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*See also: the '''[[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1969#June 1969|Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - June 1969]]'''
*See also: the '''[[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1969#June 1969|Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - June 1969]]'''
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=== Jun 1 to 30 - PLACE ===
=== Jun 1 to 22 - New Vrinbadan ===
==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_01|1969 - June 01]] ====
==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_01|1969 - June 01]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:690601 - Letter to Dayananda written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Dayananda written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|If a new temple site in Los Angeles is absolutely required to be moved in a bigger place, that should be your first business. For my place you may find a place near the temple, and it should be independent of any other tenants|If a new temple site in Los Angeles is absolutely required to be moved in a bigger place, that should be your first business. For my place you may find a place near the temple, and it should be independent of any other tenants. It may be a small cottage, but it should be independent with a little compound surrounding. That will be very nice.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690601 - Letter to Murlidhar written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Murlidhar written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|There are many unauthorized pictures painted by so-called imaginative artists, but we don’t want such pictures in our temples|There are many unauthorized pictures painted by so-called called imaginative artists, but we don’t want such pictures in our temples. So you kindly send me a sketch of the picture, and I shall see whether it is authorized. I am very glad that Devahuti has finished a picture of Radha-Krishna, and that she is working also on Lord Caitanya and Sankirtan. I am also glad that you combinedly want to paint a picture of my photograph.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690601 - Letter to Tamala Krishna written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Tamala Krishna written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Krishna Consciousness Movement is actually an attempt to make all people happy generally and, becoming liberated in this life from material contamination, they'll be thus eligible to enter into the Kingdom of God after quitting this body|You encourage the visitors, boys and girls as well as married couples, to understand the value of life and how they can peacefully and happily live if they follow the routine worship method in the temple and establish this in their home to be happy in all respects. Krishna Consciousness Movement is actually an attempt to make all people happy generally and, becoming liberated in this life from material contamination, they'll be thus eligible to enter into the Kingdom of God after quitting this body.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Krishna is giving you good intelligence. So I wish that you will live for hundred years and execute this Krishna Movement so that in this very life you shall enter into the abode of Krishna|I can understand things are going very nicely in your temple, and Krishna is giving you good intelligence. So I wish that you will live for hundred years and execute this Krishna Movement so that in this very life you shall enter into the abode of Krishna. As soon as one's service is recognized by Krishna, he is immediately called, "Please come here." That is the verdict of the Vedic literature.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|You will find in Bhagavad-gita that anyone who takes the task of preaching Krishna Consciousness is the dearmost devotee of the Lord|You will find in Bhagavad-gita that anyone who takes the task of preaching Krishna Consciousness is the dearmost devotee of the Lord.}}


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_02|1969 - June 02]] ====


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_02|1969 - June 02]] ====
:'''[[Vanisource:690602 - Letter to Bharadraja written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Bharadraja written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I have so many ideas for paintings, and we will be requiring so many expert paintings as you are able to do, so please be very serious to do this work nicely and quickly. It will be great service|I have so many ideas for paintings, and we will be requiring so many expert paintings as you are able to do, so please be very serious to do this work nicely and quickly. It will be great service. In our Krishna Book we are showing the Western World for the first time what is God. So it is no unimportant task, and try to help us out in this as far as possible.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|This painting you are doing is very important, so it will count as your temple work. There is no necessity either for you to go out on Sankirtana if this will take away your time from your real work|I think that all of these duties may be stopped so you can devote your full energy and time to painting. This painting you are doing is very important, so it will count as your temple work. There is no necessity either for you to go out on Sankirtana if this will take away your time from your real work.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690602 - Letter to Gaurasundara written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Gaurasundara written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox| Please take nice care of him because there are so many good souls who we must inform of this most important philosophy, and when another man is sent by Krishna to help us it is our duty to help him understand Krishna Consciousness as far as possible|I am pleased to note that there is one boy named Tony who has become attracted to our movement and wishes to be initiated. He may send me his beads immediately. Please take nice care of him because there are so many good souls who we must inform of this most important philosophy, and when another man is sent by Krishna to help us it is our duty to help him understand Krishna Consciousness as far as possible.}}


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_03|1969 - June 03]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:690603 - Letter to Madhudvisa written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Madhudvisa written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Instead of being agitated in mind, it is better to become a married man and in peaceful mind execute Krishna Consciousness. That is my verdict, and ever since I started this movement I have encouraged marriage to so many disciples|Instead of being agitated in mind, it is better to become a married man and in peaceful mind execute Krishna Consciousness. That is my verdict, and ever since I started this movement I have encouraged marriage to so many disciples. So there is no hindrance in this respect, and you can do the needful.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690603 - Letter to Syamasundara written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Syamasundara written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|We do not want to create a group of prakrta sahajiya, or devotees who do not know the science of Krishna and do not know the science of devotion, but simply worship the Deity with no depth of knowledge|We do not want to create a group of prakrta sahajiya, or devotees who do not know the science of Krishna and do not know the science of devotion, but simply worship the Deity with no depth of knowledge. That is called materialistic devotee, but it is also not rejected.}}


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_03|1969 - June 03]] ====
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_04|1969 - June 04]] ====
:'''[[Vanisource:690604 - Lecture Initiation and Wedding - New Vrindaban, USA|Lecture Initiation and Wedding - New Vrindaban]]'''
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/690604IN-NEW_VRINDAVAN_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"It is very doubtful whether this body belongs to me, because I have got this body from my father and mother. So it may belong to my father and mother. Or if I am a slave, then it may belong to my master. Or even if I am not slave, because I belong to some state, this body belongs to the state. Immediately if the state calls, "Come on. You sacrifice your body in the Vietnam," oh, you have to do that. So in this way, if you analytically study, you'll see the body does not belong to you. Then why should you be so much dexterous to satisfy? Just try to understand. I am not interested to satisfy the senses of your body; I am interested to satisfy the senses of my body. But if this body does not belong to me, then why should we be so much expert in satisfying the senses?"|Vanisource:690604 - Lecture Initiation and Wedding - New Vrindaban, USA|690604 - Lecture Initiation and Wedding - New Vrindaban, USA}}


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_05|1969 - June 05]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:690605 - Letter to Candanacarya written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Candanacarya written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Regarding your proposal of working in Columbus with the chance of earning $100 per day, why don't you take it? This will be a great help to this center because there is such great potential for spreading our movement amongst the students there|Regarding your proposal of working in Columbus with the chance of earning $100 per day, why don't you take it? This will be a great help to this center because there is such great potential for spreading our movement amongst the students there, and if we can either purchase the large church on 16th Avenue, or if they can purchase their present house, along with the nearby lot and gas station, that will be a tremendous asset to the activities there.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690605 - Letter to Gopala Krishna written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Gopala Krishna written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox| As you are a very nice, good soul, Krishna will certainly bless you with all benedictions. It doesn't matter whether or not you remain in this part of the world or in India|I have already sent your beads duly chanted upon, and I hope you will be happy in Krishna Consciousness always. As you are a very nice, good soul, Krishna will certainly bless you with all benedictions. It doesn't matter whether or not you remain in this part of the world or in India. Wherever you remain you chant Hare Krishna regularly, and your example may be followed by others.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690605 - Letter to Sir written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Sir written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I do not know why Gopala Krsna's father is so much upset. I have received one letter from GK in which he writes "I don't think my parents will have any objections now because I have assured them in telegrams & letter that I am not going to abandon them"|I do not know why Gopala Krsna's father is so much upset. I have received one letter from Gopala Krsna dated May 29, 1969 in which he writes "I don't think my parents will have any objections now because I have assured them in telegrams and letter that I am not going to abandon them." I hope this will clear the whole thing.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690605 - Letter to Turya written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Turya written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|The modern civilization is trying to transcend the pangs of material life, namely birth, death, old age and diseases, by advancement of material knowledge, but actually this advancement is only binding them more tightly into the material concept of life|In material life, everyone is bound up tightly by the laws of karma, and there is no question of transcending these laws by any material means. The modern civilization is trying to transcend the pangs of material life, namely birth, death, old age and diseases, by advancement of material knowledge, but actually this advancement is only binding them more tightly into the material concept of life. So thus there is no freedom from or transcending of these material miseries.}}


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_04|1969 - June 04]] ====
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_06|1969 - June 06]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:690606 - Lecture SB 01.05.09-11 - New Vrindaban, USA|Lecture SB 01.05.09-11 - New Vrindaban]]'''
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/690606SB-NEW_VRINDABAN_ND_02.mp3</mp3player>|"Simply by understanding Kṛṣṇa, janma karma me divyaṁ yo jānāti tattvataḥ tyaktvā deham ([[Vanisource:BG 4.9 (1972)|BG 4.9]]), that person, after leaving this body, mām eti, he goes to Kṛṣṇa. And who can go to Kṛṣṇa unless he has got a spiritual body, the same sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ (Bs. 5.1)? Unless one has the same vigrahaḥ... Just like we can understand that when we take birth in a particular place, say in Greenland, which is always full with ice, or some other place, so you have got a particular type of body you get. There the animals, there the man, they have got a particular type of body. They can bear the severe cold. We cannot. Similarly, when you go to Kṛṣṇaloka you'll have a particular type of body. What is that particular type of body? Sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ (Bs. 5.1). Any planet you go, you must have particular body. So tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti ([[Vanisource:BG 4.9 (1972)|BG 4.9]]). And as soon as you get eternal body, then you don't have to come back again to this material world."|Vanisource:690606 - Lecture SB 01.05.09-11 - New Vrindaban, USA|690606 - Lecture SB 01.05.09-11 - New Vrindaban, USA}}
{{VaniQuotebox|First know what you are, your business, your destination & aim of life. Then begin work, religiosity, economic development. But if you do not understand yourself, what is the meaning of accumulation of wealth or so-called religion or economic devel... No|First of all you must know what you are and what is your business, what is your destination, what is your aim of life. Then begin work, begin religious, become economic developer and so on, so on, so many things. But if you are in darkness to understand yourself, then what is the meaning of this accumulation of wealth or so-called religion, and so-called economic devel...? No.}}
{{youtube_ditl|hOgXbyuvXQk|[[Vaniquotes:A literature presented to the people, to the public for reading, which are even grammatically incorrect, but because there is glorification of the Lord, it can produce revolution. It can purify the whole human society|You Write Something; <br/>the Aim Should be Simply to Glorify the Supreme - 0351]]|04:44 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.05.09-11 in New Vrindaban}}
{{VaniQuotebox|A literature presented to the people, to the public for reading, which are even grammatically incorrect, but because there is glorification of the Lord, it can produce revolution. It can purify the whole human society|A literature presented to the people, to the public for reading, which are even grammatically incorrect, but because there is glorification of the Lord, it can produce revolution. It can purify the whole human society.}}
{{youtube_ditl|QYm3_UTgLnI|[[Vaniquotes:Don't make it a stool society. You see? Make it a honey society. At least, give chance, those who are seeking after honey. Don't cheat people. So they'll come|Don't Make It (ISKCON) a Stool Society - Make It a Honey Society - 0365]]|10:38 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.05.09-11 in New Vrindaban}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Don't make it a stool society. You see? Make it a honey society. At least, give chance, those who are seeking after honey. Don't cheat people. So they'll come|The modern education is to teach people to become flies, only stool. Not here, Kṛṣṇa consciousness. But you make it a honeycomb. Those who are after, seeking after honey, they will find, "Here is something." You see? Don't make it a stool society. You see? Make it a honey society. At least, give chance, those who are seeking after honey. Don't cheat people. So they'll come.}}
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/690606SB-NEW_VRINDABAN_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"The whole plan should be that people should understand that he is not animal, first thing. This is education. In the animal society there is no religion, but as soon as you claim to be in human society or civilized society, then there must be religion. Economic development secondary, next. Of course, according to medical consciousness they say ātmānam, ātmānam means they say 'body'. But ātmā means this body, this mind, and the soul. Real meaning of ātmā is soul. So there is a verse, ātmānaṁ sarvato rakṣet: 'First of all try to save your soul'. I think Lord Jesus Christ has also spoken something like that. 'If, after gaining everything, one loses his spirit soul, then what does he gain?' Is it not?"|Vanisource:690606 - Lecture SB 01.05.09-11 - New Vrindaban, USA|690606 - Lecture SB 01.05.09-11 - New Vrindaban, USA}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690606 - Letter to Vrndavanesvari written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Vrndavanesvari written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox| I already informed him that he will act as the editor of the German Back To Godhead. So when you go please set up everything in a cooperative mood. The workers there are very sincere, and upon your joining them, they will be very much encouraged|In my previous letter to Mandali Bhadra, I already informed him that he will act as the editor of the German Back To Godhead. So when you go please set up everything in a cooperative mood. The workers there are very sincere, and upon your joining them, they will be very much encouraged.}}


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==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_05|1969 - June 05]] ====
:'''[[Vanisource:690607 - Lecture CC Adi 17.21 - New Vrindaban, USA|Lecture CC Adi 17.21 - New Vrindaban]]'''
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/690607CC-NEW_VRINDABAN_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"If you come here, if you hear and chant, then gradually... Kṛṣṇa is within you. He is sitting within your heart as a friend, not as an enemy. Kṛṣṇa is always your friend. Suhṛdaṁ sarva-bhūtānām ([[Vanisource:BG 5.29 (1972)|BG 5.29]]). You are searching out friends to talk with, to joke with, to love. Kṛṣṇa is sitting there for that purpose. If you love Kṛṣṇa, if you make friendship with Kṛṣṇa, if you love Kṛṣṇa, then your life will be successful. You haven't got to search out any other friend. The friend is already there. Either you are a boy or a girl, you will find a nice friend within yourself. That is yoga system, when you realize this friend. So this friend is so nice, as soon as you become little inclined to hear about Him, śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ—about Kṛṣṇa, not any other nonsense talks, simply about Kṛṣṇa—then Kṛṣṇa will be so pleased. He is within you. Śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ, hṛdy antaḥ sthaḥ ([[Vanisource:SB 1.2.17|SB 1.2.17]]). Hṛt means heart. Antaḥ stho. Antaḥ stho means 'who is sitting within your heart'." |Vanisource:690607 - Lecture CC Adi 17.21 - New Vrindaban, USA|690607 - Lecture CC Adi 17.21 - New Vrindaban, USA}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is a person, a person like you, like me. Just like we are facing each other, similarly, when you are spiritually perfect, you will be able to see Krsna exactly like face to face|Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is present before you in three features. Simply you have to make your senses perfect to perceive it. Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is a person, a person like you, like me. Just like we are facing each other, similarly, when you are spiritually perfect, you will be able to see Kṛṣṇa exactly like face to face.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690607 - Letter to Jayagovinda written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Jayagovinda written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|As you faithfully continue to work under my direction, your further advancement is sure|Please work there with your full energy in cooperation with your other godbrothers. Krishna Das, yourself, Sivananda and Uttama Sloka all are good souls and sincere devotees of Lord Krishna. So as you faithfully continue to work under my direction, your further advancement is sure.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690607 - Letter to Krishna dasa written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Krishna dasa written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox| You are all sincere workers, and they also are very sincere souls. So cooperate together nicely, and I hope our Hamburg center will very soon become the important center in Europe|I have received also news from Mandali Bhadra and Vrndavanesvari that they have already purchased their tickets and are going on the 27th of June, so when they arrive, please cooperate with them nicely. You are all sincere workers, and they also are very sincere souls. So cooperate together nicely, and I hope our Hamburg center will very soon become the important center in Europe.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690607 - Letter to Mrs. Davis written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Mrs. Davis written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|There will be no objection if you can come here to New Vrindaban. The whole thing has been explained to your son, Patita Uddharana, so you may consult with him and do the needful|Patita Uddharana was here two days ago, and I had a talk with him about the situation you have brought up in your letter. There will be no objection if you can come here to New Vrindaban. The whole thing has been explained to your son, Patita Uddharana, so you may consult with him and do the needful.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690607 - Letter to Sudama written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Sudama written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I have appreciated so much your letter that I am making copies of this letter to send to different centers to show them how much potency is this Sankirtana Movement|I have appreciated so much your letter that I am making copies of this letter to send to different centers to show them how much potency is this Sankirtana Movement. So for the time being as you are working enthusiastically in Hawaii, try to establish a very good center there.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690607 - Letter to Uttamasloka written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Uttamasloka written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Even in ordinary family affairs there is sometimes disagreement, but that does not mean immediately the disagreeing members shall leave the family|As individuals there may be disagreement sometimes, but that is quite natural. Even in ordinary family affairs there is sometimes disagreement, but that does not mean immediately the disagreeing members shall leave the family. Similarly our Krishna Consciousness Movement means we are all gathering together in families of Krishna. Actually we are eternal family members of the Lord, but due to our misuse of independence we have now forgotten our eternal relationship with Krishna.}}


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:'''[[Vanisource:690608 - Letter to Ananda written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Ananda written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Thank you very much that you are struggling there alone and silently, and Krishna will surely bless you for this. I suggested in my previous letter that you join the Toronto party if you are feeling alone. But if not, you go on with your present program|I thank you very much that you are struggling there alone and silently, and Krishna will surely bless you for this. I suggested in my previous letter that you join the Toronto party if you are feeling alone. But if not, you go on with your present program, and I have got all support for that.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690608 - Letter to Hansadutta written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Hansadutta written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Krishna Conscious devotees are expected to be very intelligent, so we have to work very intelligently to prove our advancement in Krishna Consciousness|There is a Sanskrit proverb, sati shatyam samacharit, and this means if somebody is cunning, we must also become cunning. To a cunning person we must not be a simpleton. Krishna Conscious devotees are expected to be very intelligent, so we have to work very intelligently to prove our advancement in Krishna Consciousness.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690608 - Letter to Ishandas written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Ishandas written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|If we simply keep ourselves Krishna Conscious, chanting our prescribed rounds and following the regulative principles, then automatically the sincere souls who we come in contact with will be attracted. This is because we are not bluffing anyone|Actually if we simply keep ourselves Krishna Conscious, chanting our prescribed rounds and following the regulative principles, then automatically the sincere souls who we come in contact with will automatically be attracted. This is because we are not bluffing anyone, and if some one is seriously after perfecting himself in spiritual life, then surely he will agree with all of our principles and he will wish to join us.}}


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_06|1969 - June 06]] ====
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_09|1969 - June 09]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:690609 - Conversation - New Vrindaban, USA|Conversation - New Vrindaban]]'''
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/690609ME-NEW_VRINDAVAN_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"So this movement, Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, will, I mean to say, smooth everything, pave everything. So they must know. And our process is very simple. We can introduce this process even in factories, even in anywhere, and we make peaceful everything. That is a fact. School, college, university, factory, everywhere. Ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ (CC Antya 20.12, Śikṣāṣṭaka 1). It is cleansing process. Everything is dirty. So we want to cleanse and make people peaceful and happy. That is our mission. We are not money-collecting mission, that "Give me your money, and let me enjoy." We are not that. Money..., we have got much money. Kṛṣṇa is our... The whole money is Kṛṣṇa's. Yaṁ labdhvā cāparaṁ lābhaṁ manyate nādhikaṁ tataḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 6.20-23 (1972)|BG 6.22]]). Kṛṣṇa is so valuable, if one gets Kṛṣṇa, he wants no more anything. "|Vanisource:690609 - Conversation - New Vrindaban, USA|690609 - Conversation - New Vrindaban, USA}}
{{VaniQuotebox|In Kali-yuga, everything should be managed by society|'''Prabhupāda:''' ...Kali-yuga, everything should be managed by society. In Bhāgavata also. Yes.<br />'''Hayagrīva:''' Oh, democracy. In Kali-yuga, democracy.<br />'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. Society. Body.<br />'''Hayagrīva:''' This is not best. This is not best. You mention that in the books, that this is not very good.
<br />'''Prabhupāda:''' This is not very good in this sense... But at that time one man was so advanced that his order was perfect. Actually these kings like Mahārāja Parīkṣit and others, they were consulting learned brāhmaṇas, not that they were actually autocrat. No. They used to consult how the government should be conducted.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|You must jointly work because both of you, you have started this New Vrindaban, and you have to work jointly. There may be sometimes disagreement, but you should settle up. Otherwise how you can make progress?|You must jointly work because both of you, you have started this New Vrindaban, and you have to work jointly. There may be sometimes disagreement, but you should settle up. Otherwise how you can make progress?}}
{{VaniQuotebox|I don't want a Hindu temple. Our constitution is different. We want everyone|And that Mataji, she has taken land. I don't like that idea. Some Hindus are supporting. I don't want a Hindu temple. Our constitution is different. We want everyone. Kṛṣṇa consciousness is for everyone. It is not a Hindu propaganda. People may not misunderstand. And actually, till now in our society there is not a single other Hindu than me. (laughter) Is that not? Is there any Hindu?}}
{{VaniQuotebox|In my absence he can deliver speech and in that way he can get experience|So if Kīrtanānanda's presence is necessary, then he is a sannyāsī; he should be given some responsible post. And if he is not necessary, then his main business is to go. Now, if I... I am getting older. If he travels all over the centers and sees as superintendent what things are going on, that will be also nice. And in my absence he can deliver speech and in that way he can get experience.}}


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_10|1969 - June 10]] ====


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_07|1969 - June 07]] ====
:'''[[Vanisource:690610 - Lecture SB 01.05.11 - New Vrindaban, USA|Lecture SB 01.05.11 - New Vrindaban]]'''
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/690610SB-NEW_VRINDABAN_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"In the beginning we chant in offensive stage—the ten kinds of offenses. But that does not mean that we shall not chant. Even there are offenses, we shall go on chanting. That chanting will help me to get out of all offenses. Of course, we must take care that we may not commit offenses. Therefore this list of ten kinds of offenses are given. We should try to avoid. And as soon as it is offenseless chanting, then it is liberated stage. That is liberated stage. And after liberated stage, the chanting will be so pleasing because that is on the transcendental platform that actual love of Kṛṣṇa and God will be relished."|Vanisource:690610 - Lecture SB 01.05.11 - New Vrindaban, USA|690610 - Lecture SB 01.05.11 - New Vrindaban, USA}}
{{VaniQuotebox|I know that although you are speaking guru as goru, I, I, I, don't take offense because I know that your desire is something else. I do not protest|The spiritual master is not a cow. Or a bull. (laughs) But sometimes they... Because it is not your language... But that doesn't matter. Because bhāvagrāhi janārdana. Kṛṣṇa is within you. He knows what you want to chant. Therefore He takes the meaning of guru and not goru, even it is spoken as goru. That doesn't matter. Bhāvagrāhi janārdana. He, Kṛṣṇa, knows that what you are actually... Just like I know that although you are speaking guru as goru, I, I, I, don't take offense because I know that your desire is something else. I do not protest. (laughter)}}
{{youtube_ditl|6uB6KmMxLsk|[[Vaniquotes:The whole world is infected with the maya's influence, and this Krsna consciousness movement, Hare Krsna mantra, is disinfectant. It is sure|Hare Krishna Mantra is Disinfectant - 0180]]|04:06 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.05.11 in New Vrindaban}}
{{VaniQuotebox|The whole world is infected with the maya's influence, and this Krsna consciousness movement, Hare Krsna mantra, is disinfectant. It is sure|The whole world is infected with the maya's influence, and this Krsna consciousness movement, Hare Krsna mantra, is disinfectant. It is sure.}}
{{youtube_ditl|D7EQwhIegZw|[[Vaniquotes:I have begun chanting. Maybe there are offenses, but if I continue, Krsna will be pleased to place me on the transcendental platform when I shall relish what is this chanting Hare Krsna|If I continue Krsna will be<br/>Pleased to Place me on the Transcendental Platform - 0604]]|04:43 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.05.11 in New Vrindaban}}
{{VaniQuotebox|I have begun chanting. Maybe there are offenses, but if I continue, Krsna will be pleased to place me on the transcendental platform when I shall relish what is this chanting Hare Krsna|We should continue with perseverance. Utsāhād dhairyāt. Utsāhāt means with enthusiasm, and dhairyāt, dhairyāt means perseverance, patience. Utsāhāt. Niścayāt. Niścayāt means with firm determination: "Yes, I have begun chanting. Maybe there are offenses, but if I continue, Kṛṣṇa will be pleased to place me on the transcendental platform when I shall relish what is this chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa."}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690610 - Letter to Dinesh written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Dinesh written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Another thing is although I have brought this Sankirtana Movement to the Western World we cannot make it copyrighted. The Sankirtana Movement is not my invention. So how can it be copyrighted?|Another thing is although I have brought this Sankirtana Movement to the Western World we cannot make it copyrighted. The Sankirtana Movement is not my invention. So how can it be copyrighted? Besides that, as you will find in the album of my previous recording, the chanting of Hare Krishna is going on since time immemorial. So Hare Krishna cannot be copyrighted, although the tune in which I sing with my disciples, that may be made copyrighted.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690610 - Letter to Madhudvisa written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Madhudvisa written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Your determination to remain as brahmacari is very encouraging. Actually, a living entity does not require to be entangled more and more. Rather he should save his time to finish the Krishna Consciousness business, and thus be liberated in this life|Your determination to remain as brahmacari is very encouraging. Actually, a living entity does not require to be entangled more and more. Rather he should save his time to finish the Krishna Consciousness business, and thus be liberated in this life.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Sex urge is a symptom of every living entity, but in the SB it is advised that it is something like the itching propensity. If one can tolerate this itching, he can save himself from enormous troublesome business resulting from this itching sensation|Sex urge is a symptom of every living entity, but in the Srimad-Bhagavatam it is advised that it is something like the itching propensity. If one can tolerate this itching, he can save himself from enormous troublesome business resulting from this itching sensation. So an intelligent person rather suffers the pain of itching sensation than accepting the after effects of satisfying the itch.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690610 - Letter to Mukunda written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Mukunda written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|You are correct when you say that when the Spiritual Master speaks it should be taken that Krishna is speaking. That is a fact|You are correct when you say that when the Spiritual Master speaks it should be taken that Krishna is speaking. That is a fact. A Spiritual Master must be liberated. It does not matter if he has come from Krishna Loka or he is liberated from here. But he must be liberated.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690610 - Letter to Tamala Krishna written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Tamala Krishna written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|From the very beginning I never described my movement as Hindu religion|Regarding Mataji Syamadevi's temple in Leicester, your version is all right, and I am not very interested to establish a Hindu temple. Perhaps you know from the very beginning I never described my movement as Hindu religion. Religion means the bona fide process by which we understand God and the first class religion is that which teaches people to develop love for God. To know or accept the authority of God is one thing, but to love God is another. Generally, people are interested in material comforts and they make God as the supplying agent. This kind of devotion is not purified. It is contaminated by material desires, but when one is elevated to the position of giving everything to God out of love and affection, that is the first class position.}}


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_11|1969 - June 11]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:690611 - Lecture SB 01.05.12-13 - New Vrindaban, USA|Lecture SB 01.05.12-13 - New Vrindaban]]'''
{{youtube_ditl|9zIdS1OKWZc|[[Vaniquotes:A devotee cannot be equally interested with material pleasure and transcendental pleasure|Devotee Can’t be Equally Interested <br/>with Material Pleasure & Transcendental Pleasure - 0771]]|08:32 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.05.12-13 in New Vrindaban}}
{{VaniQuotebox|A devotee cannot be equally interested with material pleasure and transcendental pleasure|As soon as one is engaged in devotional service of Kṛṣṇa, pareśānubhūti, he relishes some transcendental pleasure, and, as a result of that, this nonsensical pleasure becomes insignificant. That is the test. A devotee cannot be equally interested with material pleasure and transcendental pleasure. No. Virakti. Bhagavad-gītā also says that paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate.}}
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/690611SB-NEW_VRINDABAN_ND_02.mp3</mp3player>|"A devotee, he hasn't got to be forced, just like the physician asks him, "Don't do this." He automatically does so. Why? Paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate: he has seen or he has tasted something better, for which he doesn't like to take any more this abominable taste. That is bhaktiḥ pareśānu... That means when we become detestful such abominable things, then we should know that we are advancing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. The test is in your hand. You haven't got to ask anybody, "Do you think I'm increasing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness?" But you can understand. Exactly in the same way: if you are hungry and if you are eating, you know, by eating, how much your hunger is satisfied, how much you are feeling strength, how much you are feeling pleasure. You haven't got to ask anybody. Similarly, if anybody increases his Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the test will be that he will be disinterested with all material pleasures."|Vanisource:690611 - Lecture SB 01.05.12-13 - New Vrindaban, USA|690611 - Lecture SB 01.05.12-13 - New Vrindaban, USA}}
{{VaniQuotebox|If anybody increases his Krsna consciousness, the test will be that he will be disinterested with all material pleasures. That is test|You haven't got to ask anybody, "Do you think I am increasing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness," but you can understand. Exactly in the same way: if you are hungry and if you are eating, you know, by eating, how much your hunger is satisfied, how much you are feeling strength, how much you are feeling pleasure. You haven't got to ask anybody. Similarly, if anybody increases his Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the test will be that he will be disinterested with all material pleasures. That is test.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Don't manufacture your meditation. Just like there are so many meditators. They have manufactured their own way of meditation. That is not recommended, anusmara. Anu means "Follow. You become thoughtful, but taking the instruction from higher authority"|"Don't manufacture your meditation." Just like there are so many meditators. They have manufactured their own way of meditation. That is not recommended, anusmara. Anu means "Follow. You become thoughtful, you think, but taking the instruction from higher authority."}}
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/690611SB-NEW_VRINDABAN_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"Just like the dead body's decorated, the sons of that dead body may see him, that 'Oh, my father is smiling'. (laughter) But he does not know where his father has already gone. You see? So this material civilization is just like decorating the dead body. This body is dead. That is a fact. So long the soul is there, it is working, it's moving. Just like your coat. It is dead. But so long it is on your body, it appears the coat is moving. The coat is moving. But if somebody is very much astonished, 'Oh, how nice the coat is moving!" (laughter) He does not know the coat cannot move. The coat is dead. But because the man is there who is putting on the coat, therefore the coat is moving, the pant is moving, the shoe is moving, the hat is moving. Similarly, this body is dead. It is numbered: this dead body will remain for such and such time. That is called duration of life. But people are interested with this dead body."|Vanisource:690611 - Lecture SB 01.05.12-13 - New Vrindaban, USA|690611 - Lecture SB 01.05.12-13 - New Vrindaban, USA}}


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_08|1969 - June 08]] ====
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_12|1969 - June 12]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:690612 - Letter to R. Chalson written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to R. Chalson written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|If I could induce even one person to Krishna Consciousness through my publication, Bhagavad-gita As It Is, then I shall think my labor is successful|If I could induce even one person to Krishna Consciousness through my publication, Bhagavad-gita As It Is, then I shall think my labor is successful.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690612 - Letter to Syamasundara written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Syamasundara written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Regarding Rathayatra Festival in London, it is my great desire that you must perform it|Regarding Rathayatra Festival in London, it is my great desire that you must perform it.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690612 - Letter to Tamala Krishna written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Tamala Krishna written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|So far as a seal is concerned, you can make your own seal exactly like the one we have got in New York. Simply you make the seal replacing the word New York for Los Angeles. That will be nice. I have got full faith in you|So far as a seal is concerned, you can make your own seal exactly like the one we have got in New York. Simply you make the seal replacing the word New York for Los Angeles. That will be nice. I have got full faith in you, so by Krishna's blessing try to improve all the four or five branches there.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690612 - Letter to Vibhavati written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Vibhavati written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|People in general must understand the importance of Krishna Consciousness, and they must in this democratic day send their real representatives who can make right decisions whether there should be war or no war|Mr. Lennon wants to stop war, but the war is the creation of different politicians. So unless on the summit of administration there are actually Krishna Conscious men, we cannot stop war. Therefore people in general must understand the importance of Krishna Consciousness, and they must in this democratic day send their real representatives who can make right decisions whether there should be war or no war.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|If somebody criticizes, "Oh, Caitanya Mahaprabhu walked on leg and you are travelling in the jet plane?" Shall I have to take that ideal? These are rascaldom. When you have to work, you have to work with the greatest facility|If somebody criticizes, "Oh, Caitanya Mahāprabhu walked on leg and you are travelling in the jet plane?" Shall I have to take that ideal? These are rascaldom. When you have to work, you have to work with the greatest facility. That's all. Now I have got the facility of the talking in microphone, and... So why should I not take it? It will be recorded. It will be heard by so many others. I am speaking to four, five men. It can be heard by a big crowd of four hundred men.}}


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_13|1969 - June 13]] ====


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_09|1969 - June 09]] ====
:'''[[Vanisource:690613 - Lecture SB 01.05.13 - New Vrindaban, USA|Lecture SB 01.05.13 - New Vrindaban]]'''
{{youtube_ditl|BCGJaFTOIbU|[[Vaniquotes:The aim of education, the aim of civilization, perfection of civilization, should be how people should get liberated from this conditional life. That is the whole scheme of Vedic civilization, to give liberation to the people|The Whole Scheme of Vedic Civilization - <br/>Give Liberation to the People - 0772]]|05:57 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.05.13 in New Vrindaban}}
{{VaniQuotebox|The aim of education, the aim of civilization, perfection of civilization, should be how people should get liberated from this conditional life. That is the whole scheme of Vedic civilization, to give liberation to the people|Whole Vedic civilization is meant for giving liberation to the living entities from this material bondage. People do not know what is the aim of education. The aim of education, the aim of civilization, perfection of civilization, should be how people should get liberated from this conditional life. That is the whole scheme of Vedic civilization, to give liberation to the people.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|First hearing, then chanting. Hear from the right source and discuss amongst yourselves. Istagosthi. Then the perfection|Simply receive the message from the right source and contemplate and meditate upon that instruction. You are liberated. Chanting and hearing. Hearing and... śravaṇaṁ kīrtanam (SB 7.5.23). First hearing, then chanting. Hear from the right source and discuss amongst yourselves. Iṣṭagoṣṭhi. Then the perfection.}}
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/690613SB-NEW_VRINDABAN_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"Each and every word of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, full of volumes of explanation, each and every word. This is Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, vidyā-bhāgavatāvadhi. One's learning will be understood when he's able to understand Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Vidyā, vidyā means learning, not this science, that science. When one can understand Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in true perspective, then he's to be understood that he has finished his all educational advancement."|Vanisource:690613 - Lecture SB 01.05.13 - New Vrindaban, USA|690613 - Lecture SB 01.05.13 - New Vrindaban, USA}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690613 - Letter to Dinesh written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Dinesh written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Most probably I shall be going to London by the end of July, and from different sources I can understand that the Beatles are becoming interested in the Sankirtana Movement|I have received one letter from Mukunda that you are already in negotiation with him for complete cooperation with the Beatles in future, and this is very nice program. Most probably I shall be going to London by the end of July, and from different sources I can understand that the Beatles are becoming interested in the Sankirtana Movement.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690613 - Letter to Krishna dasa written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Krishna dasa written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|If the police do not allow you to perform kirtana in public places, do not disobey their orders. Try to abide by the law of the state for taking advantage of performing kirtana as far as possible| Regarding registration of the society, you can simply translate our New York registration form into German and submit it to the court clerk, depositing the requisite fees, and I think that will finish the registration problem. If the police do not allow you to perform kirtana in public places, do not disobey their orders. Try to abide by the law of the state for taking advantage of performing kirtana as far as possible.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690613 - Letter to Mukunda written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Mukunda written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox| It is very gratifying that at last you have got a five-story building, and in the meantime negotiations are continuing for a church. It is very good news and I thank you for your joint invitation| It is very gratifying that at last you have got a five-story building, and in the meantime negotiations are continuing for a church. It is very good news and I thank you for your joint invitation.}}


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_14|1969 - June 14]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:690614 - Letter to Silavati written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Silavati written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I wish that the mother's who have no husband at present should not remarry, but should dedicate their time to seeing that their children are brought up very nicely in Krishna Consciousness|Regarding the suggestion that you remarry, I have never suggested such thing, so you need not trouble yourself with this. As I have told you in Los Angeles, I wish that the mother's who have no husband at present should not remarry, but should dedicate their time to seeing that their children are brought up very nicely in Krishna Consciousness.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|The actual system is that the husband is Spiritual Master to his wife, but if the wife can bring her husband into practicing this process, then it is all right that the husband accepts wife as Spiritual Master|The actual system is that the husband is Spiritual Master to his wife, but if the wife can bring her husband into practicing this process, then it is all right that the husband accepts wife as Spiritual Master. Caitanya Mahaprabhu has said that anyone who knows the science of Krishna, that person should be accepted as Spiritual Master, regardless of any material so-called qualifications; such as rich or poor, man or woman, or brahmana or sudra.}}


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_10|1969 - June 10]] ====
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_15|1969 - June 15]] ====
:'''[[Vanisource:690615 - Letter to Krishna Devi written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Krishna Devi written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|With this taste of Krishna Consciousness, we become more and more attracted, so more and more Krishna gives encouragement, and then more and more we increase in our desire to serve Krishna in pure Krishna Consciousness|With this taste of Krishna Consciousness, we become more and more attracted, so more and more Krishna gives encouragement, and then more and more we increase in our desire to serve Krishna in pure Krishna Consciousness. So in this way there is an unlimited ocean of nectar of devotional service which eternally increases on and on.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|When we begin this sublime chanting process, or even if we simply hear the sound Hare Krishna, then we have begun our journey back to the Spiritual Kingdom, back to Godhead|When we begin this sublime chanting process, or even if we simply hear the sound Hare Krishna, then we have begun our journey back to the Spiritual Kingdom, back to Godhead. So please continue to be serious in your chanting, and then surely Krishna will save you and all the other sincere souls who are so fortunate to have taken to this movement.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690615 - Letter to Sivananda written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Sivananda written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox| If one true Vaisnava goes any place in the world, then the spiritual instincts of the more advanced souls he comes into contact with will be awakened, and they will automatically be attracted| If one true Vaisnava goes any place in the world, then the spiritual instincts of the more advanced souls he comes into contact with will be awakened, and they will automatically be attracted. In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna informs Arjuna that if in previous lifetimes one has begun the path of spiritual perfection but was unable to complete it for one reason or another, then in future lifetimes he will automatically become attracted again to spiritual life, and he will begin his progress from the point where he had previously left off.}}


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_16|1969 - June 16]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:690616 - Lecture SB 01.05.13 - New Vrindaban, USA|Lecture SB 01.05.13 - New Vrindaban]]'''
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/690616SB-NEW_VRINDABAN_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"We are spirit soul. We cannot be under any material condition. Just like our normal condition is healthy life, not under feverish condition. That is abnormal life. If one is attacked with fever, that is not his normal life. That is temporary, abnormal life. Actual life is healthy life. We should nicely eat. We shall nicely sleep. We shall work very nicely. We..., our brain must work very nicely. These are healthy signs. But when I cannot work nicely, I cannot sleep nicely, I cannot work nicely, I cannot act my brain very nicely, that means abnormal condition. So at that time, he requires to be treated by expert physician. So here is the expert physician, Nārada Muni. And he is advising his disciple to make him expert. This is called paramparā system."|Vanisource:690616 - Lecture SB 01.05.13 - New Vrindaban, USA|690616 - Lecture SB 01.05.13 - New Vrindaban, USA}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Our normal condition is healthy life, not under feverish condition. That is abnormal life. If one is attacked with fever, that is not his normal life. That is temporary, abnormal life. Actual life is healthy life|We are spirit soul. We cannot be under any material condition. Just like our normal condition is healthy life, not under feverish condition. That is abnormal life. If one is attacked with fever, that is not his normal life. That is temporary, abnormal life. Actual life is healthy life. We should nicely eat. We shall nicely sleep. We shall work very nicely.}}
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/690616SB-NEW_VRINDABAN_ND_02.mp3</mp3player>|"We are under the grip of material nature. The... Karmaṇā daiva-netreṇa ([[Vanisource:SB 3.31.1|SB 3.31.1]]). You are working under the influence of certain material quality, and you are preparing your next life. You cannot say, 'All right, I am very happy. I am... I'm born in America. My nation is very great nation, and we are very rich. So I shall, next life also, I shall come to America. I shall take my birth here and enjoy like this'. Oh, that is not in your hand. That you cannot say. That is daiva-netreṇa. Daiva. Daiva means that is in the supernatural power. Daiva. The same thing: daivī hy eṣā guṇamayī mama māyā ([[Vanisource:BG 7.14 (1972)|BG 7.14]]). You cannot say. Daiva-netreṇa. You are preparing your life. The higher authorities will give you chance. If you prepare yourself nicely, you get good chance; you get birth in higher planet. Or if you prepare himself..., yourself nicely, then you go to Kṛṣṇa even. Now it is your choice."|Vanisource:690616 - Lecture SB 01.05.13 - New Vrindaban, USA|690616 - Lecture SB 01.05.13 - New Vrindaban, USA}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690616 - Letter to Arundhati written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Arundhati written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|When you are typing, you should know that it is as good as chanting, because the work is also on the matter of Krishna|When you are typing, you should know that it is as good as chanting, because the work is also on the matter of Krishna. Chanting on the beads and chanting on the typewriter Composer machine are both transcendental sounds of Krishna. Krishna's Name, His Fame, His Qualities—all of them are on the absolute platform, and therefore there is no difference between one and another. So do not be misled that you are typing and not chanting.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690616 - Letter to Pradyumna written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Pradyumna written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|The machine should be used from 7:00 in the morning till 10:00 at night|Now Arundhati and Syama Dasi shall be in charge of composing at least four hours alternately. In this way, the machine should be used from 7:00 in the morning till 10:00 at night. Syama Dasi may type from 7:00 in the morning till 11:00 o'clock. Then Arundhati will type from 11 till three. Then Syama Dasi from three until seven o'clock, and Arundhati from seven o'clock until ten o'clock. In this way, you and Hayagriva shall guide them so that the machine will be fully utilized.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690616 - Letter to Rayarama written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Rayarama written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|As your beloved spiritual master and father, it is my duty to give you all protection; but if you allow Maya to act upon you without any resistance, then it is your own choice|As your beloved spiritual master and father, it is my duty to give you all protection; but if you allow Maya to act upon you without any resistance, then it is your own choice.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690616 - Letter to Rupanuga written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Rupanuga written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|You are successfully carrying on the Sankirtana Movement and Krishna is giving you encouragement by mercifully giving some money also. So rest assured that Sankirtana Movement is specifically benedicted by Lord Caitanya for achieving all kinds of success|You are successfully carrying on the Sankirtana Movement, and Krishna is giving you encouragement by mercifully giving some money also. So rest assured that Sankirtana Movement is specifically benedicted by Lord Caitanya for achieving all kinds of success. Stick to the principles seriously and faithfully, and there will be no difficulty.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690616 - Letter to Steve written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Steve written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|We now have published several books which delve deeply into the topic of the Absolute Truth, so you should read them very carefully, and gradually the knowledge will become revealed to you|We now have published several books which delve deeply into the topic of the Absolute Truth, so you should read them very carefully, and gradually the knowledge will become revealed to you. The first book you should study carefully is the Bhagavad Gita As It Is.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690616 - Letter to Visala written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Visala written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|My only business is to give pleasure to the Lord in pure K.C. In this way, such devotee becomes himself eligible to lead other back to the path of devotional service and thus he too may become a Spiritual Master. This process is called parampara|The association and instructions of the purified servants of Krishna, the living entity gradually comes to remember that "I am not part of this miserable material world, but I too am the eternal servant of Krishna, and my only business is to give pleasure to the Lord in pure Krishna Consciousness." In this way, such devotee becomes himself eligible to lead others back to the path of devotional service and thus he too may become a Spiritual Master. This process is called parampara, or the line of disciplic succession.}}


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_11|1969 - June 11]] ====
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_17|1969 - June 17]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:690617 - Letter to Balabhadra written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Balabhadra written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox| Your description of the parade with 55,000 people viewing is very much encouraging, and it is clear that Krishna is giving you nice opportunities for spreading the Sankirtana Movement throughout Hawaii| Your description of the parade with 55,000 people viewing is very much encouraging, and it is clear that Krishna is giving you nice opportunities for spreading the Sankirtana Movement throughout Hawaii.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690617 - Letter to Dinesh written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Dinesh written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I hope you will do the business side of these records with the Grace of Lord Caitanya| I quite follow you that you are planning to work conjointly with our London party. So I am sending you back the agreement duly signed by me, and I hope you will do the business side of these records with the Grace of Lord Caitanya. If you wish to go to London, I have no objection.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690617 - Letter to Gaurasundara written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Gaurasundara written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|She is a good asset for you as your wife, and I want that you two work combinedly. That is my desire|You have spoken about Govinda Dasi's expertness on Sankirtana, and I know very well about her qualifications. I am 100% confident about her competence, and she can be very useful to your activities there. Unfortunately she becomes sickly, so as husband, you must see that she is taken proper care of. She is a good asset for you as your wife, and I want that you two work combinedly. That is my desire.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690617 - Letter to Hansadutta written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Hansadutta written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|The devotees arise in the morning, here in New Vindavan they are getting up by four o'clock. But in your country the people are not accostumed to this, and it will take a little time to get them used to it| Regarding the time when the devotees arise in the morning, here in New Vindavan they are getting up by four o'clock. But in your country the people are not accostumed to this, and it will take a little time to get them used to it. But try to get them up at four o'clock as far as possible.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690617 - Letter to Harer Nama and Prabhavati written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Harer Nama and Prabhavati written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Their nice appreciation of our movement is a great pleasure for me to note. Keep them very nicely, and as you consider that one or all of them are ready for initiation and are desiring like that, then they can send their beads to me to be chanted upon|Their nice appreciation of our movement is a great pleasure for me to note. Keep them very nicely, and as you consider that one or all of them are ready for initiation and are desiring like that, then they can send their beads to me to be chanted upon.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690617 - Letter to Jadurani written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Jadurani written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|It will be the policy of our paper now to print as many as possible photos and articles of our own activities|Now you send to Brahmananda as many photographs as possible of the parading and the other chanting engagements. It will be the policy of our paper now to print as many as possible photos and articles of our own activities.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690617 - Letter to Muralidhara written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Muralidhara written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I am enclosing a list of the special Krishna Consciousness holidays to be celebrated in your temple for the next several months|I am enclosing a list of the special Krishna Consciousness holidays to be celebrated in your temple for the next several months.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690617 - Letter to Satsvarupa written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Satsvarupa written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox| Try to get recognition from the police that we are a non-profit religious organization|Regarding your present difficulty with the police, things are going by Krishna's desire, and it will be all right. Try to get recognition from the police that we are a non-profit religious organization.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690617 - Letter to Sir written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Sir written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox| The purpose of sending this money is to purchase Brass Deities from Vrindaban| The purpose of sending this money is to purchase Brass Deities from Vrindaban. Arrangement has been mad that Sri Ramnath Mukutwala of Lohi Bazar, Vrindaban, will supply Radha-Krishna Brass Murtis, 24" high, at Rs 825.00 per pair.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690617 - Letter to Tamala Krishna written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Tamala Krishna written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Every morning we shall be empty-handed, get collection of a million dollars during the daytime, and by evening it should be all spent. That should be our motto|Our policy should be to collect millions of dollars or more than that daily, and spend it daily. That should be our policy. Every morning we shall be empty-handed, get collection of a million dollars during the daytime, and by evening it should be all spent. That should be our motto. But because we are pushing on our activities regularly, therefore some money should be saved to meet emergencies.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690617 - Letter to Umapati written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Umapati written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I think there is a great plan of Krishna that you should not get suitable service till now. It may be that you are required for preaching work 100%. So depend on Krishna, chant Hare Krishna, and everything will work out|I think there is a great plan of Krishna that you should not get suitable service till now. It may be that you are required for preaching work 100%. So depend on Krishna, chant Hare Krishna, and everything will work out.}}


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_18|1969 - June 18]] ====


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_12|1969 - June 12]] ====
:'''[[Vanisource:690618 - Lecture SB 01.05.14 - New Vrindaban, USA|Lecture SB 01.05.14 - New Vrindaban]]'''
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/690618SB-NEW_VRINDABAN_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"Śukadeva Gosvāmī attained salvation and perfection simply by chanting. This chanting means describing the glories of the Lord from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. So he says, pravartamānasya guṇair anātmanas tato bhavān darśaya ceṣṭitam: 'People are so much entangled by the modes of material nature. So in order to get them free from this entanglement, you show the path. Simply let them hear. Let them give aural reception to the wonderful activities of the Lord'. That activity... Because absolute... Kṛṣṇa is Absolute Truth. So Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa's activities are the same because it is absolute. It is not duality. In the material world, myself and my activities are different. But it is the... This world is dual world. But in the absolute world, Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa's pastimes, Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa's name, Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa's quality, Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa's fame, they're all Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa's associates, they're all Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is cowherds boy. So Kṛṣṇa and the cows, they're all Kṛṣṇa. That we have to learn. They're not different from Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa and the gopīs, they're all Kṛṣṇa. Ānanda-cinmaya-rasa-pratibhāvitābhiḥ (BS 5.37). So we have to understand that."|Vanisource:690618 - Lecture SB 01.05.14 - New Vrindaban, USA|690618 - Lecture SB 01.05.14 - New Vrindaban, USA}}
{{VaniQuotebox|In the Vedic scripture there is recommendation that animal sacrifice allowed, but that is not meant for killing. That is giving a new life|In the Vedic scripture there is recommendation that animal sacrifice allowed, but that is not meant for killing. That is giving a new life. So when this animal sacrifice was going on simply for eating, simply for eating... Just like in a particular mission they say that "We are devotees of goddess Kālī." Their real mission is to eat meat. Therefore they have become devotees of goddess Kālī. But actually, these sacrifices were not meant, as explained by Caitanya Mahāprabhu, for killing the animals.}}


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_19|1969 - June 19]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:690619 - Lecture SB 01.05.15 - New Vrindaban, USA|Lecture SB 01.05.15 - New Vrindaban]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|"Only surrender to Me." So this is the verdict of all Vedic literatures. But if somebody thinks that "I can worship Brahma, I can worship Kali, I can worship Siva, or many other demigods, and still the same thing," this is impersonalist view|"Only surrender to Me." So this is the verdict of all Vedic literatures. But if somebody thinks that "I can worship Brahma, I can worship Kali, I can worship Siva, or many other demigods, and still the same thing," this is impersonalist view.}}
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/690619SB-NEW_VRINDABAN_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"This activity, Kṛṣṇa consciousness activity, is not only pious; it is transcendental. So if you stay on this platform of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the easy process, just like we are executing in New Vrindaban, chanting, dancing, eating bhāgavata-prasādam, hearing Bhāgavata or Bhagavad-gītā, trying to understand, simple process... It is not very difficult. And you are satisfied with little prasādam, never mind what it is. This process will make you stay firm. So don't deviate. Whatever little regulative principles are there, they are not very difficult. Just stick to this principle, chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, eat prasādam, and your life will be successful. Here is the assurance by Nārada Muni, that 'Even if he falls down, still, there is no loss. But the, on the other side, those who are not in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, if he's very regular businessman or regular worker, so many things, still, his gain is nothing'."|Vanisource:690619 - Lecture SB 01.05.15 - New Vrindaban, USA|690619 - Lecture SB 01.05.15 - New Vrindaban, USA}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Although the Bhagavad-gita is the scripture of Hindus and the Indians, still, they are not so easy to accept Krsna consciousness. Because their brain is puzzled|I am very pleased that the boys and girls who have come to me, they have immediately taken to Kṛṣṇa. But India, although the Bhagavad-gītā is the scripture of Hindus and the Indians, still, they are not so easy to accept Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Because their brain is puzzled.}}


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_13|1969 - June 13]] ====
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_20|1969 - June 20]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:690620 - Letter to Isana written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Isana written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|If you think you are Krishna or Spiritual Master, that is Mayavadi philosophy. One should not indulge in this sort of thing| You have described how you meditate on Krishna and your Spiritual Master, but I do not follow what you mean by "identify". To think of Krishna and your Spiritual master is very nice, but if you think you are Krishna or Spiritual Master, that is Mayavadi philosophy. One should not indulge in this sort of thing.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690620 - Letter to Pradyumna written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Pradyumna written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I have already written you a letter that you have to maintain the machine. That means the monthly installments shall be arranged by you, and the cash down shall be paid by me|I have already written you a letter that you have to maintain the machine. That means the monthly installments shall be arranged by you, and the cash down shall be paid by me.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690620 - Letter to Satsvarupa written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Satsvarupa written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I am very pleased to learn that you are planning for a nice Rathayatra Festival in Boston. Please do it nicely, and take many nice photographs for publication in BTG|I am very pleased to learn that you are planning for a nice Rathayatra Festival in Boston. Please do it nicely, and take many nice photographs for publication in BTG.}}


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_21|1969 - June 21]] ====


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_14|1969 - June 14]] ====
:'''[[Vanisource:690621 - Lecture SB 01.05.17-18 - New Vrindaban, USA|Lecture SB 01.05.17-18 - New Vrindaban]]'''
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/690621SB-NEW_VRINDAVAN_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"Just like the same example, as we have repeatedly..., that by supplying food in the stomach, you supply food to all the limbs of the body. You don't require... This is practical. Or pouring water on the root of the tree, you supply water to all the branches, leaves, everywhere. We see every day. This is practical example. Simply... Similarly, there must be something central point of all this manifestation. That is Kṛṣṇa. If we simply capture Kṛṣṇa, then we capture everything. And the Vedas also says, yasmin vijñāte sarvam idaṁ vijñātaṁ bhavati (Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.3). We are searching after departmental knowledge, but if you simply understand Kṛṣṇa, the central point, then you understand everything."|Vanisource:690621 - Lecture SB 01.05.17-18 - New Vrindaban, USA|690621 - Lecture SB 01.05.17-18 - New Vrindaban, USA}}
{{VaniQuotebox|If we simply capture Krsna, then we capture everything|If we simply capture Kṛṣṇa, then we capture everything. And the Vedas also says, we are searching after departmental knowledge, but if you simply understand Kṛṣṇa, the central point, then you understand everything. You understand everything. Just like we sometimes speak which great scientists cannot speak. Why? Because we have captured the central point, Kṛṣṇa.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690621 - Letter to Gopala Krishna written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Gopala Krishna written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|If you can request your father to supply us with Maharastrian mrdangas & kanjanis, that will be very nice. I wish to import them from Bombay so if your father or anybody else can arrange to supply us these things, it will be a great service to the society|If you can request your father to supply us with Maharastrian mrdangas & kanjanis, that will be very nice. I wish to import them from Bombay so if your father or anybody else can arrange to supply us these things, it will be a great service to the society.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690621 - Letter to Gurudasa written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Gurudasa written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Go ahead with new vigor and energy to push on the Krishna Consciousness Movement in London. You have already created an impression in the greatest city in the world, and I hope in the future there will be even greater hope for this movement|Go ahead with new vigor and energy to push on the Krishna Consciousness Movement in London. You have already created an impression in the greatest city in the world, and I hope in the future there will be even greater hope for this movement.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690621 - Letter to Jayapataka written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Jayapataka written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox| The Rathayatra Festival you will perform from the 20th of July to the 27th of July| The Rathayatra Festival you will perform from the 20th of July to the 27th of July. The main item is the car, so how will you observe the Festival with out the required car, or ratha. If you want to take the Deities on the shoulders of the devotees, that is also nice. But if you would convey the Deities on a car, that will be very nice.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690621 - Letter to Krishna dasa written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Krishna dasa written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I understand from Janardana's letter that there is very good possibilities of spreading our Krishna Consciousness Movement there. So if Krishna desires, it will be possible to have three important centers in Europe very soon|You will be glad to know that Janardana is going to Paris at almost the same time, and Sivananda is also eager to open a branch in Paris. I understand from Janardana's letter that there is very good possibilities of spreading our Krishna Consciousness Movement there. So if Krishna desires, it will be possible to have three important centers in Europe very soon.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690621 - Letter to Yamuna written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Yamuna written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I am very much encouraged to learn that your kirtana is going to be held at Oxford University, which is the most important university in the world| I am very much encouraged to learn that your kirtana is going to be held at Oxford University, which is the most important university in the world. At least in India, if somebody is a graduate of Oxford University, he is very highly respected, and immediately he gets some good job in the government's service. So if your Sankirtana program becomes recognized by the Oxonians, it will be a great credit for you.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|I received one cable from Mukunda asking for a loan of $1,025.00 for depositing three months' rent on the house. I have advised New York to cable the money immediately, and I hope he has already received the money and the transaction is nicely terminated|The day before yesterday I received one cable from Mukunda asking for a loan of $1,025.00 for depositing three months' rent on the house. I have advised New York to cable the money immediately, and I hope Mukunda has already received the money and the transaction is nicely terminated.}}


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_22|1969 - June 22]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:690622 - Lecture - New Vrindaban, USA|Lecture - New Vrindaban]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Because I have come to preaching work, so let me finish whatever little work is still remaining. I want to go once to London and Germany. Then I will entrust the whole thing to you|So take care of these children. If you can make one child Kṛṣṇa conscious, it is a great service. Kṛṣṇa will be very pleased. So, so many children will come. This place is nice. And Kṛṣṇa will give us all opportunity. So I will also come again, and I like this place. So... Because I have come to preaching work, so let me finish whatever little work is still remaining. I want to go once to London and Germany. Then I will entrust the whole thing to you.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Let us cooperate in this (KC) movement very nicely; here in this spot, New Vrindaban, the woman's business will be to take care of the children, cooking cleansing, and churning butter. Those who have the knowledge of typing can help in typing also|Let us cooperate in this movement very nicely, and here in this spot, New Vrindaban, the woman's business will be to take care of the children, cooking cleansing, and churning butter. And those who have the knowledge of typing can help in typing also. No other hard work. That's all. This is for woman. And for men, hard work, field work, taking care of the cows, of the animals, to go to collect wood, to construct building. In this way cooperate.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690622 - Lecture SB 01.05.18 - New Vrindaban, USA|Lecture SB 01.05.18 - New Vrindaban]]'''
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/690622SB-NEW_VRINDABAN_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"So the statement of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam that tal labhyate duḥkhavad anyataḥ sukham ([[Vanisource:SB 1.5.18|SB 1.5.18]]). You don't try for so-called economic development. You cannot have more than what you are destined to get. It is already settled. This living entity receives different grades of standard of living condition, so they're according to the past karma, daivena, daiva-netreṇa ([[Vanisource:SB 3.31.1|SB 3.31.1]]), karmaṇā. So you cannot change that. That nature's law, you cannot change. Why you have got varieties of life, varieties of position, varieties of business. It is destined. Viṣayaḥ khalu sarvataḥ syāt ([[Vanisource:SB 11.9.29|SB 11.9.29]]). Viṣaya, these material enjoyment—means eating, sleeping, mating and defending—these... Only standard is different. I am eating something, you are eating something. Maybe, in my calculation, you are eating not very good. In your calculation I am not eating very good. But the eating is same. You are eating. I am eating. So in the material world the standard of happiness, taking the basic principle, it is all the same. But we have created, 'This is good standard. That is bad standard. This is very nice. This is very bad'."|Vanisource:690622 - Lecture SB 01.05.18 - New Vrindaban, USA|690622 - Lecture SB 01.05.18 - New Vrindaban, USA}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Krsna can give you liberation from this distressful, miserable condition of material existence and give you transcendental pleasure. Therefore His another name is Mukunda|Kṛṣṇa can give you liberation from this distressful, miserable condition of material existence and give you transcendental pleasure. Therefore His another name is Mukunda.}}


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_15|1969 - June 15]] ====
=== Jun 23 to 30 - Los Angeles ===
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:'''[[Vanisource:690624 - Letter to Kirtanananda written from Los Angeles|Letter to Kirtanananda written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|The first thing is that whether the girls and women who live in New Vrindaban are agreeable to work as I have suggested, namely...|The first thing is that whether the girls and women who live there are agreeable to work as I have suggested; namely 1) to take care of the children, both from health and educational point of view, 2) to keep the whole temple, kitchen, etc. very clean, (At the present moment, things are not kept very clean. You are right that if some outsiders come, they will view our situation as not very hygienic.), 3) cooking, 4) churning butter. If they agree to all these four principles, that is to say, if they cooperate with the boys, then surely very quickly New Vrindaban will develop as nicely as possible.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690624 - Letter to Labangalatika written from Los Angeles|Letter to Labangalatika written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Girls who are living in New Vrindaban should be engaged in the following activities; 1) taking care of the children, 2) cleaning the temple, kitchen, etc. 3) cooking, and 4) churning butter|I have advised Kirtanananda Maharaja that girls who are living in New Vrindaban should be engaged in the following activities; 1) taking care of the children, 2) cleaning the temple, kitchen, etc. 3) cooking, and 4) churning butter. So for the time being, you remain in New Vrindaban, follow the principles carefully, and I am sure that your life will be successful.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690624 - Letter to Mrs. Davis written from Los Angeles|Letter to Mrs. Davis written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Yesterday I left New Vrindaban, and your son, Madhu Mangala, is still there, He appears now to be quite peaceful and happy, so I think we should let him continue like that, and if he keeps up in this way, there is no need of any demonic treatment|Yesterday I left New Vrindaban, and your son, Madhu Mangala, is still there, He appears now to be quite peaceful and happy, so I think we should let him continue like that, and if he keeps up in this way, there is no need of any demonic treatment.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690624 - Letter to Upendra written from Los Angeles|Letter to Upendra written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|So far as your duty is concerned, you are doing your best. That is your spiritual qualification. The best qualification for a Vaisnava is to act sincerely, and to his best capacity, for the service of Krishna|So far as your duty is concerned, you are doing your best. That is your spiritual qualification. The best qualification for a Vaisnava is to act sincerely, and to his best capacity, for the service of Krishna. Otherwise, Krishna is so great, and we are so small, there is no question of our giving any service to Krishna.}}


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==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_16|1969 - June 16]] ====
:'''[[Vanisource:690626 - Letter to Hansadutta written from Los Angeles|Letter to Hansadutta written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Sankirtana is our life & soul. You have got a natural tendency for these Sankirtana performances. I have seen this personally. You can do it very nicely. For you the best thing will be to form a Sankirtana Party for yourself & travel all over the country|Sankirtana is our life and soul, and you have got a natural tendency for these Sankirtana performances. I have seen this personally, and you can do it very nicely. So for you the best thing will be to form a Sankirtana Party for yourself and travel all over the country.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Personally, I also still maintain the idea of a world Sankirtana Party, but such things at the present moment are a dream only. But one day maybe it may come out successful|Personally, I also still maintain the idea of a world Sankirtana Party, but such things at the present moment are a dream only. But one day maybe it may come out successful.}}


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:'''[[Vanisource:690627 - Letter to Madana Mohana written from Los Angeles|Letter to Madana Mohana written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox| Your full energy should be engaged in the Lord's service. That is the secret of success|The more we render service therefore, the more we are able to advance. You have taken the work of indexing, so you may continue to do this. And if you want to remain, it doesn't matter, but your full energy should be engaged in the Lord's service. That is the secret of success.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690627 - Letter to Pradyumna written from Los Angeles|Letter to Pradyumna written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I beg to confirm herewith my approval of your going ahead for arranging for the Bodoni Book type face as I have already instructed you|I beg to confirm herewith my approval of your going ahead for arranging for the Bodoni Book type face as I have already instructed you. Please inform me when the negotiations are completed.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690627 - Letter to Satsvarupa written from Los Angeles|Letter to Satsvarupa written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I have given instructions that in Back To Godhead the pictures of our activities and short descriptions should be more and more published|I have given instructions that in Back To Godhead the pictures of our activities and short descriptions should be more and more published. So continue to send such pictures as you have already sent.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690627 - Letter to Vamanadeva written from Los Angeles|Letter to Vamanadeva written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|If  you continue to develop such feelings and engage all of your energy in the service of the Lord, then surely you will come out successful in perfecting your life in Krishna Consciousness| I thank you very much for the nice sentiments you have expressed in your letter, and if continue to develop such feelings and engage all of your energy in the service of the Lord, then surely you will come out successful in perfecting your life in Krishna Consciousness.}}


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_17|1969 - June 17]] ====
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{{VaniQuotebox|I am so proud of having beautiful disciples like you who understand the inner meaning of my mission. Actually, I want the people of the whole world to come to God consciousness and be happy| I am so proud of having beautiful disciples like you who understand the inner meaning of my mission. Actually, I want the people of the whole world to come to God consciousness and be happy. Without God, there is no question of happiness, and without God, there are no good qualities in a person.}}


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==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_June_18|1969 - June 18]] ====
:'''[[Vanisource:690629 - Letter to Rayarama written from Los Angeles|Letter to Rayarama written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|It is not my business, nor Brahmananda's, nor Hayagriva's. It is the business of Krishna, and we want to serve Him in the best way|It is not my business, nor Brahmananda's, nor Hayagriva's. It is the business of Krishna, and we want to serve Him in the best way.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:690629 - Letter to Syamasundara written from Los Angeles|Letter to Syamasundara written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Krishna can help us immediately with all of His resources, but first of all He wants to see how much we can work seriously. So the more we become steady and serious, the more help we will have from Him, rest assured|Krishna can help us immediately with all of His resources, but first of all He wants to see how much we can work seriously. So the more we become steady and serious, the more help we will have from Him, rest assured.}}


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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,

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  • 13,350+ concise statements, drawn from Srila Prabhupada's lectures, conversations and letters are highlighted within quoteboxes;
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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.


Jun 1 to 22 - New Vrinbadan

1969 - June 01

Letter to Dayananda written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		If a new temple site in Los Angeles is absolutely required to be moved in a bigger place, that should be your first business. For my place you may find a place near the temple, and it should be independent of any other tenants. It may be a small cottage, but it should be independent with a little compound surrounding. That will be very nice.
Letter to Murlidhar written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		There are many unauthorized pictures painted by so-called called imaginative artists, but we don’t want such pictures in our temples. So you kindly send me a sketch of the picture, and I shall see whether it is authorized. I am very glad that Devahuti has finished a picture of Radha-Krishna, and that she is working also on Lord Caitanya and Sankirtan. I am also glad that you combinedly want to paint a picture of my photograph.
Letter to Tamala Krishna written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		You encourage the visitors, boys and girls as well as married couples, to understand the value of life and how they can peacefully and happily live if they follow the routine worship method in the temple and establish this in their home to be happy in all respects. Krishna Consciousness Movement is actually an attempt to make all people happy generally and, becoming liberated in this life from material contamination, they'll be thus eligible to enter into the Kingdom of God after quitting this body.

vanipedia.org 		I can understand things are going very nicely in your temple, and Krishna is giving you good intelligence. So I wish that you will live for hundred years and execute this Krishna Movement so that in this very life you shall enter into the abode of Krishna. As soon as one's service is recognized by Krishna, he is immediately called, "Please come here." That is the verdict of the Vedic literature.

vanipedia.org 		You will find in Bhagavad-gita that anyone who takes the task of preaching Krishna Consciousness is the dearmost devotee of the Lord.


1969 - June 02

Letter to Bharadraja written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		I have so many ideas for paintings, and we will be requiring so many expert paintings as you are able to do, so please be very serious to do this work nicely and quickly. It will be great service. In our Krishna Book we are showing the Western World for the first time what is God. So it is no unimportant task, and try to help us out in this as far as possible.

vanipedia.org 		I think that all of these duties may be stopped so you can devote your full energy and time to painting. This painting you are doing is very important, so it will count as your temple work. There is no necessity either for you to go out on Sankirtana if this will take away your time from your real work.
Letter to Gaurasundara written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		I am pleased to note that there is one boy named Tony who has become attracted to our movement and wishes to be initiated. He may send me his beads immediately. Please take nice care of him because there are so many good souls who we must inform of this most important philosophy, and when another man is sent by Krishna to help us it is our duty to help him understand Krishna Consciousness as far as possible.


1969 - June 03

Letter to Madhudvisa written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		Instead of being agitated in mind, it is better to become a married man and in peaceful mind execute Krishna Consciousness. That is my verdict, and ever since I started this movement I have encouraged marriage to so many disciples. So there is no hindrance in this respect, and you can do the needful.
Letter to Syamasundara written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		We do not want to create a group of prakrta sahajiya, or devotees who do not know the science of Krishna and do not know the science of devotion, but simply worship the Deity with no depth of knowledge. That is called materialistic devotee, but it is also not rejected.


1969 - June 04

Lecture Initiation and Wedding - New Vrindaban
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"It is very doubtful whether this body belongs to me, because I have got this body from my father and mother. So it may belong to my father and mother. Or if I am a slave, then it may belong to my master. Or even if I am not slave, because I belong to some state, this body belongs to the state. Immediately if the state calls, "Come on. You sacrifice your body in the Vietnam," oh, you have to do that. So in this way, if you analytically study, you'll see the body does not belong to you. Then why should you be so much dexterous to satisfy? Just try to understand. I am not interested to satisfy the senses of your body; I am interested to satisfy the senses of my body. But if this body does not belong to me, then why should we be so much expert in satisfying the senses?"
690604 - Lecture Initiation and Wedding - New Vrindaban, USA


1969 - June 05

Letter to Candanacarya written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		Regarding your proposal of working in Columbus with the chance of earning $100 per day, why don't you take it? This will be a great help to this center because there is such great potential for spreading our movement amongst the students there, and if we can either purchase the large church on 16th Avenue, or if they can purchase their present house, along with the nearby lot and gas station, that will be a tremendous asset to the activities there.
Letter to Gopala Krishna written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		I have already sent your beads duly chanted upon, and I hope you will be happy in Krishna Consciousness always. As you are a very nice, good soul, Krishna will certainly bless you with all benedictions. It doesn't matter whether or not you remain in this part of the world or in India. Wherever you remain you chant Hare Krishna regularly, and your example may be followed by others.
Letter to Sir written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		I do not know why Gopala Krsna's father is so much upset. I have received one letter from Gopala Krsna dated May 29, 1969 in which he writes "I don't think my parents will have any objections now because I have assured them in telegrams and letter that I am not going to abandon them." I hope this will clear the whole thing.
Letter to Turya written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		In material life, everyone is bound up tightly by the laws of karma, and there is no question of transcending these laws by any material means. The modern civilization is trying to transcend the pangs of material life, namely birth, death, old age and diseases, by advancement of material knowledge, but actually this advancement is only binding them more tightly into the material concept of life. So thus there is no freedom from or transcending of these material miseries.


1969 - June 06

Lecture SB 01.05.09-11 - New Vrindaban
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"Simply by understanding Kṛṣṇa, janma karma me divyaṁ yo jānāti tattvataḥ tyaktvā deham (BG 4.9), that person, after leaving this body, mām eti, he goes to Kṛṣṇa. And who can go to Kṛṣṇa unless he has got a spiritual body, the same sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ (Bs. 5.1)? Unless one has the same vigrahaḥ... Just like we can understand that when we take birth in a particular place, say in Greenland, which is always full with ice, or some other place, so you have got a particular type of body you get. There the animals, there the man, they have got a particular type of body. They can bear the severe cold. We cannot. Similarly, when you go to Kṛṣṇaloka you'll have a particular type of body. What is that particular type of body? Sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ (Bs. 5.1). Any planet you go, you must have particular body. So tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti (BG 4.9). And as soon as you get eternal body, then you don't have to come back again to this material world."
690606 - Lecture SB 01.05.09-11 - New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		First of all you must know what you are and what is your business, what is your destination, what is your aim of life. Then begin work, begin religious, become economic developer and so on, so on, so many things. But if you are in darkness to understand yourself, then what is the meaning of this accumulation of wealth or so-called religion, and so-called economic devel...? No.
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vanipedia.org 		A literature presented to the people, to the public for reading, which are even grammatically incorrect, but because there is glorification of the Lord, it can produce revolution. It can purify the whole human society.
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vanipedia.org 		The modern education is to teach people to become flies, only stool. Not here, Kṛṣṇa consciousness. But you make it a honeycomb. Those who are after, seeking after honey, they will find, "Here is something." You see? Don't make it a stool society. You see? Make it a honey society. At least, give chance, those who are seeking after honey. Don't cheat people. So they'll come.
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"The whole plan should be that people should understand that he is not animal, first thing. This is education. In the animal society there is no religion, but as soon as you claim to be in human society or civilized society, then there must be religion. Economic development secondary, next. Of course, according to medical consciousness they say ātmānam, ātmānam means they say 'body'. But ātmā means this body, this mind, and the soul. Real meaning of ātmā is soul. So there is a verse, ātmānaṁ sarvato rakṣet: 'First of all try to save your soul'. I think Lord Jesus Christ has also spoken something like that. 'If, after gaining everything, one loses his spirit soul, then what does he gain?' Is it not?"
690606 - Lecture SB 01.05.09-11 - New Vrindaban, USA
Letter to Vrndavanesvari written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		In my previous letter to Mandali Bhadra, I already informed him that he will act as the editor of the German Back To Godhead. So when you go please set up everything in a cooperative mood. The workers there are very sincere, and upon your joining them, they will be very much encouraged.


1969 - June 07

Lecture CC Adi 17.21 - New Vrindaban
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"If you come here, if you hear and chant, then gradually... Kṛṣṇa is within you. He is sitting within your heart as a friend, not as an enemy. Kṛṣṇa is always your friend. Suhṛdaṁ sarva-bhūtānām (BG 5.29). You are searching out friends to talk with, to joke with, to love. Kṛṣṇa is sitting there for that purpose. If you love Kṛṣṇa, if you make friendship with Kṛṣṇa, if you love Kṛṣṇa, then your life will be successful. You haven't got to search out any other friend. The friend is already there. Either you are a boy or a girl, you will find a nice friend within yourself. That is yoga system, when you realize this friend. So this friend is so nice, as soon as you become little inclined to hear about Him, śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ—about Kṛṣṇa, not any other nonsense talks, simply about Kṛṣṇa—then Kṛṣṇa will be so pleased. He is within you. Śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ, hṛdy antaḥ sthaḥ (SB 1.2.17). Hṛt means heart. Antaḥ stho. Antaḥ stho means 'who is sitting within your heart'."
690607 - Lecture CC Adi 17.21 - New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is present before you in three features. Simply you have to make your senses perfect to perceive it. Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is a person, a person like you, like me. Just like we are facing each other, similarly, when you are spiritually perfect, you will be able to see Kṛṣṇa exactly like face to face.
Letter to Jayagovinda written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		Please work there with your full energy in cooperation with your other godbrothers. Krishna Das, yourself, Sivananda and Uttama Sloka all are good souls and sincere devotees of Lord Krishna. So as you faithfully continue to work under my direction, your further advancement is sure.
Letter to Krishna dasa written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		I have received also news from Mandali Bhadra and Vrndavanesvari that they have already purchased their tickets and are going on the 27th of June, so when they arrive, please cooperate with them nicely. You are all sincere workers, and they also are very sincere souls. So cooperate together nicely, and I hope our Hamburg center will very soon become the important center in Europe.
Letter to Mrs. Davis written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		Patita Uddharana was here two days ago, and I had a talk with him about the situation you have brought up in your letter. There will be no objection if you can come here to New Vrindaban. The whole thing has been explained to your son, Patita Uddharana, so you may consult with him and do the needful.
Letter to Sudama written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		I have appreciated so much your letter that I am making copies of this letter to send to different centers to show them how much potency is this Sankirtana Movement. So for the time being as you are working enthusiastically in Hawaii, try to establish a very good center there.
Letter to Uttamasloka written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		As individuals there may be disagreement sometimes, but that is quite natural. Even in ordinary family affairs there is sometimes disagreement, but that does not mean immediately the disagreeing members shall leave the family. Similarly our Krishna Consciousness Movement means we are all gathering together in families of Krishna. Actually we are eternal family members of the Lord, but due to our misuse of independence we have now forgotten our eternal relationship with Krishna.


1969 - June 08

Letter to Ananda written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		I thank you very much that you are struggling there alone and silently, and Krishna will surely bless you for this. I suggested in my previous letter that you join the Toronto party if you are feeling alone. But if not, you go on with your present program, and I have got all support for that.
Letter to Hansadutta written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		There is a Sanskrit proverb, sati shatyam samacharit, and this means if somebody is cunning, we must also become cunning. To a cunning person we must not be a simpleton. Krishna Conscious devotees are expected to be very intelligent, so we have to work very intelligently to prove our advancement in Krishna Consciousness.
Letter to Ishandas written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		Actually if we simply keep ourselves Krishna Conscious, chanting our prescribed rounds and following the regulative principles, then automatically the sincere souls who we come in contact with will automatically be attracted. This is because we are not bluffing anyone, and if some one is seriously after perfecting himself in spiritual life, then surely he will agree with all of our principles and he will wish to join us.


1969 - June 09

Conversation - New Vrindaban
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"So this movement, Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, will, I mean to say, smooth everything, pave everything. So they must know. And our process is very simple. We can introduce this process even in factories, even in anywhere, and we make peaceful everything. That is a fact. School, college, university, factory, everywhere. Ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ (CC Antya 20.12, Śikṣāṣṭaka 1). It is cleansing process. Everything is dirty. So we want to cleanse and make people peaceful and happy. That is our mission. We are not money-collecting mission, that "Give me your money, and let me enjoy." We are not that. Money..., we have got much money. Kṛṣṇa is our... The whole money is Kṛṣṇa's. Yaṁ labdhvā cāparaṁ lābhaṁ manyate nādhikaṁ tataḥ (BG 6.22). Kṛṣṇa is so valuable, if one gets Kṛṣṇa, he wants no more anything. "
690609 - Conversation - New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		Prabhupāda: ...Kali-yuga, everything should be managed by society. In Bhāgavata also. Yes.
Hayagrīva: Oh, democracy. In Kali-yuga, democracy.
Prabhupāda: Yes. Society. Body.
Hayagrīva: This is not best. This is not best. You mention that in the books, that this is not very good.
Prabhupāda: This is not very good in this sense... But at that time one man was so advanced that his order was perfect. Actually these kings like Mahārāja Parīkṣit and others, they were consulting learned brāhmaṇas, not that they were actually autocrat. No. They used to consult how the government should be conducted.

vanipedia.org 		You must jointly work because both of you, you have started this New Vrindaban, and you have to work jointly. There may be sometimes disagreement, but you should settle up. Otherwise how you can make progress?

vanipedia.org 		And that Mataji, she has taken land. I don't like that idea. Some Hindus are supporting. I don't want a Hindu temple. Our constitution is different. We want everyone. Kṛṣṇa consciousness is for everyone. It is not a Hindu propaganda. People may not misunderstand. And actually, till now in our society there is not a single other Hindu than me. (laughter) Is that not? Is there any Hindu?

vanipedia.org 		So if Kīrtanānanda's presence is necessary, then he is a sannyāsī; he should be given some responsible post. And if he is not necessary, then his main business is to go. Now, if I... I am getting older. If he travels all over the centers and sees as superintendent what things are going on, that will be also nice. And in my absence he can deliver speech and in that way he can get experience.


1969 - June 10

Lecture SB 01.05.11 - New Vrindaban
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"In the beginning we chant in offensive stage—the ten kinds of offenses. But that does not mean that we shall not chant. Even there are offenses, we shall go on chanting. That chanting will help me to get out of all offenses. Of course, we must take care that we may not commit offenses. Therefore this list of ten kinds of offenses are given. We should try to avoid. And as soon as it is offenseless chanting, then it is liberated stage. That is liberated stage. And after liberated stage, the chanting will be so pleasing because that is on the transcendental platform that actual love of Kṛṣṇa and God will be relished."
690610 - Lecture SB 01.05.11 - New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		The spiritual master is not a cow. Or a bull. (laughs) But sometimes they... Because it is not your language... But that doesn't matter. Because bhāvagrāhi janārdana. Kṛṣṇa is within you. He knows what you want to chant. Therefore He takes the meaning of guru and not goru, even it is spoken as goru. That doesn't matter. Bhāvagrāhi janārdana. He, Kṛṣṇa, knows that what you are actually... Just like I know that although you are speaking guru as goru, I, I, I, don't take offense because I know that your desire is something else. I do not protest. (laughter)
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vanipedia.org 		The whole world is infected with the maya's influence, and this Krsna consciousness movement, Hare Krsna mantra, is disinfectant. It is sure.
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vanipedia.org 		We should continue with perseverance. Utsāhād dhairyāt. Utsāhāt means with enthusiasm, and dhairyāt, dhairyāt means perseverance, patience. Utsāhāt. Niścayāt. Niścayāt means with firm determination: "Yes, I have begun chanting. Maybe there are offenses, but if I continue, Kṛṣṇa will be pleased to place me on the transcendental platform when I shall relish what is this chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa."
Letter to Dinesh written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		Another thing is although I have brought this Sankirtana Movement to the Western World we cannot make it copyrighted. The Sankirtana Movement is not my invention. So how can it be copyrighted? Besides that, as you will find in the album of my previous recording, the chanting of Hare Krishna is going on since time immemorial. So Hare Krishna cannot be copyrighted, although the tune in which I sing with my disciples, that may be made copyrighted.
Letter to Madhudvisa written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		Your determination to remain as brahmacari is very encouraging. Actually, a living entity does not require to be entangled more and more. Rather he should save his time to finish the Krishna Consciousness business, and thus be liberated in this life.

vanipedia.org 		Sex urge is a symptom of every living entity, but in the Srimad-Bhagavatam it is advised that it is something like the itching propensity. If one can tolerate this itching, he can save himself from enormous troublesome business resulting from this itching sensation. So an intelligent person rather suffers the pain of itching sensation than accepting the after effects of satisfying the itch.
Letter to Mukunda written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		You are correct when you say that when the Spiritual Master speaks it should be taken that Krishna is speaking. That is a fact. A Spiritual Master must be liberated. It does not matter if he has come from Krishna Loka or he is liberated from here. But he must be liberated.
Letter to Tamala Krishna written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		Regarding Mataji Syamadevi's temple in Leicester, your version is all right, and I am not very interested to establish a Hindu temple. Perhaps you know from the very beginning I never described my movement as Hindu religion. Religion means the bona fide process by which we understand God and the first class religion is that which teaches people to develop love for God. To know or accept the authority of God is one thing, but to love God is another. Generally, people are interested in material comforts and they make God as the supplying agent. This kind of devotion is not purified. It is contaminated by material desires, but when one is elevated to the position of giving everything to God out of love and affection, that is the first class position.


1969 - June 11

Lecture SB 01.05.12-13 - New Vrindaban
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vanipedia.org 		As soon as one is engaged in devotional service of Kṛṣṇa, pareśānubhūti, he relishes some transcendental pleasure, and, as a result of that, this nonsensical pleasure becomes insignificant. That is the test. A devotee cannot be equally interested with material pleasure and transcendental pleasure. No. Virakti. Bhagavad-gītā also says that paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate.
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"A devotee, he hasn't got to be forced, just like the physician asks him, "Don't do this." He automatically does so. Why? Paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate: he has seen or he has tasted something better, for which he doesn't like to take any more this abominable taste. That is bhaktiḥ pareśānu... That means when we become detestful such abominable things, then we should know that we are advancing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. The test is in your hand. You haven't got to ask anybody, "Do you think I'm increasing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness?" But you can understand. Exactly in the same way: if you are hungry and if you are eating, you know, by eating, how much your hunger is satisfied, how much you are feeling strength, how much you are feeling pleasure. You haven't got to ask anybody. Similarly, if anybody increases his Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the test will be that he will be disinterested with all material pleasures."
690611 - Lecture SB 01.05.12-13 - New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		You haven't got to ask anybody, "Do you think I am increasing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness," but you can understand. Exactly in the same way: if you are hungry and if you are eating, you know, by eating, how much your hunger is satisfied, how much you are feeling strength, how much you are feeling pleasure. You haven't got to ask anybody. Similarly, if anybody increases his Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the test will be that he will be disinterested with all material pleasures. That is test.

vanipedia.org 		"Don't manufacture your meditation." Just like there are so many meditators. They have manufactured their own way of meditation. That is not recommended, anusmara. Anu means "Follow. You become thoughtful, you think, but taking the instruction from higher authority."
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"Just like the dead body's decorated, the sons of that dead body may see him, that 'Oh, my father is smiling'. (laughter) But he does not know where his father has already gone. You see? So this material civilization is just like decorating the dead body. This body is dead. That is a fact. So long the soul is there, it is working, it's moving. Just like your coat. It is dead. But so long it is on your body, it appears the coat is moving. The coat is moving. But if somebody is very much astonished, 'Oh, how nice the coat is moving!" (laughter) He does not know the coat cannot move. The coat is dead. But because the man is there who is putting on the coat, therefore the coat is moving, the pant is moving, the shoe is moving, the hat is moving. Similarly, this body is dead. It is numbered: this dead body will remain for such and such time. That is called duration of life. But people are interested with this dead body."
690611 - Lecture SB 01.05.12-13 - New Vrindaban, USA


1969 - June 12

Letter to R. Chalson written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		If I could induce even one person to Krishna Consciousness through my publication, Bhagavad-gita As It Is, then I shall think my labor is successful.
Letter to Syamasundara written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		Regarding Rathayatra Festival in London, it is my great desire that you must perform it.
Letter to Tamala Krishna written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		So far as a seal is concerned, you can make your own seal exactly like the one we have got in New York. Simply you make the seal replacing the word New York for Los Angeles. That will be nice. I have got full faith in you, so by Krishna's blessing try to improve all the four or five branches there.
Letter to Vibhavati written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		Mr. Lennon wants to stop war, but the war is the creation of different politicians. So unless on the summit of administration there are actually Krishna Conscious men, we cannot stop war. Therefore people in general must understand the importance of Krishna Consciousness, and they must in this democratic day send their real representatives who can make right decisions whether there should be war or no war.

vanipedia.org 		If somebody criticizes, "Oh, Caitanya Mahāprabhu walked on leg and you are travelling in the jet plane?" Shall I have to take that ideal? These are rascaldom. When you have to work, you have to work with the greatest facility. That's all. Now I have got the facility of the talking in microphone, and... So why should I not take it? It will be recorded. It will be heard by so many others. I am speaking to four, five men. It can be heard by a big crowd of four hundred men.


1969 - June 13

Lecture SB 01.05.13 - New Vrindaban
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vanipedia.org 		Whole Vedic civilization is meant for giving liberation to the living entities from this material bondage. People do not know what is the aim of education. The aim of education, the aim of civilization, perfection of civilization, should be how people should get liberated from this conditional life. That is the whole scheme of Vedic civilization, to give liberation to the people.

vanipedia.org 		Simply receive the message from the right source and contemplate and meditate upon that instruction. You are liberated. Chanting and hearing. Hearing and... śravaṇaṁ kīrtanam (SB 7.5.23). First hearing, then chanting. Hear from the right source and discuss amongst yourselves. Iṣṭagoṣṭhi. Then the perfection.
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"Each and every word of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, full of volumes of explanation, each and every word. This is Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, vidyā-bhāgavatāvadhi. One's learning will be understood when he's able to understand Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Vidyā, vidyā means learning, not this science, that science. When one can understand Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in true perspective, then he's to be understood that he has finished his all educational advancement."
690613 - Lecture SB 01.05.13 - New Vrindaban, USA
Letter to Dinesh written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		I have received one letter from Mukunda that you are already in negotiation with him for complete cooperation with the Beatles in future, and this is very nice program. Most probably I shall be going to London by the end of July, and from different sources I can understand that the Beatles are becoming interested in the Sankirtana Movement.
Letter to Krishna dasa written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		Regarding registration of the society, you can simply translate our New York registration form into German and submit it to the court clerk, depositing the requisite fees, and I think that will finish the registration problem. If the police do not allow you to perform kirtana in public places, do not disobey their orders. Try to abide by the law of the state for taking advantage of performing kirtana as far as possible.
Letter to Mukunda written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		It is very gratifying that at last you have got a five-story building, and in the meantime negotiations are continuing for a church. It is very good news and I thank you for your joint invitation.


1969 - June 14

Letter to Silavati written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		Regarding the suggestion that you remarry, I have never suggested such thing, so you need not trouble yourself with this. As I have told you in Los Angeles, I wish that the mother's who have no husband at present should not remarry, but should dedicate their time to seeing that their children are brought up very nicely in Krishna Consciousness.

vanipedia.org 		The actual system is that the husband is Spiritual Master to his wife, but if the wife can bring her husband into practicing this process, then it is all right that the husband accepts wife as Spiritual Master. Caitanya Mahaprabhu has said that anyone who knows the science of Krishna, that person should be accepted as Spiritual Master, regardless of any material so-called qualifications; such as rich or poor, man or woman, or brahmana or sudra.


1969 - June 15

Letter to Krishna Devi written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		With this taste of Krishna Consciousness, we become more and more attracted, so more and more Krishna gives encouragement, and then more and more we increase in our desire to serve Krishna in pure Krishna Consciousness. So in this way there is an unlimited ocean of nectar of devotional service which eternally increases on and on.

vanipedia.org 		When we begin this sublime chanting process, or even if we simply hear the sound Hare Krishna, then we have begun our journey back to the Spiritual Kingdom, back to Godhead. So please continue to be serious in your chanting, and then surely Krishna will save you and all the other sincere souls who are so fortunate to have taken to this movement.
Letter to Sivananda written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		If one true Vaisnava goes any place in the world, then the spiritual instincts of the more advanced souls he comes into contact with will be awakened, and they will automatically be attracted. In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna informs Arjuna that if in previous lifetimes one has begun the path of spiritual perfection but was unable to complete it for one reason or another, then in future lifetimes he will automatically become attracted again to spiritual life, and he will begin his progress from the point where he had previously left off.


1969 - June 16

Lecture SB 01.05.13 - New Vrindaban
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"We are spirit soul. We cannot be under any material condition. Just like our normal condition is healthy life, not under feverish condition. That is abnormal life. If one is attacked with fever, that is not his normal life. That is temporary, abnormal life. Actual life is healthy life. We should nicely eat. We shall nicely sleep. We shall work very nicely. We..., our brain must work very nicely. These are healthy signs. But when I cannot work nicely, I cannot sleep nicely, I cannot work nicely, I cannot act my brain very nicely, that means abnormal condition. So at that time, he requires to be treated by expert physician. So here is the expert physician, Nārada Muni. And he is advising his disciple to make him expert. This is called paramparā system."
690616 - Lecture SB 01.05.13 - New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		We are spirit soul. We cannot be under any material condition. Just like our normal condition is healthy life, not under feverish condition. That is abnormal life. If one is attacked with fever, that is not his normal life. That is temporary, abnormal life. Actual life is healthy life. We should nicely eat. We shall nicely sleep. We shall work very nicely.
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"We are under the grip of material nature. The... Karmaṇā daiva-netreṇa (SB 3.31.1). You are working under the influence of certain material quality, and you are preparing your next life. You cannot say, 'All right, I am very happy. I am... I'm born in America. My nation is very great nation, and we are very rich. So I shall, next life also, I shall come to America. I shall take my birth here and enjoy like this'. Oh, that is not in your hand. That you cannot say. That is daiva-netreṇa. Daiva. Daiva means that is in the supernatural power. Daiva. The same thing: daivī hy eṣā guṇamayī mama māyā (BG 7.14). You cannot say. Daiva-netreṇa. You are preparing your life. The higher authorities will give you chance. If you prepare yourself nicely, you get good chance; you get birth in higher planet. Or if you prepare himself..., yourself nicely, then you go to Kṛṣṇa even. Now it is your choice."
690616 - Lecture SB 01.05.13 - New Vrindaban, USA
Letter to Arundhati written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		When you are typing, you should know that it is as good as chanting, because the work is also on the matter of Krishna. Chanting on the beads and chanting on the typewriter Composer machine are both transcendental sounds of Krishna. Krishna's Name, His Fame, His Qualities—all of them are on the absolute platform, and therefore there is no difference between one and another. So do not be misled that you are typing and not chanting.
Letter to Pradyumna written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		Now Arundhati and Syama Dasi shall be in charge of composing at least four hours alternately. In this way, the machine should be used from 7:00 in the morning till 10:00 at night. Syama Dasi may type from 7:00 in the morning till 11:00 o'clock. Then Arundhati will type from 11 till three. Then Syama Dasi from three until seven o'clock, and Arundhati from seven o'clock until ten o'clock. In this way, you and Hayagriva shall guide them so that the machine will be fully utilized.
Letter to Rayarama written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		As your beloved spiritual master and father, it is my duty to give you all protection; but if you allow Maya to act upon you without any resistance, then it is your own choice.
Letter to Rupanuga written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		You are successfully carrying on the Sankirtana Movement, and Krishna is giving you encouragement by mercifully giving some money also. So rest assured that Sankirtana Movement is specifically benedicted by Lord Caitanya for achieving all kinds of success. Stick to the principles seriously and faithfully, and there will be no difficulty.
Letter to Steve written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		We now have published several books which delve deeply into the topic of the Absolute Truth, so you should read them very carefully, and gradually the knowledge will become revealed to you. The first book you should study carefully is the Bhagavad Gita As It Is.
Letter to Visala written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		The association and instructions of the purified servants of Krishna, the living entity gradually comes to remember that "I am not part of this miserable material world, but I too am the eternal servant of Krishna, and my only business is to give pleasure to the Lord in pure Krishna Consciousness." In this way, such devotee becomes himself eligible to lead others back to the path of devotional service and thus he too may become a Spiritual Master. This process is called parampara, or the line of disciplic succession.


1969 - June 17

Letter to Balabhadra written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		Your description of the parade with 55,000 people viewing is very much encouraging, and it is clear that Krishna is giving you nice opportunities for spreading the Sankirtana Movement throughout Hawaii.
Letter to Dinesh written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		I quite follow you that you are planning to work conjointly with our London party. So I am sending you back the agreement duly signed by me, and I hope you will do the business side of these records with the Grace of Lord Caitanya. If you wish to go to London, I have no objection.
Letter to Gaurasundara written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		You have spoken about Govinda Dasi's expertness on Sankirtana, and I know very well about her qualifications. I am 100% confident about her competence, and she can be very useful to your activities there. Unfortunately she becomes sickly, so as husband, you must see that she is taken proper care of. She is a good asset for you as your wife, and I want that you two work combinedly. That is my desire.
Letter to Hansadutta written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		Regarding the time when the devotees arise in the morning, here in New Vindavan they are getting up by four o'clock. But in your country the people are not accostumed to this, and it will take a little time to get them used to it. But try to get them up at four o'clock as far as possible.
Letter to Harer Nama and Prabhavati written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		Their nice appreciation of our movement is a great pleasure for me to note. Keep them very nicely, and as you consider that one or all of them are ready for initiation and are desiring like that, then they can send their beads to me to be chanted upon.
Letter to Jadurani written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		Now you send to Brahmananda as many photographs as possible of the parading and the other chanting engagements. It will be the policy of our paper now to print as many as possible photos and articles of our own activities.
Letter to Muralidhara written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		I am enclosing a list of the special Krishna Consciousness holidays to be celebrated in your temple for the next several months.
Letter to Satsvarupa written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		Regarding your present difficulty with the police, things are going by Krishna's desire, and it will be all right. Try to get recognition from the police that we are a non-profit religious organization.
Letter to Sir written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		The purpose of sending this money is to purchase Brass Deities from Vrindaban. Arrangement has been mad that Sri Ramnath Mukutwala of Lohi Bazar, Vrindaban, will supply Radha-Krishna Brass Murtis, 24" high, at Rs 825.00 per pair.
Letter to Tamala Krishna written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		Our policy should be to collect millions of dollars or more than that daily, and spend it daily. That should be our policy. Every morning we shall be empty-handed, get collection of a million dollars during the daytime, and by evening it should be all spent. That should be our motto. But because we are pushing on our activities regularly, therefore some money should be saved to meet emergencies.
Letter to Umapati written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		I think there is a great plan of Krishna that you should not get suitable service till now. It may be that you are required for preaching work 100%. So depend on Krishna, chant Hare Krishna, and everything will work out.


1969 - June 18

Lecture SB 01.05.14 - New Vrindaban
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"Śukadeva Gosvāmī attained salvation and perfection simply by chanting. This chanting means describing the glories of the Lord from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. So he says, pravartamānasya guṇair anātmanas tato bhavān darśaya ceṣṭitam: 'People are so much entangled by the modes of material nature. So in order to get them free from this entanglement, you show the path. Simply let them hear. Let them give aural reception to the wonderful activities of the Lord'. That activity... Because absolute... Kṛṣṇa is Absolute Truth. So Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa's activities are the same because it is absolute. It is not duality. In the material world, myself and my activities are different. But it is the... This world is dual world. But in the absolute world, Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa's pastimes, Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa's name, Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa's quality, Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa's fame, they're all Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa's associates, they're all Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is cowherds boy. So Kṛṣṇa and the cows, they're all Kṛṣṇa. That we have to learn. They're not different from Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa and the gopīs, they're all Kṛṣṇa. Ānanda-cinmaya-rasa-pratibhāvitābhiḥ (BS 5.37). So we have to understand that."
690618 - Lecture SB 01.05.14 - New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		In the Vedic scripture there is recommendation that animal sacrifice allowed, but that is not meant for killing. That is giving a new life. So when this animal sacrifice was going on simply for eating, simply for eating... Just like in a particular mission they say that "We are devotees of goddess Kālī." Their real mission is to eat meat. Therefore they have become devotees of goddess Kālī. But actually, these sacrifices were not meant, as explained by Caitanya Mahāprabhu, for killing the animals.


1969 - June 19

Lecture SB 01.05.15 - New Vrindaban

vanipedia.org 		"Only surrender to Me." So this is the verdict of all Vedic literatures. But if somebody thinks that "I can worship Brahma, I can worship Kali, I can worship Siva, or many other demigods, and still the same thing," this is impersonalist view.
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"This activity, Kṛṣṇa consciousness activity, is not only pious; it is transcendental. So if you stay on this platform of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the easy process, just like we are executing in New Vrindaban, chanting, dancing, eating bhāgavata-prasādam, hearing Bhāgavata or Bhagavad-gītā, trying to understand, simple process... It is not very difficult. And you are satisfied with little prasādam, never mind what it is. This process will make you stay firm. So don't deviate. Whatever little regulative principles are there, they are not very difficult. Just stick to this principle, chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, eat prasādam, and your life will be successful. Here is the assurance by Nārada Muni, that 'Even if he falls down, still, there is no loss. But the, on the other side, those who are not in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, if he's very regular businessman or regular worker, so many things, still, his gain is nothing'."
690619 - Lecture SB 01.05.15 - New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		I am very pleased that the boys and girls who have come to me, they have immediately taken to Kṛṣṇa. But India, although the Bhagavad-gītā is the scripture of Hindus and the Indians, still, they are not so easy to accept Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Because their brain is puzzled.


1969 - June 20

Letter to Isana written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		You have described how you meditate on Krishna and your Spiritual Master, but I do not follow what you mean by "identify". To think of Krishna and your Spiritual master is very nice, but if you think you are Krishna or Spiritual Master, that is Mayavadi philosophy. One should not indulge in this sort of thing.
Letter to Pradyumna written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		I have already written you a letter that you have to maintain the machine. That means the monthly installments shall be arranged by you, and the cash down shall be paid by me.
Letter to Satsvarupa written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		I am very pleased to learn that you are planning for a nice Rathayatra Festival in Boston. Please do it nicely, and take many nice photographs for publication in BTG.


1969 - June 21

Lecture SB 01.05.17-18 - New Vrindaban
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"Just like the same example, as we have repeatedly..., that by supplying food in the stomach, you supply food to all the limbs of the body. You don't require... This is practical. Or pouring water on the root of the tree, you supply water to all the branches, leaves, everywhere. We see every day. This is practical example. Simply... Similarly, there must be something central point of all this manifestation. That is Kṛṣṇa. If we simply capture Kṛṣṇa, then we capture everything. And the Vedas also says, yasmin vijñāte sarvam idaṁ vijñātaṁ bhavati (Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.3). We are searching after departmental knowledge, but if you simply understand Kṛṣṇa, the central point, then you understand everything."
690621 - Lecture SB 01.05.17-18 - New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		If we simply capture Kṛṣṇa, then we capture everything. And the Vedas also says, we are searching after departmental knowledge, but if you simply understand Kṛṣṇa, the central point, then you understand everything. You understand everything. Just like we sometimes speak which great scientists cannot speak. Why? Because we have captured the central point, Kṛṣṇa.
Letter to Gopala Krishna written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		If you can request your father to supply us with Maharastrian mrdangas & kanjanis, that will be very nice. I wish to import them from Bombay so if your father or anybody else can arrange to supply us these things, it will be a great service to the society.
Letter to Gurudasa written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		Go ahead with new vigor and energy to push on the Krishna Consciousness Movement in London. You have already created an impression in the greatest city in the world, and I hope in the future there will be even greater hope for this movement.
Letter to Jayapataka written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		The Rathayatra Festival you will perform from the 20th of July to the 27th of July. The main item is the car, so how will you observe the Festival with out the required car, or ratha. If you want to take the Deities on the shoulders of the devotees, that is also nice. But if you would convey the Deities on a car, that will be very nice.
Letter to Krishna dasa written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		You will be glad to know that Janardana is going to Paris at almost the same time, and Sivananda is also eager to open a branch in Paris. I understand from Janardana's letter that there is very good possibilities of spreading our Krishna Consciousness Movement there. So if Krishna desires, it will be possible to have three important centers in Europe very soon.
Letter to Yamuna written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		I am very much encouraged to learn that your kirtana is going to be held at Oxford University, which is the most important university in the world. At least in India, if somebody is a graduate of Oxford University, he is very highly respected, and immediately he gets some good job in the government's service. So if your Sankirtana program becomes recognized by the Oxonians, it will be a great credit for you.

vanipedia.org 		The day before yesterday I received one cable from Mukunda asking for a loan of $1,025.00 for depositing three months' rent on the house. I have advised New York to cable the money immediately, and I hope Mukunda has already received the money and the transaction is nicely terminated.


1969 - June 22

Lecture - New Vrindaban

vanipedia.org 		So take care of these children. If you can make one child Kṛṣṇa conscious, it is a great service. Kṛṣṇa will be very pleased. So, so many children will come. This place is nice. And Kṛṣṇa will give us all opportunity. So I will also come again, and I like this place. So... Because I have come to preaching work, so let me finish whatever little work is still remaining. I want to go once to London and Germany. Then I will entrust the whole thing to you.

vanipedia.org 		Let us cooperate in this movement very nicely, and here in this spot, New Vrindaban, the woman's business will be to take care of the children, cooking cleansing, and churning butter. And those who have the knowledge of typing can help in typing also. No other hard work. That's all. This is for woman. And for men, hard work, field work, taking care of the cows, of the animals, to go to collect wood, to construct building. In this way cooperate.
Lecture SB 01.05.18 - New Vrindaban
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"So the statement of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam that tal labhyate duḥkhavad anyataḥ sukham (SB 1.5.18). You don't try for so-called economic development. You cannot have more than what you are destined to get. It is already settled. This living entity receives different grades of standard of living condition, so they're according to the past karma, daivena, daiva-netreṇa (SB 3.31.1), karmaṇā. So you cannot change that. That nature's law, you cannot change. Why you have got varieties of life, varieties of position, varieties of business. It is destined. Viṣayaḥ khalu sarvataḥ syāt (SB 11.9.29). Viṣaya, these material enjoyment—means eating, sleeping, mating and defending—these... Only standard is different. I am eating something, you are eating something. Maybe, in my calculation, you are eating not very good. In your calculation I am not eating very good. But the eating is same. You are eating. I am eating. So in the material world the standard of happiness, taking the basic principle, it is all the same. But we have created, 'This is good standard. That is bad standard. This is very nice. This is very bad'."
690622 - Lecture SB 01.05.18 - New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		Kṛṣṇa can give you liberation from this distressful, miserable condition of material existence and give you transcendental pleasure. Therefore His another name is Mukunda.


Jun 23 to 30 - Los Angeles

1969 - June 24

Letter to Kirtanananda written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		The first thing is that whether the girls and women who live there are agreeable to work as I have suggested; namely 1) to take care of the children, both from health and educational point of view, 2) to keep the whole temple, kitchen, etc. very clean, (At the present moment, things are not kept very clean. You are right that if some outsiders come, they will view our situation as not very hygienic.), 3) cooking, 4) churning butter. If they agree to all these four principles, that is to say, if they cooperate with the boys, then surely very quickly New Vrindaban will develop as nicely as possible.
Letter to Labangalatika written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		I have advised Kirtanananda Maharaja that girls who are living in New Vrindaban should be engaged in the following activities; 1) taking care of the children, 2) cleaning the temple, kitchen, etc. 3) cooking, and 4) churning butter. So for the time being, you remain in New Vrindaban, follow the principles carefully, and I am sure that your life will be successful.
Letter to Mrs. Davis written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		Yesterday I left New Vrindaban, and your son, Madhu Mangala, is still there, He appears now to be quite peaceful and happy, so I think we should let him continue like that, and if he keeps up in this way, there is no need of any demonic treatment.
Letter to Upendra written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		So far as your duty is concerned, you are doing your best. That is your spiritual qualification. The best qualification for a Vaisnava is to act sincerely, and to his best capacity, for the service of Krishna. Otherwise, Krishna is so great, and we are so small, there is no question of our giving any service to Krishna.


1969 - June 26

Letter to Hansadutta written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		Sankirtana is our life and soul, and you have got a natural tendency for these Sankirtana performances. I have seen this personally, and you can do it very nicely. So for you the best thing will be to form a Sankirtana Party for yourself and travel all over the country.

vanipedia.org 		Personally, I also still maintain the idea of a world Sankirtana Party, but such things at the present moment are a dream only. But one day maybe it may come out successful.


1969 - June 27

Letter to Madana Mohana written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		The more we render service therefore, the more we are able to advance. You have taken the work of indexing, so you may continue to do this. And if you want to remain, it doesn't matter, but your full energy should be engaged in the Lord's service. That is the secret of success.
Letter to Pradyumna written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		I beg to confirm herewith my approval of your going ahead for arranging for the Bodoni Book type face as I have already instructed you. Please inform me when the negotiations are completed.
Letter to Satsvarupa written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		I have given instructions that in Back To Godhead the pictures of our activities and short descriptions should be more and more published. So continue to send such pictures as you have already sent.
Letter to Vamanadeva written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		I thank you very much for the nice sentiments you have expressed in your letter, and if continue to develop such feelings and engage all of your energy in the service of the Lord, then surely you will come out successful in perfecting your life in Krishna Consciousness.


1969 - June 28

Letter to Mukunda written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		I am so proud of having beautiful disciples like you who understand the inner meaning of my mission. Actually, I want the people of the whole world to come to God consciousness and be happy. Without God, there is no question of happiness, and without God, there are no good qualities in a person.


1969 - June 29

Letter to Rayarama written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		It is not my business, nor Brahmananda's, nor Hayagriva's. It is the business of Krishna, and we want to serve Him in the best way.
Letter to Syamasundara written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		Krishna can help us immediately with all of His resources, but first of all He wants to see how much we can work seriously. So the more we become steady and serious, the more help we will have from Him, rest assured.


   
 
   
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