A Month in the Life of Srila Prabhupada - February 1973

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The Months in the Life of Srila Prabhupada present 2200+ of his lectures; 905+ of his conversations; 490+ of his morning walks;
65+ of his interviews and 6,570+ of his letters. This listing covers all available material,

and includes:
  • 10,300+ links to Vanisource - our repository of all of Srila Prabhupada's words;
  • 470+ short audio clips Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada sprinkled throughout the months;
  • 1,080 short video clips extracted from lectures, conversations, morning walks or interviews with subtitles in up to 93 languages sprinkled throughout the months;
  • 13,350+ concise statements, drawn from Srila Prabhupada's lectures, conversations and letters are highlighted within quoteboxes;
  • For further study on the different subjects addressed, each statement links to the various categories in our thematic section of Vanipedia named Vaniquotes;

These statements from the Months in the Life of Srila Prabhupada offer unparalleled insights into his devotional character; his vision to re-spiritualize human society; his dedication to translate, publish & distribute his books; his expertise to tirelessly lead & manage his worldwide movement; his empowered ability to encourage, care for, train & clearly communicate the disciplines he expects from all his disciples as he engages them in their pursuit of Krsna consciousness & performance of missionary activities. Through all these situations one can also experience how Srila Prahhupada consistently represents the pure teachings of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His associates.



Feb 1 to 7 - Calcutta

1973 - February 06

Letter to Danavir written from Calcutta


Feb 8 to 11 - Melbourne

1973 - February 10

Letter to Karandhara written from Melbourne
Letter to Kurusrestha written from Melbourne
Letter to Satsvarupa written from Melbourne
Letter to Tamala Krishna, Jayapataka, Bhavananda and Gargamuni written from Melbourne


1973 - February 11

730211 - Lecture BG 03.36-37 - Melbourne
Letter to Guru-gauranga written from Melbourne
Letter to Kirtanananda written from Melbourne
Letter to Nityananda written from Melbourne
Letter to Tosana written from Melbourne


Feb 12 to 19 - Sydney

1973 - February 12

Lecture Arrival - Sydney
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"If you serve Kṛṣṇa, then we are reflection. We are reflection. Kṛṣṇa being satisfied, immediately we become satisfied. So if you want peace, satisfaction, then you make Kṛṣṇa satisfied. That is the way. You cannot… Just like decorate the reflection in the mirror—that is not possible. You decorate the reality, person, and the reflection in the mirror will be decorated. This is the process. Kṛṣṇa is not hankering after your decoration, after your nice foodstuff, because He is full perfect, ātmārāma. He can create any kind of comforts, He is so powerful. But He is so kind that He comes to you in a form which you can handle to serve Him: this arcā-mūrti. Kṛṣṇa is so kind. Because you cannot see at the present moment Kṛṣṇa in spiritual identity, therefore Kṛṣṇa comes before you as stone, as wood. But He is not stone; He is not wood."
730212 - Lecture Arrival - Sydney


1973 - February 14

Lecture - Sydney
Letter to Ramesvara written from Sydney
Letter to Rupanuga written from Sydney


1973 - February 15

Letter to Satsvarupa written from Sydney


1973 - February 16

Lecture BG 07.01 - Sydney
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"When I was in America in 1966, one American lady asked me to recommend an English edition of Bhagavad-gītā so that she could read it. But, honestly I could not recommend any one of them, on account of their whimsical explanation. That gave me impetus to write Bhagavad-gītā As It Is. And this present edition, Bhagavad-gītā As It Is, is now published by Macmillan Company, the biggest publisher in the world. And we are doing very nice. We published this Bhagavad-gītā As It Is in 1968, a small edition. It was selling like anything. The trades manager of Macmillan Company reported that our books are selling more and more; others are reducing. Then recently, in this 1972, we have published this Bhagavad-gītā As It Is, complete edition."
730216 - Lecture BG 07.01 - Sydney
Letter to Citsukhananda written from Sydney
Letter to Ghanasyama written from Sydney
Letter to Sudama written from Sydney


1973 - February 17

Lecture SB 06.01.06 - Sydney
Letter to Govinda dasi written from Sydney
Letter to Hansadutta written from Sydney
Letter to Karandhara written from Sydney


1973 - February 18

Letter to Bhaktin Toni written from Sydney
Letter to Gurudasa written from Sydney
Letter to Kirtanananda written from Sydney
Letter to Nityananda written from Sydney


1973 - February 19

Letter to Kirtika written from Sydney
Letter to Sankarasana written from Sydney


Feb 20 to 24 - Auckland

1973 - February 20

Lecture SB 01.01.09 - Auckland


1973 - February 21

Lecture BG 02.13 - Auckland
Lecture SB 06.01.13-15 - Auckland
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"It is the duty of the father, it is the duty of the mother, it is the duty of the government, the state, to raise the children very nicely. Now how horrible civilization it is that instead of raising them to perfect their human life they are being killed in the womb. Oh, how much horrible civilization this is, just imagine. It is simply horrible to think that the duty of the parents is to raise the child to the highest perfection of life; instead of doing that they are being killed in the womb of the mother."
730221 - Lecture SB 06.01.13-15 - Auckland
Letter to Dr. Singhal, Mr. Saraf, Dr. Poddar, Mr. Vasista and Giriraja written from Auckland
Letter to Karandhara written from Auckland
Letter to Mukunda written from Auckland


Feb 25 to 28 - Jakarta

1973 - February 25

Lecture Excerpt - Jakarta
Conversation - Jakarta
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"I was walking in Los Angeles just about three feet away from the sea. So I was explaining to my students, 'Now, I am just three feet away from the sea, and the sea is so vast. At any second it can overflood us. But why you are confident the sea will not come here?' Because we know, by God's order, although the sea, the ocean, is so big, it cannot violate the order of God. That you are big, that's all right. But you cannot come beyond this line. So these things are being managed, and there is no God? What a nonsense. If things are... Just like when you pass through a house, sometimes if you don't see..., the house is not properly taken care of, or there is no light in front of the house, there are so many garbages—we immediately say, 'Oh, there is no man in this house'. And as soon as you see house is very nicely kept, there is light and the garden is kept, we understand there is a man. So this is common sense. If things are going on, everything is going on so nicely, how you can say there is no management, there is no brain? How you can say? What is this nonsense? Huh? How you can say there is no God?"
730225 - Conversation - Jakarta


1973 - February 26

Lecture - Jakarta
Lecture BG 02.12 Hindi - Jakarta
Conversation 1 - Jakarta
Conversation 2 - Jakarta


1973 - February 27

Lecture SB 01.01.23 - Jakarta
Conversation A - Jakarta
Conversation B - Jakarta
Conversation C - Jakarta


1973 - February 28

Morning Walk - Jakarta
Lecture - Jakarta
Conversation A - Jakarta
Conversation B - Jakarta
Conversation C Hindi - Jakarta