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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1966#July 1966|1966]] - July 25 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:660725 - Lecture BG 04.09-11 - New York|Lecture BG 04.09-11 - New York]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/660725BG-NEW_YORK_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"This material world is certified by the Supreme Personality of Godhead as the place of misery. Now, if this place is made for that purpose, just to give us miseries only, how you can make it a place of happiness? The place is meant for that purpose. So Lord Kṛṣṇa says that "Somebody, anybody who comes back to Me, he hasn't got to come back again to this place of miseries." Tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti ([[Vanisource:BG 4.9 (1972)|BG 4.9]]).|Vanisource:660725 - Lecture BG 04.09-11 - New York|660725 - Lecture BG 04.09-11 - New York}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You know your President Kennedy. He was going in a procession, and the time came, and he had to leave everything at once, at once, without any hesitation. You cannot hesitate. So we are in the grip of the material nature|You know your President Kennedy. He was going in a procession, and the time came, and he had to leave everything at once, at once, without any hesitation. You cannot hesitate. So we are in the grip of the material nature. However we may declare ourself that we are independent, we are not independent. We are dependent, completely dependent. We may foolishly mislead ourself by the sense of independence. No. You are not independent.}} | |||
==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1968#July 1968|1968]] - July 25 ==== | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:680725 - Letter to Harivilasa written from Montreal|Letter to Harivilasa written from Montreal]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I think if you want to do some real service to Krishna, and to the society, you should now fix up your mind to follow my instructions and do some tangible work|I think if you want to do some real service to Krishna, and to the society, you should now fix up your mind to follow my instructions and do some tangible work. Unless you fix up your mind to serve your Spiritual Master, Who is direct representative of Krishna, it is not possible to approach Krishna. Krishna is approached through the transparent via media, of Spiritual Master.}} | |||
==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1970#July 1970|1970]] - July 25 ==== | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700725 - Letter to Ekayani written from Los Angeles|Letter to Ekayani written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The spiritual science becomes revealed to the devotee from within the heart according to the degree of his surrender to Krsna|All questions will be clarified if you simply read our books very thoroughly and follow the simple process of devotional service as we have given it to chant regularly and rigidly observe the rules and regulations. This is our principle that the spiritual science becomes revealed to the devotee from within the heart according to the degree of his surrender to Krsna.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700725 - Letter to Krishna dasa written from Los Angeles|Letter to Krishna dasa written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If you simply stick to this program which I have given you in so many ways, you will come out successful in your mission, of this there is no doubt. So do it very seriously and enthusiastically and receive the blessings of Lord Krsna | If you simply stick to this program which I have given you in so many ways, you will come out successful in your mission, of this there is no doubt. So do it very seriously and enthusiastically and receive the blessings of Lord Krsna for your sincere efforts to spread His Holy Name.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1971#July 1971|1971]] - July 25 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:710726 - Lecture BS 32 - New York|Lecture BS 32 - New York]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|As soon as you quit this body, or death, so your money and everything, what you collected with this body, with the finishing of this body, everything is finished. But you go. You are spirit soul|As soon as you quit this body, or death, so your money and everything, what you collected with this body, with the finishing of this body, everything is finished. But you go. You are spirit soul. You transmigrate to another body. So your money which you earned previously, in your previous body, that you do not know where it is kept, or how it is being spent up.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710725 - Lecture Initiation - New York|Lecture Initiation - New York]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Bhargava means the descendant of Brghu. Brghu is one of the great sages, seven sages, rotating around the polestar, seven sages. And Brghu Muni is one of them. Bhargava. In India there is still a brahmana's family, they are called Bhargava|Bhargava means the descendant of Brghu. Brghu is one of the great sages, seven sages, rotating around the polestar, seven sages. And Brghu Muni is one of them. Bhargava. In India there is still a brahmana's family, they are called Bhargava.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710725 - Lecture SB 06.01.11 - New York|Lecture SB 06.01.11 - New York]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our Krsna consciousness movement we are teaching our students, how to fix up the mind always in Krsna, some way or other. That is the first-class yoga system|Our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement we are teaching our students, how to fix up the mind always in Kṛṣṇa, some way or other. That is the first-class yoga system.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710725 - Letter to Giriraja written from New York|Letter to Giriraja written from New York]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| We are arranging to send 60 devotees from different centers to India| We are arranging to send 60 devotees from different centers to India.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710725 - Letter to Nayanabhirama written from New York|Letter to Nayanabhirama written from New York]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|It will not be possible for me to visit New Vrindaban at this time. Perhaps in the future, when I return to U.S.A|It will not be possible for me to visit New Vrindaban at this time. Perhaps in the future, when I return to U.S.A.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710725 - Letter to Sumati Morarjee written from New York|Letter to Sumati Morarjee written from New York]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| I have therefore decided to send more men from America to India to preach this cult all over the country. We require about 100 men minimum, out of whom there are about 40 men in Calcutta and Bombay and other places| I have therefore decided to send more men from America to India to preach this cult all over the country. We require about 100 men minimum, out of whom there are about 40 men in Calcutta and Bombay and other places.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972#July 1972|1972]] - July 25 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:720725 - Conversation - Paris|Conversation - Paris]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720725 - Letter to Prahladananda written from Paris|Letter to Prahladananda written from Paris]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|As long as the classes are going on well, the rules and regulations are being observed sincerely, the sankirtana party is going out with enthusiastic mood - if these things are going on, then everything is first-class|Our program is to enlist the men with quality for serving Krishna, not for attracting the masses for simply watching and going away. As long as the classes are going on well, the rules and regulations are being observed sincerely, the sankirtana party is going out with enthusiastic mood—if these things are going on, then everything is first-class.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720725 - Letter to Satsvarupa written from Paris|Letter to Satsvarupa written from Paris]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|In our case we may sometimes have to change houses, so we may once have to move the deity from one house to another, but we shall not move them from one city to another just for our own convenience|In general, deities are never removed from one place to another simply for show. Once the deity is installed in India, it can never be removed under any circumstances, even they must build the highway around it. But in our case we may sometimes have to change houses, so we may once have to move the deity from one house to another, but we shall not move them from one city to another just for our own convenience. We are always thinking these kind of changes, why is that?}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720725 - Letter to Sri Joshiji written from Paris|Letter to Sri Joshiji written from Paris]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Your letter under reply gives me great pleasure when I understand from your childhood you are a great devotee of Lord Krishna, and now in your old age you are still anxious to preach the doctrine of Lord Krishna, namely, to surrender to the SP of Godhead|Your letter under reply gives me great pleasure when I understand from your childhood you are a great devotee of Lord Krishna, and now in your old age you are still anxious to preach the doctrine of Lord Krishna, namely, to surrender to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1973#July 1973|1973]] - July 25 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:730725 - Lecture BG 01.32-35 - London|Lecture BG 01.32-35 - London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|This whole Krsna consciousness movement may be called vairagya-vidya|Brahmacārī has no connection with worldly affairs. He's simply interested with the order of the spiritual master. That is called brahmacārī. So one is trained up as a brahmacārī, and he is sufficiently given knowledge, that "Don't be entangled with these material affairs. Don't be entangled. Try to avoid. But if you are still unable, your sex impulse is very strong, all right, then you go and marry." This is the process. First of all he is taught to be vairāgī. Vairāgya. This whole Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement may be called vairāgya-vidyā.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:730725 - Letter to Gurudasa written from Bhaktivedanta Manor, UK|Letter to Gurudasa written from Bhaktivedanta Manor, UK]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our temple is the only Krsna Balarama temple in Vrindaban and it will be so attractive that people will automatically come and see. That quarter is aristocratic and our temple is unique. From Bombay and Delhi we can rent rooms in the temple|Our temple is the only Krsna Balarama temple in Vrindaban and it will be so attractive that people will automatically come and see. That quarter is aristocratic and our temple is unique. From Bombay and Delhi we can rent rooms in the temple. This is called bhetnama. Perhaps you may know. The room is used by the contributor for lifetime then it becomes again the property of the temple.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1974#July 1974|1974]] - July 25 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:740725 - Lecture Departure - New York|Lecture Departure - New York]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Laksmi's business is to stay engaged in Krsna's service. So all the money of the world, it should be engaged for Krsna's service|Laksmi's business is to stay engaged in Krsna's service. So all the money of the world, it should be engaged for Krsna's service.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#July 1975|1975]] - July 25 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:750725 - Morning Walk - Los Angeles|Morning Walk - Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|My anxiety is that in my absence you may neglect Deity worship. Then the whole thing will be spoiled. That is my anxiety|My anxiety, that in my absence you may neglect Deity worship. Then the whole thing will be spoiled. That is my anxiety.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750725 - Lecture SB 06.01.44 - Los Angeles|Lecture SB 06.01.44 - Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|jslhmGAnotA|[[Vaniquotes:Bad work means maya and good work means God. There are two things: God and maya. If we do not act in godly situation then we must be acting in maya's clutches|If We Do Not Act in Godly Situation <br/>then We Must Be Acting in Maya's Clutches - 0784]]|05:46 minutes from a lecture on SB 06.01.44 in Los Angeles}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Bad work means maya and good work means God. There are two things: God and maya. If we do not act in godly situation then we must be acting in maya's clutches|Bad work means maya and good work means God. There are two things: God and maya. If we do not act in godly situation then we must be acting in maya's clutches.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The Krsna consciousness movement means they want to educate people, rectifying the basic principle of misconception: "I am body," "I am American," "I am Indian," "I am fat," "I am thin," "I am black," "I am white" - all bodily conception|The beginning of education is wrong. Therefore whatever further advancement of so-called education is wrong, because the basic principle is wrong. So the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement means they want to educate people, rectifying the basic principle of misconception: "I am body," "I am American," "I am Indian," "I am fat," "I am thin," "I am black," "I am white"—all bodily conception. This has to be removed first of all.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Especially I request my students that you push on this movement. Your country is very good. Let them become Krsna conscious|This movement should be encouraged. Especially I request my students that you push on this movement. Your country is very good. Let them become Kṛṣṇa conscious. Then everything will be bhadrāṇi, all auspicious, bhadrāṇi. Otherwise your so-called big, big motorcars will create abhadrāṇi, viparītāni. We don't discourage you to construct big, big cars, but it should be used for the kīrtana party to go to village to village, not to go to the brothels and liquor shop.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750725 - Letter to Batu Gopala written from Los Angeles|Letter to Batu Gopala written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am hereby accepting the following as my initiated disciples: Shombe Lumkin - Sri Lanka dasa. I also accept upon your recommendation the second brahminical initiation for Murari Caitanya dasa|I am hereby accepting the following as my initiated disciples: Shombe Lumkin - Sri Lanka dasa. I also accept upon your recommendation the second brahminical initiation for Murari Caitanya dasa.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750725 - Letter to Madhavananda written from Los Angeles|Letter to Madhavananda written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am accepting the following as twice-born initiated brahmanas: Indriyadamana dasa Brahmacari, Mahabala dasa Brahmacari, Brajisma dasa Brahmacari, Vrsaktri dasa Brahmacari, Avyaya dasa Adhikari, Jyestha devi dasi, Navalanga devi dasi|I am accepting the following as twice-born initiated brahmanas: Indriyadamana dasa Brahmacari, Mahabala dasa Brahmacari, Brajisma dasa Brahmacari, Vrsaktri dasa Brahmacari, Avyaya dasa Adhikari, Jyestha devi dasi, Navalanga devi dasi.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750725 - Letter to Satcitananda written from Los Angeles|Letter to Satcitananda written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You have given me great pleasure and I thank you for your attempt to please me|I am in due receipt of your letter from Vrindaban and am very engladdened to hear of your report how things are going on. You have given me great pleasure and I thank you for your attempt to please me.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750725 - Letter to Saurabha written from Los Angeles|Letter to Saurabha written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Which land did he show you? What is the area of the land? Is it suitable for Gurukula? I want the land just in front of our temple. The entrance to the Gurukula will be on the road, and we shall partition this land from the rest of the land with a wall|Which land did he show you? What is the area of the land? Is it suitable for Gurukula? I want the land just in front of our temple. The entrance to the Gurukula will be on the road, and we shall partition this land from the rest of the land with a wall.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750725 - Letter to Urvasi written from Los Angeles|Letter to Urvasi written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You should read every day without fail and become fixed in our philosophy|Be sure and read my books very carefully, Bhagavad-gita, then Srimad-Bhagavatam, and then Caitanya Caritamrta. You should read every day without fail and become fixed in our philosophy.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#July 1976|1976]] - July 25 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:760725 - Lecture - London|Lecture - London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Anyone who is devotee of Krsna, yei bhaje, who is engaged in devotional service of Lord Krsna, yei bhaje se bada, he is big. Our calculation of big, small, not by the caste system. Yei bhaje|Anyone who is devotee of Kṛṣṇa, yei bhaje, who is engaged in devotional service of Lord Kṛṣṇa, yei bhaje se baḍa, he is big. Our calculation of big, small, not by the caste system. Yei bhaje: "Anyone who worships or who is engaged in devotional service of the Lord..." There is no particularly any person or any society or any caste or any nation is said.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760725 - Lecture at Bury Place, partially recorded - London|Lecture at Bury Place, partially recorded - London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Hiranyakasipu was against his son. And Kamsa was against Krsna. Sisupala was against Krsna. So against Krsna consciousness movement in this age, there will be many, undoubtedly. Therefore Caitanya Mahaprabhu has given us instruction, trnad api sunicena|Hiraṇyakaśipu was against his son. And Kaṁsa was against Kṛṣṇa. Śiśupāla was against Kṛṣṇa. So against Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement in this age, there will be many, undoubtedly. Therefore Caitanya Mahāprabhu has given us instruction, tṛṇād api sunīcena. You should always expect some obstruction by the demonic party.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760725 - Conversation - London|Conversation - London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Krsna says that "I am also ksetrajna." Ksetra-jnam capi mam viddhi sarva-ksetresu bharata: "But the distinction is that the individual soul is situated in that particular body, but I am situated in every body, all-pervading."|Kṛṣṇa says that "I am also kṣetrajña." Kṣetra-jñaṁ cāpi māṁ viddhi sarva-kṣetreṣu bhārata: "But the distinction is that the individual soul is situated in that particular body, but I am situated in every body, all-pervading." Sometimes they commit mistake that ātmā and Paramātmā, they are the same, but that is not the fact. Here Kṛṣṇa explains very distinctly that "I am also ātmā, but I am Paramātmā." That is the distinction between God and us.}} | |||
:'''[[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|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 25
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "This material world is certified by the Supreme Personality of Godhead as the place of misery. Now, if this place is made for that purpose, just to give us miseries only, how you can make it a place of happiness? The place is meant for that purpose. So Lord Kṛṣṇa says that "Somebody, anybody who comes back to Me, he hasn't got to come back again to this place of miseries." Tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti (BG 4.9). |
| 660725 - Lecture BG 04.09-11 - New York |
1968 - July 25
1970 - July 25
1971 - July 25
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It will not be possible for me to visit New Vrindaban at this time. Perhaps in the future, when I return to U.S.A. |
1972 - July 25
1973 - July 25
1974 - July 25
1975 - July 25
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My anxiety, that in my absence you may neglect Deity worship. Then the whole thing will be spoiled. That is my anxiety. |
1976 - July 25
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