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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1966#December 1966|1966]] - December 03 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:661203 - Lecture CC Madhya 20.146-151 - New York|Lecture CC Madhya 20.146-151 - New York]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|In the spiritual absolute identity, one minus one equal to one and one plus one equal to one. So although innumerable energies are coming out of the supreme body of the Supreme Lord, still He is full. There is no loss of energy|In the spiritual absolute identity, one minus one equal to one and one plus one equal to one. So although innumerable energies are coming out of the supreme body of the Supreme Lord, still He is full. There is no loss of energy.}} | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/661203CC-NEW_YORK_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam there are twelve cantos. In the Tenth Canto the appearance of Kṛṣṇa and His activities are mentioned, in the Tenth Canto. And before Lord Kṛṣṇa's activities and life is mentioned, there are nine cantos. So why? Now, daśame daśamaṁ lakṣyam āśritāśraya-vigraham. Now, to understand Kṛṣṇa, we have to understand what is this creation, how this creation is going on, what are the activities, what are spiritual knowledge, what is philosophy, what is renunciation, what is liberation. All these things we have to learn very nicely. After learning these perfectly, then you can understand Kṛṣṇa."|Vanisource:661203 - Lecture CC Madhya 20.146-151 - New York|661203 - Lecture CC Madhya 20.146-151 - New York}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1968#December 1968|1968]] - December 03 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:681203 - Letter to Mahapurusa written from Los Angeles|Letter to Mahapurusa written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Although I am overcrowded by so many letters from my beloved spiritual sons and daughters, still if I don't receive a letter from one, I become anxious for it|Although I am overcrowded by so many letters from my beloved spiritual sons and daughters, still if I don't receive a letter from one, I become anxious for it.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1971#December 1971|1971]] - December 03 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:711203 - Conversation - Delhi|Conversation - Delhi]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:711203 - Letter to Damodara written from Delhi|Letter to Damodara written from Delhi]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am very glad to hear that a new devotee has given $6,500 to your temple. A similar report has come from Hansadutta. It is a good sign that people are coming & of their own accord giving everything, that is the proof of your powerful preaching work|I am very glad to hear that a new devotee has given $6,500 to your temple. A similar report has come from Hansadutta. It is a good sign that people are coming & of their own accord giving everything, that is the proof of your powerful preaching work.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If we simply remain pure and become very convinced of this Krishna philosophy, any sane man will agree with us when we speak| If we simply remain pure and become very convinced of this Krishna philosophy, any sane man will agree with us when we speak.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If we are determined to please Krishna with our routine work despite all kinds of economic handicaps, He will provide all relief. Just see. If preaching is strong, management will be strong. That is the rule|If we are determined to please Krishna with our routine work despite all kinds of economic handicaps, He will provide all relief. Just see. If preaching is strong, management will be strong. That is the rule.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I'm especially pleased to hear that your distribution of our books and magazines has increased. Go on in this way, increasing more and more|I'm especially pleased to hear that your distribution of our books and magazines has increased. Go on in this way, increasing more and more. Each time someone reads some solid information about Krishna his life becomes changed in some way.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|These literatures are the solid ground upon which our preaching stands, so I want that they should be available to everyone, as many as possible|These literatures are the solid ground upon which our preaching stands, so I want that they should be available to everyone, as many as possible.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|This morning I met here in Delhi with your American Ambassador to India, Mr. Kenneth Keating. He has got very good respect for our Movement, and he has promised to help me to arrange a meeting with your President|You may be pleased to know that this morning I met here in Delhi with your American Ambassador to India, Mr. Kenneth Keating. He has got very good respect for our Movement, and he has promised to help me to arrange a meeting with your President when I shall return to your country perhaps by late Spring.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If you have got clippings from all the Delhi papers reporting about our pandal program, why not duplicate and distribute to all the centers for their preaching propaganda?|If you have got clippings from all the Delhi papers reporting about our pandal program, why not duplicate and distribute to all the centers for their preaching propaganda?}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:711203 - Letter to ISKCON devotees of Los Angeles written from Delhi|Letter to ISKCON devotees of Los Angeles written from Delhi]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Radha and Krishna have been so much merciful upon me to have given me so many nice spiritual sons and daughters as yourselves|Radha and Krishna have been so much merciful upon me to have given me so many nice spiritual sons and daughters as yourselves. I can see by the photos of your Los Angeles Temple that you are all very good servants of Radha and Krishna, and that They are very much pleased by your service. Thank you very much for assisting me in this way.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:711203 - Letter to Jayapataka written from Delhi|Letter to Jayapataka written from Delhi]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You may now devote your full time to preaching work and making members|You may now devote your full time to preaching work and making members.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:711203 - Letter to Karandhara written from Delhi|Letter to Karandhara written from Delhi]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Give them (the newly initiated students) all facility to perfect their lives by protecting them and instructing them nicely, that is now the duty of my senior disciples|I am very glad to accept them as my initiated students, and I have given their spiritual names as Ganga Narayana das and Jaga Mohini dasi respectively. Now you must guide them very nicely in Krishna Consciousness, because you are a veteran devotee and practically speaking the future of our Krishna Conscious Society rests in the hands of my older disciples. Give them all facility to perfect their lives by protecting them and instructing them nicely, that is now the duty of my senior disciples.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I have received today one telegram from Rupanuga, informing me that MacMillan Co. is enthusiastic to print our Bhagavad-gita As It Is, 30,000 paperback and 10,000 hardback. This is very good news|I have received today one telegram from Rupanuga, informing me that MacMillan Co. is enthusiastic to print our Bhagavad-gita As It Is, 30,000 paperback and 10,000 hardback. This is very good news. Now see to it that everything is done smoothly, so that Bhagavad-gita may be presented to the world without further delay.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972#December 1972|1972]] - December 03 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:721203 - Letter to Ekayani written from Ahmedabad|Letter to Ekayani written from Ahmedabad]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Who has introduced these things, that women cannot have chanting japa in the temple, they cannot perform the arati and so many things? If they become agitated, then let the brahmacaris go to the forest, I have never introduced these things|Who has introduced these things, that women cannot have chanting japa in the temple, they cannot perform the arati and so many things? If they become agitated, then let the brahmacaris go to the forest, I have never introduced these things.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:721203 - Letter to Gopala Krishna written from Ahmedabad|Letter to Gopala Krishna written from Ahmedabad]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You have got good experience for managing in business world, so why not you become also expert organizer for Krishna?|You have got good experience for managing in business world, so why not you become also expert organizer for Krishna? That plan is very much liked by me, now do it nicely, and may Lord Krishna give you His all blessings more and more.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:721203 - Letter to Karandhara written from Ahmedabad|Letter to Karandhara written from Ahmedabad]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If there is forcing us to stop this sankirtana movement, that much we must protest|Lord Caitanya led civil disobedience movement against the government because they used show of force to stop Him performing sankirtana movement. So if there is forcing us to stop this sankirtana movement, that much we must protest.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:721203 - Letter to Vamanadeva written from Ahmedabad|Letter to Vamanadeva written from Ahmedabad]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Follow the line laid down by Prahlada Maharaja and try to take every one back to home, back to godhead. And this is done by distributing our literature|Follow the line laid down by Prahlada Maharaja and try to take every one back to home, back to godhead. And this is done by distributing our literature. I am so much pleased upon each and every one of you for helping me this way to push on this great movement.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1973#December 1973|1973]] - December 03 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:731203 - Morning Walk - Los Angeles|Morning Walk - Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|They cannot create even an ant, and now they are going to make superbeings. This is another foolishness. They cannot create even an ant, moving ant, and they're going to make superbeing. Just see. And we have to believe them. We are not so fool|They cannot create even an ant, and now they are going to make superbeings. This is another foolishness. They cannot create even an ant, moving ant, and they're going to make superbeing. Just see. And we have to believe them. (laughter) We are not so fool. Your so-called scientists may be fools, but we are not so fools.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:731203 - Lecture SB 01.15.24 - Los Angeles|Lecture SB 01.15.24 - Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/731203SB-LOS_ANGELES_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"Here, the human being, in ignorance they are serving the kāma, lust, greediness, moha, anger—so many things they are serving. They are serving. A man is killing another body by lust, lusty desires. Or by illusion. So many other reasons. So we are serving. There is no doubt about it. We are serving. But we are serving our kāma, krodha, lobha, moha, mātsarya—lust, desire, avarice, like that. Now we have to learn that we have been frustrated by serving so many things. Now we have to turn that service attitude to Kṛṣṇa. That is Kṛṣṇa's mission. Sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja ([[Vanisource:BG 18.66 (1972)|BG 18.66]]): "You are serving already. You cannot be free from service. But your service is misplaced. Therefore you just turn your service unto Me. Then you become happy." That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement."|Vanisource:731203 - Lecture SB 01.15.24 - Los Angeles|731203 - Lecture SB 01.15.24 - Los Angeles}} | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/731203SB-LOS_ANGELES_ND_02.mp3</mp3player>|"The injunction is, "Thou shall not kill," but he will kill and kill and kill and kill, and still, he wants to be satisfied. Just see. The Bible says, "Thou shall not kill," and they are simply engaged in killing business, and still they want to be happy. Just see the fun. Therefore Kṛṣṇa says, "Yes, you be killed by occasional world war. You must be killed. You have created this situation. You must be killed. You may be American or Englishman or German or this or that. You may be very proud of your nationality. But you must be killed." This is the position. Īśvarasya viceṣṭitam ([[Vanisource:SB 1.15.24|SB 1.15.24]]). "You have killed so many animals. Now wholesale killing, one bomb, one atom bomb. Be killed."|Vanisource:731203 - Lecture SB 01.15.24 - Los Angeles|731203 - Lecture SB 01.15.24 - Los Angeles}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:731203 - Conversation - Los Angeles|Conversation part - Los Angeles]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:731203 - Letter to Jagadisa written from Los Angeles|Letter to Jagadisa written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We shall not open any more Centers for the time being. We have so many programs which require manpower and resources so we now must consolidate our energy|We shall not open any more Centers for the time being. We have so many programs which require manpower and resources so we now must consolidate our energy.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:731203 - Letter to Karnamrta written from Los Angeles|Letter to Karnamrta written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Your humble attitude is very much appreciated by me. Always chant Hare Krsna and as far as possible help me push on this movement by preaching this philosophy and distributing our books|Your humble attitude is very much appreciated by me. Always chant Hare Krsna and as far as possible help me push on this movement by preaching this philosophy and distributing our books.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:731203 - Letter to Sri Govinda written from Los Angeles|Letter to Sri Govinda written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Enclosed find the names of the devotees you have recommended for initiation which I hereby accept as my duly initiated disciples: Bryan Davis - Basu-Ghosh das; Paul Wax - Pandrika das; Andy Frenkel - Sankirtana das|Enclosed find the names of the devotees you have recommended for initiation which I hereby accept as my duly initiated disciples: Bryan Davis - Basu-Ghosh das; Paul Wax - Pandrika das; Andy Frenkel - Sankirtana das; Puspu Singh - Yasoda devi dasi; Pat Langlois - Subhadra dasi; Edie Manischewitz - Virmila dasi.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:731203 - Letter to Tejiyas written from Los Angeles|Letter to Tejiyas written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Since leaving India, I have not heard from you. Gurudas has written that the work has stopped in Vrndaban for want of finances. What is the position of your collections in Delhi? I am arranging to collect and send money from here for the Vrindaban project|Since leaving India, I have not heard from you. Guru das has written that the work has stopped in Vrndaban for want of finances. What is the position of your collections in New Delhi? I am arranging to collect and send money from here for the Vrindaban project.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1974#December 1974|1974]] - December 03 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:741203 - Lecture SB 03.25.33-34 - Bombay|Lecture SB 03.25.33-34 - Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We have no eyes to see. So we cannot see even the soul, minute soul, and how we can see God in these blunt eyes? |We have no eyes to see. So we cannot see even the soul, minute soul, and how we can see God in these blunt eyes? And still you want to see God. We cannot see even you; you cannot see me. We are part and parcel of God. And how you can see God?}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:741203 - Letter to Agent, Central Bank of India written from Bombay|Letter to Agent, Central Bank of India written from Bombay]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:741203 - Letter to Madhavananda written from Bombay|Letter to Madhavananda written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am glad to understand that you are living and working peacefully with the others there. This is required. If we also fight and preach Krishna consciousness, what will people say?|I am glad to understand that you are living and working peacefully with the others there. This is required. If we also fight and preach Krishna consciousness, what will people say?}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:741203 - Letter to Prabhavisnu written from Bombay|Letter to Prabhavisnu written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am very glad to learn that you are all working peacefully together. This is the most favorable atmosphere for cultivating our Krishna consciousness|I am very glad to learn that you are all working peacefully together. This is the most favorable atmosphere for cultivating our Krishna consciousness. And if people see us working together nicely, they cannot criticize anything against our Krishna consciousness movement.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:741203 - Letter to Radhavallabha written from Bombay|Letter to Radhavallabha written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| Srila Prabhupada prefers that each volume have its own separate index. This system should be revived|Regarding the S.B. index idea of separate volumes, Prabhupada does not like this idea. He said that we are selling the books mostly to casual customers, so what will be the fate of the index for them? They will never see the index. Therefore, Srila Prabhupada prefers that each volume have its own separate index. This system should be revived.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:741203 - Letter to Ramesvara written from Bombay|Letter to Ramesvara written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Regarding the New York temple's books, they should be charged the regular temple price for all literature|Regarding the New York temple's books, they should be charged the regular temple price for all literature.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:741203 - Letter to Sri Mody written from Bombay|Letter to Sri Mody written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| I did not know anything about this incident. I am very sorry for it however, and I am inquiring into the matter further| I did not know anything about this incident. I am very sorry for it however, and I am inquiring into the matter further.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#December 1975|1975]] - December 03 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:751203 - Morning Walk - Vrndavana|Morning Walk - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Practical means it will be done by Krsna. Your only business is to surrender to Krsna|Practical means it will be done by Kṛṣṇa. Your only business is to surrender to Kṛṣṇa. You cannot do anything. And as soon as you think that "I shall be able to do it," then you are a rascal. Immediately you are rascal.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751203 - Lecture SB 07.06.02 - Vrndavana|Lecture SB 07.06.02 - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|Pno-78tzeO0|[[Vaniquotes:When he is engaged in so many nonsense service, it will be very difficult to drag him from this false engagement and again establish him to the Krsna's service. So when we are children - we are not polluted - we should be trained up in bhagavata-dharma|When We Are Children and Not Polluted, <br/>We Should Be Trained Up in Bhagavata-dharma - 0839]]|06:19 minutes from a lecture on SB 07.06.02 in Vṛndāvana}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|When he is engaged in so many nonsense service, it will be very difficult to drag him from this false engagement and again establish him to the Krsna's service. So when we are children - we are not polluted - we should be trained up in bhagavata-dharma|When he is engaged in so many nonsense service, it will be very difficult to drag him from this false engagement and again establish him to the Krsna's service. So when we are children - we are not polluted - we should be trained up in bhagavata-dharma.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751203 - Letter to G.L. Nanda written from Vrndavana|Letter to G.L. Nanda written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If you allow me to construct the temple on this spot, I can take up the work immediately without a moment's delay. Later on when the construction is completed the cost may be exchanged by giving me a land suitable for constructing a Varnashram college|Let us immediately construct a nice gorgeous temple on the spot which you have earmarked for constructing the Radha Krishna Temple. I think the land is measuring about 10 acres. If you allow me to construct the temple on this spot, I can take up the work immediately without a moment's delay. Later on when the construction is completed the cost may be exchanged by giving me a land suitable for constructing a Varnashram college.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751203 - Letter to Ramesvara Prabhu written from Vrndavana|Letter to Ramesvara Prabhu written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|My Godbrothers, they also like my writing. After I wrote that poem for Vyasa Puja of my Guru Maharaja they used to call me Poet|My Guru Maharaja very much liked my writing and he used to show others in my absence "Just see how nicely he has written, how he has appreciated." He encouraged me, and my Godbrothers, they also like my writing. After I wrote that poem for Vyasa Puja of my Guru Maharaja they used to call me Poet.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#December 1976|1976]] - December 03 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:761203 - Conversation - Hyderabad|Conversation - Hyderabad]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|From the earth you can get all the necessities of life. Actually you are getting food grains, minerals, trees, fruits, flowers, everything from the earth|If there is proper rainfall, then you get sufficient food grains; not only food grains, other things also. Sarva-dugha mahi, sarva-kama-dugha mahi (SB 1.10.4). From the earth you can get all the necessities of life. Actually you are getting food grains, minerals, trees, fruits, flowers, everything from the earth.}} | |||
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- See also: A Month in the Life of Srila Prabhupada.
1966 - December 03
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam there are twelve cantos. In the Tenth Canto the appearance of Kṛṣṇa and His activities are mentioned, in the Tenth Canto. And before Lord Kṛṣṇa's activities and life is mentioned, there are nine cantos. So why? Now, daśame daśamaṁ lakṣyam āśritāśraya-vigraham. Now, to understand Kṛṣṇa, we have to understand what is this creation, how this creation is going on, what are the activities, what are spiritual knowledge, what is philosophy, what is renunciation, what is liberation. All these things we have to learn very nicely. After learning these perfectly, then you can understand Kṛṣṇa." |
| 661203 - Lecture CC Madhya 20.146-151 - New York |
1968 - December 03
1971 - December 03
 vanipedia.org |
If we simply remain pure and become very convinced of this Krishna philosophy, any sane man will agree with us when we speak. |
1972 - December 03
1973 - December 03
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "Here, the human being, in ignorance they are serving the kāma, lust, greediness, moha, anger—so many things they are serving. They are serving. A man is killing another body by lust, lusty desires. Or by illusion. So many other reasons. So we are serving. There is no doubt about it. We are serving. But we are serving our kāma, krodha, lobha, moha, mātsarya—lust, desire, avarice, like that. Now we have to learn that we have been frustrated by serving so many things. Now we have to turn that service attitude to Kṛṣṇa. That is Kṛṣṇa's mission. Sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja (BG 18.66): "You are serving already. You cannot be free from service. But your service is misplaced. Therefore you just turn your service unto Me. Then you become happy." That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement." |
| 731203 - Lecture SB 01.15.24 - Los Angeles |
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "The injunction is, "Thou shall not kill," but he will kill and kill and kill and kill, and still, he wants to be satisfied. Just see. The Bible says, "Thou shall not kill," and they are simply engaged in killing business, and still they want to be happy. Just see the fun. Therefore Kṛṣṇa says, "Yes, you be killed by occasional world war. You must be killed. You have created this situation. You must be killed. You may be American or Englishman or German or this or that. You may be very proud of your nationality. But you must be killed." This is the position. Īśvarasya viceṣṭitam (SB 1.15.24). "You have killed so many animals. Now wholesale killing, one bomb, one atom bomb. Be killed." |
| 731203 - Lecture SB 01.15.24 - Los Angeles |
1974 - December 03
- Letter to Agent, Central Bank of India written from Bombay
- Letter to Madhavananda written from Bombay
 vanipedia.org |
Regarding the New York temple's books, they should be charged the regular temple price for all literature. |
 vanipedia.org |
I did not know anything about this incident. I am very sorry for it however, and I am inquiring into the matter further. |
1975 - December 03
1976 - December 03
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