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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1966#October 1966|1966]] - October 26 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:661026 - Lecture BG 08.05 - New York|Lecture BG 08.05 - New York]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/661026BG-NEW_YORK_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"Soul is now covered by the subtle body and the gross body. When the gross body stops to work... Just like at night the gross body is lying, but the subtle body mind is working. Therefore you are dreaming. The subtle body is working. So when you give up this body, your subtle body, mind, intelligence, that carries you very fine. Just like the flavor is carried by the air. If the air passes on some rose trees, the air becomes flavored like rose. There is no rose, but the flavor is there. Similarly, the flavor of your mentality, the flavor of your understanding, is carried. That is the subtle body. And you get a similar body. Therefore at the time of death the examination is tested, how one has advanced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness."|Vanisource:661026 - Lecture BG 08.05 - New York|661026 - Lecture BG 08.05 - New York}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|He (God) is not under my restriction. Then how God is great? If I put God under my restricted knowledge or limited knowledge, then God becomes under my understanding. But the Vedic language says, avan manasa-gocarah. He's beyond the expression of words|We cannot restrict God, that "He cannot be like this. He cannot come here. He cannot take any shape." No. He is not under my restriction. Then how God is great? If I put God under my restricted knowledge or limited knowledge, then God becomes under my understanding. But the Vedic language says, avan mānasa-gocaraḥ. He's beyond the expression of words. He is beyond the conception of mind.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:661026 - Letter to Sripad Narayana Maharaja written from New York|Letter to Sripad Narayana Maharaja written from New York]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Someone wrote an article in the newspaper saying that "In America people had the idea that God had either died or gotten lost, but Bhaktivedanta Swami, within three months, has explained to the atheist sampradaya that God is existing within Hari-kirtana"|The preaching work is going on very well here. Someone wrote an article in the newspaper saying that, "In America people had the idea that God had either died or gotten lost, but Bhaktivedanta Swami, within three months, has explained to the atheist sampradaya that God is existing within Hari-kirtana." This is all a glorification of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada and is fulfilling his desire with vijaya vaijayanti" (victory flag and garland.) I am very insignificant, so whichever way he is guiding me.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1967#October 1967|1967]] - October 26 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:671026 - Letter to Jadurani written from Navadvipa|Letter to Jadurani written from Navadvipa]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The person who is very careful about his health does not generally fall ill. Similarly a person who is always fixed up in Krishna Consciousness cannot be defeated by maya|The only means of protecting us from the attack of maya is to be fully Krishna Conscious. The proportion in which we fall back in Krishna Consciousness is filled up by the influence of maya. It is exactly like the proportion of negligence of our health is subsequently resulted in our falling ill. The person who is very careful about his health does not generally fall ill. Similarly a person who is always fixed up in Krishna Consciousness cannot be defeated by maya.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If Kirtanananda has ever sincerely served Krishna, & his spiritual master, he will not fall down. The temporary systems will fall down without delay. We should all pray to Krishna for his steady recovery|If Kirtanananda has ever sincerely served Krishna, & his spiritual master, he will not fall down. The temporary systems will fall down without delay. We should all pray to Krishna for his steady recovery. My grief for Kirtanananda isn't anything personal but I am sorry that he has become like a mayavadi in spite of my best efforts to help him.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:671026 - Letter to Satsvarupa written from Navadvipa|Letter to Satsvarupa written from Navadvipa]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|B.R. Sridhara Maharaja has spared one entire nice house for my stay. He has also agreed to cooperate with our society. We shall observe his birthday ceremony tomorrow and the brahmacaris shall learn how to celebrate spiritual master's birthday|This place(Navadvipa) is another establishment of one of my Godbrothers. It is very nice and extensive place and my God-brother, B.R. Sridhara Maharaja has spared one entire nice house for my stay. He has also agreed to cooperate with our society. We shall observe his birthday ceremony tomorrow and the brahmacaris shall learn how to celebrate spiritual master's birthday.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1968#October 1968|1968]] - October 26 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:681026 - Lecture - Montreal|Lecture - Montreal]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/681026LE-MONTREAL_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"The process of meditation is meant for keeping the mind in equilibrium. That is śama. And dama, dama means controlling the senses. My senses are always dictating me, 'Oh, you take this. You enjoy this. You do that. You do that'. And I am being driven by. We are all servants of the senses. So we have become servant of senses. We have to transform into become servant of God, that's all. That is Kṛṣṇa conscious. You are already servant, but you are servant of the senses, and you are being dictated and being frustrated. You become servant of God. You cannot become master, that is not your position. You have to become servant. If you don't become servant of God, then you become servant of your senses. That is your position. So those who are intelligent, so they will understand that 'If I have to remain a servant, why I shall remain servant of the senses? Why not of Kṛṣṇa?' This is intelligence. This is intelligence. And those who are foolishly keeping themself as servant of the senses, they are spoiling their life. Thank you very much."|Vanisource:681026 - Lecture - Montreal|681026 - Lecture - Montreal}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If you don't become servant of God, then you become servant of your senses. That is your position. So those who are intelligent, so they will understand that If I have to remain a servant, why I shall remain servant of the senses? Why not of Krsna?|You are already servant, but you are servant of the senses, and you are being dictated and being frustrated. You become servant of God. You cannot become master. That is not your position. You have to become servant. If you don't become servant of God, then you become servant of your senses. That is your position. So those who are intelligent, so they will understand that "If I have to remain a servant, why I shall remain servant of the senses? Why not of Kṛṣṇa?" This is intelligence.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:681026 - Letter to Gargamuni written from Montreal|Letter to Gargamuni written from Montreal]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If your parents don't receive you as their beloved son, I don't wish to keep you in that blazing fire. I thank you very much for the strength of your mind and Krishna will certainly help you|I am very much perplexed to know that you are not feeling comfortable at the care of your parents. If your parents don't receive you as their beloved son, I don't wish to keep you in that blazing fire.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1969#October 1969|1969]] - October 26 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:691026 - Letter to Satsvarupa written from Tittenhurst, UK|Letter to Satsvarupa written from Tittenhurst, UK]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I want that in all of our books, magazines and other writings the scholarly presentation be given in all instances, so for every Sanskrit word there must be the appropriate spelling and diacritic marks|I want that in all of our books, magazines and other writings the scholarly presentation be given in all instances, so for every Sanskrit word there must be the appropriate spelling and diacritic marks.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1970#October 1970|1970]] - October 26 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:701026 - Letter to Bali-mardana written from Amritsar|Letter to Bali-mardana written from Amritsar]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am very pleased with your sincere service attitude in pushing on our preaching work in these parts of the world and yes, Krsna will give you strength because He is sitting in your heart|I am very pleased with your sincere service attitude in pushing on our preaching work in these parts of the world and yes, Krsna will give you strength because He is sitting in your heart and the more you try to serve Him, He will give you more intelligence.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:701026 - Letter to Nayanabhirama written from Amritsar|Letter to Nayanabhirama written from Amritsar]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Add this book distribution to your program and make it complete with preaching, chanting of Hare Krsna Mahamantra, distribution of Prasadam and literatures. I know how well this program is received by the students because they are very intelligent|Add this book distribution to your program and make it complete with preaching, chanting of Hare Krsna Mahamantra, distribution of Prasadam and literatures. I know how well this program is received by the students because they are very intelligent. You are also very intelligent boy and devotee of Krsna and Krsna will give you even more intelligence in proportion to your endeavor to serve Him faithfully.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:701026 - Letter to Upendra written from Amritsar|Letter to Upendra written from Amritsar]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am very glad that you are preaching steadily our Krishna Conscious philosophy and this should be done in defiance of all the atheistic propagandas which are so much current|I am very glad that you are preaching steadily our Krishna Conscious philosophy and this should be done in defiance of all the atheistic propagandas which are so much current.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972#October 1972|1972]] - October 26 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:721026 - Lecture NOD - Vrndavana|Lecture NOD - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/721026ND-VRNDAVAN_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"If you simply see Kṛṣṇa with your eyes, then your eyes will be purified and spiritualized. Because you are touching... Just like if you keep yourself always in touch with fire, you become warm. Warm, warmer, warmer. If you put one iron rod in the fire, it becomes warm, warmer, warmer, and at last, it becomes red hot. When it is red hot, it is fire; it is no more iron rod. You touch that red hot iron anywhere, it will burn. Similarly, if you keep always in touch with Kṛṣṇa, you become Kṛṣṇa..., Kṛṣṇized, and you can appreciate what is Kṛṣṇa."|Vanisource:721026 - Lecture NOD - Vrndavana|721026 - Lecture NOD - Vrndavana}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|By fixing up his mind in Krsna, then he could use all other senses, namely the tongue|By fixing up his mind in Kṛṣṇa, then he could use all other senses, namely the tongue... Actually bhakti begins with the tongue. Sevonmukhe hi jihvādau. Beginning from tongue, Kṛṣṇa-bhakti begins. It may be very awkward to hear, that "By tongue, how bhakti begins?" But that is the statement in the śāstras.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:721026 - Lecture SB 01.02.15 - Vrndavana|Lecture SB 01.02.15 - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|These are the devotional process. Hear. First of all, hearing. Hearing means the perfect knowledge, hearing from the authority|These are the devotional process. Hear. First of all, hearing. Hearing means the perfect knowledge, hearing from the authority. Because we are ignorant... Just like we go to the school, colleges, and hear from the teachers, from the professors, similarly, hearing means hearing from the authority, not from the rascals. That is hearing.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:721026 - Letter to Cyavana written from Vrndavana|Letter to Cyavana written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You must judge whether the match will be favorable on the point that it must not cause any disturbance either in the girl's family or in the local community|Such marriage may be good propaganda for our movement in Africa, but if there is any disturbance caused by it, that will be disaster, just like we saw with the Sarna girls. So you must judge whether the match will be favorable on the point that it must not cause any disturbance either in the girl's family or in the local community.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:721026 - Letter to Dinatarini dasi written from Vrndavana|Letter to Dinatarini dasi written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Small children are just like animals and they have to be trained how to obey, otherwise they will be simply spoiled|Small children are just like animals and they have to be trained how to obey, otherwise they will be simply spoiled. But the art is how to apply authority and discipline so they will enjoy it and not reject, and I think you all instructors are learning yourselves that art more and more, and this pleases me very much.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1973#October 1973|1973]] - October 26 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:731026 - Lecture BG 07.01 Hindi - Bombay|Lecture BG 07.01 Hindi - Bombay]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:731026 - Conversation Hindi - Bombay|Conversation Hindi - Bombay]]''' | |||
| | :'''[[Vanisource:731026 - Departure - Bombay|Departure - Bombay]]''' | ||
| | {{youtube_ditl|4DVqRKNUiDU|[[Vaniquotes:Blind civilization|Krishna is Protesting - 0160]]|09:00 minutes from a conversation in Bombay}} | ||
| | {{VaniQuotebox|Blind civilization|At the modern time there is no such information, neither anybody is interested. Even big, big professors, they do not know what is there after life. They do not believe even that there is life after death. So this is a blind civilization going on. We are trying our bit to educate them that the aim of life.}} | ||
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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1974#October 1974|1974]] - October 26 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:741026 - Lecture SB 01.08.46 - Mayapur|Lecture SB 01.08.46 - Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Democracy is also mentioned in the Srimad-Bhagavatam, that in the Kali-yuga there will be no more monarchy or the kingdom ruled by the ksatriyas|This monarchy is different. People now, they have taken to democracy. Democracy is also mentioned in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, that in the Kali-yuga there will be no more monarchy or the kingdom ruled by the kṣatriyas, but amongst the people who will be tricky, some way or other get the votes of the people, he will be seated on the throne.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#October 1975|1975]] - October 26 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:751026 - Morning Walk - Mauritius|Morning Walk - Mauritius]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We take the words of the authority, that's all. Or we have no respite. This is our process. That is the way of parampara. Not only we accept, but our previous acaryas, all the big, big acaryas, they have accepted|We take the words of the authority, that's all. Or we have no respite. This is our process. That is the way of paramparā. Not only we accept, but our previous ācāryas, all the big, big ācāryas, they have accepted.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751026 - Lecture SB 03.28.17 - Nairobi|Lecture SB 03.28.17 - Nairobi]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|It is not that Krsna is worshipable by the devotees. He is worshipable by the nondevotees also. But how the nondevotees are worship... How Krsna is worshiped by the nondevotees?|It is not that Kṛṣṇa is worshipable by the devotees. He is worshipable by the nondevotees also. But how the nondevotees are worship... How Kṛṣṇa is worshiped by the nondevotees? They do not want to worship Kṛṣṇa. How he makes...? He doesn't want, that's all right. But nature will oblige him to worship. How he can escape the laws of nature? Kṛṣṇa will come before you as death, and you have to worship Him.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#October 1976|1976]] - October 26 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:761026 - Lecture SB 05.05.04 - Vrndavana|Lecture SB 05.05.04 - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The main business is how far one is devoted to Krsna. That is wanted. It doesn't mean that one has to become a sannyasi or one has to remain a grhastha. There are four asramas. You should accept whichever is suitable for you|The main business is how far one is devoted to Krsna. That is wanted. It doesn't mean that one has to become a sannyasi or one has to remain a grhastha. There are four asramas. You should accept whichever is suitable for you.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:761026 - Conversation - Vrndavana|Conversation - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The babajis, they are against anything preaching. They are very, very much against preaching. So I am preaching. Babajis, the Mayavadi sannyasis, and all of them, their idea is that I am ruining this bhajana and Hindu dharma. This is the propaganda|The bābājīs, they are against anything preaching. They are very, very much against preaching. So I am preaching. Bābājīs, the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs, and all of them, their idea is that I am ruining this bhajana and Hindu dharma. This is the propaganda. What I am writing, they are all wrong, and they are making... And they try to poison my disciples as far as possible so that the whole institution may be poisoned and break. This is their propaganda.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:761026 - Letter to Brahmananda written from Vrndavana|Letter to Brahmananda written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Cyavana has misspent, that is clear. Therefore, indirectly we are responsible because we could not control him. Slack management Arrange things so that in the future these things may not occur|Cyavana has misspent, that is clear. Therefore, indirectly we are responsible because we could not control him. Slack management, Arrange things so that in the future these things may not occur.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Preaching is first and foremost. If by preaching people will contribute, then we can get, otherwise, what is the need?|Preaching is first and foremost. If by preaching people will contribute, then we can get, otherwise, what is the need?}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:761026 - Letter to Gurukrpa written from Vrndavana|Letter to Gurukrpa written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|How can he claim proprietorship, everything is the property of the Guru|The president cannot take any loans without authorization. This is a declaration. These things must not be allowed. Whatever he has taken must be returned and he must pay back the money that he has kept. How can he claim proprietorship, everything is the property of the Guru. You must inform them wherever he has gone that he must return whatever he has taken.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:761026 - Letter to Ramesvara written from Vrndavana|Letter to Ramesvara written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Allen Z. - Amala-bhakta dasa; Steve M. - Stambha dasa; Mike D. - Mukunda-mala dasa; Steve F. - Satyasena dasa; James C. - Jaya Saci-natha dasa; Steve R. - Svarocisa dasa; Jack G. - Jagadisananda dasa; Philip M. - Puspadanta dasa; Carl D|Allen Z. — Amala-bhakta dasa; Steve M. — Stambha dasa; Mike D. — Mukunda-mala dasa; Steve F. — Satyasena dasa; James C. — Jaya Saci-natha dasa; Steve R. — Svarocisa dasa; Jack G. — Jagadisananda dasa; Philip M. — Puspadanta dasa; Carl D. — Kavi Datta dasa; Mike M. — Mahadeva dasa; Gary D. — Gaura-pada dasa; Cathy G. — Citradevi dasi; Cheryl N. — Subhra dasi; Terry B. — Tulasi-carana dasi; Tracy A. — Tusita dasi; Michele G. — Mayura dasi}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1977#October 1977|1977]] - October 26 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:771026 - Conversation - Vrndavana|Conversation - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|In this condition I do not wish to live|'''Prabhupāda:'''I am puzzled.<br />'''Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:'''If you continue to desire to live, Śrīla Prabhupāda... If you continue to desire to live, then Kṛṣṇa will fulfill your desire.<br />'''Prabhupāda:'''In this condition I do not wish to live.<br />'''Pañca-draviḍa:'''The purpose of this medicine, though, Śrīla Prabhupāda, is to cure the condition.}} | |||
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1966 - October 26
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "Soul is now covered by the subtle body and the gross body. When the gross body stops to work... Just like at night the gross body is lying, but the subtle body mind is working. Therefore you are dreaming. The subtle body is working. So when you give up this body, your subtle body, mind, intelligence, that carries you very fine. Just like the flavor is carried by the air. If the air passes on some rose trees, the air becomes flavored like rose. There is no rose, but the flavor is there. Similarly, the flavor of your mentality, the flavor of your understanding, is carried. That is the subtle body. And you get a similar body. Therefore at the time of death the examination is tested, how one has advanced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness." |
| 661026 - Lecture BG 08.05 - New York |
1967 - October 26
1968 - October 26
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "The process of meditation is meant for keeping the mind in equilibrium. That is śama. And dama, dama means controlling the senses. My senses are always dictating me, 'Oh, you take this. You enjoy this. You do that. You do that'. And I am being driven by. We are all servants of the senses. So we have become servant of senses. We have to transform into become servant of God, that's all. That is Kṛṣṇa conscious. You are already servant, but you are servant of the senses, and you are being dictated and being frustrated. You become servant of God. You cannot become master, that is not your position. You have to become servant. If you don't become servant of God, then you become servant of your senses. That is your position. So those who are intelligent, so they will understand that 'If I have to remain a servant, why I shall remain servant of the senses? Why not of Kṛṣṇa?' This is intelligence. This is intelligence. And those who are foolishly keeping themself as servant of the senses, they are spoiling their life. Thank you very much." |
| 681026 - Lecture - Montreal |
1969 - October 26
1970 - October 26
1972 - October 26
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "If you simply see Kṛṣṇa with your eyes, then your eyes will be purified and spiritualized. Because you are touching... Just like if you keep yourself always in touch with fire, you become warm. Warm, warmer, warmer. If you put one iron rod in the fire, it becomes warm, warmer, warmer, and at last, it becomes red hot. When it is red hot, it is fire; it is no more iron rod. You touch that red hot iron anywhere, it will burn. Similarly, if you keep always in touch with Kṛṣṇa, you become Kṛṣṇa..., Kṛṣṇized, and you can appreciate what is Kṛṣṇa." |
| 721026 - Lecture NOD - Vrndavana |
1973 - October 26
1974 - October 26
1975 - October 26
1976 - October 26
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