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==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1966#March 1966|1966]] - March 25 ==== | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:660325 - Lecture BG 02.44-45, 58 Excerpts - New York|Lecture BG 02.44-45, 58 Excerpts - New York]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We belong to the devotee group of philosophers. Then there are others who are impersonalists. But they, or both of them, they do not deny the presence of the soul|Just like we belong to the devotee group of philosophers. Then there are others who are impersonalists. But they, or both of them, they do not deny the presence of the soul, presence of the soul. The Buddha philosophy, they do not recognize the soul. They, according to them, that the combination of matter at a certain stage produces consciousness. But that philosophy, that argument, can be refuted that with matter, you cannot produce consciousness.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|God became many for His enjoyment because He is the enjoyer. We are not enjoyer; we are enjoyed. So we must know our constitutional position, that we are not enjoyer; we are enjoyed|If there would have been no persons sitting here, simply myself speaking, there would have been no enjoyment. So enjoyment means variety. Without variety, without many things, there is no question of enjoyment. That is the original idea of enjoyment. So God became many. God became many for His enjoyment because He is the enjoyer. We are not enjoyer; we are enjoyed. So we must know our constitutional position, that we are not enjoyer; we are enjoyed.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1967#March 1967|1967]] - March 25 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:670325 - Lecture SB 01.02.17 - San Francisco|Lecture SB 01.02.17 - San Francisco]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/670325SB-SAN_FRANCISCO_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"The spirit is eternal, Na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre: ([[Vanisource:BG 2.20 (1972)|BG 2.20]]) 'Even after the destruction of this body, the consciousness is not destroyed'. That continues. Rather, consciousness transferred to another type of body makes me again alive to the material conception of life. That is also described in the Bhagavad-gītā, Yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran bhāvaṁ tyajaty ante kalevaram ([[Vanisource:BG 8.6 (1972)|BG 8.6]]). At the time of death, if our consciousness is pure, then that next life is not material, next life's pure spiritual life. But if our consciousness is not pure at the point of the verge of death, just leaving this body, then we have to take again this material body. That is the process going on by nature's law."|Vanisource:670325 - Lecture SB 01.02.17 - San Francisco|670325 - Lecture SB 01.02.17 - San Francisco}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Freedom is achieved when we are in constantly touch with the supreme spirit, Krsna. That supreme spirit is Krsna. So this assembly which we are trying to conduct is just to keep in touch constantly with Krsna|Freedom is achieved when we are in constantly touch with the supreme spirit, Kṛṣṇa. That supreme spirit is Kṛṣṇa. So this assembly which we are trying to conduct is just to keep in touch constantly with Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa can be in constantly companion with us. Because He's omnipotent, God is omnipotent, therefore He can be exactly in touch with us by His words. His words and He are not different.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:670325 - Letter to Sri Krishnaji written from San Francisco|Letter to Sri Krishnaji written from San Francisco]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|My primary duty is to publish the Srimad-Bhagavatam and finish it in my life. But preaching in the western countries is also my duty as it was ordered by my Spiritual Master|Regarding publication of my books, you know that since I have come here the work is stopped and that is great loss for me. My primary duty is to publish the Srimad-Bhagavatam and finish it in my life. But preaching in the western countries is also my duty as it was ordered by my Spiritual Master.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1968#March 1968|1968]] - March 25 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:680325 - Conversation - San Francisco|Conversation - San Francisco]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|By association, good association, everything is possible. Therefore you have to make this association of Kṛṣṇa consciousness so perfect that anyone who comes in contact with that association, he becomes purified automatically|By association, good association, everything is possible. Therefore you have to make this association of Kṛṣṇa consciousness so perfect that anyone who comes in contact with that association, he becomes purified automatically. The association is so important. Anyone who will come in contact with the association, he'll be purified. Just like by association one becomes contaminated, similarly, by counter-association, one becomes free from contamination.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1969#March 1969|1969]] - March 25 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:690325 - Lecture Initiation - Hawaii|Lecture Initiation - Hawaii]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The animals, they do not know how to create a church or temple or mosque. These are done in the human society. So when the human society forgets this responsibility from economic point of view, that means they degrade to the animal life|If by becoming a human being, he becomes an animal, if he thinks that he has become economical, that is not very sane conclusion. So godless means animal. The animals, they do not know how to create a church or temple or mosque. The mosque or temple or church, they are done in the human society. So when the human society forgets this responsibility from economic point of view, that means they degrade to the animal life.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1970#March 1970|1970]] - March 25 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:700325 - Letter to Manager of Bank of Baroda written from Los Angeles|Letter to Manager of Bank of Baroda written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Purpose of visit is missionary preaching of Bhakti cult|Purpose of visit is missionary preaching of Bhakti cult.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700325 - Letter to Revatinandana written from Los Angeles|Letter to Revatinandana written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You have been a little bit perturbed that the demons are eternally condemned, and I thank you very much that you have been compassionate with the demons. That is the sign of Vaisnavism|You have been a little bit perturbed that the demons are eternally condemned, and I thank you very much that you have been compassionate with the demons. That is the sign of Vaisnavism. The Lord may condemn the demons, but because the Vaisnavas are there, there is ample chance for the demons to become blessed by the devotees of the Lord.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The preaching work of Krishna Consciousness Movement is specifically meant for delivering the demons. Therefore, if you remain faithful to the Lord, you shall be able to deliver many such demons|The devotees of the Lord are so powerful that each and every one of them has the power of delivering many demons, even condemned by the Lord. The preaching work of Krishna Consciousness Movement is specifically meant for delivering the demons. Therefore, if you remain faithful to the Lord, you shall be able to deliver many such demons.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1971#March 1971|1971]] - March 25 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:710325 - Letter to Citsukhananda written from Bombay|Letter to Citsukhananda written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am anxious that we establish centers in major cities all over the globe, and Mexico City is certainly an important landmark|I am so glad to hear that you are now in L.A. discussing final plans for opening one center in Mexico City. That is very encouraging news. I am anxious that we establish centers in major cities all over the globe and Mexico City is certainly an important landmark.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710325 - Letter to Department of Visa & Foreign Registration written from Bombay|Letter to Department of Visa & Foreign Registration written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I hereby certify that my initiated disciple, Sriman Upendra Das Adhikari (Wayne Phillip Gunderson), having successfully completed his course of divinity studies in the International Society for KC has been awarded the degree of Bhakti-sastri (Minister)|I hereby certify that my initiated disciple, Sriman Upendra Das Adhikari (Wayne Phillip Gunderson), having successfully completed his course of divinity studies in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness has been awarded the degree of Bhakti-sastri (Minister).}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710325 - Letter to Rsabhadeva written from Bombay|Letter to Rsabhadeva written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We want to distribute our books as far as possible to all classes of men, because anyone who reads them is sure to become Krishna Conscious, they are so nice|We want to distribute our books as far as possible to all classes of men, because anyone who reads them is sure to become Krishna Conscious, they are so nice. Also you should distribute the books to schools, colleges, libraries, bookstores, and wherever else you can imagine that they will be received. Also continue your program of door-to-door Sankirtana.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710325 - Letter to Sukadeva written from Bombay|Letter to Sukadeva written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Actually we want that every American have a copy of BTG in his hand|It is very encouraging to note that you have been distributing 150 BTGs daily there in our newly established Tucson center. Actually we want that every American have a copy of BTG in his hand.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710325 - Letter to Vamanadeva written from Bombay|Letter to Vamanadeva written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Actually these college students have all been misguided. Without Krishna Consciousness, all their book learning amounts to zero|I am so glad to hear your program is steadily expanding in St. Louis and how you are regularly making university engagements and are being so well received. Actually these college students have all been misguided. Without Krishna Consciousness, all their book learning amounts to zero. Simply if they will add Krishna Consciousness to their curriculum all their endeavors will know perfection.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972#March 1972|1972]] - March 25 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:720325 - Lecture BG 07.06 - Bombay|720325 - Lecture BG 07.06 - Bombay]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/720325BG-BOMBAY_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"In the spiritual world there is no display of inferior energy; there is only that superior energy, cetana, cidya-vat(?). The spiritual world is therefore called living world. There is no manifestation of this acetana, or inanimate. There are also varieties, as we have got here. There is water, there are trees, there is land. Not nirviśeṣa, not impersonal—everything is there—but they are all made of the superior energy. It is described that Yamuna River is flowing with her waves, but when Kṛṣṇa comes on the bank of the Yamuna, the waves stop to hear Kṛṣṇa's flute."|Vanisource:720325 - Lecture BG 07.06 - Bombay|720325 - Lecture BG 07.06 - Bombay}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|It is not that this Krsna consciousness movement is a sentimental movement. It is based on fully scientific basis. But people do not understand the science. They are simply allured by the experimental science. The experimental science is very limited|It is not that this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is a sentimental movement. It is based on fully scientific basis. But people do not understand the science. They are simply, I mean to say, allured by the experimental science. The experimental science is very limited. Everything is experimental, but we do not know the process how to make this experiment. Otherwise, science means experimental science. But our knowledge, our activities are so limited that we cannot experiment higher analytical process. That is not possible.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720325 - Lecture SB 01.02.05 - Bombay|Lecture SB 01.02.05 - Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|All these universes are exhibition of the energy of Krsna, just like the fire can distribute its heat and light from one place|All these universes are exhibition of the energy of Kṛṣṇa, just like the fire can distribute its heat and light from one place. The example is the sun: the great fire, the greatest fire within this universe, it is distributing the heat and light from one place. You can see, everyone, the sun globe. It is lying in one corner of this universe.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720325 - Letter to Bhavananda written from Bombay|Letter to Bhavananda written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The report that Hindus and Muslims are taking prasadam together is very encouraging. Please continue this program. All the Muslims in Mayapur have now become very friendly towards us|The report that Hindus and Muslims are taking prasadam together is very encouraging. Please continue this program. All the Muslims in Mayapur have now become very friendly towards us. For the last 50 years our Godbrothers were there but they could not make arrangements for the Hindus and Muslims to take prasadam together.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720325 - Letter to Patita Uddharana written from Bombay|Letter to Patita Uddharana written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|This Krishna consciousness is authorized, practical and simple and those who have enough intelligence will recognize this fact and will join with us|This Krishna consciousness is authorized, practical and simple and those who have enough intelligence will recognize this fact and will join with us. Our program is to simply chant Hare Krishna, follow the regulative principles, and preach this philosophy without any adulteration. If we stick to this policy, then by our good example, people will see the potency of this great movement.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I have made it a policy that there must be at least ten initiated brahmanas in a temple before deities are installed|I have made it a policy that there must be at least ten initiated brahmanas in a temple before deities are installed.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1974#March 1974|1974]] - March 25 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:740325 - Morning Walk - Bombay|Morning Walk - Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Knowledge means knowledge of yourself. When you are actually in knowledge, then you will surrender to Krsna|Knowledge means knowledge of yourself. When you are actually in knowledge, then you will surrender to Kṛṣṇa. That is knowledge. So long you do not surrender to Kṛṣṇa, you are in ignorance. Now, in ignorance, in ignorance I am surrendering to my wife, and in knowledge I'll have to surrender to Kṛṣṇa.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740325 - Lecture BG 04.05 - Bombay|Lecture BG 04.05 - Bombay]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|9hQw0mvuDCY|[[Vaniquotes:If you have got one rupee, if you take one anna, then it is fifteen annas. Or if you take two annas, it is fourteen annas. If you take sixteen annas, it becomes zero. But Krsna is not like that. He can expand Himself unlimited forms|Krishna is Appearing in so Many Incarnations - 0130]]|06:53 minutes from a lecture on BG 04.05 in Bombay}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If you have got one rupee, if you take one anna, then it is fifteen annas. Or if you take two annas, it is fourteen annas. If you take sixteen annas, it becomes zero. But Krsna is not like that. He can expand Himself unlimited forms|Here we have got material experience. If you have got one rupee, if you take one anna, then it is fifteen annas. Or if you take two annas, it is fourteen annas. If you take sixteen annas, it becomes zero. But Kṛṣṇa is not like that. He can expand Himself unlimited forms; still, the original Kṛṣṇa is there. That is Kṛṣṇa.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If you take the shelter of the plug which is connected with the powerhouse, you get immediately electricity. Similarly, if you take shelter of a person who is coming in the parampara system...|"One who has taken shelter of Me, you take shelter of him." Just like there is electric powerhouse, and there is a plug. That plug is connected with the electric powerhouse, and if you push your wire in the plug, you also get electricity. Similarly, as it is stated in the beginning of this chapter, evaṁ paramparā-prāptam imaṁ rājarṣayo viduḥ (BG 4.2). If you take shelter of the paramparā system.... The same example. If you take the shelter of the plug which is connected with the powerhouse, you get immediately electricity. Similarly, if you take shelter of a person who is coming in the paramparā system...}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740325 - Letter to Hayagriva written from Bombay|Letter to Hayagriva written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Here in Bombay we have a nice spot. We are now in possession. It is just like a garden house. I shall be glad if you come here and live with me for some time|Here in Bombay we have a nice spot. We are now in possession. It is just like a garden house. I shall be glad if you come here and live with me for some time. With my love for your wife and children, I beg to remain, Your ever well-wisher.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#March 1975|1975]] - March 25 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:750325 - Morning Walk - Mayapur|Morning Walk - Mayapur]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750325 - Lecture CC Adi 01.01 - Mayapur|Lecture CC Adi 01.01 - Mayapur]]''' | |||
{| | {{VaniQuotebox|One should approach the guru who can transfer the service from the disciple to the Supreme Person. Therefore the first offering is guru, vande gurun. Then guru creates many devotees. Guru's business is to canvass on behalf of Supreme Lord|That is the injunction of the śāstra, that one should approach the guru who can transfer the service from the disciple to the Supreme Person. So... Therefore the first offering is guru, vande gurūn. Then guru creates many devotees. Guru's business is to canvass on behalf of Supreme Lord. That is guru's business.}} | ||
| | {{VaniQuotebox|If you push on this movement, unadulterated Krsna, it will go on. It will go on. And as soon as you adulterate Krsna, it will not go on. It will not be effective|If you push on this movement, unadulterated Kṛṣṇa, it will go on. It will go on. And as soon as you adulterate Kṛṣṇa, it will not go on. It will not be effective. You may be very good scholar or very good politician or this or that, but you'll never understand what is Kṛṣṇa. Nāhaṁ prakāśaḥ sarvasya yoga-māyā-samāvṛtaḥ (BG 7.25). If you want to pollute Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa will never be revealed to you.}} | ||
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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#March 1976|1976]] - March 25 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:760325 - Morning Walk - Delhi|Morning Walk - Delhi]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Why you are serving me? If I had been an ordinary person, why...? You would have not... Because you accept that "You are devotee," therefore you serve. So as soon as we find a devotee, immediately serve him|Why you are serving me? If I had been an ordinary person, why...? You would have not... Because you accept that "You are devotee," therefore you serve. So as soon as we find a devotee, immediately serve him. Chāḍiyā vaiṣṇava-sevā, nistāra pāyeche kebā. Without serving a devotee, who can be elevated? It is our duty. So we can serve the devotee.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760325 - Lecture BG 02.11 at Rotary Club - Delhi|Lecture BG 02.11 at Rotary Club - Delhi]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The body is not the self. The self is different. If you analyze this body, what you will find? Suppose we are breathing. What is this breathing? It is air only. Now, when the breathing is stopped, a man is dead|"My dear Arjuna, you are talking like a very learned man, but the subject matter which you have touched is not at all taken seriously by the paṇḍita." Paṇḍita means learned man. That means, "You are talking like a fool. You are taking this body as self." So actually this is not the fact. The body is not the self. The self is different. If you analyze this body, what you will find? Suppose we are breathing. What is this breathing? It is air only. Now, when the breathing is stopped, a man is dead.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760325 - Conversation - Delhi|Conversation - Delhi]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|How many Mahesh Yogi has brought, disciples like this? This is my answer. Thousands of them are working here on my behalf. Just see their character and behavior|How many Mahesh Yogi has brought, disciples like this? This is my answer. Thousands of them are working here on my behalf. Just see their character and behavior.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1977#March 1977|1977]] - March 25 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:770325 - Lecture SB 05.05.01-2 - Bombay|Lecture SB 05.05.01-2 - Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|It is individual. If this movement cannot be taken massively, every individual can practice it|Ṛṣabhadeva says that "My dear sons, don't live this irresponsible life like animals, hogs and dogs, but take the responsibility of human life. Undergo austerities, penances, as they are recommended in the śāstras, and make your life..." It is individual. If this movement cannot be taken massively, every individual can practice it. That is Indian culture. Every Indian was educated how to become a brāhmaṇa, for coming to this platform of austerity.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770325 - Letter to Aksayananda written from Bombay|Letter to Aksayananda written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Why you are leaving out the name "Swami"? Please do not commit this nonsense mistake|Why you are leaving out the name "Swami"? Please do not commit this nonsense mistake.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770325 - Letter to Gurudasa written from Bombay|Letter to Gurudasa written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We have to organize Bombay as our world headquarters from every point of view, culturally, scientifically, philosophically|Thank you, yes, I am feeling a little stronger now. On the 28th instant I shall be moving into my new quarters and then we have to organize Bombay as our world headquarters from every point of view, culturally, scientifically, philosophically, etc.}} | |||
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1966 - March 25
1967 - March 25
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "The spirit is eternal, Na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre: (BG 2.20) 'Even after the destruction of this body, the consciousness is not destroyed'. That continues. Rather, consciousness transferred to another type of body makes me again alive to the material conception of life. That is also described in the Bhagavad-gītā, Yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran bhāvaṁ tyajaty ante kalevaram (BG 8.6). At the time of death, if our consciousness is pure, then that next life is not material, next life's pure spiritual life. But if our consciousness is not pure at the point of the verge of death, just leaving this body, then we have to take again this material body. That is the process going on by nature's law." |
| 670325 - Lecture SB 01.02.17 - San Francisco |
1968 - March 25
1969 - March 25
1970 - March 25
 vanipedia.org |
Purpose of visit is missionary preaching of Bhakti cult. |
1971 - March 25
1972 - March 25
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "In the spiritual world there is no display of inferior energy; there is only that superior energy, cetana, cidya-vat(?). The spiritual world is therefore called living world. There is no manifestation of this acetana, or inanimate. There are also varieties, as we have got here. There is water, there are trees, there is land. Not nirviśeṣa, not impersonal—everything is there—but they are all made of the superior energy. It is described that Yamuna River is flowing with her waves, but when Kṛṣṇa comes on the bank of the Yamuna, the waves stop to hear Kṛṣṇa's flute." |
| 720325 - Lecture BG 07.06 - Bombay |
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I have made it a policy that there must be at least ten initiated brahmanas in a temple before deities are installed. |
1974 - March 25
1975 - March 25
1976 - March 25
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