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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1967#October 1967|1967]] - October 18 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:671018 - Letter to Mukunda written from Calcutta|Letter to Mukunda written from Calcutta]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The officer whom I met was very sympathetic & he said that Immigration visa from this side would take a long time for being granted better I took the visitors visa - so I have accepted it|The officer whom I met was very sympathetic & he said that Immigration visa from this side would take a long time for being granted better I took the visitors visa—so I have accepted it. Now for the present you may not take any steps until my arrival.}} | |||
==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1968#October 1968|1968]] - October 18 ==== | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:681018 - Lecture - Seattle|Lecture - Seattle]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|8hUWb6xVpmw|[[Vaniquotes:Premanjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santah sadaiva hrdayesu vilokayanti. Just like thousands and thousands of miles away you can transfer the television picture or your radio sound, similarly, if you can prepare yourself, then you can see always Govinda|Here Is A Television Box Within Your Heart - 0478]]|10:22 minutes from a general lecture in Seattle}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Premanjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santah sadaiva hrdayesu vilokayanti. Just like thousands and thousands of miles away you can transfer the television picture or your radio sound, similarly, if you can prepare yourself, then you can see always Govinda| Why Kṛṣṇa cannot hear your prayer, sincere prayer? How can you say it? Nobody can deny it. So, premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santaḥ sadaiva hṛdayeṣu vilokayanti (Bs. 5.38). Just like thousands and thousands of miles away you can transfer the television picture or your radio sound, similarly, if you can prepare yourself, then you can see always Govinda.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|51-YOG1y_Qs|[[Vaniquotes:When you understand your actual position, then your activities actually begin|When you Understand Your Actual Position, <br/>Then your Activities Actually Begin - 0479]]|05:35 minutes from a general lecture in Seattle}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|When you understand your actual position, then your activities actually begin|When you understand your actual position, then your activities actually begin. If you do not know what is your actual position... Suppose in the office, if your post is not settled up what duty you have to execute, then you cannot do anything very nicely. Here is a typist, here is clerk, here is a peon, here is a this and that. So they are executing their work very nicely. So one has to understand what is the constitutional position of the living entity.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|uPNQqpnvdrk|[[Vaniquotes:Whatever you see in yourself, that is there in God. So God cannot be impersonal, because we are all persons|God Cannot Be Impersonal, Because We Are All Persons - 0480]]|07:01 minutes from a general lecture in Seattle}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Whatever you see in yourself, that is there in God. So God cannot be impersonal, because we are all persons|In relationship with God and ourselves, we are also minute particles of God, shining. Shining means we have got the same propensities, thinking, feeling, willing, creating, everything. Whatever you see in yourself, that is there in God. So God cannot be impersonal, because we are all persons. I have got so many propensities—that is very minute quantity. The same propensities are there in Kṛṣṇa, or God, but that is very great, unlimited. This is the study of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|sciEZOxNDaI|[[Vaniquotes:Krsna is all-attractive. Krsna is beautiful. Krsna has so many activities. The whole Vedic literature is full of Krsna's activities|Krishna is All-attractive, Krishna is Beautiful - 0481]]|05:34 minutes from a general lecture in Seattle}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Krsna is all-attractive. Krsna is beautiful. Krsna has so many activities. The whole Vedic literature is full of Krsna's activities|If you constantly engage your mind in Kṛṣṇa, that is also not very difficult. Kṛṣṇa is all-attractive. Kṛṣṇa is beautiful. Kṛṣṇa has so many activities. The whole Vedic literature is full of Kṛṣṇa's activities. This Bhagavad-gītā is full of Kṛṣṇa's activities. Simply by understanding that God is great, that is neutral state of understanding. But you have to elevate more and more, how great He is.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|XlUue84xyN0|[[Vaniquotes:Mind is the vehicle for being attached|Mind is the vehicle for being attached - 0482]]|03:27 minutes from a general lecture in Seattle}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Mind is the vehicle for being attached|Mind is the vehicle for being attached. If you are attached to somebody, some boy, some girl, some person... Generally, we become attached to a person. Impersonal attachment is bogus thing. If you want to be attached, that attachment must be personal. Is it not a fact?}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|KXcRx0Mit6M|[[Vaniquotes:How you can think of Krsna unless you develop love for Krsna?|How You Can Think of Krishna Unless You Develop Love for Krishna? - 0483]]|03:47 minutes from a general lecture in Seattle}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|How you can think of Krsna unless you develop love for Krsna?|Yoginām api sarveṣāṁ mad-gatenāntarātmanā: "One who is always thinking of Me," mad-gata, "He is first-class yogi." In many places it is stated. Premāñjana-cchurita. How you can think of Kṛṣṇa unless you develop love for Kṛṣṇa? Just like Rādhārāṇī. Rādhārāṇī, She has come. She was married, and household life, but She has come to Kṛṣṇa to worship Him.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|RkaV1kaHLCs|[[Vaniquotes:What is the difference between bhava and prema?|Prema is mature condition of bhava - 0484]]|07:27 minutes from a general lecture in Seattle}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|What is the difference between bhava and prema?|Prema is mature condition of bhava. Just like a ripe mango and green mango. Green mango is the cause of ripe mango. But to taste ripe mango is better than unripe mango. Similarly, before attaining love of Godhead, you have got different stages.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|r2tVJYwiNfA|[[Vaniquotes:I would like you to explain the origin and significance of what you, what they call the Jagannatha car festival|Any Pastimes made by Krishna, <br/>that is Observed in Ceremonial Form by the Devotees - 0485]]|02:54 minutes from a general lecture in Seattle}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I would like you to explain the origin and significance of what you, what they call the Jagannatha car festival|These residents of Vṛndāvana, they met Kṛṣṇa, and especially the gopīs, they saw Kṛṣṇa, and they lamented that "Kṛṣṇa, You are here, we are also here, but the place is different. We are not in Vṛndāvana." So there is a long story how they lamented and how Kṛṣṇa pacified them. This is a feeling of separation, how the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana felt separation from Kṛṣṇa. So this... When Kṛṣṇa came on chariot, that is called Ratha-yātrā.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|nkYAOEjF1H4|[[Vaniquotes:If a person who is working in the factory, if you stop sex, he cannot work. And when he's unable to enjoy sex life, then he takes intoxication. This is material life. So energy must be there. Here in the material world the energy is sex|In the Material World the Energy is Sex, <br/>and in the Spiritual World it is Love - 0486]]|06:06 minutes from a general lecture in Seattle}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If a person who is working in the factory, if you stop sex, he cannot work. And when he's unable to enjoy sex life, then he takes intoxication. This is material life. So energy must be there. Here in the material world the energy is sex|The material energy means sex. So that is energy. If a person who is working in the factory, if you stop sex, he cannot work. And when he's unable to enjoy sex life, then he takes intoxication. This is material life. So energy must be there. Here in the material world the energy is sex, and in the spiritual world the energy is love. Here the love is misrepresented in sex.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|jY6TKV0cfSQ|[[Vaniquotes:Christ consciousness and Krsna consciousness, the words are so similar. Please combine the words, explain how the words came to us|Whether it is Bible, Koran or Bhagavad-gita, - <br/>We Have to See What is the Fruit - 0487]]|07:20 minutes from a general lecture in Seattle}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Christ consciousness and Krsna consciousness, the words are so similar. Please combine the words, explain how the words came to us|That I've explained many times: a pocket dictionary and international dictionary. You cannot say that pocket dictionary is no dictionary, but it is meant for a certain class of student. And international dictionary is meant for a certain class of student. They are all student. What was spoken by Christ, that is also God consciousness, but that was meant for a certain class of men. And what class of men they were? They're not even perfectly civilized. Because Christ was explaining God consciousness, that was his fault, and they crucified him. What class of men they were? Judge.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|8y0ccBpUqxs|[[Vaniquotes:Prabhupada, sometimes there may be differences between what is love of Godhead between Christian and Moslem, Moslem and Buddhist, Buddhist, Hindu. They may quarrel at what is love of Godhead|Where is the Fighting? <br/>if you Love God, Then you Love Everyone. That is the Sign - 0488]]|04:40 minutes from a general lecture in Seattle}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Prabhupada, sometimes there may be differences between what is love of Godhead between Christian and Moslem, Moslem and Buddhist, Buddhist, Hindu. They may quarrel at what is love of Godhead|Those who are not in love of Godhead, they must quarrel. Because they are cats and dogs. You cannot expect any peaceful condition between cats and dogs. They will fight. So whatever they may be, so long they are fighting, that means they are not on the perfectional stage. Where is the fighting? If you love God, then you love everyone. That is the sign.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|ROm-asTDJd8|[[Vaniquotes:While we are chanting our rounds, or while we are chanting out loud in kirtana, is it all right to be engaging our mind in thinking?|By Chanting on the Street, You are Distributing Sweetballs - 0489]]|03:02 minutes from a general lecture in Seattle}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|While we are chanting our rounds, or while we are chanting out loud in kirtana, is it all right to be engaging our mind in thinking?|Chanting is so nice. And this is the practical yoga in this age. You cannot meditate. Your mind is so disturbed, you cannot concentrate your mind. Therefore chant, and by the sound vibration, it will forcibly enter it into your mind. Even if you don't want Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa will enter within your mind. By force. This is the easiest process. You don't require to endeavor. Kṛṣṇa is coming. It is very nice process.}} | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/681018LE-SEATTLE_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"We are worshiping Govindam, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the original person. So this sound, govindam Adi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi, is reaching Him. He is hearing. You cannot say that He is not hearing. Can you say? No. Especially in this scientific age, when television, radio messages are broadcast thousands and thousands of miles away, and you can hear, now why can you...? Why Kṛṣṇa cannot hear your prayer, sincere prayer? How can you say it? Nobody can deny it."|Vanisource:681018 - Lecture - Seattle|681018 - Lecture - Seattle}} | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/681018LE-SEATTLE_ND_02.mp3</mp3player>|"Just like thousands and thousands miles away you can transfer the television picture or your radio sound, similarly, if you can prepare yourself, then you can see always Govinda. It is not difficult. This is stated in Brahma-saṁhitā, premāṣjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena. Simply you have to prepare your eyes, your mind in that way. Here is a television box within your heart. This is the perfection of yoga. It is not you have to purchase one machine, or television set. It is there, and God is also there. You can see, you can hear, you can talk, provided you have got the machine, you repair it, that's all. The repairing process is Kṛṣṇa consciousness."|Vanisource:681018 - Lecture - Seattle|681018 - Lecture - Seattle}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:681018 - Conversation - Seattle|Conversation - Seattle]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|It doesn't matter whether you develop love of Godhead from this scripture or that scripture. Your aim should be whether you are developing love of Godhead or developing love of non-God. That should be the test| One should be hankering after love of Godhead. Love of God. Gold, somebody is after purchasing gold. It doesn't matter where it is available. Similarly, it doesn't matter whether you develop love of Godhead from this scripture or that scripture. Your aim should be whether you are developing love of Godhead or developing love of non-God. That should be the test.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:681018 - Letter to Dayananda written from Seattle|Letter to Dayananda written from Seattle]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If you can manage such Prasadam eating place and the temple at one place it will super-excellent. I shall personally assist you in this affair because I like this idea very much|If you can manage such Prasadam eating place and the temple at one place it will super-excellent. I shall personally assist you in this affair because I like this idea very much. Our chanting is medicine and our Prasadam is the diet for curing material disease.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:681018 - Letter to Harer Nama and Tosana Krishna written from Seattle|Letter to Harer Nama and Tosana Krishna written from Seattle]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I thank you once more for your assurance of service to Krishna and it is very enlightening for me that we have got so many nice souls to serve the cause of Krishna, and in the matter of pushing Krishna consciousness in this country and all over the world|I Thank you once more for your assurance of service to Krishna and it is very enlightening for me that we have got so many nice souls to serve the cause of Krishna, and in the matter of pushing Krishna consciousness in this country and all over the world.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:681018 - Letter to Krishna devi written from Seattle|Letter to Krishna devi written from Seattle]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|When I received news that you are to be operated I was perturbed but I submitted prayer to Krsna & am glad that Krsna is so merciful. He saved your life and your baby. So I am grateful to Krsna & you should know how much grateful we should all be to Krsna|When I received news that you are to be operated I was perturbed but I submitted prayer to Krsna & am glad that Krsna is so merciful. He saved your life and your baby. So I am grateful to Krsna & you should know how much grateful we should all be to Krsna}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:681018 - Letter to Nandarani written from Seattle|Letter to Nandarani written from Seattle]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am so glad to learn that you appreciate my mission in the United States as without any rival. Actually this is a fact, because I am presenting nothing manufactured by me|I am so glad to learn that you appreciate my mission in the United States as without any rival. Actually this is a fact, because I am presenting nothing manufactured by me.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:681018 - Letter to Umapati written from Seattle|Letter to Umapati written from Seattle]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If Sacisuta is finding difficulty to cope with his God-brothers in the temple, he can travel with the Sankirtana party. That will be very nice. Anyway, both of you may not leave us. Each and everyone of you is very important assistant for me| If Sacisuta is finding difficulty to cope with his God-brothers in the temple, he can travel with the Sankirtana party. That will be very nice. Anyway, both of you may not leave us. Each and everyone of you is very important assistant for me, so do not try to leave us, but try to adjust things as far as possible, but my last request to you both is that if you find such difficulty to live with your God-brothers, you can live with me.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1969#October 1969|1969]] - October 18 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:691018 - Letter to Gargamuni written from Tittenhurst, UK|Letter to Gargamuni written from Tittenhurst, UK]]''' | |||
{| | {{VaniQuotebox|I have given instruction to Tamala how to keep the branches going on simply on the strength of chanting the Mantra and following the rules and regulations|I have given instruction to Tamala how to keep the branches going on simply on the strength of chanting the Mantra and following the rules and regulations. We shall always pray to Krishna that we are weak and Maya is very strong. So seek for His protection in every step so Maya may not inflict upon us her trident injuries.}} | ||
| | :'''[[Vanisource:691018 - Letter to Tamala Krishna written from Tittenhurst, UK|Letter to Tamala Krishna written from Tittenhurst, UK]]''' | ||
{{VaniQuotebox|Management should be done very cautiously so that everyone is satisfied in their autonomous managing capacity. Of course, the central point is the order of the Spiritual Master, and I am very glad that you are trying to give importance to this|The management should be done very cautiously so that everyone is satisfied in their autonomous managing capacity. Of course, the central point is the order of the Spiritual Master, and I am very glad that you are trying to give importance to this aspect of management. The difficulty is sometimes things are interpreted in a manner dovetailing one's own sense gratification.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I have got this personal experience in my Guru Maharaja's institution. Different Godbrothers took the words of Guru Maharaja in different interpretations for sense gratification and the whole mission disrupted|I have got this personal experience in my Guru Maharaja's institution. Different Godbrothers took the words of Guru Maharaja in different interpretations for sense gratification and the whole mission disrupted.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|In the introductory portion signed by you and Gargamuni you have said that I am personally instructing John Lennon and George Harrison in the yoga of ecstasy. This is not very satisfactory|Regarding the booklet you and Gargamuni are sending, in the introductory portion signed by you and Gargamuni you have said that I am "personally instructing John Lennon and George Harrison in the yoga of ecstasy". This is not very satisfactory. Of course, George Harrison sometimes comes to see me and naturally I instruct him on the bhakti yoga. But the statement in the letter gives hint as if I have been invited by them for this.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Regarding purchasing of temples, if within our means and estimation it is possible, that is a good idea|Regarding purchasing of temples, if within our means and estimation it is possible, that is a good idea.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Regarding the World Sankirtana Party, that is my long-cherished idea, and I wish to see it fulfilled as soon as possible. But do not count on others|Regarding the World Sankirtana Party, that is my long-cherished idea, and I wish to see it fulfilled as soon as possible. But do not count on others. If somebody comes forward to help us, that is welcome. But if we at all take the job, we must take it on our own strength. For experimental sake, you can seek out for an agent who can arrange for our Sankirtana Party moving in all the states of America, and then we can think of touring all over the world.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Regarding movement of the members from one temple to another, I think the local president's permission is sufficient. Don't take too much load of individual administration. That will be unmanageable in the near future|Regarding movement of the members from one temple to another, I think the local president's permission is sufficient. Don't take too much load of individual administration. That will be unmanageable in the near future.}} | |||
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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972#October 1972|1972]] - October 18 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:721018 - Lecture NOD - Vrndavana|Lecture NOD - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Sri Krsna is present by His name, by His form, by His pastimes, by His paraphernalia, by His qualities. Anything about Krsna is non-different|Śrī Kṛṣṇa is present by His name, by His form, by His pastimes, by His paraphernalia, by His qualities. Anything about Kṛṣṇa is non-different. Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa's name, it is the same. There is no difference.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:721018 - Lecture SB 01.02.07 - Vrndavana|Lecture SB 01.02.07 - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You learn something about devotional service, but the devotional service should be executed by following mahajana. Therefore we are Rupanugas. We follow the footsteps of Sri Rupa Gosvami, Sanatana Gosvami|You learn something about devotional service, but the devotional service should be executed by following mahajana. Therefore we are Rupanugas. We follow the footsteps of Sri Rupa Gosvami, Sanatana Gosvami.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If one is pure devotee, then Krsna, from within, He will give knowledge. The Krsna... Just like Krsna is giving knowledge to Arjuna. He's a grhastha. He's a soldier. He's not even a brahmana. But who can be greater man of knowledge than Arjuna?|If one is pure devotee, then Kṛṣṇa, from within, He will give knowledge. The Kṛṣṇa... Just like Kṛṣṇa is giving knowledge to Arjuna. He's a gṛhastha. He's a soldier. He's not even a brāhmaṇa. But who can be greater man of knowledge than Arjuna? Because he's directly receiving from Kṛṣṇa. And who can be greater teacher than Kṛṣṇa?}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If you have actually tasted bhakti-yoga, then there will be no more material attachment. This is the test. Not that artificially keeping a big tilaka on forehead and thinking within always "How to get money, how to get woman?"|If you have actually tasted bhakti-yoga, then there will be no more material attachment. This is the test. Not that artificially keeping a big tilaka on forehead and thinking within always "How to get money, how to get woman?" That kind of is not... They, there..., there will be no more hunger for these material things, especially woman and money. That is the test of bhakti. Therefore that pure bhakti-yoga can be attained only by executing devotional service to Vāsudeva.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1973#October 1973|1973]] - October 18 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:731018 - Lecture at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan - Bombay|Lecture at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan - Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Since we have presented this dharma, to serve Krsna, it is working very wonderfully. We have got branches all over the world|Since we have presented this dharma, to serve Kṛṣṇa, it is working very wonderfully. We have got branches all over the world, and you will find... Some of the samples you will see, those who are chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, these Europeans, Americans, Canadians—we have got even branch in Iran also—Muhammadans, Christians, Africa. Everyone is taking to this dharma, this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:731018 - Letter to Govardhan Das written from Bombay|Letter to Govardhan Das written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The conch shells as you have described may be kept on the altar as decoration, but they must be kept clean. Everything on the altar must always be clean|The conch shells as you have described may be kept on the altar as decoration, but they must be kept clean. Everything on the altar must always be clean.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:731018 - Letter to Jagadisa written from Bombay|Letter to Jagadisa written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You should rectify, but not reject. Members are coming to join us to be rectified, not to be rejected. So, try to rectify the incorrigible, and if not possible, then change. What can we do?|We have to train sometimes. Whenever there is something extraordinarily wrong, you can remain there for sometime. You should rectify, but not reject. Members are coming to join us to be rectified, not to be rejected. So, try to rectify the incorrigible, and if not possible, then change. What can we do?}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:731018 - Letter to Kirtanananda written from Bombay|Letter to Kirtanananda written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our Gaudiya Math people fought with one another after the demise of Guru Maharaja but my disciples have already begun fighting even in my presence. So I am greatly concerned about it|Now this displeasing of godbrothers has already begun and gives me too much agitation in my mind. Our Gaudiya Math people fought with one another after the demise of Guru Maharaja but my disciples have already begun fighting even in my presence. So I am greatly concerned about it.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We must always remember this verse and be as tolerant as the tree, as we execute the Krsna consciousness movement. Without this mentality we cannot be successful|We must always remember this verse and be as tolerant as the tree, as we execute the Krsna consciousness movement. Without this mentality we cannot be successful.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|With all GBC and senior men present we should discuss how to make unity in diversity. But, if we fight on account of diversity, then it is simply the material platform|With all GBC and senior men present we should discuss how to make unity in diversity. But, if we fight on account of diversity, then it is simply the material platform. Please try to maintain the philosophy of unity in diversity. That will make our movement successful. One section of men have already gone out, therefore we must be very careful to maintain unity in diversity.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The story of the father of many children and the bundle of sticks|We must be very careful to maintain unity in diversity, and remember the story in Aesop's Fables of the father of many children with the bundle of sticks. When the father asked his children to break the bundle of sticks wrapped in a bag, none of them could do it. But, when they removed the sticks from the bag, and tried one by one, the sticks were easily broken.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1974#October 1974|1974]] - October 18 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:741018 - Letter to Bhagavan written from Mayapur|Letter to Bhagavan written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We should not let anyone infringe on our rights. The book distribution program must be thoroughly organized|So far I have studied there is a clique of some enemies to acquire the land and spoil the whole scheme. So we have to save ourselves. Even if there is no sanction to build further buildings, we should maintain what we have got. We should not let anyone infringe on our rights. The book distribution program must be thoroughly organized.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:741018 - Letter to Dhananjaya written from Mayapur|Letter to Dhananjaya written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The land purchase should be done according to this letter. I shall advise the Bank to pay the necessary money|Regarding the land purchased, I am enclosing one copy of one letter to Pranava. The land purchase should be done according to this letter. I shall advise the Bank to pay the necessary money, but the sales agreement and the conveyance deeds must be sent to me for my approval. If necessary I shall advise the bank to give a letter of credit to the Vendor.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:741018 - Letter to Gangamayi written from Mayapur|Letter to Gangamayi written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You are right that politics should be avoided. In my personal life I did not participate in the political diplomacy of my god-brothers. I was simply thinking how to fulfill the order of my guru maharaj|You are right that politics should be avoided. In my personal life I did not participate in the political diplomacy of my god-brothers. I was simply thinking how to fulfill the order of my guru maharaj. He gave me his blessings, and I was saved from any implication. Now I am trying to carry out his instructions strictly, and it has come out successful.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:741018 - Letter to Ksirodakasayi written from Mayapur|Letter to Ksirodakasayi written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Demigod worship is meant for materialistic men whether in goodness, passion, or ignorance|Demigod worship is meant for materialistic men whether in goodness, passion, or ignorance. Those in the transcendental position above the qualities of the material world worship Visnu. Most people do not know that Visnu is the ultimate aim of worship.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:741018 - Letter to Nandalal written from Mayapur|Letter to Nandalal written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Regarding the hole in the Deity, no do not repair it like you have stated. You can fill up the hole with wax, and go on worshiping|Regarding the hole in the Deity, no do not repair it like you have stated. You can fill up the hole with wax, and go on worshiping.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#October 1975|1975]] - October 18 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:751018 - Morning Walk - Johannesburg|Morning Walk - Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/751018MW-JOHANNESBURG_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"Once you have committed sinful activities, killing the child in the womb, 'All right, stop it now'. 'No, again.' Tṛpyanti neha kṛpana ([[Vanisource:SB 7.9.45|SB 7.9.45]]). He's never satisfied. He knows that there is suffering behind this. Still, he'll not stop it. Therefore a sober man... A man should be educated to become sober, that 'Let me tolerate this itching, that's all. I save so much trouble'. This is knowledge. To become rascal and more rascal, more rascal and suffer, is that civilization? Simply to make the people rascal and suffer and commit suicide? Just tell them that he has created this civilization that suffer and become rascal. That's all. Unless you become rascal, how you will suffer? So keep them rascal and suffer. This is nature's arrangement, that 'You living entity, you have forgotten Kṛṣṇa. All right, come under my control. Be rascal, remain rascal and suffer'. Daivī hy eṣā guṇamayī mama māyā ([[Vanisource:BG 7.14 (1972)|BG 7.14]]). Why she is doing that? "Surrender to Kṛṣṇa. Otherwise you will go on suffering like this." This is the nature's way."|Vanisource:751018 - Morning Walk - Johannesburg|751018 - Morning Walk - Johannesburg}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We want that you learn from Bhaktivinoda Thakura, you learn from Vyasadeva, you learn from Narada. But why you are learning from Freud, from Darwin and such rascals? Education means you should learn from a person who is authorized|That is real education. We want that you learn from Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, you learn from Vyāsadeva, you learn from Nārada. But why you are learning from Freud, from Darwin and such rascals? Education means you should learn from a person who is authorized, who is without mistake, without illusion, who does not cheat, just like we are learning from Kṛṣṇa. That is education. And if you learn from rascals and fools, then what is that education? Education means to learn from the learned person.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751018 - Lecture BG 16.06 - Johannesburg|751018 - Lecture BG 16.06 - Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|RcMml1ttyNM|[[Vaniquotes:Even if we don't surrender to Krsna in this life, will everyone surrender to Krsna? Will everyone go back to Godhead eventually?|We are Teaching How to Become Bhagyavan, Fortunate - 0320]]|03:08 minutes from a lecture on BG 16.06 in Johannesburg}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Even if we don't surrender to Krsna in this life, will everyone surrender to Krsna? Will everyone go back to Godhead eventually?|'''Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:''' Even if we don't surrender to Kṛṣṇa in this life, will everyone surrender to Kṛṣṇa? Will everyone go back to Godhead eventually?<br />'''Prabhupāda:''' Rest assured not everyone will do that. So you have no worries. It is not that everyone will do that. Therefore Caitanya Mahāprabhu says, ei rūpe brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva (CC Madhya 19.151). Unless one is bhāgyavān, very fortunate, he'll not go back to home, back to Godhead. He will rot here.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|This is Krsna consciousness movement, that we are giving chance to the unfortunate|So we are giving them chance to become fortunate. This is our mission. The most unfortunate is getting the chance of becoming fortunate. Any one of us can consider this, how from unfortunate life they are coming to fortunate. This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, that we are giving chance to the unfortunate. Everyone is unfortunate, everyone is a rascal. We are giving chance how to become intelligent and fortunate. This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Krsna knows that "As soon as he is surrendered unto Me he'll be free from the clutches of maya," and He knows it also, "If he does not do so, then he'll never be free from maya." Both things He knows. Is it clear or not?|Kṛṣṇa knows that he will surrender, but when he will surrender... Then? That question must be there. That is explained in the Bhagavad-gītā: mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te (BG 7.14). He knows that "He'll be happy, provided he surrenders unto Me. Otherwise not." That He knows also. Is it all right? He knows that "As soon as he is surrendered unto Me he'll be free from the clutches of māyā," and He knows it also, "If he does not do so, then he'll never be free from māyā." Both things He knows. Is it clear or not?}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751018 - Letter to Manager, State Bank of India written from Johannesburg|Letter to Manager, State Bank of India written from Johannesburg]]''' | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#October 1976|1976]] - October 18 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:761018 - Lecture BG 13.08-12 Hindi - Chandigarh|Lecture BG 13.08-12 Hindi - Chandigarh]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Pure devotion has no connection with jnana and karma. The Lord has spoken about bhakti-yoga in the middle. Just like there is a book, it has covers on both sides and in the middle there is substance|Pure devotion has no connection with jnana and karma. The Lord has spoken about bhakti-yoga in the middle. Just like there is a book, it has covers on both sides and in the middle there is substance. Similarly the Lord speaks on side the karma-yoga and the other side the bhakti-yoga.}} | |||
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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1977#October 1977|1977]] - October 18 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:771018 - Conversation A - Vrndavana|Conversation A - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I want association of Vaisnava. You are all pure Vaisnavas. You have sacrificed everything, material comforts, for Krsna's sake. That is Vaisnava. Anyabhilasita-sunyam. You have no other desire|I want association of Vaiṣṇava. You are all pure Vaiṣṇavas. You have sacrificed everything, material comforts, for Kṛṣṇa's sake. That is Vaiṣṇava. Anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyam (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.1.11). You have no other desire. You Europeans, Americans, you are born amongst material desires. And when you become free from material desires... Therefore you are all Vaiṣṇava, anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyam (CC Madhya 19.167). So you are so merciful.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:771018 - Conversation B - Vrndavana|Conversation B - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|This initiation. I have deputed my disciples. Is it clear or not?|This initiation. I have deputed my disciples. Is it clear or not?... You have got the list of the names?... And if by Kṛṣṇa's grace I recover from this condition, then I shall begin again, or I may not be pressed in this condition to initiate. It is not good.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:771018 - Conversation C - Vrndavana|Conversation C - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
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1967 - October 18
1968 - October 18
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "We are worshiping Govindam, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the original person. So this sound, govindam Adi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi, is reaching Him. He is hearing. You cannot say that He is not hearing. Can you say? No. Especially in this scientific age, when television, radio messages are broadcast thousands and thousands of miles away, and you can hear, now why can you...? Why Kṛṣṇa cannot hear your prayer, sincere prayer? How can you say it? Nobody can deny it." |
| 681018 - Lecture - Seattle |
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "Just like thousands and thousands miles away you can transfer the television picture or your radio sound, similarly, if you can prepare yourself, then you can see always Govinda. It is not difficult. This is stated in Brahma-saṁhitā, premāṣjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena. Simply you have to prepare your eyes, your mind in that way. Here is a television box within your heart. This is the perfection of yoga. It is not you have to purchase one machine, or television set. It is there, and God is also there. You can see, you can hear, you can talk, provided you have got the machine, you repair it, that's all. The repairing process is Kṛṣṇa consciousness." |
| 681018 - Lecture - Seattle |
1969 - October 18
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Regarding purchasing of temples, if within our means and estimation it is possible, that is a good idea. |
1972 - October 18
1973 - October 18
1974 - October 18
1975 - October 18
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "Once you have committed sinful activities, killing the child in the womb, 'All right, stop it now'. 'No, again.' Tṛpyanti neha kṛpana (SB 7.9.45). He's never satisfied. He knows that there is suffering behind this. Still, he'll not stop it. Therefore a sober man... A man should be educated to become sober, that 'Let me tolerate this itching, that's all. I save so much trouble'. This is knowledge. To become rascal and more rascal, more rascal and suffer, is that civilization? Simply to make the people rascal and suffer and commit suicide? Just tell them that he has created this civilization that suffer and become rascal. That's all. Unless you become rascal, how you will suffer? So keep them rascal and suffer. This is nature's arrangement, that 'You living entity, you have forgotten Kṛṣṇa. All right, come under my control. Be rascal, remain rascal and suffer'. Daivī hy eṣā guṇamayī mama māyā (BG 7.14). Why she is doing that? "Surrender to Kṛṣṇa. Otherwise you will go on suffering like this." This is the nature's way." |
| 751018 - Morning Walk - Johannesburg |
1976 - October 18
1977 - October 18
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