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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1967#February 1967|1967]] - February 15 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:670215 - Lecture CC Adi 07.107-109 - San Francisco|Lecture CC Adi 07.107-109 - San Francisco]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Religion does not mean that "My religion says this. Your religion says this. Your religion says this." Religion means whether you are properly executing the will of the Supreme. That's all. This is religion| Just like for proper execution of this material world there are certain rules and regulations of the king, of the state, similarly, to execute properly the supreme will of the Supreme Lord there are certain rules and regulations. That is called religion. This is the meaning of religion. Religion does not mean that "My religion says this. Your religion says this. Your religion says this." Religion means whether you are properly executing the will of the Supreme.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:670215 - Letter to Kirtanananda written from San Francisco|Letter to Kirtanananda written from San Francisco]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Please take care of the bill of Lading for clearing the Mrdangas. I think the ship Jaladuta must be reaching New York by this time|Your absence from New York is not advisable while I am not there. Therefore I have postponed your journey to Montreal. Please take care of the bill of Lading for clearing the Mrdangas. I think the ship Jaladuta must be reaching New York by this time. Please do the needful and clear the valuable goods.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:670215 - Letter to Satsvarupa written from San Francisco|Letter to Satsvarupa written from San Francisco]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You are all innocent boys without any experience of the world. The cunning world can befool you at any time. So please be careful of the world in Krishna Consciousness. When Krishna will desire the house will come to us automatically|You are all innocent boys without any experience of the world. The cunning world can befool you at any time. So please be careful of the world in Krishna Consciousness. When Krishna will desire the house will come to us automatically. But we should not ask Krishna to give us a house let Krishna give us when He likes. If Mr. Payne is able to give us the house it is so far very good. But from circumstances it appears that Mr. Payne cannot get financial assistance from any businessman. If somebody gives us donation for the right cause that is a different thing.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1968#February 1968|1968]] - February 15 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:680215 - Letter to Brahmananda written from Los Angeles|Letter to Brahmananda written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We are Indians, especially mendicant, we can adjust things in any kind of place. But I shall stay in any place hell or heaven, if it is approved by you|Regarding apartments: We are Indians, especially mendicant, we can adjust things in any kind of place. But I shall stay in any place hell or heaven, if it is approved by you. Of course, on behalf of Krishna I am accepting your sincere service, but on the whole, I am servant of the servant of Krishna. Therefore I may be in designation your Spiritual Master, but actually I am servant of the servant of Krishna, and because you are all sincere servants of Krishna, I am your servant. I shall be glad to stay wherever yourself, Rayarama, and others like me to stay.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:680215 - Letter to Jadurani written from Los Angeles|Letter to Jadurani written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Regarding offering food: The custom is to offer the foodstuff first to the Spiritual Master; we cannot do anything directly. The Spiritual Master accepts the offering on behalf of his disciple, and offers the same to Krishna|Regarding offering food: The custom is to offer the foodstuff first to the Spiritual Master; we cannot do anything directly. The Spiritual Master accepts the offering on behalf of his disciple, and offers the same to Krishna. After Krishna's eating, the Spiritual Master eats it, and then the devotees take it as Mahaprasada. This is the system. Everything is offered to the Spiritual Master first, with the prayer "Nama Om Visnupadaya...}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:680215 - Letter to Rayarama written from Los Angeles|Letter to Rayarama written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|thank you very much for sending me the latest copy of Back to Godhead, which is so nicely decorated and painted|I thank you very much for sending me the latest copy of Back to Godhead, which is so nicely decorated and painted. My special thanks are due to Jaya Govinda who—who has so nicely sketched the story of the Grand Procession. I think in each and every issue a similar story-sketch may be printed, and it will be very interesting for the American reading public. }} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:680215 - Letter to Satsvarupa written from Los Angeles|Letter to Satsvarupa written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|There isn't any difference between chanting the Holy Name at the same time washing the dishes of the Temple. So do not be worried when you are attracted for doing other work in the Temple|There isn't any difference between chanting the Holy Name at the same time washing the dishes of the Temple. So do not be worried when you are attracted for doing other work in the Temple.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|There is variegatedness in transcendental activities. Sometimes we like to chant, sometimes we like to wash dishes. There is no difference on the Absolute plane. I am sure Krishna will give you all intelligence to work transcendentally|There is variegatedness in transcendental activities. Sometimes we like to chant, sometimes we like to wash dishes. There is no difference on the Absolute plane. I am sure Krishna will give you all intelligence to work transcendentally.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:680215 - Letter to Sudarsana written from Los Angeles|Letter to Sudarsana written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The list of offenses, 10 kinds, are in my apartment in N.Y., & you ask your God-brother, Brahmananda, & he will supply you. Similarly, there is another list of the qualifications, as well as prayer for Spiritual Master, are also there. Try to secure them|Please follow the regulations and chant 16 rounds daily at least without any offense. The list of offenses, 10 kinds, are in my apartment in N.Y., and you ask your God-brother, Brahmananda, and he will supply you. Similarly, there is another list of the qualifications, as well as prayer for Spiritual Master, are also there. Try to secure them, and follow the regulations, and Krishna will help you in being elevated to higher and higher platforms of Krishna Consciousness.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:680215 - Letter to Syamasundara written from Los Angeles|Letter to Syamasundara written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am so glad that somebody has donated sufficient funds to construct the throne. Your design appears to be very nice, nicer than the design which I gave you drawn by Gaurasundara|I am so glad that somebody has donated sufficient funds to construct the throne. Your design appears to be very nice, nicer than the design which I gave you drawn by Gaurasundara; but the former design was made with the proposal of covering it with silver foils. To make it less expensive because the whole thing has to be covered by silver foils, I made it plainer. But your design is not so plain, it is gorgeous and if it is covered with silver foils it will be still more gorgeous.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:680215 - Letter to Yadunandana written from Los Angeles|Letter to Yadunandana written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I have accepted you as my initiated student and your spiritual name is Sriman Yadunandana das Brahmacari. (Yadunandana is another name of Krishna)|I have accepted you as my initiated student and your spiritual name is Sriman Yadunandana das Brahmacari. (Yadunandana is another name of Krishna)}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1969#February 1969|1969]] - February 15 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:690215 - Lecture BG 06.06-12 - Los Angeles|Lecture BG 06.06-12 - Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/690215BG-LOS_ANGELES_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ | |||
:yo me bhaktyā prayacchati | |||
:tad ahaṁ bhakty-upahṛtam | |||
:aśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ | |||
:([[Vanisource:BG 9.26 (1972)|BG 9.26]]) | |||
'If somebody offers Me flower, fruits, vegetables, milk with devotional love, I accept and eat'. Now how He's eating, that you cannot see in the present—but He is eating. That we are experiencing daily. We are offering Kṛṣṇa, according to the ritualistic process, and you see the taste of the food is changed immediately. That is practical. He eats, but because He is full, He does not eat like us. Just like if I give you a plate of foodstuff, you finish. But God is not hungry, but He eats. He eats and keeps the things as it is."|Vanisource:690215 - Lecture BG 06.06-12 - Los Angeles|690215 - Lecture BG 06.06-12 - Los Angeless}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am spirit soul, part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. As soon as the mind is contaminated, I rebel, because I have got little independence. "Why shall I serve Krsna or God? I am God." It is simply a dictation from the mind|I am spirit soul, part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. As soon as the mind is contaminated, I rebel, because I have got little independence. "Why shall I serve Kṛṣṇa or God? I am God." It is simply a dictation from the mind. And the whole situation turns. He's under false impression, illusion, and the whole life is spoiled.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We are trying to conquer so many things, empire, but if we fail to conquer our mind, then even you conquer an empire, that is a failure. His very mind will be the greatest enemy|Who has failed to do so, if we fail to conquer the mind, we are trying to conquer so many things, empire, but if we fail to conquer our mind, then even you conquer an empire, that is a failure. His very mind will be the greatest enemy.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|YBUi0Mk6vBE|[[Vaniquotes:The whole yoga system means to make the mind our friend|The Whole Yoga System Means to Make the Mind Our Friend - 0651]]|04:08 minutes from a lecture on BG 06.06-12 in Los Angeles}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The whole yoga system means to make the mind our friend|This mind, they're talking of the mind. The whole yoga system means to make the mind our friend. The mind, in material contact… Just like a person in drunkard condition, his mind is the enemy.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|HviES2fy_2Q|[[Vaniquotes:This Padma Purana is meant for the persons who are in the modes of goodness|This Padma Purana is Meant for <br/>the Persons Who Are in the Modes of Goodness - 0652]]|06:19 minutes from a lecture on BG 06.06-12 in Los Angeles}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|This Padma Purana is meant for the persons who are in the modes of goodness|This Padma Purāṇa is meant for the persons who are in the modes of goodness. In Vedic rituals, you find so many differences of ritualistic performances. It is due to different kinds of men. Just like you have heard that Vedic literature, there is a ritualistic ceremony offering goat sacrifice in the presence of goddess Kālī. But this Purāṇa, Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, is meant for the persons who are in the modes of ignorance.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|YttvfMixuoE|[[Vaniquotes:If God is not a person, then how His sons become persons?|If God Is Not A Person, Then How His Sons Become Persons? - 0653]]|07:19 minutes from a lecture on BG 06.06-12 in Los Angeles}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If God is not a person, then how His sons become persons?|If God is not a person, then how His sons become persons? If your father is not a person, how you become a person? This is very common sense question. If my father has not a form, wherefrom I get this form? But people imagine, because when they are frustrated, when they see that this form is troublesome, therefore God must be formless. That is an opposite conception of this form.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|ihr_y6SBwxc|[[Vaniquotes:You cannot see God by your endeavor because your senses are all nonsense. You have to purify your senses and you have to wait for the time when God will be pleased to reveal Himself before you|You Cannot See God by Your Endeavor <br/>Because Your Senses are All Nonsense - 0654]]|05:00 minutes from a lecture on BG 06.06-12 in Los Angeles}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You cannot see God by your endeavor because your senses are all nonsense. You have to purify your senses and you have to wait for the time when God will be pleased to reveal Himself before you|When the sun rises out of its own will in the morning, you can see. Similarly you cannot see God by your endeavor because your senses are all nonsense. You have to purify your senses and you have to wait for the time when God will be pleased to reveal Himself before you. That is the process. You cannot challenge.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|KmZpQ9kP-DQ|[[Vaniquotes:That is the purpose. Any religious system. If it teaches you how to love God, then it is first-class. Otherwise it is useless|The Purpose of Religion is <br/>to Understand God, and to Learn How To Love God - 0655]]|09:38 minutes from a lecture on BG 06.06-12 in Los Angeles}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|That is the purpose. Any religious system. If it teaches you how to love God, then it is first-class. Otherwise it is useless|According to the quality, the religious conception is also created. But the purpose of religion is to understand God. And to learn how to love God. That is the purpose. Any religious system. If it teaches you how to love God, then it is first-class. Otherwise it is useless. You may prosecute your religious principles very rigidly and very nicely, but your love of God is nil. Your love of matter is simply enhancing, that is no religion.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|pkOrBD_Q_lw|[[Vaniquotes:Sinner is illusioned. He's mad. If you hate him, then how you can deliver him? Therefore those who are devotees, those who are really servant of God, they have no hate for anyone|Those Who Are Devotees, They Have No Hate for Anyone - 0656]]|07:41 minutes from a lecture on BG 06.06-12 in Los Angeles}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Sinner is illusioned. He's mad. If you hate him, then how you can deliver him? Therefore those who are devotees, those who are really servant of God, they have no hate for anyone|Lord Jesus Christ said, that "You hate the sin, not the sinner." Not the sinner. This is very nice. Because sinner is illusioned. He's mad. If you hate him, then how you can deliver him? Therefore those who are devotees, those who are really servant of God, they have no hate for anyone.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|EUcZ6aDgfi8|[[Vaniquotes:Temple is the only secluded place for this age. You cannot go in a secluded place in a forest|Temple Is The Only Secluded Place For This Age - 0657]]|04:49 minutes from a lecture on BG 06.06-12 in Los Angeles}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Temple is the only secluded place for this age. You cannot go in a secluded place in a forest|Vedic injunction is that the city is the place of passion. And the forest is the place of goodness. And the temple is transcendental. If you live in a city or a town, that is a passionate place. And if you don't want to live in a passionate place, you go to a forest. That is place of goodness. But a temple, a God's temple, is above this passion and goodness. Therefore temple is the only secluded place for this age. You cannot go in a secluded place in a forest. It is impossible. And if you make a show of yoga practice in a so-called class, and indulge in all kinds of nonsense things, that is not yoga practice.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690215 - Letter to Rayarama written from Los Angeles|Letter to Rayarama written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|On the whole, I wish to present Back To Godhead purely in the line of Krishna Consciousness throughout and criticism of too much materialism, as you have written many articles already. That is very nice|I think instead of engaging our pages in the matter of book reviews with which we do not agree, we should utilize these pages for such comic pictures. On the whole, I wish to present Back To Godhead purely in the line of Krishna Consciousness throughout and criticism of too much materialism, as you have written many articles already. That is very nice.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I wish to inform you that the advertisements are not very congenial to our prestige, especially the hippy kind of advertisements. So we have to think over how we can avoid the advertisements and publish at the same time|I wish to inform you that the advertisements (in BTG) are not very congenial to our prestige, especially the hippy kind of advertisements. So we have to think over how we can avoid the advertisements and publish at the same time. The hippy advertisements referred to by Purusottama was written to you on my consent.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Each center should take responsibility of contributing some money towards the publication of Back To Godhead, instead of depending upon each center for selling Back To Godhead|If I receive some contribution from each center for publishing Back To Godhead regularly, that will be a nice program so that we may not have to depend on advertisements or sales. Each center should take responsibility of contributing some money towards the publication of Back To Godhead, instead of depending upon each center for selling Back To Godhead.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1970#February 1970|1970]] - February 15 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:700215 - Letter to Bapi written from Los Angeles|Letter to Bapi written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Some years ago, when I was visiting your house, your father requested me to teach you Bhagavad-gita. I immediately agreed to this proposal, but later on your father changed his mind and he wanted to wait until your education would be finished|Some years ago, when I was visiting your house, your father requested me to teach you Bhagavad-gita. I immediately agreed to this proposal, but later on your father changed his mind and he wanted to wait until your education would be finished. I am very glad to learn that in the month of May you will be finishing your Indian educational career and you propose to come in the States for your postgraduate education in engineering.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700215 - Letter to Satsvarupa written from Los Angeles|Letter to Satsvarupa written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Yes, it certainly requires many leaders to manage the many affairs of a large scale institution, so you must train up whatever men you have got and try to manage this way|Yes, it certainly requires many leaders to manage the many affairs of a large scale institution, so you must train up whatever men you have got and try to manage this way. Now we are increasing, and with the increment we must make arrangement for carrying on very nicely. At the same time we should see that all the members are chanting regularly, that is our strength, and following the regulative principles strictly. Maya is very strong. If we do not keep ourselves fit by chanting Hare Krsna, we may fall a victim at any moment.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1971#February 1971|1971]] - February 15 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:710215 - Lecture Offerings, Appearance Day, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati - Gorakhpur|Lecture Offerings, Appearance Day, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati - Gorakhpur]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710215 - Lecture 1 Festival SB 06.03.24, Appearance Day, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati - Gorakhpur|Lecture 1 Festival SB 06.03.24, Appearance Day, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati - Gorakhpur]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|UVZTrjq50XI|[[Vaniquotes:Don't make any plan. Accept Krsna's plan. That will be simply giving trouble to Krsna. Therefore, a devotee does not pray even for his maintenance. That is pure devotee. He doesn't give trouble to Krsna even for his bare maintenance|Everyone is Simply Giving Krishna Trouble - 0054]]|06:50 minutes from a lecture on SB 06.03.24 in Gorakhpur}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Don't make any plan. Accept Krsna's plan. That will be simply giving trouble to Krsna. Therefore, a devotee does not pray even for his maintenance. That is pure devotee. He doesn't give trouble to Krsna even for his bare maintenance|Don't make any plan. Accept Kṛṣṇa's plan. That will be simply giving trouble to Kṛṣṇa. Therefore, a devotee does not pray even for his maintenance. That is pure devotee. He doesn't give trouble to Kṛṣṇa even for his bare maintenance.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|This movement is very, very old, but it appears very fresh. Because it is spiritual, it is ever-fresh. So you take to this movement very seriously, and all of you will be very happy. That is our request|This movement is very, very old, but it appears very fresh. Because it is spiritual, it is ever-fresh. So you take to this movement very seriously, and all of you will be very happy. That is our request.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Today is his appearance day. So we should honor this tithi very respectfully and pray to Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami that "We are engaged in your service. So give us strength, give us intelligence. And we are being guided by your servant"|We are following the Brahma-sampradāya, the first, Svayambhū. Brahmā. Brahmā, then Nārada, from Nārada, Vyāsadeva. In this way, Madhvācārya, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, in this way. So today, because we are following the footsteps of Śrī Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Prabhupāda, so this is, today is his appearance day. So we should honor this tithi very respectfully and pray to Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī that "We are engaged in your service. So give us strength, give us intelligence. And we are being guided by your servant." So in this way we have to pray.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The process is that whatever we offer to the Deity, that is offered to guru. And guru offers to his guru. In this way goes to Krsna. We don't directly offer Radha-Krsna. No. We have no right. Neither He accepts in that way|The process is that whatever we offer to the Deity, that is offered to guru. And guru offers to his guru. In this way goes to Krsna. We don't directly offer Radha-Krsna. No. We have no right. Neither He accepts in that way.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710215 - Lecture 2 Festival Appearance Day, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati - Gorakhpur|Lecture 2 Festival Appearance Day, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati - Gorakhpur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I was maintaining myself by selling these books for one year. There was no friend, and I was living in apartment with great difficulty. Still, the whole, I mean to say, stock, and my typewriter, my tape recorder - everything was stolen|I was maintaining myself by selling these books for one year. There was no friend, and I was living in apartment with great difficulty. Still, the whole, I mean to say, stock, and my typewriter, my tape recorder - everything was stolen.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Then, in 1923, I left Calcutta on business account, and I started my business at Allahabad. But I was always thinking of my Guru Maharaja, although I was that time not initiated. But the impression was there|In 1923, I left Calcutta on business account, and I started my business at Allahabad. But I was always thinking of my Guru Maharaja, although I was that time not initiated. But the impression was there. I was thinking, "I met a very nice saintly person."}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|My Guru Maharaja's desire and Caitanya Mahaprabhu's prediction is now being fulfilled. At least, it has begun to be fulfilled. So it is a genuine movement, authorized movement, and India's original culture|My Guru Mahārāja's desire and Caitanya Mahāprabhu's prediction is now being fulfilled. At least, it has begun to be fulfilled. So it is a genuine movement, authorized movement, and India's original culture.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I started in 1966, lecturing in a storefront and living in that apartment in 26 Second Avenue. Then gradually, these boys, American boys and girls, began to come|I started in 1966, lecturing in a storefront and living in that apartment in 26 Second Avenue. Then gradually, these boys, American boys and girls, began to come. And then I started my kīrtana in Tompkinson Square. More and more, these younger Americans, they came to me, and things were organized.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our appeal to the Indian people, that "You should take seriously about this movement and try to cooperate with us." That will be glorification for Indian culture|So our appeal to the Indian people, that "You should take seriously about this movement and try to cooperate with us." That will be glorification for Indian culture.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|These boys run our cars. And you'll be very pleased that in each and every temple we have got at least four cars, nice. Especially one car for me and two cars for carrying them for sankirtana movement. Very good arrangement| These boys run our cars. And you'll be very pleased that in each and every temple we have got at least four cars, nice. Especially one car for me and two cars for carrying them for saṅkīrtana movement. Very good arrangement. Better than any temple in India.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We come here empty-handed; we leave here, say, fifty years or hundred years. When I become proprietor? This is another maya, renouncement. As enjoyment is another maya, similarly, renouncement. So we have to give up this renouncement or enjoyment|We come here empty-handed; we leave here, say, fifty years or hundred years. When I become proprietor? This is another māyā, renouncement. As enjoyment is another māyā, similarly, renouncement. So we have to give up this renouncement or enjoyment. We have to take the real position, that "Everything belongs to Kṛṣṇa, or God. We have simply to serve Kṛṣṇa." That is bhakti-yoga. That will give you actual peace. That is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā. Bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁ. Kṛṣṇa is the supreme enjoyer. You simply supply ingredients of His enjoyment; then you'll be happy.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710215 - Letter to Central Bank of India written from Gorakhpur|Letter to Central Bank of India written from Gorakhpur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am travelling all over the country and whenever there is some collection I transfer the money by mail transfer|I am travelling all over the country and whenever there is some collection I transfer the money by mail transfer.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710215 - Letter to Devi written from Gorakhpur|Letter to Devi written from Gorakhpur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Please continue to faithfully serve the Lord by chanting His Holy Names sixteen rounds daily on the beads, going on Sankirtana, following the regulative principles and avoiding the ten offenses, working in cooperation to spread this Sankirtana Movement|Please continue to faithfully serve the Lord by chanting His Holy Names sixteen rounds daily on the beads, going on Sankirtana, following the regulative principles and avoiding the ten offenses, working in cooperation to spread this Sankirtana Movement, studying our philosophy carefully and keeping always happy in Krsna Consciousness. You can take good advantage of the association of devotees and be guided progressively by your elder Godbrothers and sisters in the matter of executing your Krsna consciousness without difficulty.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710215 - Letter to Jagadisa written from Gorakhpur|Letter to Jagadisa written from Gorakhpur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We are being so favorably presented everywhere by the media. Just today two editors of Indian newspapers have informed me of their intention to print special issues devoted to our Movement as well as give daily one article on our philosophy|We are being so favorably presented everywhere by the media. Just today two editors of Indian newspapers have informed me of their intention to print special issues devoted to our Movement as well as give daily one article on our philosophy.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710215 - Letter to Karandhara written from Gorakhpur|Letter to Karandhara written from Gorakhpur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If you see fit, you may offer the second initiation to Sriman Yasodanandana Das Brahmacari and encourage him to open a nice center in Quebec. That will be great service and I know he is very enthusiastic devotee|You may inform all the Temple Presidents that prospective initiations may wait until that time. In the meantime, however, if you see fit, you may offer the second initiation to Sriman Yasodanandana Das Brahmacari and encourage him to open a nice center in Quebec. That will be great service and I know he is very enthusiastic devotee.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710215 - Letter to Madhudvisa written from Gorakhpur|Letter to Madhudvisa written from Gorakhpur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Madras is a good field because these people understand English very easily. So you will have very good chance for preaching in English|Madras is a good field because these people understand English very easily. So you will have very good chance for preaching in English.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710215 - Letter to Sridama written from Gorakhpur|Letter to Sridama written from Gorakhpur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Some kind of gift to the Spiritual Master from the new disciple on the occasion of initiation is required that the function be complete| I beg to thank you for the initiation gift of a fifty dollar check for my book fund. It is very welcome. Some kind of gift to the Spiritual Master from the new disciple on the occasion of initiation is required that the function be complete.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710215 - Letter to Syamasundara written from Gorakhpur|Letter to Syamasundara written from Gorakhpur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|From the beginning it was my program not to sell books but to make life members|From the beginning it was my program not to sell books but to make life members.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710215 - Letter to Yugalakisora written from Gorakhpur|Letter to Yugalakisora written from Gorakhpur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am so much glad that you have again come to our camp after some time being mislead by Maya. You should take severe warning from this incident and not treat the matter as very light|I am so much glad that you have again come to our camp after some time being mislead by Maya. You should take severe warning from this incident and not treat the matter as very light. Maya is always peeping for a chance to allure the neophyte devotees from the path of Krsna Consciousness and this potential danger is always there everywhere in the material world. The only solution to the danger of material entanglement and consequent unhappiness is to surrender unconditionally at the Lotus feet of Krsna because only He can give assurance of protection from all sinful reactions.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972#February 1972|1972]] - February 15 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:720215 - Conversation - Madras|Conversation - Madras]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|A living being, to become desireless, how you can? I am living. I am not a dead body. Desire should be to satisfy Krsna. Attachment should be for Him. That's all. You have to change. That is Krsna consciousness|A living being, to become desireless, how you can? I am living. I am not a dead body. Desire should be to satisfy Kṛṣṇa. Attachment should be for Him. That's all. You have to change. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. You have now attachment for sense gratification, desire for sense gratification. This has to be changed. Purification of desire, purification of attachment. Tat paratvena nirmalam. Eyes, because it is diseased, you don't pluck out. This is nonsense. Cure the eyes of the disease, then you will see things right.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720215 - Letter to Amogha written from Madras|Letter to Amogha written from Madras]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We must be very careful to avoid anything scandalous in our dealings, and always keep to the highest standards of respect and courtesy|We must be very careful to avoid anything scandalous in our dealings, and always keep to the highest standards of respect and courtesy. So kindly deal with such matters in future with great caution and tactfully so that our Movement may not get a bad reputation, especially among people who are very sensitive to such things. I know in your country the mixing between boys and girls is very ordinary thing, but in our Asian countries one must be very very careful about such matters, so kindly inform Hanuman and the others in this way.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720215 - Letter to Gargamuni written from Madras|Letter to Gargamuni written from Madras]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Krishna has been very kind upon us, now let us all work cooperatively and with full enthusiasm to do the needful|I am very much pleased to know that we shall be raising up a nice center now in Vrindaban, and also in Bombay, so Krishna has been very kind upon us, now let us all work cooperatively and with full enthusiasm to do the needful.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1973#February 1973|1973]] - February 15 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:730215 - Letter to Satsvarupa written from Sydney|Letter to Satsvarupa written from Sydney]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Right from the beginning of my mission, I have always stressed and encouraged my disciples to work with the college students|Right from the beginning of my mission, I have always stressed and encouraged my disciples to work with the college students.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You should not be discouraged if people are not coming to your meetings. We are trying to please Krishna. That is all. We simply must go on with our business, to the best of our ability|You should not be discouraged if people are not coming to your meetings. We are trying to please Krishna. That is all. We simply must go on with our business, to the best of our ability. We must always sincerely try to do our best with great determination. This is the transcendental position. Success or failure, this is not our business. We leave that up to Krishna. My Guru Maharaja said, it does not matter if anyone comes to hear. You go on with your chanting. If no-one hears you the walls will hear.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#February 1975|1975]] - February 15 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:750215 - Lecture BG 02.15 - Mexico|Lecture BG 02.15 - Mexico]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If one is fortunate, then he comes in contact with a devotee. This Krsna consciousness movement is meant for giving this opportunity to everyone|The living entity in this way wandering in different species of life in different planetary platform, and therefore this is very disgusting, so if one is fortunate, then he comes in contact with a devotee. This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is meant for giving this opportunity to everyone. We are opening centers all over the world, inviting people to "Come in our place".}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750215 - Conversation - Mexico|Conversation - Mexico]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The soul transmigrates to another body. That is the evolutionary process for anthropology, basic principle of anthropology. So in Darwin's theory there is no admission of the soul. Therefore it is imperfect|The soul transmigrates to another body. That is the evolutionary process for anthropology, basic principle of anthropology. So in Darwin's theory there is no admission of the soul. Therefore it is imperfect. The soul transmigrates from one type of body to another type. And then there are 8,400,000 forms of body. So when we get this human form of body we get all intelligence. And we should utilize this intelligence how to stop this transmigration of the soul from one body to another.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750215 - Letter to Doctor Currier written from Mexico City|Letter to Doctor Currier written from Mexico City]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I have always instructed my disciples to eat only healthy foodstuffs which will be beneficial for the body and mind. Not only that, but I have also instructed that whatever they eat must be first offered to the Supreme Lord Krishna for His pleasure|I have always instructed my disciples to eat only healthy foodstuffs which will be beneficial for the body and mind. Not only that, but I have also instructed that whatever they eat must be first offered to the Supreme Lord Krishna for His pleasure and then they can take the remnants which are called Prasadam or mercy of the Lord.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I have never said that my disciples should sever all relationships with friends, relatives and others|I have never said that my disciples should sever all relationships with friends, relatives and others, but sometimes an inexperienced devotee may do it out of fear of being too much attracted to the materialistic way of life by associating with such persons. An experienced devotee is strong enough not to be affected, rather he can help others to become purified by his association.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750215 - Letter to Giriraja written from Mexico City|Letter to Giriraja written from Mexico City]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I want to know immediately what kind of monthly interest I would receive if I was to put this amount in a fixed deposit for five years|The interest rate here in the west is very low now, so I am thinking very seriously to invest about 410,000 dollars (approximately 32 lakhs rupees). I want to know immediately what kind of monthly interest I would receive if I was to put this amount in a fixed deposit for five years.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750215 - Letter to Gopiparanadhana written from Mexico City|Letter to Gopiparanadhana written from Mexico City]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Krishna is fully aware of your every necessity and he will surely provide everything that you need for your bodily maintenance|Krishna is fully aware of your every necessity and he will surely provide everything that you need for your bodily maintenance. You should have this kind of faith.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750215 - Letter to Govardhana written from Mexico City|Letter to Govardhana written from Mexico City]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Regarding my books, everyone should read. I am also reading. Everyone should be engaged 24 hours. That is the sum and substance. How much you should read and how much you should do other types of service, that has to be decided by each individual devotee| Regarding my books, everyone should read. I am also reading. Everyone should be engaged 24 hours. That is the sum and substance. How much you should read and how much you should do other types of service, that has to be decided by each individual devotee. Eating and sleeping should be minimized—not a single moment should be misused.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750215 - Letter to Jennifer written from Mexico City|Letter to Jennifer written from Mexico City]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We are Vaisnavas. We are not concerned with male or female position in life. That is simply bodily concept of life. It is not spiritual|We are Vaisnavas. We are not concerned with male or female position in life. That is simply bodily concept of life. It is not spiritual. Whether one is male or female, it doesn't matter, simply chant Hare Krishna and follow the four regulative principles and your life will be perfect.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750215 - Letter to Krishna dasa written from Mexico City|Letter to Krishna dasa written from Mexico City]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You are very fortunate to be attending the Gurukula school. You please take advantage of it and become a pure devotee of Lord Krishna|You are very fortunate to be attending the Gurukula school. You please take advantage of it and become a pure devotee of Lord Krishna. I would like to come there very much and see all of my sons and daughters there.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750215 - Letter to Mrdapriya written from Mexico City|Letter to Mrdapriya written from Mexico City]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Don't try to manufacture some artificial process. The process I have already given. Now you simply have to follow it strictly and Krishna will give you all help|Krishna will see that you are sincerely trying to follow the real process of Krishna Consciousness. Don't try to manufacture some artificial process. The process I have already given. Now you simply have to follow it strictly and Krishna will give you all help.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750215 - Letter to Nityananda written from Mexico City|Letter to Nityananda written from Mexico City]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I have accepted the two persons that you have recommended for 1st initiation. Their names are Michael - Muniraja, and Robin - Rajanatha|I have accepted the two persons that you have recommended for 1st initiation. Their names are Michael—Muniraja, and Robin—Rajanatha. Their beads can be chanted by Kirtanananda Swami. Train them to be first class devotees by following very strictly all of our rule regulations, chanting at least 16 good rounds daily.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750215 - Letter to Pancananda written from Mexico City|Letter to Pancananda written from Mexico City]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Whatever problems you may have will seem insignificant. However, if you need medical attention, your temple president should make the necessary arrangement for your seeing a doctor|You should try very sincerely to become a pure devotee of Krishna by following all of the four regulative principles and chanting at least 16 rounds daily, as well as rising early, attending mangala arati, attending classes, etc. By this simple method, you will be very strongly fixed in spiritual life and whatever problems you may have will seem insignificant. However, if you need medical attention, your temple president should make the necessary arrangement for your seeing a doctor.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750215 - Letter to Satsvarupa written from Mexico City|Letter to Satsvarupa written from Mexico City]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Thank you very much for sending the book reviews. Send more if you can. These are very very encouraging|Thank you very much for sending the book reviews. Send more if you can. These are very very encouraging. I am keeping a collection of these reviews and I show them to big big scholars and professors when they come to see me. They are very impressed.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750215 - Letter to Svarupa Damodara written from Mexico City|Letter to Svarupa Damodara written from Mexico City]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I was very glad to receive your letter and to hear that you are feeling very happy in Krishna's service|I was very glad to receive your letter and to hear that you are feeling very happy in Krishna's service. I will be coming to Atlanta around the first week of March. Rupanuga prabhu has informed me that he will call a meeting of all the scientists in the movement at that time in Atlanta.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750215 - Letter to Yadhavacarya written from Mexico City|Letter to Yadhavacarya written from Mexico City]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am very glad to hear that you have already distributed some books in prison|I understand from your letter that you are now in prison. Anyway, you can use such a situation as an opportunity for preaching Krishna Consciousness. I am very glad to hear that you have already distributed some books in prison. Please try to keep yourself fixed in Krishna Consciousness.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#February 1976|1976]] - February 15 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:760215 - Lecture SB 07.09.08 - Mayapur|Lecture SB 07.09.08 - Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/760215SB-MAYAPUR_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"So this is an opportunity, this human form of life, to decide where you want to go. Are you going to hell or heaven or back to home, or back to Godhead? That you have to decide. This is human intelligence, not like working like cats and dogs and dying like cats and dogs. That is not human life. Human life is meant for to decide where you want to go next. By the evolutionary process you have come to this human form of life. Jalajā nava-lakṣāni sthāvarā lakṣa-viṁśati (Padma Purāṇa). By going through so many, 8,400,000 species of life, you have got this human form of life. Now you decide where you go."|Vanisource:760215 - Lecture SB 07.09.08 - Mayapur|760215 - Lecture SB 07.09.08 - Mayapur}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|This is an opportunity, this human form of life, to decide where you want to go. Are you going to hell or heaven or back to home, or back to Godhead? That you have to decide|This is an opportunity, this human form of life, to decide where you want to go. Are you going to hell or heaven or back to home, or back to Godhead? That you have to decide. This is human intelligence, not like working like cats and dogs and dying like cats and dogs. That is not human life. Human life is meant for to decide where you want to go next. By the evolutionary process you have come to this human form of life.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760215 - Letter to Bhaktijana written from Mayapur|Letter to Bhaktijana written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Regarding preaching in Harlem and taking sannyasa order of life, you may speak to Madhudvisa Maharaja and work with him. He is senior man and sannyasa, so I will consider seriously his recommendation|Regarding preaching in Harlem and taking sannyasa order of life, you may speak to Madhudvisa Maharaja and work with him. He is senior man and sannyasa, so I will consider seriously his recommendation.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760215 - Letter to Krishnanga written from Mayapur|Letter to Krishnanga written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You should not go outside of the shelter of this ISKCON|Do not let your mind be disturbed by so many things. Our movement is for chanting Hare Krishna. One can be happy under any condition. Samah duhkha-sukham dhiram. Krishna Consciousness does not depend on any external arrangement. You should not go outside of the shelter of this ISKCON. Just try to be happy by chanting Hare Krishna and following the regulative principles.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760215 - Letter to Michael S. Darby written from Mayapur|Letter to Michael S. Darby written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Regarding the history of ISKCON, please ask Kirtanananda Maharaja; he knows everything|Regarding the history of ISKCON, please ask Kirtanananda Maharaja; he knows everything.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760215 - Letter to Tejiyas written from Mayapur|Letter to Tejiyas written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I would like to have a letter of introduction sent here from Mr. J.B. Patnaik. When we have a positive letter introducing our organization, we can send one man to see Mr. Patnaik in Bhuvanesvara|I would like to have a letter of introduction sent here from Mr. J.B. Patnaik. When we have a positive letter introducing our organization, we can send one man to see Mr. Patnaik in Bhuvanesvara.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760215 - Letter to Yasomatinandana written from Mayapur|Letter to Yasomatinandana written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Yes, I approve your distribution ideas, namely subscriber agents, news agents. The subscription drive is a solid program|Yes, I approve your distribution ideas, namely subscriber agents, news agents. The subscription drive is a solid program.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am very pleased with your monthly Bhagavata-Darsana. That is a solid program. Please continue it steadily|I am very pleased with your monthly Bhagavata-Darsana. That is a solid program. Please continue it steadily. One thing is, you must be careful with the subscription books so that they are not counterfeit or used by cheaters. One man, Agarwal, was cheating us in Kota and is now captured and given to the police. Unless one is authorized no one should be given a receipt book. Therefore you must have printed on each receipt: "NO BEARER CHECK; NO CASH; ACCOUNT PAID CHECK ONLY—MAKE PAYABLE TO INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS ONLY."}} | |||
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:'''[[Vanisource:770215 - Conversation - Mayapur|Conversation - Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|That one person, God, He's supplying everyone, whatever necessities. You have to simply work little. That is material world. In the material world you have to work. And in the spiritual world there is no question of work|That one person, God, He's supplying everyone, whatever necessities. You have to simply work little. That is material world. In the material world you have to work. And in the spiritual world there is no question of work. Whatever you require, you desire, everything is there. Cintamani-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vrksa. You get everything as soon as you desire it. You haven't got to work. That is spiritual world. In material world, to get your necessities you have to work.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Don't be disappointed. Krsna will act through His movement and kill them, these demons. How it will be done, that you cannot know now, but it will be done. Let us remain true soldiers. That's all|So this will give impetus to Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. Yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati (BG 4.7). Don't be disappointed. Kṛṣṇa will act through His movement and kill them, these demons. How it will be done, that you cannot know now, but it will be done. Let us remain true soldiers. That's all. And if it is a fight, suppose we die in the fight. The fight means with vow, with determination either to gain victory or die. Because it is fight against māyā, why we shall be afraid of being killed? Where there is fight, one must know that "Either I am going to be killed or gain victory."}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770215 - Letter to Kuladri written from Mayapur|Letter to Kuladri written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|For the Salagrams, send one to L.A. and you keep one. Simply decorate the salagram and put Him on a sringhasana, apply garland, chandan and tulasi. Salagram Sila bathing means to bathe all the deities|For the Salagrams, send one to L.A. and you keep one. Simply decorate the salagram and put Him on a sringhasana, apply garland, chandan and tulasi. Salagram Sila bathing means to bathe all the deities.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770215 - Letter to Lokanath Swami written from Mayapur|Letter to Lokanath Swami written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The main instructions are to go on, to push on and preach and distribute books. If possible you can also hold a festival which is also part of preaching. I will be looking forward to seeing you and your bullock cart party in Mayapur|The main instructions are to go on, to push on and preach and distribute books. If possible you can also hold a festival which is also part of preaching. I will be looking forward to seeing you and your bullock cart party in Mayapur.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770215 - Letter to Tracy and Rita written from Mayapur|Letter to Tracy and Rita written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Continue chanting and associating with devotees and your spiritual growth will be assured. In this way, be happy, that is my blessing. I want to see the whole world happy in this way - that is my only ambition|Continue chanting and associating with devotees and your spiritual growth will be assured. In this way, be happy, that is my blessing. I want to see the whole world happy in this way - that is my only ambition.}} | |||
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- See also: A Month in the Life of Srila Prabhupada.
1967 - February 15
1968 - February 15
1969 - February 15
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
"patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ
'If somebody offers Me flower, fruits, vegetables, milk with devotional love, I accept and eat'. Now how He's eating, that you cannot see in the present—but He is eating. That we are experiencing daily. We are offering Kṛṣṇa, according to the ritualistic process, and you see the taste of the food is changed immediately. That is practical. He eats, but because He is full, He does not eat like us. Just like if I give you a plate of foodstuff, you finish. But God is not hungry, but He eats. He eats and keeps the things as it is." |
| 690215 - Lecture BG 06.06-12 - Los Angeless |
1970 - February 15
1971 - February 15
- Lecture Offerings, Appearance Day, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati - Gorakhpur
- Lecture 1 Festival SB 06.03.24, Appearance Day, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati - Gorakhpur
 vanipedia.org |
I am travelling all over the country and whenever there is some collection I transfer the money by mail transfer. |
1972 - February 15
1973 - February 15
 vanipedia.org |
Right from the beginning of my mission, I have always stressed and encouraged my disciples to work with the college students. |
1975 - February 15
1976 - February 15
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "So this is an opportunity, this human form of life, to decide where you want to go. Are you going to hell or heaven or back to home, or back to Godhead? That you have to decide. This is human intelligence, not like working like cats and dogs and dying like cats and dogs. That is not human life. Human life is meant for to decide where you want to go next. By the evolutionary process you have come to this human form of life. Jalajā nava-lakṣāni sthāvarā lakṣa-viṁśati (Padma Purāṇa). By going through so many, 8,400,000 species of life, you have got this human form of life. Now you decide where you go." |
| 760215 - Lecture SB 07.09.08 - Mayapur |
 vanipedia.org |
Regarding the history of ISKCON, please ask Kirtanananda Maharaja; he knows everything. |
 vanipedia.org |
Yes, I approve your distribution ideas, namely subscriber agents, news agents. The subscription drive is a solid program. |
1977 - February 15
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