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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1968#June 1968|1968]] - June 30 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:680630 - Letter to Kirtanananda written from Montreal|Letter to Kirtanananda written from Montreal]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|So far we are concerned, we cannot accept this philosophy, that God is dead. But we preach on the other hand, that God is not only not dead, but He can be approached finally face to face|So far we are concerned, we cannot accept this philosophy, that God is dead. But we preach on the other hand, that God is not only not dead, but He can be approached finally face to face.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I wish to go there with a party of not less than 6 and not more than 12 heads. I wish to establish a center there which is my long cherished ambition| I am planning to go to London in August. Srimati Annapurna's father. Mr. Louis Weble is trying to get a good house for us. I wish to go there with a party of not less than 6 and not more than 12 heads. I wish to establish a center there which is my long cherished ambition.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|This movement is meant for intelligent class of men, those who have reason and logic to understand things in a civilized way, and who are open-hearted to receive things as they are|This movement is meant for intelligent class of men, those who have reason and logic to understand things in a civilized way, and who are open-hearted to receive things as they are.}} | |||
==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1970#June 1970|1970]] - June 30 ==== | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700630 - Lecture SB 02.01.01 - Los Angeles|Lecture SB 02.01.01 - Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/700630SB-LOS_ANGELES_ND_02.mp3</mp3player>|"You are trying to go up and down. You're trying to go to the moon planet, sun planet, very high, or you may try to go down. But there is one thing that you cannot get by simply traveling up and down, bhramatām upary adhaḥ. You should try for that thing: tasyaiva hetoḥ prayateta kovido, na labhyate yad bhramatām upary adhaḥ. Simply by traveling up and down you cannot get that. And what is that? Niḥśreyasāya, the highest benefit. And what is that highest benefit? The highest benefit is to stop your birth and death and to go back to home, back to God. That is wanted."|Vanisource:700630 - Lecture SB 02.01.01 - Los Angeles|700630 - Lecture SB 02.01.01 - Los Angeles}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700630 - Letter to Brahmananda written from Los Angeles|Letter to Brahmananda written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Can you send some negatives of some very nice color and black and white photographs of our Tokyo center - Sankirtana on the plaza, etc. for propaganda purposes?|Can you send some negatives of some very nice color and black and white photographs of our Tokyo center - Sankirtana on the plaza, etc. for propaganda purposes?}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700630 - Letter to Manager of Security Pacific Bank written from Los Angeles|Letter to Manager of Security Pacific Bank written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1971#June 1971|1971]] - June 30 ==== | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710630 - Conversation - Los Angeles|Conversation - Los Angeles]]''' | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972#June 1972|1972]] - June 30 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:720630 - Lecture BG 07.01 & Initiation - San Diego|Lecture BG 07.01 & Initiation - San Diego]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If we approach God for some material benefit, for personal sense gratification, that may break at any time. So that is not real love. Real love is without cause|If we approach God for some material benefit, for personal sense gratification, that may break at any time. So that is not real love. Real love is without cause.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|But everyone is violating this first commandment. Then where is your claim to become a Christian? If you violate the injunction given by Lord Jesus Christ, then where, how you become a Christian? That is our question|In your Christian religion, the first item is, "Thou shalt not kill." But everyone is violating this first commandment. Then where is your claim to become a Christian? If you violate the injunction given by Lord Jesus Christ, then where, how you become a Christian? That is our question. Either Christian or this or that, killing is most sinful. This should be avoided.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720630 - Lecture at Indians Home - San Diego|Lecture at Indians Home - San Diego]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/720630LE-SAN_DIEGO_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"Everyone has got his particular type of religion or occupation. That's all right. Dharma svanuṣṭhitaḥ puṁsām ([[Vanisource:SB 1.2.8|SB 1.2.8]]). The result will be... By executing your particular type of religion, the result must be there. The result is, 'How I shall go back to home, back to Godhead'. If that desire is not developed, it is simply waste of time. You may profess this religion or that religion or this religion or that religion, it doesn't matter. You are simply wasting time by following the dogmas and ritualistic this or that. That will not help you. Phalena paricīyate. Whether you have come to this consciousness, 'What I am? I am not matter; I am spirit. I have to go back to my spiritual'. That... That is wanted. So either you may be Hebrew or may be Hindu or Christian—we want to see whether that consciousness has arisen. If it is not, then you have simply wasted time. Either you be Hindu or brāhmaṇa or this or that, it doesn't matter. Śrama eva hi kevalam ([[Vanisource:SB 1.2.8|SB 1.2.8]]). Simply wasting time."|Vanisource:720630 - Lecture at Indians Home - San Diego|720630 - Lecture at Indians Home - San Diego}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Read Bhagavad-gita thoroughly. Try to understand it and you can distribute it. That is a great service to Krsna, to your personal self, and to the person you are speaking about Krsna|Read Bhagavad-gītā thoroughly. Try to understand it and you can distribute it. That is a great service to Kṛṣṇa, to your personal self, and to the person you are speaking about Kṛṣṇa. And four principles of impious life, as it is accepted by our Vedic followers, namely, no illicit sex, no meat-eating, no gambling, no intoxication. That will give you strength and over and above that, if you can chant Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra... You can chant. It is not difficult. There is no loss. You can chant. That will give you spiritual strength.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720630 - Interview - San Diego|Interview - San Diego]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You love the poor people but not the poor animals. Therefore your love is so limited and defective. And Krsna conscious person not only loves the poor man but he loves the poor animals also - poor beast, insect, ants; he is so upright and so broadminded|You love the poor people but not the poor animals. Therefore your love is so limited and defective. And Kṛṣṇa conscious person not only loves the poor man but he loves the poor animals also—poor beast, insect, ants; he is so upright and so broadminded. These men, those who are after opening schools and hospitals, they cannot be compared even by thousand times fractional portion with this Kṛṣṇa consciousness. They are so upright.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1973#June 1973|1973]] - June 30 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:730630 - Lecture BG 09.11 - Calcutta|Lecture BG 09.11 - Calcutta]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|So we have got very short-cut criterion to understand a rascal and intelligent man. What is that? If he is a devotee of Krsna, then he is intelligent man. If he is not, then he's rascal. That's all|So we have got very short-cut criterion to understand a rascal and intelligent man. What is that? If he is a devotee of Krsna, then he is intelligent man. If he is not, then he's rascal. That's all.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:730630 - Letter to Cyavana written from Calcutta|Letter to Cyavana written from Calcutta]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We had previously received copies of the Swahili language publication of Topmost Yoga System from Brahmananda Swami and it is very nicely done. This printing and distribution of our literature is most important aspect of our propaganda work|We had previously received copies of the Swahili language publication of Topmost Yoga System from Brahmananda Swami and it is very nicely done. This printing and distribution of our literature is most important aspect of our propaganda work.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1974#June 1974|1974]] - June 30 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:740630 - Lecture BG 09.01-2 - Melbourne|Lecture BG 09.01-2 - Melbourne]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|O33Hw2rWl3I|[[Vaniquotes:Present life means so long we possess this material body, it is full of inauspicity|Present Life, it is Full of Inauspicity - 0041]]|01:53 minutes from a lecture on BG 09.01 in Melbourne}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Present life means so long we possess this material body, it is full of inauspicity|Mokṣyase means you get liberation, and aśubhāt means "inauspicity." Inauspicity. So our present life, at the present moment, present life means so long we possess this material body, it is full of inauspicity. Mokṣyase aśubhāt.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|BNVCWsbi8ZA|[[Vaniquotes:Because you are eternal, you are not meant for death, but nature is forcing you, Must die|You are not Meant for Death, but Nature is Forcing You - 0340]]|02:49 minutes from a lecture on BG 09.01 in Melbourne}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Because you are eternal, you are not meant for death, but nature is forcing you, Must die|Nobody wants to die, but there is forcefully: you must die. That is imperfection. But these rascals, they do not know. They think that we must die. But no. Because you are eternal, you are not meant for death, but nature is forcing you, Must die.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|SysLOeVcGBw|[[Vaniquotes:Krsna is asking all us, all rascals, that, “You are manufacturing so many things for becoming happy. You’ll never be happy, rest assured. But surrender to Me, and I will make you happy.” This is Krsna consciousness, that’s all|One Who is Intelligent, He will Take this Process - 0341]]|01:12 minutes from a lecture on BG 09.01 in Melbourne}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Krsna is asking all us, all rascals, that, “You are manufacturing so many things for becoming happy. You’ll never be happy, rest assured. But surrender to Me, and I will make you happy.” This is Krsna consciousness, that’s all|Kṛṣṇa is not asking only Arjuna. He is asking all us, all rascals, that, “You are manufacturing so many things for becoming happy. You’ll never be happy, rest assured. But surrender to Me, and I will make you happy.” This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness, that's all. One line. So the one who is intelligent, he will take this process, that "I have tried my best to become happy, but everything is failure. Now let me surrender to Kṛṣṇa."}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740630 - Letter to Bal Krsna written from Melbourne|Letter to Bal Krsna written from Melbourne]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|As far as my blessing is concerned it does not require my physical presence. If you are chanting Hare Krishna there and following my instructions, reading the books, taking only Krsna prasadam etc...|As far as my blessing is concerned it does not require my physical presence. If you are chanting Hare Krishna there and following my instructions, reading the books, taking only Krsna prasadam etc., then there is no question of your not receiving the blessings of Lord Caitanya whose mission I am humbly trying to push on.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#June 1975|1975]] - June 30 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:750630 - Morning Walk - Denver|Morning Walk - Denver]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our students' parents, they are also thinking, "What is this nonsense, no meat-eating, no illicit sex? The enjoyment of life, everything is spoiled. They are becoming sannyasi." So they are cursing me|Our students' parents, they are also thinking, "What is this nonsense, no meat-eating, no illicit sex? The enjoyment of life, everything is spoiled. They are becoming sannyasi." So they are cursing me.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750630 - Lecture SB 06.01.17 - Denver|Lecture SB 06.01.17 - Denver]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|cfVpqK5407o|[[Vaniquotes:The greatest contribution to the human society is knowledge. To keep them in ignorance, in darkness, that is not human society, that is cats' and dogs'|Greatest Contribution to the Human Society is Knowledge - 0778]]|06:40 minutes from a lecture on SB 06.01.17 in Denver}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The greatest contribution to the human society is knowledge. To keep them in ignorance, in darkness, that is not human society, that is cats' and dogs'|The greatest contribution to the human society is knowledge. To keep them in ignorance, in darkness, that is not human society, that is cats' and dogs'... Because they are in ignorance, nobody can give them knowledge, neither they can take. Therefore in the human society there is institution for giving knowledge. That is the greatest contribution. And that knowledge, the supreme knowledge, is there in the Vedas.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#June 1976|1976]] - June 30 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:760630 - Lecture SB 07.06.16 - New Vrindaban, USA|Lecture SB 07.06.16 - New Vrindaban]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We are born, every one of us born and nourished by this material nature. This is a fact, one can see. So who is the father? The mother is there, material nature, and we are children there|We are born, every one of us born and nourished by this material nature. This is a fact, one can see. So who is the father? The mother is there, material nature, and we are children there. There must be father.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760630 - Conversation A - Wheeling WV|Conversation A - Wheeling WV]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|He was my spiritual master, and whatever he taught, we are speaking, that's all. We don't talk any nonsense|'''Darby:''' But I have never heard anything of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta, and I wondered if you would tell me a little bit about him, if you would.<br />'''Prabhupāda:''' What shall I say? He was my spiritual master, and whatever he taught, we are speaking, that's all. We don't talk any nonsense.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760630 - Conversation B - New Vrindaban, USA|Conversation B - New Vrindaban]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Krsna consciousness movement means accept Krsna as guru|The real guru is Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is guru. Not only for Arjuna, for everyone. So if we take instruction from Kṛṣṇa and abide by that order, instruction, then our life is successful. That is our mission. Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement means accept Kṛṣṇa as guru. Don't divert your attention. We don't say that "I am Kṛṣṇa." We never say that. We simply ask people that "You abide by the order of Kṛṣṇa."}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760630 - Letter to Giriraja written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Giriraja written from New Vrindaban, USA]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|India's original culture and religion is being spread all over the world, and out of their religious feeling if they come to stay in Vrindaban especially, why the government should harass them|Concerning our proposal to be presented to the Parliament, anyone coming from ISKCON should be given permanent residence. India's original culture and religion is being spread all over the world, and out of their religious feeling if they come to stay in Vrindaban especially, why the government should harass them.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760630 - Letter to Satsvarupa Goswami written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Satsvarupa Goswami written from New Vrindaban, USA]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If we introduce so much emphasis on style of kirtana, then simply imitation will go on. Devotional emotion is the main thing|If we introduce so much emphasis on style of kirtana, then simply imitation will go on. Devotional emotion is the main thing.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Concerning the installation of Deities of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Maharaja Prabhupada and myself, you have my permission to have them for the Chicago temple|Concerning the installation of Deities of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Maharaja Prabhupada and myself, you have my permission to have them for the Chicago temple.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760630 - Letter to Sriman Arjunan written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Sriman Arjunan written from New Vrindaban, USA]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760630 - Letter to Upendra written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Upendra written from New Vrindaban, USA]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We distribute prasadam to everyone, not particularly to the needy. We make no discrimination, rich or poor|So far the Fiji constitution is concerned, where it says: "supplying needs to the sick, poor, and orphans, etc." That is not our program. We distribute prasadam to everyone, not particularly to the needy. We make no discrimination, rich or poor.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760630 - Letter to Vasudeva written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Vasudeva written from New Vrindaban, USA]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|In connection with our ISKCON project in Fiji, I beg to inform you that we are managing our Krishna Consciousness Movement by the Governing Body Commission, GBC|In connection with our ISKCON project in Fiji, I beg to inform you that we are managing our Krishna Consciousness Movement by the Governing Body Commission, GBC. We have got about 20 GBC's looking after the whole world affair, and above the GBC I am there.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1977#June 1977|1977]] - June 30 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:770630 - Conversation A - Vrndavana|Conversation A - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Guru Maharaja, he saw this. Now I remember those days, when he was instructing, "Do like this. Do like this." At that time, I could not understand. "Oh, why he's talking to me?"|Guru Mahārāja, he saw this. Now I remember those days, when he was instructing, "Do like this. Do like this." At that time, I could not understand. "Oh, why he's talking to me?" He wanted.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|He was my spiritual master, and whatever he taught, we are speaking, that's all. We don't talk any nonsense|What shall I say? He (Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta) was my spiritual master, and whatever he taught, we are speaking, that's all. We don't talk any nonsense.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Money is coming there. Guru Maharaja said that "You do the right work, money will come. Money will fall down on your feet." There is no question of flattering. Do. Work sincerely. Everything will come, whatever you want|Money is coming there. Guru Maharaja said that "You do the right work, money will come. Money will fall down on your feet." There is no question of flattering. Do. Work sincerely. Everything will come, whatever you want.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770630 - Conversation B - Vrndavana|Conversation B - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Why he should feel? If you have to work, you have to work for Krsna|'''Prabhupāda:''' It is not the question of feeling. It is the question of work for our...<br />'''Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:''' I mean, I also can see it may be good. I'm just trying to..., that he should not feel...<br />'''Prabhupāda:''' Why he should feel? If you have to work, you have to work for Kṛṣṇa. }} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770630 - Conversation C - Vrndavana|Conversation C - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our books are sold not for philosophical speculation but practical solution of the problems. The philosophical classes are now being closed everywhere|Our books are sold not for philosophical speculation but practical solution of the problems. The philosophical classes are now being closed everywhere.}} | |||
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1968 - June 30
1970 - June 30
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "You are trying to go up and down. You're trying to go to the moon planet, sun planet, very high, or you may try to go down. But there is one thing that you cannot get by simply traveling up and down, bhramatām upary adhaḥ. You should try for that thing: tasyaiva hetoḥ prayateta kovido, na labhyate yad bhramatām upary adhaḥ. Simply by traveling up and down you cannot get that. And what is that? Niḥśreyasāya, the highest benefit. And what is that highest benefit? The highest benefit is to stop your birth and death and to go back to home, back to God. That is wanted." |
| 700630 - Lecture SB 02.01.01 - Los Angeles |
1971 - June 30
1972 - June 30
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "Everyone has got his particular type of religion or occupation. That's all right. Dharma svanuṣṭhitaḥ puṁsām (SB 1.2.8). The result will be... By executing your particular type of religion, the result must be there. The result is, 'How I shall go back to home, back to Godhead'. If that desire is not developed, it is simply waste of time. You may profess this religion or that religion or this religion or that religion, it doesn't matter. You are simply wasting time by following the dogmas and ritualistic this or that. That will not help you. Phalena paricīyate. Whether you have come to this consciousness, 'What I am? I am not matter; I am spirit. I have to go back to my spiritual'. That... That is wanted. So either you may be Hebrew or may be Hindu or Christian—we want to see whether that consciousness has arisen. If it is not, then you have simply wasted time. Either you be Hindu or brāhmaṇa or this or that, it doesn't matter. Śrama eva hi kevalam (SB 1.2.8). Simply wasting time." |
| 720630 - Lecture at Indians Home - San Diego |
1973 - June 30
1974 - June 30
1975 - June 30
1976 - June 30
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If we introduce so much emphasis on style of kirtana, then simply imitation will go on. Devotional emotion is the main thing. |
- Letter to Sriman Arjunan written from New Vrindaban, USA
- Letter to Upendra written from New Vrindaban, USA
1977 - June 30
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