A Month in the Life of Srila Prabhupada - January 1977

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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.



Jan 1 to 10 - Bombay

1977 - January 01

Letter to Dr. Premayogi written from Bombay
Letter to Satsvarupa written from Bombay


1977 - January 02

770102 - Morning Walk - Bombay
770102 - Conversation A - Bombay
770102 - Conversation B - Bombay
770102 - Conversation C - Bombay

1977 - January 03

Conversation B - Bombay
Letter to Amarendra written from Bombay
Letter to Balavanta written from Bombay
Letter to Bhakta Wayne written from Bombay
Letter to Madhudvisa written from Bombay
Letter to Raj Kumar Gupta written from Bombay
Letter to Tikandas Batra written from Bombay


1977 - January 04

Morning Walk - Bombay
Conversation - Bombay
Letter to Balavanta written from Bombay
Letter to Ekesvara written from Bombay


1977 - January 05

Letter to Locanananda written from Nellore


Conversation A - Bombay
Conversation B - Bombay
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"In the material world, 'This is pāpa, this is puṇya'—this is mental concoction. Everything is pāpa. Dvaite bhadrābhadra sakali samāna. The world of duality, material world, we have manufactured something, 'This is good; this is bad', 'This is moral; this is immoral'. But Caitanya-caritāmṛta author said, 'These are all mental concoction. Everything is the same—material'. Material means bad. But we have made some convention: 'This is good; this is bad'."
770105 - Conversation B - Bombay
Conversation C - Bombay
Letter to Aksayananda written from Bombay
Letter to Embar Sampath Kumarchar written from Bombay
Letter to Nandikesvara written from Bombay
Letter to Parvati written from Bombay
Letter to Vegavan written from Bombay


1977 - January 06

Conversation A - Bombay
Conversation B - Bombay
Letter to Gaura Govinda written from Bombay
Letter to Jairamdas Kuthiala Yatri written from Bombay
Letter to K.C. Kapur written from Bombay
Letter to Rajiv Gupta written from Bombay


1977 - January 07

Conversation A - Bombay
Conversation B - Bombay


1977 - January 08

Morning Walk - Bombay
Conversation A - Bombay
Conversation B - Bombay
Conversation C - Bombay
Conversation D - Bombay
Conversation E - Bombay
Conversation F - Bombay
Conversation G - Bombay
Letter to Bhagavatji and Gunarnava written from Bombay

1977 - January 09

Morning Walk - Bombay
Conversation A - Bombay
Conversation B - Bombay
Conversation C - Bombay


1977 - January 10

Conversation - Bombay


Jan 11 to 15 - Allahabad

1977 - January 11

Conversation - Allahabad


1977 - January 12

Letter to Visvadharini written from Allahabad


1977 - January 13

Lecture - Allahabad
Conversation - Allahabad
Letter to Jayatirtha written from Allahabad
Letter to Sudama written from Allahabad
Letter to Uthal written from Allahabad


1977 - January 14

Lecture SB 05.05.02 Bengali - Calcutta

1977 - January 15

Lecture - Allahabad
Conversation - Allahabad
Letter to Akshayananda Swami written from Allahabad
Letter to Dr. S.K. Mayavi written from Allahabad


Jan 16 to 18 - Calcutta

1977 - January 16

Conversation A - Calcutta
Conversation B - Calcutta
Conversation C - Calcutta
Letter to Attorney General's Department written from Calcutta
Letter to Balarama written from Calcutta
Letter to Bali-mardana written from Calcutta
Letter to Hrdayananda written from Calcutta
Letter to ISKCON International Gurukula written from Calcutta
Letter to Nayanabhirama written from Calcutta
Letter to Prapujaka and Avinasa Candra written from Calcutta


1977 - January 18

Letter to All Iskcon Temple Presidents written from Calcutta
Letter to Manager, Central Bank of India written from Calcutta

Jan 19 to 24 - Bhuvanesvara

1977 - January 19

Lecture - Bhuvanesvara
Conversation A - Bhuvanesvara
Conversation B - Bhuvanesvara
Letter to Brisakapi written from Bhuvanesvara
Letter to Kunja Behari written from Bhuvanesvara


1977 - January 20

Morning Walk - Bhuvanesvara
Conversation A - Bhuvanesvara
Conversation B - Bhuvanesvara
Letter to Aksayananda written from Bhuvanesvara
Letter to Pancadravida written from Bhuvanesvara
Letter to Yasasvini written from Bhuvanesvara


1977 - January 21

Morning Walk - Bhuvanesvara
Lecture - Bhuvanesvara
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"We should be very serious, not that to take initiation as a matter of fashion, but it should be very carefully and seriously done."
770121 - Lecture - Bhuvanesvara
Conversation A - Bhuvanesvara
Conversation B - Bhuvanesvara
Conversation C - Bhuvanesvara
Conversation D - Bhuvanesvara
Conversation E - Bhuvanesvara
Conversation F - Bhuvanesvara


1977 - January 22

Lecture BG 07.01 - Bhuvanesvara
Conversation A - Bhuvanesvara
Conversation B - Bhuvanesvara
Conversation C - Bhuvanesvara


1977 - January 23

Lecture - Bhuvanesvara
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"Vedic culture means this varṇāśrama-dharma. The Muhammadans from the other side of River Sindhu, they have called us Hindu. Actually, this word 'Hindu' you'll not find any Vedic scripture."
770123 - Lecture - Bhuvanesvara
Conversation A - Bhuvanesvara
Conversation B - Bhuvanesvara
Conversation C - Bhuvanesvara
Letter to Dhiranga written from Bhuvanesvara
Letter to Mrs. Perlmutter written from Bhuvanesvara
Letter to Rupanuga written from Bhuvanesvara
Letter to Vasudeva written from Bhuvanesvara


1977 - January 24

Morning Walk - Bhuvanesvara
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"This civilization is for the hogs, to take energy by sex with mother, sister and anyone, and work hard. It is stated in the Bhāgavata, I have not manufactured. Nāyaṁ deho deha-bhājāṁ nṛloke kaṣṭān kāmān arhate viḍ-bhujāṁ ye (SB 5.5.1). And here is the civilization. Tapo divyam. Be brahmacārī, undergo austerities and rectify your, this conditioned life, birth and death. This is human civilization. Why you are under birth and death? One life remain brahmacārī and solve all the question. Tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti (BG 4.9)."
770124 - Morning Walk - Bhuvanesvara
Lecture CC Madhya 08.128 - Bhuvanesvara
Conversation A - Bhuvanesvara
Conversation B - Bhuvanesvara
Letter to Alex, Bob, Drdhavrata, Gupta, Rsabhadeva and Stan written from Bhuvanesvara
Letter to Swarupa Damodar written from Bhuvanesvara


Jan 25 to 27 - Jagannatha Puri

1977 - January 25

Morning Walk - Jagannatha Puri
Conversation A - Jagannatha Puri
Conversation B - Jagannatha Puri
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"Go-rakṣya. Cow should be protected. Kṛṣṇa said, kṛṣi-go-rakṣya. Kṛṣṇa did not say chāgala-rakṣya or hog-rakṣya. Go-rakṣya. So it is the duty of the king or the state or the government to give protection to the cows. This is śāstric injunction. But nowadays neither the state or government is giving protection to the cow. They are becoming implicated with so many problems."
770125 - Conversation B - Jagannatha Puri


1977 - January 26

Conversation A - Jagannatha Puri
Conversation B - Jagannatha Puri
Conversation Address - Jagannatha Puri
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"So we should assimilate the bhakti cult to the right direction, and making our life successful, we should distribute this knowledge, this cult, all over the world. That is Caitanya Mahāprabhu's mission. Janma sārthaka kari para-upakāra. The modern civilization is very vicious civilization. Because in the human form of life there is the opportunity, athāto brahma jijñāsā—to inquire about the Supreme Truth. So if they are denied... The knowledge is there in India. If it is denied, that is not very good human society. So I shall request you all, learned scholars, paṇḍita, present here, to cooperate with this movement, Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and let us conjoinedly work for Jagannātha cult."
770126 - Conversation Address - Jagannatha Puri
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"We are preaching Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam all over the world. We have translated into English, Bhagavad-gītā, Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. And they are being received very nicely."
770126 - Conversation Address - Jagannatha Puri
Letter to Danavir written from Bhuvanesvara
Letter to Kay Johnson written from Bhuvanesvara
Letter to To Whom It May Concern written from Bhuvanesvara


1977 - January 27

Conversation A - Jagannatha Puri
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"I say 'These rascal scientists are brainwashing', and they say, 'These rascal Kṛṣṇas, they are brainwashing'. (laughs) This is the position. But so far us, we have got some support and we have got authorities, and these rascals, they have no authority. They simply speculate. So even we are rascals, they are... Among these two rascals, we are better rascal, (laughs) not they are better. That's all."
770127 - Conversation A - Jagannatha Puri
Conversation B - Jagannatha Puri


Jan 27 to 31 - Bhuvanesvara

1977 - January 27

Conversation A - Bhuvanesvara
Conversation B - Bhuvanesvara
Letter to Citraketu das written from Bhuvanesvara
Letter to ISKCON Temple Presidents written from Bhuvanesvara
Letter to Vidyapati written from Bhuvanesvara


1977 - January 28

Morning Walk - Bhuvanesvara
Conversation A - Bhuvanesvara
Conversation B - Bhuvanesvara
Letter to Gopala Krishna written from Bhuvanesvara


1977 - January 29

Morning Walk - Bhuvanesvara
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"Religion means you believe in God and love Him. That's all, three words, religion. 'You believe in God' means know God, what is God. And love Him. That's all. This is religion. So it doesn't matter whether you understand God through Christian method or Hindu method. But you love God, and you abide by the orders of God—then you are religious."
770129 - Morning Walk - Bhuvanesvara
Lecture BG 07.01 - Bhuvanesvara
Conversation A - Bhuvanesvara
Conversation B - Bhuvanesvara
Letter to Charles Gold written from Bhuvanesvara
Letter to Jayapataka written from Bhuvanesvara
Letter to Prity Ghose written from Bhuvanesvara
Letter to Ramesvara written from Bhuvanesvara


1977 - January 30

Morning Walk - Bhuvanesvara
Conversation A - Bhuvanesvara
Conversation B - Bhuvanesvara


1977 - January 31

Morning Walk - Bhuvanesvara
Lecture Festival Appearance Day, Lord Varaha, Varaha-dvadasi - Bhuvanesvara
Conversation A - Bhuvanesvara
Conversation B - Bhuvanesvara
Conversation C - Bhuvanesvara
Letter to Giriraja written from Bhuvanesvara
Letter to Jagat-guru written from Bhuvanesvara
Letter to Rajendra Sahai written from Bhuvanesvara
Letter to Saurabha written from Bhuvanesvara