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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1967#October 1967|1967]] - October 19 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:671019 - Letter to Brahmananda written from Calcutta|Letter to Brahmananda written from Calcutta]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our Society for Krishna Consciousness stands pledged to this philosophy, and I require strong men such as yourself for preaching this cult in this world|Our Society for Krishna Consciousness stands pledged to this philosophy, and I require strong men such as yourself for preaching this cult in this world.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I will always pray to Krishna for his recovery. For the time being he should simply chant Hare Krishna without any attempt at lecturing. The impersonalist cannot render any service to Krishna because he is a great offender|I am very much obliged to him for the service as I am to my other disciples & I am very sorry that Maya has taken advantage of his disobedience & he has fallen to Maya's illusion—but he should not continue for a very long time as I will always pray to Krishna for his recovery. For the time being he should simply chant Hare Krishna without any attempt at lecturing.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:671019 - Letter to Gargamuni written from Calcutta|Letter to Gargamuni written from Calcutta]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|According to Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Lord is full in six opulences & the rascal impersonalists says that the Lord has no form & the most dangerous accusation for the Lord that He assumes a material form when he descends|According to Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Lord is full in six opulences & the rascal impersonalists says that the Lord has no form & the most dangerous accusation for the Lord that He assumes a material form when he descends. The Impersonalist is of the opinion that the absolute has no form & He appears in a particular type of form according to the whim of nonsense.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:671019 - Letter to Hayagriva written from Calcutta|Letter to Hayagriva written from Calcutta]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|From my part as I am your ever well-wisher I wish that you may preach Krishna Consciousness to the students of the entire western world|Your desire to teach Krishna Consciousness to the students instead of English is very nice & Krishna will be bestowing his blessings upon you for your thinking in that way. From my part as I am your ever well-wisher I wish that you may preach Krishna Consciousness to the students of the entire western world.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1968#October 1968|1968]] - October 19 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:681019 - Letter to Aniruddha written from Seattle|Letter to Aniruddha written from Seattle]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We must always know that we are executing the topmost yoga system, Krishna Consciousness, and we do not require any inferior quality yoga system| We must always know that we are executing the topmost yoga system, Krishna Consciousness, and we do not require any inferior quality yoga system. You must have read in Bhagavad-gita in the 6th chap., last verse, that one who is constantly in Krishna Consciousness, he is the topmost yogi. So the process which we have adopted cannot be compared even with any other yoga system.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1969#October 1969|1969]] - October 19 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:691019 - Letter to Hayagriva written from Tittenhurst, UK|Letter to Hayagriva written from Tittenhurst, UK]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Back to Godhead (magazine) is practically our vital line of existence|Regarding Back to Godhead (magazine), please let me know definitely how many minimum copies will be required by you and Kirtanananda Swami for distribution and what is the difficulty of getting them. BTG is practically our vital line of existence.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972#October 1972|1972]] - October 19 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:721019 - Lecture Festival Appearance Day, Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami - Vrndavana|Lecture Festival Appearance Day, Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|There is another machine (like radio machine) which can give you information of the Goloka Vrndavana. That machine is nothing manufactured by the material scientists. But there is a machine. What is that machine? That machine is this guru-parampara|There is another machine which can give you information of the Goloka Vṛndāvana. That machine is nothing manufactured by the material scientists. But there is a machine. What is that machine? That machine is this guru-paramparā. Evaṁ paramparā-prāptam imaṁ rājarṣayoḥ viduḥ (BG 4.2).}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:721019 - Lecture NOD - Vrndavana|Lecture NOD - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|People are coming to our society, in our centers, and after one week, automatically he takes a bag and beads and shaves himself. Automatically|People are coming to our society, in our centers, and after one week, automatically he takes a bag and beads and shaves himself. Automatically.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You should be assured that "Because I'm following strictly the direction of my spiritual master and sastras, certainly I shall meet Krsna"|If you want to advance in devotional service, then you should be enthusiastic, utsāhān, dhairyāt, with patience, and niścayāt, you should be assured that "Because I'm following strictly the direction of my spiritual master and śāstras, certainly I shall meet Kṛṣṇa."}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:721019 - Lecture SB 01.02.08 - Vrndavana|Lecture SB 01.02.08 - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|My Guru Maharaja used to say... One who was not interested in hearing, he used to call him a dandavat-class. Dandavat-class of men. That means simply he knows how to make dandavats, that's all|This hearing process is very, very important. But people are not interested in hearing. They are simply busy in some other duties. My Guru Mahārāja used to say... One who was not interested in hearing, he used to call him a daṇḍavat-class. Daṇḍavat-class of men. That means simply he knows how to make daṇḍavats, that's all.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:721019 - Letter to Karandhara, Tamala Krishna, Bhavananda and Giriraja written from Vrndavana|Letter to Karandhara, Tamala Krishna, Bhavananda and Giriraja written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If the Charity Commissioner refuses us the permission then there is no point continuing, and in that case we shall try to get the two lakhs we have paid back and go away|If the Charity Commissioner refuses us the permission then there is no point continuing, and in that case we shall try to get the two lakhs we have paid back and go away. But it appears the Charity Commissioner permission is delayed and not refused, it is not a very grand mistake, and we can chastise for that the lawyers.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:721019 - Telegram to Karandhar written from Vrndavana|Telegram to Karandhar written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1973#October 1973|1973]] - October 19 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:731019 - Letter to Karandhara written from Bombay|Letter to Karandhara written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Unless everyone of us sticks to the regulative principles of chanting, there is no other alternative than fall-down. That is a fact. I repeatedly say this, so if people do not follow, what can I do?|Unless everyone of us sticks to the regulative principles of chanting, there is no other alternative than fall-down. That is a fact. I repeatedly say this, so if people do not follow, what can I do?}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1974#October 1974|1974]] - October 19 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:741019 - Lecture SB 01.08.39 - Mayapur|Lecture SB 01.08.39 - Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If we follow the parampara system strictly, then the effect will be the same. As it was five thousand years ago, five hundred years ago, the same effect will be now also|By the grace of Kṛṣṇa and Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the result is also same, because Jagāi-Mādhāi was delivered by Them. By the same Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, thousands of Jagāi-Mādhāi are coming to be purified. The process is the same. This is called paramparā system. If we follow the paramparā system strictly, then the effect will be the same. As it was five thousand years ago, five hundred years ago, the same effect will be now also.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:741019 - Letter to Ajita written from Mayapur|Letter to Ajita written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am pleased to accept the following as my initiated disciples and their names are as follows: Per Jaderstrand - Prapujaka dasa, and Margaretta Jaderstrand - Mahamedha devi dasi|I am pleased to accept the following as my initiated disciples and their names are as follows: Per Jaderstrand - Prapujaka dasa, and Margaretta Jaderstrand - Mahamedha devi dasi. Upon your recommendation I accept for second initiation Aristahe das Brahmacari, and enclosed is his sanctified brahminical thread and the mantra sheet.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:741019 - Letter to Giriraja written from Mayapur|Letter to Giriraja written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|When I come to Bombay at the end of this month or the beginning of next month, if he can arrange my lecture on Bhagavad-gita in all colleges and universities, I shall speak to the students very gladly|When I come to Bombay at the end of this month or the beginning of next month, if he can arrange my lecture on Bhagavad-gita in all colleges and universities, I shall speak to the students very gladly. It is good that boys are joining us and shaving up. Yes, whoever may live with us must shave and take kunti beads, otherwise they may come and go.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:741019 - Letter to Hansadutta written from Mayapur|Letter to Hansadutta written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|All my European and American disciples have no varnasrama position, but spiritually because they have followed the rules and regulations and also my instructions, their advancement spiritually is being appreciated by everyone|All my European and American disciples have no varnasrama position, but spiritually because they have followed the rules and regulations and also my instructions, their advancement spiritually is being appreciated by everyone. Always remember that varnasrama life is a good program for material life, and it helps one in spiritual life; but spiritual life is not dependent upon it.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Regarding the London affair, what can be done. This is the American and European habit of diplomacy. Unless there is spiritual advancement they will do by their nature like this|Regarding the London affair, what can be done. This is the American and European habit of diplomacy. Unless there is spiritual advancement they will do by their nature like this. The whole thing should be corrected by diverting their attention to chanting and the regulative principles. We have to tackle these problems very carefully.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am so pleased that you have published. Even I have not seen them, I am pleased and obliged to you. Continue this work. Whenever there is any publication in any language, it enlivens me 100 times|I am so pleased that you have published. Even I have not seen them, I am pleased and obliged to you. Continue this work. Whenever there is any publication in any language, it enlivens me 100 times.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|What you have said about considering a thousand times before opening a temple, that I want. Not that you should open a temple whimsically, and then close whimsically|What you have said about considering a thousand times before opening a temple, that I want. Not that you should open a temple whimsically, and then close whimsically.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Regarding the farm, farm opening is not very essential, but if you can do it conveniently, then do it. The varnasrama system is for convenience sake in the material world. It has nothing to do with spiritual life|Regarding the farm, farm opening is not very essential, but if you can do it conveniently, then do it. The varnasrama system is for convenience sake in the material world. It has nothing to do with spiritual life.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:741019 - Letter to Rupanuga written from Mayapur|Letter to Rupanuga written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Why distinguish between chanting and book distribution? These books I have recorded and chanted, and they are transcribed. It is spoken kirtanas. So book distribution is also chanting. These are not ordinary books. It is recorded chanting|Why distinguish between chanting and book distribution? These books I have recorded and chanted, and they are transcribed. It is spoken kirtanas. So book distribution is also chanting. These are not ordinary books. It is recorded chanting.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#October 1975|1975]] - October 19 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:751019 - Morning Walk - Johannesburg|Morning Walk - Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/751019MW-JOHANNESBURG_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|Prabhupāda: Anyone who is not a devotee, he is animal. Śva-viḍ-varāhoṣṭra-kharaiḥ saṁstutaḥ puruṣaḥ paśuḥ ([[Vanisource:SB 2.3.19|SB 2.3.19]]). The big animal is being worshiped by a small animal. That's all. A lion in the forest is worshiped by the small animals. So does it mean the lion is not animal?<br />Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: He is also animal.<br />Prabhupāda: He is also animal. So similarly, all these leaders, these scientists, these philosophers, they are applauded by the small animals, but they are also animals, big animal, that's all. The test is whether he understands the spirit soul different from the body. If he does not understand, he is animal, that's all. Maybe big animal, that is a different thing. Big or small, animal is animal.<br />Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: So anyone who is not aware of the spirit soul...<br />Prabhupāda: He is animal. That's all. Sa eva gokharaḥ. That is the verdict of the śāstra. Yasyātmā buddhiḥ kuṇape tri-dhātuke ([[Vanisource:SB 10.84.13|SB 10.84.13]]).|Vanisource:751019 - Morning Walk - Johannesburg|751019 - Morning Walk - Johannesburg}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|There are two classes men, dhira and adhira. So adhira means busy fool, and dhira means lazy intelligent. But our, this movement is meant both for the dhira and adhira|There are two classes men, dhīra and adhīra. So adhīra means busy fool, and dhīra means lazy intelligent. But our, this movement is meant both for the dhīra and adhīra.}} | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/751019MW-JOHANNESBURG_ND_02.mp3</mp3player>|"Somewhere there is classification: 'Lazy intelligent, busy intelligent, lazy fool and busy fool'. So, at the present moment (laughs) the whole world is full of busy fools. But first-class man, he is lazy intelligent. Lazy and intelligent, that is first-class man. And second-class man, busy intelligent. And third class means lazy fool, and fourth class means busy fool. When the fools are busy... Just like nowadays they are busy, but they are fools. Like monkey, he is very busy. You see? And they prefer to be generation of monkey, busy fool. That's all. Fools, when he is busy, he is simply creating havoc, that's all. Better... Lazy fool is better than him, because he will not create so much harm, but this busy fool will simply create harm. And first-class man is lazy intelligent. He knows the value of life, and soberly he is thinking. Just like all our great saintly persons, they were living in the forest, meditation, tapasya and writing books. All, you will find, lazy intelligent. They are first-class men."|Vanisource:751019 - Morning Walk - Johannesburg|751019 - Morning Walk - Johannesburg}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751019 - Lecture BG 04.13 - Johannesburg|Lecture BG 04.13 - Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|nU6KNIDQlf4|[[Vaniquotes:Whether you have understood God and whether you have become a lover of God. Then your religion is perfect. Simply for stamping that 'I am Christian,' 'I am Hindu,' 'I am Muslim,' there is no profit|Simply Stamping 'I am Christian,' <br/>'I am Hindu,' 'I am Muslim,' there is No Profit - 0817]]|06:38 minutes from a lecture on BG 04.13 in Johannesburg}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Whether you have understood God and whether you have become a lover of God. Then your religion is perfect. Simply for stamping that 'I am Christian,' 'I am Hindu,' 'I am Muslim,' there is no profit|Whether you have understood God and whether you have become a lover of God. Then your religion is perfect. Simply for stamping that 'I am Christian,' 'I am Hindu,' 'I am Muslim,' there is no profit.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our Krsna consciousness movement is trying to save the human society from this risky life and to understand what is God, how he can go back to home, how he can get eternal life. This is our business|Our Krsna consciousness movement is trying to save the human society from this risky life and to understand what is God, how he can go back to home, how he can get eternal life. This is our business.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751019 - Letter to Kartikeya K. Mahadevia written from Johannesburg|Letter to Kartikeya K. Mahadevia written from Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our next program will be to organize farming land to set an example to the whole world how people can be peaceful, happy, and free from all anxieties simply by chanting Hare Krishna Maha-mantra and living an honorable life in Krishna Consciousness|Our next program will be to organize farming land to set an example to the whole world how people can be peaceful, happy, and free from all anxieties simply by chanting Hare Krishna Maha-mantra and living an honorable life in Krishna Consciousness.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1977#October 1977|1977]] - October 19 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:771019 - Conversation - Vrndavana|Conversation - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
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- See also: A Month in the Life of Srila Prabhupada.
1967 - October 19
1968 - October 19
1969 - October 19
1972 - October 19
1973 - October 19
1974 - October 19
1975 - October 19
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| Prabhupāda: Anyone who is not a devotee, he is animal. Śva-viḍ-varāhoṣṭra-kharaiḥ saṁstutaḥ puruṣaḥ paśuḥ (SB 2.3.19). The big animal is being worshiped by a small animal. That's all. A lion in the forest is worshiped by the small animals. So does it mean the lion is not animal? Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: He is also animal. Prabhupāda: He is also animal. So similarly, all these leaders, these scientists, these philosophers, they are applauded by the small animals, but they are also animals, big animal, that's all. The test is whether he understands the spirit soul different from the body. If he does not understand, he is animal, that's all. Maybe big animal, that is a different thing. Big or small, animal is animal. Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: So anyone who is not aware of the spirit soul... Prabhupāda: He is animal. That's all. Sa eva gokharaḥ. That is the verdict of the śāstra. Yasyātmā buddhiḥ kuṇape tri-dhātuke (SB 10.84.13). |
| 751019 - Morning Walk - Johannesburg |
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "Somewhere there is classification: 'Lazy intelligent, busy intelligent, lazy fool and busy fool'. So, at the present moment (laughs) the whole world is full of busy fools. But first-class man, he is lazy intelligent. Lazy and intelligent, that is first-class man. And second-class man, busy intelligent. And third class means lazy fool, and fourth class means busy fool. When the fools are busy... Just like nowadays they are busy, but they are fools. Like monkey, he is very busy. You see? And they prefer to be generation of monkey, busy fool. That's all. Fools, when he is busy, he is simply creating havoc, that's all. Better... Lazy fool is better than him, because he will not create so much harm, but this busy fool will simply create harm. And first-class man is lazy intelligent. He knows the value of life, and soberly he is thinking. Just like all our great saintly persons, they were living in the forest, meditation, tapasya and writing books. All, you will find, lazy intelligent. They are first-class men." |
| 751019 - Morning Walk - Johannesburg |
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