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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1967#May 1967|1967]] - May 24 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:670524 - Letter to Mukunda written from New York|Letter to Mukunda written from New York]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Since I wrote you last an important negotiation is going on in respect of purchasing a very nice house for the ISKCON H.Q. in New York|Since I wrote you last an important negotiation is going on in respect of purchasing a very nice house for the ISKCON H.Q. in New York.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:670524 - Letter to Sripad Narayana Maharaja written from New York|Letter to Sripad Narayana Maharaja written from New York]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I had to leave my own family and children because I was unable to tolerate seeing them remain servants of their senses. All the American children who are staying with me have shaved their heads, have mala and tilaka and always follow my orders|I had to leave my own family and children because I was unable to tolerate seeing them remain servants of their senses. All the American children who are staying with me have shaved their heads, have mala and tilaka and always follow my orders. As soon as they see me they do dandavat pranamas (obeisances). All the work is done very peacefully.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:670524 - Letter to Upendra written from New York|Letter to Upendra written from New York]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Please inform Hayagriva that Gargamuni has sent him the whole set of English Caitanya Caritamrta which he may read carefully and then return it back|Please inform Hayagriva that Gargamuni has sent him the whole set of English Caitanya Caritamrta which he may read carefully and then return it back.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1969#May 1969|1969]] - May 24 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:690524 - Lecture SB 01.05.08-9 - New Vrindaban, USA|Lecture SB 01.05.08-9 - New Vrindaban]]''' | |||
{| | {{VaniQuotebox|So when you go to preach, you know the preachers are sometimes attacked. Just like Nityananda Prabhu was attacked by Jagai-Madhai. And when Lord Jesus Christ was crucified, killed... So a preacher has the risk|So when you go to preach, you know the preachers are sometimes attacked. Just like Nityananda Prabhu was attacked by Jagai-Madhai. And when Lord Jesus Christ was crucified, killed... So a preacher has the risk.}} | ||
|- | {{youtube_ditl|79rmCaXwXXk|[[Vaniquotes:My spiritual master took this risk, preaching work, and he inspired us also to do that preaching work. And we are also imploring you to take this preaching work|Preaching is Not Very Difficult Thing - 0118]]|04:02 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.05.08-9 in New Vrindaban}} | ||
|< | {{VaniQuotebox|My spiritual master took this risk, preaching work, and he inspired us also to do that preaching work. And we are also imploring you to take this preaching work|If we want to please Kṛṣṇa, we have to take this risk. Kṛṣṇa, guru. My spiritual master took this risk, preaching work, and he inspired us also to do that preaching work. And we are also imploring you to take this preaching work.}} | ||
| | {{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/690524SB-NEW_VRINDABAN_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"So for a devotee, there is no need of controlling senses. It automatically becomes controlled. Just like we have taken the vow we are not going to eat anything except kṛṣṇa-prasāda. Oh, the sense is already controlled. There is no question of asking a devotee, 'You don't drink, don't this, don't this, don't this'. So many don'ts. Simply by accepting kṛṣṇa-prasādam, all don'ts there, already there. And it becomes very easier. Others, if one is requested that 'You don't smoke', it will be very difficult job for him. For a devotee, he can give up at any moment. He has no problem. Therefore the same example, that these senses are very strong undoubtedly, as strong as the snake. But if you break the poison teeth, the poison teeth, then it is no more fierceful. Similarly, if you engage your senses in Kṛṣṇa, no more controlling. It is already controlled."|Vanisource:690524 - Lecture SB 01.05.08-9 - New Vrindaban, USA|690524 - Lecture SB 01.05.08-9 - New Vrindaban, USA}} | ||
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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1970#May 1970|1970]] - May 24 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:700524 - Letter to Govinda Maharaja written from Los Angeles|Letter to Govinda Maharaja written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am so glad to note that you remember the auspicious day sometimes in 1944 when I started my "Back to Godhead" magazine. I think in the first issue you wrote some article|I am so glad to note that you remember the auspicious day sometimes in 1944 when I started my "Back to Godhead" magazine. I think in the first issue you wrote some article also, and you took the trouble of going several times to the Sarasvati Press for supervising the printing work. It is a great pleasure to remember those days of cooperation.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972#May 1972|1972]] - May 24 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:720524 - Lecture SB 02.03.02-7 - Los Angeles|Lecture SB 02.03.02-7 - Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our policy is not to ask anything from Krsna. He knows what is good for me; simply I have to surrender unto Him|Because Kṛṣṇa will not give you facility for possessing anything which will ultimately cause your falldown. Kṛṣṇa knows that "If he catches a fish, then he will have to become a fish again to be caught by the same fish. So why shall I give the facility?" So therefore our policy is not to ask anything from Kṛṣṇa. He knows what is good for me; simply I have to surrender unto Him. That's all. Why shall I bother Him, "Give me this, give me that, give me that"? Na dhanaṁ na janam.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720524 - Letter to Giriraja written from Los Angeles|Letter to Giriraja written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|It is the duty of the spiritual master to find fault with his students so that they may make progress, not that he should always be praising them|Actually it is the duty of the spiritual master to find fault with his students so that they may make progress, not that he should always be praising them. So if you find some criticism, kindly accept it in that spirit. I am only interested in that you along with all my other students should become Krishna Conscious.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1973#May 1973|1973]] - May 24 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:730524 - Lecture SB 01.10.20 - London|Lecture SB 01.10.20 - London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|When we get attachment simply for hearing Krsna, then you should understand that you have become liberated. These are the test. Everyone can get this position. Because there is process. If you follow the process, then you come to the real stage|Kṛṣṇa is the reservoir of all pleasure. When we get our attachment for hearing about Kṛṣṇa, then at least we can consider that we have become free from material contamination. When we get attachment simply for hearing Kṛṣṇa, nothing else, all nonsense, then you should understand that you have become liberated. These are the test. Everyone can get this position. Because there is process. If you follow the process, then you come to the real stage.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1974#May 1974|1974]] - May 24 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:740524 - Morning Walk - Rome|Morning Walk - Rome]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|All such questions (Lord Jesus performed so many miracles. So what miracles did Krsna perform?). No sober questions|All such questions (Lord Jesus performed so many miracles. So what miracles did Krsna perform?). No sober questions.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740524 - Lecture SB 01.02.06 - Rome|Lecture SB 01.02.06 - Rome]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Spiritual master does not manufacture his own ideas. That is not spiritual master. Spiritual master is he who speaks exactly the words which is spoken by Krsna. That is the secret. You cannot change|Everyone should surrender to Kṛṣṇa or Kṛṣṇa's representative. That is spiritual master. If one does not know what is Kṛṣṇa, neither he speaks, just vibrate the Kṛṣṇa's word, he is not spiritual master. He cannot be spiritual master. Spiritual master does not manufacture his own ideas. That is not spiritual master. Spiritual master is he who speaks exactly the words which is spoken by Kṛṣṇa. That is the secret. You cannot change.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740524 - Conversation A - Rome|Conversation A - Rome]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|My spiritual master used to say this, that "Philosophy without religion is mental speculation, and religion without philosophy is sentimental."|My spiritual master used to say this, that "Philosophy without religion is mental speculation, and religion without philosophy is sentimental." We cannot separate these two things. Simple philosophical speculation will not help, and simple sentiments, rituals, formalities, will not also. They should be combined. So this combination is here in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and Bhagavad-gītā.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740524 - Conversation B - Rome|Conversation B - Rome]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Ignorance is no excuse. If there is law, and if you do not know the law and you commit offense, that is no excuse, that you do not know the law. Similarly, human life is meant for understanding God. That is the main business of human life|Ignorance is no excuse. If there is law, and if you do not know the law and you commit offense, that is no excuse, that you do not know the law. Similarly, human life is meant for understanding God. That is the main business of human life. If one does not know this law, then he is sinful.}} | |||
==== [[Timeline_of_Srila_Prabhupada's_Life#May_1975|1975]] - May 24 ==== | ==== [[Timeline_of_Srila_Prabhupada's_Life#May_1975|1975]] - May 24 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:750524 - Lecture BG 07.1 - Fiji|Lecture BG 07.1 - Fiji]]''' | |||
{| | {{youtube_ditl|RFi8-as_eOk|[[Vaniquotes:Bhagavan is for everyone. God is God. Just like gold is gold. If gold is handled by Hindu, it does not become Hindu gold. Or the gold is handled by Christian, it does not become Christian gold. Gold is gold. Similarly, dharma is one. Religion is one|God is God. Just like Gold is Gold - 0186]]|07:13 minutes from a lecture on BG 07.01 in Fiji}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox|Bhagavan is for everyone. God is God. Just like gold is gold. If gold is handled by Hindu, it does not become Hindu gold. Or the gold is handled by Christian, it does not become Christian gold. Gold is gold. Similarly, dharma is one. Religion is one|Bhagavān is for everyone. God is God. Just like gold is gold. If gold is handled by Hindu, it does not become Hindu gold. Or the gold is handled by Christian, it does not become Christian gold. Gold is gold. Similarly, dharma is one. Religion is one. There cannot be Hindu religion, Muslim religion, Christian religion. That is artificial. Just like "Hindu gold," "Muslim gold." That is not possible.}} | |||
| | {{VaniQuotebox|Before me, many swamis went to the Western countries. They also talked about Bhagavad-gita and other Vedic literature. But not a single person could be converted to Krsna consciousness, not a single person throughout the whole history|Because we are presenting Kṛṣṇa as it is, Bhagavad-gītā as it is, it is being accepted. Before me, many swamis went to the Western countries. They also talked about Bhagavad-gītā and other Vedic literature. But not a single person could be converted to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, not a single person throughout the whole history, background. But since 1967, we are presenting Bhagavad-gītā as it is; thousands of young generation, they are taking to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. This is the result.}} | ||
| | {{VaniQuotebox|Krsna consciousness movement is meant for this purpose, that everyone should be raised to the platform of God consciousness. Then his human form of life is successful. Otherwise it is the life of cats and dogs|Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is meant for this purpose, that everyone should be raised to the platform of God consciousness. Then his human form of life is successful. Otherwise it is the life of cats and dogs.}} | ||
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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#May 1976|1976]] - May 24 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:760524 - Lecture SB 06.01.24 - Honolulu|Lecture SB 06.01.24 - Honolulu]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Because they do not seriously discuss nowadays the religious propensity, tendency of the human society decreases. It has become a also money-making business|Because they do not seriously discuss nowadays the religious propensity, tendency of the human society decreases. It has become a also money-making business. The priestly order, they think, "As others make some money by working hard, by professional or by doing some business or working, so we shall also earn some money by showing the church or the temple or the mosque." They have taken it like that.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760524 - Conversation - Honolulu|Conversation - Honolulu]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|In the temple even living with one wife it is not possible. We have to restrict them. No wives live in the temple in India. Family. In certain circumstance, in the temple they live separately, but not in the temple building. That is strictly prohibited| In the temple even living with one wife it is not possible. We have to restrict them. No wives live in the temple in India. Family. In certain circumstance, in the temple they live separately, but not in the temple building. That is strictly prohibited. It is becoming a great problem, because there are girls, there are boys, so the temple is becoming a lovemaking center. Even one grhasta; he has got his wife, he is implicated with another woman. Even if one is gṛhasta. The girl is after another husband. This is the practice now in the Western countries.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760524 - Letter to Manager, Central Bank of India written from Honolulu|Letter to Manager, Central Bank of India written from Honolulu]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760524 - Letter to Manager, Liberty Bank written from Honolulu|Letter to Manager, Liberty Bank written from Honolulu]]''' | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1977#May 1977|1977]] - May 24 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:770524 - Conversation A - Vrndavana|Conversation A - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The disease is not ordinary. It is always fatal. But by His especial mercy anything can be done. That is another thing. Lost appetite means life finished. (pause) Tavad tanu-bhrtam tvad upeksitanam (SB 7.9.19)|The disease is not ordinary. It is always fatal. But by His especial mercy anything can be done. That is another thing. Lost appetite means life finished. (pause) Tāvad tanu-bhṛtāṁ tvad upekṣitānām (SB 7.9.19). If Kṛṣṇa neglects, then nobody can live, but if He likes that "He must live," anything can happen. That is possible.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770524 - Conversation B - Vrndavana|Conversation B - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I have become very, very weak. No appetite. The brain is not working. Brain is working, but body is not allowing... Don't worry. Everyone will die, today or tomorrow. I am also old man. There is nothing to be regrettable|I have become very, very weak. No appetite. The brain is not working. Brain is working, but body is not allowing... Don't worry. Everyone will die, today or tomorrow. I am also old man. There is nothing to be regrettable. So as far as possible in my body, I am complete... Now it is up to Kṛṣṇa to judge. I have no objection.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770524 - Conversation C - Vrndavana|Conversation C - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|These people are envious. Although they have become so-called Vaisnava, they are ferocious. They have not acquired the qualification of Vaisnava|These people are envious. Although they have become so-called Vaisnava, they are ferocious. They have not acquired the qualification of Vaisnava.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770524 - Conversation D - Vrndavana|Conversation D - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Nimbu pani, and all the devotees get piece of lemon with their main meal. We have now... Everyone has gathered. All of the preaching parties have come back, and we've... They're all dispersing again on Friday|Nimbu pāni, and all the devotees get piece of lemon with their main meal. We have now... Everyone has gathered. All of the preaching parties have come back, and we've... They're all dispersing again on Friday. So when everyone is there, we have close to 275 residents.}} | |||
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1967 - May 24
1969 - May 24
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "So for a devotee, there is no need of controlling senses. It automatically becomes controlled. Just like we have taken the vow we are not going to eat anything except kṛṣṇa-prasāda. Oh, the sense is already controlled. There is no question of asking a devotee, 'You don't drink, don't this, don't this, don't this'. So many don'ts. Simply by accepting kṛṣṇa-prasādam, all don'ts there, already there. And it becomes very easier. Others, if one is requested that 'You don't smoke', it will be very difficult job for him. For a devotee, he can give up at any moment. He has no problem. Therefore the same example, that these senses are very strong undoubtedly, as strong as the snake. But if you break the poison teeth, the poison teeth, then it is no more fierceful. Similarly, if you engage your senses in Kṛṣṇa, no more controlling. It is already controlled." |
| 690524 - Lecture SB 01.05.08-9 - New Vrindaban, USA |
1970 - May 24
1972 - May 24
1973 - May 24
1974 - May 24
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All such questions (Lord Jesus performed so many miracles. So what miracles did Krsna perform?). No sober questions. |
1975 - May 24
1976 - May 24
- Letter to Manager, Central Bank of India written from Honolulu
- Letter to Manager, Liberty Bank written from Honolulu
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