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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1968#September 1968|1968]] - September 06 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:680906 - Conversation - New York|Conversation - New York]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Devotees do not want any such miracles to perform or to make some jugglery to the people|It is very good, that "Why we should bother ourself with such things?" That is the opinion of the devotees. The devotees, they do not want any such miracles to perform or to make some jugglery to the people. They are satisfied with the service of the Lord. So that is the position of the devotee. But generally, the yogis, they want such things.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Ordinary neophyte devotees|For ordinary neophyte devotees... This is the highest stage. The stage of the gopīs or the cowherd boys playing with Kṛṣṇa, oh, they are kṛta-punya-puñjāḥ. Many, many lives they have undergone many types of sacrifices, austerities, penances, and then they have come to that stage. That stage is not ordinary stage.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1969#September 1969|1969]] - September 06 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:690906 - Letter to Raktaka written from Hamburg|Letter to Raktaka written from Hamburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Pure Vaisnava is free from all material contamination of fruitive activities & mental speculation. He is simply, purely disposed to transcendental loving service to Krishna. He rejects anything which has no pure idea of serving the Personality of Godhead|The author of Ramacharitamanasa, Goswami Tulasi das, has a tint of Mayavadi philosophy. He belongs to the Ramananda Sampradaya. They are mixed up combination of personalist and impersonalist. Therefore, the author is not considered as pure Vaisnava. Pure Vaisnava is free from all material contamination of fruitive activities and mental speculation. The pure Vaisnava is simply, purely disposed to transcendental loving service to Krishna. The pure Vaisnava rejects anything which has no pure idea of serving the Personality of Godhead.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1971#September 1971|1971]] - September 06 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:710906 - Letter to Bhagavan written from London|Letter to Bhagavan written from London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|He is planning some college courses and one series of lectures. So you have got good experience in this connection. Give him all good advise on how to make these programs successful|He is planning some college courses and one series of lectures. So you have got good experience in this connection. Give him all good advise on how to make these programs successful.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710906 - Letter to Hansadutta written from London|Letter to Hansadutta written from London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| So far your keeping your job is concerned, if you are still engaged in that dishwashing job, you should give it up. That kind of work is meant for sudras, not for the brahmanas| So far your keeping your job is concerned, if you are still engaged in that dishwashing job, you should give it up. That kind of work is meant for sudras, not for the brahmanas.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710906 - Letter to Ksirodakasayi Adhikari written from London|Letter to Ksirodakasayi Adhikari written from London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|As treasurer of the branch, you will sign the checks of our banking account there jointly along with the president or secretary|As treasurer of the branch, you will sign the checks of our banking account there jointly along with the president or secretary. Besides your post as treasurer you shall be in charge of the Hindi publication department. As such you are authorized to sign relative papers and documents in this connection on behalf of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, jointly or severally as it is needed. Your signature is herewith attested duly.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710906 - Letter to Sri Govinda written from London|Letter to Sri Govinda written from London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|All your ideas, they are very good. Go on like this and Krishna will give you more and more opportunity for His service. So your ideas are welcome. When the mind and intelligence work together like male and female, then something comes out as a child|All your ideas, they are very good. Go on like this and Krishna will give you more and more opportunity for His service. So your ideas are welcome. When the mind and intelligence work together like male and female, then something comes out as a child, or if the mind and intelligence are good then a good product will come out.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710906 - Letter to Vaikunthanatha written from London|Letter to Vaikunthanatha written from London]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| Better that you travel on this planet and serve Krishna. We don't care for such moon travel. Rather after this life we want to travel to Krishna. If even we go to Brahmaloka, the topmost planet, still we have to come down|Don't be very much interested in moon travel. Better that you travel on this planet and serve Krishna. We don't care for such moon travel. Rather after this life we want to travel to Krishna. If even we go to Brahmaloka, the topmost planet, still we have to come down.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972#September 1972|1972]] - September 06 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:720906 - Lecture SB 01.02.08 - New Vrindaban, USA|Lecture SB 01.02.08 - New Vrindaban]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our only business is, we don't talk here politics or sociology or anything. That comes automatically as subordinate things, but our business is to talk about God|Our only business is, we don't talk here politics or sociology or anything. That comes automatically as subordinate things, but our business is to talk about God.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|In any stage of life, there is past, present, and future. So why not, I am old man, so when I shall die, why there is no future? There must be future|In any stage of life, there is past, present, and future. So why not, I am old man, so when I shall die, why there is no future? There must be future. I had my past, I am at present, and there must be future also. The future is that I must get another body. That body may be of animal or trees or demigod or God. That is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, yānti deva-vratā devān pitṟn yānti pitṛ-vratāḥ (BG 9.25). You can prepare yourself for your next body. So ultimate goal is to get a body in the kingdom of God. That is—saṁsiddhiṁ paramaṁ gataḥ—that is highest perfection.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1973#September 1973|1973]] - September 06 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:730906 - Lecture SB 05.05.01-8 - Stockholm|Lecture SB 05.05.01-8 - Stockholm]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|lfx-9lRFfAA|[[Vaniquotes:Karl Marx. He is thinking how the laborer, the worker, their senses will be gratified. That is his philosophy|Karl Marx. He is Thinking How The Workers Senses Will Be Gratified - 0800]]|06:26 minutes from a lecture on SB 05.05.01-8 in Stockholm}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Karl Marx. He is thinking how the laborer, the worker, their senses will be gratified. That is his philosophy|Karl Marx. He is thinking how the laborer, the worker, their senses will be gratified. That is his philosophy. Is it not? He's thinking that the capitalist, they are satisfying only their senses in luxuriously, why not the laborers who are actually working. That is his philosophy.}} | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/730906SB-STOCKHOLM_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"Nāyaṁ deho deha-bhājāṁ nṛloke kaṣṭān kāmān arhate viḍ-bhujāṁ ye ([[Vanisource:SB 5.5.1|SB 5.5.1]]). This daytime or nighttime, we work so hard, but what is the aim? Aim is to satisfy senses. Ask these people all over the world, especially in the Western country. They are making so many plans. Yesterday, when we were coming by the plane, the whole two hours one man was working, making some calculation. So everybody is busy, very, very busy, but if we ask him, 'Why you are working so hard? What is the aim?' the aim, he has nothing to say except sense gratification. That's all. He has no more aim. He may think that 'I have got a big family, I have to maintain them,' or 'I have got so much responsibility'. But what is that? That is simply sense gratification."|Vanisource:730906 - Lecture SB 05.05.01-8 - Stockholm|730906 - Lecture SB 05.05.01-8 - Stockholm}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:730906 - Lecture SB 07.06.01-2 - Stockholm|Lecture SB 07.06.01-2 - Stockholm]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We are trying our bid, this Krsna consciousness movement, to give education about this bhagavata-dharma and we are trying to present in so many languages. So we wish that you should cooperate, try to understand this philosophy|The human form of life is meant for that purpose, but there is no facility in the educational institution. Many universities there may be, but not very perfectly well-situated. But we are trying our bid, this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, to give education about this bhāgavata-dharma and we are trying to present in so many languages. So we wish that you should cooperate, try to understand this philosophy.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I don't think in any university throughout the whole world there is such educational department where this science is handled. The soul. Whether I am this body or I'm not the body. I am not this body; that is the fact|I don't think in any university throughout the whole world there is such educational department where this science is handled. The soul. Whether I am this body or I'm not the body. I am not this body; that is the fact. The example is given. What is that? Dehino asmin dehe, in this body there is the proprietor, the soul. Dehino 'smin yathā dehe (BG 2.13). Within this body, there is proprietor. And he's changing bodies. Just like the same soul in a childhood body, in a boyhood body, in a youth-hood body. Then again in a body like me, an old body. So all the previous bodies, they are now finished.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1974#September 1974|1974]] - September 06 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:740906 - Letter to Jagadisa written from Vrndavana|Letter to Jagadisa written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|GBC means that one must be ideal Vaisnava. That means there must be strict observance in following all the rules and regulations|GBC means that one must be ideal Vaisnava. That means there must be strict observance in following all the rules and regulations. This is your main responsibility, and then to see that all others are following strictly. Then everything will be all right.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740906 - Letter to Jagajivana written from Vrndavana|Letter to Jagajivana written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Leader means spiritually not materially. This you should understand very clearly. If spiritual potency and strength is there, then material intelligence will automatically follow|Leader means spiritually not materially. This you should understand very clearly. If spiritual potency and strength is there, then material intelligence will automatically follow. We must have a solid foundation of chanting and following the regulative principles. Then one is fit to lead others.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740906 - Letter to Mr. Jiri Svoboda written from Vrndavana|Letter to Mr. Jiri Svoboda written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Actually not only the problem of nationalism, but every problem of the world is due to a lack of Krsna consciousness. That is the only scarcity|Actually not only the problem of nationalism, but every problem of the world is due to a lack of Krsna consciousness. That is the only scarcity. So try to learn this philosophy nicely in association with other devotees and certainly you will be able to do great benefit to your fellow countrymen.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740906 - Letter to Nari written from Vrndavana|Letter to Nari written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If one is actually serious, then by chanting Hare Krsna 16 rounds daily, following the four regulative principles, and reading my books, certainly you will make advancement| If one is actually serious, then by chanting Hare Krsna 16 rounds daily, following the four regulative principles, and reading my books, certainly you will make advancement, and these such problems will fall to the side. I therefore request you because you are an initiated devotee to take up Krsna consciousness seriously as you promise at the time of your initiation, and be happy in Krsna consciousness.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740906 - Letter to Swami Satpremananda Sarasvati written from Vrndavana|Letter to Swami Satpremananda Sarasvati written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Nowadays there are so many so-called spiritual masters, it becomes bewildering to us as to who can actually give spiritual knowledge. Therefore I have written volumes of books, authorized Vedic literature|Nowadays there are so many so-called spiritual masters, it becomes bewildering to us as to who can actually give spiritual knowledge. Therefore I have written volumes of books, authorized Vedic literature, of which you can take advantage in association with the devotees who are practicing this knowledge. Thus you will be able to learn the science of God.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#September 1975|1975]] - September 06 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:750906 - Morning Walk - Vrndavana|Morning Walk - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Brahmacarya means completely cessation from sex life. This is brahmacarya. Tapasya begins, austerity. This is the greatest austerity, to cease sex|Brahmācarya means completely cessation from sex life. This is brahmācarya. Tapasya begins, austerity. This is the greatest austerity, to cease sex. Tapasā brahmācaryena. Our Vedic civilization, the boys are trained how to become brahmacārī from the very beginning of life.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750906 - Lecture SB 06.02.02 - Vrndavana|Lecture SB 06.02.02 - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|In the material world, more or less, we are susceptible for being punished by the Yamadutas or Yamaraja. Not all. Who are punishable|In the material world, more or less, we are susceptible for being punished by the Yamadūtas or Yamarāja. Not all. Who are punishable? They are nondevotees, those who are sinful.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#September 1976|1976]] - September 06 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:760906 - Lecture SB 01.07.07 - Vrndavana|Lecture SB 01.07.07 - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Just like you are giving me so many garlands. Why you are giving me? Because you love me|Just like you are giving me so many garlands. Why you are giving me? Because you love me. Otherwise there was no necessity. There was no necessity. A third person is not coming. But because you have got some love, therefore you are worshiping your spiritual master. So bhakti means love. Without love there is no question of bhakti.So this bhakti has to be awakened.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760906 - Conversation A - Vrndavana|Conversation A - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|It is due to the blessing of my Guru Maharaja. He directly told me that "If you get some money, publish some books." I took it seriously, so he's helping me. All our Godbrothers, they didn't take it|It is due to the blessing of my Guru Mahārāja. He directly told me that "If you get some money, publish some books." I took it seriously, so he's helping me. All our Godbrothers, they didn't take it. Did not know it, neither... Even they... They know it. Because from the very beginning, Guru Mahārāja was serious about publication. He started press and published these books. This Bhāgavata was published by him.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760906 - Conversation B - Vrndavana|Conversation B - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|So we are not devotees, therefore we should first fast. And those who are devotees, they'll take as much as they like. I was telling fasting because I am not a devotee. (laughs) For me fasting is good. If I eat more-atyaharah|One who has not developed Kṛṣṇa consciousness, for him fasting. And one who takes pleasure, "Oh, it is Kṛṣṇa's pleasure, or Kṛṣṇa's food. I'll take." This is the idea. So we are not devotees, therefore we should first fast. And those who are devotees, they'll take as much as they like. I was telling fasting because I am not a devotee. (laughs) For me fasting is good. If I eat more-atyāhāraḥ. Atyāhāraḥ prayāsaś ca, ṣaḍbhir bhaktir praṇaśyati.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760906 - Letter to Gaura Govinda written from Vrndavana|Letter to Gaura Govinda written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|As you say the Indians are cheaters even though not all of them. The majority who come and join us, it has been experienced, they are not sincere. Under the circumstances what can be done, I do not know|I am bringing foreign devotees to preach in India and as you say the Indians are cheaters even though not all of them. The majority who come and join us, it has been experienced, they are not sincere. Under the circumstances what can be done, I do not know.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760906 - Letter to Manager, Central Bank of India, written from Vrndavana|Letter to Manager, Central Bank of India, written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760906 - Letter to Rasa lila written from Vrndavana|Letter to Rasa lila written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|These spiritual practices will make us strong and able to defend ourselves from the onslaughts of maya|These spiritual practices will make us strong and able to defend ourselves from the onslaughts of maya. Krsna is always ready to help us for He is more eager to have us come back to him than we are to go. Simply we have to accept His helping hand and then all our worries are over.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760906 - Letter to Sri Radhakrishan Dhawan written from Vrndavana|Letter to Sri Radhakrishan Dhawan written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The Hyderabad temple has been completed on Janmastami August 18, and the temple is called the Sri Sri Radha Madana Mohana Mandir|The Hyderabad temple has been completed on Janmastami August 18, and the temple is called the Sri Sri Radha Madana Mohana Mandir.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760906 - Letter to Sri Rathindranath Ganguly written from Vrndavana|Letter to Sri Rathindranath Ganguly written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Therefore it is very good that you are taking these instructions of the Lord seriously by surrendering yourself under the direction of His bona fide representative|Therefore it is very good that you are taking these instructions of the Lord seriously by surrendering yourself under the direction of His bona fide representative.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760906 - Letter to Vidyabadhu written from Vrndavana|Letter to Vidyabadhu written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|There are three enemies. One of them is the mother with child who marries again. The child should be raised in Krsna consciousness movement where both of you will advance in developing love of God|There are three enemies. One of them is the mother with child who marries again. The child should be raised in Krsna consciousness movement where both of you will advance in developing love of God.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1977#September 1977|1977]] - September 06 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:770906 - Letter to Vasudeva written from Bhaktivedanta Manor, UK|Letter to Vasudeva written from Bhaktivedanta Manor, UK]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Only initiated disciples should be allowed to speak on the subject matter of Krsna consciousness|Worship the Deity very gorgeously with full attention to regularity and cleanliness. Distribute ample quantities of sumptuous prasadam to everyone who visits Kaliya-Krsna. This program will make us successful. And in the morning and evening hold regular Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita discourses, but do not allow any rascal professional receiters to discourse in our temple. Only initiated disciples should be allowed to speak on the subject matter of Krsna consciousness.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Now I have come to the West in a broken condition of health. In such condition no one would think of touring. An ordinary man would prepare for death. But I am not afraid of death|Now I have come to the West in a broken condition of health. In such condition no one would think of touring. An ordinary man would prepare for death. But I am not afraid of death, so why not let me see once again all of my beloved disciples and the Temples all over the world.}} | |||
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1968 - September 06
1969 - September 06
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| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "Nāyaṁ deho deha-bhājāṁ nṛloke kaṣṭān kāmān arhate viḍ-bhujāṁ ye (SB 5.5.1). This daytime or nighttime, we work so hard, but what is the aim? Aim is to satisfy senses. Ask these people all over the world, especially in the Western country. They are making so many plans. Yesterday, when we were coming by the plane, the whole two hours one man was working, making some calculation. So everybody is busy, very, very busy, but if we ask him, 'Why you are working so hard? What is the aim?' the aim, he has nothing to say except sense gratification. That's all. He has no more aim. He may think that 'I have got a big family, I have to maintain them,' or 'I have got so much responsibility'. But what is that? That is simply sense gratification." |
| 730906 - Lecture SB 05.05.01-8 - Stockholm |
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- Letter to Manager, Central Bank of India, written from Vṛndāvana
- Letter to Rasa lila written from Vṛndāvana
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