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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1966#October 1966|1966]] - October 23 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:661023 - Lecture BG 07.28-8.6 - New York|Lecture BG 07.28-8.6 - New York]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/661023BG-NEW_YORK_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"A child, without knowing the science of fire, physical constitution of fire, if he touches the fire, the fire will act. And, I mean to say, a great scientist who has physical knowledge of this fire, if he touches also fire, he'll get..., he is also burnt. So Kṛṣṇa consciousness is so nice that you accept without understanding any philosophy or science about it—this, it will act. But if you want to understand it through philosophy or science, we have got ample stock in the Bhagavad-gītā."|Vanisource:661023 - Lecture BG 07.28-8.6 - New York|661023 - Lecture BG 07.28-8.6 - New York}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We discuss this Bhagavad-gita only for understanding that we are not blindly following a principle. It is a science. It is based on philosophy and science. But we have made the process easy, that's all, by following great stalwart personalities|We discuss this Bhagavad-gītā only for understanding that we are not blindly following a principle. It is a science. It is based on philosophy and science. But we have made the process easy, that's all, by following great stalwart personalities. But it is not that it is a blind following. It is based on philosophy and science, this Kṛṣṇa consciousness.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1967#October 1967|1967]] - October 23 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:671023 - Letter to Lilavati written from Calcutta|Letter to Lilavati written from Calcutta]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Regarding the horoscope, it is a nice idea and if I meet a good astrologer I shall try to get one for your little child. I'm glad that you have sent me the exact time and date of birth, this will help|Your child should be named Subhadra, the name that you have already chosen, this is nice. Regarding the horoscope, it is a nice idea and if I meet a good astrologer I shall try to get one for your little child. I'm glad that you have sent me the exact time and date of birth, this will help.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:671023 - Letter to Mukunda written from Calcutta|Letter to Mukunda written from Calcutta]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|When coming from San Francisco I promised to Janaki and other girls that this time when I come back I shall first come to San Francisco. So I shall return by Pacific route and possibly make a break in the journey in Tokyo and Hawaii|When coming from San Francisco I promised to Janaki and other girls that this time when I come back I shall first come to San Francisco. So I shall return by Pacific route and possibly make a break in the journey in Tokyo and Hawaii.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1968#October 1968|1968]] - October 23 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:681023 - Lecture SB 02.01.02-5 - Montreal|Lecture SB 02.01.02-5 - Montreal]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/681023SB-MONTREAL_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"So to remain with family and children is no disqualification for spiritual advancement of life. That is not a disqualification, because after all, one has to take his birth from the father and mother. So all great ācāryas, great spiritual leaders, after all, they have come from father and mother. So without combination of father and mother, even there is no possibility of begetting a great soul. There are many instances of great souls like Śaṅkarācārya, Lord Jesus Christ, Rāmānujācārya. Even they had no very high hereditary title, still, they came out from the gṛhasthas, father and mother. So gṛhastha, or the householder life, is not disqualification."|Vanisource:681023 - Lecture SB 02.01.02-5 - Montreal|681023 - Lecture SB 02.01.02-5 - Montreal}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|CLHqbg_-01g|[[Vaniquotes:Asrama means situation for spiritual cultivation|Asrama Means Situation for Spiritual Cultivation - 0819]]|06:18 minutes from a lecture on SB 02.01.02-5 in Montreal}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Asrama means situation for spiritual cultivation| Āśrama means situation for spiritual cultivation. Generally, we mean that. And here also, there are so many yoga-āśrama. I have seen in New York so many āśramas. "New York Yoga Āśrama," "Yoga Society," like that. Āśrama means it has got a spiritual connection. It doesn't matter whether a man... Gṛhastha means living with family, wife and children.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Hearing is our main business. You are hearing. If you go out from this temple you will also hear. Or the sound is always going on. If we do not want to hear, the hearing is going on|Instead of hearing so many other news, which will not exist, you just try to hear about Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Because Parīkṣit Mahārāja's question was that "Now I am going to die. What shall I hear about?" Because hearing is our main business. You are hearing. If you go out from this temple you will also hear. Or the sound is always going on. If we do not want to hear, the hearing is going on.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We are sleeping; they (nondevotees) are also sleeping. But we are sleeping to get energy to work more diligently and nicely for Krsna, and they are working, taking rest for working for sense gratification|We are sleeping; they (nondevotees) are also sleeping. But we are sleeping to get energy to work more diligently and nicely for Krsna, and they are working, taking rest for working for sense gratification.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|So our present condition is diseased. Why you are dying? Because you are diseased. Why you are becoming old? Because you are diseased. That is due to this body. But actually I am spirit soul. I am neither old nor diseased|Our present condition is diseased. Why you are dying? Because you are diseased. Why you are becoming old? Because you are diseased. That is due to this body. But actually I am spirit soul. I am neither old nor diseased, but I have fallen into the condition of material contamination. Therefore I am thinking that I am diseased. This is called māyā.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1969#October 1969|1969]] - October 23 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:691023 - Letter to Damodara written from Tittenhurst, UK|Letter to Damodara written from Tittenhurst, UK]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Washington is a very important city, so if you can develop a nice center, it will be a great achievement for our society|I am pleased that you are trying to obtain a very nice house in the city. Washington is a very important city, so if you can develop a nice center, it will be a great achievement for our society.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:691023 - Letter to Kirtanananda written from Tittenhurst, UK|Letter to Kirtanananda written from Tittenhurst, UK]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You had a very successful meeting in the University, and that is wanted|You had a very successful meeting in the University, and that is wanted. As soon as you get some opportunity you should immediately go out with Hayagriva's car and preach. Krishna will bless you more and more.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1970#October 1970|1970]] - October 23 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:701023 - Letter to Acyutananda and Kirtanananda written from Amritsar|Letter to Acyutananda and Kirtanananda written from Amritsar]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I have not heard from either of you since my coming this side to Bombay, so I am very anxious to know how you are each making life members|I have not heard from either of you since my coming this side to Bombay, so I am very anxious to know how you are each making life members.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:701023 - Letter to Karandhara written from Amritsar|Letter to Karandhara written from Amritsar]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I have not received any word from you. I hope everything is going on well with you in our Los Angeles World Headquarters. Please send me a report of your general activities in Los Angeles Temple and also your Governing Body Commission activities|I have not received any word from you. I hope everything is going on well with you in our Los Angeles World Headquarters. Please send me a report of your general activities in Los Angeles Temple and also your Governing Body Commission activities.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:701023 - Letter to Madhudvisa written from Amritsar|Letter to Madhudvisa written from Amritsar]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You are carrying on the Street Sankirtana Party as we have instituted in the Western countries even though you have sometimes only one companion. This spirit is most satisfactory and this work is proven as the basis of our successful movement|You are carrying on the Street Sankirtana Party as we have instituted in the Western countries even though you have sometimes only one companion. This spirit is most satisfactory and this work is proven as the basis of our successful movement in the United States, so please go on more enthusiastically than ever with my blessings and you may rest assured that Krsna will always help you in any difficulty.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:701023 - Letter to Tamala Krishna and Syamasundara written from Amritsar|Letter to Tamala Krishna and Syamasundara written from Amritsar]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I have safely arrived in Amritsar and we are being very well cared for at the Vedant Niketan. The people and also the Sannyasis here are very much liking our Sankirtana Movement, so things are going on nicely|I have safely arrived in Amritsar and we are being very well cared for at the Vedant Niketan. The people and also the Sannyasis here are very much liking our Sankirtana Movement, so things are going on nicely.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972#October 1972|1972]] - October 23 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:721023 - Lecture NOD - Vrndavana|Lecture NOD - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Krsna has sent me so many spiritual masters|A spiritual master takes his disciples as his spiritual master. That is the position. He thinks that "Kṛṣṇa has sent me so many spiritual masters." He does not think himself as spiritual master. He thinks himself their servant. Because they have to be trained. Kṛṣṇa has appointed him to train them. Therefore he thinks himself as servant of the disciples. This is the position. So when one is advanced, he can see the importance of devotees.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Actually the maha-bhagavata, he has many things to say, but because he's preacher he does not say everything to the neophyte devotees. Because they are not competent to accept that|Sometimes it is stated in the Bible, I think, that Jesus Christ said, "I had many things to say, but I am not saying." Is it not? So actually, the mahā-bhāgavata, he has many things to say, but because he's preacher he does not say everything to the neophyte devotees. Because they are not competent to accept that.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:721023 - Lecture SB 01.02.12 - Vrndavana|Lecture SB 01.02.12 - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/721023SB-VRNDAVAN_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"This is the symptom how one is advancing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That means all the good qualities will be visible in his character. That is practical. Anyone can test. Just like these boys, these girls, European, American boys and girls who have taken to this Kṛṣṇa consciousness, just see how their bad habits have been altogether stopped. Sarvair guṇais tatra samāsate surāḥ. All good qualities will develop. You see practically. You see practically. These young boys and girls, they never asked me that 'Give me some money. I shall go to cinema', or 'I shall purchase a packet of cigarette. I shall drink'. No. This is practical. And everyone knows that from the very their birth, they are accustomed to eat meat, and... I do not know from the very beginning whether they are accustomed to take intoxicant. But actually they were habituated to these things, but they have altogether given up. They don't drink tea even, coffee, cigarette, anything. Sarvair guṇais tatra samāsate... This is the test. A man has become devotee, at the same time smoking—this is ludicrous. This is ludicrous."|Vanisource:721023 - Lecture SB 01.02.12 - Vrndavana|721023 - Lecture SB 01.02.12 - Vrndavana}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Krsna consciousness movement means that we are trying to teach people how to love God. This is the sum and substance|Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement means that we are try, teaching people how to love God. This is the sum and substance. Unfortunately, people have no idea of God, who is God, what is His form... Generally, they think God has no form.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Examine yourself that whether you are free from all the anarthas, all the unwanted things. If all the unwanted things are vanquished, then you'll have firm faith|Examine yourself that whether you are free from all the anarthas, all the unwanted things. If all the unwanted things are vanquished, then you'll have firm faith.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|My Guru Maharaja explained this verse in Dacca for three months. Janmady asya. (SB 1.1.1) Actually, it is so important|My Guru Maharaja explained this verse in Dacca for three months. Janmady asya. (SB 1.1.1) Actually, it is so important.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:721023 - Letter to Narottamananda written from Vrndavana|Letter to Narottamananda written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Always remember that our first business is preaching and distributing literatures, never mind we have to live under a tree|You are fixing up your new place very nicely, that will attract men to come there. But always remember that our first business is preaching and distributing literatures, never mind we have to live under a tree. But because the people of your country expect something, we must give them place, but preaching is our real business.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:721023 - Letter to Purnaprajna and Madhavananda written from Vrndavana|Letter to Purnaprajna and Madhavananda written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|There must be regularly classes and reading books, chanting 16 rounds, going for kirtana, like that. This is our programme for enthusiasm, if you do not follow it, what can I do?|There must be regularly classes and reading books, chanting 16 rounds, going for kirtana, like that. This is our programme for enthusiasm, if you do not follow it, what can I do?}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:721023 - Letter to Saucarya written from Vrndavana|Letter to Saucarya written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If you chant daily 16 rounds and read at least one hour daily Srimad-Bhagavatam, plus your other prescribed duties, never mind this or that, you will feel yourself becoming happy more and more|If you chant daily 16 rounds and read at least one hour daily Srimad-Bhagavatam, plus your other prescribed duties, never mind this or that, you will feel yourself becoming happy more and more and these practices will protect you from maya or hazy consciousness without any doubt. Of course, it is very much favorable to our advancement in spiritual life if we are engaged in some service for Krishna which is also pleasing to us to perform.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1973#October 1973|1973]] - October 23 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:731023 - Lecture BG 13.24 - Bombay|Lecture BG 13.24 - Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Don't question unnecessarily, waste your time, where you cannot surrender, where you cannot render your service|Sevayā and dayā. There are two words. Sevā is offered to the superior person, sevā, service. And dayā is offered to an inferior person. Who is less than you, he requires your mercy, that is dayā. But who is superior than you, who requires your service, that is called sevā. This is the difference between sevā and dayā. But people do not know. They are trying to amalgamate dayā and sevā. No. Dayā to the inferior person. Just like a child. He requires your dayā, the dayā of the parents, mercy of the parents. But a guru, he requires your sevā, service. So you have to approve sevā, praṇipāta, surrender, sevā; then you can question. Don't question unnecessarily, waste your time, where you cannot surrender, where you cannot render your service.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:731023 - Letter to Bali-mardana written from Bombay|Letter to Bali-mardana written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The land is purchased, and there were many opposing elements, but they are being satisfied, with the last one being satisfied today|I am glad to say that the Bombay business is almost completely finished. The land is purchased, and there were many opposing elements, but they are being satisfied, with the last one being satisfied today. Once this is carried out we are free from all obligation.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:731023 - Letter to Karandhara written from Bombay|Letter to Karandhara written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You may immediately send Nitai Das here to me in India and he may remain with me to do this work|You may immediately send Nitai Das here to me in India and he may remain with me to do this work.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:731023 - Letter to Purusottama written from Bombay|Letter to Purusottama written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You should know it that without surrender bhakti does not begin. Surrender to Krsna or to His representative is absolutely necessary|You should know it that without surrender bhakti does not begin. Surrender to Krsna or to His representative is absolutely necessary.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1974#October 1974|1974]] - October 23 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:741023 - Lecture SB 01.08.43 - Mayapur|Lecture SB 01.08.43 - Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Krsna consciousness movement means to cut off family connection and enter into Krsna's family, not void|Kuntīdevī says that "Please help me in cutting my affection with my family." Sneha-pāśam imaṁ chindhi: "Please cut off. Please help me cutting this family connection." Then Kuntī says that tvayi me ananya-viṣayā matir madhu-pate asakṛt. So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement means to cut off family connection and enter into Kṛṣṇa's family, not void. We are not impersonalists or voidists.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Krsna consciousness movement means to practice in this life how to enter Krsna's family| Kṛṣṇa is so kind that—you are so much family, fond of family life—"Just here see. I have got My family. I am not impersonal. I have got My family. I have got My father. I have got My mother. I have got My friend. I have got My beloved, Rādhārāṇī, and the gopīs. Everything I have got. You can enter also. Come. Why you are rotting here?" That is Kṛṣṇa's mission. So the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement means to practice in this life how to enter Kṛṣṇa's family.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:741023 - Letter to Balabhadra written from Mayapur|Letter to Balabhadra written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I understand that all the others from Scotland have gone to Bhaktivedanta Manor, so why do you not go there also and get recommended by the temple President for Brahminical initiation|I understand that all the others from Scotland have gone to Bhaktivedanta Manor, so why do you not go there also and get recommended by the temple President for Brahminical initiation.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:741023 - Letter to Behari written from Mayapur|Letter to Behari written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I could have recommended something for you, but you could not reply me a proper account, what was collected and what was spent|I could have recommended something for you, but you could not reply me a proper account, what was collected and what was spent. Several times you gave me different figures, so how can I recommend you.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:741023 - Letter to Tamala Krishna written from Mayapur|Letter to Tamala Krishna written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Of course it is Krishna's knowledge, not mine. But the effect is there. So for wider kirtana book distribution is better. Book distribution is also kirtana|Of course it is Krishna's knowledge, not mine. But the effect is there. So for wider kirtana book distribution is better. Book distribution is also kirtana.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#October 1976|1976]] - October 23 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:761023 - Lecture SB 05.05.01 - Vrndavana|Lecture SB 05.05.01 - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Don't think that our books are simply meant for selling; they are meant for reading also|Don't think that simply our books are meant for selling. No. It is meant for reading also. If we read regularly, at least two hours, three hours, that is tapasya.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:761023 - Letter to Bala Krsna written from Vrndavana|Letter to Bala Krsna written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You should become the topmost temple for distributing my books. This is a very good proposal. That is the only way to please me|Your report of book distribution is very encouraging. Please go on increasing more and more. Yes, you should become the topmost temple for distributing my books. This is a very good proposal. That is the only way to please me.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Distribute my books profusely. That is real preaching|Distribute my books profusely. That is real preaching.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|As long as the material body will be there, there will only be pain. Pleasure is a misconception|The girl who has got health problems must learn to be tolerant. As long as the material body will be there, there will only be pain. Pleasure is a misconception.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:761023 - Letter to Gurudasa written from Vrndavana|Letter to Gurudasa written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I never said that you should go undercover for preaching in Eastern Europe. Everything should be done openly and very carefully. Krsna will protect your efforts|I never said that you should go undercover for preaching in Eastern Europe. Everything should be done openly and very carefully. Krsna will protect your efforts.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:761023 - Letter to Jayapataka written from Vrndavana|Letter to Jayapataka written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Your description of how you are managing is nice. This is management. The British government was conducting the management of 600 million people with just 200 Britishers. We cannot expect all foreigners to come and manage Mayapur affairs|Your description of how you are managing is nice. This is management. The British government was conducting the management of 600 million people with just 200 Britishers. We cannot expect all foreigners to come and manage Mayapur affairs. The best management is to turn the local men into devotees. Make the management perfect in this way.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Things should be developed in such a way, based on devotional service, that there may not be any racial feelings. This is Kali-yuga. Very easily racial feelings are awakened on the material platform, but on the spiritual platform there is no such thing|Things should be developed in such a way, based on devotional service, that there may not be any racial feelings. This is Kali-yuga. Very easily racial feelings are awakened on the material platform, but on the spiritual platform there is no such thing.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:761023 - Letter to Rajni written from Vrndavana|Letter to Rajni written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Yogesvara is supposed to come there very soon to check on the situation and then report back to me. You may please keep in correspondence with him|Yogesvara is supposed to come there very soon to check on the situation and then report back to me. You may please keep in correspondence with him.}} | |||
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1966 - October 23
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "A child, without knowing the science of fire, physical constitution of fire, if he touches the fire, the fire will act. And, I mean to say, a great scientist who has physical knowledge of this fire, if he touches also fire, he'll get..., he is also burnt. So Kṛṣṇa consciousness is so nice that you accept without understanding any philosophy or science about it—this, it will act. But if you want to understand it through philosophy or science, we have got ample stock in the Bhagavad-gītā." |
| 661023 - Lecture BG 07.28-8.6 - New York |
1967 - October 23
1968 - October 23
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "So to remain with family and children is no disqualification for spiritual advancement of life. That is not a disqualification, because after all, one has to take his birth from the father and mother. So all great ācāryas, great spiritual leaders, after all, they have come from father and mother. So without combination of father and mother, even there is no possibility of begetting a great soul. There are many instances of great souls like Śaṅkarācārya, Lord Jesus Christ, Rāmānujācārya. Even they had no very high hereditary title, still, they came out from the gṛhasthas, father and mother. So gṛhastha, or the householder life, is not disqualification." |
| 681023 - Lecture SB 02.01.02-5 - Montreal |
1969 - October 23
1970 - October 23
1972 - October 23
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "This is the symptom how one is advancing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That means all the good qualities will be visible in his character. That is practical. Anyone can test. Just like these boys, these girls, European, American boys and girls who have taken to this Kṛṣṇa consciousness, just see how their bad habits have been altogether stopped. Sarvair guṇais tatra samāsate surāḥ. All good qualities will develop. You see practically. You see practically. These young boys and girls, they never asked me that 'Give me some money. I shall go to cinema', or 'I shall purchase a packet of cigarette. I shall drink'. No. This is practical. And everyone knows that from the very their birth, they are accustomed to eat meat, and... I do not know from the very beginning whether they are accustomed to take intoxicant. But actually they were habituated to these things, but they have altogether given up. They don't drink tea even, coffee, cigarette, anything. Sarvair guṇais tatra samāsate... This is the test. A man has become devotee, at the same time smoking—this is ludicrous. This is ludicrous." |
| 721023 - Lecture SB 01.02.12 - Vrndavana |
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My Guru Maharaja explained this verse in Dacca for three months. Janmady asya. (SB 1.1.1) Actually, it is so important. |
1973 - October 23
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You may immediately send Nitai Das here to me in India and he may remain with me to do this work. |
1974 - October 23
1976 - October 23
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Distribute my books profusely. That is real preaching. |
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