A Month in the Life of Srila Prabhupada - July 1975

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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.



Jul 1 to 3 - Denver

1975 - July 01

Morning Walk - Denver
Lecture SB 06.01.18 - Denver
Letter to Acarya Prabhakar Mishra written from Denver
Letter to Bhagavata written from Denver
Letter to Hrdayananda written from Denver
Letter to Indira Gandhi written from Chicago
Letter to Jai Prakash Narayan written from Chicago
Letter to Mr. Morris Lapidus written from Denver
Letter to Nityananda written from Denver
Letter to Sat Krita written from Denver


1975 - July 02

Morning Walk - Denver
Lecture SB 06.01.19 - Denver
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"Our attachment is so strong, that even it is duḥkhālayam... Just like some hogs, they are living in filthy place and eating stool. And if you say that 'I will take you somewhere else, a good place,' then they will not go there. This happened. It is stated in the Bhāgavata that once the king of heaven, he was cursed to become hog. And he was living amongst the hog society. And when Lord Brahmā came to call him back, that 'Mr. Such-and-such, for your bad behavior you became hog. Now come back to heaven,' so he refused, 'No, I have got so much responsibility. I cannot go'. You see? This is material... It is called māyā, illusion. Even you are in the most abominable condition of life, we will feel, 'Now we are very happy'. So that is our position. We do not want to leave this place."
750702 - Lecture SB 06.01.19 - Denver
Letter to Hansadutta written from Denver
Letter to Kurusrestha written from Denver
Letter to Nataka-Candrika, Jusania, Rama Tulasi and Tripti written from Denver
Letter to Padmanabha and Mahojjvala written from Denver


1975 - July 03

Morning Walk - Denver


Jul 3 to 11 - Chicago

1975 - July 03

Arrival - Chicago


1975 - July 04

Morning Walk - Chicago
Lecture SB 06.01.20 - Chicago
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"Human civilization should be to raise the fourth-class man to the first-class man. That is human civilization. But there is no idea who is first-class man. Everyone is a drunkard, everyone is illicit sex hunter, and everyone is gambler and everyone is meat-eater. Where is first-class man? There is no first-class man. All fourth-class man. And they are being taught simply how to manufacture big, big skyscraper, and every year, new model of car. Is that civilization? That is not civilization. You may be advanced in technology. So technology means technician. Suppose a man knows how to work in electricity, so many things. Does it mean he is a learned man? No. Learned, first-class man, that is given in the Bhagavad-gītā: śamo damaḥ satyaṁ śucis titikṣā ārjavaṁ, jñānam vijñānam āstikyam brahma-karma svabhāva-jam (BG 18.42). These are the first class. There is nothing mentioned that 'electrician' or a 'motor mechanics' and a... (laughter) So you are misled. Therefore you are facing this crisis, that 'Crimes, and Why and What to Do'."
750704 - Lecture SB 06.01.20 - Chicago
Conversation - Chicago
Letter to Dr. and Mrs. Ram S. Verma written from Chicago
Letter to Giriraja written from Chicago
Letter to Gurukrpa written from Chicago
Letter to Jayapataka written from Chicago
Letter to Manindra written from Chicago
Letter to Paramahamsa and Srutakirti written from Chicago
Letter to Ramesvara written from Chicago


1975 - July 05

Morning Walk - Chicago
Lecture SB 06.01.21 - Chicago
Conversation A - Chicago
Conversation B - Chicago
Letter to Bhagavata written from Chicago
Letter to Ramanand written from Chicago
Letter to Svarupa Damodara written from Chicago


1975 - July 06

Morning Walk - Chicago
Lecture SB 06.01.22 - Chicago
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"In the spiritual world there is no necessity of maintaining the body. The body is spiritual. As we have got here in this material world, to maintain this body I require to eat, I require to sleep, I require to satisfy my sense and I require to defend—the four necessities. Āhāra-nidrā-bhaya-maithunaṁ ca. And the spiritual body means these four kinds of bodily demands nil, no more. That is spiritual life. That means no eating, no sleeping, no sex and no defense. That Gosvāmīs, six Gosvāmīs in Vṛndāvana, they practiced. Nidrāhāra-vihārakādi-vijitau. They conquered over sleeping, eating, mating and defending. Nidrā means sleeping, āhāra means eating, vihāra means sex. Nidrāhāra-vihārakādi-vijitau. Conquered. So this is the advancement of spiritual life. When we conquer over these things, that means we have come to the spiritual platform."
750706 - Lecture SB 06.01.22 - Chicago


1975 - July 07

Morning Walk - Chicago
Lecture SB 06.01.23 - Chicago
Letter to Bon Maharaja written from Chicago
Letter to Locanananda written from Chicago
Letter to Tulsi written from Chicago


1975 - July 08

Morning Walk - Chicago
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
Prabhupāda: You can serve Kṛṣṇa in any capacity—provided you want to serve. And if you want to engage Kṛṣṇa for your service, that is blunder. Then it is blunder. You cannot engage Kṛṣṇa to your service. The everyone is trying to engage Kṛṣṇa for his service. They are going to the church, "O Kṛṣṇa, give us our daily bread," that "You serve me. You give us our daily bread and serve me." And our proposition is, Yaśodāmayī, "Kṛṣṇa, You are playing all day. Come on! Take food first of all." This is service. They are going to Kṛṣṇa for asking daily bread. And here Yaśodāmayī is commanding, "Come here! If You don't eat, You will get lean and thin. Come on." This is Vaiṣṇava philosophy.

Devotee: Jaya. Jaya, Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa.

750708 - Morning Walk - Chicago
Lecture SB 06.01.24 - Chicago
Letter to Gurukrpa written from Chicago
Letter to Hasyakari written from Chicago
Letter to Ramacandra written from Chicago
Letter to Yasomatinandana written from Chicago


1975 - July 09

Morning Walk - Chicago
Lecture SB 06.01.25 - Chicago
Conversation - Chicago
Interview - Chicago
Interview, TV - Chicago


1975 - July 10

Morning Walk - Chicago
Lecture Initiation - Chicago
Conversation - Chicago
Letter to Bhavananda written from Chicago


1975 - July 11

Morning Walk - Chicago
Lecture SB 06.01.26 - Chicago
Lecture Initiation Babaji - Chicago


Jul 11 to 14 - Philadelphia

1975 - July 11

Arrival at Airport - Philadelphia
Lecture Arrival at Temple - Philadelphia
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"The living entity, the spirit soul, is by nature happy. There is no question of disappointment. You see Kṛṣṇa's picture anywhere, how they are happy. The gopīs are happy, the cowherd boys are happy, Kṛṣṇa is happy. Simply happiness. Where is disappointment? So you come to that platform. Then you will be also happy. You come to Kṛṣṇa. Dance with Kṛṣṇa. Eat with Kṛṣṇa. And that is information we are giving. Where is the question of disappointment? Come with Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa therefore comes personally to show how He is happy in Vṛndāvana, and He's inviting, 'Come to Me'. Sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja (BG 18.66): 'You just come to Me. I shall give you all pleasure'. But we are not going. So that is not Kṛṣṇa's fault or Kṛṣṇa's servant's fault. One who will not come to that platform, that is his fault. We are canvassing everywhere that 'Come to Kṛṣṇa consciousness and be happy'."
750711e - Lecture Arrival at Temple - Philadelphia


1975 - July 12

Morning Walk - Philadelphia
Lecture Festival Ratha-yatra - Philadelphia
Lecture SB 06.01.26-27 - Philadelphia
Letter to Ameyatma written from Philadelphia
Letter to Bhumata written from Philadelphia
Letter to Carlos Bismark written from Philadelphia
Letter to Mrdapriya written from Philadelphia
Letter to Ramesvara written from Philadelphia

1975 - July 13

Lecture SB 06.01.28-29 - Philadelphia
Conversation A - Philadelphia
Conversation B - Philadelphia
Conversation C - Philadelphia
Letter to Dhananjaya written from Philadelphia
Letter to Mahavir Prasad Jaipuriaji written from Philadelphia
Letter to Narottamananda written from Philadelphia
Letter to Pannalal Bansilalji written from Philadelphia
Letter to Tejiyas written from Philadelphia


1975 - July 14

Morning Walk - Philadelphia
Lecture SB 06.01.30 - Philadelphia
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"God orders nature that 'This living entity wants something like this. You give him a machine'. So the prakṛti, or the nature, gives us different types of machine. Prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ (BG 3.27). I am neither driving the machine, neither I have made the machine. I have been given as gift to work on, or to fulfill my desire. This is the position. So śāstra says that 'You have got now a very good machine'. Nṛ-deham. The human form of body is very good machine. Nṛ-deham ādyaṁ sulabhaṁ sukalpam. It is very rare. With great difficulty you have got this machine, because we have to come through so many machines—the aquatics, the plants, the insects, the trees, and the serpents, reptiles, then birds, then beast—millions and millions of years. Just like you have seen this, the trees are standing there, maybe standing for five thousand years. So if you get that machine, you cannot move, you have to stand in one place. So we had to go through this. Foolish people, they do not know. Therefore this machine is sulabham. Sulabham means very fortunately we have got this machine."
750714 - Lecture SB 06.01.30 - Philadelphia
Letter to Giriraja written from Philadelphia
Letter to Gopala Krishna written from Philadelphia
Letter to Jayapataka written from Philadelphia
Letter to Sri B. D. Joshi written from Philadelphia


Jul 15 to 21 - San Francisco

1975 - July 15

Lecture Arrival - San Francisco


1975 - July 16

Morning Walk - San Francisco
Lecture SB 06.01.31 - San Francisco
Interview - San Francisco
Letter to Paramahamsa written from Berkeley


1975 - July 17

Morning Walk - San Francisco
Lecture SB 06.01.32 - San Francisco
Letter to Brijratan S. Mohatta written from Berkeley
Letter to Gopala Krishna written from Berkeley


1975 - July 18

Morning Walk - San Francisco
Lecture SB 06.01.33 - San Francisco
Letter to Dhananjaya written from Berkeley
Letter to Susan Newman written from Berkeley


1975 - July 19

Morning Walk - San Francisco
Lecture SB 06.01.37 - San Francisco


1975 - July 20

Morning Walk - San Francisco
Lecture SB 06.01.39 - San Francisco
Letter to Bunke Behari written from Berkeley
Letter to G.L. Nanda written from Berkeley
Letter to Radhavallabha written from Berkeley


1975 - July 21

Morning Walk - San Francisco
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"My Guru Maharaja passed in 1936, and I started this movement in 1965, thirty years after. Then? I am getting the mercy of guru. This is Vani. Even the guru is not physically present, if you follow the Vani, then you are getting help."
750721 - Morning Walk - San Francisco
Lecture SB 06.01.40 - San Francisco
Initiation Lectures- San Francisco
Conversation - San Francisco

Jul 22 to 25 - Los Angeles

1975 - July 22

Lecture SB 06.01.41 - Los Angeles


1975 - July 23

Lecture SB 06.01.42 - Los Angeles
Letter to Abhinanda and Gopesvara written from Los Angeles
Letter to Bank of America written from Los Angeles
Letter to Cyavana written from Los Angeles
Letter to Dhananjaya written from Los Angeles
Letter to Giriraja written from Los Angeles


1975 - July 24

Morning Walk - Los Angeles
Lecture SB 06.01.43 - Los Angeles
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"Īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe arjuna tiṣṭhati (BG 18.61): 'My dear Arjuna, the Lord is situated in everyone's heart'. Why He is situated there? Because He is the suhṛdaṁ sarva-bhūtānām (BG 5.29). We are sons of God. He is very sorry that unnecessarily we are wandering within this universe and suffering in different types of bodies, and this is going on. So īśvara, He is very well-wisher, friend. He is simply trying to turn His face towards you. That's it. Īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānām (BG 18.61). He has given little freedom, so do whatever you like. But He is simply taking the chance, 'When this rascal will turn towards Me?' That is His business. That is stated in the Vedic śāstra, that two birds are sitting in the same tree. One is eating the fruit, and the other is simple witnessing. So the eating bird is the jīvātmā, individual soul, and the witness bird is God, Paramātmā."
750724 - Lecture SB 06.01.43 - Los Angeles
Letter to Bon Maharaja written from Los Angeles


1975 - July 25

Morning Walk - Los Angeles
Lecture SB 06.01.44 - Los Angeles
Letter to Batu Gopala written from Los Angeles
Letter to Madhavananda written from Los Angeles
Letter to Satcitananda written from Los Angeles
Letter to Saurabha written from Los Angeles
Letter to Urvasi written from Los Angeles


Jul 26 - Laguna Beach

1975 - July 26

Morning Walk - Laguna Beach
Lecture SB 06.01.45 - Laguna Beach
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"If I do not know what is the destination and try to drive my car in full speed, then what will be the result? The result will be disaster. We must know why we are running. Running means... Just like the river is running in great tide, flowing, but the destination is the sea. When the river comes to the sea, then its destination gone. So similarly, we must know what is the destination. The destination is Viṣṇu, God. We are part and parcel of God. We are... Somehow or other, we are fallen in this material world. Therefore our destination of life will be to go back to home, back to Godhead. That is our destination. There is no other destination. So our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is teaching that 'You fix up your goal of life'. And what is that goal of life? 'Back to home, back to Godhead. You are going this side, opposite side, toward the side of hell. That is not your destination. You go this side, back to Godhead'. That is our propaganda."
750726 - Lecture SB 06.01.45 - Laguna Beach
Conversation - Laguna Beach
Letter to Aksayananda written from Los Angeles
Letter to Dinanatha N. Mishra written from Laguna Beach
Letter to Dr. Channa Reddy written from Los Angeles
Letter to G.L. Nanda written from Laguna Beach
Letter to Niranjana written from Los Angeles
Letter to Sarvavit written from Los Angeles
Letter to Vrnda written from Los Angeles


Jul 27 to 28 - San Diego

1975 - July 27

Morning Walk - San Diego
Lecture SB 06.01.46 - San Diego


1975 - July 28

Morning Walk - San Diego


Jul 28 to 31 - Dallas

1975 - July 28

Interview - Dallas


1975 - July 29

Morning Walk - Dallas
Lecture SB 06.01.47 - Dallas
Letter to Cyavana written from Dallas
Letter to Deoji Punja written from Dallas
Letter to Gurukrpa written from Dallas
Letter to Hansadutta written from Dallas
Letter to Tulsi written from Dallas


1975 - July 30

Morning Walk - Dallas
Lecture SB 06.01.48 - Dallas
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"So the spirit soul, individual soul, is part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa. Therefore it is his duty to remain with the whole. Just like a mechanical part, a screw in a typewriter machine: If the screw remains with the machine, then it has got value. And if the screw remains without the machine, it has no value. Who cares for a small screw? But when that screw is wanting in a machine, you go to purchase—they'll charge five dollars. Why? When it is fixed up with the machine, it has got value. There are so many example. Just like sparks of the fire. When the fire is burning, you will find small particle of spark, 'fut! fut!' with this, It is very beautiful. It is very beautiful because it is with the fire. And as soon as the spark falls down out of the fire, then it has no value. Nobody cares for that. It is finished. Similarly, so long we are with Kṛṣṇa, being part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa, we have got value. And as soon as we are out of Kṛṣṇa touch, then we have no value. We should understand that."
750730 - Lecture SB 06.01.48 - Dallas
Letter to XXXXXXXX XXXXX written from Dallas
Letter to Jagaddhatri, Pasupati, Sailogata and Pamela written from Dallas
Letter to Mr. Gordon T. Gattone written from Dallas


1975 - July 31

Morning Walk - Dallas


Jul 31 - New Orleans

1975 - July 31

Conversation - New Orleans