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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1966#December 1966|1966]] - December 05 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:661205 - Lecture CC Madhya 20.152-154 - New York|Lecture CC Madhya 20.152-154 - New York]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|That greatness of Lord Krsna is being described here by Lord Caitanya to His disciple, Sanatana Gosvami. Advaya-jnana-tattva, vraje vrajendra-nandana. Advaya-jnana-tattva. Advaya-jnana-tattva means He is Absolute. He is not relative|That greatness of Lord Kṛṣṇa is being described here by Lord Caitanya to His disciple, Sanātana Gosvāmī. Advaya-jñāna-tattva, vraje vrajendra-nandana. Advaya-jñāna-tattva. Advaya-jñāna-tattva means He is Absolute. He is not relative. Here everything is relative, but God means He is Absolute. He has nothing to be dependent. Here everything, we are all dependent.}} | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/661205CC-NEW_YORK_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"The jīvātmā, the living entity, is eternally servitor of Kṛṣṇa, and one should understand the nature of his master so that his service attitude, his affection, may be more intimate. Suppose I am serving at a place. I am engaged in a service to a master, but I do not know how big is my master. But when I understand the influence and opulence and greatness of my master, I become more devoted: "Oh, my master is so great." So therefore simply knowing, "God is great, and I have got some relationship with God," that is not sufficient. You must know how much great He is. Of course, you cannot calculate, but as far as possible, you should know how great He is."|Vanisource:661205 - Lecture CC Madhya 20.152-154 - New York|661205 - Lecture CC Madhya 20.152-154 - New York}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1968#December 1968|1968]] - December 05 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:681205 - Letter to Aniruddha written from Los Angeles|Letter to Aniruddha written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|So far as the lady psychiatrist making tests with our children, you should know that our children are fireproof and waterproof due to Krishna Consciousness so there is no harm for them. Let them test if they wish, we shall come out successful|So far as the lady psychiatrist making tests with our children, you should know that our children are fireproof and waterproof due to Krishna Consciousness so there is no harm for them. Let them test if they wish, we shall come out successful.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:681205 - Letter to Annapurna written from Los Angeles|Letter to Annapurna written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Devotees are trying their best to start a temple in London and a temple is already there by Krishna's Grace. The landlord has offered them the place free of rent until the house is disposed|Devotees are trying their best to start a temple in London and a temple is already there by Krishna's Grace. The landlord has offered them the place free of rent until the house is disposed of so I think that they should try to influence the landlord to donate the building for our great cause. At least he should let us conduct our business there for the benefit of all of mankind.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:681205 - Letter to Jadurani written from Los Angeles|Letter to Jadurani written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our London center has managed to have one local newspaper devote a two-page spread to a comic book feature of the story of Prahlada Maharaja as depicted by Gaurasundara and Govinda Dasi. This is very nice propaganda|Our London center has managed to have one local newspaper devote a two-page spread to a comic book feature of the story of Prahlada Maharaja as depicted by Gaurasundara and Govinda Dasi. This is very nice propaganda.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:681205 - Letter to Mukunda written from Los Angeles|Letter to Mukunda written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Actually, we are not preaching a particular type of faith. We are teaching the post graduate studies of all religions: we are teaching people how to love God and who is the man that will deny this principle?|Actually, we are not preaching a particular type of faith. We are teaching the post graduate studies of all religions: we are teaching people how to love God and who is the man that will deny this principle? This basic principle we can talk with any religious head and any sincere religious man will appreciate it.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:681205 - Letter to Yamuna written from Los Angeles|Letter to Yamuna written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Just on the point of posting this letter I have received one package from you containing the certificate form and letter. It is very nice|Just on the point of posting this letter I have received one package from you containing the certificate form and letter. It is very nice.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1969#December 1969|1969]] - December 05 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:691205 - Letter to Hit Sharanji written from London|Letter to Hit Sharanji written from London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You need not send the Murtis by air cargo to London because some devotee here has contributed a Radha-Krishna Murti pair imported from Jaipur. It is 42" high and very nice. So Krishna has saved us in this point|You need not send the Murtis by air cargo to London because some devotee here has contributed a Radha-Krishna Murti pair imported from Jaipur. It is 42" high and very nice. So Krishna has saved us in this point because we are going to have our opening ceremony on the 14th December through the 21st of December.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1970#December 1970|1970]] - December 05 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:701205 - Letter to Gurudasa written from Indore|Letter to Gurudasa written from Indore]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|One gentleman has come to me here in Indore and he has offered us one small Krsna Temple in Vrndavana with room for about 20-25 men| One gentleman has come to me here in Indore and he has offered us one small Krsna Temple in Vrndavana with room for about 20-25 men. He has written to the man there to receive you when you go. So you may go immediately as soon as possible go there for the purpose of seeing the Temple whether it is suitable for us.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1971#December 1971|1971]] - December 05 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:711205 - Conversation at the International Academy of Indian Culture - Delhi|Conversation at the International Academy of Indian Culture - Delhi]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:711205 - Conversation in Car - Delhi|Conversation in Car - Delhi]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:711205 - Conversation - Delhi|Conversation - Delhi]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:711205 - Letter to Bhutatma written from Delhi|Letter to Bhutatma written from Delhi]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Now upon the shoulders of you the leaders of this Movement falls the responsibility of practically saving this earth planet from the present dangerous position|I am encouraged to see that everything is going nicely there under your supervision. Now upon the shoulders of you the leaders of this Movement falls the responsibility of practically saving this earth planet from the present dangerous position.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|So the work is in your (my leaders) hands. Let me be free now to translate books, that is my desire|So the work is in your (my leaders) hands. Let me be free now to translate books, that is my desire.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You become very responsible and convinced of this our Krishna philosophy and if you maintain your purity then you will convince everyone else with this philosophy, that is our mission|Let me be free now to translate books, that is my desire. You become very responsible and convinced of this our Krishna philosophy and if you maintain your purity then you will convince everyone else with this philosophy, that is our mission. Kindly assist me to please Lord Caitanya in this way, by spreading Krishna Consciousness or pure love of God, and know it for certain that by this work you shall very very soon go back to Home, back to Godhead.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:711205 - Letter to Dayananda written from Delhi|Letter to Dayananda written from Delhi]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I want that my London center remain very strong for preaching this Indian cult to the Britishers|I want that my London center remain very strong for preaching this Indian cult to the Britishers. Let them appreciate that after so many thousands of years this Vedic culture is still strong and effective, and that it can practically solve all the problems of material existence.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:711205 - Letter to Rupanuga written from Delhi|Letter to Rupanuga written from Delhi]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Karandhara proposes to establish a rival ISKCON Press in Los Angeles. This is a very good idea. It will accelerate my work|I have just received a letter from Karandhara, wherein he proposes to establish a rival ISKCON Press in Los Angeles. This is a very good idea. It will accelerate my work.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972#December 1972|1972]] - December 05 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:721205 - Lecture Rotary Club - Ahmedabad|Lecture Rotary Club - Ahmedabad]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/721205LE-AHMEDABAD_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"At the present moment, we are thinking that because we are eating on tables and chairs, we advance. That is our mistake. That is no advance. Eating... The benefit of eating, whatever you eat or the animal eats, it is the same. Eating means to maintain the body and soul together. So by advancing in the modes of eating, that does not mean advancement of civilization. Advancement in the modes of sleeping, that does not mean advancement of civilization. Similarly, advancement in the modes of sexual intercourse, it does not mean the advancement of civilization. Or advancement in defending, discovering atomic bombs for killing my enemy, that is also not advancement of civilization. Advancement of civilization means how much you have advanced to know the soul and the ultimate goal of the soul, how the soul is transmigrating from one body to another."|Vanisource:721205 - Lecture Rotary Club - Ahmedabad|721205 - Lecture Rotary Club - Ahmedabad}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Dharma does not exactly mean a kind of faith. It is characteristic. Just like sugar is sweet. That is the characteristic of sugar|Dharma does not exactly mean a kind of faith. It is characteristic. Just like sugar is sweet. That is the characteristic of sugar. If sugar becomes pungent, then that is not sugar. That is something else. It may be some other chemical.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1973#December 1973|1973]] - December 05 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:731205 - Morning Walk - Los Angeles|Morning Walk - Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|ZDUIaVHgLfM|[[Vaniquotes:Now we are world organization. There is spiritual side, and there is material side also. That is not material side. That is also spiritual side, means systematic management. Otherwise how it will be done?|Systematic Management - Otherwise How ISKCON Will Be Done? - 0090]]|04:42 minutes from a morning walk in Los Angeles}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Now we are world organization. There is spiritual side, and there is material side also. That is not material side. That is also spiritual side, means systematic management. Otherwise how it will be done?|Now we are world organization. There is spiritual side, and there is material side also. That is not material side. That is also spiritual side, means systematic management. Otherwise how it will be done? Just like Gaurasundara sold the house, and there is no trace of the money. What is this? He did not ask him, anyone. He sold the house, and where is the money, there is no trace.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We have got, everywhere we have got immediate boss. So we must work. That is systematic. If everyone manufactures, invents his own way of life, then there must be chaos|We have got, everywhere we have got immediate boss. So we must work. That is systematic. If everyone manufactures, invents his own way of life, then there must be chaos.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Yes, Vallabhacarya's Vaisnava, acarya. But that very deviation, that "I have done something better than Sridhara," that is not our parampara system. Then he was thinking himself better than Sridhara. That is not allowed. We should always remain servant|He's Vaiṣṇava, ācārya. But that very deviation, that "I have done something better than Śrīdhara," that is not our paramparā system. Then he was thinking himself better than Śrīdhara. That is not allowed. We should always remain servant of the servant (CC Madhya 13.80). Never we shall think that "I am better than my Guru Mahārāja." That is fall down.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:731205 - Lecture SB 01.15.27 - Los Angeles|Lecture SB 01.15.27 - Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Material senses cannot have any estimation of the Supreme Lord, but by His inconceivable power, the Lord can incarnate Himself to the sense perception of the conditioned souls in a suitable manner through the agency of matter|The merciful Lord left behind Him the great teachings of the Bhagavad-gītā so that one can take the instructions of the Lord even when He is not visible to material eyesight. Material senses cannot have any estimation of the Supreme Lord, but by His inconceivable power, the Lord can incarnate Himself to the sense perception of the conditioned souls in a suitable manner through the agency of matter, which is also another form of the Lord's manifested energy.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:731205 - Lecture Initiation - Los Angeles|Lecture Initiation - Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|No anxiety is Kṛṣṇa. And one who is under Kṛṣṇa, he is also, he has no anxiety. Otherwise always anxious. Material existence means anxiety. Anyone who is in the material existence, he is always in anxiety|No anxiety is Kṛṣṇa. And one who is under Kṛṣṇa, he is also, he has no anxiety. Otherwise always anxious. Material existence means anxiety. Anyone who is in the material existence, he is always in anxiety. Niścintya means no anxiety. So you are the maidservant of niścintya.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:731205 - Letter to Bhagavan written from Los Angeles|Letter to Bhagavan written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We require some men for India. Karandhara informs me that you have declined to send any. Our programs there are important and there is a great need. We have not captured very many first class men there so we must import|We require some men for India. Karandhara informs me that you have declined to send any. Our programs there are important and there is a great need. We have not captured very many first class men there so we must import. I am requesting therefore that you send at least one or two first class men from your zone. They should apply for 1 year entry visas.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:731205 - Letter to Hansadutta written from Los Angeles|Letter to Hansadutta written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:731205 - Letter to Madhudvisa written from Los Angeles|Letter to Madhudvisa written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|My program is to visit some of our U.S.A. branches for some time, keeping Los Angeles as my home base and then to return to India by Lord Caitanya's Appearance Day|My program is to visit some of our U.S.A. branches for some time, keeping Los Angeles as my home base and then to return to India by Lord Caitanya's Appearance Day.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:731205 - Letter to Mukunda written from Los Angeles|Letter to Mukunda written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:731205 - Letter to Sukadeva written from Los Angeles|Letter to Sukadeva written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Yes, your debating program is approved by me. If we study the Bhagavad-gita thoroughly we can defeat all philosophies|Yes, your debating program is approved by me. If we study the Bhagavad-gita thoroughly we can defeat all philosophies.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:731205 - Letter to Tamala Krishna written from Los Angeles|Letter to Tamala Krishna written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| We want our men to come to India to learn the Sanskrit language so that we can study the Vedic literature. So you must arrange for a teacher to coach these boys in Sanskrit|Regarding visas for our American devotees coming to India, I have made arrangements with the Consulate General of India in New York to grant six month student visas, renewable in India, for all our men. The premise is that we want our men to come to India to learn the Sanskrit language so that we can study the Vedic literature. So you must arrange for a teacher to coach these boys in Sanskrit.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1974#December 1974|1974]] - December 05 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:741205 - Lecture SB 03.25.36 - Bombay|Lecture SB 03.25.36 - Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The Brahman realization means stopping the activities of the body. But the activities of the mind is going on, or they do not know; it is not perfect knowledge|The Brahman realization means stopping the activities of the body. But the activities of the mind is going on, or they do not know; it is not perfect knowledge. Therefore I have said several times that the Brahman realization, those who are Brahman realized souls, they are not in perfect knowledge.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#December 1975|1975]] - December 05 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:751205 - Lecture SB 07.06.04 - Vrndavana|Lecture SB 07.06.04 - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|This rascal civilization is so dangerous, mudha, full of rascals. So our little humble attempt is to give them relief from this rascaldom civilization. That is Krsna consciousness movement|This rascal civilization is so dangerous, mūḍhā, full of rascals. So our little humble attempt is to give them relief from this rascaldom civilization. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement means to give little relief or little knowledge to the people in general, especially to the human being. Like Prahlāda Mahārāja is... Durlabhaṁ mānuṣaṁ janma tad apy adhruvam arthadam. In the human life one can understand.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#December 1976|1976]] - December 05 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:761205 - Morning Walk - Hyderabad|Morning Walk - Hyderabad]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If you keep the stomach empty and try to supply food to the eyes and legs, it is simply waste of time. But these rascals, they do not know. They will go on committing mistakes after mistakes|They do not know what is their interest. Na te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇum (SB 7.5.31). If you keep the stomach empty and try to supply food to the eyes and legs, it is simply waste of time. But these rascals, they do not know. They will go on committing mistakes after mistakes. This is the position. We are giving the real knowledge, that "You serve in this way. Then everyone will be pleased."}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:761205 - Conversation - Hyderabad|Conversation - Hyderabad]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|One who is not in awareness of the laws of nature, they commit this mistake. We can say that pouring water on the leaves is also pouring water on the tree|One who is not in awareness of the laws of nature, they commit this mistake. We can say that pouring water on the leaves is also pouring water on the tree—by serving human being you can serve the Supreme Lord. But that is not the way.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:761205 - Letter to Giriraja written from Hyderabad|Letter to Giriraja written from Hyderabad]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The program as outlined by you is accepted. I am preparing now for the meeting with Vinobhaji as you have suggested|The program as outlined by you is accepted. I am preparing now for the meeting with Vinobhaji as you have suggested.}} | |||
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1966 - December 05
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "The jīvātmā, the living entity, is eternally servitor of Kṛṣṇa, and one should understand the nature of his master so that his service attitude, his affection, may be more intimate. Suppose I am serving at a place. I am engaged in a service to a master, but I do not know how big is my master. But when I understand the influence and opulence and greatness of my master, I become more devoted: "Oh, my master is so great." So therefore simply knowing, "God is great, and I have got some relationship with God," that is not sufficient. You must know how much great He is. Of course, you cannot calculate, but as far as possible, you should know how great He is." |
| 661205 - Lecture CC Madhya 20.152-154 - New York |
1968 - December 05
1969 - December 05
1970 - December 05
1971 - December 05
- Conversation at the International Academy of Indian Culture - Delhi
- Conversation in Car - Delhi
- Conversation - Delhi
- Letter to Bhutatma written from Delhi
 vanipedia.org |
So the work is in your (my leaders) hands. Let me be free now to translate books, that is my desire. |
1972 - December 05
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "At the present moment, we are thinking that because we are eating on tables and chairs, we advance. That is our mistake. That is no advance. Eating... The benefit of eating, whatever you eat or the animal eats, it is the same. Eating means to maintain the body and soul together. So by advancing in the modes of eating, that does not mean advancement of civilization. Advancement in the modes of sleeping, that does not mean advancement of civilization. Similarly, advancement in the modes of sexual intercourse, it does not mean the advancement of civilization. Or advancement in defending, discovering atomic bombs for killing my enemy, that is also not advancement of civilization. Advancement of civilization means how much you have advanced to know the soul and the ultimate goal of the soul, how the soul is transmigrating from one body to another." |
| 721205 - Lecture Rotary Club - Ahmedabad |
1973 - December 05
 vanipedia.org |
Yes, your debating program is approved by me. If we study the Bhagavad-gita thoroughly we can defeat all philosophies. |
1974 - December 05
1975 - December 05
1976 - December 05
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The program as outlined by you is accepted. I am preparing now for the meeting with Vinobhaji as you have suggested. |
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