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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1967#July 1967|1967]] - July 15 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:670715 - Letter to Sripad Narayana Maharaja written from Stinson Beach|Letter to Sripad Narayana Maharaja written from Stinson Beach]]''' | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1968#July 1968|1968]] - July 15 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:680715 - Letter to Syamasundara written from Montreal|Letter to Syamasundara written from Montreal]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|My special instruction to you all is that you practice Sankirtana very rhythmically and in a responsive way. That means one should chant first, and others should follow him. That is a very nice system|My special instruction to you all is that you practice Sankirtana very rhythmically and in a responsive way. That means one should chant first, and others should follow him. That is a very nice system.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1969#July 1969|1969]] - July 15 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:690715 - Letter to Jadurani written from Los Angeles|Letter to Jadurani written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our movement is for ananda, simply bliss, and the method of pushing this movement is chanting, dancing, feasting and philosophizing|Our movement is for ananda, simply bliss, and the method of pushing this movement is chanting, dancing, feasting and philosophizing. So in our almanac there are many festivals in every month. I am enclosing some festivals which were already held in Los Angeles, and if you perform them, I will give you a long list of others.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690715 - Letter to Prabhus Babu written from Los Angeles|Letter to Prabhus Babu written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We have unlimited number of instruments and other goods which we shall be needing from India, so if arrangement can be made for these goods to be sent safely and promptly, there is so much business which we shall give you|We have unlimited number of instruments and other goods which we shall be needing from India, so if arrangement can be made for these goods to be sent safely and promptly, there is so much business which we shall give you.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690715 - Letter to Pradyumna written from Los Angeles|Letter to Pradyumna written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You mention that you are fixing up your temple for nice Love feast program and this is cent per cent approved by me. Try to have very nice Love feasts|You mention that you are fixing up your temple for nice Love feast program and this is cent per cent approved by me. Try to have very nice Love feasts.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Propagate our processes of Sankirtana, sumptuous Love feasts, and reading literatures of Krishna Consciousness, and surely many persons will be attracted to join this sublime movement|This program of offering grand scale quantities of prasadam amongst the general people was encouraged by Lord Caitanya, because if someone partakes of the remnants of offerings to Lord Krishna, then he is sure to come back to Krishna Consciousness again at one time or another. So propagate our processes of Sankirtana, sumptuous Love feasts, and reading literatures of Krishna Consciousness, and surely many persons will be attracted to join this sublime movement.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|This Composer Machine is a vital part of our book program, so if you can do it combinedly very nicely, it will be the greatest service to my Guru Maharaja|This Composer Machine is a vital part of our book program, so if you can do it combinedly very nicely, it will be the greatest service to my Guru Maharaja.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690715 - Letter to Syamasundara written from Los Angeles|Letter to Syamasundara written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Anything valuable takes a little time to come into existence. Therefore there is no harm in waiting for the best thing. But everything is well that ends well: That should be the principle|To do things hastily and incorrectly is not good. There is a proverb in Bengali sabure mawaphale. This means that all valuable nuts like almonds, macadamias, walnuts, coconuts, etc. all take a long time to fructify. Anything valuable takes a little time to come into existence. Therefore there is no harm in waiting for the best thing. But everything is well that ends well: That should be the principle.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690715 - Letter to Vibhavati written from Los Angeles|Letter to Vibhavati written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|After the sixteenth year the parents shall treat their child as a friend, and the child is allowed to gradually develop his adult responsibility and independence|The basic idea of raising children as they are described in the Vedic literature is that from birth till the age of five years the parents may be very lenient with the child. From the ages six to ten they should tighten the discipline of their child, and from the ages of ten till the sixteenth year the parents should be as strict as a tiger with their child so that he will be afraid to be disobedient at all. Then after the sixteenth year the parents shall treat their child as a friend, and the child is allowed to gradually develop his adult responsibility and independence.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Yes, you may wear any clothing that you find comfortable; no, it is not very good to use yeast in preparing prasadam. It is better to prepare bread in the process as you have seen done in the temple|Yes, you may wear any clothing that you find comfortable; no, it is not very good to use yeast in preparing prasadam. It is better to prepare bread in the process as you have seen done in the temple.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690715 - Letter to Yamuna and Gurudasa written from Los Angeles|Letter to Yamuna and Gurudasa written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our principle should be to serve Krishna very diligently with love and faith, and all necessary supplies will come without any difficulties|Our principle should be to serve Krishna very diligently with love and faith, and all necessary supplies will come without any difficulties. As you are all sincere devotees, I am sure you are feeling the great assistance of Krishna through your activities, and the more you serve the more you will know how you are making progress in Krishna Consciousness. The same example has to be repeated how when a hungry man is given foodstuffs to eat, automatically he feels three kinds of symptoms: satisfaction of hunger, strength and pleasure.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1970#July 1970|1970]] - July 15 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:700715 - Letter to Bali-mardana written from Los Angeles|Letter to Bali-mardana written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|As I have taken this work as my life and soul on the order of my Spiritual Master, similarly if you take my desires as life and soul, then the whole thing is immediately connected with Krsna. That is the meaning of Parampara system|As I have taken this work as my life and soul on the order of my Spiritual Master, similarly if you take my desires as life and soul, then the whole thing is immediately connected with Krsna. That is the meaning of Parampara system. None of the activities are personal affairs. It comes only through the proper channel, otherwise each and every activity is directly connected with Krsna.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700715 - Letter to Gopala Krishna written from Los Angeles|Letter to Gopala Krishna written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The back cover pictures "1510-1970" has impressed me very much. I do now know who is making these layouts, but the things are being done nicely. Except for the face of the type everything else is done perfectly|The back cover pictures "1510-1970" has impressed me very much. I do now know who is making these layouts, but the things are being done nicely. Except for the face of the type everything else is done perfectly. So until a nicer edition from Paris is published your practical service to Krsna Consciousness Movement is very much appreciated by me.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700715 - Letter to Tirthapada written from Los Angeles|Letter to Tirthapada written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You have got sufficient experience in this connection. Now you can utilize your talent and experience in establishing a very nice temple |You have got sufficient experience in this connection. Now you can utilize your talent and experience in establishing a very nice temple.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700715 - Letter to Upendra written from Los Angeles|Letter to Upendra written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Yes, this is not a new thing in the history of the world that preachers are sometimes persecuted. But at the present status of civilization I do not think anybody will be crucified like Lord Jesus Christ|Yes, this is not a new thing in the history of the world that preachers are sometimes persecuted. But at the present status of civilization I do not think anybody will be crucified like Lord Jesus Christ.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972#July 1972|1972]] - July 15 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:720715 - Lecture SB 01.01.05 - London|Lecture SB 01.01.05 - London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted at the age of twenty-four years. We are not, of course, imitating Caitanya Mahaprabhu. But for executing Caitanya Mahaprabhu's mission, if we are sincerely working for Him, then we can take sannyasa at an early age|Sometimes younger generation also offered sannyāsa. Because Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted at the age of twenty-four years. We are not, of course, imitating Caitanya Mahāprabhu. But for executing Caitanya Mahāprabhu's mission, if we are sincerely working for Him, then we can take sannyāsa at an early age. Then... But when one is actually a sannyāsa, a sannyāsī, master of the senses, he can be addressed as gosvāmī or svāmī.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|So two things... Simply reading will not help us. When we shall be able to preach the reading matter|So two things... Simply reading will not help us. When we shall be able to preach the reading matter, doesn't matter whether in the same language or in my own language... It doesn't matter. That is wanted. Ākhyātāny adhītāni. Adhītāni means "You have read." And "You have explained."}} | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/720715SB-LONDON_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"So our ideal is we are fighting with māyā, so the fighting will conquer over māyā when we see that we are not disturbed by these four processes: eating, sleeping, mating and defending. This is the test. Nobody has to take certificate from anyone as how he is spiritually advancing. He can test himself: "How far I have conquered over these four things: eating, sleeping, mating and defending." That's all. That is the test. So it is not required that don't eat, don't sleep, don't…, but minimize it, at least regulate it. Try. This is called austerity, tapasya. I want to sleep, but still I shall regulate it. I want to eat, but I must regulate it. I want sense enjoyment, so I must regulate it. That is old Vedic civilization."|Vanisource:720715 - Lecture SB 01.01.05 - London|720715 - Lecture SB 01.01.05 - London}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Reducing eating, sleeping, mating, that is spiritual advancement. This is the test. The more you reduce... The idea is to bring it to nil. Just like Gosvamis, they did it|Reducing eating, sleeping, mating, that is spiritual advancement. This is the test. The more you reduce... The idea is to bring it to nil. Just like Gosvāmīs, they did it, they conquered over sleeping and eating and mating. Conquered over. So our ideal is... We are fighting with māyā.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720715 - Letter to Acyutananda written from London|Letter to Acyutananda written from London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Those songs are for siddha bhaktas, not for us who are sadha bhaktas or learning bhaktas. Lord Caitanya never divulged in public, he enjoyed them in the company of his selected three or four devotees| "Srita Kamala" is not approved. Sometimes our Krsnadasa Babaji sings, but it is not approved by Prabhupada. Those songs are for siddha bhaktas, not for us who are sadha bhaktas or learning bhaktas. Lord Caitanya never divulged in public, he enjoyed them in the company of his selected three or four devotees. There is one song by Jayadeva, "Worshiping the Ten Incarnations," that song is all right.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720715 - Letter to Amogha written from London|Letter to Amogha written from London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Karandhara has informed me that you are apparently an offender in the connection of being tardy in payments to my BTG and Book Fund. This is not good| I have recently seen a copy of a letter that Karandhara Prabhu has sent to all Centers regarding payments to the Back to Godhead and Book Funds dated July 9, 1972. Karandhara has informed me that you are apparently an offender in the connection of being tardy in payments to my BTG and Book Fund. This is not good.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720715 - Letter to Damodara written from London|Letter to Damodara written from London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We are trying to push on this movement on many fronts, one of the most important being the production and distribution of our Krsna Conscious literature for the upliftment of mankind|We are trying to push on this movement on many fronts, one of the most important being the production and distribution of our Krsna Conscious literature for the upliftment of mankind.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720715 - Letter to Danavir written from London|Letter to Danavir written from London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|My Guru Maharaja particularly gave me this assignment (the production and distribution of our Krsna Conscious literature). Please assist me to your best capacity in this regards|My Guru Maharaja particularly gave me this assignment (the production and distribution of our Krsna Conscious literature). Please assist me to your best capacity in this regards.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720715 - Letter to Satsvarupa written from London|Letter to Satsvarupa written from London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Karandhara Prabhu is the Treasurer of the BTG and BKF so you may immediately clear your accounts with him, and this will be a serious responsibility upon you|Karandhara Prabhu is the Treasurer of the BTG and BKF so you may immediately clear your accounts with him and this will be a serious responsibility upon you.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1973#July 1973|1973]] - July 15 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:730715 - Lecture BG 01.15 - London|Lecture BG 01.15 - London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|VaniQuotePageTitle|According to Vedic civilization, after the birth of the child there was name-giving ceremony, what kind of name. So that was calculated astrologically, that what kind of name he should be given, because the name should carry some meaning of the activities of his life. So Kṛṣṇa is named here Hṛṣīkeśa.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:730715 - Conversation - London|Conversation - London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|That is a sacred place. If you go simply on the Ganges side on the bank of the Ganges, Yamuna, you will find immediately purified your mind. Immediately. Or on a seaside where there is nobody disturbing. These are sacred places|'''Prabhupāda:''' Sacred place, generally we take as a lonely place, solitary place. If it is not solitary, it is not sacred.<br />'''Student:''' Is sacred the same as solitary?<br />'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. They used to sit down in the Himalaya where the Ganges is coming. That is a sacred place. If you go simply on the Ganges side on the bank of the Ganges, Yamunā, you will find immediately purified your mind. Immediately. Or on a seaside where there is nobody disturbing. These are sacred places.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1974#July 1974|1974]] - July 15 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:740715 - Lecture Departure - Los Angeles|Lecture Departure - Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|My touring is natural. I have started this movement. I want to see that it is going on nicely. So you kindly help me. Don't deviate. That is my only request. (starts to cry) Then you will remain solid|So I am traveling all over the world. I am going to see how things are going in Dallas or New Vrindaban and another... So my touring is natural. I have started this movement. I want to see that it is going on nicely. So you kindly help me. Don't deviate. That is my only request. (starts to cry) Then you will remain solid.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740715 - Letter to Gosainji written from Los Angeles|Letter to Gosainji written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|There will be seven days function, and the arrangement has been made that anyone who visits our temple may be supplied with sumptuous prasadam both kachi and pakki|There will be seven days function, and the arrangement has been made that anyone who visits our temple may be supplied with sumptuous prasadam both kachi and pakki.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740715 - Letter to Syamasundara written from Los Angeles|Letter to Syamasundara written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The philosophy discourses we had years ago is now lying without any utility, so all your Godbrothers are very much anxious to publish it|The philosophy discourses we had years ago is now lying without any utility, so all your Godbrothers are very much anxious to publish it. I therefore request you to edit it immediately if you have time because you wanted to edit the whole thing yourself.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#July 1975|1975]] - July 15 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:750715 - Lecture Arrival - San Francisco|Lecture Arrival - San Francisco]]''' | |||
{| | {{youtube_ditl|KXoaPHj-raY|[[Vaniquotes:I would have collected millions of dollars if I would have cheated like that. But I do not want that. I want one student who follows my instruction. I don't want millions|I Want One Student Who Follows my Instruction - 0133]]|06:39 minutes from an arrival address in San Francisco}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox|I would have collected millions of dollars if I would have cheated like that. But I do not want that. I want one student who follows my instruction. I don't want millions|They criticize me, "Swamijī is very conservative." And if I say that "You can do all nonsense, whatever you like. You simply take this mantra and give me $125," they will like. Because in America, $125 is nothing. Any man can pay immediately. So I would have collected millions of dollars if I would have cheated like that. But I do not want that.}} | |||
| | {{VaniQuotebox|Just like I am traveling all over the world twice, thrice, in a year. My duty is to see that my disciples who have accepted me guru, they may not fall down. That is my anxiety|As guru's business is to protect the subordinate disciples from falldown... Just like I am traveling all over the world twice, thrice, in a year. My duty is to see that my disciples who have accepted me guru, they may not fall down. That is my anxiety. So similarly, Kṛṣṇa, being the original guru, He is also very anxious that "My sons..." We are all sons of Kṛṣṇa, part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa.}} | ||
| | {{VaniQuotebox|My position is that I want to see that at least one disciple has become pure devotee. Of course, I have got many sincere and pure devotees. That is my good luck. But I would have been satisfied if I could find out one only|I want one student who follows my instruction. I don't want millions. Ekaś candras tamo hanti na ca tara-sahasrasaḥ. If there is one moon in the sky, that is sufficient for illumination. There is no need of millions of stars. So my position is that I want to see that at least one disciple has become pure devotee. Of course, I have got many sincere and pure devotees. That is my good luck.}} | ||
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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#July 1976|1976]] - July 15 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:760715 - Lecture CC Madhya 20.108-109 - New York|Lecture CC Madhya 20.108-109 - New York]]''' | |||
{| | {{youtube_ditl|esqDEULs8P8|[[Vaniquotes:Servant's business is to surrender, not to argue with the master or to claim that "I am equal with you." These are all fanatic, mad proposal|Servant's Business is to Surrender - 0072]]|06:52 minutes from a lecture on CC Madhya 20.108-109 in New York}} | ||
|- | {{VaniQuotebox|If one is performing one's material duties very perfectly, then what is gain there? He's simply wasting time. And a devotee, even by sentiment or whimsically comes in this center and gives some service, that is a permanent record|If one is performing one's material duties very perfectly, then what is gain there? He's simply wasting time. And a devotee, even by sentiment or whimsically comes in this center and gives some service, that is a permanent record. And these karmīs, although they are acting very sincerely, but there is no guarantee what is the next life. He may become a dog.}} | ||
| | {{VaniQuotebox|Servant's business is to surrender, not to argue with the master or to claim that "I am equal with you." These are all fanatic, mad proposal|Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that "Every living entity is the servant of Kṛṣṇa." That means he must surrender. Servant's business is to surrender, not to argue with the master or to claim that "I am equal with you." These are all fanatic, mad proposal.}} | ||
| | {{VaniQuotebox|All servant, we are. Somebody is engaged in dressing the Deity. Somebody is engaged in preparing nice foodstuff for Deity. Somebody is making flower garlands. Somebody is going to distribute literature to make people understand the glories of Krsna|We are having Kṛṣṇa Deity here, and every one of us, we are engaged as servant. Śrī-vigrahārādhana-nitya-nānā-śṛṇgāra-tan-mandira-mār janādau. Somebody is engaged in cleansing the temple. All servant, we are. Somebody is engaged in dressing the Deity. Somebody is engaged in preparing nice foodstuff for Deity. Somebody is making flower garlands. Somebody is going to distribute literature to make people understand the glories of Kṛṣṇa.}} | ||
|} | {{VaniQuotebox|Krsna consciousness movement means everyone is engaged cent percent to become servant of Krsna. So those who are sincerely engaged in the service of the Lord, they are all liberated. They are all liberated|Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement means everyone is engaged cent percent to become servant of Kṛṣṇa. So those who are sincerely engaged in the service of the Lord, they are all liberated. They are all liberated.}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox|Even a criminal in the prison house, if he becomes submissive that "Henceforward I shall be law-abiding. I then shall obey the government laws very obediently," then sometimes he is released prematurely on account of giving a declaration|Simply you understand plain thing, that "I am servant of Kṛṣṇa"—you are mukta immediately. That is the definition of mukti given in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Muktir hitvā anyathā rūpaṁ svarūpeṇa avasthitiḥ. Just like even a criminal in the prison house, if he becomes submissive that "Henceforward I shall be law-abiding. I then shall obey the government laws very obediently," then sometimes he is released prematurely on account of giving a declaration.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760715 - Conversation - New York|Conversation - New York]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|There is no other alternative. Either serve Krsna or serve maya, that's all. So unless one is rascal, how he will accept maya's service? Maya's service is not very palatable. But maya is ready|There is no other alternative. Either serve Krsna or serve maya, that's all. So unless one is rascal, how he will accept maya's service? Maya's service is not very palatable. But maya is ready.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1977#July 1977|1977]] - July 15 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:770715 - Conversation - Vrndavana|Conversation - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|It is very difficult to push on this movement. Still, we are going. That is Krsna's grace|They have no idea of spiritual life. This is disrupting. We don't want this. And they want it. So how you can reply? Everyone wants this, and we say, "We don't want." How you can make compromise? Therefore they say "emasculated." In your country also. "Why? What is the wrong, illicit sex? What is the wrong, intoxication?" They say, "Brainwash. Why not?" Is it not? It is very difficult to push on this movement. Still, we are going. That is Kṛṣṇa's grace.}} | |||
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| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "So our ideal is we are fighting with māyā, so the fighting will conquer over māyā when we see that we are not disturbed by these four processes: eating, sleeping, mating and defending. This is the test. Nobody has to take certificate from anyone as how he is spiritually advancing. He can test himself: "How far I have conquered over these four things: eating, sleeping, mating and defending." That's all. That is the test. So it is not required that don't eat, don't sleep, don't…, but minimize it, at least regulate it. Try. This is called austerity, tapasya. I want to sleep, but still I shall regulate it. I want to eat, but I must regulate it. I want sense enjoyment, so I must regulate it. That is old Vedic civilization." |
| 720715 - Lecture SB 01.01.05 - London |
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