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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1967#January 1967|1967]] - January 24 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:670124 - Lecture CC Madhya 25.40-50 - San Francisco|Lecture CC Madhya 25.40-50 - San Francisco]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/670124CC-SAN_FRANCISCO_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"Just like some moralists say that "What is the use of God, God, Hare Kṛṣṇa? Just do your duty." But he does not know that what is his duty. The duty is only to worship God, and nothing more. That is the duty. All other duties are māyā's spell only. There is no other duty. Because this human life is meant for that duty. The animals cannot execute that duty. Only the human being. Therefore our only duty is to understand God and engage ourself in that way."|Vanisource:670124 - Lecture CC Madhya 25.40-50 - San Francisco|670124 - Lecture CC Madhya 25.40-50 - San Francisco}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|This is the secret of modern fashionable interpretation. Suppose you have got some conviction, and if you want to establish it by evidence of an approved literature|This is the secret of modern fashionable interpretation. If you want to establish... Suppose you have got some conviction, and if you want to establish it by evidence of an approved literature. Just like Gandhi. Gandhi wanted to establish nonviolence from Bhagavad-gītā. He is known to be a great student of Bhagavad-gītā, but he was not at all. His political theory was that he wanted to conquer over the enemies by nonviolence method.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1968#January 1968|1968]] - January 24 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:680124 - Letter to Madhusudana written from Los Angeles|Letter to Madhusudana written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|So as far as possible I am taking care of my health, but Krishna's service must be executed, even at the risk of life. A living entity gets millions of opportunities to get a type of body, but hardly he gets opportunity to serve Krishna|So as far as possible I am taking care of my health, but Krishna's service must be executed, even at the risk of life. A living entity gets millions of opportunities to get a type of body, but hardly he gets opportunity to serve Krishna. The service of Krishna must be executed at all risks, but do not worry; I am taking care of my health by the help of Gaurasundara.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|My dear boy, lecturing for Krishna has nothing to do with this body. If I would not have lectured, how you would have come?|My dear boy, lecturing for Krishna has nothing to do with this body. If I would not have lectured, how you would have come? So as far as possible I am taking care of my health, but Krishna's service must be executed, even at the risk of life.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1969#January 1969|1969]] - January 24 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:690124 - Letter to Himavati written from Los Angeles|Letter to Himavati written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Regarding your question about the husband becoming the Spiritual Master of the wife, anyone who can give instructing in spiritual life is treated as Spiritual Master. There are two kinds of Spiritual Master, initiator and instructor|Regarding your question about the husband becoming the Spiritual Master of the wife, anyone who can give instructing in spiritual life is treated as Spiritual Master. There are two kinds of Spiritual Master, initiator and instructor. So the husband can help the wife as instructor.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690124 - Letter to Madhusudana written from Los Angeles|Letter to Madhusudana written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|According to the regulative principles we cannot worship Radha-Krishna now. Radha-Krishna worship is meant for persons who have already developed spontaneous love of God|Regarding your question about why we dress the Deities in very opulent fashion and not as simple cowherds boy and girl, this is an intelligent question and the answer is that according to the regulative principles we cannot worship Radha-Krishna now. Radha-Krishna worship is meant for persons who have already developed spontaneous love of God. In the training period we are only worshiping Laksmi-Narayana.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690124 - Letter to Upendra written from Los Angeles|Letter to Upendra written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Regarding the wife of the Spiritual Master being considered as mother, this applies when the Spiritual Master is not sannyasa and he has a wife|Regarding the wife of the Spiritual Master being considered as mother, this applies when the Spiritual Master is not sannyasa and he has a wife.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1970#January 1970|1970]] - January 24 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:700124 - Letter to Brahmananda written from Los Angeles|Letter to Brahmananda written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Let us improve more and more, but we must always remember the standard of printing and also we should keep this motto in view that to have our own press means to do nicer work than the outside printers|The cutting of the magazine is not uniform and the paper is lighter. Anyway, this is the first attempt, so there is nothing to be disturbed. Let us improve more and more, but we must always remember the standard of printing and also we should keep this motto in view that to have our own press means to do nicer work than the outside printers.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700124 - Letter to Ekendra written from Los Angeles|Letter to Ekendra written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am so pleased to learn that you are studying arithmetic so quickly. Five plus five is equal to ten. Two plus two is equal to four. So Krishna plus everything is Vrndavana. Do not forget Krishna, and you shall always be in Vrndavana|I am so pleased to learn that you are studying arithmetic so quickly. Five plus five is equal to ten. Two plus two is equal to four. So Krishna plus everything is Vrndavana. Do not forget Krishna, and you shall always be in Vrndavana.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700124 - Letter to Gaurasundara written from Los Angeles|Letter to Gaurasundara written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I do not think there is immediate prospect for my retiring. Therefore, as long as Krishna desires, I must go on working, but I am trying to give more time to my writing works|For the time being there is no question of retirement because things are just growing. It requires more pouring of water, so I do not think there is immediate prospect for my retiring. Therefore, as long as Krishna desires, I must go on working, but I am trying to give more time to my writing works.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700124 - Letter to Krishna dasa written from Los Angeles|Letter to Krishna dasa written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am very much anxious to know how things are going on, who is taking care of the Deities, whether regular performances are being executed etc. I hesitated to install the Deities when I was in Germany on this account|Regarding Deity worship: I am very much anxious to know how thing are going on, who is taking care of the Deities, whether regular performances are being executed etc. I hesitated to install the Deities when I was in Germany on this account.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700124 - Letter to Ranadhira written from Los Angeles|Letter to Ranadhira written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|All of us must chant at least 16 rounds daily to keep us fit on the Krishna Consciousness transcendental platform|Especially in the Kali Santara Upanisad it is stated that this sixteen word Maha Mantra is the Holy Name of the Supreme Brahma for the deliverance of the fallen souls. Caitanya Mahaprabhu chanted, Haridasa Thakura chanted 24 hours, all the Goswamis and Acaryas chanted, my Guru Maharaja chanted, and following all these footsteps we are also chanting. So they are authorized by disciplic succession, and all of us must chant at least 16 rounds daily to keep us fit on the Krishna Consciousness transcendental platform.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Amongst all our duties surely we must not forget to complete our sixteen rounds. We should not be carried away simply by the Krishna duties which is also regarded as good as chanting, but in all circumstances we shall not forget this duty|Amongst all our duties surely we must not forget to complete our sixteen rounds. We should not be carried away simply by the Krishna duties which is also regarded as good as chanting, but in all circumstances we shall not forget this duty.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700124 - Letter to Umapati written from Los Angeles|Letter to Umapati written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Regarding antiques: we do not require of them in our Temple. For the time being don't spend money on antiques, better to try to expand our cult as far as possible with strenuous effort|Regarding antiques: we do not require of them in our Temple. For the time being don't spend money on antiques, better to try to expand our cult as far as possible with strenuous effort.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1971#January 1971|1971]] - January 24 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:710124 - Letter to Nara-narayana written from Allahabad|Letter to Nara-narayana written from Allahabad]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our life membership program has been very successful here in India and we want to initiate this program whole-heartedly in all our centers. So you should certainly try to make life members also|Our life membership program has been very successful here in India and we want to initiate this program whole-heartedly in all our centers. So you should certainly try to make life members also.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1974#January 1974|1974]] - January 24 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:740124 - Letter to Jagadisa written from Honolulu|Letter to Jagadisa written from Honolulu]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|He appears to plan to want to "close the door" to their present temple. So he has asked me for a decision|He appears to plan to want to "close the door" to their present temple. So he has asked me for a decision, but until I know more clearly what is his plan, I cannot decide. This matter should be taken up by yourself, so please consult with him and give me a cool-headed appraisal of what Bahudak is thinking and what is the actual situation in Vancouver.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#January 1976|1976]] - January 24 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:760124 - Letter to Cyavana written from Mayapur|Letter to Cyavana written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Your normal life is Krishna Consciousness. If you so desire you can stay in Mayapur without taking any responsibility. Simply read books, take Prasadam, and chant Hare Krishna. Now, for the time being, you stay with your father. Later on you can decide|Your normal life is Krishna Consciousness. If you so desire you can stay in Mayapur without taking any responsibility. Simply read books, take Prasadam, and chant Hare Krishna. Now, for the time being, you stay with your father. Later on you can decide.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760124 - Letter to Nitai written from Mayapur|Letter to Nitai written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|There are two sankhyas - theistic and atheistic. The Sanskrit in the Visnu Purana is even easier than in Raghu-vamsa. Yes, Bhagavad-gita As It Is should be studied from the beginning. There must be study from my books also|There are two sankhyas - theistic and atheistic. The Sanskrit in the Visnu Purana is even easier than in Raghu-vamsa. Yes, Bhagavad-gita As It Is should be studied from the beginning. There must be study from my books also.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760124 - Letter to Prthu Putra written from Mayapur|Letter to Prthu Putra written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Narada Muni was cursed by Daksa that he could not stay anywhere very long and this only increases his preaching. So you also increase your preaching and be more merciful to a greater number of persons|Narada Muni was cursed by Daksa that he could not stay anywhere very long and this only increases his preaching. So you also increase your preaching and be more merciful to a greater number of persons.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760124 - Letter to Sri Debasis Bagahi written from Mayapur|Letter to Sri Debasis Bagahi written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Please go on with your translation work. When I see the translation, then we shall consider the honorarium|Please go on with your translation work. When I see the translation, then we shall consider the honorarium.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760124 - Letter to Sri P. L. Khanna written from Mayapur|Letter to Sri P. L. Khanna written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Be assured, my devotees in foreign countries do not admit unauthorized persons without first getting my permission|Be assured, my devotees in foreign countries do not admit unauthorized persons without first getting my permission.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1977#January 1977|1977]] - January 24 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:770124 - Morning Walk - Bhuvanesvara|Morning Walk - Bhuvanesvara]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/770124MW-BHUVANESVARA_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"This civilization is for the hogs, to take energy by sex with mother, sister and anyone, and work hard. It is stated in the Bhāgavata, I have not manufactured. Nāyaṁ deho deha-bhājāṁ nṛloke kaṣṭān kāmān arhate viḍ-bhujāṁ ye ([[Vanisource:SB 5.5.1|SB 5.5.1]]). And here is the civilization. Tapo divyam. Be brahmacārī, undergo austerities and rectify your, this conditioned life, birth and death. This is human civilization. Why you are under birth and death? One life remain brahmacārī and solve all the question. Tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti ([[Vanisource:BG 4.9 (1972)|BG 4.9]])."|Vanisource:770124 - Morning Walk - Bhuvanesvara|770124 - Morning Walk - Bhuvanesvara}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If you work hard, Laksmi will come. Our institution is working so hard, all our devotees; therefore we have no scarcity. We are not babajis, taking a mala & smoking bidi. "I do not go beyond Vrndavana." Rascal, loitering & associating with so many women|If you work hard, Lakṣmī will come. Our institution is working so hard, all our devotees; therefore we have no scarcity. We are not bābājīs, taking a mālā and smoking biḍi. "I do not go beyond Vṛndāvana." Rascal, loitering and associating with so many women, and they have become puffed-up, paramahaṁsas, Rūpa Gosvāmī, imitation Rūpa Gosvāmī.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770124 - Lecture CC Madhya 08.128 - Bhuvanesvara|Lecture CC Madhya 08.128 - Bhuvanesvara]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|RdFR0rinUr4|[[Vaniquotes:At the present moment we have no natural attraction for Krsna; therefore we must understand by knowledge what is Krsna. That is Krsna tattva vetta|We Must Understand by Knowledge What is Krishna - 0716]]|05:20 minutes from a lecture on CC Madhya 08.128 in Bhuvanesvara}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|At the present moment we have no natural attraction for Krsna; therefore we must understand by knowledge what is Krsna. That is Krsna tattva vetta|At the present moment we have no natural attraction for Kṛṣṇa; therefore we must understand by knowledge what is Kṛṣṇa. That is Kṛṣṇa tattva vettā. So why one should be attracted to Kṛṣṇa unless Kṛṣṇa has all the attractive features?}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|As soon as the parampara system is not accepted, the so-called commentary on Bhagavad-gita is lost or rotten. So you are interested with the rotten commentary of so-called politicians, scholars. So how you'll get the benefit? Therefore it is chaotic|As soon as the paramparā system is not accepted, the so-called commentary on Bhagavad-gītā is lost or rotten. So you are interested with the rotten commentary of so-called politicians, scholars. So how you'll get the benefit? Therefore it is chaotic.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770124 - Conversation A - Bhuvanesvara|Conversation A - Bhuvanesvara]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am speaking not my manufacture. I heard it from my Guru Maharaja. He told me that these are these, like that. Not unauthorized. I don't speak anything which I have not heard from my Guru Maharaja|These things are going on. But I am speaking not my manufacture. I heard it from my Guru Mahārāja. He told me that these are these, like that. Not unauthorized. I don't speak anything which I have not heard from my Guru Mahārāja.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|My Guru Maharaja used to say, "When our men will be sahajiya, he will be more dangerous"|Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, he said that "When our men will be sahajiyā, oh, they'll be more dangerous." So our men are becoming, some of them, sahajiyās. This very word he said, that "When our men will be sahajiyās he'll be more dangerous."}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770124 - Conversation B - Bhuvanesvara|Conversation B - Bhuvanesvara]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Every gentleman should have a valuable library of these (my books). That we want. Then our preaching is successful|Every gentleman should have a valuable library of these (my books). That we want. Then our preaching is successful.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770124 - Letter to Alex, Bob, Drdhavrata, Gupta, Rsabhadeva and Stan written from Bhuvanesvara|Letter to Alex, Bob, Drdhavrata, Gupta, Rsabhadeva and Stan written from Bhuvanesvara]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Krsna will give you intelligence how to engage in honest, brilliant, glorious work on His behalf|Krsna will give you intelligence how to engage in honest, brilliant, glorious work on His behalf.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|There is no need to engage in anything dishonest. Krsna has given enough money, now earn by honest means|There is no need to engage in anything dishonest. Krsna has given enough money, now earn by honest means.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I have also heard that you are making plans for a very large order of my books from the BBT to be sold on a door to door basis on the style of the encyclopedia sales. If you can do this it will revolutionize our book distribution|I have also heard that you are making plans for a very large order of my books from the BBT to be sold on a door to door basis on the style of the encyclopedia sales. If you can do this it will revolutionize our book distribution and afford greater spreading of Krsna Consciousness than any book distribution thus far. I want that every respectable person has a full set of Bhagavatam and Caitanya Caritamrta in his home.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770124 - Letter to Swarupa Damodar written from Bhuvanesvara|Letter to Swarupa Damodar written from Bhuvanesvara]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Manipur has been an historic place for thousands of years. Arjuna married the daughter of the Manipur king, and his son became the King. You are, therefore, descending from the original Kshatriyas|Manipur has been an historic place for thousands of years. Arjuna married the daughter of the Manipur king, and his son became the King. You are, therefore, descending from the original Kshatriyas. Now you bring the knowledge of Bhagavad-gita, revive Manipur's Kshatriyism and save Vaishnavism. For this purpose of preaching in Manipur I can go in any condition of life.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I have great respect for Manipur, which was a Kshatriya kingdom long before Arjuna. You can do it, you are educated and a devotee, and we shall all help you. That is wanted|I have great respect for Manipur, which was a Kshatriya kingdom long before Arjuna. You can do it, you are educated and a devotee, and we shall all help you. That is wanted.}} | |||
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1967 - January 24
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "Just like some moralists say that "What is the use of God, God, Hare Kṛṣṇa? Just do your duty." But he does not know that what is his duty. The duty is only to worship God, and nothing more. That is the duty. All other duties are māyā's spell only. There is no other duty. Because this human life is meant for that duty. The animals cannot execute that duty. Only the human being. Therefore our only duty is to understand God and engage ourself in that way." |
| 670124 - Lecture CC Madhya 25.40-50 - San Francisco |
1968 - January 24
1969 - January 24
1970 - January 24
1971 - January 24
1974 - January 24
1976 - January 24
 vanipedia.org |
Please go on with your translation work. When I see the translation, then we shall consider the honorarium. |
 vanipedia.org |
Be assured, my devotees in foreign countries do not admit unauthorized persons without first getting my permission. |
1977 - January 24
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "This civilization is for the hogs, to take energy by sex with mother, sister and anyone, and work hard. It is stated in the Bhāgavata, I have not manufactured. Nāyaṁ deho deha-bhājāṁ nṛloke kaṣṭān kāmān arhate viḍ-bhujāṁ ye (SB 5.5.1). And here is the civilization. Tapo divyam. Be brahmacārī, undergo austerities and rectify your, this conditioned life, birth and death. This is human civilization. Why you are under birth and death? One life remain brahmacārī and solve all the question. Tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti (BG 4.9)." |
| 770124 - Morning Walk - Bhuvanesvara |
 vanipedia.org |
Every gentleman should have a valuable library of these (my books). That we want. Then our preaching is successful. |
 vanipedia.org |
Krsna will give you intelligence how to engage in honest, brilliant, glorious work on His behalf. |
 vanipedia.org |
There is no need to engage in anything dishonest. Krsna has given enough money, now earn by honest means. |
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