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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1965#November 1965|1965]] - November 08 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:651108 - Letter to Teertha Maharaj written from New York|Letter to Teertha Maharaj written from New York]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I have come to this country with the same purpose in view and as far as I see it here in America there is very good scope for preaching the cult of Lord Caitanya|Srila Prabhupada had a strong desire to open our preaching centres in the Western countries and both Bon Maharaja and Goswami Maharaja were deputed for this purpose without any tangible result. I have come to this country with the same purpose in view and as far as I see it here in America there is very good scope for preaching the cult of Lord Caitanya.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|There is ample scope for working but unfortunately we have simply wasted time by quarreling with one another.| There is ample scope for working but unfortunately we have simply wasted time by quarreling with one another.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I have no ambition for becoming the proprietor of any Matha or Mandir but I want working facilities. I am working day and night for my Bhagavatam publication and I need centres in the western countries|I have no ambition for becoming the proprietor of any Matha or Mandir but I want working facilities. I am working day and night for my Bhagavatam publication and I need centres in the western countries.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Immediately I want some good assistants to work with me; they must be educated and able to talk in English as also read Sanskrit nicely|Immediately I want some good assistants to work with me. They must be educated and able to talk in English as also read Sanskrit nicely. For preaching here two languages English and Sanskrit will be very much appreciated. I think under your leadership every camp of our god brothers should supply a man good for this purpose and they must agree to work under my direction. If that is possible then you will see how our beloved Srila Prabhupada will be satisfied on all of us. I think we shall all forget now the past fratricidal war and now come forward for a good cause.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1968#November 1968|1968]] - November 08 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:681108 - Conversation A - Los Angeles|Conversation A - Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|When there is flat grass cushion, why should you ask for bedding? When you have got natural pillow, this hand, why you ask for a pillow? Then when there is river, so much water, why do you stock water?|The Bhāgavata says that when there is flat grass cushion, why should you ask for bedding? When you have got natural pillow, this hand, why you ask for a pillow? Then when there is river, so much water, why do you stock water? When there are fruits in the tree, why do you go and beg? When there is cave, why you are searching after apartment? When the old garments are thrown in the street, then why you are searching after clothing?}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:681108 - Conversation B - Los Angeles|Conversation B - Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|And on the broad road. A very important place. Very nice. You immediately take that house. Yes. Hare Krsna|'''Prabhupāda: ''' That doesn't matter. (laughter) So you take that house. It is very nice.<br /> | |||
'''Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: ''' How many rooms does it have?<br /> | |||
'''Dayānanda: ''' I think it has two bedrooms and a bathroom and a big living room and a dining room which you can make into a temple. And a kitchen too. There's a back yard with a tree in it.<br /> | |||
'''Prabhupāda: ''' Very nice. (Devotees discuss for some seconds.)<br /> | |||
'''Prabhupāda: ''' And on the broad road. A very important place. Very nice. You immediately take that house. Yes. Hare Kṛṣṇa.}}<br /> | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:681108 - Letter to Hayagriva written from Los Angeles|Letter to Hayagriva written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If you decide to marry, there are many devotee girls, and one of them may be a very nice companion for your devotional life. You prefer to be free, but a devoted wife is as good as freedom|After the age of 30, marriage is not so pleasing. Practically I am giving in charge of the different centers to the Grhasthas. If you decide to marry, there are many devotee girls, and one of them may be a very nice companion for your devotional life. You prefer to be free, but a devoted wife is as good as freedom. The Grhastha disciples, just like Syamasundara., Mukunda, and Gurudasa, with their wives, are doing very nicely in London.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:681108 - Letter to Yamuna, Mukunda and Syamasundara written from Los Angeles|Letter to Yamuna, Mukunda and Syamasundara written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Mukunda has already protested such rascal and we have to go on with our own work positively. Fault-finding men will always be there, that is the history of the world, but one has to execute his prescribed duties|We can reply him in so many ways to teach this rascal a good lesson, but the more we continue such correspondence, we give unnecessarily some publicity to a rascal. Mukunda has already protested such rascal and we have to go on with our own work positively. Fault-finding men will always be there, that is the history of the world, but one has to execute his prescribed duties.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1969#November 1969|1969]] - November 08 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:691108 - Letter to Gopala Krishna written from London|Letter to Gopala Krishna written from London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Yesterday I received your gift of one shawl. This shawl is very nice, and it will be used when I go to some meeting in my dress garments|Yesterday I received your gift of one shawl. This shawl is very nice, and it will be used when I go to some meeting in my dress garments.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1970#November 1970|1970]] - November 08 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:701108 - Letter to Hayagriva written from Bombay|Letter to Hayagriva written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I will agree with you that we must not strain by having more devotees there than we can fit comfortably. Things must be done in such a way that no one feels inconvenienced|I will agree with you that we must not strain by having more devotees there than we can fit comfortably. Things must be done in such a way that no one feels inconvenienced. That is one of the problems of our modern metropolis. Everyone is packed together so tightly that the condition is always unbearable. Develop things in New Vrindaban in the natural way, so that gradually, as you have more facilities, more men can come.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:701108 - Letter to Sri Birlaji written from Bombay|Letter to Sri Birlaji written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I beg to apologize for not keeping our scheduled appointment on the morning of November 3rd. I became ill due to exhaustion from too much travelling and was not able to leave my room|I beg to apologize for not keeping our scheduled appointment on the morning of November 3rd. I became ill due to exhaustion from too much travelling and was not able to leave my room.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972#November 1972|1972]] - November 08 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:721108 - Lecture NOD - Vrndavana|Lecture NOD - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|So the more we become advanced in Krsna consciousness, our original characteristics, which are very pure, they become manifest|Simply by changing the consciousness, immediately we can transfer ourself to the spiritual platform. So the more we become advanced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, our original characteristics, which are very pure, they become manifest.}} | |||
{| | :'''[[Vanisource:721108 - Lecture SB 01.02.28-29 - Vrndavana|Lecture SB 01.02.28-29 - Vṛndāvana]]''' | ||
|- | {{youtube_ditl|7nKoG5I39e8|[[Vaniquotes:Forget good government for millions of years, unless you establish this varnasrama-dharma|Forget Good Government for Millions of Years, Unless... - 0171]]|03:42 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.02.28-29 in Vṛndāvana}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox|Forget good government for millions of years, unless you establish this varnasrama-dharma|Forget good government for millions of years, unless you establish this varnasrama-dharma.}} | |||
| | :'''[[Vanisource:721108 - Letter to Pusta Krsna written from Vrndavana|Letter to Pusta Krsna written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | ||
|} | {{VaniQuotebox|Yes, such opening of temples, holding daily street sankirtana, distributing books, preaching in the schools and colleges, this is our standard programme for injecting Krishna Consciousness in the world|Yes, such opening of temples, holding daily street sankirtana, distributing books, preaching in the schools and colleges, this is our standard programme for injecting Krishna Consciousness in the world.}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox|Just as I am doing. Sometimes I go to the bank, sometimes keep accounts, sometimes preach, hold the class, write books, sometimes cook, sannyasi should be expert in all departments, and he should distribute his experience to others, that's all|Sannyasi means responsible, you must be responsible for the spiritual progress of the devotees, to see that the right standard is being observed in all departments.Just as I am doing.Sometimes I go to the bank, sometimes keep accounts, sometimes preach, hold the class, write books, sometimes cook, sannyasi should be expert in all departments, and he should distribute his experience to others, that's all.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1973#November 1973|1973]] - November 08 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:731108 - Lecture SB 02.01.05 - Delhi|Lecture SB 02.01.05 - Delhi]]''' | |||
{| | {{VaniQuotebox|Gurukula boys are chanting about Krsna, they are rising early in the morning, attending mangala-aratrika. Anyone goes there... Even the education superintendent came to visit our temple. He was astonished that "How these children are happy|The small children, four years, five years old, they are hearing about Kṛṣṇa, about God. They are chanting about Kṛṣṇa, they are rising early in the morning, attending maṅgala-ārātrika. Anyone goes there... Even the education superintendent came to visit our temple. He was astonished that "How these children are happy."}} | ||
|- | {{youtube_ditl|x-8sNo45KGI|[[Vaniquotes:The first thing is we must hear. Srotavyah. Just try to hear what is God, what is His kingdom, how He acts, how He is cheerful. These things are to be heard. Sravanam|First Thing is We Must Hear - 0053]]|05:02 minutes from a lecture on SB 02.01.05 in Delhi}} | ||
|< | {{VaniQuotebox|The first thing is we must hear. Srotavyah. Just try to hear what is God, what is His kingdom, how He acts, how He is cheerful. These things are to be heard. Sravanam|The first thing is we must hear. Śrotavyaḥ. Just try to hear what is God, what is His kingdom, how He acts, how He is cheerful. These things are to be heard. Śravaṇam. Then as soon as you are convinced, "Oh, God is so nice," then you will be eager to demonstrate or to broadcast this news to the whole world. This is kīrtanam. This is kīrtanam.}} | ||
| | {{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/731108SB-DELHI_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"We, every one of us, we are changing our body exactly the same way as the child is changing his body to boyhood, the boy is changing his body to youthhood, the youth is changing his body to old body. Similarly, after old age, there is next stage is death. So after death, what is the proposal? That they do not know."|Vanisource:731108 - Lecture SB 02.01.05 - Delhi|731108 - Lecture SB 02.01.05 - Delhi}} | ||
| | :'''[[Vanisource:731108 - Letter to Bhagavan written from Delhi|Letter to Bhagavan written from Delhi]]''' | ||
{{VaniQuotebox|I may request you in this regard to please immediately send Mandakini there (to Moscow) for being married to Ananta Santi Das. Both of them will get good strength from it. So please do the needful|I may request you in this regard to please immediately send Mandakini there (to Moscow) for being married to Ananta Santi Das. Both of them will get good strength from it. So please do the needful.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:731108 - Letter to Hansadutta written from Delhi|Letter to Hansadutta written from Delhi]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Yes, have our literature translated into Russian. Why not have our Bhagavad gita distributed underground there as they are doing the Bible?|Yes, have our literature translated into Russian. Why not have our Bhagavad gita distributed underground there as they are doing the Bible?}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|So far my coming to Moscow, yes I will come, but I may not be arrested. Still I shall go, and I shall speak on pure communism|So far my coming to Moscow, yes I will come, but I may not be arrested. Still I shall go, and I shall speak on pure communism.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Books will always remain. That was the view of my Guru Maharaja, and I also have taken it. Therefore I started my movement with my books|You have taken the right view of the importance of my books. Books will always remain. That was the view of my Guru Maharaja, and I also have taken it. Therefore I started my movement with my books.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We have got good potency to be the leaders of the world if we carefully push on this movement|I am also glad to note the work going on in East Germany. Try to impress upon them to make communism God-centered. God is the father of everyone, and we are all His sons. Everything is His property, and everyone has the right to enjoy it. Without being God-centered, Communism will fail. So we have got good potency to be the leaders of the world if we carefully push on this movement.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The temples will be maintained by the book sales, and if there are no more temples, then the books shall remain|I want that you give me the facility to write my books, but I can attend some meetings of important people and elites. You have taken the right view of the importance of my books. Books will always remain. That was the view of my Guru Maharaja, and I also have taken it. Therefore I started my movement with my books. And we shall be able to maintain everything with the sales of the books. The temples will be maintained by the book sales, and if there are no more temples, then the books shall remain.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:731108 - Letter to Jadurani written from Delhi|Letter to Jadurani written from Delhi]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Salagrama sila is a black stone ball, round, with eyes and nose painted with gopicandana with a golden crown on and placed on one small srngasana|Salagrama sila is a black stone ball, round, with eyes and nose painted with gopicandana with a golden crown on and placed on one small srngasana.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1974#November 1974|1974]] - November 08 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:741108 - Lecture SB 03.25.08 - Bombay|Lecture SB 03.25.08 - Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|When you will be devotee, lover of God, then, by that ointment, your eyes will be cleared and you will be seeing God. Now, here is God, Krsna. Here is God. Why the people in Bombay, those who are challenging, "Can you show me God?" they do not come here?|When you will be devotee, lover of God, then, by that ointment, your eyes will be cleared and you will be seeing God. Now, here is God, Kṛṣṇa. Here is God. Why the people in Bombay, those who are challenging, "Can you show me God?" they do not come here? Because they have no love. A few devotees here, they understand that here is God. They can see here is God. But the rascals, they cannot see God.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:741108 - Letter to Jayapataka written from Bombay|Letter to Jayapataka written from Bombay]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:741108 - Letter to Rupanuga written from Bombay|Letter to Rupanuga written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The second is the complaint of abusing the devotees and exploiting their service for accumulating money and for aggrandizing himself and herself both|The second is the complaint of abusing the devotees and exploiting their service for accumulating money and for aggrandizing himself and herself both. The third is her real identity. And, the fourth is whether actually the building negotiation is going on.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:741108 - Letter to Taittiriya written from Bombay|Letter to Taittiriya written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I beg to inquire whether you have taken possession of the house at 5th Avenue, and if not please let me know why it is delayed. Please send Bali Mardan with detailed information and necessary documents|I beg to inquire whether you have taken possession of the house at 5th Avenue, and if not please let me know why it is delayed. Please send Bali Mardan with detailed information and necessary documents.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#November 1975|1975]] - November 08 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:751108 - Morning Walk - Bombay|Morning Walk - Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Everyone is thinking that his birthplace and his mother is better than the heaven. That is the psychology. So everyone, however abominable... Everyone is living in abominable condition|I went to his cottage. Practically there was no roof, and rain was dropping. So I saw him in a very bad condition. Then I asked him, "Why don't you come to Calcutta with us?" So he replied, "No, sir, we cannot go, leaving home. This is home." I have got practical experience. "Home sweet home." Everyone is thinking that his birthplace and his mother is better than the heaven. That is the psychology. So everyone, however abominable... Everyone is living in abominable condition.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#November 1976|1976]] - November 08 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:761108 - Lecture SB 05.05.20 - Vrndavana|Lecture SB 05.05.20 - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|At the present moment there are three dozen minister, four dozen secretaries and two dozen governors and so on, so on. But there is no peace. There is no peace because they are missing the central point, the central point, Krsna|At the present moment there are three dozen minister, four dozen secretaries and two dozen governors and so on, so on. But there is no peace. There is no peace because they are missing the central point, the central point, Krsna.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:761108 - Letter to Gaura Govinda written from Vrndavana|Letter to Gaura Govinda written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Try to get the certified copy. Otherwise, what can be done? Do not be discouraged. Go on serving sincerely. Your success is your sincere desire to serve Krsna|Try to get the certified copy. Otherwise, what can be done? Do not be discouraged. Go on serving sincerely. Your success is your sincere desire to serve Krsna.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:761108 - Letter to Rupanuga written from Vrndavana|Letter to Rupanuga written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We should take advantage of this opportunity to preach. I see it that somehow or other they are chanting Krsna. Either they criticize or chant|We should take advantage of this opportunity to preach. I see it that somehow or other they are chanting Krsna. Either they criticize or chant. The article you have sent from the college newspaper can help our counter-propaganda.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1977#November 1977|1977]] - November 08 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:771108 - Conversation A - Vrndavana|Conversation A - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I wish that you GBC manage very nicely and consider I am dead and let me try to travel all the tirthasthana|I wish that you GBC manage very nicely and consider I am dead and let me try to travel all the tīrthasthāna. Without any responsibility. If I become recovered from this malady I shall come back and then I shall die in, what is it when the dead body is there, let them bring to Māyāpura and Vṛndāvana. I am thinking in this way.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:771108 - Conversation B - Vrndavana|Conversation B - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Srila Prabhupada? We got some news of some preaching. I was wondering what was a good time to read to you... Like to hear it, Srila Prabhupada?|'''Tamāla Kṛṣṇa''': Śrīla Prabhupāda? We got some news of some preaching. I was wondering what was a good time to read to you.<br />'''Prabhupāda''': Here.<br />'''Tamāla Kṛṣṇa''': Like to hear it, Śrīla Prabhupāda?<br />'''Prabhupāda''': Yes.}} | |||
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1965 - November 08
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There is ample scope for working but unfortunately we have simply wasted time by quarreling with one another. |
1968 - November 08
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1972 - November 08
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Forget good government for millions of years, unless you establish this varnasrama-dharma. |
1973 - November 08
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "We, every one of us, we are changing our body exactly the same way as the child is changing his body to boyhood, the boy is changing his body to youthhood, the youth is changing his body to old body. Similarly, after old age, there is next stage is death. So after death, what is the proposal? That they do not know." |
| 731108 - Lecture SB 02.01.05 - Delhi |
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So far my coming to Moscow, yes I will come, but I may not be arrested. Still I shall go, and I shall speak on pure communism. |
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