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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1967#February 1967|1967]] - February 23 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:670223 - Letter to Brahmananda written from San Francisco|Letter to Brahmananda written from San Francisco]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|They (my disciples) are arranging kirtana programme at different places and I think the Mrdanga and cymbals will increase the dignity of kirtana|They (my disciples) are arranging kirtana programme at different places and I think the Mrdanga and cymbals will increase the dignity of kirtana.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1969#February 1969|1969]] - February 23 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:690223 - Letter to Cidananda, Dindayal, Aniruddha and Makhanlal written from Los Angeles|Letter to Cidananda, Dindayal, Aniruddha and Makhanlal written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|How can I advise you that one is to do something and another is to do something. Neither you should depend upon me for such local administrative business|Now, who will work and who will not work that is consideration between yourselves. It is local affairs, and how can I advise you that one is to do something and another is to do something. Neither you should depend upon me for such local administrative business.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|All of you are sincere devotees pledged to the missionary activities, so you should sit together and decide what to do and what not to do| All of you are sincere devotees pledged to the missionary activities, so you should sit together and decide what to do and what not to do. But I am begging from you $750 per month against 5,000 copies of Back To Godhead.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1970#February 1970|1970]] - February 23 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:700223 - Letter to Harer Nama written from Los Angeles|Letter to Harer Nama written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|These new boys should be taken care of very nicely. We should always remember that we are in the kingdom of Maya and her influence is very strong|These new boys should be taken care of very nicely. We should always remember that we are in the kingdom of Maya and her influence is very strong. So, unless we are very, very careful in our dealings, there is always chance of falling down. Please therefore chant regularly the sixteen rounds beads and follow the regulative principles; and teach the new boys by practical example, and try to preach Sankirtana as far as possible.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700223 - Letter to Hayagriva written from Los Angeles|Letter to Hayagriva written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|It is correct that Nanda, Krsna, the gopas, gopis, etc. left Gokula to move to Vrindaban. There is no discrepancy because the whole area of Mathura is known as Vrindaban|It is correct that Nanda, Krsna, the gopas, gopis, etc. left Gokula to move to Vrindaban. There is no discrepancy because the whole area of Mathura is known as Vrindaban. Every place there is known as Vrindaban, but there are different quarters.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700223 - Letter to Syama written from Los Angeles|Letter to Syama written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Women are by nature endowed with many artistic tendencies, and from the Vedic age we find that high grade women and girls were highly qualified in sixty-four arts|Women are by nature endowed with many artistic tendencies, and from the Vedic age we find that high grade women and girls were highly qualified in sixty-four arts. Srimati Radharani was fully qualified in those arts, and therefore, by Her super-excellent transcendental qualities, she could charm Krsna who is the charmer of the three worlds. One of the Principle Gopis was Syama dasi, and you are supposed to follow the footsteps of Syama dasi.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1971#February 1971|1971]] - February 23 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:710223 - Letter to Jayapataka written from Gorakhpur|Letter to Jayapataka written from Gorakhpur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|So far as cooperating with my Godbrothers is concerned, that is not very urgent business. So far until now my Godbrothers have regularly not cooperated with me and by the grace of my Spiritual Master, things are still going ahead|So far as cooperating with my Godbrothers is concerned, that is not very urgent business. So far until now my Godbrothers have regularly not cooperated with me and by the grace of my Spiritual Master, things are still going ahead. So cooperation or non-cooperation, it is the desire of Bhaktivinode Thakura to preach the Caitanya cult all over the world and in 1875 he predicted that someone would come very soon who would individually preach this cult all over the world.}} | |||
==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972#February 1972|1972]] - February 23 ==== | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720223 - Lecture BG 16.05 - Calcutta|Lecture BG 16.05 - Calcutta]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|HJU9SwDnHmI|[[Vaniquotes:Unfortunately, the modern civilization, they do not know what is vimoksaya. They're so blind. They do not know that there is some position which is called vimoksaya. They do not know. They do not know what is next life|They do not Know What is Next Life - 0050]]|05:27 minutes from a lecture on BG 16.05 in Calcutta}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Unfortunately, the modern civilization, they do not know what is vimoksaya. They're so blind. They do not know that there is some position which is called vimoksaya. They do not know. They do not know what is next life|Unfortunately, the modern civilization, they do not know what is vimokṣāya. They're so blind. They do not know that there is some position which is called vimokṣāya. They do not know. They do not know what is next life. There is no educational system. I am traveling all over the world. There is not a single institution which is meant for giving education about the transmigration of the soul.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|He (Arjuna) became perfect by his own profession. How? Because he satisfied Krsna. So you can be situated in any position. That does not matter. But try to satisfy Krsna. That is Krsna consciousness movement: how to satisfy Krsna. It is not very difficult|Here Arjuna, although he was fighter, Arjuna did not change his position. He did not become a brāhmaṇa. After hearing Bhagavad-gītā it is not that he gave up his profession as a kṣatriya and went to Himalaya to become a brāhmaṇa, meditation. No. He became perfect by his own profession. How? Because he satisfied Kṛṣṇa. So you can be situated in any position. That does not matter. But try to satisfy Kṛṣṇa. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement: how to satisfy Kṛṣṇa. It is not very difficult.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|My Guru Maharaja used to say that this householder life means it is a concession for sense gratification, that's all; but our position is that we should not continue sense gratification for all the life|My Guru Mahārāja used to say that this householder life means it is a concession for sense gratification. That's all. But our position is that we should not continue sense gratification for all the life. The sense gratification process is going on by the hogs and dogs throughout the whole life, but we should not be like hogs and dogs. We should cease at a certain time.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We don't restrict to the ordinary man, but if one comes forward to become our student, serious student, then he must follow this pravrtti-nirvrtti. Otherwise he remains asura|If I say, just like in our Society, if you had been given the freedom, "Now, whatever you like you can do," millions of students would have come. But that is not possible. We don't make any compromise like that, that "You can do whatever you like. You can eat whatever you like." No. We don't restrict to the ordinary man, but if one comes forward to become our student, serious student, then he must follow this pravṛtti-nirvṛtti. Otherwise he remains asura. What we have to make an asura a deva. That is our process.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720223 - Lecture SB 01.02.06 - Calcutta|Lecture SB 01.02.06 - Calcutta]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|In this material world, we come here to enjoy. Not enjoy, but to satisfy our senses. This is material life. But that is not the right process, to develop the sense enjoyment process|In this material world, we come here to enjoy. Not enjoy, but to satisfy our senses. This is material life. But that is not the right process, to develop the sense enjoyment process. The modern civilization, they are increasing the sense enjoyment process, making life more and more complicated, because the real motive of human life is to develop devotional service to the Lord. Or in other words, instead of gratifying our senses we should gratify the senses of the Lord. That is required. We cannot independently gratify our senses.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1974#February 1974|1974]] - February 23 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:740223 - Morning Walk - Bombay|Morning Walk - Bombay]]''' | |||
{| | {{VaniQuotebox|I am not guru. I am... I am... This is... The guru has no material body. Just like the statue is not material, similarly, guru's body is not material|I am not guru. I am... I am... This is... The guru has no material body. Just like the statue is not material, similarly, guru's body is not material.}} | ||
| | {{VaniQuotebox|Yes. That if you want to eat meat and chicken, then you first of all sacrifice before their deity. So at least they'll be restricted from eating meat purchased from slaughterhouse|Yes. That if you want to eat meat and chicken, then you first of all sacrifice before their deity. So at least they'll be restricted from eating meat purchased from slaughterhouse. But this rascal civilization, one side they're advertising, "Stop cruelty to animals," another side they're opening unrestricted slaughterhouse. Just see. One side they're allowing marriage of woman every week, another side contraception. Just see their contradiction.}} | ||
| | :'''[[Vanisource:740223 - Lecture BG 07.08 - Bombay|Lecture BG 07.08 - Bombay]]''' | ||
| | {{VaniQuotebox|The more you become Krsna conscious, the more Krsna becomes revealed to you|With the blunt senses you cannot understand Kṛṣṇa, you cannot realize Kṛṣṇa. But if you purify...That is bhakti. Bhakti-mārga, devotional service means purifying the senses. That's all. The, at the present moment, our senses are covered by māyā, and this māyā can be moved away simply by remembering in every step Kṛṣṇa. If you become Kṛṣṇa conscious in this way, the profit is very, very great. Because the more you become Kṛṣṇa conscious, the more Kṛṣṇa becomes revealed to you.}} | ||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#February 1975|1975]] - February 23 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:750223 - Morning Walk - Caracas|Morning Walk - Caracas]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We admit that we are afraid of death. You are also afraid of death. Are you bold enough, if I kill you, immediately you shall stand?|We admit that we are afraid of death. You are also afraid of death. Are you bold enough, if I kill you, immediately you shall stand? Ask the scientist, "Are you bold enough to die immediately I shall kill you?" At that time he will be afraid: "Call police! Call police!" "Why you are afraid of death? You are great scientist. What is your answer?" The scientists are not afraid of death?}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750223 - Lecture SB 01.01.02 - Caracas|Lecture SB 01.01.02 - Caracas]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The compulsory law is that God is great, and we are subordinate or servant of God. You may believe or not believe; the God's law will apply upon you forcibly|The compulsory law is that God is great, and we are subordinate or servant of God. You may believe or not believe; the God's law will apply upon you forcibly. Exactly like the state law: you may have faith or no faith, you must accept it, otherwise it will be forcibly imposed upon you. So dharma, as it is explained in English dictionary, "a kind of faith," that is not proper meaning. Dharma means that you are obliged to obey the laws given by God.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#February 1976|1976]] - February 23 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:760223 - Lecture SB 07.09.16 - Mayapur|Lecture SB 07.09.16 - Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Beginning from Brahma down to the insignificant worm in the stool, they are coming down and going up, coming down. This is going on. This is called samsara-cakra, cycle of birth and death|Beginning from Brahmā down to the insignificant worm in the stool, they are coming down and going up, coming down. This is going on. This is called saṁsāra-cakra, cycle of birth and death. That is going on perpetually. And they do not know what to do. You have to die. You get one form of life, enjoy it, either as human being or as hog, pig, cat, dog or demigod. Whatever you wanted, you have got it, desire. Now enjoy. But after some time you have to die. But actually your position is not to die. You are eternal.}} | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/760223SB-MAYAPUR_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"This is Kṛṣṇa's desire. He gives the four principles, that 'Always think of Me', man-manā, 'and become My devotee', mad-bhakta, mad-yājī, 'worship Me', and mad-yāji... Man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru ([[Vanisource:BG 18.65 (1972)|BG 18.65]]): 'Just offer little obeisances. These four principles will deliver you from this bondage of material existence' and, mām evaiśyasi asaṁśaya, 'without any doubt, you'll come back to Me'. So simple thing. It is not at all difficult. This child, he can do this. Old man can do this. Learned man can do this, without any knowledge. Even an animal can do it. Very simple. Bhakti-yoga is very simple."|Vanisource:760223 - Lecture SB 07.09.16 - Mayapur|760223 - Lecture SB 07.09.16 - Mayapur}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We are not working like these laborers. Krsna is sending money. So this is Krsna consciousness|Kṛṣṇa is supplying us this nice building, nice food, nice opportunity. Not only one—we have got hundreds of buildings like that, without any labor. We are not working like these laborers. Just see. I went to your country with forty rupees, and now I have got forty crores of worth, property. So I did not work like them. (laughs) Yes. The people are bringing money. Kṛṣṇa is sending money, daily one to five lakhs of rupees. So this is Kṛṣṇa consciousness.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760223 - Letter to Manager of Punjab National Bank written from Mayapur|Letter to Manager of Punjab National Bank written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|To follow the footprints of Prahlada Maharaja, one should be very, very afraid. And the whole process of Vedic civilization, especially devotional service, is how to avoid this samsara-cakra-kadana|To follow the footprints of Prahlada Maharaja, one should be very, very afraid. And the whole process of Vedic civilization, especially devotional service, is how to avoid this samsara-cakra-kadana.}} | |||
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- See also: A Month in the Life of Srila Prabhupada.
1967 - February 23
1969 - February 23
1970 - February 23
1971 - February 23
1972 - February 23
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| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "This is Kṛṣṇa's desire. He gives the four principles, that 'Always think of Me', man-manā, 'and become My devotee', mad-bhakta, mad-yājī, 'worship Me', and mad-yāji... Man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru (BG 18.65): 'Just offer little obeisances. These four principles will deliver you from this bondage of material existence' and, mām evaiśyasi asaṁśaya, 'without any doubt, you'll come back to Me'. So simple thing. It is not at all difficult. This child, he can do this. Old man can do this. Learned man can do this, without any knowledge. Even an animal can do it. Very simple. Bhakti-yoga is very simple." |
| 760223 - Lecture SB 07.09.16 - Mayapur |
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