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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1966#November 1966|1966]] - November 16 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:661116 - Lecture BG 08.14-15 - New York|Lecture BG 08.14-15 - New York]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|My Guru Maharaja used to say, "Do not try to see Krsna. Render your service in such a nice way that you let Krsna see you"|My Guru Mahārāja used to say that "Don't try to see God. You work in such a way that God will see you. God will take care of you. Don't try to see God." This is the process. "I want to see God. Oh, God please come and stand before me," oh, just like He's my servant. God is no one's servant. You have to oblige Him by your love, by your service. That is the process.}} | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/661116BG-NEW_YORK_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"We, as living entities, we are part and parcel of the Supreme, sac-cid-ānanda. We want pleasure. So, impersonal feature does not give us that pleasure which we want, which is our demand. That pleasure is available in the spiritual planets. If you enter in any of the spiritual planets, then that spiritual happiness and exchange of pleasure you can attain."|Vanisource:661116 - Lecture BG 08.14-15 - New York|661116 - Lecture BG 08.14-15 - New York}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Jnane prayasam udapasya namanta eva: "Just become submissive. Just try to understand your position that you are very insignificant segment in this material world or in the creation"|Jñāne prayāsam udapāsya. A person who has taken this determination, that "It is futile. It is useless to try to understand what is God by my limited knowledge," he's a..., he's an intelligent man who takes this decision. So jñāne prayāsam udapāsya namanta eva: "Just become submissive. Just try to understand your position that you are very insignificant segment in this material world or in the creation."}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1968#November 1968|1968]] - November 16 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:681116 - Letter to Brahmananda written from Los Angeles|Letter to Brahmananda written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Regarding opening of the press, my idea is that unless we are fully independent, in all departmental works of the press, we should not attempt it|Regarding opening of the press, my idea is that unless we are fully independent, in all departmental works of the press, we should not attempt it.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1969#November 1969|1969]] - November 16 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:691116 - Letter to Bali Mardan written from London|Letter to Bali Mardan written from London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our centers are not practically secluded ashrams for so-called peaceful meditation. We are for activities and fighting like the battle of Kurukshetra|My Guru Maharaja, Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Maharaj, was always enthusiastic in opening the centers in busy cities. Our centers are not practically secluded ashrams for so-called peaceful meditation. We are for activities and fighting like the battle of Kurukshetra. Chatianya Mahaprabhu's mission is to awaken the sleeping humanity under the spell of Maya.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:691116 - Letter to Gopala Krishna written from London|Letter to Gopala Krishna written from London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Just like a wrestler, simply by practicing wrestling amongst friends, gradually becomes stronger and the body is built up very nicely, Krishna Consciousness is exactly like that: The more you serve Krishna, the more you get better strength to serve Him|Just like a wrestler, simply by practicing wrestling amongst friends, gradually becomes stronger and the body is built up very nicely, Krishna Consciousness is exactly like that: The more you serve Krishna, the more you get better strength to serve Him. Please remember this valuable advice and you will find it very convenient for your progressive march.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:691116 - Letter to Hit Saranji written from London|Letter to Hit Saranji written from London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I beg to inform you that immediately I want one pair of Radha-Krishna Deities in London|I beg to inform you that immediately I want one pair of Radha-Krishna Deities in London. If you will kindly send me out of the five pairs contributed by the Dalmia Trust and Birla Trust at least one pair to London by the quickest transport, maybe by air cargo, then it will be very kind of you.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1970#November 1970|1970]] - November 16 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:701116 - Letter to Bansidhari written from Bombay|Letter to Bansidhari written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Sukadeva Goswami analyzes the situation for the karmis in the narration of Bhagavatam as sleeping and indulging in sex-life in the night & in the daytime working hard "Where is money?" & when they have got money, how to accumulate household paraphernalia|It is always the difficulty with the karmis that they "have no time" for attending spiritual functions or gatherings. Sukadeva Goswami analyzes the situation for the karmis in the narration of Bhagavatam as sleeping and indulging in sex-life in the night and in the daytime working hard "Where is money? Where is money?" and when they have got money, how to accumulate household paraphernalia, etc.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|By the mercy of Lord Caitanya even such materially absorbed persons can be extricated from their entanglement in the maya by contact with offenseless chanting of the Lord's Holy Names Hare Krsna Mantra|By the mercy of Lord Caitanya even such materially absorbed persons can be extricated from their entanglement in the maya by contact with offenseless chanting of the Lord's Holy Names Hare Krsna Mantra. If you vibrate these transcendental sounds everywhere continually, it will pierce their ears and enter their hearts, and then their natural attraction for Krsna will be revived.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Do not care for the temporary excuses of the unwilling and unfortunate persons, you simply carry our program forward distributing Sankirtana, Prasadam and literatures and the effect will take place|Do not care for the temporary excuses of the unwilling and unfortunate persons, you simply carry our program forward distributing Sankirtana, Prasadam and literatures and the effect will take place.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If you read these literatures carefully you will realize the topmost science of Krsna Consciousness and be more inspired to spread the same to all persons as their real welfare benefit|I am very glad that your distribution to the libraries is well received. Please get our books at least one full set in every city and college library in you neighboring areas. And if you read these literatures carefully you will realize the topmost science of Krsna Consciousness and be more inspired to spread the same to all persons as their real welfare benefit.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:701116 - Letter to Jadurani written from Bombay|Letter to Jadurani written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Without being jolly, one cannot make any tangible progress in KC and without strictly following the regulative principles and chanting the prescribed number of rounds on the beads, nobody can become free from the unhappiness of this material world|I am getting such happy reports from all our centers and actually that is the way of advancing in spiritual life. Without being jolly, one cannot make any tangible progress in Krsna Consciousness and without strictly following the regulative principles and chanting the prescribed number of rounds on the beads, nobody can become free from the unhappiness of this material world.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|It is imperative that all our students be exemplary in their execution of devotional service and naturally Krsna will bless you all more and more|It is imperative that all our students be exemplary in their execution of devotional service and naturally Krsna will bless you all more and more.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Please do not neglect to engage yourself in the prescribed duties for maintaining your spiritual strength. Without keeping spiritual strength there is no question of any accomplishment like painting or anything else|Please do not neglect to engage yourself in the prescribed duties for maintaining your spiritual strength. Without keeping spiritual strength there is no question of any accomplishment like painting or anything else.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Everything should be regulated in devotional service. Just like eating. Eating is necessary to remain fit, but too much eating means disease and too little eating means starving. One must adjust things properly, that is the program of Krsna Consciousness|Krsna Consciousness is first in all circumstances. Everything should be regulated in devotional service. Just like eating. Eating is necessary to remain fit, but too much eating means disease and too little eating means starving. One must adjust things properly, that is the program of Krsna Consciousness.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:701116 - Letter to Kulasekhara written from Bombay|Letter to Kulasekhara written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am very glad that you have found travelling with Subala Swami inspiration to your Krsna Consciousness. That is very nice appreciation|I am very glad that you have found travelling with Subala Swami inspiration to your Krsna Consciousness. That is very nice appreciation. It is also good news that you have found the improved atmosphere in our Temples after visiting and things are going on nicely everywhere. That is wanted.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If you remain pure by following the instructions of your Spiritual Master there is no chance for maya to enter into the program. So I do not think you will find any more these politics at our Boston center or elsewhere|Regarding the recent upheavals in our Society, that business is finished, now we must all concentrate very carefully on the simple execution of our duty following the principles of regulation very strictly in our daily life. If you remain pure by following the instructions of your Spiritual Master there is no chance for maya to enter into the program. So I do not think you will find any more these politics at our Boston center or elsewhere.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:701116 - Letter to Madhukantha written from Bombay|Letter to Madhukantha written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am always anxious to know about the activities of my Temples so far established. I always pray to Krsna that you, all my students, may go ahead in this Krsna Consciousness Movement|I am very much thankful to you for your kindly report from San Jose far away from me now. I am always anxious to know about the activities of my Temples so far established. I always pray to Krsna that you, all my students, may go ahead in this Krsna Consciousness Movement.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|When I first went to your country in New York, I found everyone imbibed with the idea that God is dead. Now gradually people are understanding that God is not only not dead, but He is factually present with us at every moment|People in general have got somewhat a vague idea of God consciousness. When I first went to your country in New York, I found everyone imbibed with the idea that God is dead. Now gradually people are understanding that God is not only not dead, but He is factually present with us at every moment. If we have the necessary qualification, to see God eye-to-eye is quite possible.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:701116 - Letter to Rsabhadeva written from Bombay|Letter to Rsabhadeva written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Everyone should be continuously engaged in either chanting, studying or working and preaching. This full schedule will save you from engagement elsewhere. Maya and Krsna are always side by side. Either one is serving Krsna or he is serving Maya|Everyone should be continuously engaged in either chanting, studying or working and preaching. This full schedule will save you from engagement elsewhere. Maya and Krsna are always side by side. Either one is serving Krsna or he is serving Maya.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1971#November 1971|1971]] - November 16 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:711116 - Lecture SB 04.14.14 - Delhi|Lecture SB 04.14.14 - Delhi]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We should not utilize this Hare Krsna movement for any material purpose. Then it will fall down. Either the man will fall down or the status will fall down. As it has become in India|Don't think that "Because I am now initiated, I am chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, now everything is guaranteed. Now I shall do whatever I like." No. Then it will deteriorate. We should not utilize this Hare Kṛṣṇa movement for any material purpose. Then it will fall down. Either the man will fall down or the status will fall down. As it has become in India. Practically they have lost all spiritual interest, although India is the country for spiritual advancement of life.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:711116 - Letter to Gunagrahi written from Delhi|Letter to Gunagrahi written from Delhi]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Rupanuga has a tape of me reciting Gayatri mantra, so you can get this from him. One thing is that the tape should be heard through earphones into the right ear|Enclosed please find one letter for initiates as well as two copies of Gayatri mantra and two sacred threads also duly chanted on. Two beads duly chanted by me have been sent under separate post. Hold a fire yajna and give Gayatri mantra to Kavi and Atmarama. Rupanuga has a tape of me reciting Gayatri mantra, so you can get this from him. One thing is that the tape should be heard through earphones into the right ear.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1973#November 1973|1973]] - November 16 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:731116 - Lecture - Delhi|731116 - Lecture - Delhi]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|In the Western countries, the boys and girls, they mix very freely. And if I say, "My dear boys, you cannot see even a young girl," then finished. My business there is finished|In the Western countries, the boys and girls, they mix very freely. And if I say, "My dear boys, you cannot see even a young girl," then finished. My business there is finished.}} | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/731116LE-DELHI_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"So we are worshiping Kṛṣṇa. His simple business is, as we have described, Rādhā-Mādhava, He is lover of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Kṛṣṇa means lover. This very word Kṛṣṇa means 'all-attractive'. You can attract by your love, not by anything else. Therefore His name is Kṛṣṇa."|Vanisource:731116 - Lecture - Delhi|731116 - Lecture - Delhi}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1974#November 1974|1974]] - November 16 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:741116 - Lecture SB 03.25.16 - Bombay|Lecture SB 03.25.16 - Bombay]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|bch3RXqRZ9Y|[[Vaniquotes:Cleanliness is next to godliness. Actually, our material conditioned life means the mind is covered with dirt, all unclean, dirty things. That is the disease|Cleanliness Is Next To Godliness - 0832]]|07:04 minutes from a lecture on SB 03.25.16 in Bombay}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Cleanliness is next to godliness. Actually, our material conditioned life means the mind is covered with dirt, all unclean, dirty things. That is the disease|Cleanliness is next to godliness. Actually, our material conditioned life means the mind is covered with dirt, all unclean, dirty things. That is the disease. When we are in the lower stage of tamo-guṇa and rajo-guṇa, these dirty things are very much prominent. Therefore one has to raise himself from the position of tamo-guṇa and rajo-guṇa to sattva-guṇa. The process is recommended, how to cleanse the mind: śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ. One has to hear the kṛṣṇa-kathā.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Here is the university, where is the school, college, to teach this science how one can become uncontaminated? There is no such institution except this Krsna consciousness movement|The human form of life is meant for to make this existence uncontaminated: no more birth, no more death. They do not know. Where is the university, where is the school, college, to teach this science how one can become uncontaminated? There is no such institution except this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:741116 - Letter to Jayatirtha & Karandhar written from Bombay|Letter to Jayatirtha & Karandhar written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Therefore the conclusion is that the formal separation between Spiritual Sky and ISKCON should be concluded immediately. You are requested to make Spiritual Sky a separate entity and apart from ISKCON at the earliest possible|Therefore the conclusion is that the formal separation between Spiritual Sky and ISKCON should be concluded immediately. You are requested to make Spiritual Sky a separate entity and apart from ISKCON at the earliest possible.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:741116 - Letter to Nilambara written from Bombay|Letter to Nilambara written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am especially interested to see the Americans spread this movement. America is already blessed by Krishna, and if they become Krishna conscious, they will become more glorious. There is an Indian saying, "fragrance in gold"|I am especially interested to see the Americans spread this movement. America is already blessed by Krishna, and if they become Krishna conscious, they will become more glorious. There is an Indian saying, "fragrance in gold."}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:741116 - Letter to Srutadeva written from Bombay|Letter to Srutadeva written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I thank you very much for assisting me in this mission of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. These reports are very encouraging to me, and I think our men will also be encouraged to increase the book distribution|I thank you very much for assisting me in this mission of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. These reports are very encouraging to me, and I think our men will also be encouraged to increase the book distribution.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#November 1975|1975]] - November 16 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:751116 - Morning Walk - Bombay|Morning Walk - Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Unless one is siddha, there is no question of understanding Krsna| Unless one is siddha, there is no question of understanding Kṛṣṇa. Even if he is siddha he cannot understand. Out of many of them, one may understand. And they are trying to understand Kṛṣṇa by imagination.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751116 - Lecture CC Madhya 20.108 - Bombay|Lecture CC Madhya 20.108 - Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| That is called tatastha. The water is one side, land is one side, and in the beach, between the water and the land, there is a marginal potency, or marginal place| the same land is sometimes covered with water, and sometimes there is no water. This is called taṭasthā. Sometimes with water; sometimes with no water. That is called taṭasthā. The water is one side, land is one side, and in the beach, between the water and the land, there is a marginal potency, or marginal place, where sometimes it is water, sometimes it is without water.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#November 1976|1976]] - November 16 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:761116 - Lecture SB 05.05.29 - Vrndavana|Lecture SB 05.05.29 - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Secular state means that the state should see that everyone is strictly following his religious principle. That is secular state. If you are Hindu or varnasrami, then you must follow the principles of how one is a brahmana, how one is a ksatriya|Secular state means that the state should see that everyone is strictly following his religious principle. That is secular state. If you are Hindu or varṇāśramī, then you must follow the principles of how one is a brāhmaṇa, how one is a kṣatriya. "Hinduism," this is a foreign word. Real principle is varṇāśrama-dharma.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:761116 - Letter to Gunagrahi written from Vrndavana|Letter to Gunagrahi written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The names of the new initiates are as follows: Enrique Ross - Yogananda dasa; Felipe Musquiz - Padmalocan dasa; Peter Tapp - Purusa dasa; Richard Warfield - Raktaka dasa; Heather O'Neil - Harsarani dasi|The names of the new initiates are as follows: Enrique Ross - Yogananda dasa; Felipe Musquiz - Padmalocan dasa; Peter Tapp - Purusa dasa; Richard Warfield - Raktaka dasa; Heather O'Neil - Harsarani dasi.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:761116 - Letter to M. M. De written from Vrndavana|Letter to M. M. De written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I want to construct a Jagannatha temple exactly like that in Puri. If you like you can do the full charge to do this job. I shall spend as much money as it is required to do it nicely|I want to construct a Jagannatha temple exactly like that in Puri. If you like you can do the full charge to do this job. I shall spend as much money as it is required to do it nicely.}} | |||
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1966 - November 16
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "We, as living entities, we are part and parcel of the Supreme, sac-cid-ānanda. We want pleasure. So, impersonal feature does not give us that pleasure which we want, which is our demand. That pleasure is available in the spiritual planets. If you enter in any of the spiritual planets, then that spiritual happiness and exchange of pleasure you can attain." |
| 661116 - Lecture BG 08.14-15 - New York |
1968 - November 16
1969 - November 16
1970 - November 16
1971 - November 16
1973 - November 16
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "So we are worshiping Kṛṣṇa. His simple business is, as we have described, Rādhā-Mādhava, He is lover of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Kṛṣṇa means lover. This very word Kṛṣṇa means 'all-attractive'. You can attract by your love, not by anything else. Therefore His name is Kṛṣṇa." |
| 731116 - Lecture - Delhi |
1974 - November 16
1975 - November 16
1976 - November 16
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