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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1967#October 1967|1967]] - October 28 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:671028 - Letter to Aatie written from Navadvipa|Letter to Aatie written from Navadvipa]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am so happy that the Krishna Consciousness movement is attracting young innocent hearts of America. From this I can think that the future of this movement is very hopeful|I am so happy that the Krishna Consciousness movement is attracting young innocent hearts of America. From this I can think that the future of this movement is very hopeful.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:671028 - Letter to Mukunda written from Navadvipa|Letter to Mukunda written from Navadvipa]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I thank you very much for sending me a record player by air freight, but since you have not mentioned that it is an unsolicited gift, customs has raised objections & they want to levy duty to the extent of 100 Rs|I thank you very much for sending me a record player by air freight, but since you have not mentioned that it is an unsolicited gift, customs has raised objections & they want to levy duty to the extent of 100 Rs. Please immediately send a letter addressed to Calcutta Customs stating that the record player was sent to me as an unsolicited gift.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1969#October 1969|1969]] - October 28 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:691028 - Letter to Bali Mardan written from Tittenhurst, UK|Letter to Bali Mardan written from Tittenhurst, UK]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If you can now go there and start a center, it will be certainly all Glories to Sri Guru and Gouranga! So take information further in this connection, and as you say that you are in correspondence with some friends there, this is all right|If you can now go there and start a center, it will be certainly all Glories to Sri Guru and Gouranga! So take information further in this connection, and as you say that you are in correspondence with some friends there, this is all right. In the meantime make the Kyoto center strong enough to stand up, and then you can immediately attempt this great adventure.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:691028 - Letter to Bhurijana written from Tittenhurst, UK|Letter to Bhurijana written from Tittenhurst, UK]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|There are markings on the Chest and Feet of the Personality of Godhead. That is the distinction between Him and ordinary living entities. Just like in our palms there are certain marks for a particular person indicating his fame and fortune|There are markings on the Chest and Feet of the Personality of Godhead. That is the distinction between Him and ordinary living entities. Just like in our palms there are certain marks for a particular person indicating his fame and fortune.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1970#October 1970|1970]] - October 28 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:701028 - Letter to Bhavananda written from Amritsar|Letter to Bhavananda written from Amritsar]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Taking shelter of these books means taking shelter of Krsna. There is no doubt about it and if you stick to this principle there will be no attack from Maya|Taking shelter of these books means taking shelter of Krsna. There is no doubt about it and if you stick to this principle there will be no attack from Maya.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:701028 - Letter to Hansadutta, Kirtanananda and Acyutananda written from Amritsar|Letter to Hansadutta, Kirtanananda and Acyutananda written from Amritsar]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am very much anxious to have a center in Calcutta, so both those places are very suitable for our purpose. Now you have to decide which one we shall take and work for it immediately|Please find the copy of the letter addressed to Mr. Jaju and immediately see him and do the needful. I am very much anxious to have a center in Calcutta, so both those places are very suitable for our purpose. Now you have to decide which one we shall take and work for it immediately.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:701028 - Letter to Rupanuga written from Amritsar|Letter to Rupanuga written from Amritsar]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Sannyas means they should travel extensively, create new centers and new devotees - that is sannyasa business|Sannyas means they should travel extensively, create new centers and new devotees - that is sannyasa business.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972#October 1972|1972]] - October 28 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:721028 - Lecture NOD - Vrndavana|Lecture NOD - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|At the age of seventy years by the grace of Krsna there was inspiration|Bhakti is not silence. Bhakti is activity. | |||
Just like personally, up to seventy years, I was practically doing nothing. But at the age of seventy years, by the grace of God, Kṛṣṇa, there was inspiration. I went to western countries. Not to sit down there silently. So bhakti, the path is not inactivity. Actual activity begins when one is situated on devotional service.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:721028 - Lecture SB 01.02.17 - Vrndavana|Lecture SB 01.02.17 - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our proper business is to satisfy the senses of Krsna, not our senses. So because we have deviated from our original position, therefore it is always a perplexity of our life|The material world is made in such a way that you cannot feel happy. That is not possible. First of all, we have come to this material world to enjoy sense gratification, but that is not our proper business. Our proper business is to satisfy the senses of Kṛṣṇa, not our senses. So because we have deviated from our original position, therefore it is always a perplexity of our life. But due to illusion we cannot understand it.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1973#October 1973|1973]] - October 28 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:731028 - Lecture BG 15.01 - Vrndavana|Lecture BG 15.01 - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|In between the two worlds, material and spiritual, there is one energy. That is living energy. We living entities, we are marginal energy. We are also energy|In between the two worlds, material and spiritual, there is one energy. That is living energy. We living entities, we are marginal energy. We are also energy.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:731028 - Letter to Yasomatinandana written from Vrndavana|Letter to Yasomatinandana written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|So far your arranging to bring other men with you to India for opening a center, that is all right, but if they come as tourists and then go away that is not good|So far your arranging to bring other men with you to India for opening a center, that is all right, but if they come as tourists and then go away that is not good. This kind of coming and going is a waste of money.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1974#October 1974|1974]] - October 28 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:741028 - Lecture SB 01.08.48 - Mayapur|Lecture SB 01.08.48 - Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Krsna is so kind. Guru-krsna-krpa. Krsna is helping from within, but sometimes we are so dull, naturally, that we cannot understand. Therefore He sends His representative to instruct externally. So He is helping internally and externally|So Kṛṣṇa, when instructs from within the heart, He is called caitya-guru. And that caitya-guru is expanded by the process, personal presentation of spiritual master. So both ways He is helping us. Kṛṣṇa is so kind. Guru-kṛṣṇa-kṛpā. Kṛṣṇa is helping from within, but sometimes we are so dull, naturally, that we cannot understand. Therefore He sends His representative to instruct externally. So He is helping internally and externally. There is no difference between the internal and external instructor.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If we become fixed up in this resolution, that "Whatever we have heard from my guru, the representative of Krsna, I must execute. I do not care for my personal convenience or inconvenience. This is my life and soul," then your life is perfect|We should take advantage of this instruction. That is called vyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥ, fixed-up resolution. Fixed-up resolution. If we become fixed up in this resolution, that "Whatever we have heard from my guru, the representative of Kṛṣṇa, I must execute. I do not care for my personal convenience or inconvenience. This is my life and soul," then your life is perfect. Then your life is... If I make some amendment, addition, alteration, in the name of Kṛṣṇa, guru, then it is spoiled. No. We should receive the instruction as it is.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:741028 - Letter to Alfred Ford written from Mayapur|Letter to Alfred Ford written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Human life is meant for acquiring knowledge and detachment to the material world|Human life is meant for acquiring knowledge and detachment to the material world. Knowledge means to understand that everything belongs to Krishna. Krishna consciousness means that everything including myself are different energies of the Lord and as such should be utilized for the purpose of Krishna.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:741028 - Letter to Sripati written from Mayapur|Letter to Sripati written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Upon your recommendation I am accepting for brahminical initiation Ghosa Thakura dasa, Priya Bandhu dasa, Priya Bhakta dasa, Bhadra Priya dasi, Sadhvi dasi, and Mohini dasi|Upon your recommendation I am accepting for brahminical initiation Ghosa Thakura dasa, Priya Bandhu dasa, Priya Bhakta dasa, Bhadra Priya dasi, Sadhvi dasi, and Mohini dasi. Enclosed are the sanctififed threads. I also accept for first initiation the following devotees and their names are: Paul Campbell—Puskaraksa dasa; Christian Thomas—Krtakrta dasa; Leona Bolivar—Lalita devi dasi; Marie Cadeau—Medhya devi dasi.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#October 1975|1975]] - October 28 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:751028 - Morning Walk - Nairobi|Morning Walk - Nairobi]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/751028MW-NAIROBI_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"Everyone is thinking he is the most exalted personality, scientist, philosopher, great man. That is material disease. Actually he is being kicked every moment by the urges of the senses, and he is thinking he is very great man. Go-dāsa. Go means senses. He is always, cut down by the sense urges, and he is thinking 'independent'. Independent means servant of the senses. This is going on. So you have to understand the real position of the world, and if you want to preach, then you have to... humbler than the tree, humbler than the grass, tolerant than the tree and... We know everyone is rascal; still, you have to give him honor. Then it will be possible to say something. Otherwise it is very difficult."|Vanisource:751028 - Morning Walk - Nairobi|751028 - Morning Walk - Nairobi}} | |||
{| | {{VaniQuotebox|So you have to say that "You are the greatest intelligent man, sādhu, most honored"|Don't expect any honor for your person, but to the others give honor: "Oh, you are most exalted person," although he's a rascal. What can be done? Otherwise you cannot preach. If you call a rascal a rascal, immediately your preaching will be stopped. So you have to say that "You are the greatest intelligent man, sādhu, most honored.}} | ||
| | :'''[[Vanisource:751028 - Lecture BG 07.02 - Nairobi|Lecture BG 07.02 - Nairobi]]''' | ||
{{youtube_ditl|Cy5cFUNqzzE|[[Vaniquotes:So everything requires qualification. So this Krsna consciousness movement means we are trying to make the people qualified to see Krsna. Without being qualified, how can you see? That requires qualification|We are Trying to Make the People Qualified to see Krishna - 0350]]|03:25 minutes from a lecture on BG 07.02 in Nairobi}} | |||
| | {{VaniQuotebox|So everything requires qualification. So this Krsna consciousness movement means we are trying to make the people qualified to see Krsna. Without being qualified, how can you see? That requires qualification|Kṛṣṇa talks with the devotee who is twenty-four hours engaged in His service. These are stated in the Bhagavad-gītā. Don't you read Bhagavad-gītā? So everything requires qualification. So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement means we are trying to make the people qualified to see Kṛṣṇa. Without being qualified, how can you see? That requires qualification.}} | ||
|} | {{VaniQuotebox|These questions should be on the subject matter which we have discussed. Don't bring outside question. Then there..., it will be no end. This is not the process. When we invite question - on the subject matter which we have spoken|These questions should be on the subject matter which we have discussed. Don't bring outside question. Then there..., it will be no end. This is not the process. When we invite question - on the subject matter which we have spoken.}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox|When my Guru Maharaja ordered me (I became the spiritual leader of Krsna consciousness). This is the guru-parampara|When my Guru Mahārāja ordered me. This is the guru-paramparā. Try to understand. Don't go very speedily. A guru can become guru when he's ordered by his guru. That's all. Otherwise nobody can become guru.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#October 1976|1976]] - October 28 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:761028 - Lecture SB 05.05.06 - Vrndavana|Lecture SB 05.05.06 - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{| | {{youtube_ditl|QVrHDztdd8I|[[Vaniquotes:If you seriously hear and chant, seriously - "Yes, this life I shall engage only for increasing my love of Vasudeva" - if you are determined, it can be done. There is no difficulty. And as soon as you do this, you increase fully your love for Krsna|Increase your Love for Vasudeva <br/>then there is no Chance of Contacting Material Body - 0605]]|10:37 minutes from a lecture on SB 05.05.06 in Vṛndāvana}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox|If you seriously hear and chant, seriously - "Yes, this life I shall engage only for increasing my love of Vasudeva" - if you are determined, it can be done. There is no difficulty. And as soon as you do this, you increase fully your love for Krsna|Simply hear and chant. Then śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṇa. If you seriously hear and chant, seriously—"Yes, this life I shall engage only for increasing my love of Vāsudeva"—if you are determined, it can be done. There is no difficulty. And as soon as you do this, you increase fully your love for Vasudeva, then there is no more chance of contacting material body.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|When one is in the sattva-guna then he can understand that "I am not this body. I am different from this body." For them, those who are in the sattva-guna, for them it is easier|When one is in the sattva-guṇa then he can understand that "I am not this body. I am different from this body." For them, those who are in the sattva-guṇa, for them it is easier. So therefore the process is Human civilization means not to drag somebody who is already in the sattva-guṇa or in the family of sattva-guṇa, to drag him down to the tamo-guṇa. The modern civilization is like that.}} | |||
| | {{VaniQuotebox|Ringing the karatalas, chanting, dancing, offering obeisances to the Lord, temple atmosphere. Don't think it is ordinary opportunity. It is very great opportunity|Ringing the karatalas, chanting, dancing, offering obeisances to the Lord, temple atmosphere. Don't think it is ordinary opportunity. It is very great opportunity. From the very beginning of life they are getting impression, bhakti-yoga.}} | ||
|} | {{VaniQuotebox|Everyone is attached to Krsna. That is Vrndavana. So not all of a sudden we can get that highest stage of life of Vrndavana attachment, but still, wherever we stay, if we practice this bhakti-yoga, as we are preaching... It is becoming successful|Everyone is attached to Krsna. That is Vrndavana. So not all of a sudden we can get that highest stage of life of Vrndavana attachment, but still, wherever we stay, if we practice this bhakti-yoga, as we are preaching... It is becoming successful.}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox|Constantly, twenty-four hours, if you hear and chant. Hear means somebody chants or you chant yourself or hear, or some of your colleague may chant, you hear. Or he may hear, you may chant. This process must go on. This is sravanam kirtanam visnoh|If you can constantly, twenty-four hours, if you hear and chant Hear means somebody chants or you chant yourself or hear, or some of your colleague may chant, you hear. Or he may hear, you may chant. This process must go on. This is śrāvaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ. Viṣṇoḥ. That is Bhāgavata. Not any other nonsense talks, gossiping. Simply hear and chant.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:761028 - Letter to Caitya-guru written from Vrndavana|Letter to Caitya-guru written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I started this movement alone in a foreign country and Krsna gave me all success. Krsna will certainly help you if you simply remain sincere and try to present Krsna consciousness as it is|I started this movement alone in a foreign country and Krsna gave me all success. Krsna will certainly help you if you simply remain sincere and try to present Krsna consciousness as it is.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:761028 - Letter to Harikesa written from Vrndavana|Letter to Harikesa written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|When there is a little hope of success in these countries, it encourages me 100 times more than in other places. If they take up this Krishna Consciousness, they'll take it very seriously. This is the perfection of Communist ideology|I am very pleased to learn of our success in Yugoslavia. When there is a little hope of success in these countries, it encourages me 100 times more than in other places. If they take up this Krishna Consciousness, they'll take it very seriously. This is the perfection of Communist ideology. Everything belongs to God. No private proprietorship. They have gone on the radio, that means they have purified the whole atmosphere. That is the way to introduce, the transcendental sound vibration will act.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:761028 - Letter to Makhanlal written from Vrndavana|Letter to Makhanlal written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Yes, you must rectify this mistake. All society stationary must bear my name as founder-acarya. Please do it immediately|Yes, you must rectify this mistake. All society stationary must bear my name as founder-acarya. Please do it immediately.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:761028 - Letter to Tripurari written from Vrndavana|Letter to Tripurari written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Please go on with your program, preaching and distributing my books, encouraging others to remain pure by following our simple program of chanting, reading, Deity worship, etc. Krsna will certainly help you|Please go on with your program, preaching and distributing my books, encouraging others to remain pure by following our simple program of chanting, reading, Deity worship, etc. Krsna will certainly help you. Keep yourself always engaged in the service of Gaura-Nitai and that will keep you liberated from material contamination.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1977#October 1977|1977]] - October 28 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:771028 - Conversation A - Vrndavana|Conversation A - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|In business field, if the bank sees that you have got fifty percent, they will advance. If you have got fifty percent, any transaction, you want to do some business|In business field, if the bank sees that you have got fifty percent, they will advance. If you have got fifty percent, any transaction, you want to do some business.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:771028 - Conversation B - Vrndavana|Conversation B - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Bengali people are easy-going. So therefore they can manufacture all these humors|'''Prabhupāda:'''Bengali people are easy-going. So therefore they can manufacture all these humors. (laughter)<br />'''Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:'''Would your Guru Mahārāja tell a lot of Bengali proverbs, Śrīla Prabhupāda?<br />'''Prabhupāda:'''Hm. I learned from him.}} | |||
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1967 - October 28
1969 - October 28
1970 - October 28
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Sannyas means they should travel extensively, create new centers and new devotees - that is sannyasa business. |
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1973 - October 28
1974 - October 28
1975 - October 28
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "Everyone is thinking he is the most exalted personality, scientist, philosopher, great man. That is material disease. Actually he is being kicked every moment by the urges of the senses, and he is thinking he is very great man. Go-dāsa. Go means senses. He is always, cut down by the sense urges, and he is thinking 'independent'. Independent means servant of the senses. This is going on. So you have to understand the real position of the world, and if you want to preach, then you have to... humbler than the tree, humbler than the grass, tolerant than the tree and... We know everyone is rascal; still, you have to give him honor. Then it will be possible to say something. Otherwise it is very difficult." |
| 751028 - Morning Walk - Nairobi |
1976 - October 28
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Yes, you must rectify this mistake. All society stationary must bear my name as founder-acarya. Please do it immediately. |
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