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==== [[Timeline_of_Srila_Prabhupada's_Life#March_1961|1961]] - March 31 ==== | ==== [[Timeline_of_Srila_Prabhupada's_Life#March_1961|1961]] - March 31 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:610331 - Letter to Brijratanji written from Delhi|Letter to Brijratanji written from Delhi]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You were ready to bear my passage expenses from India to South America. And as I could not get the No objection certificate I had to postpone the journey. This time there is no such question & the passage expenses to Japan are far less than South America|Now I request you to arrange for my passage to Japan and oblige. Last you were ready to bear my passage expenses from India to South America. And as I could not get the No objection certificate I had to postpone the journey. This time there is no such question and the passage expenses to Japan are far less than South America.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:610331 - Letter to M. M. Malhotra written from Delhi|Letter to M. M. Malhotra written from Delhi]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:610331 - Letter to Scindia Steam Navigation Company Ltd written from Delhi|Letter to Scindia Steam Navigation Company Ltd written from Delhi]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am a Sannyasi and my expenses for propagting the transcendental message is borne by the philanthrophist every where|I had to postpone my journey for not being able to pay you even 50% charges. I am a Sannyasi and my expenses for propagting the transcendental message is borne by the philanthrophist every where.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1969#March 1969|1969]] - March 31 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:690331 - Lecture SB 07.06.09-17 - San Francisco|Lecture SB 07.06.09-17 - San Francisco]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You are more advanced in every way, you Americans. And because I have come from India with some poor knowledge, I am injecting something in your brain? No. The Krsna consciousness is already there. I am simply helping you to revive it|The godly qualities are already within you. It is dormant. Not that Kṛṣṇa consciousness is being injected in you. Oh, that is not possible. You are more advanced in every way, you Americans. And because I have come from India with some poor knowledge, I am injecting something in your brain? No. The Kṛṣṇa consciousness is already there. I am simply helping you to revive it. That's all.}} | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/690331SB-SAN_FRANCISCO_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"What we call māyā... Māyā means... Mā means "not," and yā means "this." What you are accepting as fact, it is not a fact. This is called māyā. Ma-ya. Māyā means "Don't accept it as truth." It is simply flickering flash only. Just like in the dream we see so many things, and in the morning we forget everything. This is subtle dream. And this existence, this bodily existence and relationship to this body—society, friendship and love and so many things—they are also gross dream. It will finish. It will stay... Just like dream stays for a few minutes or few hours when you are asleep, similarly, this gross dream also will remain, say, for few years. That's all. It is also dream. But actually we are concerned with the person who is dreaming, or who is acting. So we have to take him out from this dream, gross and subtle. That is the proposition. So that can be done very easily by this process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and that is being explained by Prahlāda Mahārāja."|Vanisource:690331 - Lecture SB 07.06.09-17 - San Francisco|690331 - Lecture SB 07.06.09-17 - San Francisco}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We are trying to form character and God consciousness, Krsna consciousness. So therefore it is not that this society is opened for exploiting others. This society is for giving good association to the misguided people|We are trying to form character and God consciousness, Krsna consciousness. So therefore it is not that this society is opened for exploiting others. This society is for giving good association to the, I mean to say, misguided people, this society, so that by association they will gradually develop godly qualities. The godly qualities are already within you. It is dormant. Not that Krsna consciousness is being injected in you.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1971#March 1971|1971]] - March 31 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:710331 - Lecture Pandal - Bombay|Lecture Pandal - Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Many Muhammadans, they are taking to Krsna consciousness. Therefore it is to be understood that Krsna consciousness, or love for Krsna, is existing in everyone's heart. It is simply to be awakened|Many Muhammadans, they are taking to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Therefore it is to be understood that Kṛṣṇa consciousness, or love for Kṛṣṇa, is existing in everyone's heart. It is simply to be awakened. Nothing more. How it is awakened? Śravaṇādi-śuddha-citte karaye udaya. if you simply give your aural reception to the Kṛṣṇa kathā. Kṛṣṇa kathā means what is spoken by Kṛṣṇa, the Bhagavad-gītā, and Kṛṣṇa kathā means speeches and words which are spoken about Kṛṣṇa.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710331 - Letter to Rameswar Dayalaji Birla written from Bombay|Letter to Rameswar Dayalaji Birla written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I beg to inform you that my attempt to exhibit the Krishna Consciousness Movement to the Bombay public is still going on at the Cross Maidan, and it has become very successful|I beg to inform you that my attempt to exhibit the Krishna Consciousness Movement to the Bombay public is still going on at the Cross Maidan, and it has become very successful. Similar attempts will be made in Calcutta and Delhi also, in order to establish at least four centers in India; Bombay, Calcutta, Delhi and Navadvipa. I am therefore opening a scheme herewith for raising funds for the above purpose.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1973#March 1973|1973]] - March 31 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:730331 - Letter to Kaliya Krsna written from Bombay|Letter to Kaliya Krsna written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am depending on you leaders for the future of our Society, yet there is all this interest in illicit sex life. This is causing me heartache worrying how things will go on. What can I do?|You have committed a very grave error. I am depending on you leaders for the future of our Society, yet there is all this interest in illicit sex life. This is causing me heartache worrying how things will go on. What can I do? I have given you all instructions, why you cannot follow them?}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:730331 - Letter to Karandhara written from Bombay|Letter to Karandhara written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|There is no need of adding further Deities. Once installed it cannot be changed. Do not make it childish, too much addition of Deities will encumber us. At first, either Panca Tattva or Gaura-Nitai Deities may be installed|There is no need of adding further Deities. Once installed it cannot be changed. Do not make it childish, too much addition of Deities will encumber us. At first, either Panca Tattva or Gaura-Nitai Deities may be installed, taking care that there is sufficient space. There is no need to consult with me for these installations, the local president can decide whether the circumstances are opportune.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1974#March 1974|1974]] - March 31 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:740331 - Morning Walk - Bombay|Morning Walk - Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|When I first went to U.S.A., the theory was "God is dead." But when I began to speak, they realized, "No, God is not dead. God is with Swamiji"|People are in doubt whether there is God, or "If there is God, He might have died by this time." So there are so many... (laughs) Yes. When I first went to U.S.A., the theory was "God is dead." But when I began to speak, they realized, "No, God is not dead. God is with Swamiji." They wrote. They wrote articles.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740331 - Lecture BG 04.11 - Bombay|Lecture BG 04.11 - Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Bhakti formula, anyabhilasita-sunyam (Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.1.11): "You have to make your heart cleansed of all material desire." Then spiritual life will begin|When the Buddha philosophy says śūnyavāda, nirvāṇa, nirvāṇa, it means the same thing, vīta-rāga: you have to become detached. You have to make this material enjoyment zero. The bhakti also says, bhakti formula, anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyam: "You have to make your heart cleansed of all material desire." Then spiritual life will begin.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740331 - Letter to Jayatirtha written from Bombay|Letter to Jayatirtha written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|In reference to your proposal that you switch banks in order to get higher rates that should be investigated very carefully that the bank is very reliable|In reference to your proposal that you switch banks in order to get higher rates that should be investigated very carefully that the bank is very reliable}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#March 1975|1975]] - March 31 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:750331 - Lecture CC Adi 01.07 - Mayapur|Lecture CC Adi 01.07 - Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|RweHW3np_8o|[[Vaniquotes:If we want to know visnu-tattva, if we want to know Krsna, His exalted position, then here are the description of the sastra. And if we take them as it is, without malinterpretation, without showing any extraordinary intelligence by us|We Have To See Through The Pages Of Sastra - 0740]]|04:41 minutes from a lecture on CC Ādi 01.07 in Mayapur}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If we want to know visnu-tattva, if we want to know Krsna, His exalted position, then here are the description of the sastra. And if we take them as it is, without malinterpretation, without showing any extraordinary intelligence by us| We have to see through the pages of śāstra. Otherwise it is not possible. So if we want to know viṣṇu-tattva, if we want to know Kṛṣṇa, His exalted position, then here are the description of the śāstra. And if we take them as it is, without malinterpretation, without showing any extraordinary intelligence by us... It is not possible. We have to accept.}} | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/750331CC-MAYAPUR_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā, bhaktyā mām abhijānāti ([[Vanisource:BG 18.55 (1972)|BG 18.55]]). If you want to know Kṛṣṇa, then karma, yoga, jñāna, these, although they can elevate you to some extent, but you cannot approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead by karma, jñāna and yoga. If you want to know Kṛṣṇa as He is, then you have to accept the path of bhakti-yoga. Kṛṣṇa says personally, bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ. And in order to attain this perfection of bhakti-yoga, you require strength from Balarāma, Saṅkarṣaṇa."|Vanisource:750331 - Lecture CC Adi 01.07 - Mayapur|750331 - Lecture CC Adi 01.07 - Mayapur}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750331 - Conversation - Mayapur|Conversation - Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|In the sastra it is said that "Those who are worshiping other demigods, their intelligence is lost." So he was worshiping Kali. So he had no intelligence or spiritual realization, and he became God?|In the sastra it is said that "Those who are worshiping other demigods, their intelligence is lost." So he was worshiping Kali. So he had no intelligence or spiritual realization, and he became God? So these things can be accepted by other fools and rascals. But those who follow śāstra, they will reject immediately.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#March 1976|1976]] - March 31 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:760331 - Lecture SB 07.05.23-24 - Vrndavana|Lecture SB 07.05.23-24 - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We should increase our taste for hearing and chanting about Visnu, Krsna. That engagement you have fully in the Srimad-Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita. So stick to these two books, or Caitanya-caritamrta. Caitanya-caritamrta is still far advanced|We are engaged in śravaṇaṁ kīrtana from the morning. We take a newspaper and we read what the politician says, what so many nonsense things. We waste our time. Śrama eva hi kevalam. We should increase our taste for hearing and chanting about Viṣṇu, Kṛṣṇa. That engagement you have fully in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and Bhagavad-gītā. So stick to these two books, or Caitanya-caritāmṛta. Caitanya-caritāmṛta is still far advanced.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1977#March 1977|1977]] - March 31 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:770331 - Conversation A - Bombay|Conversation A - Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Tilaka is our position. That is Caitanya Mahaprabhu's stricture. He would not see one face if there is no tilaka. He used to say it is cremation ground. Yes, without tilaka. Pasanta mukha. Tilaka must be there|Tilaka is our position. That is Caitanya Mahāprabhu's stricture. He would not see one face if there is no tilaka. He used to say it is cremation ground. Yes, without tilaka. Pasanta mukha. Tilaka must be there. And so far dress is concerned, you can dress up to the taste of the modern people.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770331 - Conversation B - Bombay|Conversation B - Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| The principle should be silence. Then it will be all right. I will be free to work| The principle should be silence. Then it will be all right. I will be free to work.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770331 - Conversation C - Bombay|Conversation C - Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Analyze the chemicals and combine them and put in the incubator. You get one chicken. Why the rascals cannot do it? And still, they say that life comes from chemicals. What is the answer?|I say to the scientists who as they say, life comes from chemicals. And I say that take some small egg. You can see, there are some substances like yellow substance and white substance. Analyze the chemicals and combine them and put in the incubator. You get one chicken. Why the rascals cannot do it? And still, they say that life comes from chemicals. What is the answer?}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770331 - Letter to Edward L. Olson written from Bombay|Letter to Edward L. Olson written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|It is difficult to send things through the mail, so better if you go to our New York temple for getting prasadam. Krishna is absolute so prasadam offered in our temple in New York is as good and the same as the prasadam from here|It is difficult to send things through the mail, so better if you go to our New York temple for getting prasadam. Krishna is absolute so prasadam offered in our temple in New York is as good and the same as the prasadam from here. I am glad that you are enjoying chanting "Hare Krishna" and reading my books.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770331 - Letter to Lilavati written from Bombay|Letter to Lilavati written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our literature is not sentimental stories. It is meant to be understood by the intelligent class of men|Our literature is not sentimental stories. It is meant to be understood by the intelligent class of men. Children and those with child-like mentalities will do better to chant "Hare Krishna" and take prasadam. We cannot water down the philosophy to make it more palatable. Our books must remain as they are.}} | |||
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- See also: A Month in the Life of Srila Prabhupada.
1961 - March 31
- Letter to M. M. Malhotra written from Delhi
- Letter to Scindia Steam Navigation Company Ltd written from Delhi
1969 - March 31
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "What we call māyā... Māyā means... Mā means "not," and yā means "this." What you are accepting as fact, it is not a fact. This is called māyā. Ma-ya. Māyā means "Don't accept it as truth." It is simply flickering flash only. Just like in the dream we see so many things, and in the morning we forget everything. This is subtle dream. And this existence, this bodily existence and relationship to this body—society, friendship and love and so many things—they are also gross dream. It will finish. It will stay... Just like dream stays for a few minutes or few hours when you are asleep, similarly, this gross dream also will remain, say, for few years. That's all. It is also dream. But actually we are concerned with the person who is dreaming, or who is acting. So we have to take him out from this dream, gross and subtle. That is the proposition. So that can be done very easily by this process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and that is being explained by Prahlāda Mahārāja." |
| 690331 - Lecture SB 07.06.09-17 - San Francisco |
1971 - March 31
1973 - March 31
1974 - March 31
1975 - March 31
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā, bhaktyā mām abhijānāti (BG 18.55). If you want to know Kṛṣṇa, then karma, yoga, jñāna, these, although they can elevate you to some extent, but you cannot approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead by karma, jñāna and yoga. If you want to know Kṛṣṇa as He is, then you have to accept the path of bhakti-yoga. Kṛṣṇa says personally, bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ. And in order to attain this perfection of bhakti-yoga, you require strength from Balarāma, Saṅkarṣaṇa." |
| 750331 - Lecture CC Adi 01.07 - Mayapur |
1976 - March 31
1977 - March 31
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