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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1967#May 1967|1967]] - May 13 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:670513 - Letter to Mukunda written from New York|Letter to Mukunda written from New York]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The maya is very strong and as soon as there is opportunity the Maya will come and attack. Therefore every one should be very careful against the attack of Maya|The maya is very strong and as soon as there is opportunity the Maya will come and attack. Therefore every one should be very careful against the attack of Maya.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1969#May 1969|1969]] - May 13 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:690513 - Conversation - Columbus|Conversation - Columbus]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/690513R1-COLUMBUS_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"Just like in the Bhāgavata it is said that evaṁ prasanna-manaso ([[Vanisource:SB 1.2.20|SB 1.2.20]]), "fully joyful," bhagavad-bhakti-yoga, "by practice of bhakti-yoga." Evaṁ prasanna-manaso bhagavad-bhakti-yogataḥ, mukta-saṅgasya: "and freed from all material contamination." He can understand God. Do you think God is so cheap thing, anyone will understand? Because they do not understand, they present something nonsense: "God is like this. God is like that. God is like that." And when God Himself comes, that "Here I am: Kṛṣṇa," they don't accept it. They'll create their own God."|Vanisource:690513 - Conversation with Allen Ginsberg - Columbus|690513 - Conversation with Allen Ginsberg - Columbus}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We have been taught by our Guru Maharaja, twenty-four hours engagement with Krsna. So maya has no scope to enter in our mind. She always remains aloof: "Oh, here is fire. I cannot touch"|That we have been taught by our Guru Mahārāja, twenty-four hours engagement with Kṛṣṇa. So māyā has no scope to enter in our mind. She always remains aloof: "Oh, here is fire. I cannot touch."}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690513 - Letter to Bibhavati written from Columbus|Letter to Bibhavati written from Columbus]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|In the meantime, you should practice your painting as you are able, because the picture which you sent me in Boston could still require some more improvement before it is perfect. So practice and this will enhance your talents|In the meantime, you should practice your painting as you are able, because the picture which you sent me in Boston could still require some more improvement before it is perfect. So practice and this will enhance your talents}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690513 - Letter to Dayananda written from Columbus|Letter to Dayananda written from Columbus]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|There is a Bengali proverb that it is not wise to pick up quarrel with a crocodile while living in the jurisdiction of the water. Therefore we may agree to the desire of Mr. Spellman to keep peace with him|There is a Bengali proverb that it is not wise to pick up quarrel with a crocodile while living in the jurisdiction of the water. Therefore we may agree to the desire of Mr. Spellman to keep peace with him so that in the future if required we may increase the term of lease. But as we are increasing in volume ourselves, it is better to find out a suitable place.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690513 - Letter to Gopala Krishna written from Columbus|Letter to Gopala Krishna written from Columbus]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Regarding your idea of marrying one Krishna Conscious girl and then going to India, that will depend upon the desire of your wife. I cannot interfere with that. But generally the wife is meant to follow wherever the husband goes|Regarding your idea of marrying one Krishna Conscious girl and then going to India, that will depend upon the desire of your wife. I cannot interfere with that. But generally the wife is meant to follow wherever the husband goes. Most likely your wife would agree with you—she will not disagree to go.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690513 - Letter to Ishan written from Columbus|Letter to Ishan written from Columbus]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You have expressed a fear of becoming attached to your musical activities, but attachment for Krishna's service is not bad. If you can engage your talent for Krishna's service, then this attachment will increase your Krishna Consciousness status|You have expressed a fear of becoming attached to your musical activities, but attachment for Krishna's service is not bad. If you can engage your talent for Krishna's service, then this attachment will increase your Krishna Consciousness status.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690513 - Letter to Jayasri written from Columbus|Letter to Jayasri written from Columbus]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Jayasri Dasi, means victory, and if you will simply continue to develop your KC by following the rules and regulations, then surely your life will be very victorious in defeating all contaminations of the material world and in returning back to Home|Your name, Jayasri Dasi, means victory, and if you will simply continue to develop your Krishna Consciousness by following the rules and regulations, then surely your life will be very victorious in defeating all contaminations of the material world and in returning back to Home, back to Godhead in the Spiritual Kingdom.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690513 - Letter to Tamala Krishna written from Columbus|Letter to Tamala Krishna written from Columbus]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Now I have to create more sannyasis to lecture on our philosophy, and I shall pick these sannyasis from the brahmacaris who are firm in their decision not to marry|I will not be going to North Carolina as I had planned, but I am sending Kirtanananda Swami in my place because they have extended my program here in Columbus. So now I have to create more sannyasis to lecture on our philosophy, and I shall pick these sannyasis from the brahmacaris who are firm in their decision not to marry.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1970#May 1970|1970]] - May 13 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:700513 - Lecture ISO 09 - Los Angeles|Lecture ISO 09 - Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/700513IP-LOS_ANGELES_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"We cannot be desireless. We cannot be silent. But our desires, our activities, have to be purified. That is real knowledge. That is real knowledge. We shall desire only to serve Kṛṣṇa. That is purification of desire."|Vanisource:700513 - Lecture ISO 09 - Los Angeles|700513 - Lecture ISO 09 - Los Angeles}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|When I lectured in the Massachusetts Technological College, so I inquired that "Where is that technology to study the mover?" But they have no such arrangement|When I lectured in the Massachusetts Technological College, so I inquired that "Where is that technology to study the mover?" But they have no such arrangement. They could not answer satisfactorily. So that is avidyā.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700513 - Letter to Balmukundji written from Los Angeles|Letter to Balmukundji written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Aurobindo does not belong to the Bhakti school. He is more or less a dry philosopher, mental speculator, with some mystic ideas. We are simply concerned with pure devotees, so we have nothing to learn from Aurobindo|Regarding your inquiry about Aurobindo, I may inform you that Aurobindo does not belong to the Bhakti school. He is more or less a dry philosopher, mental speculator, with some mystic ideas. We are simply concerned with pure devotees, so we have nothing to learn from Aurobindo.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700513 - Letter to Brahmananda written from Los Angeles|Letter to Brahmananda written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Now because there is no alternative we must get them printed here, but as you are going to Japan, I think you will be able to find out some printer who will be regularly supplying|Regarding the dummy BTG, I compared with the Japanese BTG, and it appears that the present one is quite inferior. The price is higher and the subscription card is not to be included, and the size is smaller also. So considering all these points it is inferior to the Japanese BTG. Now because there is no alternative we must get them printed here, but as you are going to Japan, I think you will be able to find out some printer who will be regularly supplying.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700513 - Letter to Damodara Maharaja written from Los Angeles|Letter to Damodara Maharaja written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The money is there, the sanction is there, the land is there, and still if it does not take place, I shall understand it that this is not the desire of Srila Prabhupada|The money is there, the sanction is there, the land is there, and still if it does not take place, I shall understand it that this is not the desire of Srila Prabhupada.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700513 - Letter to Pradyumna written from Los Angeles|Letter to Pradyumna written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The policy of the BTG should be always writing articles which can be understood by people in general|The policy of the BTG should be always writing articles which can be understood by people in general. Vedic literatures like Brahma Samhita may be published in separate books, but assimilated ideas may be published in BTG.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1971#May 1971|1971]] - May 13 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:710513 - Lecture at Wayside Chapel - Sydney|Lecture at Wayside Chapel - Sydney]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Dharma you cannot change. Just like water. Water is liquid. You cannot make it solid. If water becomes solid, then it is not in the natural state|Religion is generally understood as a kind of faith, but dharma is not like that. Dharma you cannot change. Just like water. Water is liquid. You cannot make it solid. If water becomes solid, then it is not in the natural state.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972#May 1972|1972]] - May 13 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:720513 - Letter to Gurudasa written from Honolulu|Letter to Gurudasa written from Honolulu]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You must construct something wonderful. Otherwise, it will be a discredit to you American boys. That will exalt the position of America in India. And in every temple food distribution must go on profusely with American food supplies|You must construct something wonderful. Otherwise, it will be a discredit to you American boys. That will exalt the position of America in India. And in every temple food distribution must go on profusely with American food supplies.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1973#May 1973|1973]] - May 13 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:730513 - Morning Walk - Los Angeles|Morning Walk - Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If your heart is pure. Everything depends on purity|Paramahaṁsa: Do you direct us also through the heart? Besides the Paramātmā? | |||
<br />Prabhupāda: If your heart is pure. Everything depends on purity.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:730513 - Lecture SB 01.08.51 - Los Angeles|Lecture SB 01.08.51 - Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|So don't become grhamedhis, simply having a wife and few children. That, cats and dogs they have also got. That is not required. You find inconvenience to live alone as brahmacari - all right, you take to a wife. Live with wife. Live responsibly|So don't become grhamedhis, simply having a wife and few children. That, cats and dogs they have also got. That is not required. You find inconvenience to live alone as brahmacari - all right, you take to a wife. Live with wife. Live responsibly. Develop Krsna consciousness. That is grhastha. Not that grhastha like cats and dogs.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:730513 - Letter to Bhavananda written from Los Angeles|Letter to Bhavananda written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Last time when I was in Calcutta, the great ayurvedic physician Bimalananda Tarkatirtha felt my pulse and he said there is something very wrong within me but I left the next day|Last time when I was in Calcutta, the great ayurvedic physician Bimalananda Tarkatirtha felt my pulse and he said there is something very wrong within me but I left the next day.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#May 1975|1975]] - May 13 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:750513 - Morning Walk - Perth|Morning Walk - Perth]]''' | |||
{| | {{youtube_ditl|PGZXiTrfsFM|[[Vaniquotes:When we say that "You shall not have illicit sex," and their inclination is illicit sex, so therefore it is revolutionary. They are materialistic persons. They want sex enjoyment to the best capacity|We Say "You Shall Not Have Illicit Sex" - 0433]]|07:51 minutes from a morning walk in Perth}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox|When we say that "You shall not have illicit sex," and their inclination is illicit sex, so therefore it is revolutionary. They are materialistic persons. They want sex enjoyment to the best capacity|Pravṛtti means sense enjoyment. And nivṛtti means self-negation. So when we say that "You shall not have illicit sex," and their inclination is illicit sex, so therefore it is revolutionary. They are materialistic persons. They want sex enjoyment to the best capacity-homosex, this sex, that sex, naked dance, all sexually inclined, pravṛtti. And we say, "Stop this," nivṛtti.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750513 - Conversation A - Perth|Conversation A - Perth]]''' | |||
| | {{VaniQuotebox|What you will do with money? If there is no grain, then will you eat money? (laughter)|'''Prabhupāda:''' But what you will do with money? If there is no grain, then will you eat money? (laughter)<br />'''Justin Murphy:''' Certainly not.<br />'''Prabhupāda:''' That is foolishness. That is foolishness. Money is not required. Required—food grains.}} | ||
| | {{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/750513R1-PERTH_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"Simple life means you produce your food and you produce your cloth so you dress yourself nicely, you eat yourself nicely, keep yourself fit, and glorify the Lord. This is one way of life. And the other way of life, that 'We don't care for the Lord. Let us enjoy the senses to the topmost capacity and be happy'. So this way of life will never make you happy. You will simply go on struggling. This is one way of life. Another way of life, that the human life is meant for God realization. That is Vedānta philosophy. Athāto brahma jijñāsā (Vedānta-sūtra 1.1.1). Now, by evolutionary process, we have come to the human form of life, it is meant for asking, 'What is my constitutional position? Am I this body, or I am something else?'"|Vanisource:750513 - Conversation A - Perth|750513 - Conversation A - Perth}} | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:750513 - Conversation B - Perth|Conversation B - Perth]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Human life, he is given the opportunity to go towards God, but he does not take this opportunity. He goes towards the animal|This is not the way of life, human life. Animal life, that is another thing. But they do not know. But human life, he is given the opportunity to go towards God, but he does not take this opportunity. He goes towards the animal.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750513 - Conversation C - Perth|Conversation C - Perth]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If you understand Krsna, then after giving up this body, you don't accept another material body|If you understand Kṛṣṇa, then after giving up this body, you don't accept another material body. And in the material existence the problems are not solved, because you have to, after death, you have to accept another material body. And as soon as you accept a material body, the sufferings are there, at least these four sufferings: birth, death, old age and disease.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#May 1976|1976]] - May 13 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:760513 - Lecture SB 06.01.12 - Honolulu|Lecture SB 06.01.12 - Honolulu]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|One should not become father, one should not become mother, if the parents cannot give protection to the children from the danger of birth, death, old age and disease|One should not become father, one should not become mother, if the parents cannot give protection to the children from the danger of birth, death, old age and disease. This is Vedic contraception, that if you are competent to give instruction to your children how to avoid the cycle of birth, death, old age and disease, then you become father. Otherwise don’t become father, don’t become mother.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760513 - Conversation - Honolulu|Conversation - Honolulu]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|On account of presence and absence of Krsna things become material and spiritual. If you keep yourself always in Krsna consciousness then you are spiritual, and if you forget Krsna, material|On account of presence and absence of Kṛṣṇa things become material and spiritual. If you keep yourself always in Kṛṣṇa consciousness then you are spiritual, and if you forget Kṛṣṇa, material. Just like the sky. The sky is always clear, but when there is occasional appearance of the cloud then you say the sky is not clear. Sky is always clear. When it is covered by the cloud it is called not clear. Clearness means surpassing the condition of not-clearness.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1977#May 1977|1977]] - May 13 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:770513 - Conversation - Hrishikesh|Conversation - Hrishikesh]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our magic is already there. Throughout the whole world we are chanting Hare Krsna. Is not that magic? Hmm? Foreign countries, foreign religion, and they are accepting Krsna and chanting Hare Krsna. Is not that magic?|<b>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:</b> Someone came this morning. He was asking that... He was hoping that because he had heard that you had some mystical powers, so he was hoping that you could help his situation by demonstrating some of these mystical powers.<br><b>Prabhupāda:</b> Some magic. Our magic is already there. Throughout the whole world we are chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. Is not that magic? Hmm? Foreign countries, foreign religion, and they are accepting Kṛṣṇa and chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. Is not that magic?}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770513 - Letter to Adi Kesava Swami written from Hrishikesh|Letter to Adi Kesava Swami written from Hrishikesh]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Because it is very difficult of practice Krsna consciousness in Russia, we can be a little lenient in his case. I am very glad to accept him as my initiated disciple. His new spiritual name is Valmiki Muni Das|I am very pleased to know that one Russian boy, Vladimir, has very sincerely taken to Krsna consciousness. Because it is very difficult of practice Krsna consciousness in Russia, we can be a little lenient in his case. I am very glad to accept him as my initiated disciple. His new spiritual name is Valmiki Muni Das.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770513 - Letter to Dasanudasa written from Hrishikesh|Letter to Dasanudasa written from Hrishikesh]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|There is no need to concoct anything new. You simply have to study carefully our books and then in your own words try to express what you have read. This will automatically make you a very successful preacher|There is no need to concoct anything new. You simply have to study carefully our books and then in your own words try to express what you have read. This will automatically make you a very successful preacher.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Whatever material abilities one has when he comes to Krsna consciousness, let him learn to engage these in Krsna's service: that is sufficient. There is no need of learning new skills now. That will simply be a waste of time|There is no need to learn Bengali. I do not encourage learning any new skills. Whatever material abilities one has when he comes to Krsna consciousness, let him learn to engage these in Krsna's service: that is sufficient. There is no need of learning new skills now. That will simply be a waste of time.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770513 - Letter to Rajendra Sahai written from Hrishikesh|Letter to Rajendra Sahai written from Hrishikesh]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Regarding Sri Beni Madho Temple, I have already advised Sri Acarya Omkar Giri to see my friend Dr. G. Ghosh of Allahabad, for making a Deed of Gift. But I have not heard anything further in the negotiation. Perhaps you can let me know what has transpired|Regarding Sri Beni Madho Temple, I have already advised Sri Acarya Omkar Giri to see my friend Dr. G. Ghosh of Allahabad, for making a Deed of Gift. But I have not heard anything further in the negotiation. Perhaps you can let me know what has transpired.}} | |||
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1967 - May 13
1969 - May 13
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "Just like in the Bhāgavata it is said that evaṁ prasanna-manaso (SB 1.2.20), "fully joyful," bhagavad-bhakti-yoga, "by practice of bhakti-yoga." Evaṁ prasanna-manaso bhagavad-bhakti-yogataḥ, mukta-saṅgasya: "and freed from all material contamination." He can understand God. Do you think God is so cheap thing, anyone will understand? Because they do not understand, they present something nonsense: "God is like this. God is like that. God is like that." And when God Himself comes, that "Here I am: Kṛṣṇa," they don't accept it. They'll create their own God." |
| 690513 - Conversation with Allen Ginsberg - Columbus |
1970 - May 13
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "We cannot be desireless. We cannot be silent. But our desires, our activities, have to be purified. That is real knowledge. That is real knowledge. We shall desire only to serve Kṛṣṇa. That is purification of desire." |
| 700513 - Lecture ISO 09 - Los Angeles |
1971 - May 13
1972 - May 13
1973 - May 13
1975 - May 13
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "Simple life means you produce your food and you produce your cloth so you dress yourself nicely, you eat yourself nicely, keep yourself fit, and glorify the Lord. This is one way of life. And the other way of life, that 'We don't care for the Lord. Let us enjoy the senses to the topmost capacity and be happy'. So this way of life will never make you happy. You will simply go on struggling. This is one way of life. Another way of life, that the human life is meant for God realization. That is Vedānta philosophy. Athāto brahma jijñāsā (Vedānta-sūtra 1.1.1). Now, by evolutionary process, we have come to the human form of life, it is meant for asking, 'What is my constitutional position? Am I this body, or I am something else?'" |
| 750513 - Conversation A - Perth |
1976 - May 13
1977 - May 13
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