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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1966#July 1966|1966]] - July 18 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:660718 - Lecture BG 04.03-6 - New York|Lecture BG 04.03-6 - New York]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Suppose if I say that "I narrated, I gave a speech in the sun planet and forty millions of years before," you'll laugh: "Oh, Swamiji's speaking some nonsense, that forty millions of years before he spoke this Bhagavad-gita in the sun planet"|Suppose if I say that "I narrated, I gave a speech in the sun planet and forty millions of years before," you'll laugh: "Oh, Swamiji's speaking some nonsense, that forty millions of years before he spoke this Bhagavad-gītā in the sun planet." But He... That is not the case with Kṛṣṇa because He's the Personality of Godhead. My case is different. If I say, you can disbelieve it. But when Kṛṣṇa says, you cannot disbelieve it.}} | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/660718BG-NEW_YORK_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"In the Bhagavad-gītā, it is clearly said that "My dear Arjuna, you also had many, many births. You were, you are also, because you are constant companion of Me, so whenever I take incarnation in the, any planet, so you also, you are also with Me. So when I took incarnation in the sun planet and I spoke this Bhagavad-gītā to sun-god, you were also present with Me, but unfortunately, you have forgotten. Because you are a living being and I am the Supreme Lord." That is the difference between the Supreme Lord... I cannot remember. Forgetfulness is my nature."|Vanisource:660718 - Lecture BG 04.03-6 - New York|660718 - Lecture BG 04.03-6 - New York}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1968#July 1968|1968]] - July 18 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:680718 - Lecture Excerpt - Montreal|Lecture Excerpt - Montreal]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/680718LE-MONTREAL_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"There may be a cloud overcast in the sky for hundred miles, but even hundred miles, is it possible to cover the sun, hundred miles' cloud? The sun is itself so many hundreds of thousand times more than this earth. So māyā cannot cover the Supreme Brahman. Māyā can cover the small particles Brahman. So we may become covered by māyā, or cloud, but the Supreme Brahman is never covered by māyā. That is the difference of opinion between Māyāvāda philosophy and Vaiṣṇava philosophy. The Māyāvāda philosophy says that the Supreme is covered. The Supreme cannot be covered. Then how He becomes supreme? The covering becomes supreme. Oh, there are so many arguments and so many... But we follow that the cloud covers the small particles of sunshine. But sun remains as it is. And we practically see also when we go by jet plane, we are over the cloud. There is no cloud upside. Sun is clear. In the lower status there is some cloud."|Vanisource:680718 - Lecture Excerpt - Montreal|680718 - Lecture Excerpt - Montreal}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|To become above the material principles means to accept everything in Krsna consciousness, dovetailed with Krsna. That will save you. You have to become above the cloud|Material principle is side by side. Just like the cloud is always there in the sky, but if you be above the cloud, then it is all right. So you have to become above the material principles. And to become above the material principles means to accept everything in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, dovetailed with Kṛṣṇa. That will save you.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1970#July 1970|1970]] - July 18 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:700718 - Letter to Jagadisa written from Los Angeles|Letter to Jagadisa written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am sending you therefore one copy of Gayatri mantra on a small tape along with specific directions for performing the ceremony. Also enclosed you will find one sacred thread duly sanctified by me and it is for Dharmaraj|I am sending you therefore one copy of Gayatri mantra on a small tape along with specific directions for performing the ceremony. Also enclosed you will find one sacred thread duly sanctified by me and it is for Dharmaraj. The sacred thread will be given by you at the end of the fire sacrifice as it is given in the instructions.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700718 - Letter to MacMillan Company written from Los Angeles|Letter to MacMillan Company written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I desire to publish the GITA according to the original manuscript. In this expanded version, each verse is authoritatively presented with the Devanagari script, roman transliteration, English synonyms, translation and elaborate purport| I desire to publish the GITA according to the original manuscript. In this expanded version, each verse is authoritatively presented with the Devanagari script, roman transliteration, English synonyms, translation and elaborate purport, and would be a 800-900 page book.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700718 - Letter to Tribhuvanatha written from Los Angeles|Letter to Tribhuvanatha written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| Study our literatures attentively and try to understand the philosophy nicely with the help of your God-brothers. Always work cooperatively to spread Krsna consciousness movement and chant Hare Krsna and your life will be sublime|Please always follow very strictly the regulative principles and chant sixteen rounds of Mahamantra daily on the beads. Study our literatures attentively and try to understand the philosophy nicely with the help of your God-brothers. Always work cooperatively to spread Krsna consciousness movement and chant Hare Krsna and your life will be sublime.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700718 - Letter to Vrndavana Candra written from Los Angeles|Letter to Vrndavana Candra written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You are intelligent boy and now you are in very responsible position as president of our Baltimore branch, so you should be more careful|You are intelligent boy and now you are in very responsible position as president of our Baltimore branch, so you should be more careful}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1971#July 1971|1971]] - July 18 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:710718 - Lecture Initiation - Detroit|Lecture Initiation - Detroit]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|One can test his advancement for spiritual life, how he is being detached to the material life. That's all. It is not to be taken certificate from others|Kṛṣṇa attraction means decreasing attraction for the material world. Go on. (chants japa) One can test his advancement for spiritual life, how he is being detached to the material life. That's all. It is not to be taken certificate from others. Just like when you eat, you haven't got to take certificate from others. You'll feel, "Yes, I'm satisfied." That's all. You don't require, while eating nicely, you don't require to take certificate: "Am I eating nicely?" You'll know yourself.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710718 - Conversation - Detroit|Conversation - Detroit]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|My Guru Maharaja ordered me that "You go and preach this philosophy to the Western world." So under his order I came, and I presented Bhagavad-gita As It Is, as you have read|About two hundred years ago, hundred and fifty years ago, Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura revived it, and then about fifty years ago, my Guru Maharaja, he revived it, and he also ordered me that "You go and preach this philosophy to the Western world." So under his order I came, and I presented Bhagavad-gītā As It Is, as you have read.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Not only the swamis, even the grhasthas, they are called dasa adhikari, and brahmacaris, everyone can, whoever is initiated, he is competent to make disciples. But as a matter of etiquette they do not do so in the presence of their spiritual master|They can, not only the swamis, even the gṛhasthas, they are called dāsa adhikārī, and brahmacārīs, everyone can, whoever is initiated, he is competent to make disciples. But as a matter of etiquette they do not do so in the presence of their spiritual master. This is the etiquette. Otherwise, they are competent. They can make disciples and spread. They can recruit more members in this. They do, but they are being trained up. Just like here in this meeting, one of my disciples, he is acting as priest. It is not myself; he is acting. So some of my students, they are acting as priests, some of them are swamis, so they are competent to make disciples.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Just like I have got many Godbrothers, they are all acting. Similarly, all these disciples which I am making, initiating, they are being trained to become future spiritual masters|All of them will take over. These students, who are initiated from me, all of them will act as I am doing. Just like I have got many Godbrothers, they are all acting. Similarly, all these disciples which I am making, initiating, they are being trained to become future spiritual masters.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The Krsna consciousness movement is trying to revive the pure consciousness of the human society so that he can know himself and act accordingly. Then his life is successful|The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is trying to revive the pure consciousness of the human society so that he can know himself and act accordingly. Then his life is successful.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1973#July 1973|1973]] - July 18 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:730718 - Lecture BG 01.21-22 - London|Lecture BG 01.21-22 - London]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|Tr4w98mt8gQ|[[Vaniquotes:We are fallen conditioned souls. In this material world we have come with an enjoying spirit. Therefore we are fallen. If one keeps his position rightly, he does not fall. Otherwise he is degraded. That is fallen condition|In this Material World We Have Come with an Enjoying Spirit. <br/>Therefore We are Fallen - 0783]]|07:51 minutes from a lecture on BG 01.21-22 in London}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We are fallen conditioned souls. In this material world we have come with an enjoying spirit. Therefore we are fallen. If one keeps his position rightly, he does not fall. Otherwise he is degraded. That is fallen condition|We are fallen conditioned souls. In this material world we have come with an enjoying spirit. Therefore we are fallen. If one keeps his position rightly, he does not fall. Otherwise he is degraded. That is fallen condition.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The actual commandment is "Thou shalt not kill." But these Christian people, they are making some amendment, "Thou shalt not murder." Because murder will apply to the killing of human beings. But Lord Jesus Christ never said like that|The actual commandment is "Thou shalt not kill." But these Christian people, they are making some amendment, "Thou shalt not murder." Because murder will apply to the killing of human beings. But Lord Jesus Christ never said like that.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:730718 - Conversation - London|Conversation - London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|That we are experiencing, that Krsna consciousness is not checked anywhere. We have got branches all over the world. Any country, there is no language difficulty. Wherever we chant Hare Krsna, they join|That we are experiencing, that Krsna consciousness is not checked anywhere. We have got branches all over the world. Any country, there is no language difficulty. Wherever we chant Hare Krsna, they join.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1974#July 1974|1974]] - July 18 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:740718 - Lecture SB 01.02.17 - New Vrindaban, USA|Lecture SB 01.02.17 - New Vrindaban, USA]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Even amongst the relatives - father and the son or husband and wife, brother and brother - there is no peace|Even amongst the relatives—father and the son or husband and wife, brother and brother—there is no peace. Everywhere there is some disagreement and separation.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740718 - Letter to Whom it may concern written from Dallas|Letter to Whom it may concern written from Dallas]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|This is to certify that I as the Founder-Acarya of ISKCON, appoint the following persons as the authorized officers of our Nairobi branch|This is to certify that I as the Founder-Acarya of ISKCON, appoint the following persons as the authorized officers of our Nairobi branch.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#July 1975|1975]] - July 18 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:750718 - Morning Walk - San Francisco|Morning Walk - San Francisco]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If the human life is wasted for sense gratification, that is suicidal. Because you got the opportunity of enlightenment and you live like dogs and cats, this is suicide|If the human life is wasted for sense gratification, that is suicidal. Because you got the opportunity of enlightenment and you live like dogs and cats, this is suicide.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750718 - Lecture SB 06.01.33 - San Francisco|Lecture SB 06.01.33 - San Francisco]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Within this material world there is one Siddhaloka. Siddha, carana. They are called siddha, means all the yogic mystic powers they have got naturally|Within this material world there is one Siddhaloka. Siddha, carana. They are called siddha, means all the yogic mystic powers they have got naturally. Here in this, on the earthly planet, if we want to get some mystic power, we have to practice it by yoga, mystic exercise. But in that planet, Siddhaloka, they are born perfect.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750718 - Letter to Dhananjaya written from Berkeley|Letter to Dhananjaya written from Berkeley]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Those who stay with us must be well behaved. From our side we will attend to their needs and make them comfortable, and from their side they must be clean and attend the aratis. Somehow or other they must be induced to take interest in spiritual life|Those who stay with us must be well behaved. From our side we will attend to their needs and make them comfortable, and from their side they must be clean and attend the aratis. Somehow or other they must be induced to take interest in spiritual life. Then it will be successful.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750718 - Letter to Susan Newman written from Berkeley|Letter to Susan Newman written from Berkeley]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Do not waste your time with this study of monkeys. What will you learn by this? Better to hear from Lord Krishna Himself in Bhagavad-gita than to waste your time in this way|Do not waste your time with this study of monkeys. What will you learn by this? Better to hear from Lord Krishna Himself in Bhagavad-gita than to waste your time in this way.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#July 1976|1976]] - July 18 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:760718 - Morning Walk - New York|Morning Walk - New York]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|They want the children to be good, but the parents are all bad|'''Rāmeśvara''': They put an age limit on it. They say you can only buy liquor when you have reached a certain age.<br />'''Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa''': They want the children to be good, but the parents are bad.<br />'''Prabhupāda''': Hmm?<br />'''Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa''': They want the children to be good, but the parents are all bad.<br />'''Rāmeśvara''': I think you have to be eighteen years old.<br />'''Prabhupāda''': Then you become bad.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760718 - Lecture Festival Ratha-yatra - New York|Lecture Festival Ratha-yatra - New York]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|There are 8,400,000 different forms of life, and the earth, mother earth is supplying food|On the earth we can see so many living entities are coming out, beginning from the grass, then so many insects, reptiles, big trees, then animals, birds, beasts, then human being. They are all coming from the earth, and they are living at the expense of earth. The earth is supplying food to everyone. As the mother gives life or maintains the child by the milk of her breast, similarly, the earth mother is maintaining all different types of living entities. There are 8,400,000 different forms of life, and the earth, mother earth is supplying food.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760718 - Conversation - New York|Conversation - New York]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|My Guru Maharaja was in favor of preaching in the city because you can get many men|My Guru Mahārāja was in favor of preaching in the city because you can get many men.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760725 - Letter to Pusta Krsna written from Bhaktivedanta Manor, UK|Letter to Pusta Krsna written from Bhaktivedanta Manor, UK]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I want everyone of our men to become first class preachers. So you want to preach that is best. Don't be worried, but go on with your preaching and you will be happy|Preaching is the most important business. Although my personal service is also important, the preaching work comes first. I want everyone of our men to become first class preachers. So you want to preach that is best. Don't be worried, but go on with your preaching and you will be happy.}} | |||
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1966 - July 18
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "In the Bhagavad-gītā, it is clearly said that "My dear Arjuna, you also had many, many births. You were, you are also, because you are constant companion of Me, so whenever I take incarnation in the, any planet, so you also, you are also with Me. So when I took incarnation in the sun planet and I spoke this Bhagavad-gītā to sun-god, you were also present with Me, but unfortunately, you have forgotten. Because you are a living being and I am the Supreme Lord." That is the difference between the Supreme Lord... I cannot remember. Forgetfulness is my nature." |
| 660718 - Lecture BG 04.03-6 - New York |
1968 - July 18
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "There may be a cloud overcast in the sky for hundred miles, but even hundred miles, is it possible to cover the sun, hundred miles' cloud? The sun is itself so many hundreds of thousand times more than this earth. So māyā cannot cover the Supreme Brahman. Māyā can cover the small particles Brahman. So we may become covered by māyā, or cloud, but the Supreme Brahman is never covered by māyā. That is the difference of opinion between Māyāvāda philosophy and Vaiṣṇava philosophy. The Māyāvāda philosophy says that the Supreme is covered. The Supreme cannot be covered. Then how He becomes supreme? The covering becomes supreme. Oh, there are so many arguments and so many... But we follow that the cloud covers the small particles of sunshine. But sun remains as it is. And we practically see also when we go by jet plane, we are over the cloud. There is no cloud upside. Sun is clear. In the lower status there is some cloud." |
| 680718 - Lecture Excerpt - Montreal |
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