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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1966#March 1966|1966]] - March 07 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:660307 - Lecture BG 02.12 - New York|Lecture BG 02.12 - New York]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Just like in your Christian religion you may not understand all the Biblical injunctions or you may not have the time, but you'll simply, if you follow the ideal life of Lord Jesus Christ, then you get the same result|Just like in your Christian religion you may not understand all the Biblical injunctions or you may not have the time, but you'll simply, if you follow the ideal life of Lord Jesus Christ, then you get the same result.}} | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/660307BG-NEW_YORK_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"The difference between the conditioned soul and liberated soul is that a conditioned soul is imperfect in four ways. A conditioned soul is sure to commit mistake, a conditioned soul is in illusion, a conditioned soul has the tendency for cheating others, and a conditioned soul has got his senses imperfect, imperfect senses. Therefore knowledge should be taken from a liberated soul."|Vanisource:660307 - Lecture BG 02.12 - New York|660307 - Lecture BG 02.12 - New York}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1967#March 1967|1967]] - March 07 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:670307 - Letter to Rayarama written from San Francisco|Letter to Rayarama written from San Francisco]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The Mayavada Philosophy has played havoc in spiritual understanding leading to Atheistic tendency. The interpretation that one has to be naked before the Lord is also mayavada philosophy|The Mayavada Philosophy has played havoc in spiritual understanding leading to Atheistic tendency. The interpretation that one has to be naked before the Lord is also mayavada philosophy.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1968#March 1968|1968]] - March 07 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:680307 - Letter to Mahapurusa written from Los Angeles|Letter to Mahapurusa written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|There is no need for any other devotional songs or chants for Lord Caitanya's Advent Day; simply chant Hare Krishna, with Kirtana or beads, & sing the prayer "Sri Krishna Caitanya, Prabhu Nityananda, Sri Advaita, Gadadhara, SriVasadi, Gaura Bhaktavrinda"|Regarding the observance of Lord Caitanya's Advent Day: No, there is no need for any other devotional songs or chants; simply chant Hare Krishna, with Kirtana or beads, and sing the prayer "Sri Krishna Caitanya Prabhu Nityananda, Sri Advaita Gadadhara, SriVasadi, Gaura Bhaktavrinda." You can also chant the prayer you asked about.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1970#March 1970|1970]] - March 07 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:700307 - Letter to Manager of First National City Bank written from Los Angeles|Letter to Manager of First National City Bank written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700307 - Letter to Rupanuga written from Los Angeles|Letter to Rupanuga written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am glad to learn how the students are friendly toward the devotees although they are generally depressed and rebellious. So Krsna Consciousness is so nice that it can pacify even the most rebellious person because it appeals to the soul|I am glad to learn how the students are friendly toward the devotees although they are generally depressed and rebellious. So Krsna Consciousness is so nice that it can pacify even the most rebellious person because it appeals to the soul.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700307 - Letter to Trivikrama written from Los Angeles|Letter to Trivikrama written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Marriage is a concession for a person who cannot control his sex desires. Of course it is a difficult job for the boys in this country because they have free access to intermingling with the girls|Marriage is a concession for a person who cannot control his sex desires. Of course it is a difficult job for the boys in this country because they have free access to intermingling with the girls. Under the circumstances, it is my open order for everyone that everyone can marry without any artificial pose. But if somebody is able to remain a Brahmacari, there should not be any causing for his marriage.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|At the mature age say after 50 years old age, everyone should separate from wife. Married life does not mean that one should continue to live with wife throughout the whole life|At the mature age say after 50 years old age, everyone should separate from wife. Married life does not mean that one should continue to live with wife throughout the whole life; at a certain stage, say between 20-25 years, one may accept a wife, live with her to the maximum age of 50 years, and then there should be no more sex relationship—stringently.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our students, either Brahmacari or Householder, are being trained up for constant engagement in Krsna Consciousness service without any personal interest. This is perfect order of Sannyas|Our students, either Brahmacari or Householder, are being trained up for constant engagement in Krsna Consciousness service without any personal interest. This is perfect order of Sannyas. So if everyone is trained up in this line of action, all of us are Sannyasis in all circumstances.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Whatever status of life we may accept, this principle of working for Krsna as a matter of our duty, without being attracted by the result - should be followed by us|Whatever status of life we may accept, this principle of working for Krsna as a matter of our duty, without being attracted by the result - should be followed by us.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972#March 1972|1972]] - March 07 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:720307 - Lecture BG 09.02 - Calcutta|Lecture BG 09.02 - Calcutta]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Why you should falsely initiate a person? If you cannot make him a brahmana and elevate him to the highest stage of devotional service, why should you cheat others? Initiation means making him dvijatvam . Tatha diksa-vidhanena dvijatvam jayate nrnam|He's actually initiated. If you are falsely initiated, he remains a śūdra and you remain a rascal. That's all. Why you should falsely initiate a person? If you cannot make him a brāhmaṇa and elevate him to the highest stage of devotional service, why should you cheat others? Initiation means making him dvijatvam . Tathā dīkṣā-vidhānena dvijatvaṁ jāyate nṛṇām . How an initiated person can remain a śūdra?}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We receive so many letters from our foreign student how they're feeling. Because they have taken seriously, they're feeling obliged that "We have got life pratyaksavagamam.'' Pratyaksa means direct|We receive so many letters from our foreign student how they're feeling. Because they have taken seriously, they're feeling obliged that "We have got life pratyakṣāvagamam." Pratyakṣa means direct. Direct. Bhaktiḥ pareśānubhavo. Just like if you eat, you will directly understand whether you are getting strength and whether hunger is being satisfied. You don't require to take certificate, that "I am eating. Am I satisfied?" You know. Why you want to take satisfaction... uh, certificate from other?}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720307 - Lecture SB 07.09.09 - Calcutta|Lecture SB 07.09.09 - Calcutta]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Actually, to tell the truth, those who are too much bodily absorbed, that "I am this body," for them this yoga practice is recommended. Not for the intelligent man. Because one who identifies himself with this body, he is not very intelligent|Actually, to tell the truth, those who are too much bodily absorbed, that "I am this body," for them this yoga practice is recommended. Not for the intelligent man. Because one who identifies himself with this body, he is not very intelligent. But because such persons are not very intelligent, for them this bodily exercise of yoga, aṣṭāṅga-yoga , is recommended. Not for the intelligent person. Intelligent person, they take immediately to the devotional service, immediate.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|My Guru Maharaja's gift|What is the purpose of Gosvāmī? They say that yena tena prakāreṇa manaḥ kṛṣṇe. Somehow or other first of all engage him in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That is my Guru Mahārāja's gift. He first of all started that there is no need of going to Vṛndāvana and imitate the Gosvāmīs. Live in big, big cities, in big, big palatial houses, but preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness. People may understand. Give chance to the people how they will understand Kṛṣṇa consciousness.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720307 - Letter to Aniruddha written from Calcutta|Letter to Aniruddha written from Calcutta]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If outsiders want to send their children to us, it will not be for their accreditation, but because they will get the best education for relieving them of all anxieties of material life and for this education the government has no idea|If outsiders want to send their children to us, it will not be for their accreditation, but because they will get the best education for relieving them of all anxieties of material life and for this education the government has no idea. Where is such thing as transmigration of the soul being taught in classroom? If they simply learn to rise early, cleanse, all hygienic principles, their study will be greater than any government program. Whatever the elder members are doing, the children should do if possible.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1973#March 1973|1973]] - March 07 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:730307 - Letter to Bali-mardana written from Calcutta|Letter to Bali-mardana written from Calcutta]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You have been to India so you know the importance of the life membership program here, so I am requesting that you personally attend to some items needed here for the preaching work in that connection|You have been to India so you know the importance of the life membership program here, so I am requesting that you personally attend to some items needed here for the preaching work in that connection. Rupanuga is writing the specifics to you under separate cover.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|My plans are to go to Mayapur as soon as they have finished my quarters and to remain there until the 22nd|My plans are to go to Mayapur as soon as they have finished my quarters and to remain there until the 22nd.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:730307 - Letter to Bhaja Hari written from Calcutta|Letter to Bhaja Hari written from Calcutta]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Yes, we can make rapid advancement in the company of devotees, if we leave the company of devotees then again we become rogues and rascals|Yes, we can make rapid advancement in the company of devotees, if we leave the company of devotees then again we become rogues and rascals. Krsna is providing everyone, and certainly if we work in the company of other sincere devotees He will provide us the best facility.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:730307 - Letter to Dr. Aggarwal written from Calcutta|Letter to Dr. Aggarwal written from Calcutta]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Actually one can be perfectly Krishna-Conscious without being literate. Education is not necessary. Simply it is required to accept the fact, that we are the eternal servants of Krishna, and engage in some tangible service|Actually one can be perfectly Krishna-Conscious without being literate. Education is not necessary. Simply it is required to accept the fact, that we are the eternal servants of Krishna, and engage in some tangible service. Otherwise, there are so many convincing arguments, i.e. the Bhagavad-Gita, to bring us to the right point of surrender.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1974#March 1974|1974]] - March 07 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:740307 - Morning Walk - Mayapur|Morning Walk - Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Everyone will understand. Hare Krsna. That is proved. We are going to Africa. We are going to Canada, Europe, America. Everyone chants Hare Krsna. That is the language. When a young man and young woman loves one another, there is no question of language|Everyone will understand. Hare Kṛṣṇa. That is proved. We are going to Africa. We are going to Canada, Europe, America. Everyone chants Hare Kṛṣṇa. That is the language. When a young man and young woman loves one another, there is no question of language. My Guru Mahārāja used to say that "Suppose you are in a foreign country. You do not know the language. But when there is fire, you get friends without any language."}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740307 - Lecture CC Adi 07.05 - Mayapur|Lecture CC Adi 07.05 - Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|KjG1nlhmYo4|[[Vaniquotes:Radha-Krsna lila is not material. One who understands Radha-Krsna lila as material, they are misled. Krsna cannot enjoy anything material|One Who Understands Radha-Krishna Lila as Material, They Are Misled - 0728]]|04:02 minutes from a lecture on CC Ādi 07.05 in Mayapur}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Radha-Krsna lila is not material. One who understands Radha-Krsna lila as material, they are misled. Krsna cannot enjoy anything material| Because Kṛṣṇa is the supreme, therefore He enjoys the superior energy. The Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa līlā is not material. One who understands Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa līlā as material, they are misled. Kṛṣṇa cannot enjoy anything material. He's supreme pleasure...}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740307 - Letter to Muralidhara written from Mayapur|Letter to Muralidhara written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Lord Nityananda never took sannyasa. He was independent, like a brahmacari, and later he became married|Lord Nityananda never took sannyasa. He was independent, like a brahmacari, and later he became married.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#March 1975|1975]] - March 07 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:750307 - Lecture SB Q&A - New York|Lecture SB Q&A - New York]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|In our Society, the children, from the very beginning of life, they are getting opportunity how to think of Krsna, how to offer obeisances to Krsna, how to chant. This is the process|In our Society, the children, from the very beginning of life, they are getting opportunity how to think of Krsna, how to offer obeisances to Krsna, how to chant. This is the process. So from the very beginning of life all the children of our devotees, they are getting this opportunity. That is called sucinam, very pure family.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#March 1976|1976]] - March 07 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:760307 - Morning Walk - Mayapur|Morning Walk - Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|When one is jealous of God, then gradually jealous of everyone|Prabhupāda: When one is jealous of God, then gradually jealous of everyone. Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Jealousy. Prabhupāda: Jealousy, yes. Siddha-svarūpānanda: So then if I'm jealous of others, it's really just a reflection of my jealousy of Kṛṣṇa. Prabhupāda: Yes. Siddha-svarūpānanda: And if I am angry at others, it's because I'm angry at Kṛṣṇa also. Prabhupāda: Everything begins from Kṛṣṇa. Mattaḥ sarvam pravartate.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760307 - Lecture SB 07.09.29 - Mayapur|Lecture SB 07.09.29 - Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Before Hiranyakasipu was killed by His Lordship Nrsimha-deva, Prahlada Maharaja never addressed his father as "father," pituh. Now, after his death, he is addressing pituh, "my father." Because before his death he was demon|Before Hiraṇyakaśipu was killed by His Lordship Nṛsiṁha-deva, Prahlāda Mahārāja never addressed his father as "father," pituḥ. Now, after his death, he is addressing pituḥ, "my father." Because before his death he was demon. Everyone knows. But if a demon is killed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he becomes liberated - either demon or anyone.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760307 - Letter to Harikesa written from Mayapur|Letter to Harikesa written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If they consider our philosophy too revolutionary, there is no necessity to print books immediately. First, the heart must be cleansed by chanting Hare Krishna and taking Krishna prasadam|I have marked how they are attracted to our kirtana and prasadam there in Hungary. If they consider our philosophy too revolutionary, there is no necessity to print books immediately. First, the heart must be cleansed by chanting Hare Krishna and taking Krishna prasadam. To take birth in such place is due to impious past so it is not easy for them to immediately accept our philosophy. Just give them chanting and prasadam. You must be very tactful to preach in such places.}} | |||
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1966 - March 07
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "The difference between the conditioned soul and liberated soul is that a conditioned soul is imperfect in four ways. A conditioned soul is sure to commit mistake, a conditioned soul is in illusion, a conditioned soul has the tendency for cheating others, and a conditioned soul has got his senses imperfect, imperfect senses. Therefore knowledge should be taken from a liberated soul." |
| 660307 - Lecture BG 02.12 - New York |
1967 - March 07
1968 - March 07
1970 - March 07
- Letter to Manager of First National City Bank written from Los Angeles
- Letter to Rupanuga written from Los Angeles
1972 - March 07
1973 - March 07
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My plans are to go to Mayapur as soon as they have finished my quarters and to remain there until the 22nd. |
1974 - March 07
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Lord Nityananda never took sannyasa. He was independent, like a brahmacari, and later he became married. |
1975 - March 07
1976 - March 07
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