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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1967#September 1967|1967]] - September 20 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:670920 - Letter to Dayananda, Nandarani and Uddhava written from Delhi|Letter to Dayananda, Nandarani and Uddhava written from Delhi]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I was very much anxious to get the new address of our new center in Los Angeles and now I am pleased that our desire is fulfilled by the Grace of Lord Krishna| I was very much anxious to get the new address of our new center in Los Angeles and now I am pleased that our desire is fulfilled by the Grace of Lord Krishna.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Any devotee who has developed genuine Love for Krishna can also explain the truth about Krishna because Krishna helps such sincere devotee seated in his heart| Any devotee who has developed genuine Love for Krishna can also explain the truth about Krishna because Krishna helps such sincere devotee seated in his heart. Every one must be frustrated who is not Krishna conscious because the eternal relationship with Krishna is so nice. That eternal relationship with Krishna can be revived simply by chanting His Holy Name in right earnest.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Your specific duty is to chant and hear the transcendental Name of the Lord, read some passages from my English version of the Srimad-Bhagavatam and Srimad Bhagavad-gita and explain them as far as possible you have heard from me|Your specific duty is to chant and hear the transcendental Name of the Lord, read some passages from my English version of the Srimad-Bhagavatam and Srimad Bhagavad-gita (Gitopanisad) and explain them as far as possible you have heard from me.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|One has to serve Krishna sincerely with whatsoever talent one may have. Guidance of the Spiritual Master and sincere service to the Lord will give us all strength in the science of Krishna|The Bhagavad-gita gives us this specific information and one who goes there in the Kingdom of God would never come back to this miserable material world. There is no need of artificial talents. One has to serve Krishna sincerely with whatsoever talent one may have. Guidance of the Spiritual Master and sincere service to the Lord will give us all strength in the science of Krishna.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1968#September 1968|1968]] - September 20 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:680920 - Letter to Ananda written from San Francisco|Letter to Ananda written from San Francisco]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Her father is impressed with our society's work and her mother especially liked all the members of our society who have gone in London|We had a good talk yesterday, and it is understood that her parents are agreeable in this marriage proposal, and she wishes that the marriage may take place in London, when she goes there. It is understood also that her father is impressed with our society's work and her mother especially liked all the members of our society who have gone in London.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:680920 - Letter to Satsvarupa written from San Francisco|Letter to Satsvarupa written from San Francisco]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|A sannyasi is not supposed to be asked about anything sexual. But still, because you are so much dependent on my instruction, so I must give you information as far as possible|A sannyasi is not supposed to be asked about anything sexual. But still, because you are so much dependent on my instruction, so I must give you information as far as possible. Married life is not for sex indulgence. The principle of marriage is on the background of getting good children.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Unless Jadurani develops a better health and strength, I do not advise her to become pregnant. I think you will understand the instruction as I have given and try to follow it as far as possible|Unless Jadurani develops a better health and strength, I do not advise her to become pregnant. I think you will understand the instruction as I have given and try to follow it as far as possible.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The menstrual period prolongs at least for 5 days, so after this 5 days, one can have sex life provided he desires to get a child. And as soon as the wife is pregnant, no more sex life, until the child is born and is grown up at least for 6 months|The principle of marriage is on the background of getting good children. So the householder is allowed to have sex life once in a month, just after the menstrual period. The menstrual period prolongs at least for 5 days, so after this 5 days, one can have sex life provided he desires to get a child. And as soon as the wife is pregnant, no more sex life, until the child is born and is grown up at least for 6 months. After that, one may have sex life on the same principle. If one does not want more than one or two children, he should voluntarily stop sex life.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our relationship is eternal. But if somebody lags behind, so in spite of our eternal relationship one may not meet other at the destination|Our relationship is eternal. But if somebody lags behind, so in spite of our eternal relationship one may not meet other at the destination. Just like a flock of birds—although very intimately related, everyone of them has to fly in the sky by individual strength. If one is less strong, the other cannot keep him in the sky. That is the law of nature.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Individual strength is most important. And that individual strength is achieved in the association of devotees also|So long everyone of us is strong in Krishna Consciousness, there is no doubt, you can fly in the spiritual sky and meet together without failure. Therefore, individual strength is most important. And that individual strength is achieved in the association of devotees also. So you can make your own judgment.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:680920 - Letter to Upendra dasa written from San Francisco|Letter to Upendra dasa written from San Francisco]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We practice and preach svabhava dharma but not that dharma which is taken as a matter of faith. The svabhava dharma of every living creature is to become a servant|We practice and preach svabhava dharma but not that dharma which is taken as a matter of faith. The svabhava dharma of every living creature is to become a servant.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1969#September 1969|1969]] - September 20 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:690920 - Letter to Gaurasundara written from Tittenhurst, UK|Letter to Gaurasundara written from Tittenhurst, UK]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I can understand that there is immense potency in England for spreading Krishna Consciousness. I want that there may be at least four or five centers here|I can understand that there is immense potency in England for spreading Krishna Consciousness. I want that there may be at least four or five centers here.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972#September 1972|1972]] - September 20 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:720920 - Lecture SB 01.03.15 - Los Angeles|Lecture SB 01.03.15 - Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/720920SB-LOS+ANGELES_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"Prabhupāda: According to karma, there are different species of forms of life, but they have got all facilities to live. That is God's creation. Mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sa-carācaram ([[Vanisource:BG 9.10 (1972)|BG 9.10]]). The direction is there, that this living entity wanted a body to swim in the sea very jubilantly, so now he has got the body of a fish. So let him live very peacefully. That is God's mercy. You take very much pleasure with that surf... What is called, in the sea?<br />Devotee: Surfboard.<br />Prabhupāda: Surfboard? Yes. (laughter) So if you increase your engage..., "How I shall be swimming and enjoy this sport whole day and night?" then, then Kṛṣṇa will give you the body of a fish. (laughter) Yes. He is very kind. And you will very nicely live in the sea, always swimming without any difficulty. Every life. As you increase your propensity for a certain type of activities, nature is ready immediately: 'Take this body. Why you are anxious? Take this body'. Similarly, if you become anxious to have a body like Kṛṣṇa, that is also ready. Now it is your choice."|Vanisource:720920 - Lecture SB 01.03.15 - Los Angeles|720920 - Lecture SB 01.03.15 - Los Angeles}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If you are actually benevolent to your countrymen, to your society, to the human society, you must preach this Krsna consciousness movement|If you are actually benevolent to your countrymen, to your society, to the human society, you must preach this Krsna consciousness movement.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720920 - Morning Walk - Los Angeles|Morning Walk - Los Angeles]]''' | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1974#September 1974|1974]] - September 20 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:740920 - Letter to Jayatirtha written from Vrndavana|Letter to Jayatirtha written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|My only request is we must spend money very cautiously and not to waste. For improvement we can spend. I am simply afraid that money may not be wasted|My only request is we must spend money very cautiously and not to waste. For improvement we can spend. I am simply afraid that money may not be wasted. So when I saw that the sanctuary was not being finished it gave me some agitation in my mind. So if people say it will be better than Birla Mandir, then your labor and expenditure is a success.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740920 - Letter to Syamasundara written from Vrndavana|Letter to Syamasundara written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|It is understood from London that you are a debtor there for many, many pounds, and you are also a debtor to the Society for so many pounds|It is understood from London that you are a debtor there for many, many pounds, and you are also a debtor to the Society for so many pounds. But, we can wait for repayment, but do not lose your credit of the bank, and immediately write them a letter to keep your credit, as well as our prestige.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#September 1975|1975]] - September 20 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:750920 - Lecture SB 06.02.17 - Vrndavana|Lecture SB 06.02.17 - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Caitanya Mahaprabhu has given us this easy program. So don't deviate from this. Chant Hare Krsna and take prasadam. Make life simplified and be happy. That is Krsna consciousness movement|You can begin īśa-seva by the tongue, service. Chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, that is also by tongue, and eating prasādam. Very easy. Caitanya Mahāprabhu has given us this easy program. So don't deviate from this. Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and take prasādam. Make life simplified and be happy. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#September 1976|1976]] - September 20 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:760920 - Lecture SB 01.07.23 - Vrndavana|Lecture SB 01.07.23 - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|IvIaywB_nbM|[[Vaniquotes:If you simply speak what Krsna says, then you become His representative. Don't manufacture. Don't be over prudent, manufacturing. Simply to follow Krsna and His representatives, then you become mahajana. Otherwise you are a nonsense. Mudha|Follow Krishna and His Representatives, Then You Become Mahajana - 0806]]|04:06 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.07.23 in Vṛndāvana}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If you simply speak what Krsna says, then you become His representative. Don't manufacture. Don't be over prudent, manufacturing. Simply to follow Krsna and His representatives, then you become mahajana. Otherwise you are a nonsense. Mudha|If you simply speak what Kṛṣṇa says, then you become His representative. Don't manufacture. Don't be over good at manufacturing. Simply to follow Kṛṣṇa and His representatives, then you become mahājana. Otherwise you are a nonsense. Mūḍha. That is the test. One should be very very careful to follow Caitanya Mahāprabhu's instruction.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Where is the difficulty to find out God? They are searching after God, making research, all nonsense speculation. This is our Krsna consciousness movement, that "Why you are searching?"|Everything is explained sākṣāt, directly. Where is the difficulty to find out God? They are searching after God, making research, all nonsense speculation. This is our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, that "Why you are searching?" You say, "Can you show me God?" Why don't you see, "Here is God"? Why, just like the owl you have closed your eyes, not to see the sun? Sun is there. See. Open your eyes and see it.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Mahajano yena gatah sa panthah. Why should you not accept? That is our Krsna consciousness movement. "Why you are searching God. Here is God, as Arjuna says." Tvam adyah purusah: "You are the original person"|So we have to follow. People are searching after God. They do not know God. They are asking this question, "Can you show me God?" So, so many questions are there about God, but here is God, pointed out by Arjuna, a mahājana. Mahājano yena gataḥ sa panthāḥ (CC Madhya 17.186). Why should you not accept? That is our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. "Why you are searching God. Here is God, as Arjuna says." Tvam ādyaḥ puruṣaḥ: "You are the original person." Tvam ādyaḥ puruṣaḥ.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The whole thing is revelation. It is not by experience, by scholarship. No: revelation. Ye yatha mam prapadyante. One who has surrendered proportionately, God reveals. Ye yatha mam prapadyante tams tathaiva bhajamy aham|The whole thing is revelation. It is not by experience, by scholarship. No: revelation. Ye yathā māṁ prapadyante. One who has surrendered proportionately, God reveals. Ye yathā māṁ prapadyante tāṁs tathaiva bhajāmy aham (BG 4.11).}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Na mam duskrtino mudhah prapadyante naradhamah. That is the test. One should be very very careful to follow Caitanya Mahaprabhu's instruction|Na māṁ duṣkṛtino mūḍhāḥ prapadyante narādhamāḥ (BG 7.15). That is the test. One should be very very careful to follow Caitanya Mahāprabhu's instruction. Caitanya Mahāprabhu never said that "I am directly servant of Kṛṣṇa." No. Gopī-bhartuḥ pada-kamalayor dāsa-dāsa-dāsa-dasānudāsaḥ: "Servant of the servant of the servant of the..." The more you become servant of the servant, you are perfect (CC Madhya 13.80). And as soon as you declare independence, you are rascal. This is the process.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760920 - Letter to Acyuta written from Vrndavana|Letter to Acyuta written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|On your recommendation I am accepting the following disciples for first initiation: Bhakta Ivan - Indrasena dasa, Bhaktin Dora - Dharma-patni dasi, Bhakta Manuel - Madhupati dasa, Bhakta Mozart - Madhava-priya dasa|On your recommendation I am accepting the following disciples for first initiation: Bhakta Ivan - Indrasena dasa, Bhaktin Dora - Dharma-patni dasi, Bhakta Manuel - Madhupati dasa, Bhakta Mozart - Madhava-priya dasa, Bhakta Ramacandra - Rangapuri dasa, Bhakta Luchie - Lilasuka dasa, Bhakta Paulo - Ananta-padmanabha dasa. Second initiation: Paravyoma das brahmacari, Durasada dasa brahmacari, Mahayogisvara devi dasi, Madhusvara devi dasi.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760920 - Letter to Pancadravida written from Vrndavana|Letter to Pancadravida written from Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|On your recommendation I am accepting the following as my duly initiated disciples. First Initiation: Bhakta Gustavo - Gunesvara dasa, Bhakta Damian - Deva-srestha dasa, Bhakta Marceline - Mathura-mandala dasa|On your recommendation I am accepting the following as my duly initiated disciples. First Initiation: Bhakta Gustavo - Gunesvara dasa, Bhakta Damian - Deva-srestha dasa, Bhakta Marceline - Mathura - mandala dasa, Bhakta Javier - Japananda dasa, Bhakta Kique - Kasi Misra dasa, Bhakta Osvaldo - Agnipati dasa, Bhakta Juan - Sacisuta dasa. Second Initiation: Caitanya Svarupa das brahmacari, Nitya Tripta das brahmacari.}} | |||
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1967 - September 20
1968 - September 20
1969 - September 20
1972 - September 20
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "Prabhupāda: According to karma, there are different species of forms of life, but they have got all facilities to live. That is God's creation. Mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sa-carācaram (BG 9.10). The direction is there, that this living entity wanted a body to swim in the sea very jubilantly, so now he has got the body of a fish. So let him live very peacefully. That is God's mercy. You take very much pleasure with that surf... What is called, in the sea? Devotee: Surfboard. Prabhupāda: Surfboard? Yes. (laughter) So if you increase your engage..., "How I shall be swimming and enjoy this sport whole day and night?" then, then Kṛṣṇa will give you the body of a fish. (laughter) Yes. He is very kind. And you will very nicely live in the sea, always swimming without any difficulty. Every life. As you increase your propensity for a certain type of activities, nature is ready immediately: 'Take this body. Why you are anxious? Take this body'. Similarly, if you become anxious to have a body like Kṛṣṇa, that is also ready. Now it is your choice." |
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