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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1968#May 1968|1968]] - May 08 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:680508 - Lecture to Technology Students M.I.T. - Boston|Lecture to Technology Students M.I.T. - Boston]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/680508LE-BOSTON_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"So actual material problem is this, janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi. We have forgotten that "In the abdomen of my mother, how precarious condition I was living in." Of course, we can know from the description of medical science or any other science how the child is packed up there and how much suffering is there. The worms bite the child and he cannot express; he suffers the suffering. Similarly, the mother eats something, and the pungent taste also gives him suffering. So these descriptions are there in the śāstras, in the scriptures and authentic Vedic literature, how the child suffers within the abdomen of mother."|Vanisource:680508 - Lecture to Technology Students MIT - Boston|680508 - Lecture to Technology Students MIT - Boston}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Unfortunately, there is no department for distributing knowledge in the science of the soul. But that is the important, most important thing, because the soul is the mainstay, is the background of all our movements|Today I am very glad to meet you. You are all students of technology. This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is also another technology. Unfortunately, in the modern state of civilization there are different department of knowledge. There is department of teaching medical science, there is department of teaching engineering, there is department of educating—so many other departments of knowledge. Unfortunately, there is no department for distributing knowledge in the science of the soul. But that is the important, most important thing, because the soul is the mainstay, is the background of all our movements.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:680508 - Lecture SB 07.06.01 - Boston|Lecture SB 07.06.01 - Boston]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/680508SB-BOSTON_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"Unless one is very intelligent, he cannot be God conscious or Kṛṣṇa conscious. Therefore this word is used, prājñā. Prājñā means... Pra means prakṛṣṭa-rūpena, specifically. Jñā, jñā means a man of intellect. So bhāgavata-dharma, what is that bhāgavata-dharma? That I have already explained. Again we can repeat. Bhāgavata-dharma means to reestablish our lost relationship with God. This is bhāgavata-dharma."|Vanisource:680508 - Lecture SB 07.06.01 - Boston|680508 - Lecture SB 07.06.01 - Boston}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|This Krsna consciousness movement is spiritual. As spirit soul is eternal, permanent, similarly, any activity on the spiritual platform is eternal. It will never be lost|Whatever he has done, whatever you have done, that is your permanent asset. Permanent because it is spiritual. This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is spiritual. As spirit soul is eternal, permanent, similarly, any activity on the spiritual platform is eternal. It will never be lost.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I love this body. Why? Because I am the spirit self, or soul is within this body. Therefore just like I love this apartment. Why? Because I live here. Similarly, I love this body because I am spirit soul, I am living within this body|Just like I love this body. Why? Because I am the spirit self, or soul is within this body. Therefore just like I love this apartment. Why? Because I live here. Similarly, I love this body because I am spirit soul, I am living within this body. Therefore I try to protect it. Real love is to myself. So naturally, if you love yourself, then this self is the part and parcel of the Superself. Therefore you love indirectly the Superself.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|It is not an institution to make some profit. It is just to render service to the whole humanity so that they may understand the scientific knowledge of God and be benefited in this human form of life. That is our program|You try to understand this movement. It is very scientific movement. It is not a bogus, bluffing. You try to understand with all your arguments, reason, logic, and whatever way you want to understand, we are prepared to answer you. So this is for your benefit. It is not an institution to make some profit. It is just to render service to the whole humanity so that they may understand the scientific knowledge of God and be benefited in this human form of life. That is our program, and we present this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement before you. Now it depends up to you to accept it or not.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1969#May 1969|1969]] - May 08 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:690508 - Letter to Gargamuni written from Columbus|Letter to Gargamuni written from Columbus]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Your business must cooperate with the other departments, so that all departments can go on smoothly. Otherwise it is not a very good situation|I have advised Uddhava to inform you of what is decided regarding your business, and you may invite Kartikeya to come there to help you, as I have advised Uddhava to inform you. But your business must cooperate with the other departments, so that all departments can go on smoothly. Otherwise it is not a very good situation.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690508 - Letter to Jayagovinda written from Columbus|Letter to Jayagovinda written from Columbus]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We are not adulterating the transcendental message with any mundane rubbish. If we stick to the principles of Lord Krishna, Lord Caitanya and the Goswamis, then surely they will appreciate|Yesterday evening we had very good meeting in Harvard University, and many students and professors attended. There were nice discussions and they are convinced that our activities are genuine and for the real welfare of the human society. And actually it is so. We are not adulterating the transcendental message with any mundane rubbish. If we stick to the principles of Lord Krishna, Lord Caitanya and the Goswamis, then surely they will appreciate.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690508 - Letter to Krishna dasa written from Columbus|Letter to Krishna dasa written from Columbus]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If you can pull on with the center without having to work outside, it is the best. If it is not possible, then the question of working outside arises|If you can pull on with the center without having to work outside, it is the best. If it is not possible, then the question of working outside arises. But if you can profitably start a jewelry shop and earn something, that is also very nice and will help give us income.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690508 - Letter to Mukunda written from Columbus|Letter to Mukunda written from Columbus]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I understand that there is new hope now for getting a nice temple there, so I will await the results with interest|I understand that there is new hope now for getting a nice temple there, so I will await the results with interest.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690508 - Letter to Sivananda written from Columbus|Letter to Sivananda written from Columbus]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You have mentioned that you may be interested in marriage, and if you think that you should marry, there is no question of living as an artificial brahmacari|You have mentioned that you may be interested in marriage, and if you think that you should marry, there is no question of living as an artificial brahmacari.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690508 - Letter to Sudama written from Columbus|Letter to Sudama written from Columbus]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The proposal that you shall have a cart moving in the Japanese Fair with Deities, kirtana and selling books is very, very nice proposal. If you can get sanction for it, it will be a very nice thing|The proposal that you shall have a cart moving in the Japanese Fair with Deities, kirtana and selling books is very, very nice proposal. If you can get sanction for it, it will be a very nice thing. I thank you very much for your constant and sincere efforts, and surely Krishna will bless you more and more for this.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690508 - Letter to Upendra written from Columbus|Letter to Upendra written from Columbus]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Regarding your question about the difference between mind and soul, the mind is one of the senses, and the soul is the owner of the senses, including the mind|Regarding your question about the difference between mind and soul, the mind is one of the senses, and the soul is the owner of the senses, including the mind. The mind is material, just like the material body, but when the material coverings are taken away, as we revive our spiritual body, similarly we revive our spiritual mind also.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1970#May 1970|1970]] - May 08 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:700508 - Lecture ISO 06 - Los Angeles|Lecture ISO 06 - Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/700508IP-LOS_ANGELES_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"Caitanya Mahāprabhu's this philosophy, that jīvera svarūpa haya nitya kṛṣṇa dāsa ([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 20.108-109|CC Madhya 20.108-109]]). A living entity's eternally servant of Kṛṣṇa, either he admits or not admits. That doesn't matter. He's a servant. Just like any citizen is law abider or subservient to the state. He may say that "I don't care for the state," by the police, by the military, he'll be forced to accept. So one is being forced to accept Kṛṣṇa as the master, and the other is voluntarily offering service. That is the difference. But nobody is free from the service of Kṛṣṇa. That is not possible."|Vanisource:700508 - Lecture ISO 06 - Los Angeles|700508 - Lecture ISO 06 - Los Angeles}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Krsna consciousness movement is for that purpose, that people should be taught that "You are eternal servant of God. Don't falsely claim that you are God. You don't care for God. You have to care."|Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is for that purpose, that people should be taught that "You are eternal servant of God. Don't falsely claim that you are God. You don't care for God. You have to care." Just like this Hiraṇyakaśipu. He didn't care for God, but God came and, at the time of his last moment. You see? Similarly, God is visible to atheist as death and to the theist as lover.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700508 - Letter to Bhagavan written from Los Angeles|Letter to Bhagavan written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|This Sankirtana Movement of Lord Caitanya is most practical and authorized, so such incidents (demonstrations) are to be expected, but this is a great credit for our propaganda efforts|This Sankirtana Movement of Lord Caitanya is most practical and authorized, so such incidents (demonstrations) are to be expected, but this is a great credit for our propaganda efforts.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1973#May 1973|1973]] - May 08 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:730508 - Lecture SB 01.08.46 - Los Angeles|Lecture SB 01.08.46 - Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our Krsna consciousness movement is trying to educate some brahmanas. If the society take our help and conduct the business of the society - ksatriya, vaisya, sudra - then there will be peace and prosperity. Otherwise there will be chaos and confusion|So our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is trying to educate some brāhmaṇas. If the society take our help and conduct the business of the society—kṣatriya, vaiśya, śūdra—then there will be peace and prosperity. Otherwise there will be chaos and confusion.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:730508 - Letter to Giriraja written from Los Angeles|Letter to Giriraja written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I think by the grace of Krsna you are getting some glimpse of hope to keep in possession the Hare Krsna land for our missionary activities. The laurel of victory will be if we can get the whole land at a monthly rent of 1000rs|I think by the grace of Krsna you are getting some glimpse of hope to keep in possession the Hare Krsna land for our missionary activities. The laurel of victory will be if we can get the whole land at a monthly rent of 1000rs, as you have stated.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:730508 - Letter to Govardhan written from Los Angeles|Letter to Govardhan written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Please preach this Krsna Consciousness very strongly so that we may give people real light for seeing the way out of the darkness of Kali Yuga. The modern scientists are confusing everyone with their false propaganda and it is our duty to expose them|Please preach this Krsna Consciousness very strongly so that we may give people real light for seeing the way out of the darkness of Kali Yuga. The modern scientists are confusing everyone with their false propaganda and it is our duty to expose them and kill the demoniac tendency to forget Krsna.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:730508 - Letter to Yamunatatacara, Carurupa, Taijasatmika, Dosavarajita, Daksayani, Krodhasamani and Gopalbhatta written from Los Angeles|Letter to Yamunatatacara, Carurupa, Taijasatmika, Dosavarajita, Daksayani, Krodhasamani and Gopalbhatta written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Now you must all carefully follow these four regulative principles (1) No meat eating, (2) No illicit sex life, (3) No intoxication, (4) No gambling. Always be sure to chant minimum sixteen rounds daily. Study my books carefully, go for sankirtana|Now you must all carefully follow these four regulative principles (1) No meat eating, (2) No illicit sex life, (3) No intoxication, (4) No gambling. Always be sure to chant minimum sixteen rounds daily. Study my books carefully, go for sankirtana and engage in Deity worship in the temple.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1974#May 1974|1974]] - May 08 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:740508 - Morning Walk - Bombay|Morning Walk - Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|He does not know that he is bound up, hands and legs, by the laws of nature, and he is trying to solve it by his own method of material civilization. That is the mistake.|He does not know that he is bound up, hands and legs, by the laws of nature, and he is trying to solve it by his own method of material civilization. That is the mistake.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740508 - Letter to Govinda dasa written from Bombay|Letter to Govinda dasa written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The enclosed newspaper story, "Krishna followers freed from police harassment," is just further testimony of the great victory made by Caitanya Mahaprabhu in Chicago|The enclosed newspaper story, "Krishna followers freed from police harassment," is just further testimony of the great victory made by Caitanya Mahaprabhu in Chicago.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|This rumor that within a few years there will be police repression and people will have no more money to buy books and sankirtana will stop is completely bogus. Whoever told you that is a rascal, saying it in my name. I never said that|I understand that the Chicago area is the most lucrative place in the world for distribution of our books and that you have done very careful work in getting all permission. Therefore this rumor that within a few years there will be police repression and people will have no more money to buy books and sankirtana will stop is completely bogus. Whoever told you that is a rascal, saying it in my name. I never said that.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Sankirtana movement will expand, continuing so long as we are sincere. When I came in the beginning I began to expand it and it is now going on and there is no question of it stopping|Sankirtana movement will expand, continuing so long as we are sincere. When I came in the beginning I began to expand it and it is now going on and there is no question of it stopping. Therefore go on with your life time plans making secure in distributing of books. There is no cessation. This movement is eternal.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740508 - Letter to Sudama written from Bombay|Letter to Sudama written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|It is good news that you have so sufficiently taken possession of the 40 acres of land there in our society name, under control of Gaurasundara|It is good news that you have so sufficiently taken possession of the 40 acres of land there in our society name, under control of Gaurasundara.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#May 1975|1975]] - May 08 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:750508 - Morning Walk - Perth|Morning Walk - Perth]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Persons who deny the existence of God are like that. They see the machine, nature. Nature is the machine. But behind the machine there is the operator|A child cannot think. Motorcar is running. Child will think the motorcar is running automatically. But a sane man will understand that there is a driver. So persons who deny the existence of God are like that. They see the machine, nature. Nature is the machine. But behind the machine there is the operator.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750508 - Conversation - Perth|Conversation - Perth]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Drug philosophy means to forget one's present suffering. And he must suffer, because his consciousness is developed. He must take this Vedic knowledge, but he does not take|Drug philosophy means to forget one's present suffering. And he must suffer, because his consciousness is developed. He must take this Vedic knowledge, but he does not take. Therefore he is dissatisfied, and to counteract this dissatisfaction he takes drug. This is drug philosophy.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#May 1976|1976]] - May 08 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:760508 - Lecture SB 06.01.07 - Honolulu|Lecture SB 06.01.07 - Honolulu]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|KHfRcZw6PDs|[[Vaniquotes:Surfer. I call "sufferer, Sea-sufferer." Sea-surfer, it is practical, because we are creating a situation by which we shall become a fish. Yes. Contamination. Just like if you purposely contaminate some disease, you must suffer from that disease|Sea-sufferer - 0755]]|05:32 minutes from a lecture on SB 06.01.07 in Hawaii}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Surfer. I call "sufferer, Sea-sufferer." Sea-surfer, it is practical, because we are creating a situation by which we shall become a fish. Yes. Contamination. Just like if you purposely contaminate some disease, you must suffer from that disease|Surfer. I call "sufferer, Sea-sufferer." Sea-surfer, it is practical, because we are creating a situation by which we shall become a fish. Yes. Contamination. Just like if you purposely contaminate some disease, you must suffer from that disease.}} | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/760508SB-HONOLULU_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"There are above this Bhūrloka, Bhuvarloka, Janaloka, Tapoloka, Maharloka. There are so many planetary system. And down also, Tala, Atala, Vitala, Pātāla, Talātala, like that. If you want to go down, you can go down. If you want to go up, you can go. Ūrdhvaṁ gacchanti sattva... ([[Vanisource:BG 14.18 (1972)|BG 14.18]]) Everything is there; you can do. Ordinary, anyone can understand that in the human society if you want to become high-court judge, you can become. And if you want to become a criminal in the prisonhouse, you can become. Everything is open. Not that government says that you become a criminal and he prefers somebody, 'You become a high-court...' No. Everything is in your hand. If you like, you can become so. Similarly, if you like, you can go back to home, back to Godhead. That is perfection of life. And if you don't like, then remain here. Therefore Kṛṣṇa says, aprāpya māṁ nivartante mṛtyu-saṁsāra-vartmani ([[Vanisource:BG 9.3 (1972)|BG 9.3]]). Kṛṣṇa has come to you to give you nice instruction how you can go back to home, back to Godhead. Back to home, back to Godhead. That is Kṛṣṇa's mission."|Vanisource:760508 - Lecture SB 06.01.07 - Honolulu|760508 - Lecture SB 06.01.07 - Honolulu}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1977#May 1977|1977]] - May 08 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:770508 - Conversation A - Hrishikesh|Conversation A - Hrishikesh]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Never put me in hospital. You can refuse, that "This is our Guru Maharaja's order." Chant Hare Krsna. Bas. Let me die peacefully|<b>Prabhupāda:</b> Hmm. But never put me in hospital. You can refuse, that "This is our Guru Mahārāja's order." Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. Bās. Let me die peacefully.<br><b>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:</b> When Caitanya Mahāprabhu was unconscious, all that His disciples would do is they would chant in His ear.<br><b>Prabhupāda:</b> That's all.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770508 - Conversation B - Hrishikesh|Conversation B - Hrishikesh]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Oh, don't try to understand in a minute. You read all these books. But attentively, if the child has form, the father must have form. There is no doubt of it. And what is that form? That you have to understand|Oh, don't try to understand in a minute. You read all these books. But attentively, if the child has form, the father must have form. There is no doubt of it. And what is that form? That you have to understand. And his question, the father was a demon, but the child was not demon because he refused to follow that demon father. That was his only fault.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770508 - Conversation C - Hrishikesh|Conversation C - Hrishikesh]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Before me, ten years before, whole world, foreigners, there was not a single Krsna conscious. Whole history. Now you'll find thousands. Why? I have given them Krsna|Take instruction of Bhagavad-gītā in all regards and be happy. It is not difficult. Practical examples are there. Before me, ten years before, whole world, foreigners, there was not a single Kṛṣṇa conscious. Whole history. Now you'll find thousands. Why? I have not manufactured (indistinct), giving them. I have given them Kṛṣṇa. That's all.}} | |||
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- See also: A Month in the Life of Srila Prabhupada.
1968 - May 08
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "So actual material problem is this, janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi. We have forgotten that "In the abdomen of my mother, how precarious condition I was living in." Of course, we can know from the description of medical science or any other science how the child is packed up there and how much suffering is there. The worms bite the child and he cannot express; he suffers the suffering. Similarly, the mother eats something, and the pungent taste also gives him suffering. So these descriptions are there in the śāstras, in the scriptures and authentic Vedic literature, how the child suffers within the abdomen of mother." |
| 680508 - Lecture to Technology Students MIT - Boston |
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "Unless one is very intelligent, he cannot be God conscious or Kṛṣṇa conscious. Therefore this word is used, prājñā. Prājñā means... Pra means prakṛṣṭa-rūpena, specifically. Jñā, jñā means a man of intellect. So bhāgavata-dharma, what is that bhāgavata-dharma? That I have already explained. Again we can repeat. Bhāgavata-dharma means to reestablish our lost relationship with God. This is bhāgavata-dharma." |
| 680508 - Lecture SB 07.06.01 - Boston |
1969 - May 08
 vanipedia.org |
I understand that there is new hope now for getting a nice temple there, so I will await the results with interest. |
1970 - May 08
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "Caitanya Mahāprabhu's this philosophy, that jīvera svarūpa haya nitya kṛṣṇa dāsa (CC Madhya 20.108-109). A living entity's eternally servant of Kṛṣṇa, either he admits or not admits. That doesn't matter. He's a servant. Just like any citizen is law abider or subservient to the state. He may say that "I don't care for the state," by the police, by the military, he'll be forced to accept. So one is being forced to accept Kṛṣṇa as the master, and the other is voluntarily offering service. That is the difference. But nobody is free from the service of Kṛṣṇa. That is not possible." |
| 700508 - Lecture ISO 06 - Los Angeles |
1973 - May 08
1974 - May 08
1975 - May 08
1976 - May 08
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "There are above this Bhūrloka, Bhuvarloka, Janaloka, Tapoloka, Maharloka. There are so many planetary system. And down also, Tala, Atala, Vitala, Pātāla, Talātala, like that. If you want to go down, you can go down. If you want to go up, you can go. Ūrdhvaṁ gacchanti sattva... (BG 14.18) Everything is there; you can do. Ordinary, anyone can understand that in the human society if you want to become high-court judge, you can become. And if you want to become a criminal in the prisonhouse, you can become. Everything is open. Not that government says that you become a criminal and he prefers somebody, 'You become a high-court...' No. Everything is in your hand. If you like, you can become so. Similarly, if you like, you can go back to home, back to Godhead. That is perfection of life. And if you don't like, then remain here. Therefore Kṛṣṇa says, aprāpya māṁ nivartante mṛtyu-saṁsāra-vartmani (BG 9.3). Kṛṣṇa has come to you to give you nice instruction how you can go back to home, back to Godhead. Back to home, back to Godhead. That is Kṛṣṇa's mission." |
| 760508 - Lecture SB 06.01.07 - Honolulu |
1977 - May 08
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