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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1969#March 1969|1969]] - March 19 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:690319 - Lecture SB 07.09.08-11 - Hawaii|Lecture SB 07.09.08-11 - Hawaii]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/690319SB-HAWAII_ND_02.mp3</mp3player>|"So our Vaiṣṇava principle is we have to qualify ourselves, just like cats and dog. But we are not going to serve the ordinary person. Kṛṣṇa and His representative—then his life is perfect. Kalau śūdra sambhava. In this age, everyone is practically a śūdra seeking a master. But let him seek a master. Kṛṣṇa is prepared. He says, sarva-dharmān parityaja mām ekaṁ ([[Vanisource:BG 18.66 (1972)|BG 18.66]]) "Just accept Me as your master." The master is ready. If we accept this master, then our life is successful"|Vanisource:690319 - Lecture SB 07.09.08-11 - Hawaii|690319 - Lecture SB 07.09.08-11 - Hawaii}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690319 - Letter to Brahmananda written from Hawaii|Letter to Brahmananda written from Hawaii]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Regarding MacMillan Company, if they have not replied your letter, then forget. We shall publish our own books. You organize the sales promotion. Neither I want to shorten the Srimad-Bhagavatam. We should not count on them|Regarding MacMillan Company, if they have not replied your letter, then forget. We shall publish our own books. You organize the sales promotion. Neither I want to shorten the Srimad-Bhagavatam. We should not count on them—let us try for our own publications.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690319 - Letter to Madhavi Lata written from Hawaii|Letter to Madhavi Lata written from Hawaii]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The people today are fascinated by so much of the glimmering so-called beauty of the external energy, and there is necessity of seeing beautiful pictures of Krishna and His devotees and His Pastimes, in order to attract them to the spiritual process|The people today are fascinated by so much of the glimmering so-called beauty of the external energy, and there is necessity of seeing beautiful pictures of Krishna and His devotees and His Pastimes, in order to attract them to the spiritual process. So this is a great service, and there is urgent need for such paintings.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690319 - Letter to Satsvarupa written from Hawaii|Letter to Satsvarupa written from Hawaii]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Because unpalatable truth is not tolerated. If we call a black man black, he will be angry because it is unpalatable. So we have to present our case very carefully|Because unpalatable truth is not tolerated. If we call a black man black, he will be angry because it is unpalatable. So we have to present our case very carefully. The best way of presentation will be like this: (1) Yoga system is recommended in the Bhagavad-gita, (2) It is approved system, (3) But it is not suitable for ordinary man, especially in this age of Kali, (4) The so-called yoga system practiced by the people of this age is not bona fide. They cannot follow all the rules and regulations of yoga practice, (5) Therefore it is conclusive that so called yoga followers are simply cheated and they are wasting their time.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|So called yoga followers are simply cheated and they are wasting their time. I have already explained these points in the Sankhya yoga chapter of the Bhagavad-gita As It Is, so you read them carefully and present it in suitable occasions|So called yoga followers are simply cheated and they are wasting their time. I have already explained these points in the Sankhya yoga chapter of the Bhagavad-gita As It Is, so you read them carefully and present it in suitable occasions.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I have already replied Jadurani's letter. Regarding her offenses, I do not remember when she committed offenses, and even though she might have done so, I excuse her 100 times, without any hesitation. So she has nothing to bother about it|I have already replied Jadurani's letter. Regarding her offenses, I do not remember when she committed offenses, and even though she might have done so, I excuse her 100 times, without any hesitation. So she has nothing to bother about it.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690319 - Letter to Tosana Krishna and Bhurijana written from Hawaii|Letter to Tosana Krishna and Bhurijana written from Hawaii]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Hold kirtana and serve Prasadam, and gradually people will come, more and more. That is the program. And you are both sincere students, and very intelligent boys, and Krishna will supply you all facility for your preaching work if you try sincerely|Hold kirtana and serve Prasadam, and gradually people will come, more and more. That is the program. And you are both sincere students, and very intelligent boys, and Krishna will supply you all facility for your preaching work if you try sincerely.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1970#March 1970|1970]] - March 19 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:700319 - Letter to Dinadayadri and Nara-narayana written from Los Angeles|Letter to Dinadayadri and Nara-narayana written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Just one good soul fully developed and firmly convinced in preaching Krishna Consciousness can reclaim so many fallen souls for going back to home, back to Godhead| Just one good soul fully developed and firmly convinced in preaching Krishna Consciousness can reclaim so many fallen souls for going back to home, back to Godhead. And the best way to prepare such Krishna Conscious souls is to train them to up from their birth to follow the principles of Krishna Consciousness. This is possible by good association of devotee parents.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700319 - Letter to Hayagriva written from Los Angeles|Letter to Hayagriva written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|As I recommend to every householder, if you spend 50% of your income for Krishna's business in developing New Vrindaban, and a similar amount is collected by Kirtanananda Maharaja, I think there will be no need of financial help from other centers|At present, you patiently work there and get as much money as possible for developing New Vrindaban. As I recommend to every householder, if you spend 50% of you income for Krishna's business in developing New Vrindaban, and a similar amount is collected by Kirtanananda Maharaja, I think there will be no need of financial help from other centers.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700319 - Letter to Jaya Gopala written from Los Angeles|Letter to Jaya Gopala written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I have not heard from you since a long time. I hope you are doing well. You are a very sincere worker, and Krishna will bless you. I will be glad to hear from you|I have not heard from you since a long time. I hope you are doing well. You are a very sincere worker, and Krishna will bless you. I will be glad to hear from you.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700319 - Letter to Patita Uddharana written from Los Angeles|Letter to Patita Uddharana written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am very glad to know that your pen is inspired to create, because we are in need of many intelligent writers who can express our Krishna consciousness philosophy nicely|I am very glad to know that your pen is inspired to create, because we are in need of many intelligent writers who can express our Krishna consciousness philosophy nicely just following exactly the transcendental words and purports of our vast Vedic scriptures according to the previous Acaryas of our Gaudiya Vaisnava Sampradaya.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If you continue to work in this writing and publishing of our literatures with steady enthusiasm and sincerity, your success in Krishna Consciousness is certain|If you continue to work in this writing and publishing of our literatures with steady enthusiasm and sincerity, your success in Krishna Consciousness is certain. Therefore to keep your spiritual strength, always observe the regulative principles strictly and chant at least sixteen rounds of beads daily without fail. This is essential for understanding our philosophy practically to advance in Krishna Consciousness. And we should always avoid mental speculations.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1971#March 1971|1971]] - March 19 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:710319 - Lecture SB 10.22.35 - Bombay|Lecture SB 10.22.35 - Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If the government has got right to exact income tax from you, has not Krsna the right to exact income tax? He is supplying you so many things. Government, what government is supplying? Krsna is supplying you sunlight, moonlight, air and food|You should sacrifice the major portion of your income to the Supreme. If the government has got right to exact income tax from you, has not Kṛṣṇa the right to exact income tax? He is supplying you so many things. Government, what government is supplying? Kṛṣṇa is supplying you sunlight. Kṛṣṇa is supplying you moonlight. Kṛṣṇa is supplying you air. Kṛṣṇa is supplying you food. Nityo nityānāṁ cetanaś cetanānām eko bahūnāṁ yo vidadhāti kāmān. Kṛṣṇa is fulfilling all your desires. And don't you like to give Him some tax? (laughter)}} | |||
==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972#March 1972|1972]] - March 19 ==== | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720319 - Lecture - Bombay|Lecture - Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We are very much grateful to you that you are kindly trying to cooperate with this movement and hear about Krsna|Our program is to speak on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in the evening and to speak in English, and in the morning we speak on Bhagavad-gītā in Hindi. So we are very much grateful to you that you are kindly trying to cooperate with this movement and hear about Kṛṣṇa. Your cooperation means you please hear about Kṛṣṇa.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|It is not that we start a mission just to make some money and to fill up our belly, hungry belly. No. It is a mission to see that everyone is happy in Krsna consciousness. This is the mission|Everything is scientifically described in the Vedic literature. You haven't got to make any research. It is already there. You have to simply accept it and take it. Then your life will be sublime, your life will be successful. It is not that we start a mission just to make some money and to fill up our belly, hungry belly. No. It is a mission to see that everyone is happy in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. This is the mission.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We hope that all of you who are present here will try to cooperate with this movement, and let us meet at least so long as I am here. That will be very beneficial|We hope that all of you who are present here will try to cooperate with this movement, and let us meet at least so long as I am here. That will be very beneficial.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1974#March 1974|1974]] - March 19 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:740319 - Lecture SB 02.01.04 - Vrndavana|Lecture SB 02.01.04 - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/740319SB-VRNDAVAN_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"So, apaśyatām ātma-tattvam ([[Vanisource:SB 2.1.2|SB 2.1.2]]), those who are not very intelligent to see about the truth of ātma, they're entangled. How it is entangle? deha-apatya, this body and the offspring, children, born out of this body through the wife, dehāpatya-kalatrādiṣu ātma-sainyeṣu ([[Vanisource:SB 2.1.4|SB 2.1.4]]). Everyone is thinking that 'I have got my good wife. I have got very nice children. I have got my nice society, nation', and so on, so many. Dehāpatya-kalatrādiṣu. And he's thinking that 'They are my soldiers, here is this fight, struggle for existence'. Everyone is struggling to exist, and everyone is thinking, 'They are my soldiers. These, my wife, children, society, friendship, nation, they'll give me protection'. But nobody can give protection. Therefore he's explained here as pramattaḥ, pāgala. Nobody can give you protection."|Vanisource:740319 - Lecture SB 02.01.04 - Vrndavana|740319 - Lecture SB 02.01.04 - Vrndavana}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The real business is that we have to withdraw our attraction for this material... That they do not know. I am a spirit soul|The real business is that we have to withdraw our attraction for this material... That they do not know. I am a spirit soul. Being attracted by this material nature, I am now encaged within this body, and I am changing this body.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#March 1975|1975]] - March 19 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:750319 - Letter to Lata written from Bombay|Letter to Lata written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Krishna Consciousness is the only truth that exists. Without Krishna Consciousness everything is illusion. You must not waste this life away thinking that everything belongs to you. Everything belongs to Krishna and it must be used in His service|Krishna Consciousness is the only truth that exists. Without Krishna Consciousness everything is illusion. You must not waste this life away thinking that everything belongs to you. Everything belongs to Krishna and it must be used in His service.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750319 - Letter to Miss Nedungadi written from Bombay|Letter to Miss Nedungadi written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Actually anyone who tries to understand these books will become a great realized devotee of Lord Krishna gradually| I am so much grateful that you have enjoyed studying my books. Many young intelligent persons such as yourself are studying these books in the colleges and universities all over the world. Actually anyone who tries to understand these books will become a great realized devotee of Lord Krishna gradually.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The original potency of the sastra remains in these books because I have not added or opinionated anything of my own|The original potency of the sastra remains in these books because I have not added or opinionated anything of my own. I have simply presented the scriptures such as Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam as they are. Therefore just see the effect they have on the world.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|At present, we have about 100 centers worldwide and about 10,000 fully dedicated students in those centers. You are welcome to visit or stay in any of our centers for your spiritual advancement|At present, we have about 100 centers worldwide and about 10,000 fully dedicated students in those centers. You are welcome to visit or stay in any of our centers for your spiritual advanceme.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#March 1976|1976]] - March 19 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:760319 - Morning Walk - Mayapur|Morning Walk - Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|0OdU98UEAy8|[[Vaniquotes:We are so foolish that we do not believe in the next life. That is simply foolishness. There is next life, especially when Krsna says. You can say, "We don't believe it." You don't believe or not believe, it doesn't matter|We Are So Foolish That We Do Not Believe In The Next Life - 0735]]|04:14 minutes from a lecture on SB 07.09.41 in Mayapur}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We are so foolish that we do not believe in the next life. That is simply foolishness. There is next life, especially when Krsna says. You can say, "We don't believe it." You don't believe or not believe, it doesn't matter|Just like when you are foolish, you can say, "I don't believe in the government's law. Whatever, I shall do." But when you are arrested, then everything is finished. Then simply slap and shoes, that's all. So we are so foolish that we do not believe in the next life. That is simply foolishness. There is next life, especially when Kṛṣṇa says. You can say, "We don't believe it." You don't believe or not believe, it doesn't matter. You are under the laws of nature.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760319 - Lecture SB 07.09.41 - Mayapur|Lecture SB 07.09.41 - Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We have got experience that if we infect some disease, contaminous disease, then we must suffer from that disease. So it is not God's creation that somebody is suffering from some painful condition and somebody is enjoying. No|We have got experience that if we infect some disease, contaminous disease, then we must suffer from that disease. So it is not God's creation that somebody is suffering from some painful condition and somebody is enjoying. No. We infect ourself with some contamination because this world, this material world, is full of contamination.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760319 - Letter to Gurukrpa written from Mayapur|Letter to Gurukrpa written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1977#March 1977|1977]] - March 19 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:770319 - Letter to Kirtiraja written from Mayapur|Letter to Kirtiraja written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Yes, I approve your idea to have a sankirtana party in America to support the Polish preaching|Yes, I approve your idea to have a sankirtana party in America to support the Polish preaching.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770319 - Letter to Mr. Sarkar written from Mayapur|Letter to Mr. Sarkar written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|My health is improving by the grace of Krishna, and I am leaving for Bombay by the 22nd instant. Thank you very much for your concern|My health is improving by the grace of Krishna, and I am leaving for Bombay by the 22nd instant. Thank you very much for your concern.}} | |||
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- See also: A Month in the Life of Srila Prabhupada.
1969 - March 19
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "So our Vaiṣṇava principle is we have to qualify ourselves, just like cats and dog. But we are not going to serve the ordinary person. Kṛṣṇa and His representative—then his life is perfect. Kalau śūdra sambhava. In this age, everyone is practically a śūdra seeking a master. But let him seek a master. Kṛṣṇa is prepared. He says, sarva-dharmān parityaja mām ekaṁ (BG 18.66) "Just accept Me as your master." The master is ready. If we accept this master, then our life is successful" |
| 690319 - Lecture SB 07.09.08-11 - Hawaii |
1970 - March 19
1971 - March 19
1972 - March 19
1974 - March 19
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "So, apaśyatām ātma-tattvam (SB 2.1.2), those who are not very intelligent to see about the truth of ātma, they're entangled. How it is entangle? deha-apatya, this body and the offspring, children, born out of this body through the wife, dehāpatya-kalatrādiṣu ātma-sainyeṣu (SB 2.1.4). Everyone is thinking that 'I have got my good wife. I have got very nice children. I have got my nice society, nation', and so on, so many. Dehāpatya-kalatrādiṣu. And he's thinking that 'They are my soldiers, here is this fight, struggle for existence'. Everyone is struggling to exist, and everyone is thinking, 'They are my soldiers. These, my wife, children, society, friendship, nation, they'll give me protection'. But nobody can give protection. Therefore he's explained here as pramattaḥ, pāgala. Nobody can give you protection." |
| 740319 - Lecture SB 02.01.04 - Vrndavana |
1975 - March 19
1976 - March 19
1977 - March 19
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