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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1967#August 1967|1967]] - August 29 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:670829 - Letter to Hansadutta written from Vrndavana|Letter to Hansadutta written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The best preparation for the coming of the child is just for the parents to remain perfectly Krishna Conscious, and of course, the best means for that is by chanting the holy Names and listening to Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam|I am also very pleased to know that Himavati is definitely going to have a baby. It is a very wonderful thing, and surely Krishna will bless your home with His presence, as both you and your wife and His sincere servants; The best preparation for the coming of the child is just for the parents to remain perfectly Krishna Conscious, and of course, the best means for that is by chanting the holy Names and listening to Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Your appreciation of my Spiritual Master is very commendable. We should always be very careful to give full respect to those who have so carefully handled this Divine Fruit of transcendental knowledge before us. Even a slight change will spoil it|Your appreciation of my Spiritual Master is very commendable. We should always be very careful to give full respect to those who have so carefully handled this Divine Fruit of transcendental knowledge before us. Even a slight change will spoil it.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I have always been so careful to give you only those things which I have heard from my Guru Maharaja|I have always been so careful to give you only those things which I have heard from my Guru Maharaja.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:670829 - Letter to Hayagriva written from Vrndavana|Letter to Hayagriva written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The principle should be that we utilize our talents for the service of the Lord. That is real sannyasa|The principle should be that we utilize our talents for the service of the Lord. That is real sannyasa. Formal acceptance of sannyasa, as required for all old men, means that one should retire from materialistic life, and devote his time and energy for the service of the Lord.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:670829 - Letter to Satsvarupa written from Vrndavana|Letter to Satsvarupa written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I can assure you your steady progress in K. C.; as you are sincerely trying for the cause of K.C|I can assure you your steady progress in K. C.; as you are sincerely trying for the cause of K.C.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Not that we all have to become preachers, but that we all dedicate our lives or our consciousness, no matter in what capacity, to Lord Krishna|That is the secret of Krishna Consciousness—not that we all have to become preachers, but that we all dedicate our lives or our consciousness (no matter in what capacity) to Lord Krishna.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1969#August 1969|1969]] - August 29 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:690829 - Letter to Gargamuni written from Hamburg|Letter to Gargamuni written from Hamburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| I am anxious to know if you have contacted the Silverman Real Estate Company for the house we saw in Beverly Hills| I am anxious to know if you have contacted the Silverman Real Estate Company for the house we saw in Beverly Hills.}} | |||
==== [[Timeline_of_Srila_Prabhupada's_Life#August_1971|1971]] - August 29 ==== | ==== [[Timeline_of_Srila_Prabhupada's_Life#August_1971|1971]] - August 29 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:710829 - Lecture Festival Appearance Day, Srimati Radharani, Radhastami - London|Appearance Day, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, Rādhāṣṭamī]]''' | |||
{| | {{youtube_ditl|11f_PTsIXGQ|[[Vaniquotes:Fifteen days after Krsna's birth, Radharani appeared. Radharani is Krsna's pleasure potency|Radharani is Krishna's Pleasure Potency - 0528]]|09:11 minutes from a Radhastami lecture in London}} | ||
| | {{VaniQuotebox|Fifteen days after Krsna's birth, Radharani appeared. Radharani is Krsna's pleasure potency|Today is birth, appearance day of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, Rādhāṣṭamī. Fifteen days after Kṛṣṇa's birth, Rādhārāṇī appeared. Rādhārāṇī is Kṛṣṇa's pleasure potency. Rādhā-kṛṣṇa-praṇaya-vikṛtir hlādinī-śaktiḥ.}} | ||
{{youtube_ditl|Gs18Bq-9PVM|[[Vaniquotes:The loving affairs of Radha and Krsna is not ordinary, these material loving affairs, although it appears like that|Loving Affairs of Radha and Krishna is Not Ordinary - 0529]]|07:26 minutes from a Radhastami lecture in London}} | |||
| | {{VaniQuotebox|The loving affairs of Radha and Krsna is not ordinary, these material loving affairs, although it appears like that|Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī has written a verse, rādhā-kṛṣṇa-praṇaya-vikṛtiḥ. The loving affairs of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa is not ordinary, these material loving affairs, although it appears like that. But one who cannot understand Kṛṣṇa, avajānanti māṁ mūḍhāḥ. Mūḍha, rascals, fools, they understand Kṛṣṇa as ordinary man.}} | ||
{{youtube_ditl|wzeie9nV1rs|[[Vaniquotes:One can be out of distress when he approaches Visnu|One Can be Out of Distress When he Approaches Vishnu - 0530]]|07:06 minutes from a Radhastami lecture in London}} | |||
{| | {{VaniQuotebox|One can be out of distress when he approaches Visnu|One can be out of distress when he approaches Visnu.}} | ||
|- | {{youtube_ditl|qaGNsD-GktE|[[Vaniquotes:This evening, we are talking about Radhastami. We are trying to understand the chief potency of Krsna. Radharani is the pleasure potency of Krsna. As we understand from Vedic literature, Krsna has many varieties of potencies|As we Understand from Vedic Literature,<br/>Krishna Has many Varieties of Potencies - 0531]]|05:42 minutes from a Radhastami lecture in London}} | ||
| | {{VaniQuotebox|This evening, we are talking about Radhastami. We are trying to understand the chief potency of Krsna. Radharani is the pleasure potency of Krsna. As we understand from Vedic literature, Krsna has many varieties of potencies|This evening, we are talking about Radhastami. We are trying to understand the chief potency of Krsna. Radharani is the pleasure potency of Krsna. As we understand from Vedic literature, Krsna has many varieties of potencies.}} | ||
| | {{youtube_ditl|keO5iCSjetA|[[Vaniquotes:If one has to give up everything material for Brahman realization, do you think that Param Brahman, the Supreme Brahman, can enjoy anything material? No. Krsna's enjoyment is nothing material|Krishna's Enjoyment is Nothing Material - 0532]]|05:44 minutes from a Radhastami lecture in London}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox|If one has to give up everything material for Brahman realization, do you think that Param Brahman, the Supreme Brahman, can enjoy anything material? No. Krsna's enjoyment is nothing material|If one has to give up everything material for Brahman realization, do you think that Param Brahman, the Supreme Brahman, can enjoy anything material? No. Krsna's enjoyment is nothing material. This point should be understood. For Brahman realization we are giving up everything material. And how Paraṁ Brahman can enjoy anything material? This question has been very much nicely discussed by Jīva Gosvāmī.}} | |||
{| | {{youtube_ditl|dE-csTWDrMw|[[Vaniquotes:Radharani is hari-priya, very dear to Krsna. So if we approach Krsna through Radharani, through the mercy of Radharani, then it becomes very easy|Radharani is Hari-priya, Very Dear to Krishna - 0533]]|08:07 minutes from a Radhastami lecture in London}} | ||
|- | {{VaniQuotebox|Radharani is hari-priya, very dear to Krsna. So if we approach Krsna through Radharani, through the mercy of Radharani, then it becomes very easy|Rādhārāṇī is hari-priyā, very dear to Kṛṣṇa. So if we approach Kṛṣṇa through Rādhārāṇī, through the mercy of Rādhārāṇī, then it becomes very easy. If Rādhārāṇī recommends that "This devotee is very nice," then Kṛṣṇa immediately accepts, however fool I may be. Because it is recommended by Rādhārāṇī, Kṛṣṇa accepts. Therefore in Vṛndāvana you'll find all the devotees, they're chanting more Rādhārāṇī's name than Kṛṣṇa's.}} | ||
| | {{youtube_ditl|q8-korDz9ek|[[Vaniquotes:The more you feel separation from Krsna, you should understand that you are advancing. Don't try to see Krsna artificially. Be advanced in separation feeling, and then it will be perfect. That is the teachings of Lord Caitanya|Don't Try to See Krishna Artificially - 0534]]|03:44 minutes from a Radhastami lecture in London}} | ||
| | {{VaniQuotebox|The more you feel separation from Krsna, you should understand that you are advancing. Don't try to see Krsna artificially. Be advanced in separation feeling, and then it will be perfect. That is the teachings of Lord Caitanya|Feel the separation. The more you feel separation from Kṛṣṇa, you should understand that you are advancing. Don't try to see Kṛṣṇa artificially. Be advanced in separation feeling, and then it will be perfect. That is the teachings of Lord Caitanya.}} | ||
|} | {{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/710829RA-LONDON_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|Prabhupāda: Don't try to see Kṛṣṇa artificially. Be advanced in separation feeling, and then it will be perfect. That is the teachings of Lord Caitanya. Because with our material eyes we cannot see Kṛṣṇa. Ataḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāmādi na bhaved grāhyam indriyaiḥ ([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 17.136|CC Madhya 17.136]]). With our material senses we cannot see Kṛṣṇa, we cannot hear about Kṛṣṇa's name. But sevonmukhe hi jihvādau, when you engage yourself in the service of the Lord... Where the service begins? Jihvādau. The service begins from the tongue, not from the legs, eyes or ears. It begins from the tongue. Sevonmukhe hi jihvādau. If you begin service through your tongue... How? Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. Use your tongue. Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. And take Kṛṣṇa prasādam. The tongue has got two business: to articulate sound, Hare Kṛṣṇa, and take prasādam. By this process you'll realize Kṛṣṇa.<br />Devotee: Haribol!|Vanisource:710829 - Lecture Festival Appearance Day, Srimati Radharani, Radhastami - London|710829 - Lecture Festival Appearance Day, Srimati Radharani, Radhastami - London}} | ||
{| | {{VaniQuotebox|Feel separation of Krsna just like Radharani, as Lord Caitanya teaches us, and engage your tongue in the service of the Lord; then, one day, when you are mature, you'll see Krsna eye to eye|Don't try to see Kṛṣṇa. You cannot see Kṛṣṇa with your material eyes. Neither you can hear about Him with your material ears. Neither you can touch. But if you engage your tongue in the service of the Lord, then He'll reveal Himself to you: "Here I am." That is wanted. So feel separation of Kṛṣṇa just like Rādhārāṇī, as Lord Caitanya teaches us, and engage your tongue in the service of the Lord; then, one day, when you are mature, you'll see Kṛṣṇa eye to eye.}} | ||
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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972#August 1972|1972]] - August 29 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:720829 - Chanting SB 01.01.01 to 01.03.44 Fire Sacrifice - Los Angeles|Chanting SB 01.01.01 to 01.03.44 Fire Sacrifice - Los Angeles]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720829 - Letter to Gurudasa written from Los Angeles|Letter to Gurudasa written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Do not be depressed. All along my godbrothers gave me only depression, repression, compression. But I continued strong in my duty|Do not be depressed. All along my godbrothers gave me only depression, repression, compression—but I continued strong in my duty. So never mind there is some discouragement, continue with your work in full enthusiastic Krishna Consciousness attitude of service. }} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720829 - Letter to Niranjana written from Los Angeles|Letter to Niranjana written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If you are always remembering Him by your activities and seeing Krishna everywhere, even in the heart of the demonic persons|If you are always remembering Him by your activities and seeing Krishna everywhere, even in the heart of the demonic persons, then anger will never overcome you, being purified of all false pride. But occasionally if there is good reason, you may have to become angry just to chastise the evil-doers and blasphemers.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1973#August 1973|1973]] - August 29 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:730829 - Lecture BG 02.26-27 - London|Lecture BG 02.26-27 - London]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/730829BG-LONDON_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"So the karma-vāda, that you follow morality you'll get good results... But where is your morality? Because you are disobedient to God. In the beginning of your life, you are immoral. You are disobeying the greatest authority. There is another example, a story, that a gang of thieves, they stolen some property from different houses, then out of the village they are dividing amongst themselves the booties. So one thief is saying, 'Please divide it morally so that one may not be cheated'. Now just imagine, the property is stolen. Where is the morality there? But when dividing, they are thinking of morality. The basic principle is immoral. Where you can have morality? Similarly, according to Vedic injunction, īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvam ([[Vanisource:ISO 1|ISO 1]]): Everything belongs to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is His property. So the whole planet is God's property, whole universe is God's property. But when you are claiming that 'This is my property', then where is morality?"|Vanisource:730829 - Lecture BG 02.26-27 - London|730829 - Lecture BG 02.26-27 - London}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our morality is to satisfy Krsna or His representative, guru. Yasya prasada. If he's satisfied, then it is moral. If he's not satisfied, then it is immoral|Our morality is to satisfy Krsna or His representative, guru. Yasya prasada. If he's satisfied, then it is moral. If he's not satisfied, then it is immoral.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:730829 - Letter to Susan Beckman written from Bhaktivedanta Manor, UK|Letter to Susan Beckman written from Bhaktivedanta Manor, UK]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Material existence means to be always hankering and lamenting. I must have a new automobile, I must have more money, I must have good wife|Material existence means to be always hankering and lamenting. I must have a new automobile, I must have more money, I must have good wife, I must have this I must have that. Then when I have the thing, I lament, I have lost my wife, I have lost my money, I have lost my car, simply lamenting. So the second stage is to be free from this anxiety.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#August 1975|1975]] - August 29 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:750829 - Morning Walk - Vrndavana|Morning Walk - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Caitanya Mahaprabhu said that if somebody remembers Krsna by seeing somebody, that somebody is Vaisnava. He remembers immediately Krsna|Caitanya Mahaprabhu said that if somebody remembers Krsna by seeing somebody, that somebody is Vaisnava. He remembers immediately Krsna.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750829 - Lecture BG Hindi - Vrndavana|Lecture BG Hindi - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{| | {{VaniQuotebox|Those who have acquired knowledge and are joyful, that I am not material, Aha brahmâsmi, So’ham this is all right but if you do not advance, then you will fall down. Then you will fall down from the realm of knowledge|Those who have acquired knowledge and are joyful, that I am not material, Aha brahmâsmi, So’ham this is all right but if you do not advance, then you will fall down. Then you will fall down from the realm of knowledge. This is an injunction of the scriptures.}} | ||
| | :'''[[Vanisource:750829 - Lecture SB 06.01.62 - Vrndavana|Lecture SB 06.01.62 - Vṛndāvana]]''' | ||
{{youtube_ditl|Axqd5i57pVE|[[Vaniquotes:Krsna consciousness movement is most scientific movement to get the whole human society from the pitch of darkness|Get the Whole Human Society from the Pitch of Darkness - 0192]]|07:21 minutes from a lecture on SB 06.01.62 in Vṛndāvana}} | |||
| | {{VaniQuotebox|Krsna consciousness movement is most scientific movement to get the whole human society from the pitch of darkness|It is a great science. Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is most scientific movement to get the whole human society from the pitch of darkness.}} | ||
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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#August 1976|1976]] - August 29 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:760829 - Morning Walk - Delhi|Morning Walk - Delhi]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We are a Society, so the grhasthas are there, brahmacaris, sannyasis, vanaprastha. All status of life. Missionaries, they have got only sannyasis. We have got all|We are a Society, so the gṛhasthas are there, brahmacārīs, sannyāsīs, vānaprastha. All status of life. Missionaries, they have got only sannyāsīs. We have got all.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760829 - Lecture SB 05.05.01 Hindi - Delhi|Lecture SB 05.05.01 Hindi - Delhi]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|In every yuga the same thing is there, they forget the Lord and to maintain their body they work very hard day and night|In every yuga the same thing is there, they forget the Lord and to maintain their body they work very hard day and night.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1977#August 1977|1977]] - August 29 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:770829 - Conversation - London|Conversation - London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Whatever I have done, I have given my will and purpose of honor; you try and maintain it. Otherwise I have no desire - nothing. I have no such sentiment, "This is my country, this is my…"|Whatever I have done, I have given my will and purpose of honor; you try and maintain it. Otherwise I have no desire—nothing. I have no such sentiment, "This is my country, this is my…" If I would have been driven by such sentiment, nobody leaves Vṛndāvana in this condition of life.}} | |||
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1967 - August 29
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I have always been so careful to give you only those things which I have heard from my Guru Maharaja. |
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I can assure you your steady progress in K. C.; as you are sincerely trying for the cause of K.C. |
1969 - August 29
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I am anxious to know if you have contacted the Silverman Real Estate Company for the house we saw in Beverly Hills. |
1971 - August 29
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One can be out of distress when he approaches Visnu. |
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| Prabhupāda: Don't try to see Kṛṣṇa artificially. Be advanced in separation feeling, and then it will be perfect. That is the teachings of Lord Caitanya. Because with our material eyes we cannot see Kṛṣṇa. Ataḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāmādi na bhaved grāhyam indriyaiḥ (CC Madhya 17.136). With our material senses we cannot see Kṛṣṇa, we cannot hear about Kṛṣṇa's name. But sevonmukhe hi jihvādau, when you engage yourself in the service of the Lord... Where the service begins? Jihvādau. The service begins from the tongue, not from the legs, eyes or ears. It begins from the tongue. Sevonmukhe hi jihvādau. If you begin service through your tongue... How? Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. Use your tongue. Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. And take Kṛṣṇa prasādam. The tongue has got two business: to articulate sound, Hare Kṛṣṇa, and take prasādam. By this process you'll realize Kṛṣṇa. Devotee: Haribol! |
| 710829 - Lecture Festival Appearance Day, Srimati Radharani, Radhastami - London |
1972 - August 29
- Chanting SB 01.01.01 to 01.03.44 Fire Sacrifice - Los Angeles
- Letter to Gurudasa written from Los Angeles
1973 - August 29
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "So the karma-vāda, that you follow morality you'll get good results... But where is your morality? Because you are disobedient to God. In the beginning of your life, you are immoral. You are disobeying the greatest authority. There is another example, a story, that a gang of thieves, they stolen some property from different houses, then out of the village they are dividing amongst themselves the booties. So one thief is saying, 'Please divide it morally so that one may not be cheated'. Now just imagine, the property is stolen. Where is the morality there? But when dividing, they are thinking of morality. The basic principle is immoral. Where you can have morality? Similarly, according to Vedic injunction, īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvam (ISO 1): Everything belongs to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is His property. So the whole planet is God's property, whole universe is God's property. But when you are claiming that 'This is my property', then where is morality?" |
| 730829 - Lecture BG 02.26-27 - London |
1975 - August 29
1976 - August 29
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In every yuga the same thing is there, they forget the Lord and to maintain their body they work very hard day and night. |
1977 - August 29
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