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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1966#February 1966|1966]] - February 16 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:660216 - Letter to Mr. Dharwarkar written from New York|Letter to Mr. Dharwarkar written from New York]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am trying here to establish one Temple of Sri Sri Radha Krishna and one big industrialist of India has promised to pay for the cost|I am trying here to establish one Temple of Sri Sri Radha Krishna and one big industrialist of India has promised to pay for the cost.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:660216 - Letter to Teertha Maharaj written from New York|Letter to Teertha Maharaj written from New York]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am anxiously awaiting your favourable reply because on your reply only I will have to take action in so many other things|I am anxiously awaiting your favourable reply because on your reply only I will have to take action in so many other things. My Visa period will be finished by the end of March 1966 and for increasing the period I will have to submit application at least a fortnight before.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1968#February 1968|1968]] - February 16 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:680216 - Letter to Uddhava written from Los Angeles|Letter to Uddhava written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I have already sent copy of the instructions for celebrating my Guru Maharaja's Advent Day, to Syamasundara, as of yesterday, and you can read it to all the devotees at Istagosthi|I have already sent copy of the instructions for celebrating my Guru Maharaja's Advent Day, to Syamasundara., as of yesterday, and you can read it to all the devotees at Istagosthi.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1969#February 1969|1969]] - February 16 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:690216 - Lecture BG 06.13-15 - Los Angeles|Lecture BG 06.13-15 - Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/690216BG-LOS_ANGELES_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"teṣām evānukampārtham | |||
:aham ajñāna-jaṁ tamaḥ | |||
:nāśayāmy ātma-bhāva-stho | |||
:jñāna-dīpena bhāsvatā | |||
([[Vanisource:BG 10.11 (1972)|BG 10.11]]) | |||
'Those who are always engaged in My service, just to show them a special favor', teṣām evānukampārtham, aham ajñāna-jaṁ tamaḥ nāśayāmi, 'I vanquish all kinds of darkness of ignorance by the light of knowledge'. So Kṛṣṇa is within you. And when you are sincerely searching after Kṛṣṇa by the devotional process, as it is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, you'll find in Eighteenth Chapter, bhaktyā mām abhijānāti ([[Vanisource:BG 18.55 (1972)|BG 18.55]]): "One can understand Me simply by this devotional process."|Vanisource:690216 - Lecture BG 06.13-15 - Los Angeles|690216 - Lecture BG 06.13-15 - Los Angeles}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|vildMu1aQ_w|[[Vaniquotes:Srimad-Bhagavatam is the supreme jnana-yoga and bhakti-yoga combined|Srimad-Bhagavatam Is <br/>The Supreme Jnana-yoga and Bhakti-yoga Combined - 0658]]|07:48 minutes from a lecture on BG 06.13-15 in Los Angeles}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Srimad-Bhagavatam is the supreme jnana-yoga and bhakti-yoga combined|Srimad-Bhagavatam is the supreme jnana-yoga and bhakti-yoga combined. Jñāna-yoga process means to search out the Absolute Truth, or to understand the nature of the Absolute Truth by philosophical way.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|992_cbtLvss|[[Vaniquotes:If you simply hear sincerely and submissively, then you will understand Krsna. Krsna will reveal to you|If You Simply Hear Sincerely and Submissively, <br/>Then You Will Understand Krishna - 0659]]|03:11 minutes from a lecture on BG 06.13-15 in Los Angeles}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If you simply hear sincerely and submissively, then you will understand Krsna. Krsna will reveal to you|And when you are sincerely searching after Kṛṣṇa by the devotional process, as it is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, you'll find in Eighteenth Chapter, bhaktyā mām abhijānāti (BG 18.55). "One can understand Me simply by this devotional process." Bhaktyā. And what is bhakti? Bhakti is this: śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ (SB 7.5.23). Simply hearing and chanting about Viṣṇu. This is the beginning of bhakti. So if you simply hear sincerely and submissively, then you will understand Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa will reveal to you.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|D6FsgpzDjIo|[[Vaniquotes:Even if you don't do anything, if you simply restrain your sex life, you become a very powerful man. People do not know the secret. So anything you do, if you want to do it with determination, you have to stop sex life. That is the secret|If You Simply Restrain Your Sex Life, You Become A Very Powerful Man - 0660]]|10:03 minutes from a lecture on BG 06.13-15 in Los Angeles}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Even if you don't do anything, if you simply restrain your sex life, you become a very powerful man. People do not know the secret. So anything you do, if you want to do it with determination, you have to stop sex life. That is the secret|Even if you don't do anything, if you simply restrain your sex life, you become a very powerful man. People do not know the secret. So anything you do, if you want to do it with determination, you have to stop sex life. That is the secret.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|qQqjZ0hR2oQ|[[Vaniquotes:Nobody is better meditator than these boys. They are simply concentrating on Krsna. Their whole business is Krsna|Nobody Is Better Meditator Than These Boys. <br/>They Are Simply Concentrating on Krishna - 0661]]|03:02 minutes from a lecture on BG 06.13-15 in Los Angeles}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Nobody is better meditator than these boys. They are simply concentrating on Krsna. Their whole business is Krsna|Nobody is better meditator than these boys. They are simply concentrating on Krsna. Their whole business is Krsna. They are working in the garden, digging the earth, "Oh, there will be nice rose, we shall offer to Kṛṣṇa." Meditation. Practical meditation. I shall grow rose and it will be offered to Kṛṣṇa. Even in the digging there is meditation.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|t9-u577gIfA|[[Vaniquotes:They are anxious, they are full of anxiety because they have captured something nonpermanent|Full of Anxiety <br/>Because They Have Captured Something Nonpermanent - 0662]]|07:08 minutes from a lecture on BG 06.13-15 in Los Angeles}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|They are anxious, they are full of anxiety because they have captured something nonpermanent|They are anxious, they are full of anxiety because they have captured something nonpermanent. Their whole activities are targeted to capture something nonpermanent. Therefore they are always full of anxieties. Any person, any living entity, man beast or animal or birds, always anxious. This is material disease.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|O5TghtxpgyU|[[Vaniquotes:Yoga practice should be performed to understand Krsna, that's all. Or to make your lost relationship with Krsna reestablished. That is yoga practice|Make Your Lost Relationship With Krishna Reestablished. <br/>That Is Yoga Practice - 0663]]|04:30 minutes from a lecture on BG 06.13-15 in Los Angeles}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Yoga practice should be performed to understand Krsna, that's all. Or to make your lost relationship with Krsna reestablished. That is yoga practice|Yoga practice should be performed to understand Krsna, that's all. Or to make your lost relationship with Krsna reestablished. That is yoga practice.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|lPUD8eYZ2CE|[[Vaniquotes:Where do you find void? This void philosophy is another illusion. There cannot be any void|Void Philosophy Is Another Illusion. There Cannot Be Any Void - 0664]]|03:52 minutes from a lecture on BG 06.13-15 in Los Angeles}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Where do you find void? This void philosophy is another illusion. There cannot be any void|Where do you find void? This void philosophy is another illusion. There cannot be any void.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|_I1UaJ0Kung|[[Vaniquotes:That planet, Krsna planet, Goloka Vrndavana, that is self-illuminated|Krishna's Planet, Goloka Vrndavana, Is Self-illuminated - 0665]]|05:11 minutes from a lecture on BG 06.13-15 in Los Angeles}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|That planet, Krsna planet, Goloka Vrndavana, that is self-illuminated|That planet, Krsna planet, Goloka Vrndavana, that is self-illuminated. We have given that picture in our Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, self-effulgent. There are many millions of planets in that spiritual sky. Go on.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|cNhLjzQYyDc|[[Vaniquotes:If sun can penetrate within your room, cannot Krsna penetrate within your heart and room and every corner?|If The Sun Can Penetrate Within Your Room, <br/>Can’t Krishna Penetrate Within Your Heart - 0666]]|03:11 minutes from a lecture on BG 06.13-15 in Los Angeles}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If sun can penetrate within your room, cannot Krsna penetrate within your heart and room and every corner?|If sun can penetrate within your room, cannot Krsna penetrate within your heart and room and every corner? He is so useless? He’s everywhere, but you have to realize, how He is everywhere. Go on.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|So any process take Vedic process. Either you take yoga process or bhakti process or jnana process, in no process sex indulgence is allowed, no. Sex indulgence is only allowed, family life, just to beget very nice children. That's all|So any process take Vedic process. Either you take yoga process or bhakti process or jñāna process, in no process sex indulgence is allowed, no. Sex indulgence is only allowed, family life, just to beget very nice children. That's all. Sex life is not for sense enjoyment. Although there is enjoyment by nature. Unless there is enjoyment, why one should take responsibility for family life. That is the secret of nature's gift. But we should not take advantage of it.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690216 - Letter to Vamanadeva written from Los Angeles|Letter to Vamanadeva written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Actually, our students are divinity students; there is no doubt about it, and there is a law that divinity students can not be called by the draft, so why should you not take advantage of it?|Actually, our students are divinity students; there is no doubt about it, and there is a law that divinity students can not be called by the draft, so why should you not take advantage of it?}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1970#February 1970|1970]] - February 16 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:700216 - Letter to Gaurasundara written from Los Angeles|Letter to Gaurasundara written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am very glad to learn that you are planning to celebrate the appearance day of Lord Caitanya with a nice ceremony and installation of the Deities at the grand opening of the New Navadvipa Temple|I am very glad to learn that you are planning to celebrate the appearance day of Lord Caitanya with a nice ceremony and installation of the Deities at the grand opening of the New Navadvipa Temple.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700216 - Letter to George Harrison written from Los Angeles|Letter to George Harrison written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am so much obliged to you for your valued cooperation in spreading my movement of Krsna Consciousness throughout the whole world|I am so much obliged to you for your valued cooperation in spreading my movement of Krsna Consciousness throughout the whole world.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Please try to understand the philosophy of Krsna Consciousness in a nutshell: Every living entity has a dormant propensity to love somebody other who is very excellent in his opinion|Please try to understand the philosophy of Krsna Consciousness in a nutshell: Every living entity has a dormant propensity to love somebody other who is very excellent in his opinion. Everyone of us therefore wants to love somebody else, attracted by his different varieties of opulences. Somebody loves some other either on account of riches, power, popularity, beauty, knowledge, or renunciation. But this loving propensity for somebody else is fundamentally meant for the supremely rich, powerful, popular, beautiful, wise, and unattached Lord Krsna.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700216 - Letter to Syamasundara written from Los Angeles|Letter to Syamasundara written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The description of Krsna Consciousness movement in London gives me a great pleasure with hope and interest|The description of Krsna Consciousness movement in London gives me a great pleasure with hope and interest. Lord Caitanya was also checked in His Sankirtana movement by the then police officer, and He led a procession of one hundred thousands of men to the house of the Kazi. So I think Lord Caitanya is planning a situation which will help us in pushing the Krsna Consciousness movement throughout the whole world.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1971#February 1971|1971]] - February 16 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:710216 - Lecture at Krsna Niketan - Gorakhpur|Lecture at Krsna Niketan - Gorakhpur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Devotional service so nice. In one life they can be benefited with that position as cowherd boy, as he likes - as friend, as gopis. That is possible|Devotional service so nice. In one life they can be benefited with that position as cowherd boy, as he likes—as friend, as gopīs. That is possible. Therefore, the devotees are so much austere, so much, I mean to say, penanceful, that "This life we shall attain this position." One is hoping to be Kṛṣṇa's friend, one is hoping to be gopī, one is hoping to be friends of Yaśodā. So everything is possible, pañca-rasa, the five rasas in Vṛndāvana. One is hoping to be a tree there, a grass there, a flower there.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710216 - Lecture CC Madhya 06.154 - Gorakhpur|Lecture CC Madhya 06.154 - Gorakhpur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Even despite all facilities we cannot be able to accept it. That is called misfortune. Not that in the absence of money and other facilities, one becomes unfortunate, but even in the presence of all these things, one is unfortunate|If we are unfortunate, even despite all facilities, we cannot be able to accept it. That is called misfortune. Not that in the absence of money and other facilities, one becomes unfortunate, but even in the presence of all these things, one is unfortunate. That is the characteristics of this age.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710216 - Letter to Bhagavan written from Gorakhpur|Letter to Bhagavan written from Gorakhpur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Preaching in schools, colleges and universities, along with distribution of our books and prasadam will flourish the propaganda of our mission|Preaching in schools, colleges and universities, along with distribution of our books and prasadam will flourish the propaganda of our mission.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|It is good that you GBC members are meeting and conjointly discussing such things as life membership, book distribution, etc. The future hope of solid standing of our mission is on the proper management of our governing body|It is good that you GBC members are meeting and conjointly discussing such things as life membership, book distribution, etc. The future hope of solid standing of our mission is on the proper management of our governing body. Now we are increasing in volume. The area of our activity is expanding. Under the circumstances, if our management goes on nicely to maintain our prestige and good name, that will be our success.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710216 - Letter to Dinesh Candra written from Gorakhpur|Letter to Dinesh Candra written from Gorakhpur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|In the Boston area and especially that several bookstore chains have taken so many copies of KRSNA book and TLC So see to it that this program continues there in Boston with increasing volume. That will be a great success for our missionary activities|In the Boston area and especially that several bookstore chains have taken so many copies of KRSNA book and TLC So see to it that this program continues there in Boston with increasing volume. That will be a great success for our missionary activities.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710216 - Letter to Gargamuni written from Gorakhpur|Letter to Gargamuni written from Gorakhpur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our preaching on the basis of Personal God is almost revolutionary in India also. Last night somebody said that Aurobindo is greater than Krsna. So this is the world situation|Our preaching on the basis of Personal God is almost revolutionary in India also. Last night somebody said that Aurobindo is greater than Krsna. So this is the world situation. Somebody is Krsna Himself, somebody is greater than Krsna, somebody says Krsna has no form, somebody says that Krsna is dead and so on. Our program is to offer vehement protest against all these nonsensical declarations.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710216 - Letter to Hladini written from Gorakhpur|Letter to Hladini written from Gorakhpur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Yes, the mind is subject to so many impressions from past activities as well as so many past lifetimes, so when disturbing thoughts enter your mind you should simply ignore them. Actually the process is to always remember the Lotus Feet of the Lord|Yes, the mind is subject to so many impressions from past activities as well as so many past lifetimes, so when disturbing thoughts enter your mind you should simply ignore them. Actually the process is to always remember the Lotus Feet of the Lord, but this is not an automatic thing. It takes so much practice due to our conditioned state. The process is to follow the regulative principles and regularly chant 16 rounds. That is our strength in spiritual life and gradually all such problems will be resolved.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710216 - Letter to Krishna Devi written from Gorakhpur|Letter to Krishna Devi written from Gorakhpur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You are all helping me by abiding the orders of my Spiritual Master, His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami maharaj and He'll be pleased upon you who are His grand spiritual children|You are all helping me by abiding the orders of my Spiritual Master, His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami maharaj and He'll be pleased upon you who are His grand spiritual children.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710216 - Letter to Ranadhira written from Gorakhpur|Letter to Ranadhira written from Gorakhpur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Book distribution to the schools, libraries, and various institutions is most important|book distribution to the schools, libraries, and various institutions is most important. So try and increase on these programs more and more.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710216 - Letter to Upendra written from Gorakhpur|Letter to Upendra written from Gorakhpur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|So far other swamis and panditas are concerned, actually nobody would be equal to us because they do not come in the parampara system. As such their line of thought is null and void according to our understanding|So far other swamis and panditas are concerned, actually nobody would be equal to us because they do not come in the parampara system. As such their line of thought is null and void according to our understanding. Our movement is revolutionary to so called religious principles, gurus and swamis. This fact is being appreciated even in India. Gradually it will be more and more enlightening to the public.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Yes, progress of devotional service becomes choked up when there is gross offense to the Spiritual Master. So far I am concerned, you have no offense|Yes, progress of devotional service becomes choked up when there is gross offense to the Spiritual Master. So far I am concerned, you have no offense. You are carrying my order so faithfully in a far distant place. So you always have my blessings and Lord Caitanya's blessings. Do not think otherwise. Even if you think you have committed offenses, it is like kicking of the small child, which is taken pleasingly by the parents. So don't worry about it. Krishna will give you all protection. I'm so pleased upon you that on my order you have gone to distant places and faithfully served the cause.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972#February 1972|1972]] - February 16 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:720216 - Conversation Hindi - Madras|720216 - Conversation Hindi - Madras]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720216 - Letter to Abhirama written from Calcutta|Letter to Abhirama written from Calcutta]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|This deity worship is very serious program, and it must be kept to the utmost highest standard and never allowed to be neglected. So if you are willing and able to initiate such program in Baltimore center, I have no objection|This deity worship is very serious program, and it must be kept to the utmost highest standard and never allowed to be neglected. So if you are willing and able to initiate such program in Baltimore center, I have no objection.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720216 - Letter to Chaya written from Calcutta|Letter to Chaya written from Calcutta]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You ask about marriage, yes, actually I want that every woman in the Society should be married. But what is this training to become wives and mothers? No school is required for that, simply association|You ask about marriage, yes, actually I want that every woman in the Society should be married. But what is this training to become wives and mothers? No school is required for that, simply association.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720216 - Letter to Kirtika written from Calcutta|Letter to Kirtika written from Calcutta]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|It is better if the grhasthas have a separate asrama, just like in Los Angeles the married disciples rent rooms together in one apartment house near the temple and live there separately, and in this way no one is disturbed|It is better if the grhasthas have a separate asrama, just like in Los Angeles the married disciples rent rooms together in one apartment house near the temple and live there separately, and in this way no one is disturbed.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If the GBC which I have appointed for this task will kindly now assist me in this way, by handling very expertly and with all good consideration all matters of managing, I shall devote my full time to giving you further nice books|If the GBC which I have appointed for this task will kindly now assist me in this way, by handling very expertly and with all good consideration all matters of managing, I shall devote my full time to giving you further nice books.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You should try to model the arrangement after the Los Angeles temple, and you should live separately, men and women, if you live in the temple itself|This is the best system, and if you and your good husband require to live together to advance nicely in Krishna Consciousness, that is very good proposal, but you should try to model the arrangement after the Los Angeles temple, and you should live separately, men and women, if you live in the temple itself.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Regarding your question whether husband and wife should live together in the temple|Regarding your question whether husband and wife should live together in the temple, according to temple rules they should not live together in the temple. It does not give a good impression for brahmacaris and sannyasis. It is better if the grhasthas have a separate asrama, just like in Los Angeles the married disciples rent rooms together in one apartment house near the temple and live there separately, and in this way no one is disturbed, neither the brahmacaris are disturbed by householder life, nor the grhasthas are disturbed by brahmacaris.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|It is a very important question, and I am glad that you have asked me, but I think from now on the GBC men may be consulted in all such matters of temple management and affairs|It is a very important question, and I am glad that you have asked me, but I think from now on the GBC men may be consulted in all such matters of temple management and affairs.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Now we are expanding very rapidly with so many centers throughout the world, and every day I am receiving not less than ten to fifteen important letters|Now we are expanding very rapidly with so many centers throughout the world, and every day I am receiving not less than ten to fifteen important letters.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I have given them everything, so they shall be able to answer all questions, and if they cannot answer from their experience, then I have given answer in my books|I have given them everything, so they shall be able to answer all questions, and if they cannot answer from their experience, then I have given answer in my books.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am always very much encouraged to hear from my disciples and to reply them, but now I am old man and I have inclination for philosophy and translating|I am always very much encouraged to hear from my disciples and to reply them, but now I am old man and I have inclination for philosophy and translating, and if all day and night I am reading and answering and signing letters then I cannot utilize this, the fag end of my life, to give you so many nice literatures like the Vedas, Upanisads, Puranas, Ramayana, Mahabharata, and other books in our own Gaudiya line, like Rupa Goswami, Sanatana Goswami, Visvanatha Cakravarti and others.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720216 - Letter to Satsvarupa written from Calcutta|Letter to Satsvarupa written from Calcutta]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If you are only a few persons, and if the place is so big, how you can manage? Especially I don't think you will be able to worship Radha-Krishna deities at the very high standard until later time|If you are only a few persons, and if the place is so big, how you can manage? Especially I don't think you will be able to worship Radha-Krishna deities at the very high standard until later time. Better reserve all your workers for managing other things until many devotees are there.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720216 - Letter to Siddhesvara and Krsnakanti written from Calcutta|Letter to Siddhesvara and Krsnakanti written from Calcutta]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If you are able to arrange everything so that I can simply sit in my room and be seen by the world and speak to the world, then I shall never leave Los Angeles|If you are able to arrange everything so that I can simply sit in my room and be seen by the world and speak to the world, then I shall never leave Los Angeles. That will be the perfection of your L.A. Temple.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am very, very encouraged by your proposal to flood the medias of your country with our Krishna Consciousness program|I am very, very encouraged by your proposal to flood the medias of your country with our Krishna Consciousness program, and see that it is practically taking shape under your hands, so I am all the more pleased. Especially it is nice that because they hear our Krishna Show the people are ordering Krishna Book. This is a very good way to induce the public for accepting our philosophy, because they are prone to believe and accept whatever they hear on the radios and televisions. Now go on in this way increasing more and more, and always stick tight to the point of our philosophy.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1973#February 1973|1973]] - February 16 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:730216 - Lecture BG 07.01 - Sydney|Lecture BG 07.01 - Sydney]]''' | |||
{| | {{VaniQuotebox|This present edition, Bhagavad-gita As It Is, is now published by Macmillan Company, the biggest publisher in the world. And we are doing very nice. We published this Bhagavad-gita As It Is in 1968, in small edition. It was selling like anything|This present edition, Bhagavad-gita As It Is, is now published by Macmillan Company, the biggest publisher in the world. And we are doing very nice. We published this Bhagavad-gita As It Is in 1968, in small edition. It was selling like anything.}} | ||
|- | {{youtube_ditl|r8quK475mzI|[[Vaniquotes:The Bhagavad-gita is the basic principle of our Krsna consciousness movement. What we are spreading as Krsna consciousness, that is only Bhagavad-gita. It is not that we have manufactured anything|Bhagavad-gītā is the Basic Principle - 0043]]|04:30 minutes from a lecture on BG 07.01 in Sydney}} | ||
|< | {{VaniQuotebox|The Bhagavad-gita is the basic principle of our Krsna consciousness movement. What we are spreading as Krsna consciousness, that is only Bhagavad-gita. It is not that we have manufactured anything|The Bhagavad-gita is the basic principle of our Krsna consciousness movement. What we are spreading as Krsna consciousness, that is only Bhagavad-gita. It is not that we have manufactured anything.}} | ||
| | {{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/730216BG-SYDNEY_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"When I was in America in 1966, one American lady asked me to recommend an English edition of Bhagavad-gītā so that she could read it. But, honestly I could not recommend any one of them, on account of their whimsical explanation. That gave me impetus to write Bhagavad-gītā As It Is. And this present edition, Bhagavad-gītā As It Is, is now published by Macmillan Company, the biggest publisher in the world. And we are doing very nice. We published this Bhagavad-gītā As It Is in 1968, a small edition. It was selling like anything. The trades manager of Macmillan Company reported that our books are selling more and more; others are reducing. Then recently, in this 1972, we have published this Bhagavad-gītā As It Is, complete edition."|Vanisource:730216 - Lecture BG 07.01 - Sydney|730216 - Lecture BG 07.01 - Sydney}} | ||
|} | {{VaniQuotebox|The trades manager of Macmillan Company reported that our books are selling more and more; others are reducing|The trades manager of Macmillan Company reported that our books are selling more and more; others are reducing. Then recently, in this 1972, we have published this Bhagavad-gītā As It Is, complete edition. And Macmillan Company published fifty thousand copies in others, but it was finished in three months and they are arranging for second edition.}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox|When I was in America in 1966, one American lady asked me to recommend an English edition of Bhagavad-gita. But honestly I could not recommend any one of them, on account of their whimsical explanation. That gave me impetus to write Bhagavad-gita As It Is|When I was in America in 1966, one American lady asked me to recommend an English edition of Bhagavad-gita. But honestly I could not recommend any one of them, on account of their whimsical explanation. That gave me impetus to write Bhagavad-gita As It Is.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:730216 - Letter to Citsukhananda written from Sydney|Letter to Citsukhananda written from Sydney]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am very much encouraged by your work in pioneering this movement in South America and I pray to Lord Sri Krishna that he will protect you in all your endeavors|I am very much encouraged by your work in pioneering this movement in South America and I pray to Lord Sri Krishna that he will protect you in all your endeavors. Hanuman and yourself appear to be working so nicely as a team that I am writing to you as a team so you please discuss the points I have mentioned in Hanuman's letter and do the needful in this regard.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:730216 - Letter to Ghanasyama written from Sydney|Letter to Ghanasyama written from Sydney]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:730216 - Letter to Sudama written from Sydney|Letter to Sudama written from Sydney]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our real desireless state to be always engaged twenty four hours in the service of the Lord|As far as your attachment for tending the Deities is concerned by no means this can be considered material attachment, but this is our real desireless state to be always engaged twenty four hours in the service of the Lord.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Within these Vaisnava standards which I have put forward lies the spiritual strength of our movement. So you may please do the needful in this regard|You must be very careful to see that the leaders are observing the principles of chanting 16 rounds, rising early for Mangala Arati, participating in the morning and evening classes, observing the four regulative principles etc., and if there is any deviation from this standard then it is the responsibility of you and the local GBC representative to rectify it immediately. Within these Vaisnava standards which I have put forward lies the spiritual strength of our movement. So you may please do the needful in this regard.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|So now I am seeing more and more that my senior disciples must take an active role in continuing the high standard of purity which has been established in our Vaisnava line|Now I am seeing more and more that my senior disciples must take an active role in continuing the high standard of purity which has been established in our Vaisnava line. In your travelling from centre to centre, you must be very careful to see that the leaders are observing the principles of chanting 16 rounds, rising early for Mangala Arati, participating in the morning and evening classes, observing the four regulative principles etc., and if there is any deviation from this standard then it is the responsibility of you and the local GBC representative to rectify it immediately.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|In your travelling from centre to centre, you must be very careful to see that the leaders are observing the principles of chanting 16 rounds, rising early for Mangala Arati, participating in the morning and evening classes|In your travelling from centre to centre, you must be very careful to see that the leaders are observing the principles of chanting 16 rounds, rising early for Mangala Arati, participating in the morning and evening classes, observing the four regulative principles etc.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If there is any deviation from this standard then it is the responsibility of you and the local GBC representative to rectify it immediately. Within these Vaisnava standards which I have put forward lies the spiritual strength of our movement|If there is any deviation from this standard then it is the responsibility of you and the local GBC representative to rectify it immediately. Within these Vaisnava standards which I have put forward lies the spiritual strength of our movement.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1974#February 1974|1974]] - February 16 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:740216 - Letter to Jayatirtha written from Bombay|Letter to Jayatirtha written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I know the BBT, Negotiations with Dai Nippon and financial matters are being taken care of even though Karandhara has left his post. Your desire to give me relief from having to worry about these matters shows that you have understood my desires|I know the BBT, Negotiations with Dai Nippon and financial matters are being taken care of even though Karandhara has left his post. Your desire to give me relief from having to worry about these matters shows that you have understood my desires, and I thank you very much. It is nice that you have taken this occasion to impress on the devotees there the necessity to be very serious in executing regulative principles, otherwise we will surely fall away. One who sticks strictly to these principles, will not, however fall down.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Your statement, "The residents of New Dvaraka are praying for your mercy" is very nice|Your statement, "The residents of New Dvaraka are praying for your mercy" is very nice.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#February 1975|1975]] - February 16 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:750216 - Lecture BG 02.16 - Mexico|Lecture BG 02.16 - Mexico]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|At the present moment, in your human form of body, you are also mixing the same qualities in your different desires. That means you are creating your next body|At the present moment, in your human form of body, you are also mixing the same qualities in your different desires. That means you are creating your next body. So at the time of death the thoughts and the activities which will be prominent within your mind, you will get a similar body in next life. Therefore the intelligent man should be very cautious to get the next body. We can get the body like God; we can get the body like the dog. Therefore the best intelligent person should try to endeavor to get the next body like God.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750216 - Letter to Dina Bandhu written from Mexico City|Letter to Dina Bandhu written from Mexico City]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Thank you again and again for distributing my books with great enthusiasm. Now, try to double this enthusiasm. Anyone who even touches one of our books gets such great benefit|Thank you again and again for distributing my books with great enthusiasm. Now, try to double this enthusiasm. Anyone who even touches one of our books gets such great benefit. Give them to everyone. Because you are all very sincere and working very hard, Krishna is giving you all facilities.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750216 - Letter to Dr. Santosh Kumar written from Mexico City|Letter to Dr. Santosh Kumar written from Mexico City]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Regarding your question, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is recognized through the sastras not otherwise|Regarding your question, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is recognized through the sastras not otherwise. For instance, in the Srimad-Bhagavatam, first canto, third chapter, all the major incarnations of Godhead are listed. Many times the scheduled time of appearance and family, etc. are also mentioned.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750216 - Letter to Jayatirtha written from Mexico City|Letter to Jayatirtha written from Mexico City]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I have accepted Jesus's for 1st initiation upon your recommendation. His name is Yaduvamsi|I have accepted Jesus's for 1st initiation upon your recommendation. His name is Yaduvamsi. His beads may be chanted by Kirtanananda Svami. I have also accepted Aroudha, Vidambha, Pujana, Sastramayi, Jalakara as my duly initiated brahmanas.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#February 1976|1976]] - February 16 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:760216 - Lecture SB 07.09.09 - Mayapur|Lecture SB 07.09.09 - Mayapur]]''' | |||
{| | {{youtube_ditl|rqCFjjxHdUc|[[Vaniquotes:These sixteen thousand wives, how they became wives? You know the story, that many beautiful, sixteen thousand beautiful, I mean to say, king's daughters were kidnapped by the asura. What is the name of that asura? Bhaumasura|Don't Try To Imitate Krishna - 0010]]|04:05 minutes from a lecture on SB 07.09.09 in Mayapur}} | ||
| | {{VaniQuotebox|These sixteen thousand wives, how they became wives? You know the story, that many beautiful, sixteen thousand beautiful, I mean to say, king's daughters were kidnapped by the asura. What is the name of that asura? Bhaumasura|Kṛṣṇa... These sixteen thousand wives, how they became wives? You know the story, that many beautiful, sixteen thousand beautiful, I mean to say, king's daughters were kidnapped by the asura. What is the name of that asura? Bhaumāsura, no? Yes. So they prayed to Kṛṣṇa that "We are suffering, kidnapped by this rascal. Please save us."}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox|That pure yoga means love of Godhead: "Krsna is my Lord; I am Krsna's servant" this much understanding, that "I am eternal servant of Krsna, so my life is for Krsna. Therefore all my activities should be simply directed for the benefit of Krsna"|That pure yoga means love of Godhead: "Krsna is my Lord; I am Krsna's servant," this much understanding, that "I am eternal servant of Krsna, so my life is for Krsna. Therefore all my activities should be simply directed for the benefit of Krsna." This is called pure yoga.}} | |||
| | :'''[[Vanisource:760216 - Letter to Gadi written from Mayapur|Letter to Gadi written from Mayapur]]''' | ||
|} | {{VaniQuotebox|Regarding distribution of my books, somebody may say something, but that doesn't matter. Somehow or other they are taking our Krishna book. However it should be done so there is not legal implication. And aggressiveness is not good|Regarding distribution of my books, somebody may say something, but that doesn't matter. Somehow or other they are taking our Krishna book. However it should be done so there is not legal implication. And aggressiveness is not good. That should be checked.}} | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:760216 - Letter to Hansadutta written from Mayapur|Letter to Hansadutta written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Yes, with great pleasure I will accompany and we shall go village to village. I have seen the pictures and the buses look very nice|Yes, with great pleasure I will accompany and we shall go village to village. I have seen the pictures and the buses look very nice.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760216 - Letter to Satadhanya written from Mayapur|Letter to Satadhanya written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If karmi dress is favorable, then go on with karmi dress. We have to execute missionary activities; dress is not fundamental|If karmi dress is favorable, then go on with karmi dress. We have to execute missionary activities; dress is not fundamental.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1977#February 1977|1977]] - February 16 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:770216 - Conversation A - Mayapur|Conversation A - Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/770216R1-MAYAPUR_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"So Kṛṣṇa's pastimes go on—this universe, that universe, that universe, that universe. In some universe He's present. In all universes present. That is called nitya-līlā. So those who are advanced, perfect devotees, first of all they are sent there and then, further trained up, they enter. Mām eti. Just like after passing the administration examination he's made one assistant of some magistrate, and then gradually he'll be promoted up to the high-court judge."|Vanisource:770216 - Conversation A - Mayapur|770216 - Conversation A - Mayapur}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|There is no question of discouragement. Now these books I have read, either Bengali or Hindi, they are well-written, very convincing. All our books are convincing|There is no question of discouragement. Now these books I have read, either Bengali or Hindi, they are well-written, very convincing. All our books are convincing.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I want to increase more and more. No money in the bank. In the books. And as soon as there will be stock of book, it has to be sold. Otherwise you will starve. (chuckling) That I want|This I want to increase more and more. No money in the bank. In the books. And as soon as there will be stock of book, it has to be sold. Otherwise you will starve. (chuckling) That I want.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770216 - Conversation B - Mayapur|Conversation B - Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Not to mix with ordinary men. Aratir jana, general public. Just like this, our place - only devotion. This is vivikta, aloof from this world|Not to mix with ordinary men. Aratir jana, general public. Just like this, our place—only devotion. This is vivikta, aloof from this world. We have no other business except Kṛṣṇa consc..., bhakti. And aratir jana-saṁsadi, no, mean, association with ordinary person. No association. We can go and talk of some..., for our own benefit or Kṛṣṇa. Otherwise we have no business with them. Noncooperation. We go to the public for preaching, not to associate with them—to give them association, so they may be benefited.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Bhagavata is the only guide. Read Bhagavata, repeatedly whole life. Safe. Always. Always, whenever there is time, read, read, read|Bhagavata is the only guide. Read Bhagavata, repeatedly whole life. Safe. Always. Always, whenever there is time, read, read, read.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770216 - Letter to Gaurachand Goswami written from Mayapur|Letter to Gaurachand Goswami written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|When I was in your temple both you and your wife took very much care for me, so kindly accept this little help. This is apart from my temple contribution; this is for your personal expenditure|When I was in your temple both you and your wife took very much care for me, so kindly accept this little help. This is apart from my temple contribution; this is for your personal expenditure.}} | |||
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- See also: A Month in the Life of Srila Prabhupada.
1966 - February 16
1968 - February 16
1969 - February 16
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
"teṣām evānukampārtham
(BG 10.11) 'Those who are always engaged in My service, just to show them a special favor', teṣām evānukampārtham, aham ajñāna-jaṁ tamaḥ nāśayāmi, 'I vanquish all kinds of darkness of ignorance by the light of knowledge'. So Kṛṣṇa is within you. And when you are sincerely searching after Kṛṣṇa by the devotional process, as it is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, you'll find in Eighteenth Chapter, bhaktyā mām abhijānāti (BG 18.55): "One can understand Me simply by this devotional process." |
| 690216 - Lecture BG 06.13-15 - Los Angeles |
 vanipedia.org |
Where do you find void? This void philosophy is another illusion. There cannot be any void. |
1970 - February 16
1971 - February 16
1972 - February 16
1973 - February 16
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "When I was in America in 1966, one American lady asked me to recommend an English edition of Bhagavad-gītā so that she could read it. But, honestly I could not recommend any one of them, on account of their whimsical explanation. That gave me impetus to write Bhagavad-gītā As It Is. And this present edition, Bhagavad-gītā As It Is, is now published by Macmillan Company, the biggest publisher in the world. And we are doing very nice. We published this Bhagavad-gītā As It Is in 1968, a small edition. It was selling like anything. The trades manager of Macmillan Company reported that our books are selling more and more; others are reducing. Then recently, in this 1972, we have published this Bhagavad-gītā As It Is, complete edition." |
| 730216 - Lecture BG 07.01 - Sydney |
1974 - February 16
 vanipedia.org |
Your statement, "The residents of New Dvaraka are praying for your mercy" is very nice. |
1975 - February 16
1976 - February 16
 vanipedia.org |
If karmi dress is favorable, then go on with karmi dress. We have to execute missionary activities; dress is not fundamental. |
1977 - February 16
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "So Kṛṣṇa's pastimes go on—this universe, that universe, that universe, that universe. In some universe He's present. In all universes present. That is called nitya-līlā. So those who are advanced, perfect devotees, first of all they are sent there and then, further trained up, they enter. Mām eti. Just like after passing the administration examination he's made one assistant of some magistrate, and then gradually he'll be promoted up to the high-court judge." |
| 770216 - Conversation A - Mayapur |
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