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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1966#July 1966|1966]] - July 22 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:660722 - Lecture BG 04.07-9 - New York|Lecture BG 04.07-9 - New York]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am speaking to you Bhagavad-gita, just learning from my spiritual master. So I have to learn it, but when Krsna spoke, He had not to learn it|Just like Kṛṣṇa is speaking the Bhagavad-gītā to Arjuna, but He was never taught of Bhagavad-gītā. I am speaking to you Bhagavad-gītā, just learning from my spiritual master. So I have to learn it, but when Kṛṣṇa spoke, He hadn't, had not to learn it. He had no business to learn it. Because svābhāvikī jñāna-bala-kriyā ca. His knowledge is natural.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I do not know whether I am authority, but my spiritual master has authorized me to do this|Yes, and, of course, I do not know whether I am authority, but my spiritual master has authorized me to do this.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I do not think myself an authority. I am just to serve the order of my spiritual master|I do not think myself an authority. I am just to serve the order of my spiritual master. That's all.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1967#July 1967|1967]] - July 22 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:670722 - Letter to Dayananda written from New York|Letter to Dayananda written from New York]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am confident that in the future all my student boys and girls will preach this Krishna Consciousness in the western world more successfully|It is the Grace of Lord Krishna that He has put me in contact with so many rare souls who are taking Krishna Consciousness in all seriousness, and I am confident that in the future all my student boys and girls will preach this Krishna Consciousness in the western world more successfully.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Due to my indifferent health, for the time being I am going to India; and even if I cannot come back, I will work for an American house there so all you transcendental children can come there and learn and be strong enough to preach this cult|Due to my indifferent health, for the time being I am going to India; and even if I cannot come back, I will work for an American house there so all you transcendental children can come there and learn and be strong enough to preach this cult.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:670722 - Letter to Janardana written from New York|Letter to Janardana written from New York]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am so glad to learn that you are feeling more and more Krishna Conscious|I am so glad to learn that you are feeling more and more Krishna Conscious. So far the stories are concerned, the Vedic literatures are full of instructive stories for the spiritual advancement of the human society. Because the less intelligent class of men, like women, mercantile people, and laborers, want to hear stories, for them the Vedic idea or concept was explained in 18 Puranas and the Mahabharata. If I get good assistance I can overflood your country with stories so nice and instructive.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1968#July 1968|1968]] - July 22 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:680722 - Lecture Wedding Paramananda and Satyabhama - Montreal|Lecture Wedding Paramananda and Satyabhama - Montreal]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/680722WL-MONTREAL_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"Our presentation is that this conjugal love between man and woman is not unnatural. It is quite natural, because it is in the Absolute Truth, as we find from Vedic description, that the Absolute Truth, Personality of Godhead, is engaged in conjugal loving affair, Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. But the same Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa love matter has permeated through matter. Therefore it is perverted reflection. Here in this material world, the so-called love is not actual love; it is lust. Here the male and female are attracted not by love but by lust. So in this Kṛṣṇa consciousness society, because we are trying to approach the Absolute Truth, the lust propensity has to be converted into pure love. That is the proposal."|Vanisource:680722 - Lecture Wedding Paramananda and Satyabhama - Montreal|680722 - Lecture Wedding Paramananda and Satyabhama - Montreal}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Just to save my students, both boys and girls, from sinful activities, I am personally taking interest that they may become good gentleman and lady by marriage|Just to save my students, both boys and girls, from sinful activities, I am personally taking interest that they may become good gentleman and lady by marriage.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|My dear children, boys and girls, I request you that live happily. There is no restriction. We don't restrict eating, sleeping, or mating, or defending. But do it in relationship with Krsna, pure life, and be happy in this life and next life|My dear children, boys and girls, I request you that live happily. There is no restriction. We don't restrict eating, sleeping, or mating, or defending. But do it in relationship with Krsna, pure life, and be happy in this life and next life.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1969#July 1969|1969]] - July 22 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:690722 - Letter to Brahmananda written from Los Angeles|Letter to Brahmananda written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You may have a picture of me one month, then Guru Maharaja, then Gaura Kisora das Babaji, then Bhaktivinode Thakura, then Jagannatha das Babaji, then Lord Caitanya. This will be very nice, showing the Guru Parampara|You have suggested that on every back cover there will be a picture of me in BTG, but I think a better proposal is that on page one or page three you may have a picture of me one month, then Guru Maharaja, then Gaura Kisora das Babaji, then Bhaktivinode Thakura, then Jagannatha das Babaji, then Lord Caitanya. This will be very nice, showing the Guru Parampara.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690722 - Letter to Joel Chalson written from Los Angeles|Letter to Joel Chalson written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Maya and Krishna are just like the sunshine and darkness: the darkness has no independent existence without the sun. But still the darkness is existing in some corner of the sunlight|Maya and Krishna are just like the sunshine and darkness: the darkness has no independent existence without the sun. But still the darkness is existing in some corner of the sunlight. If we therefore always keep ourselves exposed to the open sunlight, there is no cause of being attacked by the darkness.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690722 - Letter to Martin Malles written from Los Angeles|Letter to Martin Malles written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|In this age of Kali Yuga it is not possible to faithfully follow the procedures of Hatha Yoga because our minds are too restless and our lives are very brief|In this age of Kali Yuga it is not possible to faithfully follow the procedures of Hatha Yoga because our minds are too restless and our lives are very brief. Therefore, the Lord has descended upon this earth five hundred years ago as Lord Caitanya to encourage the process among all men of chanting the Holy Names of God.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690722 - Letter to Sivananda written from Los Angeles|Letter to Sivananda written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Caitanya Mahaprabhu never discussed Radha-Krishna Lila with ordinary persons. We have so many other things to discuss; what is the soul, what is bhakti. To understand Radha-Krishna's Pastimes, that is our aim, but we should not indulge in this at present|Caitanya Mahaprabhu never discussed Radha-Krishna Lila with ordinary persons. We have so many other things to discuss; what is the soul, what is bhakti. To understand Radha and Krishna's Pastimes, that is our aim, but we should not indulge in this at present. Then there is sure to be misunderstanding.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I wish that all of our Krishna Consciousness literatures may be available to men of all languages throughout the world, so whatever assistance you can give in this connection is always appreciated|I wish that all of our Krishna Consciousness literatures may be available to men of all languages throughout the world, so whatever assistance you can give in this connection is always appreciated.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Your main business at the present moment is to propagate Sankirtana to all the people of Germany. This is also very great service|I wish that all of our Krishna Consciousness literatures may be available to men of all languages throughout the world, so whatever assistance you can give in this connection is always appreciated. But your main business at the present moment is to propagate Sankirtana to all the people of Germany. This is also very great service.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1971#July 1971|1971]] - July 22 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:710722 - Lecture Initiation - New York|Lecture Initiation - New York]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Victory flag. Victory flag. That means Krsna. Hare Krsna. (japa) Madira. Madira means intoxication. So you be intoxicated by chanting Hare Krsna|Victory flag. Victory flag. That means Kṛṣṇa. Hare Kṛṣṇa. (japa) Madirā. Madirā means intoxication. So you be intoxicated by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa.}} | |||
{| | :'''[[Vanisource:710722 - Lecture SB 06.01.08 - New York|Lecture SB 06.01.08 - New York]]''' | ||
| | {{youtube_ditl|KharHlNRSe4|[[Vaniquotes:As living entities, we are eternal. So temporary business is not our business. Our business should be eternal because we are eternal. And that eternal business is how to serve Krsna|We are Eternally Related with Krishna - 0100]]|08:25 minutes from a lecture on SB 06.01.08 in New York}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox|This Krsna consciousness movement is based on authority. We are prescribing the right medicine, and it is becoming very effective also. That is the proof|This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is based on authority. We are prescribing the right medicine, and it is becoming very effective also. That is the proof. If you say that "How I can understand that this medicine is very effective?" Yes, it is effective. By chanting this Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, any part of the world, although they do not know the meaning, they chant and they join and they become rectified, and they become bright-faced.}} | |||
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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972#July 1972|1972]] - July 22 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:720722 - Letter to Acyutananda written from Paris|Letter to Acyutananda written from Paris]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Since Lalita Prasad Thakura has not fulfilled his promise to give us that Birnagar land for our ISKCON center, so we shall not have any more to do with printing any books by Bhaktivinode Thakura or anyone|The book contains some derogatory remarks about my Guru Maharaja, therefore we shall having nothing to do with printing it. In fact, since Lalita Prasad Thakura has not fulfilled his promise to give us that Birnagar land for our ISKCON center, so we shall not have any more to do with printing any books by Bhaktivinode Thakura or anyone. Try to induce him to fulfill his promise, otherwise we want nothing more to do with the whole business.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720722 - Letter to Giriraja written from Paris|Letter to Giriraja written from Paris]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|So far my writings, avoid publishing them in hodge-podge journals|So far my writings, avoid publishing them in hodge-podge journals. These so-called Hindus are generally impersonalists, and we do not want to have anything to do with them. Better we stick to our own standard, and eventually they will all come to us for learning what is God.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720722 - Letter to Gurudasa written from Paris|Letter to Gurudasa written from Paris]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I want to know if there is any substance to this claim, you may be frank and honest with me as much as possible because I am very much in anxiety on this account|I have recently received several letters from the others there in Vrndavana, wherein they have mentioned there may be some illicit relationship between Devananda Swami and your wife, Yamuna devi. I want to know if there is any substance to this claim, you may be frank and honest with me as much as possible because I am very much in anxiety on this account.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720722 - Letter to Jagadisa written from Paris|Letter to Jagadisa written from Paris]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Yes, that is the right idea, to strengthen whatever devotees we have got in spiritual life, fix them beyond any doubts. Then our potency will increase and we may recruit dozens of new devotees easily|Yes, that is the right idea, to strengthen whatever devotees we have got in spiritual life, fix them beyond any doubts. Then our potency will increase and we may recruit dozens of new devotees easily. Main thing is to make sure everyone is chanting minimum sixteen rounds daily of Hare Krishna Mantra. Otherwise they will not be able to perform the other practices of brahminical life, such as early rising, cleanliness, etc.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720722 - Letter to Jayapataka written from Paris|Letter to Jayapataka written from Paris]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am very glad to hear that the building work is going on with full speed, including both day & night shifts of workers. Do not worry, I am sending you two first-class men from England, both of them have got good experience in engineering & building work|I am very glad to hear that the building work is going on with full speed, including both day and night shifts of workers. Do not worry, I am sending you two first-class men from England, both of them have got good experience in engineering and building work.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720722 - Letter to Sri Jogeswar Chowdhury written from Paris|Letter to Sri Jogeswar Chowdhury written from Paris]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am glad to inform you that a party of my disciples will be coming to Bangladesh soon for spreading the message of Lord Caitanya there. They will be stationed at Jessore, but will travel wherever they are invited and hold Sankirtana|I am glad to inform you that a party of my disciples will be coming to Bangladesh soon for spreading the message of Lord Caitanya there. They will be stationed at Jessore, but will travel wherever they are invited and hold Sankirtana. So if you are very much eager to receive them, about six or eight of my foreign American and European disciples, you can invite them to Chittagong and they shall be happy to stay with you there and hold programs of kirtana and preaching.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720722 - Letter to Suniti written from Paris|Letter to Suniti written from Paris]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Whatever happens we must take it as the special mercy shown by Krsna to his devotee. Yes, the reading of Krsna Book and chanting at his bedside must go on. I am offering prayers to Krsna that He may protect Jaya Gopala, who is such sincere devotee|I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated July 13, 1972, describing the condition of your husband, Jaya Gopala das. Whatever happens we must take it as the special mercy shown by Krsna to his devotee. Yes, the reading of Krsna Book and chanting at his bedside must go on. I am offering prayers to Krsna that He may protect Jaya Gopala, who is such sincere devotee.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1973#July 1973|1973]] - July 22 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:730722 - Lecture BG 01.28-29 - London|Lecture BG 01.28-29 - London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You may be very great devotee. That's all right. But it will be tested at the time of your death, how you remember Krsna|The mind should be kept in healthy condition. Saṁjña. Therefore one who dies with full sense remembering Kṛṣṇa, oh, he is successful. In Bengali it is said, bhajana kara sādhana kara mūrti yāṅre haya. (?) You may be very great devotee. That's all right. But it will be tested at the time of your death, how you remember Kṛṣṇa. That will be the test examination. At the time of death, if we forget, if we become parrotlike... Just like parrot, he chants also, "Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa."}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:730722 - Conversation A - London|Conversation A - London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our movement and your honor, we can cooperate for the good of the general people|Our movement and your honor, we can cooperate for the good of the general people.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:730722 - Conversation with George Harrison - London|Conversation with George Harrison - London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|When one preaches he must tell the truth. Just like Lord Jesus Christ. The people did not like his preaching, but he did not stop his preaching. That is another point. You see? So in the preaching propaganda there is possibility of creating animosity|When one preaches he must tell the truth. Just like Lord Jesus Christ. The people did not like his preaching, but he did not stop his preaching. That is another point. You see? So in the preaching propaganda there is possibility of creating animosity. Yes. There is possible. Just see that unnecessarily my Godbrothers are troubling.}} | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/730722R2-LONDON_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|Prabhupāda: So I'll have to transmigrate. So I can transmigrate to the higher planetary system. I can transmigrate amongst the ghost and evil spirit. Or I can transmigrate ordinary life. Or I can transmigrate to the kingdom of God. Everything is open.<br />George: It's a good deal. It's a good, fair deal.<br />Prabhupāda: Ah. So why I shall not transmigrate to..., back to home, back to Godhead? Why shall I go to the... This is the policy. If I have to endeavor in this life for my next life, why not endeavor for next life go back to Kṛṣṇa and live with Him eternally, blissfully? Eh? If I have to work for some next life, then why not work... And it is so easy in this age. Kīrtanād eva kṛṣṇasya mukta-saṅgaḥ paraṁvrajet ([[Vanisource:SB 12.3.51|SB 12.3.51]]). Simply by chanting this Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra he becomes liberated from all contamination and goes back to home, back to Godhead.|Vanisource:730722 - Conversation with George Harrison - London|730722 - Conversation with George Harrison - London}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Jaya. First when I entered this room (at Bhaktivedanta Manor), I said, "All glories to George Harrison." Yes. You have given us this shelter, and Krsna will give you shelter at His lotus feet. We shall pray always like that|'''George:''' There'll be more temples... In the end, there'll be more temples than hotels.<br /> | |||
'''Prabhupāda:''' Hare Kṛṣṇa. (laughs) Jaya. First when I entered this room, I said, "All glories to George Harrison." (laughs) Yes. You have given us this shelter, and Kṛṣṇa will give you shelter at His lotus feet. We shall pray always like that. Yes. }} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:730722 - Letter to Bhagavan written from Bhaktivedanta Manor, UK|Letter to Bhagavan written from Bhaktivedanta Manor, UK]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You have done a nice job with the French edition of BTG & I am especially looking forward to the next issue which will be color 32 pages. You should more & more improve this magazine until it becomes superior to all other magazines in the French language|You have done a nice job with the French edition of Back to Godhead, and I am especially looking forward to the next issue which will be color 32 pages. You should more and more improve this magazine until it becomes superior to all other magazines in the French language.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The translating of our books such as Bhagavad-gita and Isopanisad is of the utmost importance and I am very thankful that you are seriously taking on this practical work for spreading Krsna Consciousness in your European zone|The translating of our books such as Bhagavad-gita and Isopanisad is of the utmost importance and I am very thankful that you are seriously taking on this practical work for spreading Krsna Consciousness in your European zone.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#July 1975|1975]] - July 22 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:750722 - Lecture SB 06.01.41 - Los Angeles|Lecture SB 06.01.41 - Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Veda says, abhijnah: the creation was taken place not from the chunk, but abhijnah, the person who knows everything. By His brain. So the scientists are now, some of them, are realizing that there is a big brain behind this all creation|Veda says, abhijnah: the creation was taken place not from the chunk, but abhijnah, the person who knows everything. By His brain. So the scientists are now, some of them, are realizing that there is a big brain behind this all creation, and some of the rascals, they are saying that chunk.}} | |||
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1966 - July 22
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Yes, and, of course, I do not know whether I am authority, but my spiritual master has authorized me to do this. |
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I do not think myself an authority. I am just to serve the order of my spiritual master. That's all. |
1967 - July 22
1968 - July 22
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "Our presentation is that this conjugal love between man and woman is not unnatural. It is quite natural, because it is in the Absolute Truth, as we find from Vedic description, that the Absolute Truth, Personality of Godhead, is engaged in conjugal loving affair, Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. But the same Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa love matter has permeated through matter. Therefore it is perverted reflection. Here in this material world, the so-called love is not actual love; it is lust. Here the male and female are attracted not by love but by lust. So in this Kṛṣṇa consciousness society, because we are trying to approach the Absolute Truth, the lust propensity has to be converted into pure love. That is the proposal." |
| 680722 - Lecture Wedding Paramananda and Satyabhama - Montreal |
1969 - July 22
1971 - July 22
1972 - July 22
1973 - July 22
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| Prabhupāda: So I'll have to transmigrate. So I can transmigrate to the higher planetary system. I can transmigrate amongst the ghost and evil spirit. Or I can transmigrate ordinary life. Or I can transmigrate to the kingdom of God. Everything is open. George: It's a good deal. It's a good, fair deal. Prabhupāda: Ah. So why I shall not transmigrate to..., back to home, back to Godhead? Why shall I go to the... This is the policy. If I have to endeavor in this life for my next life, why not endeavor for next life go back to Kṛṣṇa and live with Him eternally, blissfully? Eh? If I have to work for some next life, then why not work... And it is so easy in this age. Kīrtanād eva kṛṣṇasya mukta-saṅgaḥ paraṁvrajet (SB 12.3.51). Simply by chanting this Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra he becomes liberated from all contamination and goes back to home, back to Godhead. |
| 730722 - Conversation with George Harrison - London |
1975 - July 22
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