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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1967#March 1967|1967]] - March 03 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:670303 - Lecture SB 07.06.01 - San Francisco|Lecture SB 07.06.01 - San Francisco]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Spiritual master is the negotiator. He is the broker. Of course, without any brokerage, but he is supposed to be the broker or the transparent medium. My Guru Maharaja used to say, "the transparent media, via media"|Spiritual master is the negotiator. He is the broker. Of course, without any brokerage, but he is supposed to be the broker or the transparent medium. My Guru Maharaja used to say, "the transparent media, via media."}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|There are so many so-called swamis. They are coming, and they are preaching that "You are God. I am God." Then who is God? Everyone is God? No. Therefore you will find in the Vedic literature definition of God|Why shall I accept a third-class man as God? At the present moment everyone is very much anxious to become God and cheat you. There are so many so-called swamis. They are coming, and they are preaching that "You are God. I am God." Then who is God? Everyone is God? No. Therefore you will find in the Vedic literature definition of God. Here is definition of... Just apply this definition.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1968#March 1968|1968]] - March 03 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:680303 - Letter to Hansadutta and Himavati written from Los Angeles|Letter to Hansadutta and Himavati written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|To be determined that the child will have his last birth into ignorance is very good. It is true that one should become a parent only if he can deliver his ward from the clutches of death|Yes, to be determined that the child will have his last birth into ignorance is very good. It is true that one should become a parent only if he can deliver his ward from the clutches of death. And that is possible only with Krishna Consciousness.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|It is good to feel inadequate, and to try harder to please Krishna with better service. But one should never feel, oh, I have seen Krishna, and so I am reached perfection - this is not Krishna Consciousness|The more one feels imperfect in Krishna's service, the more he is advancing in Krishna Consciousness. Even the topmost devotees feel they are inadequate in their service to the Lord. So it is good to feel inadequate, and to try harder to please Krishna with better service. But one should never feel, oh, I have seen Krishna, and so I am reached perfection—this is not Krishna Consciousness.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:680303 - Letter to Harikrishnadas Aggarwal written from Los Angeles|Letter to Harikrishnadas Aggarwal written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I thank you once more for your appreciating my mission of one God, Sri Krishna; one scripture, Bhagavad-gita; and one mantra, Hare Krishna. This idea is not manufactured by me, but it is authoritative statement in the Gita Mahatma Skanda Purana| I thank you once more for your appreciating my mission of one God, Sri Krishna; one scripture, Bhagavad-gita; and one mantra, Hare Krishna. This idea is not manufactured by me, but it is authoritative statement in the Gita Mahatma Skanda Purana.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|My mission of one God, Sri Krishna; one scripture, Bhagavad-gita; and one mantra, Hare Krishna|My mission of one God, Sri Krishna; one scripture, Bhagavad-gita; and one mantra, Hare Krishna.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I have tested it definitely that melodious vibration of Sankirtana, if they are performed by serious devotees, can attract people from the very spiritual platform|I have tested it definitely that melodious vibration of Sankirtana, if they are performed by serious devotees, can attract people from the very spiritual platform, and it at once makes the spiritual background very smooth, when a spiritual instruction from the Bhagavad-gita can be implemented very nicely.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|So my first concrete program is that if you agree to organize such a Sankirtana party, a batch of American students may join, and I can combine these American and Indian devotees together under discipline|So my first concrete program is that if you agree to organize such a Sankirtana party, a batch of American students may join, and I can combine these American and Indian devotees together under discipline. The American boys are being trained up strictly on spiritual line.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:680303 - Letter to Michael O'Leary written from Los Angeles|Letter to Michael O'Leary written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am especially happy to hear your statement, I have taken to the process of chanting Hare Krishna - feeling the results immediately. This is very good|I am especially happy to hear your statement, "I have taken to the process of chanting Hare Krishna—feeling the results immediately." This is very good. Please continue to chant, and execute your duties with thoughts and words of Krishna, and you will be happy always.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:680303 - Letter to Rayarama written from Los Angeles|Letter to Rayarama written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Regarding kitchen affairs, as a rule those who are not initiated may not enter into the kitchen affairs|Regarding kitchen affairs, as a rule those who are not initiated may not enter into the kitchen affairs, but uninitiated members can work under the guidance of another initiated member when there is great need. So the direction which you are giving to the willing girls to help with the kitchen affairs is not objectionable.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1970#March 1970|1970]] - March 03 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:700303 - Letter to Manager of Bank of Baroda written from Los Angeles|Letter to Manager of Bank of Baroda written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700303 - Letter to Mr. DDD written from Los Angeles|Letter to Mr. DDD written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|It is very encouraging to me that you are regularly chanting your twenty rounds of beads daily. Be careful never to decrease but increase the number and you will become more strong in Krsna Consciousness|It is very encouraging to me that you are regularly chanting your twenty rounds of beads daily. Be careful never to decrease but increase the number and you will become more strong in Krsna Consciousness. So continue to tend your Deities first-class and be happy in Krsna's service.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1974#March 1974|1974]] - March 03 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:740303 - Morning Walk - Mayapur|Morning Walk - Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|It was under the impression that original Caitanya Mahaprabhu's birth site is now under water. Or there were many theories and suggestions|The Ganges is going sometimes that side, then this side. So it was under the impression that original Caitanya Mahāprabhu's birth site is now under water. Or there were many theories and suggestions.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740303 - Lecture CC Adi 07.03 - Mayapur|Lecture CC Adi 07.03 - Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Beginning is the guru, the spiritual master, because he is the representative of the parampara system, disciplic succession. Therefore, whatever we do, we must first of all try to understand from guru|Anyone who understands the Absolute Truth factually as He is, not by mental speculation, but by the paramparā system... So therefore, the author of Caitanya-caritāmṛta is beginning with guru, pūrve gurv-ādi. Beginning is the guru, the spiritual master, because he is the representative of the paramparā system, disciplic succession. Therefore, whatever we do, we must first of all try to understand from guru.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We are inviting you at this place of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, His birthsite, to take the inspiration given by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. That will help us understanding Krsna|Therefore, we are inviting you at this place of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, His birthsite, to take the inspiration given by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. That will help us understanding Kṛṣṇa. Tato māṁ tattvato jñātvā visate tad anantaram. If you simply understand Kṛṣṇa, tattvataḥ, in truth, by the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu... Namo mahā-vadānyāya kṛṣṇa-prema-pradāya te (CC Madhya 19.53). Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's activities means His distributing kṛṣṇa-prema, love of Kṛṣṇa. He has no other business. He has no other business.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Krsna consciousness movement, is killing these Jagai-Madhai principles: no illicit sex, no intoxication, no gambling, and no meat-eating. So one side killing the Jagai-Madhai principle, and other side protection, chanting Hare Krsna maha-mantra|At the present moment, the whole world is full of Jagāi-Mādhāi, their four principles. Jagāi-Mādhāi means illicit sex, meat-eating, intoxication and gambling. This is Jagāi-Mādhāi. So this movement, Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, is killing these Jagāi-Mādhāi principles: no illicit sex, no intoxication, no gambling, and no meat-eating. So one side killing the Jagāi-Mādhāi principle, and other side protection, chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740303 - Letter to Mahadeva written from Mayapur|Letter to Mahadeva written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We cannot deviate even an inch in order to attract the followers of the ecology philosophy or any other materialistic, utopian movement|We will present our program at Bhaktivedanta Manor exactly in the line of Lord Caitanya, by kirtana, prasadam distribution and speaking from Bhagavad-gita. We cannot deviate even an inch in order to attract the followers of the ecology philosophy or any other materialistic, utopian movement. You say you know a number of influential leaders of this group, but what is the use of knowing them, since you yourself found them deficient and left them?}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740303 - Letter to Taittiriya written from Mayapur|Letter to Taittiriya written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I hope in the future you will take a leading part in converting the Japanese and Chinese people towards Krsna Consciousness so that all of them may become happy like you. That is my only desire|I hope in the future you will take a leading part in converting the Japanese and Chinese people towards Krsna Consciousness so that all of them may become happy like you. That is my only desire}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#March 1975|1975]] - March 03 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:750303 - Lecture Arrival - Dallas|Lecture Arrival - Dallas]]''' | |||
{| | {{youtube_ditl|DYG3BLh3hqE|[[Vaniquotes:Perhaps my father wanted that I should be a great mrdanga player in the future|I Should be a Great Mṛdaṅga Player - 0063]]|05:19 minutes from an arrival address in Dallas}} | ||
| | {{VaniQuotebox|Perhaps my father wanted that I should be a great mrdanga player in the future|There was two teachers-one for teaching me A-B-C-D, and one for teaching me mṛdaṅga. So the one teacher was waiting and the other teacher was teaching me how to play on mṛdaṅga. So my mother would be angry that "What is this nonsense? You are teaching mṛdaṅga? What he will do with this mṛdaṅga?" (chuckles) But perhaps my father wanted that I should be a great mṛdaṅga player in the future.}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox|This Krsna consciousness movement means to become trained up sufficiently how to enter Krsna's great family. In Krsna's family there is no sannyasi. Have you seen, anyone, a sannyasi in Vrndavana? At least in the books?|Whenever there is person, there is associates, there is family, there is exchange of love. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement means to become trained up sufficiently how to enter Kṛṣṇa's great family. In Kṛṣṇa's family there is no sannyāsī. Have you seen, anyone, a sannyāsī in Vṛndāvana?}} | |||
| | :'''[[Vanisource:750303 - Lecture SB 03.12.19 - Dallas|Lecture SB 03.12.19 - Dallas]]''' | ||
|} | {{youtube_ditl|LVGWvt6ds5o|[[Vaniquotes:We are imposing some tapasya, that "Don't indulge in these things. No illicit sex, no intoxication, no meat-eating, no gambling." These are the items of tapasya for advancing in Krsna consciousness. So is it very difficult? It is not difficult|We Must Accept Some Sort of Tapasya - 0145]]|10:01 minutes from a lecture on SB 03.12.19 in Dallas}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox|We are imposing some tapasya, that "Don't indulge in these things. No illicit sex, no intoxication, no meat-eating, no gambling." These are the items of tapasya for advancing in Krsna consciousness. So is it very difficult? It is not difficult|We are imposing some tapasya, that "Don't indulge in these things. No illicit sex, no intoxication, no meat-eating, no gambling." These are the items of tapasya for advancing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. So is it very difficult? It is not difficult. If one can practice, go within the water up to the neck in chilly pinching cold, is it more difficult to give up illicit sex and meat-eating and intoxication? We are not advising, "No sex." Illicit sex. So where is the difficulty? But the age is so fallen that even these primary tapasya we cannot execute. That is the difficulty.}} | |||
{| | {{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/750303SB-DALLAS_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"If you want to realize the Supreme, the Absolute, then you must agree to certain type of tapasya. Otherwise it is not possible. The preliminary little tapasya—just like ekādaśī; that is also one of the items of the tapasya. Actually, on the ekādaśī days we shall not take any food, even drink water. But in our Society we are not doing so much strictly. We say, 'Ekādaśī, you don't take food grains. Take little fruit, milk'. This is tapasya. So we cannot execute this tapasya? So if we are not prepared to undertake even this very, very easily executable tapasya, then how we can expect go back to home, back to Godhead?"|Vanisource:750303 - Lecture SB 03.12.19 - Dallas|750303 - Lecture SB 03.12.19 - Dallas}} | ||
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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#March 1976|1976]] - March 03 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:760303 - Morning Walk - Mayapur|Morning Walk - Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|In their country also they have got many cows. They get sufficient milk. And from that milk, they prepare so many things - milk, ghee, and then they get chana. So they know how to prepare so many things from chana, lugdoo|In their country also they have got many cows. They get sufficient milk. And from that milk, they prepare so many things - milk, ghee, and then they get chana. So they know how to prepare so many things from chana, lugdoo.}} | |||
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1967 - March 03
1968 - March 03
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My mission of one God, Sri Krishna; one scripture, Bhagavad-gita; and one mantra, Hare Krishna. |
1970 - March 03
- Letter to Manager of Bank of Baroda written from Los Angeles
- Letter to Mr. DDD written from Los Angeles
1974 - March 03
1975 - March 03
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "If you want to realize the Supreme, the Absolute, then you must agree to certain type of tapasya. Otherwise it is not possible. The preliminary little tapasya—just like ekādaśī; that is also one of the items of the tapasya. Actually, on the ekādaśī days we shall not take any food, even drink water. But in our Society we are not doing so much strictly. We say, 'Ekādaśī, you don't take food grains. Take little fruit, milk'. This is tapasya. So we cannot execute this tapasya? So if we are not prepared to undertake even this very, very easily executable tapasya, then how we can expect go back to home, back to Godhead?" |
| 750303 - Lecture SB 03.12.19 - Dallas |
1976 - March 03
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