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*See also: the '''[[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#May 1975|Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - May 1975]]'''
*See also: the '''[[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#May 1975|Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - May 1975]]'''
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=== May 1 to 31 - PLACE ===
=== May 1 to 3 - Delhi ===
==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_01|1975 - May 01]] ====
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_02|1975 - May 02]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:750502 - Letter to Kartikeya Mahadevia written from Delhi|Letter to Kartikeya Mahadevia written from Delhi]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I have already decided to make a trust board for Hare Krishna Land in which there will be twelve trustees. Out of them seven will be Indians and five will be foreigners. Foreigners means, not only Americans, but members of the Commonwealth|I have already decided to make a trust board for Hare Krishna Land in which there will be twelve trustees. Out of them seven will be Indians and five will be foreigners. Foreigners means, not only Americans, but members of the Commonwealth like England, New Zealand, Australia, etc.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750502 - Letter to Mahamsa written from Delhi|Letter to Mahamsa written from Delhi]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|At the present moment, I am in New Delhi. We came here on the invitation of two big ministers, the Home Minister and the Railway Minister|At the present moment, I am in New Delhi. We came here on the invitation of two big ministers, the Home Minister and the Railway Minister and we had two successful meetings here.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750502 - Letter to Panalalaji written from Delhi|Letter to Panalalaji written from Delhi]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|After all, this is an international institution, but the majority of the members of the trustees will be Indian|After all, this is an international institution, but the majority of the members of the trustees will be Indian. Namely, out of twelve members, I will make seven Indians and five foreigners.}}


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=== May 3 - Kurukshetra ===


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_02|1975 - May 02]] ====
=== May 4 - Delhi ===
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_04|1975 - May 04]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:750504 - Letter to Aksayananda and Dhananjaya written from Delhi|Letter to Aksayananda and Dhananjaya written from Delhi]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|He would like to stay with us very much so see that full prasadam as well as a room is given during his stay in Vrndavana|The bearer of this letter, Sri Munnalai, the driver for Mr. L. S. Agarwal, should be given nice facilities for himself and his family at our Asram when he comes to Vrndavana for pilgrimage. He would like to stay with us very much so see that full prasadam as well as a room is given during his stay in Vrndavana.}}


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=== May 5 - Bombay ===


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_03|1975 - May 03]] ====
=== May 6 to 17 - Perth ===
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_06|1975 - May 06]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:750506 - Conversation - Perth|Conversation - Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|This body is true. We have got body. We don't say it is false. It is true. Bodily pains and pleasures we feel, so how can I say that the body is false?|This body is true. We have got body. We don't say it is false. It is true. Bodily pains and pleasures we feel, so how can I say that the body is false? The bodily needs, bodily pains and pleasures, there we are affected. So how you can say it is false? Similarly the mind, and soul is absolutely factual. So any item you take, you can understand by thorough study.}}


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_07|1975 - May 07]] ====


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_04|1975 - May 04]] ====
:'''[[Vanisource:750507 - Morning Walk - Perth|Morning Walk - Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|In the beginning one must know that he is not this body; He is spirit soul. Don't bring in controversy, but try to convince that you are not this body|In the beginning one must know that he is not this body; He is spirit soul. Don't bring in controversy, but try to convince that you are not this body. Then, gradually. That is the mode of teaching in the Bhagavad-gītā.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750507 - Letter to Bhakta dasa written from Perth|Letter to Bhakta dasa written from Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Continue to preach vigorously, following all of the rules and regulations very carefully and Krishna will give you every facility|I am very glad to hear all of the good news in your letter. This is very encouraging. Continue to preach vigorously, following all of the rules and regulations very carefully and Krishna will give you every facility. It sounds like the Rathayatra festival will be bigger than ever this year.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750507 - Letter to Caitya-guru written from Perth|Letter to Caitya-guru written from Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I am very glad that you are feeling very much encouraged working in Africa. If you follow all of the rules and regulations very carefully and continue in this way then you will always be successful|I am very glad that you are feeling very much encouraged working in Africa. If you follow all of the rules and regulations very carefully and continue in this way then you will always be successful.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750507 - Letter to Dr. Channa Reddy written from Perth|Letter to Dr. Channa Reddy written from Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|My ambition is that the Kurukshetra field should be fully utilized for spreading the cult of Krishna Consciousness all over the world|My ambition is that the Kurukshetra field should be fully utilized for spreading the cult of Krishna Consciousness all over the world.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750507 - Letter to G.L. Nanda written from Perth|Letter to G.L. Nanda written from Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|The hodge-podge ideas of religiosity are going on all over the world. Nobody has been able to derive any benefit out of it|The hodge-podge ideas of religiosity are going on all over the world. Nobody has been able to derive any benefit out of it, but if you utilize this holy spot, Kurukshetra, for preaching the cult of Bhagavad-gita as it is, the whole world will be benefited.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750507 - Letter to Lalita Priya written from Perth|Letter to Lalita Priya written from Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|We should also desire intensely to see and be with Krishna, but first thing is to become purified through devotional service. It is not possible otherwise. So, keep on helping me to spread this Krishna Consciousness movement|We should also desire intensely to see and be with Krishna, but first thing is to become purified through devotional service. It is not possible otherwise. So, keep on helping me to spread this Krishna Consciousness movement.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750507 - Letter to Sri Kamalapati Tripathi written from Perth|Letter to Sri Kamalapati Tripathi written from Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I appreciated the grand place of Kuruksetra. I wish to organize this holy spot for spreading Krishna Consciousness all over the world|I appreciated the grand place of Kuruksetra. I wish to organize this holy spot for spreading Krishna Consciousness all over the world and the suggestions that I have given to Mr. Nanda may be carefully read by you also. And I shall be glad to know whether any co-operation from your side is possible in this attempt. I shall be glad to hear from you at your earliest convenience.}}


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_08|1975 - May 08]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:750508 - Morning Walk - Perth|Morning Walk - Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Persons who deny the existence of God are like that. They see the machine, nature. Nature is the machine. But behind the machine there is the operator|A child cannot think. Motorcar is running. Child will think the motorcar is running automatically. But a sane man will understand that there is a driver. So persons who deny the existence of God are like that. They see the machine, nature. Nature is the machine. But behind the machine there is the operator.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750508 - Conversation - Perth|Conversation - Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Drug philosophy means to forget one's present suffering. And he must suffer, because his consciousness is developed. He must take this Vedic knowledge, but he does not take|Drug philosophy means to forget one's present suffering. And he must suffer, because his consciousness is developed. He must take this Vedic knowledge, but he does not take. Therefore he is dissatisfied, and to counteract this dissatisfaction he takes drug. This is drug philosophy.}}


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_05|1975 - May 05]] ====
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_09|1975 - May 09]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:750509 - Morning Walk - Perth|Morning Walk - Perth]]'''
{{youtube_ditl|J9f410cQyO4|[[Vaniquotes:Srila Prabhupada, if the knowledge was handed down by the saintly kings, evam parampara-praptam (BG 4.2), how is it that the knowledge was lost?|They Might Have Made Some Changes - 0425]]|01:26 minutes from a conversation in Perth}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Srila Prabhupada, if the knowledge was handed down by the saintly kings, evam parampara-praptam (BG 4.2), how is it that the knowledge was lost?|'''Gaṇeśa:''' Śrīla Prabhupāda, if the knowledge was handed down by the saintly kings, evaṁ paramparā-prāptam (BG 4.2), how is it that the knowledge was lost?<br />
'''Prabhupāda:''' When it was not handed down. Simply understood by speculation. Or if it is not handed down as it is. They might have made some changes. Or they did not hand it down. Suppose I handed it down to you, but if you do not do that, then it is lost.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Now the Krsna consciousness movement is going on in my presence. Now after my deparature, if you do not do this, then it is lost. If you go on as you are doing now, then it will go on|Now the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is going on in my presence. Now after my deparature, if you do not do this, then it is lost. If you go on as you are doing now, then it will go on. But if you stop...}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750509 - Letter to G.L. Nanda written from Perth|Letter to G.L. Nanda written from Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Every living being is eternal, unborn and still he has accepted the path of birth, death, old age and disease|Every living being is eternal, unborn and still he has accepted the path of birth, death, old age and disease, so the human being should be taught and trained up how to get out of this miserable condition of material life.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750509 - Letter to Mr. Fletcher written from Perth|Letter to Mr. Fletcher written from Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|You are very fortunate to be taking part in the Krishna Consciousness movement. If you take it very seriously, then you will not have to take another birth in this miserable material world|You are very fortunate to be taking part in the Krishna Consciousness movement. If you take it very seriously, then you will not have to take another birth in this miserable material world. You can go back to home, back to Godhead at the end of this life. So, my request is that you take it up very boldly and finish your business in this material world.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750509 - Letter to Pavanadeva written from Perth|Letter to Pavanadeva written from Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Do not be discouraged. Simply follow all of the rules and regulations very carefully|Do not be discouraged. Simply follow all of the rules and regulations very carefully. Rise early, attend mangala arati, attend class, chant 16 rounds and follow the four basic rules and regulations. This is most important. Without these things, there is no spiritual life. If your try sincerely, then Krishna will give you all blessings.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750509 - Letter to Satkrita written from Perth|Letter to Satkrita written from Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Why do you write such a crazy letter? You cannot write like a normal person? Anyway, I hope that you are following all of the rules and regulations very carefully without any deviation|Why do you write such a crazy letter? You cannot write like a normal person? Anyway, I hope that you are following all of the rules and regulations very carefully without any deviation. Try to work hard for Krishna and co-operate very nicely with the temple authorities.}}


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_10|1975 - May 10]] ====


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_06|1975 - May 06]] ====
:'''[[Vanisource:750510 - Morning Walk - Perth|Morning Walk - Perth]]'''
{{youtube_ditl|suTi4Y5sp9o|[[Vaniquotes:Krsna consciousness movement is, that don't hear the cheaters and don't try to cheat others. Be honest and hear from the authorities. That is Krsna consciousness|Don't Hear the Cheaters and Don't Try to Cheat Others - 0434]]|05:47 minutes from a morning walk in Perth}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Krsna consciousness movement is, that don't hear the cheaters and don't try to cheat others. Be honest and hear from the authorities. That is Krsna consciousness|Our Krsna consciousness movement is, that don't hear the cheaters and don't try to cheat others. Be honest and hear from the authorities. That is Krsna consciousness.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750510 - Conversation - Perth|Conversation - Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Jesus Christ is perfect, but you don't follow him|We are giving-here is Kṛṣṇa. Here is the perfect person. You take. But you don't follow Him. Just like I began with. Jesus Christ is perfect, but you don't follow him. You don't like to follow him. You follow Darwin. Whose fault it is? The perfect person's fault, or your fault? You don't like to hear from the perfect person. You want to hear from a humbug bogus person. That is the defect.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750510 - Letter to Aksayananda and Dhananjaya written from Perth|Letter to Aksayananda and Dhananjaya written from Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|The proposal for selling rooms should be dropped for the time being unless you take instruction from Giriraja how to take contributions from the prospective clients|The proposal for selling rooms should be dropped for the time being unless you take instruction from Giriraja how to take contributions from the prospective clients. For the time being, you organize the paying guest proposal.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750510 - Letter to Giriraja written from Perth|Letter to Giriraja written from Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Things in the past were done very irregularly. Now, everything must be done very carefully and cautiously|Plans should be made how to utilize all the lands available. Sumati Morarji wanted some land for her school on lease. I think we shall negotiate with her on favorable terms. Things in the past were done very irregularly. Now, everything must be done very carefully and cautiously.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750510 - Letter to Mahamsa written from Perth|Letter to Mahamsa written from Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|This is very important that the temple portion be completed by Janmastami. Whatever money was available, I have given|This is very important that the temple portion be completed by Janmastami. Whatever money was available, I have given 1-1/2 lakhs to Jayapataka Swami and 2 lakhs to Giriraja. So, you have to take this money from Giriraja. Please arrange like that and let me know what is the progress of Hyderabad activities.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750510 - Letter to Pranava written from Perth|Letter to Pranava written from Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I am very much anxious to know what you have done about the land which Tahsilder and Patwari proposed to give us. I am very much anxious to know it|I am very much anxious to know what you have done about the land which Tahsilder and Patwari proposed to give us. I am very much anxious to know it.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750510 - Letter to Prof. O.P. Goel written from Perth|Letter to Prof. O.P. Goel written from Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I have established about 100 big big temples all over the world; unfortunately, I am getting too much anxiety in my country and I do not know why|I have established about 100 big big temples all over the world; unfortunately, I am getting too much anxiety in my country and I do not know why.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750510 - Letter to Radheswaranand Goswami written from Perth|Letter to Radheswaranand Goswami written from Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|The people must eat sumptuously - not voraciously and make them fit for working and chanting. In this way, they will be purified and everything will be nicely organized|The people must eat sumptuously - not voraciously and make them fit for working and chanting. In this way, they will be purified and everything will be nicely organized.}}


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_11|1975 - May 11]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:750511 - Morning Walk - Perth|Morning Walk - Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|You are not transcendental. You are trying to be transcendental. You should always remember that "We are trying to be transcendental." When you are actually on transcendental state, you will not be affected by any modes of material nature|You are not transcendental. You are trying to be transcendental. You should always remember that "We are trying to be transcendental." When you are actually on transcendental state, you will not be affected by any modes of material nature. Therefore you should be very cautious and careful.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750511 - Letter to Bhagavata written from Perth|Letter to Bhagavata written from Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|He appears to be educated. Let him read our books, follow the regulative principle, and be trained in our line|He appears to be educated. Let him read our books, follow the regulative principle, and be trained in our line. Then, when I go to Calcutta, I shall see how much he has advanced and then we shall give him some definite engagement.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750511 - Letter to Brijratanji written from Perth|Letter to Brijratanji written from Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I welcome your suggestion. I have advised my assistants to publish one chapter in each issue from the Bhagavat Maha-Purana|I welcome your suggestion. I have advised my assistants to publish one chapter in each issue from the Bhagavat Maha-Purana. This will contain the devanagari script as well as the roman script. I thank you very much for your suggestion.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750511 - Letter to Dinesh Candra Sarkar written from Perth|Letter to Dinesh Candra Sarkar written from Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|We are not interested to purchase any land at so high a price. That is not practical|We are not interested to purchase any land at so high a price. That is not practical. I have already spoken with Jayapataka Swami about all details of Mayapur. You may hear from him my ideas.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750511 - Letter to Hansadutta written from Perth|Letter to Hansadutta written from Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|They have agreed to our terms and made a draft agreement form which I have not yet seen|They have agreed to our terms and made a draft agreement form which I have not yet seen. Anyway, as stipulated before, that you will come back to India after setting things up there in London and Frankfurt.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750511 - Letter to Jamuna written from Perth|Letter to Jamuna written from Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Wherever you live, you can follow the regulative principles and my instructions along with chanting. That will make you happy|
Wherever you live, you can follow the regulative principles and my instructions along with chanting. That will make you happy. Do not deviate from the path I have chalked out for every one of you.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750511 - Letter to Jayadvaita written from Perth|Letter to Jayadvaita written from Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|From now on, include one chapter from Srimad-bhagavatam in every issue of Back to Godhead magazine. You can start with the 1st chapter of the 1st canto and continue|From now on, include one chapter from Srimad-bhagavatam in every issue of Back to Godhead magazine. You can start with the 1st chapter of the 1st canto and continue. You should reproduce the chapter as it is in the book, in other words, with the devanagari script, word meanings, transliteration, etc. If a chapter is very very big, it can be given in two issues.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750511 - Letter to Kunj Bihari Shastri written from Perth|Letter to Kunj Bihari Shastri written from Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|All our men are speaking in English. Still, you can make an experiment and if you like, then you can live with us provided you follow our rules and regulations|Your desire to stay with us for regular recitation of the Srimad-bhagavatam is welcome. So, for a few days, you can stay with us and see how it will be suitable for you. But, one thing is the language difficulty. All our men are speaking in English. Still, you can make an experiment and if you like, then you can live with us provided you follow our rules and regulations.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750511 - Letter to Mr. K. C. Nigam written from Perth|Letter to Mr. K. C. Nigam written from Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|The whole thing is instructed in the Bhagavad-gita and if we accept the teachings of Bhagavad-gita, as it is without unnecessary commentary on it, then our spiritual movement will be successful|The whole thing is instructed in the Bhagavad-gita and if we accept the teachings of Bhagavad-gita, as it is without unnecessary commentary on it, then our spiritual movement will be successful. But, if we manufacture something out of our own concoction, it will never be successful.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750511 - Letter to Mr. Punja written from Perth|Letter to Mr. Punja written from Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I have also received from Madhudvisa Swami one copy of the Constitution that you have drawn up there|I have also received from Madhudvisa Swami one copy of the Constitution that you have drawn up there. On my way from Melbourne to Honolulu, I will stop in Fiji for two days around the 22nd of May.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750511 - Letter to Sri Ananga Mahan written from Perth|Letter to Sri Ananga Mahan written from Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|You are arranging for passport for going to the foreign countries and if you will get it, there will be no difficulty to see our temples in the foreign countries|You are arranging for passport for going to the foreign countries and if you will get it, there will be no difficulty to see our temples in the foreign countries. I hope you have at least 7,000 rs. for your ticket along with return ticket. There will be no difficulty to stay in our different temples and when you are ready, you can write to my Honolulu address.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750511 - Letter to Svadhin Kumar Mullick written from Perth|Letter to Svadhin Kumar Mullick written from Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|You can go there and present the introduction letter and he will do the needful|I am enclosing herewith one introduction letter to my disciple Bhagavata dasa, in care of our temple at #3 Albert Road, between Camac St. and Hungerford St. near the Hindu school. So, you can go there and present the introduction letter and he will do the needful.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750511 - Letter to Swami Sachchidanand Bharati written from Perth|Letter to Swami Sachchidanand Bharati written from Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|If you have got any source for distributing our books (English), the list is enclosed herewith. If you want the complete catalog, you can get it from our Vrndavana temple|If you have got any source for distributing our books (English), the list is enclosed herewith. If you want the complete catalog, you can get it from our Vrndavana temple: Krishna Balarama Temple, Raman Reti, Vrndavana, Dist. Mathura.}}


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_07|1975 - May 07]] ====
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_12|1975 - May 12]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:750512 - Morning Walk - Perth|Morning Walk - Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|The more you fight with these rascals, the more you advance in Krsna consciousness. You are a fighting soldier. Krsna very much appreciates|The more you fight with these rascals, the more you advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. You are a fighting soldier. Kṛṣṇa very much appreciates. (long pause) So you take Bhagavad-gītā by your own interpretation, and I take Bhagavad-gītā as it is. So who is right? Who will decide this? You interpret in your own way. I don't interpret.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750512 - Conversation - Perth|Conversation - Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Anyone who has no sense of God consciousness, he is diseased mentally. He requires treatment. The whole human society, especially at the present moment, they have given up God consciousness|Anyone who has no sense of God consciousness, he is diseased mentally. He requires treatment. The whole human society, especially at the present moment, they have given up God consciousness. They are not interested. That is their disease. And everyone requires treatment.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750512 - Letter to Tejiyas written from Perth|Letter to Tejiyas written from Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I wish to construct a grand temple of Krishna Balarama and keep many cows in this park. The residents of New Delhi will be very much encouraged to visit this park. That is my ambition|Try to get some acres of land near the Buddha Jayanti Park. I wish to develop a Janmastami Park there and invite all the residents of New Delhi there to observe a grand festival on Janmastami day. I wish to construct a grand temple of Krishna Balarama and keep many cows in this park. The residents of New Delhi will be very much encouraged to visit this park. That is my ambition.}}


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_13|1975 - May 13]] ====


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_08|1975 - May 08]] ====
:'''[[Vanisource:750513 - Morning Walk - Perth|Morning Walk - Perth]]'''
{{youtube_ditl|PGZXiTrfsFM|[[Vaniquotes:When we say that "You shall not have illicit sex," and their inclination is illicit sex, so therefore it is revolutionary. They are materialistic persons. They want sex enjoyment to the best capacity|We Say "You Shall Not Have Illicit Sex" - 0433]]|07:51 minutes from a morning walk in Perth}}
{{VaniQuotebox|When we say that "You shall not have illicit sex," and their inclination is illicit sex, so therefore it is revolutionary. They are materialistic persons. They want sex enjoyment to the best capacity|Pravṛtti means sense enjoyment. And nivṛtti means self-negation. So when we say that "You shall not have illicit sex," and their inclination is illicit sex, so therefore it is revolutionary. They are materialistic persons. They want sex enjoyment to the best capacity-homosex, this sex, that sex, naked dance, all sexually inclined, pravṛtti. And we say, "Stop this," nivṛtti.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750513 - Conversation A - Perth|Conversation A - Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|What you will do with money? If there is no grain, then will you eat money? (laughter)|'''Prabhupāda:''' But what you will do with money? If there is no grain, then will you eat money? (laughter)<br />'''Justin Murphy:''' Certainly not.<br />'''Prabhupāda:''' That is foolishness. That is foolishness. Money is not required. Required—food grains.}}
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/750513R1-PERTH_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"Simple life means you produce your food and you produce your cloth so you dress yourself nicely, you eat yourself nicely, keep yourself fit, and glorify the Lord. This is one way of life. And the other way of life, that 'We don't care for the Lord. Let us enjoy the senses to the topmost capacity and be happy'. So this way of life will never make you happy. You will simply go on struggling. This is one way of life. Another way of life, that the human life is meant for God realization. That is Vedānta philosophy. Athāto brahma jijñāsā (Vedānta-sūtra 1.1.1). Now, by evolutionary process, we have come to the human form of life, it is meant for asking, 'What is my constitutional position? Am I this body, or I am something else?'"|Vanisource:750513 - Conversation A - Perth|750513 - Conversation A - Perth}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750513 - Conversation B - Perth|Conversation B - Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Human life, he is given the opportunity to go towards God, but he does not take this opportunity. He goes towards the animal|This is not the way of life, human life. Animal life, that is another thing. But they do not know. But human life, he is given the opportunity to go towards God, but he does not take this opportunity. He goes towards the animal.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750513 - Conversation C - Perth|Conversation C - Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|If you understand Krsna, then after giving up this body, you don't accept another material body|If you understand Kṛṣṇa, then after giving up this body, you don't accept another material body. And in the material existence the problems are not solved, because you have to, after death, you have to accept another material body. And as soon as you accept a material body, the sufferings are there, at least these four sufferings: birth, death, old age and disease.}}


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_14|1975 - May 14]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:750514 - Morning Walk - Perth|Morning Walk - Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|So anyone can be trained up. Just like these boys. They were fourth class, fifth class. And now they are trained up to become first-class men. Just like anyone can become geographer, anyone can become engineer by proper training|So anyone can be trained up. Just like these boys. They were fourth class, fifth class. And now they are trained up to become first-class men. Just like anyone can become geographer, anyone can become engineer by proper training.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750514 - Letter to Eldest son of the late Mr. Atulya De written from Perth|Letter to Eldest son of the late Mr. Atulya De written from Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I wanted to see you very urgently to know about your family affairs. So, will you kindly give me your exact name and address so that I can arrange to see you?|I wanted to see you very urgently to know about your family affairs. So, will you kindly give me your exact name and address so that I can arrange to see you? When I was grhastha, I had visited your home two or three times. Now, I am a sannyasi.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750514 - Letter to Yadunandana written from Perth|Letter to Yadunandana written from Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I never said they should not use their beads. That is our business. They must be taught how to respect their beads. How they can learn unless they use them?|I have just been informed by my servant, Srutakirti, that the young children, under twelve, are not allowed to use their japa beads while chanting. This policy is not good. Why this change has been made? I never said they should not use their beads. That is our business. They must be taught how to respect their beads. How they can learn unless they use them? That is the trouble with you westerners, always changing.}}


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_09|1975 - May 09]] ====
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_15|1975 - May 15]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:750515 - Morning Walk - Perth|Morning Walk - Perth]]'''
{{youtube_ditl|pOrXpLJrQkg|[[Vaniquotes:Real good is: "He has forgotten God. Revive his consciousness." That is real good. Then he'll saved from the so-called good and bad and everything. That is wanted|He Has Forgotten God. Revive His Consciousness - That is Real Good - 0757]]|04:16 minutes from a morning walk in Perth}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Real good is: "He has forgotten God. Revive his consciousness." That is real good. Then he'll saved from the so-called good and bad and everything. That is wanted|"This is good; this is bad," this is all mental concoction, actually. But real good is: "He has forgotten God. Revive his consciousness." That is real good. Then he'll saved from the so-called good and bad and everything. That is wanted. Materially, everything is one man's food, another man's poison.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750515 - Letter to Ramesvara written from Perth|Letter to Ramesvara written from Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|When I see so many books pending, it does not encourage me to translate. When I see books printed, I become encouraged to write more and more|The US printer's binding is better than Dai Nippon. So, some may be printed in US and some in Japan, but the pending books must be finished in a very short time. When I see so many books pending, it does not encourage me to translate. When I see books printed, I become encouraged to write more and more.}}


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_16|1975 - May 16]] ====


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_10|1975 - May 10]] ====
:'''[[Vanisource:750516 - Morning Walk - Perth|Morning Walk - Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|People may take or not take, but a God's servant must speak the truth. Just like Jesus Christ. He was crucified. Nobody took his words. But he did it|People may take or not take, but a God's servant must speak the truth. Just like Jesus Christ. He was crucified. Nobody took his words. But he did it.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750516 - Conversation A - Perth|Conversation A - Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|What is the wrong if I say, "Please chant Hare Krsna"? If you don't chant, that is your choice. There is no difficulty|What is the wrong if I say, "Please chant Hare Kṛṣṇa"? If you don't chant, that is your choice. There is no difficulty. If you agree that "Swāmījī asking me. We'll chant," you can chant. But if you don't do it, that is your business. The task is not difficult. Task is very easy. Even a child can do it. But if you are stubborn, "No, no, I will not do it," then what can be done?}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750516 - Conversation B - Perth|Conversation B - Perth]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Everyone is prone to fall down. But that percentage is very low, say, one in five hundred. We have got about ten thousand students all over the world. Out of them, they have fallen about ten or, say, fifteen, that's all|Everyone is prone to fall down. But that percentage is very low, say, one in five hundred. We have got about ten thousand students all over the world. Out of them, they have fallen about ten or, say, fifteen, that's all.}}


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_17|1975 - May 17]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:750517 - Morning Walk - Perth|Morning Walk - Perth]]'''
{{youtube_ditl|-svrBRwcvjU|[[Vaniquotes:The preacher must love the people. Why at eighty years old I have come here if I do not love? So who can love better than a preacher? He loves even the animals|Who can Love Better than a Preacher? - 0202]]|05:16 minutes from a morning walk in Perth}}
{{VaniQuotebox|The preacher must love the people. Why at eighty years old I have come here if I do not love? So who can love better than a preacher? He loves even the animals|We are giving Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That is loving, real loving. We are giving him eternal life, eternal bliss. Unless we love them, why we are taking so much trouble? The preacher must love the people. Otherwise why he is taking? He can do it for himself at home. Why he is taking so much trouble? Why in eighty years old I have come here if I do not love? So who can love better than a preacher? He loves even the animals.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750517 - Conversation - Perth|Conversation - Perth]]'''
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/750517R1-PERTH_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"The world is full of rascals and fourth-class men, that is our verdict, Kṛṣṇa's verdict. A human being does not know God, he's no better than dog. He is dog. Who knows God? There are so many scientists, philosophers—no idea. And they are discussing on sex philosophy, homosex, Freud philosophy, Darwin's theory. All third class, fourth class, they are controlling. Now they are gradually coming to chaotic condition, and their problems, engage so many big, big officials how to solve. Oh, why you created problem, first of all? You third-class, fourth-class men, you have created problem, and now you are trying to make solution—another problem. Because you are the same fourth-class men, how you can make a solution? You have created the problem."|Vanisource:750517 - Conversation - Perth|750517 - Conversation - Perth}}
{{VaniQuotebox|The man who creates problem, can he make solution? So you are the same fourth-class man, how you can make a solution?|The man who creates problem, can he make solution? So you are the same fourth-class man, how you can make a solution? Bring first-class men. But there are no first-class men. All rogues and rascals. Things are becoming bad to worse, and still they'll claim, "We are first class."}}


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_11|1975 - May 11]] ====
=== May 18 to 23 - Melbourne ===
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_19|1975 - May 19]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:750519 - Morning Walk - Melbourne|Morning Walk - Melbourne]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|If you have got imperfect eyes, what you can see? First of all you admit that you have got imperfect eyes. Then what you can see with your imperfect eyes?|If you have got imperfect eyes, what you can see? First of all you admit that you have got imperfect eyes. Then what you can see with your imperfect eyes? If you are a blind man, what is the use of telling, "I do not see"? You are blind man, what you can see? First of all you admit that you are blind man, then talk of seeing.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750519 - Lecture SB - Melbourne|Lecture SB - Melbourne]]'''
{{youtube_ditl|UJbKcCT69s8|[[Vaniquotes:The king is responsible. The government is responsible that any one of his subject, either animal or man, he is not disturbed; he feels secure of his property, of his person. And it is the duty of ksatriya to save, to protect|It is the Duty of Ksatriya to Save, to Protect - 0870]]|05:17 minutes from a lecture on SB in Melbourne}}
{{VaniQuotebox|The king is responsible. The government is responsible that any one of his subject, either animal or man, he is not disturbed; he feels secure of his property, of his person. And it is the duty of ksatriya to save, to protect|There are persons who want to do harm to others. It has increased now. But during the time of Mahārāja Parīkṣit's time, it was not allowed. The king is responsible. The government is responsible that any one of his subject, either animal or man, he is not disturbed; he feels secure of his property, of his person. And it is the duty of kṣatriya to save, to protect. This was the system of government.}}
{{youtube_ditl|02538pWSAxk|[[Vaniquotes:The kings were governed by first-class brahmanas, sages. The brahmanas should not take part in the management of the government, but they would advise the ksatriya kings that "You rule over the citizens like this"|The Kings were Governed by First-class Brahmanas, Sages - 0871]]|09:03 minutes from a lecture on SB in Melbourne}}
{{VaniQuotebox|The kings were governed by first-class brahmanas, sages. The brahmanas should not take part in the management of the government, but they would advise the ksatriya kings that "You rule over the citizens like this"|The kings were governed by first-class brāhmaṇas, sages. The brāhmaṇas should not take part in the management of the government, but they would advise the kṣatriya kings that "You rule over the citizens like this." If the king would not do that, the brāhmaṇas had so much power—there are many instances—they will dethrone the king or kill him. But they will not occupy the power themselves.}}
{{youtube_ditl|sX19oX3YT3k|[[Vaniquotes:You cannot expect any happiness guided by the fourth-class men. That is not possible. Therefore throughout the whole world there is chaotic condition. Nobody is happy. So this is essential that the human society must be divided into four divisions|It is Essential that the Human Society <br/>must be Divided into Four Divisions - 0872]]|05:39 minutes from a lecture on SB in Melbourne}}
{{VaniQuotebox|You cannot expect any happiness guided by the fourth-class men. That is not possible. Therefore throughout the whole world there is chaotic condition. Nobody is happy. So this is essential that the human society must be divided into four divisions|At the present moment, practically there is no brāhmaṇa, no kṣatriya, no vaiśya, only śūdras, fourth-class men. So you cannot expect any happiness guided by the fourth-class men. That is not possible. Therefore throughout the whole world there is chaotic condition. Nobody is happy. So this is essential that the human society must be divided into four divisions. The brāhmaṇa class means the first-class ideal men, so that by the seeing their character, their behavior, others will try to follow.}}
{{youtube_ditl|JDeUBXKHv8I|[[Vaniquotes:Bhakti means that we have to clear ourself from the designations. What is that designation? Everyone is thinking, "I am American," "I am Indian," "I am European," "I am Australian," "I am cat," "I am dog, "I am this," "I am that" - bodily|Bhakti Means that We have to Clear Ourself from the Designations - 0873]]|05:59 minutes from a lecture on SB in Melbourne}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Bhakti means that we have to clear ourself from the designations. What is that designation? Everyone is thinking, "I am American," "I am Indian," "I am European," "I am Australian," "I am cat," "I am dog, "I am this," "I am that" - bodily|Bhakti means that we have to clear ourself from the designations. What is that designation? Everyone is thinking, "I am American," "I am Indian," "I am European," "I am Australian," "I am cat," "I am dog, "I am this," "I am that"—bodily. We have to cleanse this bodily conception of life, that "I am not this body." Ahaṁ brahmāsmi: "I am spirit soul." This we have to realize.}}
{{youtube_ditl|2RfTtRwh8AY|[[Vaniquotes:So long we are materially engrossed, bodily concept of life, there will be always anxiety. This is the test. Anyone who is in anxiety, means he is materially situated. And anyone who is elevated to the spiritual platform, he is prasannatma. He is jolly|Anyone who is Elevated to the Spiritual Platform, <br/>He is Prasannatma. He is Jolly - 0874]]|07:32 minutes from a lecture on SB in Melbourne}}
{{VaniQuotebox|So long we are materially engrossed, bodily concept of life, there will be always anxiety. This is the test. Anyone who is in anxiety, means he is materially situated. And anyone who is elevated to the spiritual platform, he is prasannatma. He is jolly|So long we are materially engrossed, bodily concept of life, there will be always anxiety. This is the test. Anyone who is in anxiety, means he is materially situated. And anyone who is elevated to the spiritual platform, he is prasannātmā. He is jolly. What is the meaning of prasannātmā? Na śocati na kāṅkṣati: he does not want anything, and if anything he has got, if is lost, he does not cry for it. That's all. Here in the material world we are hankering after something which we do not possess. And if we possess something, if it is lost, then we cry.}}
{{youtube_ditl|NzAjf3LmDOk|[[Vaniquotes:If you have no objection, you can chant Hare Krsna, & if you think that "The Hare Krsna is imported from India. We shall not chant," all right, you chant your own God's name. Where is the objection? But chant the holy name of God. That is our propaganda|Chant Your Own God's Name. <br/>Where is the Objection? But Chant the Holy Name of God - 0875]]|05:26 minutes from a lecture on SB in Melbourne}}
{{VaniQuotebox|If you have no objection, you can chant Hare Krsna, & if you think that "The Hare Krsna is imported from India. We shall not chant," all right, you chant your own God's name. Where is the objection? But chant the holy name of God. That is our propaganda|If you have no objection, you can chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. And if you think that "The Hare Kṛṣṇa is imported from India. We shall not chant," all right, you chant your own God's name. Where is the objection? But chant the name of, holy name of God. That is our propaganda.}}
{{youtube_ditl|02dBteIwteQ|[[Vaniquotes:Ambudhi means the ocean. So this ocean does not increase, but when you come to the spiritual ocean of ananda, blissfulness, it will increase daily|When You Come to the Spiritual Ocean of Ananda, <br/>it will Increase Daily - 0876]]|05:09 minutes from a lecture on SB in Melbourne}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Ambudhi means the ocean. So this ocean does not increase, but when you come to the spiritual ocean of ananda, blissfulness, it will increase daily|Āmbudhi means the ocean. So this ocean does not increase, but when you come to the spiritual ocean of ānanda, blissfulness, it will increase daily. Just like these boys. They are coming from Europe, America. They are not Indians. But why they are sticking to this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement unless they are increasing their transcendental pleasure?}}
{{youtube_ditl|StNlS3hxuro|[[Vaniquotes:If you are not ideal, then it will be useless to open center. You behave nicely, they will come, they will see, and they will learn. If you go to some school and the professors are rascals, then what you will learn? It is both, reciprocal|If You Are Not Ideal, Then it Will Be Useless to Open a Center - 0877]]|03:51 minutes from a lecture on SB in Melbourne}}
{{VaniQuotebox|If you are not ideal, then it will be useless to open center. You behave nicely, they will come, they will see, and they will learn. If you go to some school and the professors are rascals, then what you will learn? It is both, reciprocal|Just like you have to go to school or college to learn. So just similarly, if you have to take the education of spiritual life, they will come here and see how people are doing, ideal. And you should be ideal. If you are not ideal, then it will be useless to open center. You behave nicely, they will come, they will see, and they will learn. If you go to some school and the professors are rascals, then what you will learn? It is both, reciprocal.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Krsna consciousness movement means we are trying to create some first-class men|The brāhmaṇa class means the first-class ideal men, so that by the seeing their character, their behavior, others will try to follow. Yad yad ācarati śreṣṭhaḥ. So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement means we are trying to create some first-class men. This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness, this movement. So therefore we have got these rules and regulation: no illicit sex, no meat-eating, no intoxication, no gambling. This is the preliminary qualification of a first-class man.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750519 - Conversation - Melbourne|Conversation - Melbourne]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I don't teach them that I am God. I never taught. I always teach them I am servant of God, you are also servant| No, I don't teach them that I am God. I never taught. I always teach them I am servant of God, you are also servant. And they accept it. Actually that is our position. This is bluff. When somebody says "I am God," that is bluff, cheating. We protest very vehemently against the declaration that "I am God." No. Nobody can become God. God is one.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750519 - Interview - Melbourne|Interview - Melbourne]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|There is no question of "other religion," "your religion," "my religion." We are speaking of God. God is God, just like gold is gold|There is no question of "other religion," "your religion," "my religion." We are speaking of God. God is God, just like gold is gold.. Because it is in the hand of a Christian, you cannot say that "It is Christian gold." The gold is gold.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750519 - Letter to Dinanatha Misra written from Melbourne|Letter to Dinanatha Misra written from Melbourne]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I also understand that you do not move very much nowadays, therefore you cannot come in the temple, but at home you can render some valuable service for this movement|I also understand that you do not move very much nowadays, therefore you cannot come in the temple, but at home you can render some valuable service for this movement. So far I know, you are a good Hindi scholar as well as in English. So, if you like, you can translate our books into Hindi and I shall be glad to hear from you in this connection.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750519 - Letter to Dulal Candra written from Melbourne|Letter to Dulal Candra written from Melbourne]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|By attracting intelligent men to our movement, automatically, others will also be attracted to come|By attracting intelligent men to our movement, automatically, others will also be attracted to come. By preaching in this way, one becomes firmly convinced of the philosophy of Krishna Consciousness himself, and gradually it becomes easier and easier for him to convince others also.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750519 - Letter to Govinda dasi written from Melbourne|Letter to Govinda dasi written from Melbourne]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Krishna has given you some special talent and you are using it for spreading His glories. This is wanted|I am very glad to hear that you are continuing your drawing work nicely. This is your business. Krishna has given you some special talent and you are using it for spreading His glories. This is wanted.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750519 - Letter to Gunagrahi written from Melbourne|Letter to Gunagrahi written from Melbourne]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I accept Sharon Swanson for 1st initiation. Her name is Sandamini|I accept Sharon Swanson for 1st initiation. Her name is Sandamini. Her beads may be chanted on by Satsvarupa Maharaja. Also I have accepted Sajjane Jivana for 2nd initiation.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750519 - Letter to Hansadutta written from Melbourne|Letter to Hansadutta written from Melbourne]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|There is no need of establishing a deity for the time being in these places you have mentioned. Simply make a nice preaching center|Your program in Germany is a good one. There is no need of establishing a deity for the time being in these places you have mentioned. Simply make a nice preaching center.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750519 - Letter to Hrdayananda written from Melbourne|Letter to Hrdayananda written from Melbourne]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I am not at all in favor of closing such a temple. Stay there in that building somehow or other, and if you like, you may also open a center in Guadalajara|When our Mexico City branch is open, how can we close it? That building there is very nice and we have been there for five years now. I am not at all in favor of closing such a temple. Stay there in that building somehow or other, and if you like, you may also open a center in Guadalajara. We can keep men in Mexico City who are approved by the government, why should we close it?}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750519 - Letter to Mahamsa written from Melbourne|Letter to Mahamsa written from Melbourne]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|It is not good business to invest money when it is not sure yet that the land will actually be transferred in the name of ISKCON|It is not good business to invest money when it is not sure yet that the land will actually be transferred in the name of ISKCON. This must be considered very carefully before anything can be spent. Immediately send me one copy of the original trust document as drawn up by the settlor and I will examine it.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750519 - Letter to Ramesvara written from Melbourne|Letter to Ramesvara written from Melbourne]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I am extremely happy to hear that a firm of young lawyers are now working with us to help us spread this movement by helping us to flood the world with our books|I am extremely happy to hear that a firm of young lawyers are now working with us to help us spread this movement by helping us to flood the world with our books. This is very welcome news. Things are looking very favorable for us.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750519 - Letter to Srutadeva written from Melbourne|Letter to Srutadeva written from Melbourne]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Our real business is to print and distribute books. By doing this business, you are all becoming recognized by Krishna|Our real business is to print and distribute books. By doing this business, you are all becoming recognized by Krishna, following the rules and regulations, chanting 16 rounds, and studying my books and you will finish your business in this material world in this life and enter into the spiritual world to live with Krishna eternally.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750519 - Letter to Vinode Kumar Chudamani written from Melbourne|Letter to Vinode Kumar Chudamani written from Melbourne]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|So far we are concerned, we are preaching the glories of Krishna throughout the world, to glorify Brajendra-nandana Hari|I received your Hindi newspaper "Vraja-Garima," but unfortunately, I don't see anything written about Brajendra-nandana, Krishna. So far we are concerned, we are preaching the glories of Krishna throughout the world, to glorify Brajendra-nandana Hari.}}


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_20|1975 - May 20]] ====


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_12|1975 - May 12]] ====
:'''[[Vanisource:750520 - Morning Walk - Melbourne|Morning Walk - Melbourne]]'''
{{youtube_ditl|IEX6PFUJpC0|[[Vaniquotes:It is your kindness that you accepted me. But I never expected. I never expected that "These people will accept"|I Never Expected that "These people will Accept" - 0205]]|01:47 minutes from a morning walk in Melbourne}}
{{VaniQuotebox|It is your kindness that you accepted me. But I never expected. I never expected that "These people will accept"|It is your kindness that you accepted me. But I never expected. I never expected that "These people will accept." I never expected.}}
{{youtube_ditl|U3PxBllOm9k|[[Vaniquotes:Sastra takes of the planets, not of the country. Your idea is very crippled: "country," "national." But sastra is not... There is no such thing as national. They take the whole universe as a whole. They consider from that angle of vision|You are Taking of Country, <br/>but the Sastra Takes of the Planets, not of the Country - 0865]]|05:40 minutes from a morning walk in Melbourne}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Sastra takes of the planets, not of the country. Your idea is very crippled: "country," "national." But sastra is not... There is no such thing as national. They take the whole universe as a whole. They consider from that angle of vision|Śāstra takes of the planets, not of the country. Your idea is very crippled: "country," "national." But śāstra is not... There is no such thing as national. They take the whole universe as a whole. They consider from that angle of vision. These crippled ideas, "state," "national," has come later on. There was no such thing previously.}}
{{youtube_ditl|mr1PjZHL4-g|[[Vaniquotes:At the end there will be no rain. Then this whole planet will be ablaze with fire. That is the beginning of destruction. Everything will die - all trees, plants, animals, everything. It will be made into ashes by the fire|Everything will die—all trees, plants, animals, everything - 0866]]|03:47 minutes from a morning walk in Melbourne}}
{{VaniQuotebox|At the end there will be no rain. Then this whole planet will be ablaze with fire. That is the beginning of destruction. Everything will die - all trees, plants, animals, everything. It will be made into ashes by the fire|At the end there will be no rain. Then this whole planet will be ablaze with fire. That is the beginning of destruction. Everything will die—all trees, plants, animals, everything. It will be made into ashes by the fire. And then there will be rain, and the ashes will be melted, and the whole universe will be finished.}}
{{youtube_ditl|Rrd8dxffHv4|[[Vaniquotes:Materialistic point of view is like that. They do not know that we are eternal & we are responsible for our activities. That is knowledge. But they have no knowledge. They simply want to enjoy. They do not care for death also. Simply sense gratification|We are Eternal and we are Responsible <br/>for our Activities. That is Knowledge - 0867]]|04:44 minutes from a morning walk in Melbourne}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Materialistic point of view is like that. They do not know that we are eternal & we are responsible for our activities. That is knowledge. But they have no knowledge. They simply want to enjoy. They do not care for death also. Simply sense gratification|In Western countries there are many places: "Don't care for anything, what is sinful life, what is going to happen. Let us enjoy, that's all." This is their philosophy. "Let us enjoy, that's all." Materialistic point of view is like that. They do not know that we are eternal and we are responsible for our activities. That is knowledge. But they have no knowledge. They simply want to enjoy. They do not care for death also. Simply sense gratification.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750520 - Lecture SB 06.01.01-4 - Melbourne|Lecture SB 06.01.01-4 - Melbourne]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|What you do at the time of death? One has to change. Death means change of this body. The modern civilization, they do not know it|What you do at the time of death? One has to change. Death means change of this body. The modern civilization, they do not know it. That is the first understanding of spiritual knowledge, that we change our body. I am spirit soul, every one of us, spirit soul, even the animals and the trees and plants and aquatics—any living being.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750520 - Conversation - Melbourne|Conversation - Melbourne]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|At the last stage of my life, at the age of seventy years, I made an attempt that... Our predecessors, they wanted, and they wanted me also to do that. So my other Godbrothers they could not do very well. So let me try|Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura had a very strong desire to preach. Then he attempted little. Then his son, my Guru Mahārāja, he was entrusted. He also attempted. He sent his disciple to London. And he wanted me also. Therefore at the last stage of my life, at the age of seventy years (chuckles) I made an attempt that... Our predecessors, they wanted, and they wanted me also to do that. So my other Godbrothers they could not do very well. So let me try.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|My life? According to sastra, if we have actually developed Krsna consciousness, we are going to Krsna. I may not, but they will go|My life? According to śāstra, if we have actually developed Kṛṣṇa consciousness, we are going to Kṛṣṇa... I may not, but they will go. (laughter) And even it is a failure, then the next life he is guaranteed human life and very nice life. You find out this verse, śucīnāṁ śrīmatāṁ gehe yoga-bhraṣṭaḥ sañjāyate.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Vyasadeva is not Mayavadi. He is Vaisnava. We belong to Vyasadeva's sampradaya, Brahma-sampradaya. Therefore we worship our spiritual master as Vyasadeva's representative, vyasa-puja|Śaṅkarācārya is also not authority because he does not follow the ācāryas. Of course, Māyāvāda philosophy was there always, but that was never taken very seriously. Vyāsadeva is the authority. So Vyāsadeva is not Māyāvādī. He is Vaiṣṇava. We belong to Vyāsadeva's sampradāya, Brahma-sampradāya. Therefore we worship our spiritual master as Vyāsadeva's representative, vyāsa-pūjā.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Christians they follow Christ acarya| We have got recognized acarya, just like you said, Ramanujacarya, Madhvacarya, Nimbarka, Visnu Svami, Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Or Sankaracarya even. You follow one acarya, like Christians, they follow Christ, acarya. The Mohammedans, they follow acarya, Mohammed. That is good. You must follow some acarya.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Our preaching is: Let one man understand Bhagavad-gita As It Is. We don't want disciples. I never collected disciples. I never compromised that "You can do whatever you like, and you become my disciple"|Our preaching is: Let one man understand Bhagavad-gita As It Is. We don't want disciples. I never collected disciples. I never compromised that "You can do whatever you like, and you become my disciple."}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750520 - Letter to Kerry Welsh written from Melbourne|Letter to Kerry Welsh written from Melbourne]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Regarding your initiation, I will be pleased to accept you as my disciple if Tusta Krishna Swami gives me his recommendation|Regarding your initiation, I will be pleased to accept you as my disciple if Tusta Krishna Swami gives me his recommendation. It appears from your letter that you are following everything very nicely, so if Tusta Krishna Maharaja will recommend you to me, then I will be very happy to accept both you and your wife for first initiation.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750520 - Letter to Madhava written from Melbourne|Letter to Madhava written from Melbourne]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Better read these books thoroughly and be firmly convinced yourself before going to these demons for convincing them. if you are weak yourself, while trying to convert them, you will be converted by them|It is distinctly said in the Bhagavad-gita that the purpose of Vedic knowledge is to understand Krishna, vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyo, (BG 15.15). So, we are presenting Krishna in so many ways, politically, socially, economically, philosophically, and religiously, etc. We are describing Him in 75 books of 400 pages each. Better read these books thoroughly and be firmly convinced yourself before going to these demons for convincing them. If you are weak yourself, while trying to convert them, you will be converted by them.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Don't try any hard task before you are very strong. Chant 16 rounds daily, follow the rules and regulations, and read our books. Don't become very big preacher immediately|Don't try any hard task before you are very strong. Chant 16 rounds daily, follow the rules and regulations, and read our books. Don't become very big preacher immediately.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750520 - Letter to Prabhanu written from Melbourne|Letter to Prabhanu written from Melbourne]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I have accepted Lauri and Joni for 1st initiation. Their names are as follows: Lalita devi dasi and Jivanausadhi devi dasi respectively| I have accepted Lauri and Joni for 1st initiation. Their names are as follows: Lalita devi dasi and Jivanausadhi devi dasi respectively. Their beads may be chanted on by Satsvarupa Maharaja. Also I have accept Simha dasa, Anagha dasa, and Dhanasri dasi, and Kantimati dasi for 2nd initiation.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750520 - Letter to Subhalaksmi written from Melbourne|Letter to Subhalaksmi written from Melbourne]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Try to maintain the standard of a perfect person as is given in the Bhagavad-gita, and do not deviate from this wonderful method of Krishna consciousness|Please continue to sell my books as much as possible in huge quantities. This is very pleasing to me. Try to maintain the standard of a perfect person as is given in the Bhagavad-gita, and do not deviate from this wonderful method of Krishna consciousness. Follow the rules very carefully, chant at least 16 rounds, and read our books over and over.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750520 - Letter to Tusta Krsna written from Melbourne|Letter to Tusta Krsna written from Melbourne]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I am very glad to hear that you are keeping yourself busy preaching. Don't become a dead man. Always preach|I am very glad to hear that you are keeping yourself busy preaching. Don't become a dead man. Always preach.}}


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_21|1975 - May 21]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:750521 - Morning Walk - Melbourne|Morning Walk - Melbourne]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Scientists cannot purify the sea water and use it profusely. Why they are depending on rain? Let them purify it and take so much water|Scientists cannot purify the sea water and use it profusely. Why they are depending on rain? Let them purify it and take so much water.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750521 - Lecture SB 06.01.01 - Melbourne|Lecture SB 06.01.01 - Melbourne]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|This Krsna consciousness movement is trying to educate men that "After all, you are servant. You have to serve somebody. You are now serving your senses. Now just divert your service to Krsna, or God, and you will be happy. That's all"|What is my own constitutional position? I am eternal servant of God, Kṛṣṇa. This is my position. So when we give up all these designation service and engage myself in the real service of the real master, that is called mukti, liberation. So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is trying to educate men that "After all, you are servant. You have to serve somebody. You are now serving your senses. Now just divert your service to Kṛṣṇa, or God, and you will be happy. That's all."}}
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/750521SB-MELBOURNE_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"Kṛṣṇa says that even if you go to the highest planetary system, Brahmaloka... That is, many thousands of years you can live and gratify your senses to higher standard than in this... Suppose you are drinking here in golden pot; there you will get in diamond pot. That will be the change, not that the taste will change. The taste, the same. The dog's pot and man's pot or demigod's pot, within the material world, the taste is the same. And ultimately, you have to die. That's all. That you cannot stop. Nobody wants to die. He wants to enjoy life perpetually. Now the scientists are trying to live more years."|Vanisource:750521 - Lecture SB 06.01.01 - Melbourne|750521 - Lecture SB 06.01.01 - Melbourne}}
{{VaniQuotebox|These transcendental literature, we have taken much pain to translate them into English so that you can understand. We have got fifty books. So take advantage|These transcendental literature, we have taken much pain to translate them into English so that you can understand. We have got fifty books. So take advantage.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|It is not that all our students were free from this alcoholic habit or meat-eating or illicit sex, no. They were habituated. But because they have taken to the devotional service, this is all finished|It is not that all our students were free from this alcoholic habit or meat-eating or illicit sex, no. They were habituated. But because they have taken to the devotional service, this is all finished.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750521 - Conversation - Melbourne|Conversation - Melbourne]]'''
{{youtube_ditl|Bk9RX-9okQI|[[Vaniquotes:We are training, we are advocating that illicit sex is sinful. Our first condition is that one must give up these four things: illicit sex, meat-eating, intoxication and gambling. This is my first condition before accepting. So they agree and they follow|We are Training, We are Advocating that Illicit Sex is Sinful - 0858]]|05:56 minutes from a conversation in Melbourne}}
{{VaniQuotebox|We are training, we are advocating that illicit sex is sinful. Our first condition is that one must give up these four things: illicit sex, meat-eating, intoxication and gambling. This is my first condition before accepting. So they agree and they follow|Yesterday I was talking with one priest. So about illicit sex life he said that "What is the wrong there? It is a great pleasure." Just see. We are training, we are advocating that illicit sex is sinful. Our first condition is that one must give up these four things: illicit sex, meat-eating, intoxication and gambling. This is my first condition before accepting. So they agree and they follow.}}
{{youtube_ditl|RtfPeEpcw4A|[[Vaniquotes:That is the defect of Western civilization. Vox populi, taking opinion of the public. But what is the value of this public? Drunkards, smokers, meat-eaters, woman-hunters|That is the Defect of Western Civilization. <br/>Vox Populi, Taking Opinion of the Public - 0859]]|06:05 minutes from a conversation in Melbourne}}
{{VaniQuotebox|That is the defect of Western civilization. Vox populi, taking opinion of the public. But what is the value of this public? Drunkards, smokers, meat-eaters, woman-hunters|That is the defect of Western civilization. Vox populi, taking opinion of the public. But what is the value of this public? Drunkards, smokers, meat-eaters, woman-hunters. They are not first-class men. So what is the use of such third-class, fourth-class men's opinion? We do not advocate such opinion. What Kṛṣṇa said, that is standard, that's all.}}
{{youtube_ditl|p4tHJ_zGSJw|[[Vaniquotes:When British rule came, their Lord Macaulay's private report was that "If you want to keep them as Indian Hindu, you will never be able to rule over." So it was British government's policy to condemn everything Indian|It was British Government's Policy to Condemn Everything Indian - 0860]]|07:18 minutes from a conversation in Melbourne}}
{{VaniQuotebox|When British rule came, their Lord Macaulay's private report was that "If you want to keep them as Indian Hindu, you will never be able to rule over." So it was British government's policy to condemn everything Indian|The Britishers, when British rule came, their Lord Macaulay's private report was that "If you want to keep them as Indian Hindu, you will never be able to rule over." So it was British government's policy to condemn everything Indian.}}
{{youtube_ditl|YcTYWx8CaPA|[[Vaniquotes:We say everyone, "Come and eat." Why he should remain hungry? We invite everyone, "Come here, eat, no charge." We don't charge. Why he should remain hungry? Let us increase this program. All hungry men of Melbourne city, come here|All Hungry Men of Melbourne City, <br/>Come Here, You Take Your Eating Sumptuously - 0861]]|05:59 minutes from a conversation in Melbourne}}
{{VaniQuotebox|We say everyone, "Come and eat." Why he should remain hungry? We invite everyone, "Come here, eat, no charge." We don't charge. Why he should remain hungry? Let us increase this program. All hungry men of Melbourne city, come here|We say everyone, "Come and eat." Why he should remain hungry? We invite everyone, "Come here, eat, no charge." We don't charge. Why he should remain hungry? Let us increase this program. All hungry men of Melbourne city, come here, you take your eating sumptuously. We invite, "Come on." Why you should remain hungry?}}
{{youtube_ditl|Ybrw4qEG3Nk|[[Vaniquotes:Unless you change the society, how you can make social welfare? If you keep them as it is, then where is the question of welfare?|Unless You Change the Society, How You can Make Social Welfare? - 0862]]|04:32 minutes from a conversation in Melbourne}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Unless you change the society, how you can make social welfare? If you keep them as it is, then where is the question of welfare?|Unless you change the society, how you can make social welfare? If you keep them as it is, then where is the question of welfare?}}
{{youtube_ditl|xiwkcV0gLu8|[[Vaniquotes:You can eat meat, but you cannot eat meat by killing your father and mother. That is human sense. You are taking milk from the cow; it is your mother|You Can Eat Meat, <br/>But You Cannot Eat Meat by Killing Your Father and Mother - 0863]]|07:49 minutes from a conversation in Melbourne}}
{{VaniQuotebox|You can eat meat, but you cannot eat meat by killing your father and mother. That is human sense. You are taking milk from the cow; it is your mother|You can eat meat, but you cannot eat meat by killing your father and mother. That is human sense. You are taking milk from the cow; it is your mother. You take milk, that in Australia they produce so much milk, butter and everything. And after it is finished, cut the throat and make business, send to other countries. What is this nonsense? Is that humanity? Do you think?}}
{{youtube_ditl|m23sG620XVs|[[Vaniquotes:To make the whole human society happy, this God consciousness movement must spread|To make the Whole Human Society Happy, <br/>this God Consciousness Movement Must Spread - 0864]]|05:05 minutes from a conversation in Melbourne}}
{{VaniQuotebox|To make the whole human society happy, this God consciousness movement must spread|'''Director:''' If I would come here and want to join your movement, I would accept it.<br />'''Prabhupāda:''' No, you join or not join, you have come here to consult us if we can help your activities. But when we prescribe, you do not accept it. That is your position.<br />'''Devotee:''' He has to go now, Śrīla Prabhupāda.<br />'''Prabhupāda:''' Give him prasāda. Just wait. Actually to make the whole human society happy, this God consciousness movement must spread.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|You have to see what is this method, Krsna consciousness movement. That we are prepared to serve you, to convince you, the first-class nature of this movement. Now if you are convinced, try to cooperate. And induce other leaders|You have to see what is this method, Krsna consciousness movement. That we are prepared to serve you, to convince you, the first-class nature of this movement. Now if you are convinced, try to cooperate. And induce other leaders.}}


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_13|1975 - May 13]] ====
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_22|1975 - May 22]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:750522 - Morning Walk - Melbourne|Morning Walk - Melbourne]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|The material world in potency is always there. But it has got a manifestation beginning, and again end. It begins from God, and again it ends in God. But God is eternal|The material world in potency is always there. But it has got a manifestation beginning, and again end. It begins from God, and again it ends in God. But God is eternal.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750522 - Lecture SB 06.01.01-2 - Melbourne|Lecture SB 06.01.01-2 - Melbourne]]'''
{{youtube_ditl|VyZxt3bO_Wc|[[Vaniquotes:In New Vrindaban we are keeping cows. That is an example. And the cows are giving milk, delivering milk, double than other farmers. Why? Because the cows know that "These people will not kill me." They are not in anxiety|The Cows Know That <br/>'These people will not kill me.' They Are Not In Anxiety - 0759]]|05:09 minutes from a lecture on SB 06.01.01-2 in Melbourne}}
{{VaniQuotebox|In New Vrindaban we are keeping cows. That is an example. And the cows are giving milk, delivering milk, double than other farmers. Why? Because the cows know that "These people will not kill me." They are not in anxiety|In New Vrindaban we are keeping cows. That is an example. And the cows are giving milk, delivering milk, double than other farmers. Why? Because the cows know that "These people will not kill me." They are not in anxiety. Suppose you are engaged in some work, and if you know that "After seven days, I will be killed," can you do the work very nicely? No. Similarly, the cows know in the Western countries that "These people giving me very nice grains and grass, but after all, they will kill me." So they are not happy.}}
{{youtube_ditl|b4THigIsZs0|[[Vaniquotes:Veda means knowledge, and anta means last stage, or end. Everything has got some end. So you are being educated. You are taking education. Where it shall end? That is called Vedanta. Where the ultimate point|Veda Means Knowledge, and Anta Means Last Stage, or End - 0887]]|07:08 minutes from a lecture on SB 06.01.01-2 in Melbourne}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Veda means knowledge, and anta means last stage, or end. Everything has got some end. So you are being educated. You are taking education. Where it shall end? That is called Vedanta. Where the ultimate point|Veda means knowledge, and anta means last stage, or end. Everything has got some end. So you are being educated. You are taking education. Where it shall end? That is called Vedanta. Where the ultimate point.}}
{{youtube_ditl|KIXGXqFkgNE|[[Vaniquotes:If you accept this simple process, that "Chant Hare Krsna and realize God," that is also fact. And if you think, "What is this nonsense, chanting Hare Krsna?" then you read books. Both ways we are prepared. Come and take advantage of this movement|Chant Hare Krishna and Realize God - 0888]]|06:03 minutes from a lecture on SB 06.01.01-2 in Melbourne}}
{{VaniQuotebox|If you accept this simple process, that "Chant Hare Krsna and realize God," that is also fact. And if you think, "What is this nonsense, chanting Hare Krsna?" then you read books. Both ways we are prepared. Come and take advantage of this movement|Come here, read our books, and argue. Try to understand with your full knowledge, no blindly acceptance. There is reason. There is argument. There is philosophy. There is science. Everything is there. And if you accept that "Simply by chanting, I shall realize," that is also allowed. Both ways: if you accept this simple process, that "Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and realize God," that is also fact. And if you think, "What is this nonsense, chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa?" then you read books. Both ways we are prepared. Come and take advantage of this movement.}}
{{youtube_ditl|coFvJKU5w4w|[[Vaniquotes:If you deposit one cent daily, one day it may become a hundred dollars. So when you get the hundred dollars, you can get the business. (laughter) So you come here daily, one cent, one cent... When it will be hundred dollars, you will become a devotee|If you Deposit One Cent Daily, <br/>One Day it May Become a Hundred Dollars - 0889]]|04:44 minutes from a lecture on SB 06.01.01-2 in Melbourne}}
{{VaniQuotebox|If you deposit one cent daily, one day it may become a hundred dollars. So when you get the hundred dollars, you can get the business. (laughter) So you come here daily, one cent, one cent... When it will be hundred dollars, you will become a devotee|That I have already explained, that you are coming here; even though you are not initiated, that is also service. So if you deposit one cent daily, one day it may become a hundred dollars. So when you get the hundred dollars, you can get the business. (laughter) So you come here daily, one cent, one cent... When it will be hundred dollars, you will become a devotee.}}
{{youtube_ditl|vX2R0OZJcGQ|[[Vaniquotes:How much time it requires to surrender to Krsna? Immediately you can do that. Surrender means you surrender and work as Krsna says. That is surrender. What Krsna says to do? Man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam namaskuru. Four things|How Much Time it Requires to Surrender to Krishna? - 0890]]|04:26 minutes from a lecture on SB 06.01.01-2 in Melbourne}}
{{VaniQuotebox|How much time it requires to surrender to Krsna? Immediately you can do that. Surrender means you surrender and work as Krsna says. That is surrender. What Krsna says to do? Man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam namaskuru. Four things|How much time it requires to surrender to Kṛṣṇa? Immediately you can do that. Surrender means you surrender and work as Kṛṣṇa says. That is surrender. What Kṛṣṇa says to do? Man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru. Four things: "You always think of Me, and you become My devotee, you worship Me, and offer your respect, full obeisances, unto Me." You do these four things. That is full surrender. Mām evaiṣyasi asaṁśaya: "Then you come to Me without any doubt."}}
{{youtube_ditl|SQofAP5-LRs|[[Vaniquotes:The sun is not dead. Similarly, Krsna appears by rotation in this universe after so many years, eight billion and nine billion years. So next He goes to another universe. Just like the sun, after disappearance from Australia, it goes to another country|Krishna Appears by Rotation in this Universe After so Many Years - 0891]]|04:32 minutes from a lecture on SB 06.01.01-2 in Melbourne}}
{{VaniQuotebox|The sun is not dead. Similarly, Krsna appears by rotation in this universe after so many years, eight billion and nine billion years. So next He goes to another universe. Just like the sun, after disappearance from Australia, it goes to another country|The sun is not dead. Similarly, Kṛṣṇa appears by rotation in this universe after so many years, eight billion and nine billion years. So next He goes to another universe. Just like the sun, after disappearance from Australia, it goes to another country.}}
{{youtube_ditl|PyWaTlbfXSY|[[Vaniquotes:If you fall from the instruction, how you can remain eternal? You have to stay on the platform. Then eternally you are safe. If you fall down from the platform, then it is your fault|If You fall from the Instruction, <br/>How You Can Remain Eternal Servitor? - 0892]]|03:04 minutes from a lecture on SB 06.01.01-2 in Melbourne}}
{{VaniQuotebox|If you fall from the instruction, how you can remain eternal? You have to stay on the platform. Then eternally you are safe. If you fall down from the platform, then it is your fault|If you remain eternally in the instruction... And if you fall from the instruction, how you can remain eternal? You have to stay on the platform. Then eternally you are safe. If you fall down from the platform, then it is your fault. Just like we are all in the Vaikuṇṭha planet. Now, we wanted to enjoy this material world. We have fallen down, just like Jaya-Vijaya. Now we are trying to go back again. Therefore we say, "Go back to home, back to Godhead."}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750522 - Conversation A - Melbourne|Conversation A - Melbourne]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Continue this attitude|So your behavior, attachment, is very much appreciated both by Kṛṣṇa and devotees. So continue this attitude and follow the instruction. Then it is guaranteed, go back to home, back to Godhead. It is not difficult. For a sincere person to go back to home, back to Godhead is not at all difficult. Especially Kṛṣṇa in this age has personally appeared as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. And Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is very, very kind to the fallen souls.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750522 - Conversation B - Melbourne|Conversation B - Melbourne]]'''
{{youtube_ditl|jT_4Y49-b_s|[[Vaniquotes:Actually, nothing is private property. That is our philosophy. Isavasyam idam sarvam (ISO 1): "Everything belongs to God." That's a fact. Under the influence of maya we are thinking that "This is my property."|Under the Influence of Maya We are Thinking that 'This is my Property' - 1052]]|05:54 minutes from a conversation in Melbourne}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Actually, nothing is private property. That is our philosophy. Isavasyam idam sarvam (ISO 1): "Everything belongs to God." That's a fact. Under the influence of maya we are thinking that "This is my property."|Actually, nothing is private property. That is our philosophy. Īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvam (ISO 1): "Everything belongs to God." That's a fact. Under the influence of māyā we are thinking that "This is my property." Just like suppose this cushion. Wherefrom the wood has come? Has anybody produced wood? Who has produced? It is God's property. Rather, we have stolen God's property and claiming, "My property."}}
{{youtube_ditl|Tfc633rCc_4|[[Vaniquotes:Don't forget that everything belongs to God. Because you have to run society, it does not mean that you forget the real thing|Because You Have to Run Society, <br/>it Does Not Mean that You Forget the Real Thing - 1053]]|06:13 minutes from a conversation in Melbourne}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Don't forget that everything belongs to God. Because you have to run society, it does not mean that you forget the real thing|Don't forget that everything belongs to God. Because you have to run society, it does not mean that you forget the real thing.}}
{{youtube_ditl|xzDb54UZjEI|[[Vaniquotes:The whole human society at the present moment, majority, they are godless, especially the Communist. They don't acknowledge. The scientist, the philosopher, the scholars - all godless. Scientists' special business is how to defy God|The Scientist, the Philosopher, the Scholars - all Godless - 1054]]|08:24 minutes from a conversation in Melbourne}}
{{VaniQuotebox|The whole human society at the present moment, majority, they are godless, especially the Communist. They don't acknowledge. The scientist, the philosopher, the scholars - all godless. Scientists' special business is how to defy God|The whole human society at the present moment, majority, they are godless, especially the Communist. They don't acknowledge. The scientist, the philosopher, the scholars—all godless. Scientists' special business is how to defy God. They say, "Science is everything. We can do everything by science. There is no need of God."}}
{{youtube_ditl|rB5xfvJfn3o|[[Vaniquotes:This is Krsna consciousness, that you remain in your position, but see whether by your discharge of duties you have pleased God. Then everything will be all right|See Whether by Your Discharge of Duties You Have Pleased God - 1055]]|05:11 minutes from a conversation in Melbourne}}
{{VaniQuotebox|This is Krsna consciousness, that you remain in your position, but see whether by your discharge of duties you have pleased God. Then everything will be all right|We don't say that "You change your position. You become a sannyāsī or you give up your profession and become bald-headed." No, we don't say that. (laughs) We are by nature. (laughter) So this is Kṛṣṇa consciousness, that you remain in your position, but see whether by your discharge of duties you have pleased God. Then everything will be all right.}}
{{youtube_ditl|B0cnN4Mau1k|[[Vaniquotes:This Krsna consciousness movement is on the spiritual platform, above body, mind and intelligence. But actually, we should come to that platform, because we are spirit soul, we are neither this body nor this mind nor this intelligence|K. C. Movement is on the Spiritual Platform, <br/>above Body, Mind and Intelligence - 1056]]|06:23 minutes from a conversation in Melbourne}}
{{VaniQuotebox|This Krsna consciousness movement is on the spiritual platform, above body, mind and intelligence. But actually, we should come to that platform, because we are spirit soul, we are neither this body nor this mind nor this intelligence|First bodily concept, gross, then mental, then intellectual, then spiritual. So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is on the spiritual platform, above body, mind and intelligence. But actually, we should come to that platform. Because we are spirit soul, we are neither this body nor this mind nor this intelligence. So one who is on the platform of spiritual consciousness, they have got everything, intelligence, proper use of mind, proper use of the body.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750522 - Letter to Ganesa written from Melbourne|Letter to Ganesa written from Melbourne]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I can understand that you are reading my books nicely and understanding our philosophy. This is wanted. By reading my books carefully, you will become enthused to distribute them more and more in greater quantities|I can understand that you are reading my books nicely and understanding our philosophy. This is wanted. By reading my books carefully, you will become enthused to distribute them more and more in greater quantities. If you continue in this way being very much determined to achieve success in this lifetime.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750522 - Letter to Rama written from Melbourne|Letter to Rama written from Melbourne]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Please try very hard to remain fixed-up in devotional service to Lord Krishna, always chanting Hare Krishna (at least 16 rounds), following the four rules, and reading my books frequently|Please try very hard to remain fixed-up in devotional service to Lord Krishna, always chanting Hare Krishna (at least 16 rounds), following the four rules, and reading my books frequently. Do not deviate from the path that I have chalked out for every one of you, and be happy in Krishna Consciousness.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750522 - Letter to Rasarani written from Melbourne|Letter to Rasarani written from Melbourne]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Always remain engaged in the service of Krishna. That is the sure and safe method to be safe from the grip of Maya|Always remain engaged in the service of Krishna. That is the sure and safe method to be safe from the grip of Maya. Maya will never touch you if you are cent percent serving Krishna. Follow the rules carefully, chant at least 16 rounds, read and study my books deeply, and in this way be enthusiastic about going back to Godhead in this life.}}


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==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_14|1975 - May 14]] ====
:'''[[Vanisource:750523 - Morning Walk - Melbourne|Morning Walk - Melbourne]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|For the satisfaction of the tongue they are risking their own life and committing sinful life to suffer later on. Therefore the first-class man's first duty is to samah, controlling the mind|For the satisfaction of the tongue they are risking their own life and committing sinful life to suffer later on. Therefore the first-class man's first duty is to samah, controlling the mind.}}


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=== May 24 to 25 - Fiji ===
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_24|1975 - May 24]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:750524 - Lecture BG 07.1 - Fiji|Lecture BG 07.1 - Fiji]]'''
{{youtube_ditl|RFi8-as_eOk|[[Vaniquotes:Bhagavan is for everyone. God is God. Just like gold is gold. If gold is handled by Hindu, it does not become Hindu gold. Or the gold is handled by Christian, it does not become Christian gold. Gold is gold. Similarly, dharma is one. Religion is one|God is God. Just like Gold is Gold - 0186]]|07:13 minutes from a lecture on BG 07.01 in Fiji}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Bhagavan is for everyone. God is God. Just like gold is gold. If gold is handled by Hindu, it does not become Hindu gold. Or the gold is handled by Christian, it does not become Christian gold. Gold is gold. Similarly, dharma is one. Religion is one|Bhagavān is for everyone. God is God. Just like gold is gold. If gold is handled by Hindu, it does not become Hindu gold. Or the gold is handled by Christian, it does not become Christian gold. Gold is gold. Similarly, dharma is one. Religion is one. There cannot be Hindu religion, Muslim religion, Christian religion. That is artificial. Just like "Hindu gold," "Muslim gold." That is not possible.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Before me, many swamis went to the Western countries. They also talked about Bhagavad-gita and other Vedic literature. But not a single person could be converted to Krsna consciousness, not a single person throughout the whole history|Because we are presenting Kṛṣṇa as it is, Bhagavad-gītā as it is, it is being accepted. Before me, many swamis went to the Western countries. They also talked about Bhagavad-gītā and other Vedic literature. But not a single person could be converted to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, not a single person throughout the whole history, background. But since 1967, we are presenting Bhagavad-gītā as it is; thousands of young generation, they are taking to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. This is the result.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Krsna consciousness movement is meant for this purpose, that everyone should be raised to the platform of God consciousness. Then his human form of life is successful. Otherwise it is the life of cats and dogs|Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is meant for this purpose, that everyone should be raised to the platform of God consciousness. Then his human form of life is successful. Otherwise it is the life of cats and dogs.}}


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_15|1975 - May 15]] ====
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_25|1975 - May 25]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:750525 - Interview - Fiji|Interview - Fiji]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Persons who have lost their consciousness on account of being too much attached to material enjoyment, they cannot understand Krsna consciousness|Persons who have lost their consciousness on account of being too much attached to material enjoyment, they cannot understand Krsna consciousness.}}


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=== May 25 to 31 - Honolulu ===
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_25|1975 - May 25]] ====


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_16|1975 - May 16]] ====
:'''[[Vanisource:750525 - Arrival - Honolulu|Arrival - Honolulu]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|If we keep cows and grow food grains, fruits, vegetables, then we can live very peacefully like that. There is no need of going to the city|You can produce your necessities; there is no difficulty. If we keep cows and grow food grains, fruits, vegetables, then we can live very peacefully like that. There is no need of going to the city. That is the plan of God, Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa personally exhibited.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750525 - Lecture - Honolulu|Lecture - Honolulu]]'''
{{youtube_ditl|UTRyvUoZS7s|[[Vaniquotes:We have got so many books. Whoever comes here must read the books, devotee, the inmates of the temple, outsider, then you will understand what is Krsna consciousness|Whoever Comes here Must Read the Books - 0761]]|04:19 minutes from a general lecture in Hawaii}}
{{VaniQuotebox|We have got so many books. Whoever comes here must read the books, devotee, the inmates of the temple, outsider, then you will understand what is Krsna consciousness|Try to become devotee of Kṛṣṇa. Our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is teaching this philosophy. We have got so many books. Whoever comes here must read the books, devotee, the inmates of the temple, outsider, then you will understand what is Kṛṣṇa consciousness.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|You have got this land; develop it. Don't go away. Develop it. That is my instruction. Keep cows, as many cows as possible. You don't require practice. Produce your own food, own milk - save time; chant Hare Krsna. This is perfect|So you have got this land; develop it. Don’t go away. Develop it. That is my instruction. Keep cows, as many cows as possible. You don’t require practice. Produce your own food, own milk—save time; chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. This is perfect. You don’t require technical education and this education, that education, wine, meat. This is rakṣasā civilization. This is not human civilization. Human civilization: peacefully living, saving time for Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and then at the time of death you remember Kṛṣṇa. You are immediately delivered within a second, back to home, back to Godhead.}}


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:'''[[Vanisource:750526 - Letter to Aksayananda and Dhananjaya written from Honolulu|Letter to Aksayananda and Dhananjaya written from Honolulu]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|The 24 hour chanting is very encouraging to me. Please continue all as I have given you|The 24 hour chanting is very encouraging to me. Please continue all as I have given you. I have full faith in both you. Kindly execute the routine work very nicely. Please send me a weekly report of how things are going on.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750526 - Letter to Damodara written from Honolulu|Letter to Damodara written from Honolulu]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Regarding your writing, this is very much wanted, but I think that it is better if you write articles, not books. Write articles that can be printed in our Back to Godhead magazine|Regarding your writing, this is very much wanted, but I think that it is better if you write articles, not books. Write articles that can be printed in our Back to Godhead magazine. That will be very nice.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750526 - Letter to Gauragopala written from Honolulu|Letter to Gauragopala written from Honolulu]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I think it is very obvious, even you have admitted, that the problem is that you are not following the basic principles of our society|I think it is very obvious, even you have admitted, that the problem is that you are not following the basic principles of our society. The fact that you have not chanted your rounds for a long time is enough to make you without any spiritual strength.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750526 - Letter to Hasyakari written from Honolulu|Letter to Hasyakari written from Honolulu]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Cow protection is the business of the vaisyas and along with our preaching, this is the most important work. We must have a good section of Brahmanas in our society and we must also have a good group of vaisyas who can grow grains and tend cows|Cow protection is the business of the vaisyas and along with our preaching, this is the most important work. We must have a good section of Brahmanas in our society and we must also have a good group of vaisyas who can grow grains and tend cows.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|We don't want to have to purchase food for the cows outside from some other party; that will run into a great expense|We don't want to have to purchase food for the cows outside from some other party; that will run into a great expense.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750526 - Letter to Jagadisa written from Honolulu|Letter to Jagadisa written from Honolulu]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Make sure that the Deity worship is been done nicely and that sankirtana goes on daily. Also the devotees must all follow the rules strictly as well as chant 16 rounds daily and read my books|By Krishna's grace we shall be able to remain in that building. For the time being, make sure that the Deity worship is been done nicely and that sankirtana goes on daily. Also the devotees must all follow the rules strictly as well as chant 16 rounds daily and read my books.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750526 - Letter to Lalitananda written from Hawaii|Letter to Lalitananda written from Hawaii]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|You should stop this homosex immediately. It is illicit sex, otherwise, your chances of advancing in spiritual life are nil. Show Krishna you are serious, if you are|Even though you are in a very degraded condition Krishna, being pleased with your service attitude, can pick you up from your fallen state. You should stop this homosex immediately. It is illicit sex, otherwise, your chances of advancing in spiritual life are nil. Show Krishna you are serious, if you are.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750526 - Letter to Mr. Richard Cohen written from Honolulu|Letter to Mr. Richard Cohen written from Honolulu]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I am happy to hear that you are attracted to the Krishna Consciousness movement. Your talents for making movies can be engaged very nicely in Krishna's service|I am happy to hear that you are attracted to the Krishna Consciousness movement. Your talents for making movies can be engaged very nicely in Krishna's service. I think in this connection, you may contact Sriman Yadubara dasa adhikari, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Ca. 90034. He is very experienced at making Krishna Conscious movies. He may be able to give you some good advice.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750526 - Letter to Mr. Robert Bedoian written from Honolulu|Letter to Mr. Robert Bedoian written from Honolulu]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Thank you for being attracted to this Hare Krishna movement and engaging yourself in chanting Hare Krishna. You are most fortunate to be giving up your sinful activities|Thank you for being attracted to this Hare Krishna movement and engaging yourself in chanting Hare Krishna. You are most fortunate to be giving up your sinful activities and chanting the name of Krishna. Please continue and go to visit our temples as much as you can.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750526 - Letter to Radhavallabha written from Honolulu|Letter to Radhavallabha written from Honolulu]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|The pictures of Jagannatha Puri and the Samadhi tombs of Rupa Goswami, Jiva Goswami, and Krishna das Kaviraja are very nice|I have also received the first volume of the Madhya-lila. It is very nice. The pictures of Jagannatha Puri and the Samadhi tombs of Rupa Goswami, Jiva Goswami, and Krishna das Kaviraja are very nice. I will be very pleased if you can produce these books at top speed. Please do this.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750526 - Letter to Tapana Misra written from Honolulu|Letter to Tapana Misra written from Honolulu]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Regarding your business, if Jayatirtha and the others give their sanction, then I have no objection. The most important thing is that you must follow all of the rules and regulations|Regarding your business, if Jayatirtha and the others give their sanction, then I have no objection. The most important thing is that you must follow all of the rules and regulations very strictly. Then everything will be very nice.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750526 - Letter to Tony, Linda and Yajna Sarasvati written from Honolulu|Letter to Tony, Linda and Yajna Sarasvati written from Honolulu]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I am very glad that you are trying to live Krishna Conscious lifestyle. If you simply try to follow very carefully the prescribed method that has been chalked out for us in the vedas|I am very glad that you are trying to live Krishna Conscious lifestyle. If you simply try to follow very carefully the prescribed method that has been chalked out for us in the vedas, refrain from eating meat, having illicit sex life, taking intoxications, and gambling, and try to chant 16 rounds on you beads daily.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750526 - Letter to Vahna written from Honolulu|Letter to Vahna written from Honolulu]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|You should all spend more time reading my books very carefully and stop all this unnecessary manufacturing|You should all spend more time reading my books very carefully and stop all this unnecessary manufacturing.}}


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_17|1975 - May 17]] ====
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:'''[[Vanisource:750527 - Morning Walk - Honolulu|Morning Walk - Honolulu]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Everything, these rascal scientists consider in relation, relatively. But relative world means every living being is relatively existing with a condition|Everything, these rascal scientists consider in relation, relatively. But relative world means every living being is relatively existing with a condition. And he is thinking only his relative condition. That is their foolishness. You cannot fly in the sky; a small bird will fly. That is called relative world. For his condition, it is different from you.}}


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==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_18|1975 - May 18]] ====
:'''[[Vanisource:750528 - Morning Walk - Honolulu|Morning Walk - Honolulu]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Mudha, he cannot understand. That is the difficulty. More dull-headed, less intelligent persons are coming. Just see|With the progress of so-called civilization, people are becoming more and more demons, so they cannot understand. Mūḍhā nābhijānāti. Mūḍhā, he cannot understand. That is the difficulty. More dull-headed, less intelligent persons are coming. Just see.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750528 - Letter to Anangamanjari written from Honolulu|Letter to Anangamanjari written from Honolulu]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|In your country, the Deity should not go without shirt. Gaura-Nitai may wear turbans. Nothing should be offered to Krishna unless it is prepared by the devotees themselves|In your country, the Deity should not go without shirt. Gaura-Nitai may wear turbans. Nothing should be offered to Krishna unless it is prepared by the devotees themselves.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750528 - Letter to Giriraja written from Honolulu|Letter to Giriraja written from Honolulu]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|So far the managing committee is concerned, when I shall return to Bombay, I shall personally form it. In the meantime, go on managing as it is|So far the managing committee is concerned, when I shall return to Bombay, I shall personally form it. In the meantime, go on managing as it is.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750528 - Letter to Gopijanavallabha written from Honolulu|Letter to Gopijanavallabha written from Honolulu]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I shall be seeing Alfred Ford here soon so at that time, we can discuss further and we shall inform you if we can devise a plan to get the building with Alfred's help|If this building in New York is the best one available, then we must get it. By Krishna's grace, things may work out so that we can get that building. I shall be seeing Alfred Ford here soon so at that time, we can discuss further and we shall inform you if we can devise a plan to get the building with Alfred's help.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750528 - Letter to Hrdayananda written from Honolulu|Letter to Hrdayananda written from Honolulu]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|You should not back away when things get difficult|Regarding registration in Guyana, you simply have to show in court how we are an international society, not for any particular creed, race, or nation. Show them that we are a cultural movement. You should not back away when things get difficult.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750528 - Letter to Kirtiraja written from Honolulu|Letter to Kirtiraja written from Honolulu]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|We cannot give books away free to anyone. They must be paid for|We cannot give books away free to anyone. They must be paid for.}}


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:'''[[Vanisource:750529 - Morning Walk - Honolulu|Morning Walk - Honolulu]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Then all these houses have come in an accident? Everything is created by man. How you can say accident? This is their foolishness|Then all these houses have come in an accident? Everything is created by man. How you can say accident? This is their foolishness. Nothing happens accidentally. If there is accident, then how we are walking this? There is a huge water. By accident, immediately it can drown us.}}


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_May_19|1975 - May 19]] ====
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:'''[[Vanisource:750531 - Morning Walk - Honolulu|Morning Walk - Honolulu]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Always chanting Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna. That will save you. That Krsna chanting and hearing, that will keep us safe|Always chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa. That will save you. That Kṛṣṇa chanting and hearing, that will keep us safe. Example is given, just like a polluted woman is doing all household work, but she is always thinking when she will meet with her paramour at night. This example. Similarly, we may be engaged in different material activities, but if we keep our faith in Kṛṣṇa, then it will save us. It is possible.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750531 - Letter to Babhru written from Honolulu|Letter to Babhru written from Honolulu]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Please continue to follow very strictly the rules and regulations, chant 16 rounds and read my books well. This will keep you always fixed up in Krishna Consciousness|Please continue to follow very strictly the rules and regulations, chant 16 rounds and read my books well. This will keep you always fixed up in Krishna Consciousness and Maya will not succeed in bewildering you.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750531 - Letter to Hansadutta written from Honolulu|Letter to Hansadutta written from Honolulu]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I approve your ideas. Yes, London is a city where we can open many centers. If possible, do it|I approve your ideas. Yes, London is a city where we can open many centers. If possible, do it.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750531 - Letter to Kalacanda written from Honolulu|Letter to Kalacanda written from Honolulu]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|You can tell him that we want many Panca-tattva Deities made out of cement or plaster paris. They can be made the same size as the L.A. Gaura-Nitai Deities|You can tell him that we want many Panca-tattva Deities made out of cement or plaster paris. They can be made the same size as the L.A. Gaura-Nitai Deities.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750531 - Letter to Kirtanananda written from Honolulu|Letter to Kirtanananda written from Honolulu]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|If you give the right protection to the cows, then they will give so much milk, that the ground of New Vrndavana will be muddy with milk|If you give the right protection to the cows, then they will give so much milk, that the ground of New Vrndavana will be muddy with milk.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:750531 - Letter to Prabhakar written from Honolulu|Letter to Prabhakar written from Honolulu]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I am training these European and American boys, most of them coming from Christian and Jewish families, and they are accepting to become a pure brahmana and then a pure sannyasi|I am training these European and American boys, most of them coming from Christian and Jewish families, and they are accepting to become a pure brahmana and then a pure sannyasi. This system should be introduced. They must sit for proper examination after being trained. And then why not accept them as real brahmana by quality and work? This procedure is recommended both in the Bhagavad-gita and in the Srimad-bhagavatam.}}


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May 1 to 3 - Delhi

1975 - May 02

Letter to Kartikeya Mahadevia written from Delhi

vanipedia.org 		I have already decided to make a trust board for Hare Krishna Land in which there will be twelve trustees. Out of them seven will be Indians and five will be foreigners. Foreigners means, not only Americans, but members of the Commonwealth like England, New Zealand, Australia, etc.
Letter to Mahamsa written from Delhi

vanipedia.org 		At the present moment, I am in New Delhi. We came here on the invitation of two big ministers, the Home Minister and the Railway Minister and we had two successful meetings here.
Letter to Panalalaji written from Delhi

vanipedia.org 		After all, this is an international institution, but the majority of the members of the trustees will be Indian. Namely, out of twelve members, I will make seven Indians and five foreigners.


May 3 - Kurukshetra

May 4 - Delhi

1975 - May 04

Letter to Aksayananda and Dhananjaya written from Delhi

vanipedia.org 		The bearer of this letter, Sri Munnalai, the driver for Mr. L. S. Agarwal, should be given nice facilities for himself and his family at our Asram when he comes to Vrndavana for pilgrimage. He would like to stay with us very much so see that full prasadam as well as a room is given during his stay in Vrndavana.


May 5 - Bombay

May 6 to 17 - Perth

1975 - May 06

Conversation - Perth

vanipedia.org 		This body is true. We have got body. We don't say it is false. It is true. Bodily pains and pleasures we feel, so how can I say that the body is false? The bodily needs, bodily pains and pleasures, there we are affected. So how you can say it is false? Similarly the mind, and soul is absolutely factual. So any item you take, you can understand by thorough study.


1975 - May 07

Morning Walk - Perth

vanipedia.org 		In the beginning one must know that he is not this body; He is spirit soul. Don't bring in controversy, but try to convince that you are not this body. Then, gradually. That is the mode of teaching in the Bhagavad-gītā.
Letter to Bhakta dasa written from Perth

vanipedia.org 		I am very glad to hear all of the good news in your letter. This is very encouraging. Continue to preach vigorously, following all of the rules and regulations very carefully and Krishna will give you every facility. It sounds like the Rathayatra festival will be bigger than ever this year.
Letter to Caitya-guru written from Perth

vanipedia.org 		I am very glad that you are feeling very much encouraged working in Africa. If you follow all of the rules and regulations very carefully and continue in this way then you will always be successful.
Letter to Dr. Channa Reddy written from Perth

vanipedia.org 		My ambition is that the Kurukshetra field should be fully utilized for spreading the cult of Krishna Consciousness all over the world.
Letter to G.L. Nanda written from Perth

vanipedia.org 		The hodge-podge ideas of religiosity are going on all over the world. Nobody has been able to derive any benefit out of it, but if you utilize this holy spot, Kurukshetra, for preaching the cult of Bhagavad-gita as it is, the whole world will be benefited.
Letter to Lalita Priya written from Perth

vanipedia.org 		We should also desire intensely to see and be with Krishna, but first thing is to become purified through devotional service. It is not possible otherwise. So, keep on helping me to spread this Krishna Consciousness movement.
Letter to Sri Kamalapati Tripathi written from Perth

vanipedia.org 		I appreciated the grand place of Kuruksetra. I wish to organize this holy spot for spreading Krishna Consciousness all over the world and the suggestions that I have given to Mr. Nanda may be carefully read by you also. And I shall be glad to know whether any co-operation from your side is possible in this attempt. I shall be glad to hear from you at your earliest convenience.


1975 - May 08

Morning Walk - Perth

vanipedia.org 		A child cannot think. Motorcar is running. Child will think the motorcar is running automatically. But a sane man will understand that there is a driver. So persons who deny the existence of God are like that. They see the machine, nature. Nature is the machine. But behind the machine there is the operator.
Conversation - Perth

vanipedia.org 		Drug philosophy means to forget one's present suffering. And he must suffer, because his consciousness is developed. He must take this Vedic knowledge, but he does not take. Therefore he is dissatisfied, and to counteract this dissatisfaction he takes drug. This is drug philosophy.


1975 - May 09

Morning Walk - Perth
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vanipedia.org 		Gaṇeśa: Śrīla Prabhupāda, if the knowledge was handed down by the saintly kings, evaṁ paramparā-prāptam (BG 4.2), how is it that the knowledge was lost?
Prabhupāda: When it was not handed down. Simply understood by speculation. Or if it is not handed down as it is. They might have made some changes. Or they did not hand it down. Suppose I handed it down to you, but if you do not do that, then it is lost.

vanipedia.org 		Now the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is going on in my presence. Now after my deparature, if you do not do this, then it is lost. If you go on as you are doing now, then it will go on. But if you stop...
Letter to G.L. Nanda written from Perth

vanipedia.org 		Every living being is eternal, unborn and still he has accepted the path of birth, death, old age and disease, so the human being should be taught and trained up how to get out of this miserable condition of material life.
Letter to Mr. Fletcher written from Perth

vanipedia.org 		You are very fortunate to be taking part in the Krishna Consciousness movement. If you take it very seriously, then you will not have to take another birth in this miserable material world. You can go back to home, back to Godhead at the end of this life. So, my request is that you take it up very boldly and finish your business in this material world.
Letter to Pavanadeva written from Perth

vanipedia.org 		Do not be discouraged. Simply follow all of the rules and regulations very carefully. Rise early, attend mangala arati, attend class, chant 16 rounds and follow the four basic rules and regulations. This is most important. Without these things, there is no spiritual life. If your try sincerely, then Krishna will give you all blessings.
Letter to Satkrita written from Perth

vanipedia.org 		Why do you write such a crazy letter? You cannot write like a normal person? Anyway, I hope that you are following all of the rules and regulations very carefully without any deviation. Try to work hard for Krishna and co-operate very nicely with the temple authorities.


1975 - May 10

Morning Walk - Perth
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vanipedia.org 		Our Krsna consciousness movement is, that don't hear the cheaters and don't try to cheat others. Be honest and hear from the authorities. That is Krsna consciousness.
Conversation - Perth

vanipedia.org 		We are giving-here is Kṛṣṇa. Here is the perfect person. You take. But you don't follow Him. Just like I began with. Jesus Christ is perfect, but you don't follow him. You don't like to follow him. You follow Darwin. Whose fault it is? The perfect person's fault, or your fault? You don't like to hear from the perfect person. You want to hear from a humbug bogus person. That is the defect.
Letter to Aksayananda and Dhananjaya written from Perth

vanipedia.org 		The proposal for selling rooms should be dropped for the time being unless you take instruction from Giriraja how to take contributions from the prospective clients. For the time being, you organize the paying guest proposal.
Letter to Giriraja written from Perth

vanipedia.org 		Plans should be made how to utilize all the lands available. Sumati Morarji wanted some land for her school on lease. I think we shall negotiate with her on favorable terms. Things in the past were done very irregularly. Now, everything must be done very carefully and cautiously.
Letter to Mahamsa written from Perth

vanipedia.org 		This is very important that the temple portion be completed by Janmastami. Whatever money was available, I have given 1-1/2 lakhs to Jayapataka Swami and 2 lakhs to Giriraja. So, you have to take this money from Giriraja. Please arrange like that and let me know what is the progress of Hyderabad activities.
Letter to Pranava written from Perth

vanipedia.org 		I am very much anxious to know what you have done about the land which Tahsilder and Patwari proposed to give us. I am very much anxious to know it.
Letter to Prof. O.P. Goel written from Perth

vanipedia.org 		I have established about 100 big big temples all over the world; unfortunately, I am getting too much anxiety in my country and I do not know why.
Letter to Radheswaranand Goswami written from Perth

vanipedia.org 		The people must eat sumptuously - not voraciously and make them fit for working and chanting. In this way, they will be purified and everything will be nicely organized.


1975 - May 11

Morning Walk - Perth

vanipedia.org 		You are not transcendental. You are trying to be transcendental. You should always remember that "We are trying to be transcendental." When you are actually on transcendental state, you will not be affected by any modes of material nature. Therefore you should be very cautious and careful.
Letter to Bhagavata written from Perth

vanipedia.org 		He appears to be educated. Let him read our books, follow the regulative principle, and be trained in our line. Then, when I go to Calcutta, I shall see how much he has advanced and then we shall give him some definite engagement.
Letter to Brijratanji written from Perth

vanipedia.org 		I welcome your suggestion. I have advised my assistants to publish one chapter in each issue from the Bhagavat Maha-Purana. This will contain the devanagari script as well as the roman script. I thank you very much for your suggestion.
Letter to Dinesh Candra Sarkar written from Perth

vanipedia.org 		We are not interested to purchase any land at so high a price. That is not practical. I have already spoken with Jayapataka Swami about all details of Mayapur. You may hear from him my ideas.
Letter to Hansadutta written from Perth

vanipedia.org 		They have agreed to our terms and made a draft agreement form which I have not yet seen. Anyway, as stipulated before, that you will come back to India after setting things up there in London and Frankfurt.
Letter to Jamuna written from Perth

vanipedia.org 		Wherever you live, you can follow the regulative principles and my instructions along with chanting. That will make you happy. Do not deviate from the path I have chalked out for every one of you.
Letter to Jayadvaita written from Perth

vanipedia.org 		From now on, include one chapter from Srimad-bhagavatam in every issue of Back to Godhead magazine. You can start with the 1st chapter of the 1st canto and continue. You should reproduce the chapter as it is in the book, in other words, with the devanagari script, word meanings, transliteration, etc. If a chapter is very very big, it can be given in two issues.
Letter to Kunj Bihari Shastri written from Perth

vanipedia.org 		Your desire to stay with us for regular recitation of the Srimad-bhagavatam is welcome. So, for a few days, you can stay with us and see how it will be suitable for you. But, one thing is the language difficulty. All our men are speaking in English. Still, you can make an experiment and if you like, then you can live with us provided you follow our rules and regulations.
Letter to Mr. K. C. Nigam written from Perth

vanipedia.org 		The whole thing is instructed in the Bhagavad-gita and if we accept the teachings of Bhagavad-gita, as it is without unnecessary commentary on it, then our spiritual movement will be successful. But, if we manufacture something out of our own concoction, it will never be successful.
Letter to Mr. Punja written from Perth

vanipedia.org 		I have also received from Madhudvisa Swami one copy of the Constitution that you have drawn up there. On my way from Melbourne to Honolulu, I will stop in Fiji for two days around the 22nd of May.
Letter to Sri Ananga Mahan written from Perth

vanipedia.org 		You are arranging for passport for going to the foreign countries and if you will get it, there will be no difficulty to see our temples in the foreign countries. I hope you have at least 7,000 rs. for your ticket along with return ticket. There will be no difficulty to stay in our different temples and when you are ready, you can write to my Honolulu address.
Letter to Svadhin Kumar Mullick written from Perth

vanipedia.org 		I am enclosing herewith one introduction letter to my disciple Bhagavata dasa, in care of our temple at #3 Albert Road, between Camac St. and Hungerford St. near the Hindu school. So, you can go there and present the introduction letter and he will do the needful.
Letter to Swami Sachchidanand Bharati written from Perth

vanipedia.org 		If you have got any source for distributing our books (English), the list is enclosed herewith. If you want the complete catalog, you can get it from our Vrndavana temple: Krishna Balarama Temple, Raman Reti, Vrndavana, Dist. Mathura.


1975 - May 12

Morning Walk - Perth

vanipedia.org 		The more you fight with these rascals, the more you advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. You are a fighting soldier. Kṛṣṇa very much appreciates. (long pause) So you take Bhagavad-gītā by your own interpretation, and I take Bhagavad-gītā as it is. So who is right? Who will decide this? You interpret in your own way. I don't interpret.
Conversation - Perth

vanipedia.org 		Anyone who has no sense of God consciousness, he is diseased mentally. He requires treatment. The whole human society, especially at the present moment, they have given up God consciousness. They are not interested. That is their disease. And everyone requires treatment.
Letter to Tejiyas written from Perth

vanipedia.org 		Try to get some acres of land near the Buddha Jayanti Park. I wish to develop a Janmastami Park there and invite all the residents of New Delhi there to observe a grand festival on Janmastami day. I wish to construct a grand temple of Krishna Balarama and keep many cows in this park. The residents of New Delhi will be very much encouraged to visit this park. That is my ambition.


1975 - May 13

Morning Walk - Perth
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vanipedia.org 		Pravṛtti means sense enjoyment. And nivṛtti means self-negation. So when we say that "You shall not have illicit sex," and their inclination is illicit sex, so therefore it is revolutionary. They are materialistic persons. They want sex enjoyment to the best capacity-homosex, this sex, that sex, naked dance, all sexually inclined, pravṛtti. And we say, "Stop this," nivṛtti.
Conversation A - Perth

vanipedia.org 		Prabhupāda: But what you will do with money? If there is no grain, then will you eat money? (laughter)
Justin Murphy: Certainly not.
Prabhupāda: That is foolishness. That is foolishness. Money is not required. Required—food grains.
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"Simple life means you produce your food and you produce your cloth so you dress yourself nicely, you eat yourself nicely, keep yourself fit, and glorify the Lord. This is one way of life. And the other way of life, that 'We don't care for the Lord. Let us enjoy the senses to the topmost capacity and be happy'. So this way of life will never make you happy. You will simply go on struggling. This is one way of life. Another way of life, that the human life is meant for God realization. That is Vedānta philosophy. Athāto brahma jijñāsā (Vedānta-sūtra 1.1.1). Now, by evolutionary process, we have come to the human form of life, it is meant for asking, 'What is my constitutional position? Am I this body, or I am something else?'"
750513 - Conversation A - Perth
Conversation B - Perth

vanipedia.org 		This is not the way of life, human life. Animal life, that is another thing. But they do not know. But human life, he is given the opportunity to go towards God, but he does not take this opportunity. He goes towards the animal.
Conversation C - Perth

vanipedia.org 		If you understand Kṛṣṇa, then after giving up this body, you don't accept another material body. And in the material existence the problems are not solved, because you have to, after death, you have to accept another material body. And as soon as you accept a material body, the sufferings are there, at least these four sufferings: birth, death, old age and disease.


1975 - May 14

Morning Walk - Perth

vanipedia.org 		So anyone can be trained up. Just like these boys. They were fourth class, fifth class. And now they are trained up to become first-class men. Just like anyone can become geographer, anyone can become engineer by proper training.
Letter to Eldest son of the late Mr. Atulya De written from Perth

vanipedia.org 		I wanted to see you very urgently to know about your family affairs. So, will you kindly give me your exact name and address so that I can arrange to see you? When I was grhastha, I had visited your home two or three times. Now, I am a sannyasi.
Letter to Yadunandana written from Perth

vanipedia.org 		I have just been informed by my servant, Srutakirti, that the young children, under twelve, are not allowed to use their japa beads while chanting. This policy is not good. Why this change has been made? I never said they should not use their beads. That is our business. They must be taught how to respect their beads. How they can learn unless they use them? That is the trouble with you westerners, always changing.


1975 - May 15

Morning Walk - Perth
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vanipedia.org 		"This is good; this is bad," this is all mental concoction, actually. But real good is: "He has forgotten God. Revive his consciousness." That is real good. Then he'll saved from the so-called good and bad and everything. That is wanted. Materially, everything is one man's food, another man's poison.
Letter to Ramesvara written from Perth

vanipedia.org 		The US printer's binding is better than Dai Nippon. So, some may be printed in US and some in Japan, but the pending books must be finished in a very short time. When I see so many books pending, it does not encourage me to translate. When I see books printed, I become encouraged to write more and more.


1975 - May 16

Morning Walk - Perth

vanipedia.org 		People may take or not take, but a God's servant must speak the truth. Just like Jesus Christ. He was crucified. Nobody took his words. But he did it.
Conversation A - Perth

vanipedia.org 		What is the wrong if I say, "Please chant Hare Kṛṣṇa"? If you don't chant, that is your choice. There is no difficulty. If you agree that "Swāmījī asking me. We'll chant," you can chant. But if you don't do it, that is your business. The task is not difficult. Task is very easy. Even a child can do it. But if you are stubborn, "No, no, I will not do it," then what can be done?
Conversation B - Perth

vanipedia.org 		Everyone is prone to fall down. But that percentage is very low, say, one in five hundred. We have got about ten thousand students all over the world. Out of them, they have fallen about ten or, say, fifteen, that's all.


1975 - May 17

Morning Walk - Perth
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vanipedia.org 		We are giving Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That is loving, real loving. We are giving him eternal life, eternal bliss. Unless we love them, why we are taking so much trouble? The preacher must love the people. Otherwise why he is taking? He can do it for himself at home. Why he is taking so much trouble? Why in eighty years old I have come here if I do not love? So who can love better than a preacher? He loves even the animals.
Conversation - Perth
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"The world is full of rascals and fourth-class men, that is our verdict, Kṛṣṇa's verdict. A human being does not know God, he's no better than dog. He is dog. Who knows God? There are so many scientists, philosophers—no idea. And they are discussing on sex philosophy, homosex, Freud philosophy, Darwin's theory. All third class, fourth class, they are controlling. Now they are gradually coming to chaotic condition, and their problems, engage so many big, big officials how to solve. Oh, why you created problem, first of all? You third-class, fourth-class men, you have created problem, and now you are trying to make solution—another problem. Because you are the same fourth-class men, how you can make a solution? You have created the problem."
750517 - Conversation - Perth

vanipedia.org 		The man who creates problem, can he make solution? So you are the same fourth-class man, how you can make a solution? Bring first-class men. But there are no first-class men. All rogues and rascals. Things are becoming bad to worse, and still they'll claim, "We are first class."


May 18 to 23 - Melbourne

1975 - May 19

Morning Walk - Melbourne

vanipedia.org 		If you have got imperfect eyes, what you can see? First of all you admit that you have got imperfect eyes. Then what you can see with your imperfect eyes? If you are a blind man, what is the use of telling, "I do not see"? You are blind man, what you can see? First of all you admit that you are blind man, then talk of seeing.
Lecture SB - Melbourne
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vanipedia.org 		There are persons who want to do harm to others. It has increased now. But during the time of Mahārāja Parīkṣit's time, it was not allowed. The king is responsible. The government is responsible that any one of his subject, either animal or man, he is not disturbed; he feels secure of his property, of his person. And it is the duty of kṣatriya to save, to protect. This was the system of government.
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vanipedia.org 		The kings were governed by first-class brāhmaṇas, sages. The brāhmaṇas should not take part in the management of the government, but they would advise the kṣatriya kings that "You rule over the citizens like this." If the king would not do that, the brāhmaṇas had so much power—there are many instances—they will dethrone the king or kill him. But they will not occupy the power themselves.
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vanipedia.org 		At the present moment, practically there is no brāhmaṇa, no kṣatriya, no vaiśya, only śūdras, fourth-class men. So you cannot expect any happiness guided by the fourth-class men. That is not possible. Therefore throughout the whole world there is chaotic condition. Nobody is happy. So this is essential that the human society must be divided into four divisions. The brāhmaṇa class means the first-class ideal men, so that by the seeing their character, their behavior, others will try to follow.
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vanipedia.org 		Bhakti means that we have to clear ourself from the designations. What is that designation? Everyone is thinking, "I am American," "I am Indian," "I am European," "I am Australian," "I am cat," "I am dog, "I am this," "I am that"—bodily. We have to cleanse this bodily conception of life, that "I am not this body." Ahaṁ brahmāsmi: "I am spirit soul." This we have to realize.
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vanipedia.org 		So long we are materially engrossed, bodily concept of life, there will be always anxiety. This is the test. Anyone who is in anxiety, means he is materially situated. And anyone who is elevated to the spiritual platform, he is prasannātmā. He is jolly. What is the meaning of prasannātmā? Na śocati na kāṅkṣati: he does not want anything, and if anything he has got, if is lost, he does not cry for it. That's all. Here in the material world we are hankering after something which we do not possess. And if we possess something, if it is lost, then we cry.
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vanipedia.org 		If you have no objection, you can chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. And if you think that "The Hare Kṛṣṇa is imported from India. We shall not chant," all right, you chant your own God's name. Where is the objection? But chant the name of, holy name of God. That is our propaganda.
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vanipedia.org 		Āmbudhi means the ocean. So this ocean does not increase, but when you come to the spiritual ocean of ānanda, blissfulness, it will increase daily. Just like these boys. They are coming from Europe, America. They are not Indians. But why they are sticking to this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement unless they are increasing their transcendental pleasure?
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vanipedia.org 		Just like you have to go to school or college to learn. So just similarly, if you have to take the education of spiritual life, they will come here and see how people are doing, ideal. And you should be ideal. If you are not ideal, then it will be useless to open center. You behave nicely, they will come, they will see, and they will learn. If you go to some school and the professors are rascals, then what you will learn? It is both, reciprocal.

vanipedia.org 		The brāhmaṇa class means the first-class ideal men, so that by the seeing their character, their behavior, others will try to follow. Yad yad ācarati śreṣṭhaḥ. So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement means we are trying to create some first-class men. This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness, this movement. So therefore we have got these rules and regulation: no illicit sex, no meat-eating, no intoxication, no gambling. This is the preliminary qualification of a first-class man.
Conversation - Melbourne

vanipedia.org 		No, I don't teach them that I am God. I never taught. I always teach them I am servant of God, you are also servant. And they accept it. Actually that is our position. This is bluff. When somebody says "I am God," that is bluff, cheating. We protest very vehemently against the declaration that "I am God." No. Nobody can become God. God is one.
Interview - Melbourne

vanipedia.org 		There is no question of "other religion," "your religion," "my religion." We are speaking of God. God is God, just like gold is gold.. Because it is in the hand of a Christian, you cannot say that "It is Christian gold." The gold is gold.
Letter to Dinanatha Misra written from Melbourne

vanipedia.org 		I also understand that you do not move very much nowadays, therefore you cannot come in the temple, but at home you can render some valuable service for this movement. So far I know, you are a good Hindi scholar as well as in English. So, if you like, you can translate our books into Hindi and I shall be glad to hear from you in this connection.
Letter to Dulal Candra written from Melbourne

vanipedia.org 		By attracting intelligent men to our movement, automatically, others will also be attracted to come. By preaching in this way, one becomes firmly convinced of the philosophy of Krishna Consciousness himself, and gradually it becomes easier and easier for him to convince others also.
Letter to Govinda dasi written from Melbourne

vanipedia.org 		I am very glad to hear that you are continuing your drawing work nicely. This is your business. Krishna has given you some special talent and you are using it for spreading His glories. This is wanted.
Letter to Gunagrahi written from Melbourne

vanipedia.org 		I accept Sharon Swanson for 1st initiation. Her name is Sandamini. Her beads may be chanted on by Satsvarupa Maharaja. Also I have accepted Sajjane Jivana for 2nd initiation.
Letter to Hansadutta written from Melbourne

vanipedia.org 		Your program in Germany is a good one. There is no need of establishing a deity for the time being in these places you have mentioned. Simply make a nice preaching center.
Letter to Hrdayananda written from Melbourne

vanipedia.org 		When our Mexico City branch is open, how can we close it? That building there is very nice and we have been there for five years now. I am not at all in favor of closing such a temple. Stay there in that building somehow or other, and if you like, you may also open a center in Guadalajara. We can keep men in Mexico City who are approved by the government, why should we close it?
Letter to Mahamsa written from Melbourne

vanipedia.org 		It is not good business to invest money when it is not sure yet that the land will actually be transferred in the name of ISKCON. This must be considered very carefully before anything can be spent. Immediately send me one copy of the original trust document as drawn up by the settlor and I will examine it.
Letter to Ramesvara written from Melbourne

vanipedia.org 		I am extremely happy to hear that a firm of young lawyers are now working with us to help us spread this movement by helping us to flood the world with our books. This is very welcome news. Things are looking very favorable for us.
Letter to Srutadeva written from Melbourne

vanipedia.org 		Our real business is to print and distribute books. By doing this business, you are all becoming recognized by Krishna, following the rules and regulations, chanting 16 rounds, and studying my books and you will finish your business in this material world in this life and enter into the spiritual world to live with Krishna eternally.
Letter to Vinode Kumar Chudamani written from Melbourne

vanipedia.org 		I received your Hindi newspaper "Vraja-Garima," but unfortunately, I don't see anything written about Brajendra-nandana, Krishna. So far we are concerned, we are preaching the glories of Krishna throughout the world, to glorify Brajendra-nandana Hari.


1975 - May 20

Morning Walk - Melbourne
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vanipedia.org 		It is your kindness that you accepted me. But I never expected. I never expected that "These people will accept." I never expected.
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vanipedia.org 		Śāstra takes of the planets, not of the country. Your idea is very crippled: "country," "national." But śāstra is not... There is no such thing as national. They take the whole universe as a whole. They consider from that angle of vision. These crippled ideas, "state," "national," has come later on. There was no such thing previously.
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vanipedia.org 		At the end there will be no rain. Then this whole planet will be ablaze with fire. That is the beginning of destruction. Everything will die—all trees, plants, animals, everything. It will be made into ashes by the fire. And then there will be rain, and the ashes will be melted, and the whole universe will be finished.
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vanipedia.org 		In Western countries there are many places: "Don't care for anything, what is sinful life, what is going to happen. Let us enjoy, that's all." This is their philosophy. "Let us enjoy, that's all." Materialistic point of view is like that. They do not know that we are eternal and we are responsible for our activities. That is knowledge. But they have no knowledge. They simply want to enjoy. They do not care for death also. Simply sense gratification.
Lecture SB 06.01.01-4 - Melbourne

vanipedia.org 		What you do at the time of death? One has to change. Death means change of this body. The modern civilization, they do not know it. That is the first understanding of spiritual knowledge, that we change our body. I am spirit soul, every one of us, spirit soul, even the animals and the trees and plants and aquatics—any living being.
Conversation - Melbourne

vanipedia.org 		Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura had a very strong desire to preach. Then he attempted little. Then his son, my Guru Mahārāja, he was entrusted. He also attempted. He sent his disciple to London. And he wanted me also. Therefore at the last stage of my life, at the age of seventy years (chuckles) I made an attempt that... Our predecessors, they wanted, and they wanted me also to do that. So my other Godbrothers they could not do very well. So let me try.

vanipedia.org 		My life? According to śāstra, if we have actually developed Kṛṣṇa consciousness, we are going to Kṛṣṇa... I may not, but they will go. (laughter) And even it is a failure, then the next life he is guaranteed human life and very nice life. You find out this verse, śucīnāṁ śrīmatāṁ gehe yoga-bhraṣṭaḥ sañjāyate.

vanipedia.org 		Śaṅkarācārya is also not authority because he does not follow the ācāryas. Of course, Māyāvāda philosophy was there always, but that was never taken very seriously. Vyāsadeva is the authority. So Vyāsadeva is not Māyāvādī. He is Vaiṣṇava. We belong to Vyāsadeva's sampradāya, Brahma-sampradāya. Therefore we worship our spiritual master as Vyāsadeva's representative, vyāsa-pūjā.

vanipedia.org 		We have got recognized acarya, just like you said, Ramanujacarya, Madhvacarya, Nimbarka, Visnu Svami, Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Or Sankaracarya even. You follow one acarya, like Christians, they follow Christ, acarya. The Mohammedans, they follow acarya, Mohammed. That is good. You must follow some acarya.

vanipedia.org 		Our preaching is: Let one man understand Bhagavad-gita As It Is. We don't want disciples. I never collected disciples. I never compromised that "You can do whatever you like, and you become my disciple."
Letter to Kerry Welsh written from Melbourne

vanipedia.org 		Regarding your initiation, I will be pleased to accept you as my disciple if Tusta Krishna Swami gives me his recommendation. It appears from your letter that you are following everything very nicely, so if Tusta Krishna Maharaja will recommend you to me, then I will be very happy to accept both you and your wife for first initiation.
Letter to Madhava written from Melbourne

vanipedia.org 		It is distinctly said in the Bhagavad-gita that the purpose of Vedic knowledge is to understand Krishna, vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyo, (BG 15.15). So, we are presenting Krishna in so many ways, politically, socially, economically, philosophically, and religiously, etc. We are describing Him in 75 books of 400 pages each. Better read these books thoroughly and be firmly convinced yourself before going to these demons for convincing them. If you are weak yourself, while trying to convert them, you will be converted by them.

vanipedia.org 		Don't try any hard task before you are very strong. Chant 16 rounds daily, follow the rules and regulations, and read our books. Don't become very big preacher immediately.
Letter to Prabhanu written from Melbourne

vanipedia.org 		I have accepted Lauri and Joni for 1st initiation. Their names are as follows: Lalita devi dasi and Jivanausadhi devi dasi respectively. Their beads may be chanted on by Satsvarupa Maharaja. Also I have accept Simha dasa, Anagha dasa, and Dhanasri dasi, and Kantimati dasi for 2nd initiation.
Letter to Subhalaksmi written from Melbourne

vanipedia.org 		Please continue to sell my books as much as possible in huge quantities. This is very pleasing to me. Try to maintain the standard of a perfect person as is given in the Bhagavad-gita, and do not deviate from this wonderful method of Krishna consciousness. Follow the rules very carefully, chant at least 16 rounds, and read our books over and over.
Letter to Tusta Krsna written from Melbourne

vanipedia.org 		I am very glad to hear that you are keeping yourself busy preaching. Don't become a dead man. Always preach.


1975 - May 21

Morning Walk - Melbourne

vanipedia.org 		Scientists cannot purify the sea water and use it profusely. Why they are depending on rain? Let them purify it and take so much water.
Lecture SB 06.01.01 - Melbourne

vanipedia.org 		What is my own constitutional position? I am eternal servant of God, Kṛṣṇa. This is my position. So when we give up all these designation service and engage myself in the real service of the real master, that is called mukti, liberation. So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is trying to educate men that "After all, you are servant. You have to serve somebody. You are now serving your senses. Now just divert your service to Kṛṣṇa, or God, and you will be happy. That's all."
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"Kṛṣṇa says that even if you go to the highest planetary system, Brahmaloka... That is, many thousands of years you can live and gratify your senses to higher standard than in this... Suppose you are drinking here in golden pot; there you will get in diamond pot. That will be the change, not that the taste will change. The taste, the same. The dog's pot and man's pot or demigod's pot, within the material world, the taste is the same. And ultimately, you have to die. That's all. That you cannot stop. Nobody wants to die. He wants to enjoy life perpetually. Now the scientists are trying to live more years."
750521 - Lecture SB 06.01.01 - Melbourne

vanipedia.org 		These transcendental literature, we have taken much pain to translate them into English so that you can understand. We have got fifty books. So take advantage.

vanipedia.org 		It is not that all our students were free from this alcoholic habit or meat-eating or illicit sex, no. They were habituated. But because they have taken to the devotional service, this is all finished.
Conversation - Melbourne
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vanipedia.org 		Yesterday I was talking with one priest. So about illicit sex life he said that "What is the wrong there? It is a great pleasure." Just see. We are training, we are advocating that illicit sex is sinful. Our first condition is that one must give up these four things: illicit sex, meat-eating, intoxication and gambling. This is my first condition before accepting. So they agree and they follow.
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vanipedia.org 		That is the defect of Western civilization. Vox populi, taking opinion of the public. But what is the value of this public? Drunkards, smokers, meat-eaters, woman-hunters. They are not first-class men. So what is the use of such third-class, fourth-class men's opinion? We do not advocate such opinion. What Kṛṣṇa said, that is standard, that's all.
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vanipedia.org 		The Britishers, when British rule came, their Lord Macaulay's private report was that "If you want to keep them as Indian Hindu, you will never be able to rule over." So it was British government's policy to condemn everything Indian.
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vanipedia.org 		We say everyone, "Come and eat." Why he should remain hungry? We invite everyone, "Come here, eat, no charge." We don't charge. Why he should remain hungry? Let us increase this program. All hungry men of Melbourne city, come here, you take your eating sumptuously. We invite, "Come on." Why you should remain hungry?
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vanipedia.org 		Unless you change the society, how you can make social welfare? If you keep them as it is, then where is the question of welfare?
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vanipedia.org 		You can eat meat, but you cannot eat meat by killing your father and mother. That is human sense. You are taking milk from the cow; it is your mother. You take milk, that in Australia they produce so much milk, butter and everything. And after it is finished, cut the throat and make business, send to other countries. What is this nonsense? Is that humanity? Do you think?
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vanipedia.org 		Director: If I would come here and want to join your movement, I would accept it.
Prabhupāda: No, you join or not join, you have come here to consult us if we can help your activities. But when we prescribe, you do not accept it. That is your position.
Devotee: He has to go now, Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Prabhupāda: Give him prasāda. Just wait. Actually to make the whole human society happy, this God consciousness movement must spread.

vanipedia.org 		You have to see what is this method, Krsna consciousness movement. That we are prepared to serve you, to convince you, the first-class nature of this movement. Now if you are convinced, try to cooperate. And induce other leaders.


1975 - May 22

Morning Walk - Melbourne

vanipedia.org 		The material world in potency is always there. But it has got a manifestation beginning, and again end. It begins from God, and again it ends in God. But God is eternal.
Lecture SB 06.01.01-2 - Melbourne
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vanipedia.org 		In New Vrindaban we are keeping cows. That is an example. And the cows are giving milk, delivering milk, double than other farmers. Why? Because the cows know that "These people will not kill me." They are not in anxiety. Suppose you are engaged in some work, and if you know that "After seven days, I will be killed," can you do the work very nicely? No. Similarly, the cows know in the Western countries that "These people giving me very nice grains and grass, but after all, they will kill me." So they are not happy.
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vanipedia.org 		Veda means knowledge, and anta means last stage, or end. Everything has got some end. So you are being educated. You are taking education. Where it shall end? That is called Vedanta. Where the ultimate point.
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vanipedia.org 		Come here, read our books, and argue. Try to understand with your full knowledge, no blindly acceptance. There is reason. There is argument. There is philosophy. There is science. Everything is there. And if you accept that "Simply by chanting, I shall realize," that is also allowed. Both ways: if you accept this simple process, that "Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and realize God," that is also fact. And if you think, "What is this nonsense, chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa?" then you read books. Both ways we are prepared. Come and take advantage of this movement.
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vanipedia.org 		That I have already explained, that you are coming here; even though you are not initiated, that is also service. So if you deposit one cent daily, one day it may become a hundred dollars. So when you get the hundred dollars, you can get the business. (laughter) So you come here daily, one cent, one cent... When it will be hundred dollars, you will become a devotee.
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vanipedia.org 		How much time it requires to surrender to Kṛṣṇa? Immediately you can do that. Surrender means you surrender and work as Kṛṣṇa says. That is surrender. What Kṛṣṇa says to do? Man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru. Four things: "You always think of Me, and you become My devotee, you worship Me, and offer your respect, full obeisances, unto Me." You do these four things. That is full surrender. Mām evaiṣyasi asaṁśaya: "Then you come to Me without any doubt."
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vanipedia.org 		The sun is not dead. Similarly, Kṛṣṇa appears by rotation in this universe after so many years, eight billion and nine billion years. So next He goes to another universe. Just like the sun, after disappearance from Australia, it goes to another country.
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vanipedia.org 		If you remain eternally in the instruction... And if you fall from the instruction, how you can remain eternal? You have to stay on the platform. Then eternally you are safe. If you fall down from the platform, then it is your fault. Just like we are all in the Vaikuṇṭha planet. Now, we wanted to enjoy this material world. We have fallen down, just like Jaya-Vijaya. Now we are trying to go back again. Therefore we say, "Go back to home, back to Godhead."
Conversation A - Melbourne

vanipedia.org 		So your behavior, attachment, is very much appreciated both by Kṛṣṇa and devotees. So continue this attitude and follow the instruction. Then it is guaranteed, go back to home, back to Godhead. It is not difficult. For a sincere person to go back to home, back to Godhead is not at all difficult. Especially Kṛṣṇa in this age has personally appeared as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. And Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is very, very kind to the fallen souls.
Conversation B - Melbourne
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vanipedia.org 		Actually, nothing is private property. That is our philosophy. Īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvam (ISO 1): "Everything belongs to God." That's a fact. Under the influence of māyā we are thinking that "This is my property." Just like suppose this cushion. Wherefrom the wood has come? Has anybody produced wood? Who has produced? It is God's property. Rather, we have stolen God's property and claiming, "My property."
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vanipedia.org 		Don't forget that everything belongs to God. Because you have to run society, it does not mean that you forget the real thing.
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vanipedia.org 		The whole human society at the present moment, majority, they are godless, especially the Communist. They don't acknowledge. The scientist, the philosopher, the scholars—all godless. Scientists' special business is how to defy God. They say, "Science is everything. We can do everything by science. There is no need of God."
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vanipedia.org 		We don't say that "You change your position. You become a sannyāsī or you give up your profession and become bald-headed." No, we don't say that. (laughs) We are by nature. (laughter) So this is Kṛṣṇa consciousness, that you remain in your position, but see whether by your discharge of duties you have pleased God. Then everything will be all right.
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vanipedia.org 		First bodily concept, gross, then mental, then intellectual, then spiritual. So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is on the spiritual platform, above body, mind and intelligence. But actually, we should come to that platform. Because we are spirit soul, we are neither this body nor this mind nor this intelligence. So one who is on the platform of spiritual consciousness, they have got everything, intelligence, proper use of mind, proper use of the body.
Letter to Ganesa written from Melbourne

vanipedia.org 		I can understand that you are reading my books nicely and understanding our philosophy. This is wanted. By reading my books carefully, you will become enthused to distribute them more and more in greater quantities. If you continue in this way being very much determined to achieve success in this lifetime.
Letter to Rama written from Melbourne

vanipedia.org 		Please try very hard to remain fixed-up in devotional service to Lord Krishna, always chanting Hare Krishna (at least 16 rounds), following the four rules, and reading my books frequently. Do not deviate from the path that I have chalked out for every one of you, and be happy in Krishna Consciousness.
Letter to Rasarani written from Melbourne

vanipedia.org 		Always remain engaged in the service of Krishna. That is the sure and safe method to be safe from the grip of Maya. Maya will never touch you if you are cent percent serving Krishna. Follow the rules carefully, chant at least 16 rounds, read and study my books deeply, and in this way be enthusiastic about going back to Godhead in this life.


1975 - May 23

Morning Walk - Melbourne

vanipedia.org 		For the satisfaction of the tongue they are risking their own life and committing sinful life to suffer later on. Therefore the first-class man's first duty is to samah, controlling the mind.


May 24 to 25 - Fiji

1975 - May 24

Lecture BG 07.1 - Fiji
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vanipedia.org 		Bhagavān is for everyone. God is God. Just like gold is gold. If gold is handled by Hindu, it does not become Hindu gold. Or the gold is handled by Christian, it does not become Christian gold. Gold is gold. Similarly, dharma is one. Religion is one. There cannot be Hindu religion, Muslim religion, Christian religion. That is artificial. Just like "Hindu gold," "Muslim gold." That is not possible.

vanipedia.org 		Because we are presenting Kṛṣṇa as it is, Bhagavad-gītā as it is, it is being accepted. Before me, many swamis went to the Western countries. They also talked about Bhagavad-gītā and other Vedic literature. But not a single person could be converted to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, not a single person throughout the whole history, background. But since 1967, we are presenting Bhagavad-gītā as it is; thousands of young generation, they are taking to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. This is the result.

vanipedia.org 		Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is meant for this purpose, that everyone should be raised to the platform of God consciousness. Then his human form of life is successful. Otherwise it is the life of cats and dogs.


1975 - May 25

Interview - Fiji

vanipedia.org 		Persons who have lost their consciousness on account of being too much attached to material enjoyment, they cannot understand Krsna consciousness.


May 25 to 31 - Honolulu

1975 - May 25

Arrival - Honolulu

vanipedia.org 		You can produce your necessities; there is no difficulty. If we keep cows and grow food grains, fruits, vegetables, then we can live very peacefully like that. There is no need of going to the city. That is the plan of God, Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa personally exhibited.
Lecture - Honolulu
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vanipedia.org 		Try to become devotee of Kṛṣṇa. Our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is teaching this philosophy. We have got so many books. Whoever comes here must read the books, devotee, the inmates of the temple, outsider, then you will understand what is Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

vanipedia.org 		So you have got this land; develop it. Don’t go away. Develop it. That is my instruction. Keep cows, as many cows as possible. You don’t require practice. Produce your own food, own milk—save time; chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. This is perfect. You don’t require technical education and this education, that education, wine, meat. This is rakṣasā civilization. This is not human civilization. Human civilization: peacefully living, saving time for Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and then at the time of death you remember Kṛṣṇa. You are immediately delivered within a second, back to home, back to Godhead.


1975 - May 26

Letter to Aksayananda and Dhananjaya written from Honolulu

vanipedia.org 		The 24 hour chanting is very encouraging to me. Please continue all as I have given you. I have full faith in both you. Kindly execute the routine work very nicely. Please send me a weekly report of how things are going on.
Letter to Damodara written from Honolulu

vanipedia.org 		Regarding your writing, this is very much wanted, but I think that it is better if you write articles, not books. Write articles that can be printed in our Back to Godhead magazine. That will be very nice.
Letter to Gauragopala written from Honolulu

vanipedia.org 		I think it is very obvious, even you have admitted, that the problem is that you are not following the basic principles of our society. The fact that you have not chanted your rounds for a long time is enough to make you without any spiritual strength.
Letter to Hasyakari written from Honolulu

vanipedia.org 		Cow protection is the business of the vaisyas and along with our preaching, this is the most important work. We must have a good section of Brahmanas in our society and we must also have a good group of vaisyas who can grow grains and tend cows.

vanipedia.org 		We don't want to have to purchase food for the cows outside from some other party; that will run into a great expense.
Letter to Jagadisa written from Honolulu

vanipedia.org 		By Krishna's grace we shall be able to remain in that building. For the time being, make sure that the Deity worship is been done nicely and that sankirtana goes on daily. Also the devotees must all follow the rules strictly as well as chant 16 rounds daily and read my books.
Letter to Lalitananda written from Hawaii

vanipedia.org 		Even though you are in a very degraded condition Krishna, being pleased with your service attitude, can pick you up from your fallen state. You should stop this homosex immediately. It is illicit sex, otherwise, your chances of advancing in spiritual life are nil. Show Krishna you are serious, if you are.
Letter to Mr. Richard Cohen written from Honolulu

vanipedia.org 		I am happy to hear that you are attracted to the Krishna Consciousness movement. Your talents for making movies can be engaged very nicely in Krishna's service. I think in this connection, you may contact Sriman Yadubara dasa adhikari, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Ca. 90034. He is very experienced at making Krishna Conscious movies. He may be able to give you some good advice.
Letter to Mr. Robert Bedoian written from Honolulu

vanipedia.org 		Thank you for being attracted to this Hare Krishna movement and engaging yourself in chanting Hare Krishna. You are most fortunate to be giving up your sinful activities and chanting the name of Krishna. Please continue and go to visit our temples as much as you can.
Letter to Radhavallabha written from Honolulu

vanipedia.org 		I have also received the first volume of the Madhya-lila. It is very nice. The pictures of Jagannatha Puri and the Samadhi tombs of Rupa Goswami, Jiva Goswami, and Krishna das Kaviraja are very nice. I will be very pleased if you can produce these books at top speed. Please do this.
Letter to Tapana Misra written from Honolulu

vanipedia.org 		Regarding your business, if Jayatirtha and the others give their sanction, then I have no objection. The most important thing is that you must follow all of the rules and regulations very strictly. Then everything will be very nice.
Letter to Tony, Linda and Yajna Sarasvati written from Honolulu

vanipedia.org 		I am very glad that you are trying to live Krishna Conscious lifestyle. If you simply try to follow very carefully the prescribed method that has been chalked out for us in the vedas, refrain from eating meat, having illicit sex life, taking intoxications, and gambling, and try to chant 16 rounds on you beads daily.
Letter to Vahna written from Honolulu

vanipedia.org 		You should all spend more time reading my books very carefully and stop all this unnecessary manufacturing.


1975 - May 27

Morning Walk - Honolulu

vanipedia.org 		Everything, these rascal scientists consider in relation, relatively. But relative world means every living being is relatively existing with a condition. And he is thinking only his relative condition. That is their foolishness. You cannot fly in the sky; a small bird will fly. That is called relative world. For his condition, it is different from you.


1975 - May 28

Morning Walk - Honolulu

vanipedia.org 		With the progress of so-called civilization, people are becoming more and more demons, so they cannot understand. Mūḍhā nābhijānāti. Mūḍhā, he cannot understand. That is the difficulty. More dull-headed, less intelligent persons are coming. Just see.
Letter to Anangamanjari written from Honolulu

vanipedia.org 		In your country, the Deity should not go without shirt. Gaura-Nitai may wear turbans. Nothing should be offered to Krishna unless it is prepared by the devotees themselves.
Letter to Giriraja written from Honolulu

vanipedia.org 		So far the managing committee is concerned, when I shall return to Bombay, I shall personally form it. In the meantime, go on managing as it is.
Letter to Gopijanavallabha written from Honolulu

vanipedia.org 		If this building in New York is the best one available, then we must get it. By Krishna's grace, things may work out so that we can get that building. I shall be seeing Alfred Ford here soon so at that time, we can discuss further and we shall inform you if we can devise a plan to get the building with Alfred's help.
Letter to Hrdayananda written from Honolulu

vanipedia.org 		Regarding registration in Guyana, you simply have to show in court how we are an international society, not for any particular creed, race, or nation. Show them that we are a cultural movement. You should not back away when things get difficult.
Letter to Kirtiraja written from Honolulu

vanipedia.org 		We cannot give books away free to anyone. They must be paid for.


1975 - May 29

Morning Walk - Honolulu

vanipedia.org 		Then all these houses have come in an accident? Everything is created by man. How you can say accident? This is their foolishness. Nothing happens accidentally. If there is accident, then how we are walking this? There is a huge water. By accident, immediately it can drown us.


1975 - May 31

Morning Walk - Honolulu

vanipedia.org 		Always chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa. That will save you. That Kṛṣṇa chanting and hearing, that will keep us safe. Example is given, just like a polluted woman is doing all household work, but she is always thinking when she will meet with her paramour at night. This example. Similarly, we may be engaged in different material activities, but if we keep our faith in Kṛṣṇa, then it will save us. It is possible.
Letter to Babhru written from Honolulu

vanipedia.org 		Please continue to follow very strictly the rules and regulations, chant 16 rounds and read my books well. This will keep you always fixed up in Krishna Consciousness and Maya will not succeed in bewildering you.
Letter to Hansadutta written from Honolulu

vanipedia.org 		I approve your ideas. Yes, London is a city where we can open many centers. If possible, do it.
Letter to Kalacanda written from Honolulu

vanipedia.org 		You can tell him that we want many Panca-tattva Deities made out of cement or plaster paris. They can be made the same size as the L.A. Gaura-Nitai Deities.
Letter to Kirtanananda written from Honolulu

vanipedia.org 		If you give the right protection to the cows, then they will give so much milk, that the ground of New Vrndavana will be muddy with milk.
Letter to Prabhakar written from Honolulu

vanipedia.org 		I am training these European and American boys, most of them coming from Christian and Jewish families, and they are accepting to become a pure brahmana and then a pure sannyasi. This system should be introduced. They must sit for proper examination after being trained. And then why not accept them as real brahmana by quality and work? This procedure is recommended both in the Bhagavad-gita and in the Srimad-bhagavatam.


   
 
   
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