulty.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Regarding Bhagavat edition: I have already decided that we must have a press|Regarding Bhagavat edition: I have already decided that we must have a press.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am so glad to learn that you are feeling too much engagement in New Vrindaban, and this a spiritual inspiration. Our society should never be a devil's workshop, but it should be certainly the most magnificent platform for spiritual activities|I am sure this Prasadam attraction will make our neighbors friendly and surely they will come in number in future so that New Vrindaban will be ideal place for visiting from the neighboring provinces, countries, I think so and it will be done nicely. I am so glad to learn that you are feeling too much engagement in New Vrindaban, and this a spiritual inspiration. Our society should never be a devil's workshop, but it should be certainly the most magnificent platform for spiritual activities.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:680823 - Letter to Unknown written from Montreal|Letter to Unknown written from Montreal]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Without cleaning the mind, nobody can advance in spiritual understanding. And the chanting of Hare Krishna is the cleansing process of the mind. That is our motto|Without cleaning the mind, nobody can advance in spiritual understanding. And the chanting of Hare Krishna is the cleansing process of the mind. That is our motto.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Eating, sleeping, mating, all these are material demands; the more we minimize, then that is good, but not at the risk of health. Because we have to work for Krishna, so we must maintain our health nicely|Eating, sleeping, mating, all these are material demands; the more we minimize, then that is good, but not at the risk of health. Because we have to work for Krishna, so we must maintain our health nicely.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Caitanya Mahaprabhu said there is millions of Names of God, and one can chant any one of them he prefers. We chant Hare Krishna because Lord Caitanya also chanted Hare Krishna|Caitanya Mahaprabhu also said there is millions of Names of God, and one can chant any one of them he prefers. We chant Hare Krishna because Lord Caitanya also chanted Hare Krishna. We recommend to chant any Name of God, but we prefer to chant the Holy Name of God, Krishna, following the Footprints of Lord Caitanya.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1970#August 1970|1970]] - August 23 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:700823 - Letter to Gargamuni written from Tokyo|Letter to Gargamuni written from Tokyo]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am very glad to note that you are now realizing that without executing the regular routine work of spiritual life nobody can grow spiritual strength and without spiritual strength nobody can preach the Krsna Consciousness Movement|I am very glad to note that you are now realizing that without executing the regular routine work of spiritual life nobody can grow spiritual strength and without spiritual strength nobody can preach the Krsna Consciousness Movement.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I have given you all the Sannyasa order with a great hope that in future you will all work for me|We have a great task before us to preach this Krsna Consciousness all over the world. I have given you all the Sannyasa order with a great hope that in future you will all work for me.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I came to your country to execute the mission of my Spiritual Master at a very old age and by the Grace of my Spiritual Master within four or five years with your cooperation we have expanded beyond expectation|I came to your country to execute the mission of my Spiritual Master at a very old age and by the Grace of my Spiritual Master within four or five years with your cooperation we have expanded beyond expectation. Now if all you Sannyasis work with the same zeal and enthusiasm and if each of you establish another set of 30 to 40 branches with necessary influx of devotees, then I am sure our Krsna Consciousness Movement will prove a solid fact throughout the whole world and for this purpose you have to gather sufficiently spiritual strength.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|So far I am concerned, I am the same Spiritual Father and Guide of both of you and I have prayed all along to Krsna for bringing you back to your good conscience|Sriman Brahmananda Swami Maharaja joined me in my apartment in New York sometimes in 1966 and since then he is working so hard for upliftment of our activities and later on you also joined to help the Movement so strenuously. So your service to Krsna in this connection will never go in vain even though accidentally something contrary has been done. So far I am concerned, I am the same Spiritual Father and Guide of both of you and I have prayed all along to Krsna for bringing you back to your good conscience.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700823 - Letter to Himavati written from Tokyo|Letter to Himavati written from Tokyo]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| I am very glad to learn that you will be walking very soon, but walking or no walking you are always engaged in Krsna's service. That is my confidence| I am very glad to learn that you will be walking very soon, but walking or no walking you are always engaged in Krsna's service. That is my confidence.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700823 - Letter to Umapati written from Tokyo|Letter to Umapati written from Tokyo]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I have already formed a Governing Body Commission, so in my absence they will manage the affairs of the Society|I have already formed a Governing Body Commission, so in my absence they will manage the affairs of the Society. I shall begin my 75th year from the Vyasa Puja Day and if you all combined together manage the affairs of the Society nicely, that will give me a great pleasure.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I shall try to do some work in India regarding the Krsna Consciousness Movement although my physical strength is diminishing. But still now if all you cooperate with me with your full young energy I am still competent to work with you with greater energy|I shall try to do some work in India regarding the Krsna Consciousness Movement although my physical strength is diminishing. But still now if all you cooperate with me with your full young energy I am still competent to work with you with greater energy.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1971#August 1971|1971]] - August 23 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:710823 - Letter to Locanananda written from London|Letter to Locanananda written from London]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710823 - Letter to Tamala Krishna and Gurudasa written from London|Letter to Tamala Krishna and Gurudasa written from London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If we can organize such an institution such as St. Xavier's college and we can give them instruction through the English medium and raise them in a Krishna Conscious culture, we shall get unlimited number of students from respectable families of India|As I have already told you all several times in India, respectable gentlemen want to educate their children through the English medium. If we can organize such an institution such as St. Xavier's college in Calcutta and Bombay and we can give them instruction through the English medium and raise them in a Krishna Conscious culture we shall get unlimited number of students from respectable families of India.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972#August 1972|1972]] - August 23 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:720823 - Lecture SB 01.02.20 - Los Angeles|Lecture SB 01.02.20 - Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Cetas, everything is working within the heart, the whole thing. Heart is the central point of this body|Cetas, everything is working within the heart, the whole thing. Heart is the central point of this body. So when the heart is not punctured by the rajo-guṇa and tamo-guṇa and you become situated on the modes of goodness, then you become jubilant. Jubilant means he can understand at that time that "Why these people are working so hard like cats and dogs?" The human life is meant for understanding what is God.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720823 - Letter to Giriraja written from Los Angeles|Letter to Giriraja written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|People have not yet understood our philosophy, how glorious it is, and how this Indian culture could be accepted throughout the whole world|Then it will be possible to place our philosophy before a very respectable assembly and it will be easier to raise funds also. People have not yet understood our philosophy, how glorious it is, and how this Indian culture could be accepted throughout the whole world.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1973#August 1973|1973]] - August 23 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:730823 - Lecture - London|Lecture - London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|That supreme authority is God, and whatever He gives, the rules and regulation, that is called religion. You cannot change it|That supreme authority is God, and whatever He gives, the rules and regulation, that is called religion. You cannot change it. That the law whimsically, you cannot change. Then you will be punishable.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:730823 - Lecture BG 02.17 - London|Lecture BG 02.17 - London]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|QVAh8FhrP5w|[[Vaniquotes:Rascal guru will say, "Yes, you can eat anything. You can do anything. Religion has nothing to do with eating"|Rascal Guru Will Say, 'Yes, you can eat anything. You can do anything' - 0794]]|04:32 minutes from a lecture on BG 02.17 in London}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Rascal guru will say, "Yes, you can eat anything. You can do anything. Religion has nothing to do with eating"|Just to become little recognized as very religious, he will accept some rascal as guru, magician, and eat everything, do everything, and become spiritualist, and his rascal guru will say, "Yes, you can eat anything. You can do anything. Religion has nothing to do with eating." It is going on. The Christian people, it is explicitly, clearly said, "Thou shall not kill." But they are killing. Still, they are very much proud, "I am Christian." And what kind of Christian you are? You are regularly disobeying the order of Christ, and still you are Christian?}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The test is within our hand. If during mangala-arati we feel laziness, that means I'm not yet spiritually advanced. And if one feels enthused, "Now it is time for mangala-arati, let me stand up, let me do this," then it is spiritual|The test is within our hand. If during maṅgala-ārati we feel laziness, that means I'm not yet spiritually advanced. And if one feels enthused, "Now it is time for maṅgala-ārati, let me stand up, let me do this," then it is spiritual. Anyone can test. Bhaktiḥ pareśānubhavo viraktir anyatra syāt (SB 11.2.42). Bhakti means spiritual. So as soon as you are touched with the Supreme Spirit, viraktir anyatra syāt, no more enjoyment in this material world.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:730823 - Letter to Giriraja written from Bhaktivedanta Manor, UK|Letter to Giriraja written from Bhaktivedanta Manor, UK]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You have a nice talent for writing, practice makes perfect, so continue, it will be appreciated|Writing is a very important part of our work and satsvarupa is always anxious to have new material from the devotees for expanding the BTG. You have a nice talent for writing, practice makes perfect, so continue, it will be appreciated.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:730823 - Letter to Tamala Krishna written from Bhaktivedanta Manor, UK|Letter to Tamala Krishna written from Bhaktivedanta Manor, UK]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|It should be our definite policy that nobody is ill treated that he may go away. We recruit a person to join us after spending gallons of blood|Either Indian or foreign whoever joins us they are not under any obligation, our only tie is Love of Godhead. It should be our definite policy that nobody is ill treated that he may go away. We recruit a person to join us after spending gallons of blood. Everyone comes for reformation, you cannot expect everyone to be perfect, rather it is our duty to make everyone perfect as far as possible. So we shall be very much cautious and careful in this connection.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#August 1976|1976]] - August 23 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:760823 - Morning Walk - Hyderabad|Morning Walk - Hyderabad]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/760823MW-HYDERABAD_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"Suppose you have got good bank balance, nice house and everything, good society, friendship, relative... But at any moment death will come and kick you out. What you can do? Mṛtyuḥ sarva-haraś cāham ([[Vanisource:BG 10.34 (1972)|BG 10.34]]). Death will come and will take everything, what you have got. Finished. And he will make you a dog. Now bark. (laughter) How can you stop it? Prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi ([[Vanisource:BG 3.27 (1972)|BG 3.27]]). You have practiced how to bark in the Legislative Assembly, now go and become a dog and go on barking: yow, yow, yow. (laughter) This is going on. They do not know what is life, what is the purpose of life."|Vanisource:760823 - Morning Walk - Hyderabad|760823 - Morning Walk - Hyderabad}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Famine is punishment from the side of nature. She'll not supply to the raksasas. That is a punishment. Otherwise, there is no question of population|Famine is punishment from the side of nature. She'll not supply to the raksasas. That is a punishment. Otherwise, there is no question of population.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760823 - Letter to G. L. Kapoor written from Hyderabad|Letter to G. L. Kapoor written from Hyderabad]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I feel obliged to this benevolent lady in so many ways for her helping this Krishna Consciousness Movement. I wish that Lord Krishna may give her a long life fully engaged in the service of the Lord|I feel obliged to this benevolent lady in so many ways for her helping this Krishna Consciousness Movement. I wish that Lord Krishna may give her a long life fully engaged in the service of the Lord.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760823 - Letter to Gurukrpa written from Hyderabad|Letter to Gurukrpa written from Hyderabad]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I desire that this project be completed as soon as possible. They inform me that the construction can be completed in five months if funds are provided adequately|I desire that this project be completed as soon as possible. They inform me that the construction can be completed in five months if funds are provided adequately. Therefore you may transfer the above mentioned amount to ISKCON's Mayapur Development Fund in Calcutta, and advise me of the transfer.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760823 - Letter to Krsna Mahanu Bhava written from Hyderabad|Letter to Krsna Mahanu Bhava written from Hyderabad]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|May you be blessed by Lord Krishna so that you may become His pure devotee. I do not know Marathi but I appreciated the books very much|Thank you very much for your kind offering of books and daksina. May you be blessed by Lord Krishna so that you may become His pure devotee. I do not know Marathi but I appreciated the books very much.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760823 - Letter to Lokanatha written from Hyderabad|Letter to Lokanatha written from Hyderabad]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Either I go with you or not, the program which you are doing is completely approved by me. Go on steadily with your program. As long as we are following the regulative principles of devotional service I am always with you|Either I go with you or not, the program which you are doing is completely approved by me. Go on steadily with your program. As long as we are following the regulative principles of devotional service I am always with you.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760823 - Letter to Pusta Krsna written from Hyderabad|Letter to Pusta Krsna written from Hyderabad]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Please send that Bhavan's Journal Manuscript to me in either Delhi or Vrndavana. It is approved by me if you want to sell the farm|Please send that Bhavan's Journal Manuscript to me in either Delhi or Vrndavana. It is approved by me if you want to sell the farm.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760823 - Letter to Ramesvara written from Hyderabad|Letter to Ramesvara written from Hyderabad]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am in due receipt of the BBT Trustees report and have heard your proposal for funding the Mayapur project. Yes your proposal sounds very nice and you may do it. It is very good that this project be a world-wide effort|I am in due receipt of the BBT Trustees report and have heard your proposal for funding the Mayapur project. Yes your proposal sounds very nice and you may do it. It is very good that this project be a world-wide effort.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Gurukrpa Maharaja has taken charge of the collecting for Mayapur now. You can simply send his food relief collection money to Mayapur. When the Bombay project is finished and Mayapur begins, the Mayapur project should be financed in the same way|Gurukrpa Maharaja has taken charge of the collecting for Mayapur now. You can simply send his food relief collection money to Mayapur. When the Bombay project is finished and Mayapur begins, the Mayapur project should be financed in the same way.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760823 - Letter to Sri Paramanand Patel written from Hyderabad|Letter to Sri Paramanand Patel written from Hyderabad]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The distance from Delhi to Vrndavana is not very much. By car it is two and a half hours and by bus it is four hours. So if you come timely in Delhi that is all right, otherwise you have to come via Delhi to Vrndavana. So do the needful|The distance from Delhi to Vrndavana is not very much. By car it is two and a half hours and by bus it is four hours. So if you come timely in Delhi that is all right, otherwise you have to come via Delhi to Vrndavana. So do the needful and in the meantime I hope you are in good health.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760823 - Letter to Tusta Krsna written from Hyderabad|Letter to Tusta Krsna written from Hyderabad]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|That you are growing all your own grains is very good. It is my ambition that all devotees may remain self independent by producing vegetables, grains, milk, fruits, flowers, and by weaving their own cloth in handlooms|It is my ambition that all devotees may remain self independent by producing vegetables, grains, milk, fruits, flowers, and by weaving their own cloth in handlooms. This simple life is very nice. Simple village life saves time for other engagements like chanting the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra.}} | |||
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- See also: A Month in the Life of Srila Prabhupada.
1968 - August 23
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "We should learn to sacrifice for Kṛṣṇa. That is the sign of love. Yat karoṣi yad aśnāsi yaj juhoṣi (BG 9.27). If you... you are eating, if you simply decide that 'I shall not eat anything which is not offered to Kṛṣṇa', then Kṛṣṇa will understand, 'Oh, here is a devotee'. 'I shall not see anything except Kṛṣṇa's beauty', Kṛṣṇa can understand. 'I shall not hear anything except Hare Kṛṣṇa and topics on Kṛṣṇa'. These things are there. It does not require that you become very wealthy, very beautiful or very learned. You have to decide that 'I shall not do this without Kṛṣṇa. I shall not do this without Kṛṣṇa. I shall not mix with any man who is not Kṛṣṇa conscious. I shall not talk anything which does not speak about Kṛṣṇa'. So your... 'I shall not go anywhere except Kṛṣṇa's temple. I shall not engage my hands in anything except Kṛṣṇa's business'. In this way, if you train your activities, then you love Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa is purchased—simply by your determination. Kṛṣṇa does not require anything from you. Simply He wants to know whether you have decided to love Kṛṣṇa. That's all." |
| 680823 - Lecture Excerpt - Montreal |
1970 - August 23
1971 - August 23
1972 - August 23
1973 - August 23
1976 - August 23
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "Suppose you have got good bank balance, nice house and everything, good society, friendship, relative... But at any moment death will come and kick you out. What you can do? Mṛtyuḥ sarva-haraś cāham (BG 10.34). Death will come and will take everything, what you have got. Finished. And he will make you a dog. Now bark. (laughter) How can you stop it? Prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi (BG 3.27). You have practiced how to bark in the Legislative Assembly, now go and become a dog and go on barking: yow, yow, yow. (laughter) This is going on. They do not know what is life, what is the purpose of life." |
| 760823 - Morning Walk - Hyderabad |
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