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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1969#October 1969|1969]] - October 31 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:691031 - Letter A to Manager of First National City Bank of New York written from Tittenhurst, UK|Letter A to Manager of First National City Bank of New York written from Tittenhurst, UK]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:691031 - Letter B to Manager of First National City Bank of New York written from Tittenhurst, UK|Letter B to Manager of First National City Bank of New York written from Tittenhurst, UK]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:691031 - Letter to Dinesh written from Tittenhurst, UK|Letter to Dinesh written from Tittenhurst, UK]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Disciplic succession means to accept the disciplic conclusion. Arjuna was a disciple of Krishna and Brahma was also a disciple of Krishna. Thus there is no disagreement between the conclusions of Brahma and Arjuna|Disciplic succession means to accept the disciplic conclusion. Arjuna was a disciple of Krishna and Brahma was also a disciple of Krishna. Thus there is no disagreement between the conclusions of Brahma and Arjuna. Vyasadeva is in the disciplic succession of Brahma. The teachings to Arjuna was recorded by Vyasadeva verbatim. So according to the axiomatic truth, things equal to one another are equal to each other. We are not exactly directly from Vyasadeva, but our Gurudeva is a representative of Vyasadeva.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:691031 - Letter to Satsvarupa written from Tittenhurst, UK|Letter to Satsvarupa written from Tittenhurst, UK]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Keeping full faith in Krishna and the Spiritual Master, and executing the routine works of chanting and following the regulations. That will make you all great preachers, and wherever you go you will come out victorious|Now some of our leading boys, like you, Brahmananda, Tamala, etc. you should be very careful to train your other junior Godbrothers to the right type of preacher, keeping full faith in Krishna and the Spiritual Master, and executing the routine works of chanting and following the regulations. That will make you all great preachers, and wherever you go you will come out victorious.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:691031 - Letter to Sudama written from Tittenhurst, UK|Letter to Sudama written from Tittenhurst, UK]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Keeping full faith in Krishna and the Spiritual Master, and executing the routine works of chanting and following the regulations. That will make you all great preachers, and wherever you go you will come out victorious|Now some of our leading boys, like you, Brahmananda, Tamala, etc. you should be very careful to train your other junior Godbrothers to the right type of preacher, keeping full faith in Krishna and the Spiritual Master, and executing the routine works of chanting and following the regulations. That will make you all great preachers, and wherever you go you will come out victorious.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972#October 1972|1972]] - October 31 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:721031 - Lecture NOD - Vrndavana|Lecture NOD - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We are chanting Hare Krsna mantra means dealing with Krsna directly. Therefore we must be very careful, cautious, respectful. Then it is nice, it is success|If you commit sinful activities willingly, daily, then you'll be punished. That is laws of nature. Even if you are bhakta. You'll be given chance, but you'll have to be punished. So therefore we must be very careful. We are chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra means dealing with Kṛṣṇa directly. Therefore we must be very careful, cautious, respectful. Then it is nice, it is success.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If you commit sinful activities willingly, daily, then you'll be punished. That is laws of nature. Even if you are bhakta. You'll be given chance, but you'll have to be punished. So therefore we must be very careful|If somebody thinks that "I am living in Vṛndāvana. I am chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. So if I do something sinful, what it will do...?" Eka nāma, kṛṣṇa-nāme yata pāpa kare, pāpi haya tata pāpa karite nāraya (?). "So what sinful I am doing? A little sinful..." Yes, little sinful will be excused. But if it is done not willingly, but if you commit sinful activities willingly, daily, then you'll be punished. That is laws of nature. Even if you are bhakta. You'll be given chance, but you'll have to be punished. So therefore we must be very careful.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Anukulyena krsnanusilanam means when you have accepted the bona fide spiritual master, you should work in such a way that your spiritual master is pleased with you. Then your path is very clear|Anukulyena krsnanusilanam means when you have accepted the bona fide spiritual master, you should work in such a way that your spiritual master is pleased with you. Then your path is very clear.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Don't do anything which is against the will of the SM. Because we cannot see Krsna eye to eye at the present moment. The direction is coming through disciplic succession. We should follow favorably to cultivate KC. Then our life is successful|Don't do anything which is against the will of the spiritual master. Because we cannot see Kṛṣṇa eye to eye at the present moment. The direction is coming through disciplic succession. Evaṁ paramparā-prāptam imaṁ rājarṣayo viduḥ (BG 4.2). So we should follow favorably to cultivate Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Then our life is successful.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:721031 - Lecture SB 01.02.20 - Vrndavana|Lecture SB 01.02.20 - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If we cannot rise early in the morning, that means we are under the clutches of maya. This is the test|Just like these visitors in the temple, see how much enthusiastic they are. They are rising early in the morning, going to take bath in the Yamunā, and they are visiting so many temples, especially this Dāmodara temple, because it is Dāmodara month. And from five o'clock or before that, three o'clock, they are enthusiastic. They are not sleeping very nicely. That means lack of bhagavad-bhakti-yoga. It is māyā. So you must be very careful. Test. If we cannot rise early in the morning, that means we are under the clutches of māyā. This is the test.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1973#October 1973|1973]] - October 31 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:731031 - Lecture BG 07.03 - Vrndavana|Lecture BG 07.03 - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/731031BG-VRNDAVAN_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"Everyone is trying to make a solution of some temporary difficulties—politically, socially, economically—but real solution, as it is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi-duḥkha-doṣānudarśanam... ([[Vanisource:BG 13.8-12 (1972)|BG 13.9]]). Janma, birth, mṛtyu, death, and jarā, old age, and vyādhi, disease—to get out of this entanglement, Duḥkha-doṣānudarśanam. This is our real miserable condition of life."|Vanisource:731031 - Lecture BG 07.03 - Vrndavana|731031 - Lecture BG 07.03 - Vrndavana}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|This is our real miserable condition of life. We have to die, we have to take birth again, and again we have to become old, and there will be disease. Between birth and death|This is our real miserable condition of life. We have to die, we have to take birth again, and again we have to become old, and there will be disease. Between birth and death.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:731031 - Conversation - Vrndavana|Conversation - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Maya is very strong. As soon as there is little discrepancy, immediately maya catches|Māyā is very strong. Māyā is very strong. As soon as there is little discrepancy, immediately māyā catches.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:731031 - Letter to Karandhara written from Vrndavana|Letter to Karandhara written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You may postpone sending Nitai Das here, because my program for Africa and Australia is not yet fixed up|You may postpone sending Nitai Das here, because my program for Africa and Australia is not yet fixed up. So I may be returning to Los Angeles sooner, so it will not be necessary to go to the expense of sending him here. He can meet me in Los Angeles.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:731031 - Letter to Tamala Krishna written from Vrndavana|Letter to Tamala Krishna written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|This is to introduce you to Hari Goswami of the Radha Raman Mandir in Vrindaban. He is coming to Bombay and will meet you, so please receive him nicely|This is to introduce you to Hari Goswami of the Radha Raman Mandir in Vrindaban. He is coming to Bombay and will meet you, so please receive him nicely. Later when our buildings are completed, he will join our movement and live with us.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1974#October 1974|1974]] - October 31 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:741031 - Letter to Amogha written from Bombay|Letter to Amogha written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Personally I become very much encouraged when I get the report of my books being distributed|It is very good that our books are being appreciated by the learned circles. If our books are distributed more and more in this way, there will be unlimited scope for spreading this movement of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu all over the world. And, personally I become very much encouraged when I get the report of my books being distributed.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Please give me relief from all the managing so I can devote my brain to the literary work. It requires a great deal of concentration|Regarding Indonesia program and Gaura Mandala Bhumidas assisting and so far collecting money in Australia for the project, these things should be consulted with the GBC man. Please give me relief from all the managing so I can devote my brain to the literary work. It requires a great deal of concentration.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:741031 - Letter to Gargamuni written from Bombay|Letter to Gargamuni written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|It should be clearly understood by you that the registration cannot be applied for unless my express sanction is there|Regarding the registration of ISKCON Calcutta center as a separate entity, it should be clearly understood by you that the registration cannot be applied for unless my express sanction is there. No papers should be filed without my permission. Any papers you may draw up must be submitted to me first before filing.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:741031 - Letter to Hrdayananda written from Bombay|Letter to Hrdayananda written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am very glad to note that you are seeing that the devotees are maintaining the devotional practices. This is the secret to success. Therefore I am stressing it| I am very glad to note that you are seeing that the devotees are maintaining the devotional practices. This is the secret to success. Therefore I am stressing it.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Show yourself as an ideal Vaisnava, then you are my representative in fullness. We are not after titles and designations|Show yourself as an ideal Vaisnava, then you are my representative in fullness. We are not after titles and designations.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Show yourself as an ideal Vaisnava, then you are my representative in fullness. We are not after titles and designations|And, if you also stress it and show yourself as an ideal Vaisnava, then you are my representative in fullness. We are not after titles and designations. Lord Caitanya made it a principle that we must teach by personal example. This is what I have tried to do. So if all of you my disciples do this, then the future of our movement will be glorious.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Actually these books are the foundation stone of our movement. Whatever we are is resting on these books, so far reading them and distributing them. This should be our only motto|Actually these books are the foundation stone of our movement. Whatever we are is resting on these books, so far reading them and distributing them. This should be our only motto.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Please give me relief from all the managing so I can devote my brain to the literary work. It requires a great deal of concentration|Please give me relief from all the managing so I can devote my brain to the literary work. It requires a great deal of concentration.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#October 1975|1975]] - October 31 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:751031 - Lecture BG 07.04 - Nairobi|Lecture BG 07.04 - Nairobi]]''' | |||
{| | {{youtube_ditl|pKAYVXy3zHc|[[Vaniquotes:Out of many millions and millions of persons, actually they are serious to understand, "What is the aim of life? What is God? What is my relation..." Nobody is interested|What is the Aim of Life? What is God? - 0137]]|05:41 minutes from a lecture on BG 07.04 in Nairobi}} | ||
| | {{VaniQuotebox|Out of many millions and millions of persons, actually they are serious to understand, "What is the aim of life? What is God? What is my relation..." Nobody is interested|Out of many millions and millions of persons, actually they are serious to understand, "What is the aim of life? What is God? What is my relation..." Nobody is interested. Just like... Sa eva go-kharaḥ. Everyone is interested with this bodily conception of life like cats and dogs. This is the position. Not only now, always, this is the material condition.}} | ||
{{youtube_ditl|qkK4dI9omqY|[[Vaniquotes:Bhinna prakrtir astadha. Just like I am speaking, it is being recorded, recorded. But in my absence, if the record is played, it will exactly vibrate the same sound. So that is my energy or anyone's energy, but bhinna, separated from me|In My Absence, If the Record is Played,<br/>it Will Exactly Vibrate the Same Sound - 0146]]|07:23 minutes from a lecture on BG 07.04 in Nairobi}} | |||
| | {{VaniQuotebox|Bhinna prakrtir astadha. Just like I am speaking, it is being recorded, recorded. But in my absence, if the record is played, it will exactly vibrate the same sound. So that is my energy or anyone's energy, but bhinna, separated from me|Bhinnā prakṛtir aṣṭadhā. Just like I am speaking, it is being recorded, recorded. But in my absence, if the record is played, it will exactly vibrate the same sound. So that is my energy or anyone's energy, but bhinnā, separated from me. You have to understand like that. So everything is energy of God, Kṛṣṇa, but this material world means we are missing Kṛṣṇa. Wherefrom this energy has come? That point we are missing.}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox|Perfection means to understand his real constitutional position, that he is not this material body; he is spirit soul, Brahman. That is perfection, perfection of knowledge, brahma-jnana|Perfection means to understand his real constitutional position, that he is not this material body; he is spirit soul, Brahman. That is perfection, perfection of knowledge, brahma-jñāna.}} | |||
{| | {{VaniQuotebox|The first engineer of this universe, Lord Brahma, he comes from Krsna. Not directly Krsna, but from Garbhodakasayi Visnu|Vedic knowledge means the instruction given by Kṛṣṇa to the first living being, Lord Brahmā. Janmādy asya yataḥ (SB 1.1.1). From Kṛṣṇa everything is born, everything is emanated. He says in the Bhagavad-gītā that ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate (BG 10.8). Everything is coming from Him. So the first engineer of this universe, Lord Brahmā, he comes from Kṛṣṇa. Not directly Kṛṣṇa, but from Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu.}} | ||
|- | {{VaniQuotebox|This Krsna consciousness movement means we are leading person to make the mind absorbed in Krsna consciousness. Then there is chance of remembering Krsna at the time of death|If you practice devotional service, then at the time of death there is great possibility of understanding or remembering Kṛṣṇa. Mad-yājino 'pi yānti mām. So you have to practice. This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement means we are leading person to make the mind absorbed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Then there is chance of remembering Kṛṣṇa at the time of death.}} | ||
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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#October 1976|1976]] - October 31 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:761031 - Lecture SB 05.05.09 - Vrndavana|Lecture SB 05.05.09 - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|So the conclusion is given here: one should be completely satiated from this attachment of sex, then he is liberated. Liberation means no more material life, and the basic principle of material life is sex|So the conclusion is given here: one should be completely satiated from this attachment of sex, then he is liberated. Liberation means no more material life, and the basic principle of material life is sex. Therefore whole Vedic civilization is based on to train people how he becomes free from sex desire.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:761031 - Conversation - Vrndavana|Conversation - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|For me it is better to remain in Vrndavana or die. (laughter) Hm. Because they may be very envious, "Here is the man who is behind all this."|For me it is better to remain in Vrndavana or die. (laughter) Hm. Because they may be very envious, "Here is the man who is behind all this."}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1977#October 1977|1977]] - October 31 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:771031 - Conversation A - Vrndavana|Conversation A - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You give him the scheme and ask him, and if he wants to discuss it, please come and see me|'''Prabhupāda:'''You give him the scheme and ask him, and if he wants to discuss it, please come and see me.<br />'''Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:'''All right. But I won't have the amendment to the scheme until tomorrow night.<br />'''Prabhupāda:'''No, no. Amendment you can give later on. You can give the scheme. }} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:771031 - Conversation B - Vrndavana|Conversation B - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|This is Indian culture, para-upakara. Indian culture is not meant for exploiting others. Para-upakara. That is human life, para-upakara. And that is Caitanya Mahaprabhu's mission|This is Indian culture, para-upakāra. Indian culture is not meant for exploiting others. Para-upakāra. That is human life, para-upakāra. And that is Caitanya Mahāprabhu's mission.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:771031 - Conversation C - Vrndavana|Conversation C - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Krsna expanded as everything; therefore their affection increased. Now this chapter is ended after describing how their affection was overflowed on account of Krsna's expansions|Krsna expanded as everything; therefore their affection increased. Now this chapter is ended after describing how their affection was overflowed on account of Krsna's expansions.}} | |||
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1969 - October 31
- Letter A to Manager of First National City Bank of New York written from Tittenhurst, UK
- Letter B to Manager of First National City Bank of New York written from Tittenhurst, UK
- Letter to Dinesh written from Tittenhurst, UK
1972 - October 31
1973 - October 31
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "Everyone is trying to make a solution of some temporary difficulties—politically, socially, economically—but real solution, as it is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi-duḥkha-doṣānudarśanam... (BG 13.9). Janma, birth, mṛtyu, death, and jarā, old age, and vyādhi, disease—to get out of this entanglement, Duḥkha-doṣānudarśanam. This is our real miserable condition of life." |
| 731031 - Lecture BG 07.03 - Vrndavana |
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Māyā is very strong. Māyā is very strong. As soon as there is little discrepancy, immediately māyā catches. |
1974 - October 31
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Show yourself as an ideal Vaisnava, then you are my representative in fullness. We are not after titles and designations. |
1975 - October 31
1976 - October 31
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