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*See also: the '''[[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972#September 1972|Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - September 1972]]'''
*See also: the '''[[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972#September 1972|Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - September 1972]]'''
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=== Sep 1 to 30 - PLACE ===
=== Sep 1 to 7 - New Vrindaban ===
==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_01|1972 - September 01]] ====
==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_01|1972 - September 01]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:720901 - Lecture Initiation - New Vrindaban, USA|Lecture Initiation - New Vrindaban]]'''
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/720901IN-NEW_VRINDAVAN_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"Kṛṣṇa has got many names, nāmnām akāri bahudhā nija-sarva-śaktis ([[Vanisource:CC Antya 20.16|Śikṣāṣṭaka 2]]). So of all the names, two names are very important: Rāma and Kṛṣṇa. Therefore in the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, the Rāma and Kṛṣṇa are there, and Kṛṣṇa's potency, Hare. So in the śāstra it is said that one thousand names of Viṣṇu... There is Viṣṇu's one thousand names, viṣṇu-sahasra-nāma. If one chants Viṣṇu's name—there are thousands—that is equal to one name Rāma. And three times chanting the name of Rāma is equal to one 'Kṛṣṇa'. Therefore we should take advantage to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. Although there are many names of Kṛṣṇa, 'Kṛṣṇa' is the chief name, mukha, and Lord Caitanya chanted Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare."|Vanisource:720901 - Lecture Initiation - New Vrindaban, USA|720901 - Lecture Initiation - New Vrindaban, USA}}
{{VaniQuotebox|If one chants Visnu's names - there are thousands - that is equal to one name Rama. And three times chanting the name of Rama is equal to one "Krsna." Therefore we should take advantage to chant Hare Krsna|There is Viṣṇu's one thousand names, viṣṇu-sahasra-nāma. If one chants Viṣṇu's names—there are thousands—that is equal to one name Rāma. And three times chanting the name of Rāma is equal to one "Kṛṣṇa." Therefore we should take advantage to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. Although there are many names of Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa is the chief name, mukha, and Lord Caitanya chanted Hare Kṛṣṇa.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720901 - Lecture SB 01.02.01 - New Vrindaban, USA|Lecture SB 01.02.01 - New Vrindaban]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|It is a very great science of understanding God. So we have decided to discuss this great science for a few days here (in New Vrndavana). You take advantage of it. Try to understand this great science, how we can be related with God and be happy|This Kṛṣṇa Consciousness movement is preaching bhāgavata-dharma . As I have already explained yesterday, Bhagavān, the Supreme Personality of Godhead and bhakta or bhāgavata, our relationship with Him. So it is a very great science of understanding God. So we have decided to discuss this great science for a few days here (in New Vrindaban). You take advantage of it. Try to understand this great science, how we can be related with God and be happy.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720901 - Lecture Festival Janmastami Krsna Book Reading - New Vrindaban, USA|Lecture Festival Janmastami Krsna Book Reading - New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
:'''[[Vanisource:720901 - Letter to Gurudasa written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Gurudasa written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Why (Bharatpur Trust) cannot donate the whole thing and we shall spend our money to make it very wonderfully done up and renovated. But I think their plan may be to give us the temple only, because that cannot be sold, and no one can maintain it any more|I think that is a very grand temple, and we shall be able to utilize it if the other party is willing to help us. But one thing is, Why they (Bharatpur Trust) cannot donate the whole thing and we shall spend our money to make it very wonderfully done up and renovated. But I think their plan may be to give us the temple only, because that cannot be sold, and no one can maintain it any more, and then we shall have to buy the residential buildings, the compound all the other buildings there.}}


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_02|1972 - September 02]] ====
:'''[[Vanisource:720902 - Lecture Festival Sri Vyasa-puja - New Vrindaban, USA|Lecture Festival Sri Vyasa-puja - New Vrindaban]]'''
{{youtube_ditl|JsOo50iF6ws|[[Vaniquotes:At the present moment if one man is attacked, the passersby will not care for it because they have lost their sympathy or mercifulness for others. Our neighbor may starve, but we don't care for it|Our Neighbor May Starve, But We Don't Care For It - 0950]]|06:29 minutes from a festival lecture in New Vrindaban}}
{{VaniQuotebox|At the present moment if one man is attacked, the passersby will not care for it because they have lost their sympathy or mercifulness for others. Our neighbor may starve, but we don't care for it|In this age we are reducing everything. Every one of you can understand very easily. Formerly if somebody is attacked by another man, many persons will come to help him: "Why this man is attacked?" But at the present moment if one man is attacked, the passersby will not care for it because they have lost their sympathy or mercifulness for others. Our neighbor may starve, but we don't care for it. But formerly the sympathy for other living entities, even for an ant...}}
{{youtube_ditl|tESaN_UN-VQ|[[Vaniquotes:On the top of the mango tree there is a very ripened fruit, and that fruit has to be tasted. So if I drop the fruit from up, it will be lost. Therefore it is handed over, after one, after one|On the Top of the Mango Tree There is a Very Ripened Fruit - 0951]]|06:10 minutes from a festival lecture in New Vrindaban}}
{{VaniQuotebox|On the top of the mango tree there is a very ripened fruit, and that fruit has to be tasted. So if I drop the fruit from up, it will be lost. Therefore it is handed over, after one, after one| On the top of the mango tree there is a very ripened fruit, and that fruit has to be tasted. So if I drop the fruit from up, it will be lost. Therefore it is handed over, after one, after one, after... Then it comes down.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|We are not interested now about calculation the perfect knowledge. This perfect knowledge comes from God, or Krsna, and it is distributed by parampara system, by disciplic succession|We are not interested now about calculation the perfect knowledge. This perfect knowledge comes from God, or Kṛṣṇa, and it is distributed by paramparā system, by disciplic succession.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720902 - Interview - New Vrindaban, USA|Interview - New Vrindaban]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|The government is spending millions of dollars to stop LSD and other drug intoxication, but my students are giving up everything simply by following my word. So why isn't the government coming forward to help me?|The government is spending millions of dollars to stop LSD and other drug intoxication, but my students are giving up everything simply by following my word. So why isn't the government coming forward to help me?}}
{{VaniQuotebox|It is useless to expect a large number of followers. We want only one good follower. If I can get one man to become Krsna conscious, I will consider my mission fulfilled|I do not have many followers, but I do have a select few. Because they are select, they will bring about a revolution in the world. One moon is sufficient to dissipate darkness. If there is one moon, there is no need for millions of stars. It is useless to expect a large number of followers. We want only one good follower. If I can get one man to become Kṛṣṇa conscious, I will consider my mission fulfilled.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|My first condition is that if someone wants to become my student he has to follow these four regulative principles|My first condition is that if someone wants to become my student he has to follow these four regulative principles. Consequently I do not have many followers, but I do have a select few. Because they are select, they will bring about a revolution in the world. One moon is sufficient to dissipate darkness.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|You will find that they talk better than any great philosopher, better than any scientist or politician. That is the quality of my students. What's the point in talking nonsense?|We want only one good follower. If I can get one man to become Kṛṣṇa conscious, I will consider my mission fulfilled. If you talk to whatever small number of followers I have, you will find that they talk better than any great philosopher, better than any scientist or politician. That is the quality of my students. What's the point in talking nonsense? One's words may be simple, but they should be valuable.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|As soon as you bring light, darkness will go. The motto of our magazine Back To Godhead is: "Godhead is light, nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." This is also the Vedic injunction|If you want to drive away darkness, you must bring light. That is the only medicine. You don't have to make a separate endeavor to drive away darkness. As soon as you bring light, darkness will go. The motto of our magazine Back To Godhead is: "Godhead is light, nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." This is also the Vedic injunction.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Society creates animals, then how can it expect peace and prosperity? In spite of many big universities and all educational facilities, this society is producing hippies and frustration amongst the youth because we are spirit soul and cannot become happy|If society creates animals, then how can it expect peace and prosperity? In spite of so many big universities and all educational facilities, this society is producing hippies and frustration amongst the youth because we are spirit soul and cannot become happy simply by amassing material comforts. We must have spiritual life. If a fish is taken out of water, it cannot be made happy with all the comforts of land. To be happy, a fish must have all the freedom of water. Similarly, we are all spiritual sparks, and we cannot become happy in matter. We require spiritual food, spiritual atmosphere.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|If you aim your plane westward and don't stop, you will remain in sunlight all the time. Similarly, if you remain in Krsna consciousness by the simple method of chanting Hare Krsna you will never see the darkness|If you aim your plane westward and don't stop, you will remain in sunlight all the time. Similarly, if you remain in Kṛṣṇa consciousness by the simple method of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare, Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare, you will never see the darkness. This is because Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa's name are absolute; Kṛṣṇa is not different from His name.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720902 - Letter to Brahmananda written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Brahmananda written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|My Guru Maharaja Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati used to say pran acche var sehetu pracar, "one can preach who has got life." So one who is preaching this Krishna Consciousness Movement means he has got real life|Yes, the preaching work is giving you new life. My Guru Maharaja Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati used to say pran acche var sehetu pracar, "one can preach who has got life." So one who is preaching this Krishna Consciousness Movement means he has got real life.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720902 - Letter to Lalitananda written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Lalitananda written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|So far I am concerned, I have no objection if there is carved form of guru on the Guru-Gauranga altar, but one thing, is unless that sculptor is very excellent, it should not be attempted|So far I am concerned, I have no objection if there is carved form of guru on the Guru-Gauranga altar, but one thing, is unless that sculptor is very excellent, it should not be attempted.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720902 - Letter to Radha-Damodara written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Radha-Damodara written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Yes, the Bhagavata Dharma discourses here in New Vrindaban are going on very nicely and daily several hundred devotees and guests are coming to hear, and it is truly a wonderful time|I appreciate very much for your kind sentiments. Yes, the Bhagavata Dharma discourses here in New Vrindaban are going on very nicely and daily several hundred devotees and guests are coming to hear, and it is truly a wonderful time.}}


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_02|1972 - September 02]] ====
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_03|1972 - September 03]] ====
:'''[[Vanisource:720903 - Lecture SB 01.02.05 - New Vrindaban, USA|Lecture SB 01.02.05 - New Vrindaban]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|In your America there is everything sufficient, but still, people are unhappy. They are becoming hippies. Why? Because there is no knowledge about God. This is the only cause. This is the only cause|At the present moment also, there is advancement of education-many universities, many technological institutes, economic development. In your America there is everything sufficient, but still, people are unhappy. They are becoming hippies. Why? Because there is no knowledge about God. This is the only cause.}}


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_04|1972 - September 04]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:720904 - Lecture SB 01.02.06 - New Vrindaban, USA|Lecture SB 01.02.06 - New Vrindaban]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Actual our position is that I am soul, I have been given a nice car - it is not a nice car but as soon as we get a car, however rotten it may be, we think that it is very nice|Actual our position is that I am soul, I have been given a nice car—it is not a nice car but as soon as we get a car, however rotten it may be, we think that it is very nice, (laughter) and identify with that car. "I have got this car, I have got that car." One forgets if one drives a very costly car, he forgets himself that he is a poor man. He thinks that "I am this car." This is identification.}}
{{youtube_ditl|0qSXyEOzw7A|[[Vaniquotes:We cannot be happy by material prosperity, that is a fact|We Cannot Be Happy by Material Prosperity, that is a Fact - 0980]]|05:52 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.02.06 in New Vrindaban}}
{{VaniQuotebox|We cannot be happy by material prosperity, that is a fact|Actually we cannot be happy by material prosperity, that is a fact. That is also stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Prahlāda Mahārāja says to his atheistic father... His father was Hiraṇyakaśipu. Hiraṇya means gold and kaśipu means soft bed, cushion. That is material civilization. They want very soft bed, and the bed companion, and sufficient bank balance, money. That is another meaning of Hiraṇyakaśipu.}}
{{youtube_ditl|szhBS0smy3s|[[Vaniquotes:Formerly every brahmana used to learn these two sciences, Ayur-veda and Jyotir-veda|Formerly Every Brahmana <br/>Used to Learn These Two Sciences, Ayur-veda & Jyotir-veda - 0981]]|06:46 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.02.06 in New Vrindaban}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Formerly every brahmana used to learn these two sciences, Ayur-veda and Jyotir-veda|Formerly every brāhmaṇa used to learn these two sciences, Āyur-veda and Jyotir-veda. Jyotir-veda means astronomy..., astrology not astronomy. Because any other, the less intelligent than brāhmaṇas, the kṣatriyas, the vaiśyas, the śūdras, they would need the brāhmaṇas for health and future. Everyone is very inquisitive to learn what is future, what is going to happen next, and everyone is concerned with the health.}}
{{youtube_ditl|SJlWrzArC2U|[[Vaniquotes:As soon as we get a car, however rotten it may be, we think that it is very nice, and identify with that car|As Soon As We Get a Car, <br/>However Rotten it May Be, We Think that it is Very Nice - 0982]]|06:48 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.02.06 in New Vrindaban}}
{{VaniQuotebox|As soon as we get a car, however rotten it may be, we think that it is very nice, and identify with that car|Our position is that I am soul, I have been given a nice car—it is not a nice car but as soon as we get a car, however rotten it may be, we think that it is very nice, and identify with that car. "I have got this car, I have got that car." One forgets if one drives a very costly car, he forgets himself that he is a poor man. He thinks that "I am this car." This is identification.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|At the present moment we are all working on the platform of bodily concept of life but when you come to the platform of understanding that aham brahmasmi, I am not this matter, I am spirit soul, then my occupational duty changes|When we come to the platform of understanding that I am not this body, I am soul, then my occupational duty changes. At the present moment we are all working on the platform of bodily concept of life but when you come to the platform of understanding that ahaṁ brahmāsmi, I am not this matter, I am spirit soul, then my occupational duty changes. Not... That is my real occupational duty, because I am really spirit soul.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Krsna is sitting in everyone's heart and He talks with the bona fide person. Just like a big man, he talks with some bona fide person, he doesn't waste his time talking with nonsense. He talks, that's a fact, but he does not talk with nonsense|Kṛṣṇa talks. It is not that it is fictitious, no. Kṛṣṇa—I have already said—that Kṛṣṇa is sitting in everyone's heart and He talks with the bona fide person. Just like a big man, he talks with some bona fide person, he doesn't waste his time talking with nonsense. He talks, that's a fact, but he does not talk with nonsense, he talks with the bona fide representative.}}
{{youtube_ditl|7S1Q_97Vw0Q|[[Vaniquotes:Adanta means unbridled, uncontrolled. Go means indriya or senses. Materialistic persons, they cannot control their senses. They are servant of the senses, godasa. Go means indriya, and dasa means servant|Materialistic Persons, They Cannot Control Their Senses - 0983]]|05:40 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.02.06 in New Vrindaban}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Adanta means unbridled, uncontrolled. Go means indriya or senses. Materialistic persons, they cannot control their senses. They are servant of the senses, godasa. Go means indriya, and dasa means servant|For the materialist person, adānta-gobhi. Adānta means unbridled, uncontrolled. Go means indriya or senses. Materialistic persons, they cannot control their senses. They are servant of the senses, godāsa. Go means indriya, and dāsa means servant. So when you come to the position of controlling the senses, then you'll be gosvāmī.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Either you say Jesus Christ or Krsna or Lord Buddha or Hazrat Muhammad or anyone, all of them have come to give you information for spiritual advancement of life, not for any material advancement of life. That is intelligence|Either you say Jesus Christ or Krsna or Lord Buddha or Hazrat Muhammad or anyone, all of them have come to give you information for spiritual advancement of life, not for any material advancement of life. That is intelligence.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720904 - Letter to Jadurani written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Jadurani written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|The spiritual master accepts the sinful activities of his disciples from the first initiation|The spiritual master accepts the sinful activities of his disciples from the first initiation. I may give initiation very easily, but what can I do? I am prepared to go to hell for service of Lord Caitanya.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Second initiation is real initiation. First initiation is the preliminary, just to make him prepared, just like primary and secondary education|Regarding your questions, second initiation is real initiation. First initiation is the preliminary, just to make him prepared, just like primary and secondary education. The first initiation gives him chance to become purified, and when he is actually purified then he is recognized as a brahmana and that means real initiation.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|The eternal bond between disciple and spiritual master begins from the first day he hears. Just like my spiritual master. In 1922 he said in our first meeting, you are educated boys, why don't you preach this cult|The eternal bond between disciple and spiritual master begins from the first day he hears. Just like my spiritual master. In 1922 he said in our first meeting, you are educated boys, why don't you preach this cult. That was the beginning, now it is coming to fact. Therefore the relationship began from that day.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|If you think of me and work for me, then I am in your heart. If you love somebody he is in your heart|If you think of me and work for me, then I am in your heart. If you love somebody he is in your heart. It is common thing, everyone understands it.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720904 - Letter to Patty Dorgan written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Patty Dorgan written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Krishna always appreciates when his devotee makes some sacrifice on His behalf, so there is no real difficulty under any conditions so long as we remember the Supreme Personality of Godhead|Krishna always appreciates when his devotee makes some sacrifice on His behalf, so there is no real difficulty under any conditions so long as we remember the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Just like Prahlada Maharaja, he never asked Krishna for anything, oh Krishna please save me from my demon father, no. But because he was always remembering Krishna under all circumstances, Krishna saved him anyway, and when He became finally angry He came Himself and killed the demon father.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Of course we cannot imitate, but we should always try to remember the example of our predecessors and follow their example always|Even Krishna came Himself, still Prahlada did not ask Him for any favors, only to please kindly have mercy upon my father. That is pure devotee. Of course we cannot imitate, but we should always try to remember the example of our predecessors and follow their example always.}}


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_03|1972 - September 03]] ====
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_05|1972 - September 05]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:720905 - Lecture SB 01.02.06 - New Vrindaban, USA|Lecture SB 01.02.06 - New Vrindaban]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Actual our position is that I am soul, I have been given a nice car - it is not a nice car but as soon as we get a car, however rotten it may be, we think that it is very nice|Actual our position is that I am soul, I have been given a nice car—it is not a nice car but as soon as we get a car, however rotten it may be, we think that it is very nice, (laughter) and identify with that car. "I have got this car, I have got that car." One forgets if one drives a very costly car, he forgets himself that he is a poor man. He thinks that "I am this car." This is identification.}}
{{youtube_ditl|0qSXyEOzw7A|[[Vaniquotes:We cannot be happy by material prosperity, that is a fact|We Cannot Be Happy by Material Prosperity, that is a Fact - 0980]]|05:52 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.02.06 in New Vrindaban}}
{{VaniQuotebox|We cannot be happy by material prosperity, that is a fact|Actually we cannot be happy by material prosperity, that is a fact. That is also stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Prahlāda Mahārāja says to his atheistic father... His father was Hiraṇyakaśipu. Hiraṇya means gold and kaśipu means soft bed, cushion. That is material civilization. They want very soft bed, and the bed companion, and sufficient bank balance, money. That is another meaning of Hiraṇyakaśipu.}}
{{youtube_ditl|szhBS0smy3s|[[Vaniquotes:Formerly every brahmana used to learn these two sciences, Ayur-veda and Jyotir-veda|Formerly Every Brahmana <br/>Used to Learn These Two Sciences, Ayur-veda & Jyotir-veda - 0981]]|06:46 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.02.06 in New Vrindaban}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Formerly every brahmana used to learn these two sciences, Ayur-veda and Jyotir-veda|Formerly every brāhmaṇa used to learn these two sciences, Āyur-veda and Jyotir-veda. Jyotir-veda means astronomy..., astrology not astronomy. Because any other, the less intelligent than brāhmaṇas, the kṣatriyas, the vaiśyas, the śūdras, they would need the brāhmaṇas for health and future. Everyone is very inquisitive to learn what is future, what is going to happen next, and everyone is concerned with the health.}}
{{youtube_ditl|SJlWrzArC2U|[[Vaniquotes:As soon as we get a car, however rotten it may be, we think that it is very nice, and identify with that car|As Soon As We Get a Car, <br/>However Rotten it May Be, We Think that it is Very Nice - 0982]]|06:48 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.02.06 in New Vrindaban}}
{{VaniQuotebox|As soon as we get a car, however rotten it may be, we think that it is very nice, and identify with that car|Our position is that I am soul, I have been given a nice car—it is not a nice car but as soon as we get a car, however rotten it may be, we think that it is very nice, and identify with that car. "I have got this car, I have got that car." One forgets if one drives a very costly car, he forgets himself that he is a poor man. He thinks that "I am this car." This is identification.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|At the present moment we are all working on the platform of bodily concept of life but when you come to the platform of understanding that aham brahmasmi, I am not this matter, I am spirit soul, then my occupational duty changes|When we come to the platform of understanding that I am not this body, I am soul, then my occupational duty changes. At the present moment we are all working on the platform of bodily concept of life but when you come to the platform of understanding that ahaṁ brahmāsmi, I am not this matter, I am spirit soul, then my occupational duty changes. Not... That is my real occupational duty, because I am really spirit soul.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Krsna is sitting in everyone's heart and He talks with the bona fide person. Just like a big man, he talks with some bona fide person, he doesn't waste his time talking with nonsense. He talks, that's a fact, but he does not talk with nonsense|Kṛṣṇa talks. It is not that it is fictitious, no. Kṛṣṇa—I have already said—that Kṛṣṇa is sitting in everyone's heart and He talks with the bona fide person. Just like a big man, he talks with some bona fide person, he doesn't waste his time talking with nonsense. He talks, that's a fact, but he does not talk with nonsense, he talks with the bona fide representative.}}
{{youtube_ditl|7S1Q_97Vw0Q|[[Vaniquotes:Adanta means unbridled, uncontrolled. Go means indriya or senses. Materialistic persons, they cannot control their senses. They are servant of the senses, godasa. Go means indriya, and dasa means servant|Materialistic Persons, They Cannot Control Their Senses - 0983]]|05:40 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.02.06 in New Vrindaban}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Adanta means unbridled, uncontrolled. Go means indriya or senses. Materialistic persons, they cannot control their senses. They are servant of the senses, godasa. Go means indriya, and dasa means servant|For the materialist person, adānta-gobhi. Adānta means unbridled, uncontrolled. Go means indriya or senses. Materialistic persons, they cannot control their senses. They are servant of the senses, godāsa. Go means indriya, and dāsa means servant. So when you come to the position of controlling the senses, then you'll be gosvāmī.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Either you say Jesus Christ or Krsna or Lord Buddha or Hazrat Muhammad or anyone, all of them have come to give you information for spiritual advancement of life, not for any material advancement of life. That is intelligence|Either you say Jesus Christ or Krsna or Lord Buddha or Hazrat Muhammad or anyone, all of them have come to give you information for spiritual advancement of life, not for any material advancement of life. That is intelligence.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720905 - Lecture SB 01.02.07 - New Vrindaban, USA|Lecture SB 01.02.07 - New Vrindaban]]'''
{{youtube_ditl|YjGtptB_ng8|[[Vaniquotes:God is one, God cannot be two. It is not that Hindus have got one God and Christians have got another God. No. God cannot be two|Hindus Have Got One God <br/>& Christians Have Got Another God. No. God Cannot Be Two - 0984]]|05:36 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.02.07 in New Vrindaban}}
{{VaniQuotebox|God is one, God cannot be two. It is not that Hindus have got one God and Christians have got another God. No. God cannot be two|God is one, God cannot be two. It is not that Hindus have got one God and Christians have got another God. No. God cannot be two. Then there cannot be any competition of Gods. "I am God." Just like nowadays it has become a fashion, so many gods, rascals are coming, "I am God." He says, "I am God," "I am God," "I am God." Now how many Gods are there? No, God is one, eko brahma dvitīya nāsti, that is the Vedic injunction.}}
{{youtube_ditl|LOnql1R-gTo|[[Vaniquotes:This human form of life is especially meant for inquiring about the absolute truth. In animal life we cannot do|Human Form of Life is <br/>Especially Meant for Inquiring About the Absolute Truth - 0985]]|05:28 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.02.07 in New Vrindaban}}
{{VaniQuotebox|This human form of life is especially meant for inquiring about the absolute truth. In animal life we cannot do|This human form of life is especially meant for inquiring about the absolute truth. In animal life we cannot do. There are big, big animals, tigers and lions and elephants and big, big trees also, they are also living entities. Big, big whale fish within the ocean, very gigantic. Big, big mountains, mountains, they have got also life. But they cannot inquire about God, that is not possible.}}
{{youtube_ditl|G9cN67L76TQ|[[Vaniquotes:Nobody can be wiser than God|Nobody Can Be Wiser Than God - 0986]]|05:39 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.02.07 in New Vrindaban}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Nobody can be wiser than God|That is the description of Ādyaṁ Purāṇa, He is the original person, the oldest of all but he is nava-yauvanam, just like a beautiful boy, say sixteen or twenty years old. So that is beautiful, the most beautiful. And the most wise, jñāna. Nobody can be wiser than God. These are the description given by Parasara Muni, father of Vyāsadeva.}}
{{youtube_ditl|hukds4AF_1Y|[[Vaniquotes:Don't think that you will starve in God consciousness. You will never starve. You go on with your duty, loving God and preaching love of God. You will always be opulent, be sure|Don't Think that You will Starve in God Consciousness. <br/>You will Never Starve - 0987]]|06:15 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.02.07 in New Vrindaban}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Don't think that you will starve in God consciousness. You will never starve. You go on with your duty, loving God and preaching love of God. You will always be opulent, be sure|Don't think that you will starve in God consciousness. You will never starve. You go on with your duty, loving God and preaching love of God. You will always be opulent, be sure.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Try to understand God scientifically and become a devotee, a lover of God, your life will be successful. That is Krsna consciousness movement|No, try to understand God scientifically and become a devotee, a lover of God, your life will be successful. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. It is not that "My God," "Your God," "This religion," "That religion." God is one and religion is one. What is that religion? Love of God. That's all. There is no other second religion. This is the religion. Therefore God comes and says, sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja (BG 18.66). This is religion. Don't be after so-called religion. You become a lover of God, you are first-class religionist.}}


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_06|1972 - September 06]] ====


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_04|1972 - September 04]] ====
:'''[[Vanisource:720906 - Lecture SB 01.02.08 - New Vrindaban, USA|Lecture SB 01.02.08 - New Vrindaban]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Our only business is, we don't talk here politics or sociology or anything. That comes automatically as subordinate things, but our business is to talk about God|Our only business is, we don't talk here politics or sociology or anything. That comes automatically as subordinate things, but our business is to talk about God.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|In any stage of life, there is past, present, and future. So why not, I am old man, so when I shall die, why there is no future? There must be future|In any stage of life, there is past, present, and future. So why not, I am old man, so when I shall die, why there is no future? There must be future. I had my past, I am at present, and there must be future also. The future is that I must get another body. That body may be of animal or trees or demigod or God. That is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, yānti deva-vratā devān pitṟn yānti pitṛ-vratāḥ (BG 9.25). You can prepare yourself for your next body. So ultimate goal is to get a body in the kingdom of God. That is—saṁsiddhiṁ paramaṁ gataḥ—that is highest perfection.}}


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_07|1972 - September 07]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:720907 - Lecture SB 01.02.09 - New Vrindaban, USA|Lecture SB 01.02.09 - New Vrindaban]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Modern society is going on on the asuri-bhava. They have rejected God consciousness, and they're simply interested in sense gratification|Āsuri-bhāva, āsuri-bhāva means simply sense gratification. That is āsuri-bhāva. There is no other ambition. So practically, modern society is going on on the āsuri-bhāva. They have rejected God consciousness, and they're simply interested in sense gratification. Āsuri-bhāvam āśritāḥ.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720907 - Letter to Madhudvisa written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Madhudvisa written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Lord Caitanya wanted this business, so by the parampara system through my Guru Maharaja and my humble self, the matter is handed over to you. Now it is up to you American boys and girls to do the needful|In this part of the world we have got several buses which are going all over your country and doing nicely. Their program is to remain on the road going from town to town and village to village. Lord Caitanya wanted this business, so by the parampara system through my Guru Maharaja and my humble self, the matter is handed over to you. Now it is up to you American boys and girls to do the needful.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720907 - Letter to Tamala Krishna written from New Vrindaban, USA|Letter to Tamala Krishna written from New Vrindaban, USA]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Our advancement will depend on our sincerity|Anyway, let us work very diligently for Krishna all over the world, and our advancement will depend on our sincerity.}}


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_05|1972 - September 05]] ====
=== Sep 8 - Pittsburgh ===
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_08|1972 - September 08]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:720908 - Lecture BG 02.13 - Pittsburgh|Lecture BG 02.13 - Pittsburgh]]'''
{{youtube_ditl|ozpRFLn2DO4|[[Vaniquotes:We are trying to spread this Krsna consciousness movement for total benefit of the human society|God is the Supreme Father, <br/>the Supreme Proprietor, the Supreme Friend - 0326]]|06:26 minutes from a lecture on BG 02.13 in Pittsburgh}}{{VaniQuotebox|We are trying to spread this Krsna consciousness movement for total benefit of the human society|We are trying to spread this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement for total benefit of the human society. We request the intelligent persons, especially the student community, to join this movement, to try to understand scientifically what is this movement. We have got many books, at least two dozen books, big, big, voluminous. So you can read them, you can try to understand this movement, and join with us.}}
{{youtube_ditl|_WFnwePDdrU|[[Vaniquotes:Dehi means the proprietor of this body. Both we all, not only we human being, but also lower than human being, all living entities... There are 8,400,000 forms of living entities. They are called dehi|The Soul is Transmigrating from One Body to Another - 0623]]|06:27 minutes from a lecture on BG 02.13 in Pittsburgh}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Dehi means the proprietor of this body. Both we all, not only we human being, but also lower than human being, all living entities... There are 8,400,000 forms of living entities. They are called dehi|Dehī means the proprietor of this body. Both we all, not only we human being, but also lower than human being, all living entities... There are 8,400,000 forms of living entities. They are called dehī. Dehī means the proprietor of the body. The dog, the cat, the human being, the president, or higher or lower, there are different species of life. Everyone is the proprietor of the body.}}
{{youtube_ditl|JGmtLo638Ek|[[Vaniquotes:The God is also eternal, and we are also eternal. We are part and parcels of God. Just like gold and fragments of gold; both of them are gold. Although I am fragment, a particle of gold or the spirit, still, I am spirit|The God is also Eternal and We are also Eternal - 0624]]|05:44 minutes from a lecture on BG 02.13 in Pittsburgh}}
{{VaniQuotebox|The God is also eternal, and we are also eternal. We are part and parcels of God. Just like gold and fragments of gold; both of them are gold. Although I am fragment, a particle of gold or the spirit, still, I am spirit|The God is also eternal, and we are also eternal. We are part and parcels of God. Just like gold and fragments of gold; both of them are gold. Although I am fragment, a particle of gold or the spirit, still, I am spirit. So we get this information that both God and we, living entities, we are eternal. Nityo nityānām, nitya means eternal.}}
{{youtube_ditl|gkeFWz-9_Cg|[[Vaniquotes:We are busy always, but the animals are also busy for eating, sleeping, mating, and defending, but they have no problem. We have got problems|Necessities of Life are being Supplied by The Supreme Eternal, God - 0625]]|06:48 minutes from a lecture on BG 02.13 in Pittsburgh}}
{{VaniQuotebox|We are busy always, but the animals are also busy for eating, sleeping, mating, and defending, but they have no problem. We have got problems|We are busy always, but the animals are also busy for eating, sleeping, mating, and defending, but they have no problem. We have got problems. So just try to understand, if the major portion of the living entities have no problem... Their necessities of life are being supplied by the supreme eternal, God.}}
{{youtube_ditl|s7IEs-H17k4|[[Vaniquotes:Without refreshness, one cannot understand this sublime subject matter. And the guru, or the spiritual master, should be refreshed by taking bath in the ocean of Vedic knowledge|Without Refreshness, <br/>One cannot Understand this Sublime Subject Matter - 0627]]|05:11 minutes from a lecture on BG 02.13 in Pittsburgh}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Without refreshness, one cannot understand this sublime subject matter. And the guru, or the spiritual master, should be refreshed by taking bath in the ocean of Vedic knowledge|One who has taken complete bath in the ocean of the Vedic literature, śābde pare ca niṣṇātam. Just like if you take bath, you become refreshed. If you take nice bath, you feel refreshed. Śābde pare ca niṣṇātam. Without refreshness, one cannot understand this sublime subject matter. And the guru, or the spiritual master, should be refreshed by taking bath in the ocean of Vedic knowledge.}}
{{youtube_ditl|cFFfZdW5_0E|[[Vaniquotes:Everything vague, simply mental speculation, "maybe," "perhaps." These theories are being forwarded by so-called scientists and philosophers. But we don't accept such things as "perhaps," "maybe." No. We accept what is fact|We don't Accept such things as <br/>"Perhaps," "Maybe." No. We Accept what is Fact - 0628]]|04:49 minutes from a lecture on BG 02.13 in Pittsburgh}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Everything vague, simply mental speculation, "maybe," "perhaps." These theories are being forwarded by so-called scientists and philosophers. But we don't accept such things as "perhaps," "maybe." No. We accept what is fact|Everything vague, simply mental speculation, "maybe," "perhaps." These theories are being forwarded by so-called scientists and philosophers. But we don't accept such things as "perhaps," "maybe." No. We accept what is fact. It is not a question of belief; it is a question of fact. So this is the fact.}}
{{youtube_ditl|SyJJKgiDOe4|[[Vaniquotes:By falsely claiming that "This land, this land of America, belongs to the Americans; the land of Africa belongs to the Africans." No. Every land belongs to God. We are different sons of God in different dresses|We are Different Sons of God in Different Dresses - 0629]]|03:19 minutes from a lecture on BG 02.13 in Pittsburgh}}
{{VaniQuotebox|By falsely claiming that "This land, this land of America, belongs to the Americans; the land of Africa belongs to the Africans." No. Every land belongs to God. We are different sons of God in different dresses|If we simply accept God, Kṛṣṇa, as my friend, supreme friend, your friendship problem is solved. Similarly, if we accept God as the supreme proprietor, then our other problem is solved. Because we are falsely claiming proprietorship of things which belong to God. By falsely claiming that "This land, this land of America, belongs to the Americans; the land of Africa belongs to the Africans." No. Every land belongs to God. We are different sons of God in different dresses. We have got right to enjoy the property of father, God, without infringing others' right. Just like in family, we live, so many brothers.}}
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/720908BG-PITTSBURGH_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"Out of 8,400,000 different forms of life, we civilized human beings are very few. But others, their number is very great. Just like in the water: jalajā nava-lakṣāṇi (Padma Purāṇa). There are 900,000 species of life within the water. Sthāvarā lakṣa-viṁśati: and 2,000,000 different forms of life in the vegetable kingdom, plants and trees. Jalajā nava-lakṣāṇi sthāvarā lakṣa-viṁśati, kṛmayo rudra-saṅkhyayaḥ: and the insects, they are 110,000's different species of form. Kṛmayo rudra-saṅkhyayaḥ pakṣīṇāṁ daśa-lakṣaṇam: and birds, they are 1,000,000 species of forms. Then beasts, paśavas triṁśa-lakṣāṇi, 3,000,000 types of animals, four-legged. And catur-lakṣāṇi mānuṣaḥ, and the human being, the forms are 400,000."|Vanisource:720908 - Lecture BG 02.13 - Pittsburgh|720908 - Lecture BG 02.13 - Pittsburgh}}
{{VaniQuotebox|I am seventy-seven years old. So when this body will be finished, I'll get another body. As I have got consecutively from boyhood to childhood, childhood, I have, from childhood to boyhood, boyhood to youthhood, aged body, so why not next body?|I am seventy-seven years old. So when this body will be finished, I'll get another body. As I have got consecutively from boyhood to childhood, childhood, I have, from childhood to boyhood, boyhood to youthhood, aged body, so why not next body? This is simple truth, that the living entity, or the soul, is transmigrating from one body to another. This is the basic principle of spiritual understanding. The vital force of the body is the spirit soul.}}


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=== Sep 9 to 12 - Dallas ===
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_09|1972 - September 09]] ====


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_06|1972 - September 06]] ====
:'''[[Vanisource:720909 - Lecture - Pittsburgh|Lecture - Pittsburgh]]'''
:'''[[Vanisource:720909 - Conversation - Pittsburgh|Conversation - Pittsburgh]]'''
:'''[[Vanisource:720909 - Interview - Pittsburgh|Interview - Pittsburgh]]'''
:'''[[Vanisource:720909 - Letter to Bhakta dasa written from Dallas|Letter to Bhakta dasa written from Dallas]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I beg to thank you very much for your kindly remembering me on Vyasa Puja birth day, and I have duly received your gift of $50.00, and I have appreciated your warm sentiments with great satisfaction|I beg to thank you very much for your kindly remembering me on Vyasa Puja birth day, and I have duly received your gift of $50.00, and I have appreciated your warm sentiments with great satisfaction.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720909 - Letter to Gerald Sawas written from Dallas|Letter to Gerald Sawas written from Dallas]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I am very much encouraged by your progress in Krsna consciousness. Now go on in this way always striving to please Krsna and you will feel yourself becoming happy more and more. That I want. Thank you once again|I am very much encouraged by your progress in Krsna consciousness. Now go on in this way always striving to please Krsna and you will feel yourself becoming happy more and more. That I want. Thank you once again.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720909 - Letter to Krishna dasa written from Dallas|Letter to Krishna dasa written from Dallas]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Fighting is among that group, but not amongst the real workers|Regarding your questions you say that amongst the elder disciples there are still symptoms of greed, anger, strife, bickering, etc., but you are one of them. You are one of the old students, so you fall in that group. So the fighting is among that group, but not amongst the real workers. There was fighting amongst the gopis also, so we cannot expect there will be some utopia without fighting, there is even in the spiritual sky transcendental greed, lust, envy, like that. But that is transcendental.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|If someone wants to work there are so many things. So eternally I want to remain your guide provided you want to accept me|You know very well how Gurudasa, Mukunda, and Syamasundara organized the London center with great labor and hardship and now it is one of the first class temples. Syamasundara induced George Harrison to cooperate with us and he paid us nineteen-thousand dollars for Krsna Book. So there are so many works, if someone wants to work there are so many things. So eternally I want to remain your guide provided you want to accept me.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Unfortunately, if my disciples do not take my guidance, what can I do? By bad association it so happens, so I remain silent. I see the pricks of maya|You may know it that I am eternally your guide, but if you don't accept me as your guide what can I do? Unfortunately, if my disciples do not take my guidance, what can I do? By bad association it so happens, so I remain silent. I see the pricks of maya.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|I can kick out all those stumbling blocks immediately, provided you accept my guidance|You mentioned that your pathway has become filled with stumbling blocks, but there are no stumbling blocks, I can kick out all those stumbling blocks immediately, provided you accept my guidance. With one stroke of my kick I can kick out all stumbling blocks.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|My godbrothers always discouraged me but I did not give up, I am doing my duty and always keeping my spiritual master in front|We should never give up our duty. My godbrothers always discouraged me but I did not give up, I am doing my duty and always keeping my spiritual master in front. Even there is some difficulty or hardship, or even my godbrothers may not cooperate or there may be fighting, still, I must perform my duty to my spiritual master and not become discouraged and go away, that is my weakness.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|We accept Jesus Christ as a very good son of God|We accept Jesus Christ as a very good son of God. So far His preaching is concerned, that was with reference to the people amongst whom He preached. Just like "Thou shalt not kill." That means they were accustomed to killing. So you can just imagine what class of men they were.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720909 - Letter to Ksirodakasayi, Kirti ma, Caturbhuja, Karanadakasayi and Sandipani written from Dallas|Letter to Ksirodakasayi, Kirti ma, Caturbhuja, Karanadakasayi and Sandipani written from Dallas]]'''
:'''[[Vanisource:720909 - Letter to Mahamaya written from Dallas|Letter to Mahamaya written from Dallas]]'''
:'''[[Vanisource:720909 - Letter to Nityananda written from Dallas|Letter to Nityananda written from Dallas]]'''
:'''[[Vanisource:720909 - Letter to Rasamanjari written from Dallas|Letter to Rasamanjari written from Dallas]]'''
:'''[[Vanisource:720909 - Letter to Tejiyas written from Dallas|Letter to Tejiyas written from Dallas]]'''


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_10|1972 - September 10]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:720910 - Lecture - Dallas|Lecture - Dallas]]'''
:'''[[Vanisource:720910 - Letter to Caru written from Dallas|Letter to Caru written from Dallas]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Let them fill their jails with us again and again, but we shall not stop our Sankirtana movement|Let them fill their jails with us again and again, but we shall not stop our Sankirtana movement. Also it may help if you get some public sympathy through publicizing our constant persecution in the newspaper journals. Gradually the city officials and constabulary will become embarrassed to arrest us further and gradually we will be allowed to carry on our Sankirtana unhampered.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720910 - Letter to Jayadeva written from Dallas|Letter to Jayadeva written from Dallas]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I am very much encouraged by your progress in Krsna Consciousness. Now go on in this way always striving to please Krsna and you will fell yourself becoming more and more happy. That I want|I am very much encouraged by your progress in Krsna Consciousness. Now go on in this way always striving to please Krsna and you will fell yourself becoming more and more happy. That I want.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720910 - Letter to Madhudvisa written from Dallas|Letter to Madhudvisa written from Dallas]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Play the Gayatri mantra tape through the right ear. Have her repeat along with my vibration word by word and then give her Gayatri mantra as usual. This Gayatri mantra function should be held amongst the devotees only|Enclosed find one copy of Gayatri mantra. Now hold a yajna, teach her how to count on the finger divisions, then play the Gayatri mantra tape through the right ear. Have her repeat along with my vibration word by word and then give her Gayatri mantra as usual. This Gayatri mantra function should be held amongst the devotees only.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720910 - Letter to Rsabhadeva written from Dallas|Letter to Rsabhadeva written from Dallas]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I am very happy to hear that you have got a son for dedicating for Lord Caitanya's Sankirtana movement. Yes, his name of Gauranga das is very nice and I have no objection for calling him like that|I am very happy to hear that you have got a son for dedicating for Lord Caitanya's Sankirtana movement. Yes, his name of Gauranga das is very nice and I have no objection for calling him like that.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Now we are at the Dallas school and it is very nice place and just suitable for educating your son here when he becomes old enough, at least four or five years old|Now we are at the Dallas school and it is very nice place and just suitable for educating your son here when he becomes old enough, at least four or five years old. Now give him all facilities to become conscious of Krsna from very birth, and this will be the greatest service for Krsna if you can deliver Him one pure devotee.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720910 - Letter to Satadhanya written from Dallas|Letter to Satadhanya written from Dallas]]'''
:'''[[Vanisource:720910 - Letter to Yamuna written from Dallas|Letter to Yamuna written from Dallas]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I am very happy to hear that you are having nice programs in Vrindaban of kirtana and lecturing in various places. That will make us well-known in those parts and respected by everyone|I am very happy to hear that you are having nice programs in Vrindaban of kirtana and lecturing in various places. That will make us well-known in those parts and respected by everyone.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|I am glad to hear also that you have made my rooms very nicely painted and cleansed. Now I shall be coming there by early October and I want to stay in those rooms, so you may prepare them for me very nicely and decorate with flowers, etc|I am glad to hear also that you have made my rooms very nicely painted and cleansed. Now I shall be coming there by early October and I want to stay in those rooms, so you may prepare them for me very nicely and decorate with flowers, etc.}}


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_07|1972 - September 07]] ====
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_11|1972 - September 11]] ====
:'''[[Vanisource:720911 - Lecture SB 02.01.02 - Dallas|Lecture SB 02.01.02 - Dallas]]'''


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_12|1972 - September 12]] ====
:'''[[Vanisource:720912 - Telegram to Giriraja written from Dallas|Telegram to Giriraja written from Dallas]]'''
:'''[[Vanisource:720912 - Lecture SB 02.01.01 - Dallas|Lecture SB 02.01.01 - Dallas]]'''
:'''[[Vanisource:720912 - Conversation - Dallas|Conversation - Dallas]]'''


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=== Sep 13 to 30 - Los Angeles ===
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_13|1972 - September 13]] ====


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_08|1972 - September 08]] ====
:'''[[Vanisource:720913 - Conversation A - Dallas|Conversation A - Dallas]]'''
:'''[[Vanisource:720913 - Conversation B - Dallas|Conversation B - Dallas]]'''
:'''[[Vanisource:720913 - Letter to Amogha written from Los Angeles|Letter to Amogha written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Now you are working very seriously and sincerely for Krsna, and you have taken great risk and courage to work in far off place on His behalf, so you may expect that He is giving you His all blessings at every turn|Now you are working very seriously and sincerely for Krsna, and you have taken great risk and courage to work in far off place on His behalf, so you may expect that He is giving you His all blessings at every turn and will continue to fix you up in the bliss of His devotional service more and more.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|I am very glad to hear that your mission is resumed in Indonesia and that you are taking up this work again with full enthusiasm. And the response has been very good there. Now go on teaching in this school and distributing our literatures more and more|I am very glad to hear that your mission is resumed in Indonesia and that you are taking up this work again with full enthusiasm. And the response has been very good there. Now go on teaching in this school and distributing our literatures more and more.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|For relying upon devotees from outside to come there is not very practical business. It is better to recruit some local men and train them to do the work. But I think Madhudvisa can supply you with one or two men conveniently, you may request him this|Try to recruit some local men for becoming our disciples and helping you there. For relying upon devotees from outside to come there is not very practical business. It is better to recruit some local men and train them to do the work. But I think Madhudvisa can supply you with one or two men conveniently, you may request him this.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720913 - Letter to Atreya Rsi written from Los Angeles|Letter to Atreya Rsi written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Now we have got a very big task before us to purchase the skyscraper building on 40th Street. So I am entrusting that you and Bali Mardan and the other big leaders there in New York will be able to do it|Now we have got a very big task before us to purchase the skyscraper building on 40th Street. So I am entrusting that you and Bali Mardan and the other big leaders there in New York will be able to do it. Cooperate amongst yourselves and try to raise the funds very scrupulously and if you remain serious and sincere in your efforts to get this wonderful building for Krsna, He will give you all help and guidance how to do it, without any doubt.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720913 - Letter to Citsukhananda written from Los Angeles|Letter to Citsukhananda written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I am going directly from Los Angeles to India, but when I return next year then I shall certainly come again to Mexico and visit all of my nice disciples there|I would have liked to go to Mexico City but I have already gone this year and too much traveling now for me is a strain. Therefore I am going directly from Los Angeles to India, but when I return next year then I shall certainly come again to Mexico and visit all of my nice disciples there.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720913 - Letter to Upendra written from Los Angeles|Letter to Upendra written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I am always praying that my disciples will gradually increase our war against maya on all fronts|I am always praying that my disciples will gradually increase our war against maya on all fronts. But I do not think it is necessary to take money from Karandhara for opening that center. From our experience we have found it is always in the long run more stable and better situation if local people can be persuaded to help from the very beginning. So you may solicit money from them in small amounts and gradually collect in that way enough to open a center in involve or engage all of the local people from the very beginning.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720913 - Letter to Yadubara written from Los Angeles|Letter to Yadubara written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I am coming to India soon, at least by October, and I want to see that the building projects in Bombay, Mayapur and Vrndavana are going on nicely|As soon as the conveyance has been signed you may begin the building work immediately. I am coming to India soon, at least by October, and I want to see that the building projects in Bombay, Mayapur and Vrndavana are going on nicely.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|This Bombay project is one of our most important projects in the whole world and I am looking to you and the others there in Bombay to see that it is done very magnificently|This Bombay project is one of our most important projects in the whole world and I am looking to you and the others there in Bombay to see that it is done very magnificently.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720911 - Conversation - Arlington|Conversation - Arlington]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|When Krsna will reveal, being pleased with your service and love, you will see Krsna, you will see yourself, you will see the whole world|Just like sun. You cannot see sun at night, but when sun becomes revealed before you you can see sun and yourself and the whole world. Similarly, when Kṛṣṇa will reveal, being pleased with your service and love, you will see Kṛṣṇa, you will see yourself, you will see the whole world.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|You cannot purchase the books and read at home and become expert engineer, expert, no. That is not the process. Therefore the Vedic knowledge is called sruti. So we have to hear by parampara system|So if you are actually serious about Kṛṣṇa, then Kṛṣṇa will send you some of His representative and he will take charge of you. That is the process. If you do not find a guru, that means Kṛṣṇa is not yet pleased, either you are not serious. Just like when you become serious of studying any subject matter, you find out some college, some institution. You cannot purchase the books and read at home and become expert engineer, expert, no. That is not the process. Therefore the Vedic knowledge is called śruti. So we have to hear by paramparā system.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|I have come to this country not to beg, but to give. That is my mission. And they are feeling, "Yes, we are getting something substantial"|Our point is: present Kṛṣṇa as it is. That is real Indian culture. Don't present Kṛṣṇa adulterated. Your country will be glorified. The whole world will accept that India has got something to give. You are simply now beggar. So I have come to this country not to beg, but to give. That is my mission. And they are feeling, "Yes, we are getting something substantial."}}


*
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_14|1972 - September 14]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:720914 - Lecture SB 01.03.07 - Los Angeles|Lecture SB 01.03.07 - Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|To become Krsna conscious means there will be so many enemies. Even father, what to speak of others? They will criticize, they will attack. I have recently received letter from Germany. Our devotees were attacked by a gang. So this is the way|To become Kṛṣṇa conscious means there will be so many enemies. Even father, what to speak of others? They will criticize, they will attack. I have recently received letter from Germany. Our devotees were attacked by a gang. So this is the way. As soon as you become God conscious, the demons will create disturbance.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Just like Lord Jesus Christ. He was crucified by the demons. The only fault was that he was God conscious. Just see; such innocent person. The world is like that. So these dangers are there, but don't be afraid of. Krsna will save you. And tolerate|Just like Lord Jesus Christ. He was crucified by the demons. The only fault was that he was God conscious. Just see; such innocent person. The world is like that. So these dangers are there, but don't be afraid of. Kṛṣṇa will save you. And tolerate.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720914 - Lecture SB 01.03.08 - Los Angeles|Lecture SB 01.03.08 - Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Second birth means by reformatory process, when he is eligible, then he is initiated by the spiritual master. That is second birth. Then initiation means he is allowed to study Vedic literature to achieve real knowledge|Second birth means by reformatory process, when he is eligible, then he is initiated by the spiritual master. That is second birth. Then initiation means he is allowed to study Vedic literature to achieve real knowledge. Because real knowledge means Vedic knowledge, and any knowledge which is not corroborated with the Vedic version, that is not knowledge; that is imperfect knowledge.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720914 - Morning Walk - Los Angeles|Morning Walk - Los Angeles]]'''
:'''[[Vanisource:720914 - Letter to Hansadutta written from Los Angeles|Letter to Hansadutta written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I have read your account of the incidents of fighting with the hoodlums with great concern. After all, this world is full of darkness and controlled by the demons, so difficulties are there certainly|I have read your account of the incidents of fighting with the hoodlums with great concern. After all, this world is full of darkness and controlled by the demons, so difficulties are there certainly. But if we stick to the lotus feet of Krsna, these difficulties will be over, just like a child jumps over the pit caused by the hoof of a calf. Krsna fought with so many demons so fighting is not prohibited if it is for the good cause.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|These are young boys, so actually if you approach them humbly and you yourself go to their leaders and speak to them nicely about Krsna Consciousness they will agree to leave us alone, that I think|One thing is, these are young boys, so actually if you approach them humbly and you yourself go to their leaders and speak to them nicely about Krsna Consciousness they will agree to leave us alone, that I think. But if you make big armed confrontation and show of strength there will be continuous fighting more and more.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Better to resolve the whole situation by approaching their leaders at once & reconciling everything with them by bringing them prasadam & other nice gifts & giving them our philosophy, and if they are willing to hear it, also teach them how to chant HK|Better to resolve the whole situation by approaching their leaders at once and reconciling everything with them by bringing them prasadam and other nice gifts and giving them our philosophy, and if they are willing to hear it, also teach them how to chant Hare Krsna mantra. These are innocent young boys, they are simply misled, so you go to them and give them the right information and then you will have nothing more to fear from them.}}


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_09|1972 - September 09]] ====
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_15|1972 - September 15]] ====


*
:'''[[Vanisource:720915 - Lecture SB 01.03.09 - Los Angeles|Lecture SB 01.03.09 - Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Our sinful activities are so strong that even coming to the point of Krsna consciousness we are falling down, again falling down. So be careful, be cautious, and execute your duty as Krsna conscious people. You will be happy|We do not take it very seriously, because our past life is so sinful that even coming to Kṛṣṇa consciousness we are being disturbed. Our sinful activities are so strong that even coming to the point of Kṛṣṇa consciousness we are falling down, again falling down. So be careful, be cautious, and execute your duty as Kṛṣṇa conscious people. You will be happy.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720915 - Morning Walk - Los Angeles|Morning Walk - Los Angeles]]'''
:'''[[Vanisource:720915 - Letter to Aksojananda written from Los Angeles|Letter to Aksojananda written from Los Angeles]]'''
:'''[[Vanisource:720915 - Letter to Cyavana written from Los Angeles|Letter to Cyavana written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|By your own work you can recruit men locally, that is the best process. So immediately resume the preaching work amongst the Africans and show yourselves as always meek and humble and refrain from a tough attitude and in this way gain their confidence|By your own work you can recruit men locally, that is the best process. So immediately resume the preaching work amongst the Africans and show yourselves as always meek and humble and refrain from a tough attitude and in this way gain their confidence. Gradually you will recruit men locally and they will be able to share the responsibilities.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720915 - Letter to Gargamuni written from Los Angeles|Letter to Gargamuni written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|You wait there for me and be engaged as you are doing, chanting, reading, etc. Nobody is your enemy, rest assured. All of your godbrothers are as good as you are. So you remain peacefully in Calcutta and you shall remain with me when I come there|By your own work you can recruit men locally, that is the best process. So immediately resume the preaching work amongst the Africans and show yourselves as always meek and humble and refrain from a tough attitude and in this way gain their confidence.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720915 - Letter to Gurudasa written from Los Angeles|Letter to Gurudasa written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|King should donate to brahmanas. We are a society of brahmanas, therefore the king should donate us those temples and we shall keep them in his name, and we shall renovate them and make them very gorgeous for the foreign tourists|King should donate to brahmanas. We are a society of brahmanas, therefore the king should donate us those temples and we shall keep them in his name, and we shall renovate them and make them very gorgeous for the foreign tourists. And they will appreciate the contribution of the king of Bharatapur and will perpetuate his memory.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720915 - Letter to Sudevi written from Los Angeles|Letter to Sudevi written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I have never said that Siddhasvarupa is a pure devotee, but every one can become a pure devotee if he has no other desire than to serve Krsna and the Spiritual Master|Regarding Siddhasvarupananda, these things which you have heard are simply rumor and there is no substance. Siddhasvarupa does not want to take disciples, neither he should have disciples while I am alive. That is the process. I have never said that Siddhasvarupa is a pure devotee. But every one can become a pure devotee if he has no other desire than to serve Krsna and the Spiritual Master.}}


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_16|1972 - September 16]] ====


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_10|1972 - September 10]] ====
:'''[[Vanisource:720916 - Lecture SB 01.03.10 - Los Angeles|Lecture SB 01.03.10 - Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|After getting my telephone, I was disturbed always. Some of my students asking, phoning me, cling, cling, and "Swamiji, how you are feeling?" At twelve o'clock at night|After getting my telephone, I was disturbed always. Some of my students asking, phoning me, cling, cling, and "Swamiji, how you are feeling?" At twelve o'clock at night. Yes. So I asked him, it is the time to inquire? I am very sorry. Not only one, I become so much disturbed. Then I asked them, get out this telephone. Yes.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720916 - Morning Walk - Los Angeles|Morning Walk - Los Angeles]]'''
:'''[[Vanisource:720916 - Letter to Unknown written from Los Angeles|Letter to Unknown written from Los Angeles]]'''


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_17|1972 - September 17]] ====


[[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]]
:'''[[Vanisource:720917 - Lecture SB 01.03.11-12 - Los Angeles|Lecture SB 01.03.11-12 - Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|If you accept God as son, then you cannot avoid the obligation of service|If you accept God as son, then you cannot avoid the obligation of service. In other way you can avoid. This is compulsory.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720917 - Morning Walk - Los Angeles|Morning Walk - Los Angeles]]'''


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_11|1972 - September 11]] ====
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_18|1972 - September 18]] ====


*
:'''[[Vanisource:720918 - Lecture SB 01.03.13 - Los Angeles|Lecture SB 01.03.13 - Los Angeles]]'''
{{youtube_ditl|TEyypYuJ5y0|[[Vaniquotes:In our society, you are all Godbrothers, Godsisters. Or those who are married, they are like mothers. So you should be very careful. Then you will remain dhira, sober|In our Society, You are all Godbrothers, Godsisters - 0607]]|08:45 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.03.13 in Los Angeles}}
{{VaniQuotebox|In our society, you are all Godbrothers, Godsisters. Or those who are married, they are like mothers. So you should be very careful. Then you will remain dhira, sober|The woman treats the unknown man as son, and the unknown man treats the unknown woman as mother. This is Vedic civilization. So we should be very careful. In our society, you are all Godbrothers, Godsisters. Or those who are married, they are like mothers. So you should be very careful. Then you will remain dhīra, sober.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720918 - Morning Walk - Los Angeles|Morning Walk - Los Angeles]]'''
:'''[[Vanisource:720918 - Letter to Bali-mardana and Pusta Krsna written from Los Angeles|Letter to Bali-mardana and Pusta Krsna written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|This fighting spirit will destroy everything, but what can I do, you American and European boys are trained up in this fighting attitude|The GBC authority must be accepted under all circumstances, not that there will be fighting amongst you. This fighting spirit will destroy everything, but what can I do, you American and European boys are trained up in this fighting attitude. Now put it aside and simply work cooperatively for spreading this movement all over the world.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|The standards I have already given you, now try to maintain them at all times under standard procedure. Do not try to innovate or create anything or manufacture anything, that will ruin everything|The standards I have already given you, now try to maintain them at all times under standard procedure. Do not try to innovate or create anything or manufacture anything, that will ruin everything. Simply do as I am doing and be always serious and sincere to serve Krsna, and He will give you intelligence how to do everything.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Sankirtana or street chanting must go on, it is our most important program. Lord Caitanya's movement means the sankirtana movement|Sankirtana or street chanting must go on, it is our most important program. Lord Caitanya's movement means the sankirtana movement. You may simply take two hours for chanting sixteen rounds daily, two hours for reading congregationally, and balance of time go out for sankirtana. We must do both, reading books and distributing books.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720918 - Letter to Dr. Karan-Singh written from Los Angeles|Letter to Dr. Karan-Singh written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I beg to inform you of one matter which may be of interest to you, namely that we have now got thousands of disciples and well-wishers in the Western countries and out of them many are desiring to travel to India in the near future|I beg to inform you of one matter which may be of interest to you, namely that we have now got thousands of disciples and well-wishers in the Western countries and out of them many are desiring to travel to India in the near future, at least 200 persons at a time, to see all the temples, especially the Vaisnava temples. So Air India has got a cheap round-trip fare to India and we want to take advantage and bring hundreds of members of our society and others to see all of the temples, so what will be the arrangements?}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720918 - Letter to Govinda dasi written from Los Angeles|Letter to Govinda dasi written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I am always thinking about you, along with your good husband Gaurasundara, because you have been of such good assistance to me for pushing on this Krsna Consciousness movement in your country and other places around the world|I have received again today your shipment of mangoes from Hawaii, and I have received other mangoes in the last few days, and I thank you very much for thinking about me. And I am always thinking about you, along with your good husband Gaurasundara, because you have been of such good assistance to me for pushing on this Krsna Consciousness movement in your country and other places around the world.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720918 - Letter to Nayanabhirama written from Los Angeles|Letter to Nayanabhirama written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I did not see your drama in New Vrndavana about the advent of Lord Krsna. But I have heard from others that it was done very nicely, so I am very much pleased|I did not see your drama in New Vrndavana about the advent of Lord Krsna. But I have heard from others that it was done very nicely, so I am very much pleased. These kinds of dramas about Krsna, Krsna's pastimes, and also Lord Caitanya's pastimes, are very much desirable for presenting to the public widely. So if you can organize your traveling party to present such dramas all over your country and other places that will be very much appreciated. }}
:'''[[Vanisource:720918 - Letter to Niranjana written from Los Angeles|Letter to Niranjana written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I shall be arriving there (in Vrndavana) approximately the 15th (of October) and can remain for about three weeks before going to Delhi, where we will hold our second annual Hare Krsna Festival and Bhagavata-dharma Discourses|Yes, if you can come to Vrndavana in October to see me, that will be very nice. I shall be arriving there approximately the 15th and can remain for about three weeks before going to Delhi, where we will hold our second annual Hare Krsna Festival and Bhagavata-dharma Discourses.}}


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_19|1972 - September 19]] ====


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_12|1972 - September 12]] ====
:'''[[Vanisource:720919 - Lecture SB 01.03.14 - Los Angeles|Lecture SB 01.03.14 - Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Meat-eating, or intoxication, drinking, gambling, and illicit sex. These are the four pillars of sinful life. So unless you stop, you break these four pillars, how you can think of God? God is not so cheap|Our first restriction is no meat-eating. It is a most sinful act. Meat-eating, or intoxication, drinking, gambling, and illicit sex. These are the four pillars of sinful life. So unless you stop, you break these four pillars, how you can think of God? God is not so cheap.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720919 - Morning Walk - Los Angeles|Morning Walk - Los Angeles]]'''


*
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_20|1972 - September 20]] ====


[[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]]
:'''[[Vanisource:720920 - Lecture SB 01.03.15 - Los Angeles|Lecture SB 01.03.15 - Los Angeles]]'''
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/720920SB-LOS+ANGELES_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|<br />Prabhupāda: "According to karma, there are different species of forms of life, but they have got all facilities to live. That is God's creation. Mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sa-carācaram ([[Vanisource:BG 9.10 (1972)|BG 9.10]]). The direction is there, that this living entity wanted a body to swim in the sea very jubilantly, so now he has got the body of a fish. So let him live very peacefully. That is God's mercy. You take very much pleasure with that surf... What is called, in the sea?<br />Devotee: Surfboard.<br />Prabhupāda: Surfboard? Yes. (laughter) So if you increase your engage..., "How I shall be swimming and enjoy this sport whole day and night?" then, then Kṛṣṇa will give you the body of a fish. (laughter) Yes. He is very kind. And you will very nicely live in the sea, always swimming without any difficulty. Every life. As you increase your propensity for a certain type of activities, nature is ready immediately: 'Take this body. Why you are anxious? Take this body'. Similarly, if you become anxious to have a body like Kṛṣṇa, that is also ready. Now it is your choice."|Vanisource:720920 - Lecture SB 01.03.15 - Los Angeles|720920 - Lecture SB 01.03.15 - Los Angeles}}
{{VaniQuotebox|If you are actually benevolent to your countrymen, to your society, to the human society, you must preach this Krsna consciousness movement|If you are actually benevolent to your countrymen, to your society, to the human society, you must preach this Krsna consciousness movement.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720920 - Morning Walk - Los Angeles|Morning Walk - Los Angeles]]'''


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_13|1972 - September 13]] ====
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_21|1972 - September 21]] ====


*
:'''[[Vanisource:720921 - Lecture SB 01.03.16 and Initiation - Los Angeles|Lecture SB 01.03.16 and Initiation - Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Don't think that these description in the Vedas, they are stories. They are not stories. They are facts. But we cannot accommodate in our poor teeny brain. That's all. So what we shall understand about God? It is not possible|In the Vedic literatures all informations are there. Their relative life, big and small, smaller than the smallest, bigger than the biggest. Don't think that these description in the Vedas, they are stories. They are not stories. They are facts. But we cannot accommodate in our poor teeny brain. That's all. So what we shall understand about God? It is not possible.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720921 - Morning Walk - Los Angeles|Morning Walk - Los Angeles]]'''
:'''[[Vanisource:720921 - Letter to Bhaktijana written from Los Angeles|Letter to Bhaktijana written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Just remember under all circumstances to chant sixteen rounds of japa daily, offer your prasadam to Krsna, and do all of the things which you already know, as you are senior disciple|You do not require to worry as I shall never leave you, you are my disciple and I am your spiritual master, so there is no question, as long as you follow my instructions, that I shall ever leave you. Just remember under all circumstances to chant sixteen rounds of japa daily, offer your prasadam to Krsna, and do all of the things which you already know, as you are senior disciple. These things will protect you under all conditions, without any doubt.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720921 - Letter to Madhudvisa written from Los Angeles|Letter to Madhudvisa written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I am very much pleased to hear that you are distributing so much of our literature and books and I think if you go on like this that very soon you will become the number one book distributers in the whole world|I am very much pleased to hear that you are distributing so much of our literature and books and I think if you go on like this that very soon you will become the number one book distributers in the whole world. At least I want that.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720921 - Letter to Visala written from Los Angeles|Letter to Visala written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I have understood that you are our top first class book distributer, and you can rest assured that this has not gone unnoticed by Krsna. Krsna appreciates very much when His devotee works very hard to serve Him|Now my best advice to you is that you remain like Narada Muni, the perfect brahmacari, loitering all over the universe and chanting the Lord's name. I have understood that you are our top first class book distributer, and you can rest assured that this has not gone unnoticed by Krsna. Krsna appreciates very much when His devotee works very hard to serve Him.}}


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_22|1972 - September 22]] ====


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_14|1972 - September 14]] ====
:'''[[Vanisource:720922 - Lecture Purport to Narada Muni Bajay Vina - Los Angeles|Lecture Purport to Narada Muni Bajay Vina - Los Angeles]]'''
{{youtube_ditl|Tufteo3DmQo|[[Vaniquotes:Narada Muni Bajay Vina, CD 3 - Bhaktivinoda Thakura says, "And the whole universe became ecstatic. Then my desire was satisfied and I therefore pray unto the lotus feet of Rupa Gosvami that let this chanting of hari-nama go on nicely like this"|Narada Muni Bajay Vina Purport - 0392]]|03:31 minutes of a song purport in Los Angeles}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Narada Muni Bajay Vina, CD 3 - Bhaktivinoda Thakura says, "And the whole universe became ecstatic. Then my desire was satisfied and I therefore pray unto the lotus feet of Rupa Gosvami that let this chanting of hari-nama go on nicely like this"|In this way, by the influence of transcendental vibration of the holy name of God, the whole universe became ecstatic, and Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura says, "And the whole universe became ecstatic. Then my desire was satisfied and I therefore pray unto the lotus feet of Rūpa Gosvāmī that let this chanting of hari-nāma go on nicely like this."}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720922 - Lecture SB 01.03.17 - Los Angeles|Lecture SB 01.03.17 - Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|If the husband is nice and the woman follows, woman becomes faithful and chaste to the husband, then their both life becomes successful|Wife and husband, combination, both should make progress in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Woman, they are generally equipped with the qualities of passion and ignorance. And men also may be, but man can be elevated to the platform of goodness. Woman cannot be. Woman cannot be. Therefore if the husband is nice and the woman follows, woman becomes faithful and chaste to the husband, then their both life becomes successful.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720922 - Morning Walk - Los Angeles|Morning Walk - Los Angeles]]'''
:'''[[Vanisource:720922 - Manasa Deha Geha and Purport - Los Angeles|Manasa Deha Geha and Purport - Los Angeles]]'''
:'''[[Vanisource:720922 - Letter to Cyavana written from Los Angeles|Letter to Cyavana written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Now concentrate your efforts by bringing our regular program up to the highest standards|Now concentrate your efforts by bringing our regular program up to the highest standards, that is, holding street sankirtana, holding at regular times of the day very opulent aratrika with prasadam distribution, having classes in philosophy, chanting sixteen rounds, etc. This is our strength.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720922 - Letter to Tamala Krishna, Subala, Gurudasa and Bhavananda written from Los Angeles|Letter to Tamala Krishna, Subala, Gurudasa and Bhavananda written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I am pleased to understand that something will be concretely done in Vrndavana at last, that is my dream, to build a simple temple just like Govindaji's that is not so difficult|I am pleased to understand that something will be concretely done in Vrndavana at last, that is my dream, to build a simple temple just like Govindaji's that is not so difficult. Now these men are joining us and cooperating to do the construction and engineering work, so I think my dreams will be finally realized at last.}}


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_23|1972 - September 23]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:720923 - Lecture SB 01.03.18 - Los Angeles|Lecture SB 01.03.18 - Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|We are not lazy. We are not sleeping. Everybody is busy. Somebody is going to write, somebody is going to type, somebody is going to sell books, somebody is preparing prasadam, somebody is cleansing, somebody is going to sankirtana|We are not lazy. We are not sleeping. Everybody is busy. Somebody is going to write, somebody is going to type, somebody is going to sell books, somebody is preparing prasadam, somebody is cleansing, somebody is going to sankirtana.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720923 - Morning Walk - Los Angeles|Morning Walk - Los Angeles]]'''
:'''[[Vanisource:720923 - Nitai Guna Mani Amara - Los Angeles|Nitai Guna Mani Amara - Los Angeles]]'''
:'''[[Vanisource:720923 - Letter to Kirtanananda written from Los Angeles|Letter to Kirtanananda written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|That is very encouraging to me, now you are sannyasis and GBC men and I leave it to you to hold this Bhagavata-dharma discourse and Hare Krsna festival all over your country widely, and this will be the success of our movement|That is very encouraging to me, now you are sannyasis and GBC men and I leave it to you to hold this Bhagavata-dharma discourse and Hare Krsna festival all over your country widely, and this will be the success of our movement. You are experienced devotee, and you know how to do things well, so kindly train the others and distribute your experience widely, and organize. If such festivals can be held in different places continuously then my dream will be fulfilled.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|However if there is a good bargain and you think it is wise, I have no objection if you purchase the Allen farm, provided everyone agrees and there is sufficient money available|One thing is, we have not yet developed what we have got, so what is the point of expanding further? However if there is a good bargain and you think it is wise, I have no objection if you purchase the Allen farm, provided everyone agrees and there is sufficient money available.}}


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_15|1972 - September 15]] ====
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_24|1972 - September 24]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:720924 - Lecture SB 01.03.19 - Los Angeles|Lecture SB 01.03.19 - Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|They do not believe in God. "Everyone is God. I am God, you are God, he is God, everyone is God. So whatever law you give yourself, that becomes your religion." This is going on. So God is not so cheap that you become God, I become God, he becomes God|Real religious principle means to abide by the laws of the Supreme Lord, God. But they do not believe in God. "Everyone is God. I am God, you are God, he is God, everyone is God. So whatever law you give yourself, that becomes your religion." This is going on. So God is not so cheap that you become God, I become God, he becomes God.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720924 - Morning Walk - Los Angeles|Morning Walk - Los Angeles]]'''
:'''[[Vanisource:720924 - Nitai Guna Mani Amara and Purport - Los Angeles|Nitai Guna Mani Amara and Purport - Los Angeles]]'''


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_25|1972 - September 25]] ====


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_16|1972 - September 16]] ====
:'''[[Vanisource:Purport to Nitai Guna Mani Amara|Purport to Nitai Guna Mani Amara - Los Angeles]]'''
{{youtube_ditl|p2wcldUkX6s|[[Vaniquotes:Nitai Guna Mani Amara, CDV 17 - Ocean of love of Godhead is a big ocean, but it was not inundated. So Nityananda Prabhu cut a canal from the ocean, and He brought the canal in every door|Nitai Guna Mani Amara Purport - 0393]]|05:10 minutes of a song purport in Los Angeles}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Nitai Guna Mani Amara, CDV 17 - Ocean of love of Godhead is a big ocean, but it was not inundated. So Nityananda Prabhu cut a canal from the ocean, and He brought the canal in every door|So ābaddha karuṇā-sindhu, it was just like a big ocean blocked all sides. Ocean of love of Godhead is a big ocean, but it was not inundated. So Nityānanda Prabhu cut a canal from the ocean, and He brought the canal in every door. Ghare ghare bule prema-amiyāra bān. The flood of the nectar of love of Godhead was thus distributed in each and every home in Bengal.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720925 - Lecture SB 01.03.20 - Los Angeles|Lecture SB 01.03.20 - Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|So at the present moment we are in a very, very deplorable condition, no good government|So at the present moment we are in a very, very deplorable condition, no good government. Simply by changing, by so-called parties, the government cannot improve. The government can improve when there are Kṛṣṇa conscious person. So if some day you turn all the people Kṛṣṇa conscious, then you become president.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720925 - Morning Walk - Los Angeles|Morning Walk - Los Angeles]]'''
:'''[[Vanisource:720925 - Letter to Pusta Krsna written from Los Angeles|Letter to Pusta Krsna written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I know that you are good preacher and sincere boy, and Revatinandana Maharaja is also sannyasi, so you work together with him and with the others in cooperative spirit to spread this Krsna Consciousness movement widely all over the British Isles|I think that by now you must be in London. I am very glad to hear that you will be holding Bhagavata-dharma Festivals all over England. I know that you are good preacher and sincere boy, and Revatinandana Maharaja is also sannyasi, so you work together with him and with the others in cooperative spirit to spread this Krsna Consciousness movement widely all over the British Isles.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|From Revatinandana I can understand that there is immense field for preaching amongst the youth and in all parts of the country, so do not hesitate to take the bold step forward and invite everyone to become devotee of Krsna|From Revatinandana I can understand that there is immense field for preaching amongst the youth and in all parts of the country (of United Kingdom), so do not hesitate to take the bold step forward and invite everyone to become devotee of Krsna.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Now we have got many many books in England and we must raise funds for our place there, so try to increase the selling of literatures and magazines and deposit everything in the building fund|One thing is, now we have got many many books in England and we must raise funds for our place there, so try to increase the selling of literatures and magazines and deposit everything in the building fund. Preach, sell books, in this way gradually you will feel yourself becoming perfectly happy.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720925 - Letter to Revatinandana written from Los Angeles|Letter to Revatinandana written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|You say that the sankirtana party in London requires more push, so you do the needful for organizing them and enthusing them to sell books and literatures more and more|You say that the sankirtana party in London requires more push, so you do the needful for organizing them and enthusing them to sell books and literatures more and more.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|I wanted that many sannyasis would travel widely in the Western countries and preach to the young people, especially in the schools and colleges, and spread our Krsna philosophy in these places|I wanted that many sannyasis would travel widely in the Western countries and preach to the young people, especially in the schools and colleges, and spread our Krsna philosophy in these places.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Now Krsna has given you all facilities for this work, and I can understand that you are very intelligent boy and you have got good enthusiasm, so I am taking encouragement from your progress|Now Krsna has given you all facilities for this work, and I can understand that you are very intelligent boy and you have got good enthusiasm, so I am taking encouragement from your progress.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|Now I am old man and a little inclined for retirement, but now our organization is expanding more and more and I simply want to see that the things get done, therefore I am relying on you, my senior disciples, to do everything nicely for Krsna|Now you are experienced man, you do everything nicely by consulting with Dhananjaya and the other leaders and strive always always to please Krsna constantly. Now I am old man and a little inclined for retirement, but now our organization is expanding more and more and I simply want to see that the things get done, therefore I am relying on you, my senior disciples, to do everything nicely for Krsna. Thank you very much for helping me in this way.}}


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_26|1972 - September 26]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:720926 - Lecture SB 01.03.21 - Los Angeles|Lecture SB 01.03.21 - Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Two girls in Nairobi, they wanted to join our society. So Brahmananda, as other girls are joining, he welcomed, but it created a havoc to the family of the girl. They went here and there. "Oh, the girl has gone out of home. There will be no marriage"|Still in India, until a girl is married, she cannot move freely. Where is our Śyāmasundara? You know, what happened about that Sharma girls. Two girls in Nairobi, they wanted to join our society. So Brahmānanda, as other girls are joining, he welcomed, but it created a havoc to the family of the girl. They went here and there. "Oh, the girl has gone out of home. There will be no marriage." That's a fact.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720926 - Morning Walk - Los Angeles|Morning Walk - Los Angeles]]'''
:'''[[Vanisource:720926 - Conversation Excerpt - Los Angeles|Conversation Excerpt - Los Angeles]]'''
:'''[[Vanisource:720926 - Anadi Karama Phale and Purport - Los Angeles|Anadi Karama Phale and Purport - Los Angeles]]'''
:'''[[Vanisource:720926 - Letter to Giriraja written from Los Angeles|Letter to Giriraja written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I cannot tax my brain so much from such distant place what to do if there is any difficulty, therefore I am relying completely on you, my trusted senior disciples, to finish up these things nicely|Now we have formed a committee, now whatever you think, you do. I want to see how the things are going on, and how it is going depends on you. Now I cannot tax my brain so much from such distant place what to do if there is any difficulty, therefore I am relying completely on you, my trusted senior disciples, to finish up these things nicely.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|You may take bank mortgage for 20-30 lacs extra and use it for construction, that is approved by me. I just want to see that things are done, that's all|So many letters you are sending for the past so many months, and still nothing is settled. You may take bank mortgage for 20-30 lacs extra and use it for construction, that is approved by me. I just want to see that things are done, that's all.}}


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_17|1972 - September 17]] ====
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_27|1972 - September 27]] ====


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:'''[[Vanisource:720927 - Lecture SB 01.03.22 - Los Angeles|Lecture SB 01.03.22 - Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|We have to understand how great He is. Not that simply sophistically, "God is great, and I do everything. God cannot see. Let me commit all kinds of sin." But God is great; He will see. "No, no, God cannot see. I can cheat God, although He is great"|So God is great. We have to understand how great He is. Not that simply sophistically, "God is great, and I do everything. God cannot see. Let me commit all kinds of sin." But God is great; He will see. "No, no, God cannot see. I can cheat God, although He is great." That is our philosophy. "God is great, but I am so great that I can cheat God." That is Hiraṇyakaśipu's philosophy.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720927 - Morning Walk - Los Angeles|Morning Walk - Los Angeles]]'''
:'''[[Vanisource:720927 - Suddha-bhakata-carana-renu and Purport - Los Angeles|Suddha-bhakata-carana-renu and Purport - Los Angeles]]'''


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_28|1972 - September 28]] ====


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_18|1972 - September 18]] ====
:'''[[Vanisource:720928 - Morning Walk - Los Angeles|Morning Walk - Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|No, no, no. Altar is the seat of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The devotee's dust cannot go there|'''Jayatīrtha:''' Somebody sent some dust from the bhajan-kutir of the Gosvāmīs of Vṛndāvana, and he was wondering whether it could be put on the altar in some little brass box, on Lord Caitanya's altar.<br />
'''Prabhupāda:''' No, no, no. Altar is the seat of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The devotee's dust cannot go there.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720928 - Lecture SB 01.03.23 - Los Angeles|Lecture SB 01.03.23 - Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|For Krsna, we are working day and night. The karmis are also working day and night, but they are not happy. We are happy|Our happiness is here, Kṛṣṇa. For Kṛṣṇa, we are working day and night. The karmīs are also working day and night, but they are not happy. We are happy. That they do not know. We are also doing the same thing. We are not lazy. We are not sleeping. Everybody is busy. Somebody is going to write, somebody is going to type, somebody is going to sell books, somebody is preparing prasādam, somebody is cleansing, somebody is going to saṅkīrtana. Not a single moment we are lazy. But because we are working for Kṛṣṇa, there is happiness.}}


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==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_29|1972 - September 29]] ====
:'''[[Vanisource:720929 - Lecture SB 01.03.24 - Los Angeles|Lecture SB 01.03.24 - Los Angeles]]'''
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/720929SB-LOS_ANGELES_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"There was no need of this material creation. Some rascals questioned that 'Why God has created this miserable world?' But you wanted; therefore God has given you. Ye yathā māṁ prapadyante tāṁs tathaiva bhajāmy aham ([[Vanisource:BG 4.11 (1972)|BG 4.11]]). Kṛṣṇa says. Kṛṣṇa is very kind. You wanted such a thing. The same example, the prison house. The prison house, government is not canvassing, 'Please, you all gentlemen and ladies, come here'. No. You are going. You are going. Similarly, this material world is created for you because you wanted it. And here you cannot expect..., as you cannot expect in the prison house to live very comfortably... Because after all, it is prison house. There must be tribulation so that you may not come again."|Vanisource:720929 - Lecture SB 01.03.24 - Los Angeles|720929 - Lecture SB 01.03.24 - Los Angeles}}
{{VaniQuotebox|According to the time, circumstances, men, the different scriptures are there. The ultimate aim of scripture is to bring one to Krsna consciousness. But everything is not explained because the people are unable to understand|According to the time, circumstances, men, the different scriptures are there. The ultimate aim of scripture is to bring one to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. But everything is not explained because the people are unable to understand. Just like in our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, we are making movement, but not that everyone is understanding. Those who are very intelligent, or those who are, whose background is pious, they can understand.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720929 - Morning Walk - Los Angeles|Morning Walk - Los Angeles]]'''
:'''[[Vanisource:720929 - Conversation - Los Angeles|Conversation - Los Angeles]]'''
:'''[[Vanisource:720929 - Conversation Excerpt - Los Angeles|Conversation Excerpt - Los Angeles]]'''
:'''[[Vanisource:720929 - Letter to Amogha written from Los Angeles|Letter to Amogha written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I am especially happy to hear that you have got one Chinese boy there who is doing some translating work. Yes, the Chinese-speaking portion of the world is very huge and it requires to infiltrate gradually, especially by distributing our literatures|I am especially happy to hear that you have got one Chinese boy there who is doing some translating work. Yes, the Chinese-speaking portion of the world is very huge and it requires to infiltrate gradually, especially by distributing our literatures widely in Chinese language. So his service is the greatest to Krsna.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720929 - Letter to Giriraja written from Los Angeles|Letter to Giriraja written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|You must secure document in proper legal form which will insure that the five lakhs will be subtracted from the fourteen lakhs purchase price, not that again we shall have to pay according to Mr. Nair's whims|One thing is, you must secure document in proper legal form which will insure that the five lakhs will be subtracted from the fourteen lakhs purchase price, not that again we shall have to pay according to Mr. Nair's whims. Try to get that bank loan of five lakhs, and Sumati-ben will stand as guarantor, try for that and somehow or other get the bank to loan us.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720929 - Letter to Jagadisa written from Los Angeles|Letter to Jagadisa written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I am going in a few days to San Francisco to speak at the San Francisco State University there on the topic of "Krsna Consciousness: The Best Alternative Life Style, the Ideal Community, the New Social Order"|I am going in a few days to San Francisco to speak at the San Francisco State University there on the topic of "Krsna Consciousness: The Best Alternative Life Style, the Ideal Community, the New Social Order." The professors and students at the University intend to examine particular new movements in depth.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720929 - Letter to Karandhara written from Los Angeles|Letter to Karandhara written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|If George is agreeable to be the guarantor, that is not a very big thing, only a small favor and he hasn't got to pay anything. We shall pay whatever money we have got and the rest monthly for so many years, the longest period we can get|Regarding London affairs, whether George will stand as guarantor on the mortgage, or whether Syamasundara's presence required. If George is agreeable to be the guarantor, that is not a very big thing, only a small favor and he hasn't got to pay anything. We shall pay whatever money we have got and the rest monthly for so many years, the longest period we can get.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720929 - Letter to Mahendranath written from Los Angeles|Letter to Mahendranath written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|If you stick to these principles with determination, then you will become free from all attachment to maya, by Krishna's Grace. The example is that when the sun is in the sky, there is no question of darkness|If you follow these principles with determination, you will be freed from all attachment to maya, by Krsna's grace. The example is that when the sun is in the sky, then where is the question of darkness? Similarly, when the Hare Krsna mantra is vibrating on your tongue, and you are hearing attentively, then your consciousness becomes pure, or Krsna Conscious, and there is no question of maya or hazy consciousness.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720929 - Letter to Nityananda written from Los Angeles|Letter to Nityananda written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I am very happy to hear that the temple is improving more and more under your expert guidance. Now go on with our program and try to increase your attraction of KCM to the public and recruit local men more and more to become fixed up devotees of Krsna|I am very happy to hear that the temple is improving more and more under your expert guidance. Now go on with our program and try to increase your attraction of Krsna Consciousness movement to the public and recruit local men more and more to become fixed up devotees of Krsna.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720929 - Letter to Paspati, Varuni and Parharana written from Los Angeles|Letter to Paspati, Varuni and Parharana written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Just as when the darkness & the light come together, the darkness cannot stand before the light, so maya cannot remain in the presence of Krsna. Always remember therefore to chant Hare Krsna, and that will save you in all circumstances without any doubt|Just as when the darkness and the light come together, the darkness cannot stand before the light, so māyā cannot remain in the presence of Krishna. Always remember therefore to chant Hare Krishna, and that will save you in all circumstances without any doubt.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720929 - Letter to Susan Beckman written from Los Angeles|Letter to Susan Beckman written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Actually there is no difference between devotees living inside the temple and devotees living outside the temple. You are right that the important thing is to remember Krsna, whatever is your activity. So try to remember Krsna always|Actually there is no difference between devotees living inside the temple and devotees living outside the temple. You are right that the important thing is to remember Krsna, whatever is your activity. So try to remember Krsna always by following the principles as you know them, namely, rising early, taking bath, cleansing, attending aratrika, reading scriptures at least one hour or two hours daily, chanting sixteen rounds on beads of Hare Krsna mantra, going for street sankirtana, offering all your foodstuffs to Krsna, like that.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720929 - Letter to Tamala Krishna and Bhavananda written from Los Angeles|Letter to Tamala Krishna and Bhavananda written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I sent Bhavananda there to Bombay to do the needful, and he was silent and went away. Enclosed also find my reply to Giriraja's letter. Now I want that both of you shall go to Bombay immediately for finishing up this conveyance matter immediately|I sent Bhavananda there to Bombay to do the needful, and he was silent and went away. Enclosed also find my reply to Giriraja's letter. Now I want that both of you shall go to Bombay immediately for finishing up this conveyance matter immediately.}}


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=== Sep 30 - Laguna Beach ===
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_30|1972 - September 30]] ====
:'''[[Vanisource:720930 - Lecture - Laguna Beach|Lecture - Laguna Beach]]'''
{{youtube_ditl|4nEk_UgLCjI|[[Vaniquotes:I may control my disciples, but I am controlled by somebody else, by my spiritual master. So nobody can say that "I am the absolute controller"|A Gentleman Whose Name is Krishna, He is Controlling Everyone - 0114]]|06:02 minutes from a general lecture in Laguna Beach}}
{{VaniQuotebox|I may control my disciples, but I am controlled by somebody else, by my spiritual master. So nobody can say that "I am the absolute controller"|Everyone wants to be controller. That's a fact. But the supreme controller is Kṛṣṇa. Here the so-called controller is controlled by somebody else. I may control my disciples, but I am controlled by somebody else, by my spiritual master. So nobody can say that "I am the absolute controller." No. Here you will find the so-called controller, certainly controller to some extent, but he is controlled also. But when you find somebody that He is controller only, not controlled by anyone, that is Kṛṣṇa.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720930 - Morning Walk - Los Angeles|Lecture Morning Walk - Los Angeles]]'''
:'''[[Vanisource:720930 - Lecture SB 01.03.25 - Los Angeles|Lecture SB 01.03.25 - Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Human society is becoming so degraded that they are trying to forget God. That is their advancement of civilization. The more you deny existence of God and become a so-called rascal scientist, then you are advanced. This is the position|Human society is becoming so degraded that they are trying to forget God. That is their advancement of civilization. The more you deny existence of God and become a so-called rascal scientist, then you are advanced. This is the position. So this position will degrade so much after, say, 400,000's of years, gradually degrading, that at time, Kṛṣṇa will come in His incarnation as Kalki.}}


==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_September_19|1972 - September 19]] ====
:'''[[Vanisource:720930 - Letter to Bali-mardana written from Los Angeles|Letter to Bali-mardana written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|The fact is that we have to adopt the same tactics as ordinary salesmen adopt, but the difference is we do it for the satisfaction of Krsna, they do it for sense gratification|The fact is that we have to adopt the same tactics as ordinary salesmen adopt, but the difference is we do it for the satisfaction of Krsna, they do it for sense gratification.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|That is the real preaching, selling books. Who can speak better than the books?|That is the real preaching, selling books. Who can speak better than the books?}}
{{VaniQuotebox|We have experienced that sometimes out of sentiment someone gives to ISKCON and then laments and wants it back, but that does not mean we should give it back|We have experienced that sometimes out of sentiment someone gives to ISKCON and then laments and wants it back, but that does not mean we should give it back. Our policy is that his money which would have been used for purchasing cigarettes, liquor, sex literature, meat, will give him the opportunity to gradually become purified.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|You should know the tactic how to sell without irritating. What your lecture will do for three minutes, but if he reads one page his life may be turned|You should know the tactic how to sell without irritating. What your lecture will do for three minutes, but if he reads one page his life may be turned. We don't want to irritate anyone, however. If he goes away by your agressive tactics, then you are nonsense and it is your failure. Neither you could sell a book, neither he would remain.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|If he buys a book that is the real successful preaching|If he buys a book that is the real successful preaching.}}
{{VaniQuotebox|The success of your preaching will be substantiated by how many books are sold. Anything you want to sell, you have to a little canvass, so he gives some money for the service of Krsna|The success of your preaching will be substantiated by how many books are sold. Anything you want to sell, you have to a little canvass, so he gives some money for the service of Krsna. That is his good luck and he gets the chance to read some transcendental knowledge.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720930 - Letter to Sankarasana written from Los Angeles|Letter to Sankarasana written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|Your question is how much or how little brahmacaris should associate with the unmarried brahmacarinis in the temple. As brahmacari you should not mix at all with brahmacarinis. Actually they should not at all see the face, but that is not possible|Your question is how much or how little brahmacaris should associate with the unmarried brahmacarinis in the temple. As brahmacari you should not mix at all with brahmacarinis. Actually they should not at all see the face, but that is not possible in your country. But so far as possible, remain separate and talk almost nil. Brahmacari is advised not to go near a young woman anywhere.}}
:'''[[Vanisource:720930 - Letter to Tamala Krishna written from Los Angeles|Letter to Tamala Krishna written from Los Angeles]]'''
{{VaniQuotebox|I think you have to revive your position as GBC again and look after all the business of India affairs nicely. May Krsna bless you with all good sense. Your program submitted by you all jointly is tentatively accepted by me|I think you have to revive your position as GBC again and look after all the business of India affairs nicely. May Krsna bless you with all good sense. Your program submitted by you all jointly is tentatively accepted by me. Our meeting time in New Delhi will be informed very soon by letter and telegram both.}}


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Sep 1 to 7 - New Vrindaban

1972 - September 01

Lecture Initiation - New Vrindaban
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"Kṛṣṇa has got many names, nāmnām akāri bahudhā nija-sarva-śaktis (Śikṣāṣṭaka 2). So of all the names, two names are very important: Rāma and Kṛṣṇa. Therefore in the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, the Rāma and Kṛṣṇa are there, and Kṛṣṇa's potency, Hare. So in the śāstra it is said that one thousand names of Viṣṇu... There is Viṣṇu's one thousand names, viṣṇu-sahasra-nāma. If one chants Viṣṇu's name—there are thousands—that is equal to one name Rāma. And three times chanting the name of Rāma is equal to one 'Kṛṣṇa'. Therefore we should take advantage to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. Although there are many names of Kṛṣṇa, 'Kṛṣṇa' is the chief name, mukha, and Lord Caitanya chanted Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare."
720901 - Lecture Initiation - New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		There is Viṣṇu's one thousand names, viṣṇu-sahasra-nāma. If one chants Viṣṇu's names—there are thousands—that is equal to one name Rāma. And three times chanting the name of Rāma is equal to one "Kṛṣṇa." Therefore we should take advantage to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. Although there are many names of Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa is the chief name, mukha, and Lord Caitanya chanted Hare Kṛṣṇa.
Lecture SB 01.02.01 - New Vrindaban

vanipedia.org 		This Kṛṣṇa Consciousness movement is preaching bhāgavata-dharma . As I have already explained yesterday, Bhagavān, the Supreme Personality of Godhead and bhakta or bhāgavata, our relationship with Him. So it is a very great science of understanding God. So we have decided to discuss this great science for a few days here (in New Vrindaban). You take advantage of it. Try to understand this great science, how we can be related with God and be happy.
Lecture Festival Janmastami Krsna Book Reading - New Vrindaban, USA
Letter to Gurudasa written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		I think that is a very grand temple, and we shall be able to utilize it if the other party is willing to help us. But one thing is, Why they (Bharatpur Trust) cannot donate the whole thing and we shall spend our money to make it very wonderfully done up and renovated. But I think their plan may be to give us the temple only, because that cannot be sold, and no one can maintain it any more, and then we shall have to buy the residential buildings, the compound all the other buildings there.


1972 - September 02

Lecture Festival Sri Vyasa-puja - New Vrindaban
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vanipedia.org 		In this age we are reducing everything. Every one of you can understand very easily. Formerly if somebody is attacked by another man, many persons will come to help him: "Why this man is attacked?" But at the present moment if one man is attacked, the passersby will not care for it because they have lost their sympathy or mercifulness for others. Our neighbor may starve, but we don't care for it. But formerly the sympathy for other living entities, even for an ant...
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vanipedia.org 		On the top of the mango tree there is a very ripened fruit, and that fruit has to be tasted. So if I drop the fruit from up, it will be lost. Therefore it is handed over, after one, after one, after... Then it comes down.

vanipedia.org 		We are not interested now about calculation the perfect knowledge. This perfect knowledge comes from God, or Kṛṣṇa, and it is distributed by paramparā system, by disciplic succession.
Interview - New Vrindaban

vanipedia.org 		The government is spending millions of dollars to stop LSD and other drug intoxication, but my students are giving up everything simply by following my word. So why isn't the government coming forward to help me?

vanipedia.org 		I do not have many followers, but I do have a select few. Because they are select, they will bring about a revolution in the world. One moon is sufficient to dissipate darkness. If there is one moon, there is no need for millions of stars. It is useless to expect a large number of followers. We want only one good follower. If I can get one man to become Kṛṣṇa conscious, I will consider my mission fulfilled.

vanipedia.org 		My first condition is that if someone wants to become my student he has to follow these four regulative principles. Consequently I do not have many followers, but I do have a select few. Because they are select, they will bring about a revolution in the world. One moon is sufficient to dissipate darkness.

vanipedia.org 		We want only one good follower. If I can get one man to become Kṛṣṇa conscious, I will consider my mission fulfilled. If you talk to whatever small number of followers I have, you will find that they talk better than any great philosopher, better than any scientist or politician. That is the quality of my students. What's the point in talking nonsense? One's words may be simple, but they should be valuable.

vanipedia.org 		If you want to drive away darkness, you must bring light. That is the only medicine. You don't have to make a separate endeavor to drive away darkness. As soon as you bring light, darkness will go. The motto of our magazine Back To Godhead is: "Godhead is light, nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." This is also the Vedic injunction.

vanipedia.org 		If society creates animals, then how can it expect peace and prosperity? In spite of so many big universities and all educational facilities, this society is producing hippies and frustration amongst the youth because we are spirit soul and cannot become happy simply by amassing material comforts. We must have spiritual life. If a fish is taken out of water, it cannot be made happy with all the comforts of land. To be happy, a fish must have all the freedom of water. Similarly, we are all spiritual sparks, and we cannot become happy in matter. We require spiritual food, spiritual atmosphere.

vanipedia.org 		If you aim your plane westward and don't stop, you will remain in sunlight all the time. Similarly, if you remain in Kṛṣṇa consciousness by the simple method of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare, Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare, you will never see the darkness. This is because Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa's name are absolute; Kṛṣṇa is not different from His name.
Letter to Brahmananda written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		Yes, the preaching work is giving you new life. My Guru Maharaja Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati used to say pran acche var sehetu pracar, "one can preach who has got life." So one who is preaching this Krishna Consciousness Movement means he has got real life.
Letter to Lalitananda written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		So far I am concerned, I have no objection if there is carved form of guru on the Guru-Gauranga altar, but one thing, is unless that sculptor is very excellent, it should not be attempted.
Letter to Radha-Damodara written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		I appreciate very much for your kind sentiments. Yes, the Bhagavata Dharma discourses here in New Vrindaban are going on very nicely and daily several hundred devotees and guests are coming to hear, and it is truly a wonderful time.


1972 - September 03

Lecture SB 01.02.05 - New Vrindaban

vanipedia.org 		At the present moment also, there is advancement of education-many universities, many technological institutes, economic development. In your America there is everything sufficient, but still, people are unhappy. They are becoming hippies. Why? Because there is no knowledge about God. This is the only cause.


1972 - September 04

Lecture SB 01.02.06 - New Vrindaban

vanipedia.org 		Actual our position is that I am soul, I have been given a nice car—it is not a nice car but as soon as we get a car, however rotten it may be, we think that it is very nice, (laughter) and identify with that car. "I have got this car, I have got that car." One forgets if one drives a very costly car, he forgets himself that he is a poor man. He thinks that "I am this car." This is identification.
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vanipedia.org 		Actually we cannot be happy by material prosperity, that is a fact. That is also stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Prahlāda Mahārāja says to his atheistic father... His father was Hiraṇyakaśipu. Hiraṇya means gold and kaśipu means soft bed, cushion. That is material civilization. They want very soft bed, and the bed companion, and sufficient bank balance, money. That is another meaning of Hiraṇyakaśipu.
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vanipedia.org 		Formerly every brāhmaṇa used to learn these two sciences, Āyur-veda and Jyotir-veda. Jyotir-veda means astronomy..., astrology not astronomy. Because any other, the less intelligent than brāhmaṇas, the kṣatriyas, the vaiśyas, the śūdras, they would need the brāhmaṇas for health and future. Everyone is very inquisitive to learn what is future, what is going to happen next, and everyone is concerned with the health.
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vanipedia.org 		Our position is that I am soul, I have been given a nice car—it is not a nice car but as soon as we get a car, however rotten it may be, we think that it is very nice, and identify with that car. "I have got this car, I have got that car." One forgets if one drives a very costly car, he forgets himself that he is a poor man. He thinks that "I am this car." This is identification.

vanipedia.org 		When we come to the platform of understanding that I am not this body, I am soul, then my occupational duty changes. At the present moment we are all working on the platform of bodily concept of life but when you come to the platform of understanding that ahaṁ brahmāsmi, I am not this matter, I am spirit soul, then my occupational duty changes. Not... That is my real occupational duty, because I am really spirit soul.

vanipedia.org 		Kṛṣṇa talks. It is not that it is fictitious, no. Kṛṣṇa—I have already said—that Kṛṣṇa is sitting in everyone's heart and He talks with the bona fide person. Just like a big man, he talks with some bona fide person, he doesn't waste his time talking with nonsense. He talks, that's a fact, but he does not talk with nonsense, he talks with the bona fide representative.
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vanipedia.org 		For the materialist person, adānta-gobhi. Adānta means unbridled, uncontrolled. Go means indriya or senses. Materialistic persons, they cannot control their senses. They are servant of the senses, godāsa. Go means indriya, and dāsa means servant. So when you come to the position of controlling the senses, then you'll be gosvāmī.

vanipedia.org 		Either you say Jesus Christ or Krsna or Lord Buddha or Hazrat Muhammad or anyone, all of them have come to give you information for spiritual advancement of life, not for any material advancement of life. That is intelligence.
Letter to Jadurani written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		The spiritual master accepts the sinful activities of his disciples from the first initiation. I may give initiation very easily, but what can I do? I am prepared to go to hell for service of Lord Caitanya.

vanipedia.org 		Regarding your questions, second initiation is real initiation. First initiation is the preliminary, just to make him prepared, just like primary and secondary education. The first initiation gives him chance to become purified, and when he is actually purified then he is recognized as a brahmana and that means real initiation.

vanipedia.org 		The eternal bond between disciple and spiritual master begins from the first day he hears. Just like my spiritual master. In 1922 he said in our first meeting, you are educated boys, why don't you preach this cult. That was the beginning, now it is coming to fact. Therefore the relationship began from that day.

vanipedia.org 		If you think of me and work for me, then I am in your heart. If you love somebody he is in your heart. It is common thing, everyone understands it.
Letter to Patty Dorgan written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		Krishna always appreciates when his devotee makes some sacrifice on His behalf, so there is no real difficulty under any conditions so long as we remember the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Just like Prahlada Maharaja, he never asked Krishna for anything, oh Krishna please save me from my demon father, no. But because he was always remembering Krishna under all circumstances, Krishna saved him anyway, and when He became finally angry He came Himself and killed the demon father.

vanipedia.org 		Even Krishna came Himself, still Prahlada did not ask Him for any favors, only to please kindly have mercy upon my father. That is pure devotee. Of course we cannot imitate, but we should always try to remember the example of our predecessors and follow their example always.


1972 - September 05

Lecture SB 01.02.06 - New Vrindaban

vanipedia.org 		Actual our position is that I am soul, I have been given a nice car—it is not a nice car but as soon as we get a car, however rotten it may be, we think that it is very nice, (laughter) and identify with that car. "I have got this car, I have got that car." One forgets if one drives a very costly car, he forgets himself that he is a poor man. He thinks that "I am this car." This is identification.
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vanipedia.org 		Actually we cannot be happy by material prosperity, that is a fact. That is also stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Prahlāda Mahārāja says to his atheistic father... His father was Hiraṇyakaśipu. Hiraṇya means gold and kaśipu means soft bed, cushion. That is material civilization. They want very soft bed, and the bed companion, and sufficient bank balance, money. That is another meaning of Hiraṇyakaśipu.
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vanipedia.org 		Formerly every brāhmaṇa used to learn these two sciences, Āyur-veda and Jyotir-veda. Jyotir-veda means astronomy..., astrology not astronomy. Because any other, the less intelligent than brāhmaṇas, the kṣatriyas, the vaiśyas, the śūdras, they would need the brāhmaṇas for health and future. Everyone is very inquisitive to learn what is future, what is going to happen next, and everyone is concerned with the health.
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vanipedia.org 		Our position is that I am soul, I have been given a nice car—it is not a nice car but as soon as we get a car, however rotten it may be, we think that it is very nice, and identify with that car. "I have got this car, I have got that car." One forgets if one drives a very costly car, he forgets himself that he is a poor man. He thinks that "I am this car." This is identification.

vanipedia.org 		When we come to the platform of understanding that I am not this body, I am soul, then my occupational duty changes. At the present moment we are all working on the platform of bodily concept of life but when you come to the platform of understanding that ahaṁ brahmāsmi, I am not this matter, I am spirit soul, then my occupational duty changes. Not... That is my real occupational duty, because I am really spirit soul.

vanipedia.org 		Kṛṣṇa talks. It is not that it is fictitious, no. Kṛṣṇa—I have already said—that Kṛṣṇa is sitting in everyone's heart and He talks with the bona fide person. Just like a big man, he talks with some bona fide person, he doesn't waste his time talking with nonsense. He talks, that's a fact, but he does not talk with nonsense, he talks with the bona fide representative.
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vanipedia.org 		For the materialist person, adānta-gobhi. Adānta means unbridled, uncontrolled. Go means indriya or senses. Materialistic persons, they cannot control their senses. They are servant of the senses, godāsa. Go means indriya, and dāsa means servant. So when you come to the position of controlling the senses, then you'll be gosvāmī.

vanipedia.org 		Either you say Jesus Christ or Krsna or Lord Buddha or Hazrat Muhammad or anyone, all of them have come to give you information for spiritual advancement of life, not for any material advancement of life. That is intelligence.
Lecture SB 01.02.07 - New Vrindaban
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vanipedia.org 		God is one, God cannot be two. It is not that Hindus have got one God and Christians have got another God. No. God cannot be two. Then there cannot be any competition of Gods. "I am God." Just like nowadays it has become a fashion, so many gods, rascals are coming, "I am God." He says, "I am God," "I am God," "I am God." Now how many Gods are there? No, God is one, eko brahma dvitīya nāsti, that is the Vedic injunction.
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vanipedia.org 		This human form of life is especially meant for inquiring about the absolute truth. In animal life we cannot do. There are big, big animals, tigers and lions and elephants and big, big trees also, they are also living entities. Big, big whale fish within the ocean, very gigantic. Big, big mountains, mountains, they have got also life. But they cannot inquire about God, that is not possible.
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vanipedia.org 		That is the description of Ādyaṁ Purāṇa, He is the original person, the oldest of all but he is nava-yauvanam, just like a beautiful boy, say sixteen or twenty years old. So that is beautiful, the most beautiful. And the most wise, jñāna. Nobody can be wiser than God. These are the description given by Parasara Muni, father of Vyāsadeva.
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vanipedia.org 		Don't think that you will starve in God consciousness. You will never starve. You go on with your duty, loving God and preaching love of God. You will always be opulent, be sure.

vanipedia.org 		No, try to understand God scientifically and become a devotee, a lover of God, your life will be successful. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. It is not that "My God," "Your God," "This religion," "That religion." God is one and religion is one. What is that religion? Love of God. That's all. There is no other second religion. This is the religion. Therefore God comes and says, sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja (BG 18.66). This is religion. Don't be after so-called religion. You become a lover of God, you are first-class religionist.


1972 - September 06

Lecture SB 01.02.08 - New Vrindaban

vanipedia.org 		Our only business is, we don't talk here politics or sociology or anything. That comes automatically as subordinate things, but our business is to talk about God.

vanipedia.org 		In any stage of life, there is past, present, and future. So why not, I am old man, so when I shall die, why there is no future? There must be future. I had my past, I am at present, and there must be future also. The future is that I must get another body. That body may be of animal or trees or demigod or God. That is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, yānti deva-vratā devān pitṟn yānti pitṛ-vratāḥ (BG 9.25). You can prepare yourself for your next body. So ultimate goal is to get a body in the kingdom of God. That is—saṁsiddhiṁ paramaṁ gataḥ—that is highest perfection.


1972 - September 07

Lecture SB 01.02.09 - New Vrindaban

vanipedia.org 		Āsuri-bhāva, āsuri-bhāva means simply sense gratification. That is āsuri-bhāva. There is no other ambition. So practically, modern society is going on on the āsuri-bhāva. They have rejected God consciousness, and they're simply interested in sense gratification. Āsuri-bhāvam āśritāḥ.
Letter to Madhudvisa written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		In this part of the world we have got several buses which are going all over your country and doing nicely. Their program is to remain on the road going from town to town and village to village. Lord Caitanya wanted this business, so by the parampara system through my Guru Maharaja and my humble self, the matter is handed over to you. Now it is up to you American boys and girls to do the needful.
Letter to Tamala Krishna written from New Vrindaban, USA

vanipedia.org 		Anyway, let us work very diligently for Krishna all over the world, and our advancement will depend on our sincerity.


Sep 8 - Pittsburgh

1972 - September 08

Lecture BG 02.13 - Pittsburgh
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vanipedia.org 		We are trying to spread this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement for total benefit of the human society. We request the intelligent persons, especially the student community, to join this movement, to try to understand scientifically what is this movement. We have got many books, at least two dozen books, big, big, voluminous. So you can read them, you can try to understand this movement, and join with us.
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vanipedia.org 		Dehī means the proprietor of this body. Both we all, not only we human being, but also lower than human being, all living entities... There are 8,400,000 forms of living entities. They are called dehī. Dehī means the proprietor of the body. The dog, the cat, the human being, the president, or higher or lower, there are different species of life. Everyone is the proprietor of the body.
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vanipedia.org 		The God is also eternal, and we are also eternal. We are part and parcels of God. Just like gold and fragments of gold; both of them are gold. Although I am fragment, a particle of gold or the spirit, still, I am spirit. So we get this information that both God and we, living entities, we are eternal. Nityo nityānām, nitya means eternal.
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vanipedia.org 		We are busy always, but the animals are also busy for eating, sleeping, mating, and defending, but they have no problem. We have got problems. So just try to understand, if the major portion of the living entities have no problem... Their necessities of life are being supplied by the supreme eternal, God.
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vanipedia.org 		One who has taken complete bath in the ocean of the Vedic literature, śābde pare ca niṣṇātam. Just like if you take bath, you become refreshed. If you take nice bath, you feel refreshed. Śābde pare ca niṣṇātam. Without refreshness, one cannot understand this sublime subject matter. And the guru, or the spiritual master, should be refreshed by taking bath in the ocean of Vedic knowledge.
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vanipedia.org 		Everything vague, simply mental speculation, "maybe," "perhaps." These theories are being forwarded by so-called scientists and philosophers. But we don't accept such things as "perhaps," "maybe." No. We accept what is fact. It is not a question of belief; it is a question of fact. So this is the fact.
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vanipedia.org 		If we simply accept God, Kṛṣṇa, as my friend, supreme friend, your friendship problem is solved. Similarly, if we accept God as the supreme proprietor, then our other problem is solved. Because we are falsely claiming proprietorship of things which belong to God. By falsely claiming that "This land, this land of America, belongs to the Americans; the land of Africa belongs to the Africans." No. Every land belongs to God. We are different sons of God in different dresses. We have got right to enjoy the property of father, God, without infringing others' right. Just like in family, we live, so many brothers.
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"Out of 8,400,000 different forms of life, we civilized human beings are very few. But others, their number is very great. Just like in the water: jalajā nava-lakṣāṇi (Padma Purāṇa). There are 900,000 species of life within the water. Sthāvarā lakṣa-viṁśati: and 2,000,000 different forms of life in the vegetable kingdom, plants and trees. Jalajā nava-lakṣāṇi sthāvarā lakṣa-viṁśati, kṛmayo rudra-saṅkhyayaḥ: and the insects, they are 110,000's different species of form. Kṛmayo rudra-saṅkhyayaḥ pakṣīṇāṁ daśa-lakṣaṇam: and birds, they are 1,000,000 species of forms. Then beasts, paśavas triṁśa-lakṣāṇi, 3,000,000 types of animals, four-legged. And catur-lakṣāṇi mānuṣaḥ, and the human being, the forms are 400,000."
720908 - Lecture BG 02.13 - Pittsburgh

vanipedia.org 		I am seventy-seven years old. So when this body will be finished, I'll get another body. As I have got consecutively from boyhood to childhood, childhood, I have, from childhood to boyhood, boyhood to youthhood, aged body, so why not next body? This is simple truth, that the living entity, or the soul, is transmigrating from one body to another. This is the basic principle of spiritual understanding. The vital force of the body is the spirit soul.


Sep 9 to 12 - Dallas

1972 - September 09

Lecture - Pittsburgh
Conversation - Pittsburgh
Interview - Pittsburgh
Letter to Bhakta dasa written from Dallas

vanipedia.org 		I beg to thank you very much for your kindly remembering me on Vyasa Puja birth day, and I have duly received your gift of $50.00, and I have appreciated your warm sentiments with great satisfaction.
Letter to Gerald Sawas written from Dallas

vanipedia.org 		I am very much encouraged by your progress in Krsna consciousness. Now go on in this way always striving to please Krsna and you will feel yourself becoming happy more and more. That I want. Thank you once again.
Letter to Krishna dasa written from Dallas

vanipedia.org 		Regarding your questions you say that amongst the elder disciples there are still symptoms of greed, anger, strife, bickering, etc., but you are one of them. You are one of the old students, so you fall in that group. So the fighting is among that group, but not amongst the real workers. There was fighting amongst the gopis also, so we cannot expect there will be some utopia without fighting, there is even in the spiritual sky transcendental greed, lust, envy, like that. But that is transcendental.

vanipedia.org 		You know very well how Gurudasa, Mukunda, and Syamasundara organized the London center with great labor and hardship and now it is one of the first class temples. Syamasundara induced George Harrison to cooperate with us and he paid us nineteen-thousand dollars for Krsna Book. So there are so many works, if someone wants to work there are so many things. So eternally I want to remain your guide provided you want to accept me.

vanipedia.org 		You may know it that I am eternally your guide, but if you don't accept me as your guide what can I do? Unfortunately, if my disciples do not take my guidance, what can I do? By bad association it so happens, so I remain silent. I see the pricks of maya.

vanipedia.org 		You mentioned that your pathway has become filled with stumbling blocks, but there are no stumbling blocks, I can kick out all those stumbling blocks immediately, provided you accept my guidance. With one stroke of my kick I can kick out all stumbling blocks.

vanipedia.org 		We should never give up our duty. My godbrothers always discouraged me but I did not give up, I am doing my duty and always keeping my spiritual master in front. Even there is some difficulty or hardship, or even my godbrothers may not cooperate or there may be fighting, still, I must perform my duty to my spiritual master and not become discouraged and go away, that is my weakness.

vanipedia.org 		We accept Jesus Christ as a very good son of God. So far His preaching is concerned, that was with reference to the people amongst whom He preached. Just like "Thou shalt not kill." That means they were accustomed to killing. So you can just imagine what class of men they were.
Letter to Ksirodakasayi, Kirti ma, Caturbhuja, Karanadakasayi and Sandipani written from Dallas
Letter to Mahamaya written from Dallas
Letter to Nityananda written from Dallas
Letter to Rasamanjari written from Dallas
Letter to Tejiyas written from Dallas

1972 - September 10

Lecture - Dallas
Letter to Caru written from Dallas

vanipedia.org 		Let them fill their jails with us again and again, but we shall not stop our Sankirtana movement. Also it may help if you get some public sympathy through publicizing our constant persecution in the newspaper journals. Gradually the city officials and constabulary will become embarrassed to arrest us further and gradually we will be allowed to carry on our Sankirtana unhampered.
Letter to Jayadeva written from Dallas

vanipedia.org 		I am very much encouraged by your progress in Krsna Consciousness. Now go on in this way always striving to please Krsna and you will fell yourself becoming more and more happy. That I want.
Letter to Madhudvisa written from Dallas

vanipedia.org 		Enclosed find one copy of Gayatri mantra. Now hold a yajna, teach her how to count on the finger divisions, then play the Gayatri mantra tape through the right ear. Have her repeat along with my vibration word by word and then give her Gayatri mantra as usual. This Gayatri mantra function should be held amongst the devotees only.
Letter to Rsabhadeva written from Dallas

vanipedia.org 		I am very happy to hear that you have got a son for dedicating for Lord Caitanya's Sankirtana movement. Yes, his name of Gauranga das is very nice and I have no objection for calling him like that.

vanipedia.org 		Now we are at the Dallas school and it is very nice place and just suitable for educating your son here when he becomes old enough, at least four or five years old. Now give him all facilities to become conscious of Krsna from very birth, and this will be the greatest service for Krsna if you can deliver Him one pure devotee.
Letter to Satadhanya written from Dallas
Letter to Yamuna written from Dallas

vanipedia.org 		I am very happy to hear that you are having nice programs in Vrindaban of kirtana and lecturing in various places. That will make us well-known in those parts and respected by everyone.

vanipedia.org 		I am glad to hear also that you have made my rooms very nicely painted and cleansed. Now I shall be coming there by early October and I want to stay in those rooms, so you may prepare them for me very nicely and decorate with flowers, etc.


1972 - September 11

Lecture SB 02.01.02 - Dallas

1972 - September 12

Telegram to Giriraja written from Dallas
Lecture SB 02.01.01 - Dallas
Conversation - Dallas

Sep 13 to 30 - Los Angeles

1972 - September 13

Conversation A - Dallas
Conversation B - Dallas
Letter to Amogha written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		Now you are working very seriously and sincerely for Krsna, and you have taken great risk and courage to work in far off place on His behalf, so you may expect that He is giving you His all blessings at every turn and will continue to fix you up in the bliss of His devotional service more and more.

vanipedia.org 		I am very glad to hear that your mission is resumed in Indonesia and that you are taking up this work again with full enthusiasm. And the response has been very good there. Now go on teaching in this school and distributing our literatures more and more.

vanipedia.org 		Try to recruit some local men for becoming our disciples and helping you there. For relying upon devotees from outside to come there is not very practical business. It is better to recruit some local men and train them to do the work. But I think Madhudvisa can supply you with one or two men conveniently, you may request him this.
Letter to Atreya Rsi written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		Now we have got a very big task before us to purchase the skyscraper building on 40th Street. So I am entrusting that you and Bali Mardan and the other big leaders there in New York will be able to do it. Cooperate amongst yourselves and try to raise the funds very scrupulously and if you remain serious and sincere in your efforts to get this wonderful building for Krsna, He will give you all help and guidance how to do it, without any doubt.
Letter to Citsukhananda written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		I would have liked to go to Mexico City but I have already gone this year and too much traveling now for me is a strain. Therefore I am going directly from Los Angeles to India, but when I return next year then I shall certainly come again to Mexico and visit all of my nice disciples there.
Letter to Upendra written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		I am always praying that my disciples will gradually increase our war against maya on all fronts. But I do not think it is necessary to take money from Karandhara for opening that center. From our experience we have found it is always in the long run more stable and better situation if local people can be persuaded to help from the very beginning. So you may solicit money from them in small amounts and gradually collect in that way enough to open a center in involve or engage all of the local people from the very beginning.
Letter to Yadubara written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		As soon as the conveyance has been signed you may begin the building work immediately. I am coming to India soon, at least by October, and I want to see that the building projects in Bombay, Mayapur and Vrndavana are going on nicely.

vanipedia.org 		This Bombay project is one of our most important projects in the whole world and I am looking to you and the others there in Bombay to see that it is done very magnificently.
Conversation - Arlington

vanipedia.org 		Just like sun. You cannot see sun at night, but when sun becomes revealed before you you can see sun and yourself and the whole world. Similarly, when Kṛṣṇa will reveal, being pleased with your service and love, you will see Kṛṣṇa, you will see yourself, you will see the whole world.

vanipedia.org 		So if you are actually serious about Kṛṣṇa, then Kṛṣṇa will send you some of His representative and he will take charge of you. That is the process. If you do not find a guru, that means Kṛṣṇa is not yet pleased, either you are not serious. Just like when you become serious of studying any subject matter, you find out some college, some institution. You cannot purchase the books and read at home and become expert engineer, expert, no. That is not the process. Therefore the Vedic knowledge is called śruti. So we have to hear by paramparā system.

vanipedia.org 		Our point is: present Kṛṣṇa as it is. That is real Indian culture. Don't present Kṛṣṇa adulterated. Your country will be glorified. The whole world will accept that India has got something to give. You are simply now beggar. So I have come to this country not to beg, but to give. That is my mission. And they are feeling, "Yes, we are getting something substantial."


1972 - September 14

Lecture SB 01.03.07 - Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		To become Kṛṣṇa conscious means there will be so many enemies. Even father, what to speak of others? They will criticize, they will attack. I have recently received letter from Germany. Our devotees were attacked by a gang. So this is the way. As soon as you become God conscious, the demons will create disturbance.

vanipedia.org 		Just like Lord Jesus Christ. He was crucified by the demons. The only fault was that he was God conscious. Just see; such innocent person. The world is like that. So these dangers are there, but don't be afraid of. Kṛṣṇa will save you. And tolerate.
Lecture SB 01.03.08 - Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		Second birth means by reformatory process, when he is eligible, then he is initiated by the spiritual master. That is second birth. Then initiation means he is allowed to study Vedic literature to achieve real knowledge. Because real knowledge means Vedic knowledge, and any knowledge which is not corroborated with the Vedic version, that is not knowledge; that is imperfect knowledge.
Morning Walk - Los Angeles
Letter to Hansadutta written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		I have read your account of the incidents of fighting with the hoodlums with great concern. After all, this world is full of darkness and controlled by the demons, so difficulties are there certainly. But if we stick to the lotus feet of Krsna, these difficulties will be over, just like a child jumps over the pit caused by the hoof of a calf. Krsna fought with so many demons so fighting is not prohibited if it is for the good cause.

vanipedia.org 		One thing is, these are young boys, so actually if you approach them humbly and you yourself go to their leaders and speak to them nicely about Krsna Consciousness they will agree to leave us alone, that I think. But if you make big armed confrontation and show of strength there will be continuous fighting more and more.

vanipedia.org 		Better to resolve the whole situation by approaching their leaders at once and reconciling everything with them by bringing them prasadam and other nice gifts and giving them our philosophy, and if they are willing to hear it, also teach them how to chant Hare Krsna mantra. These are innocent young boys, they are simply misled, so you go to them and give them the right information and then you will have nothing more to fear from them.


1972 - September 15

Lecture SB 01.03.09 - Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		We do not take it very seriously, because our past life is so sinful that even coming to Kṛṣṇa consciousness we are being disturbed. Our sinful activities are so strong that even coming to the point of Kṛṣṇa consciousness we are falling down, again falling down. So be careful, be cautious, and execute your duty as Kṛṣṇa conscious people. You will be happy.
Morning Walk - Los Angeles
Letter to Aksojananda written from Los Angeles
Letter to Cyavana written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		By your own work you can recruit men locally, that is the best process. So immediately resume the preaching work amongst the Africans and show yourselves as always meek and humble and refrain from a tough attitude and in this way gain their confidence. Gradually you will recruit men locally and they will be able to share the responsibilities.
Letter to Gargamuni written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		By your own work you can recruit men locally, that is the best process. So immediately resume the preaching work amongst the Africans and show yourselves as always meek and humble and refrain from a tough attitude and in this way gain their confidence.
Letter to Gurudasa written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		King should donate to brahmanas. We are a society of brahmanas, therefore the king should donate us those temples and we shall keep them in his name, and we shall renovate them and make them very gorgeous for the foreign tourists. And they will appreciate the contribution of the king of Bharatapur and will perpetuate his memory.
Letter to Sudevi written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		Regarding Siddhasvarupananda, these things which you have heard are simply rumor and there is no substance. Siddhasvarupa does not want to take disciples, neither he should have disciples while I am alive. That is the process. I have never said that Siddhasvarupa is a pure devotee. But every one can become a pure devotee if he has no other desire than to serve Krsna and the Spiritual Master.


1972 - September 16

Lecture SB 01.03.10 - Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		After getting my telephone, I was disturbed always. Some of my students asking, phoning me, cling, cling, and "Swamiji, how you are feeling?" At twelve o'clock at night. Yes. So I asked him, it is the time to inquire? I am very sorry. Not only one, I become so much disturbed. Then I asked them, get out this telephone. Yes.
Morning Walk - Los Angeles
Letter to Unknown written from Los Angeles

1972 - September 17

Lecture SB 01.03.11-12 - Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		If you accept God as son, then you cannot avoid the obligation of service. In other way you can avoid. This is compulsory.
Morning Walk - Los Angeles

1972 - September 18

Lecture SB 01.03.13 - Los Angeles
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vanipedia.org 		The woman treats the unknown man as son, and the unknown man treats the unknown woman as mother. This is Vedic civilization. So we should be very careful. In our society, you are all Godbrothers, Godsisters. Or those who are married, they are like mothers. So you should be very careful. Then you will remain dhīra, sober.
Morning Walk - Los Angeles
Letter to Bali-mardana and Pusta Krsna written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		The GBC authority must be accepted under all circumstances, not that there will be fighting amongst you. This fighting spirit will destroy everything, but what can I do, you American and European boys are trained up in this fighting attitude. Now put it aside and simply work cooperatively for spreading this movement all over the world.

vanipedia.org 		The standards I have already given you, now try to maintain them at all times under standard procedure. Do not try to innovate or create anything or manufacture anything, that will ruin everything. Simply do as I am doing and be always serious and sincere to serve Krsna, and He will give you intelligence how to do everything.

vanipedia.org 		Sankirtana or street chanting must go on, it is our most important program. Lord Caitanya's movement means the sankirtana movement. You may simply take two hours for chanting sixteen rounds daily, two hours for reading congregationally, and balance of time go out for sankirtana. We must do both, reading books and distributing books.
Letter to Dr. Karan-Singh written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		I beg to inform you of one matter which may be of interest to you, namely that we have now got thousands of disciples and well-wishers in the Western countries and out of them many are desiring to travel to India in the near future, at least 200 persons at a time, to see all the temples, especially the Vaisnava temples. So Air India has got a cheap round-trip fare to India and we want to take advantage and bring hundreds of members of our society and others to see all of the temples, so what will be the arrangements?
Letter to Govinda dasi written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		I have received again today your shipment of mangoes from Hawaii, and I have received other mangoes in the last few days, and I thank you very much for thinking about me. And I am always thinking about you, along with your good husband Gaurasundara, because you have been of such good assistance to me for pushing on this Krsna Consciousness movement in your country and other places around the world.
Letter to Nayanabhirama written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		I did not see your drama in New Vrndavana about the advent of Lord Krsna. But I have heard from others that it was done very nicely, so I am very much pleased. These kinds of dramas about Krsna, Krsna's pastimes, and also Lord Caitanya's pastimes, are very much desirable for presenting to the public widely. So if you can organize your traveling party to present such dramas all over your country and other places that will be very much appreciated.
Letter to Niranjana written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		Yes, if you can come to Vrndavana in October to see me, that will be very nice. I shall be arriving there approximately the 15th and can remain for about three weeks before going to Delhi, where we will hold our second annual Hare Krsna Festival and Bhagavata-dharma Discourses.


1972 - September 19

Lecture SB 01.03.14 - Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		Our first restriction is no meat-eating. It is a most sinful act. Meat-eating, or intoxication, drinking, gambling, and illicit sex. These are the four pillars of sinful life. So unless you stop, you break these four pillars, how you can think of God? God is not so cheap.
Morning Walk - Los Angeles

1972 - September 20

Lecture SB 01.03.15 - Los Angeles
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada

Prabhupāda: "According to karma, there are different species of forms of life, but they have got all facilities to live. That is God's creation. Mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sa-carācaram (BG 9.10). The direction is there, that this living entity wanted a body to swim in the sea very jubilantly, so now he has got the body of a fish. So let him live very peacefully. That is God's mercy. You take very much pleasure with that surf... What is called, in the sea?
Devotee: Surfboard.
Prabhupāda: Surfboard? Yes. (laughter) So if you increase your engage..., "How I shall be swimming and enjoy this sport whole day and night?" then, then Kṛṣṇa will give you the body of a fish. (laughter) Yes. He is very kind. And you will very nicely live in the sea, always swimming without any difficulty. Every life. As you increase your propensity for a certain type of activities, nature is ready immediately: 'Take this body. Why you are anxious? Take this body'. Similarly, if you become anxious to have a body like Kṛṣṇa, that is also ready. Now it is your choice."
720920 - Lecture SB 01.03.15 - Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		If you are actually benevolent to your countrymen, to your society, to the human society, you must preach this Krsna consciousness movement.
Morning Walk - Los Angeles

1972 - September 21

Lecture SB 01.03.16 and Initiation - Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		In the Vedic literatures all informations are there. Their relative life, big and small, smaller than the smallest, bigger than the biggest. Don't think that these description in the Vedas, they are stories. They are not stories. They are facts. But we cannot accommodate in our poor teeny brain. That's all. So what we shall understand about God? It is not possible.
Morning Walk - Los Angeles
Letter to Bhaktijana written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		You do not require to worry as I shall never leave you, you are my disciple and I am your spiritual master, so there is no question, as long as you follow my instructions, that I shall ever leave you. Just remember under all circumstances to chant sixteen rounds of japa daily, offer your prasadam to Krsna, and do all of the things which you already know, as you are senior disciple. These things will protect you under all conditions, without any doubt.
Letter to Madhudvisa written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		I am very much pleased to hear that you are distributing so much of our literature and books and I think if you go on like this that very soon you will become the number one book distributers in the whole world. At least I want that.
Letter to Visala written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		Now my best advice to you is that you remain like Narada Muni, the perfect brahmacari, loitering all over the universe and chanting the Lord's name. I have understood that you are our top first class book distributer, and you can rest assured that this has not gone unnoticed by Krsna. Krsna appreciates very much when His devotee works very hard to serve Him.


1972 - September 22

Lecture Purport to Narada Muni Bajay Vina - Los Angeles
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vanipedia.org 		In this way, by the influence of transcendental vibration of the holy name of God, the whole universe became ecstatic, and Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura says, "And the whole universe became ecstatic. Then my desire was satisfied and I therefore pray unto the lotus feet of Rūpa Gosvāmī that let this chanting of hari-nāma go on nicely like this."
Lecture SB 01.03.17 - Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		Wife and husband, combination, both should make progress in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Woman, they are generally equipped with the qualities of passion and ignorance. And men also may be, but man can be elevated to the platform of goodness. Woman cannot be. Woman cannot be. Therefore if the husband is nice and the woman follows, woman becomes faithful and chaste to the husband, then their both life becomes successful.
Morning Walk - Los Angeles
Manasa Deha Geha and Purport - Los Angeles
Letter to Cyavana written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		Now concentrate your efforts by bringing our regular program up to the highest standards, that is, holding street sankirtana, holding at regular times of the day very opulent aratrika with prasadam distribution, having classes in philosophy, chanting sixteen rounds, etc. This is our strength.
Letter to Tamala Krishna, Subala, Gurudasa and Bhavananda written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		I am pleased to understand that something will be concretely done in Vrndavana at last, that is my dream, to build a simple temple just like Govindaji's that is not so difficult. Now these men are joining us and cooperating to do the construction and engineering work, so I think my dreams will be finally realized at last.


1972 - September 23

Lecture SB 01.03.18 - Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		We are not lazy. We are not sleeping. Everybody is busy. Somebody is going to write, somebody is going to type, somebody is going to sell books, somebody is preparing prasadam, somebody is cleansing, somebody is going to sankirtana.
Morning Walk - Los Angeles
Nitai Guna Mani Amara - Los Angeles
Letter to Kirtanananda written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		That is very encouraging to me, now you are sannyasis and GBC men and I leave it to you to hold this Bhagavata-dharma discourse and Hare Krsna festival all over your country widely, and this will be the success of our movement. You are experienced devotee, and you know how to do things well, so kindly train the others and distribute your experience widely, and organize. If such festivals can be held in different places continuously then my dream will be fulfilled.

vanipedia.org 		One thing is, we have not yet developed what we have got, so what is the point of expanding further? However if there is a good bargain and you think it is wise, I have no objection if you purchase the Allen farm, provided everyone agrees and there is sufficient money available.


1972 - September 24

Lecture SB 01.03.19 - Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		Real religious principle means to abide by the laws of the Supreme Lord, God. But they do not believe in God. "Everyone is God. I am God, you are God, he is God, everyone is God. So whatever law you give yourself, that becomes your religion." This is going on. So God is not so cheap that you become God, I become God, he becomes God.
Morning Walk - Los Angeles
Nitai Guna Mani Amara and Purport - Los Angeles

1972 - September 25

Purport to Nitai Guna Mani Amara - Los Angeles
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vanipedia.org 		So ābaddha karuṇā-sindhu, it was just like a big ocean blocked all sides. Ocean of love of Godhead is a big ocean, but it was not inundated. So Nityānanda Prabhu cut a canal from the ocean, and He brought the canal in every door. Ghare ghare bule prema-amiyāra bān. The flood of the nectar of love of Godhead was thus distributed in each and every home in Bengal.
Lecture SB 01.03.20 - Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		So at the present moment we are in a very, very deplorable condition, no good government. Simply by changing, by so-called parties, the government cannot improve. The government can improve when there are Kṛṣṇa conscious person. So if some day you turn all the people Kṛṣṇa conscious, then you become president.
Morning Walk - Los Angeles
Letter to Pusta Krsna written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		I think that by now you must be in London. I am very glad to hear that you will be holding Bhagavata-dharma Festivals all over England. I know that you are good preacher and sincere boy, and Revatinandana Maharaja is also sannyasi, so you work together with him and with the others in cooperative spirit to spread this Krsna Consciousness movement widely all over the British Isles.

vanipedia.org 		From Revatinandana I can understand that there is immense field for preaching amongst the youth and in all parts of the country (of United Kingdom), so do not hesitate to take the bold step forward and invite everyone to become devotee of Krsna.

vanipedia.org 		One thing is, now we have got many many books in England and we must raise funds for our place there, so try to increase the selling of literatures and magazines and deposit everything in the building fund. Preach, sell books, in this way gradually you will feel yourself becoming perfectly happy.
Letter to Revatinandana written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		You say that the sankirtana party in London requires more push, so you do the needful for organizing them and enthusing them to sell books and literatures more and more.

vanipedia.org 		I wanted that many sannyasis would travel widely in the Western countries and preach to the young people, especially in the schools and colleges, and spread our Krsna philosophy in these places.

vanipedia.org 		Now Krsna has given you all facilities for this work, and I can understand that you are very intelligent boy and you have got good enthusiasm, so I am taking encouragement from your progress.

vanipedia.org 		Now you are experienced man, you do everything nicely by consulting with Dhananjaya and the other leaders and strive always always to please Krsna constantly. Now I am old man and a little inclined for retirement, but now our organization is expanding more and more and I simply want to see that the things get done, therefore I am relying on you, my senior disciples, to do everything nicely for Krsna. Thank you very much for helping me in this way.


1972 - September 26

Lecture SB 01.03.21 - Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		Still in India, until a girl is married, she cannot move freely. Where is our Śyāmasundara? You know, what happened about that Sharma girls. Two girls in Nairobi, they wanted to join our society. So Brahmānanda, as other girls are joining, he welcomed, but it created a havoc to the family of the girl. They went here and there. "Oh, the girl has gone out of home. There will be no marriage." That's a fact.
Morning Walk - Los Angeles
Conversation Excerpt - Los Angeles
Anadi Karama Phale and Purport - Los Angeles
Letter to Giriraja written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		Now we have formed a committee, now whatever you think, you do. I want to see how the things are going on, and how it is going depends on you. Now I cannot tax my brain so much from such distant place what to do if there is any difficulty, therefore I am relying completely on you, my trusted senior disciples, to finish up these things nicely.

vanipedia.org 		So many letters you are sending for the past so many months, and still nothing is settled. You may take bank mortgage for 20-30 lacs extra and use it for construction, that is approved by me. I just want to see that things are done, that's all.


1972 - September 27

Lecture SB 01.03.22 - Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		So God is great. We have to understand how great He is. Not that simply sophistically, "God is great, and I do everything. God cannot see. Let me commit all kinds of sin." But God is great; He will see. "No, no, God cannot see. I can cheat God, although He is great." That is our philosophy. "God is great, but I am so great that I can cheat God." That is Hiraṇyakaśipu's philosophy.
Morning Walk - Los Angeles
Suddha-bhakata-carana-renu and Purport - Los Angeles

1972 - September 28

Morning Walk - Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		Jayatīrtha: Somebody sent some dust from the bhajan-kutir of the Gosvāmīs of Vṛndāvana, and he was wondering whether it could be put on the altar in some little brass box, on Lord Caitanya's altar.
Prabhupāda: No, no, no. Altar is the seat of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The devotee's dust cannot go there.
Lecture SB 01.03.23 - Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		Our happiness is here, Kṛṣṇa. For Kṛṣṇa, we are working day and night. The karmīs are also working day and night, but they are not happy. We are happy. That they do not know. We are also doing the same thing. We are not lazy. We are not sleeping. Everybody is busy. Somebody is going to write, somebody is going to type, somebody is going to sell books, somebody is preparing prasādam, somebody is cleansing, somebody is going to saṅkīrtana. Not a single moment we are lazy. But because we are working for Kṛṣṇa, there is happiness.


1972 - September 29

Lecture SB 01.03.24 - Los Angeles
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"There was no need of this material creation. Some rascals questioned that 'Why God has created this miserable world?' But you wanted; therefore God has given you. Ye yathā māṁ prapadyante tāṁs tathaiva bhajāmy aham (BG 4.11). Kṛṣṇa says. Kṛṣṇa is very kind. You wanted such a thing. The same example, the prison house. The prison house, government is not canvassing, 'Please, you all gentlemen and ladies, come here'. No. You are going. You are going. Similarly, this material world is created for you because you wanted it. And here you cannot expect..., as you cannot expect in the prison house to live very comfortably... Because after all, it is prison house. There must be tribulation so that you may not come again."
720929 - Lecture SB 01.03.24 - Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		According to the time, circumstances, men, the different scriptures are there. The ultimate aim of scripture is to bring one to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. But everything is not explained because the people are unable to understand. Just like in our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, we are making movement, but not that everyone is understanding. Those who are very intelligent, or those who are, whose background is pious, they can understand.
Morning Walk - Los Angeles
Conversation - Los Angeles
Conversation Excerpt - Los Angeles
Letter to Amogha written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		I am especially happy to hear that you have got one Chinese boy there who is doing some translating work. Yes, the Chinese-speaking portion of the world is very huge and it requires to infiltrate gradually, especially by distributing our literatures widely in Chinese language. So his service is the greatest to Krsna.
Letter to Giriraja written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		One thing is, you must secure document in proper legal form which will insure that the five lakhs will be subtracted from the fourteen lakhs purchase price, not that again we shall have to pay according to Mr. Nair's whims. Try to get that bank loan of five lakhs, and Sumati-ben will stand as guarantor, try for that and somehow or other get the bank to loan us.
Letter to Jagadisa written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		I am going in a few days to San Francisco to speak at the San Francisco State University there on the topic of "Krsna Consciousness: The Best Alternative Life Style, the Ideal Community, the New Social Order." The professors and students at the University intend to examine particular new movements in depth.
Letter to Karandhara written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		Regarding London affairs, whether George will stand as guarantor on the mortgage, or whether Syamasundara's presence required. If George is agreeable to be the guarantor, that is not a very big thing, only a small favor and he hasn't got to pay anything. We shall pay whatever money we have got and the rest monthly for so many years, the longest period we can get.
Letter to Mahendranath written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		If you follow these principles with determination, you will be freed from all attachment to maya, by Krsna's grace. The example is that when the sun is in the sky, then where is the question of darkness? Similarly, when the Hare Krsna mantra is vibrating on your tongue, and you are hearing attentively, then your consciousness becomes pure, or Krsna Conscious, and there is no question of maya or hazy consciousness.
Letter to Nityananda written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		I am very happy to hear that the temple is improving more and more under your expert guidance. Now go on with our program and try to increase your attraction of Krsna Consciousness movement to the public and recruit local men more and more to become fixed up devotees of Krsna.
Letter to Paspati, Varuni and Parharana written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		Just as when the darkness and the light come together, the darkness cannot stand before the light, so māyā cannot remain in the presence of Krishna. Always remember therefore to chant Hare Krishna, and that will save you in all circumstances without any doubt.
Letter to Susan Beckman written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		Actually there is no difference between devotees living inside the temple and devotees living outside the temple. You are right that the important thing is to remember Krsna, whatever is your activity. So try to remember Krsna always by following the principles as you know them, namely, rising early, taking bath, cleansing, attending aratrika, reading scriptures at least one hour or two hours daily, chanting sixteen rounds on beads of Hare Krsna mantra, going for street sankirtana, offering all your foodstuffs to Krsna, like that.
Letter to Tamala Krishna and Bhavananda written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		I sent Bhavananda there to Bombay to do the needful, and he was silent and went away. Enclosed also find my reply to Giriraja's letter. Now I want that both of you shall go to Bombay immediately for finishing up this conveyance matter immediately.


Sep 30 - Laguna Beach

1972 - September 30

Lecture - Laguna Beach
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vanipedia.org 		Everyone wants to be controller. That's a fact. But the supreme controller is Kṛṣṇa. Here the so-called controller is controlled by somebody else. I may control my disciples, but I am controlled by somebody else, by my spiritual master. So nobody can say that "I am the absolute controller." No. Here you will find the so-called controller, certainly controller to some extent, but he is controlled also. But when you find somebody that He is controller only, not controlled by anyone, that is Kṛṣṇa.
Lecture Morning Walk - Los Angeles
Lecture SB 01.03.25 - Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		Human society is becoming so degraded that they are trying to forget God. That is their advancement of civilization. The more you deny existence of God and become a so-called rascal scientist, then you are advanced. This is the position. So this position will degrade so much after, say, 400,000's of years, gradually degrading, that at time, Kṛṣṇa will come in His incarnation as Kalki.


Letter to Bali-mardana written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		The fact is that we have to adopt the same tactics as ordinary salesmen adopt, but the difference is we do it for the satisfaction of Krsna, they do it for sense gratification.

vanipedia.org 		That is the real preaching, selling books. Who can speak better than the books?

vanipedia.org 		We have experienced that sometimes out of sentiment someone gives to ISKCON and then laments and wants it back, but that does not mean we should give it back. Our policy is that his money which would have been used for purchasing cigarettes, liquor, sex literature, meat, will give him the opportunity to gradually become purified.

vanipedia.org 		You should know the tactic how to sell without irritating. What your lecture will do for three minutes, but if he reads one page his life may be turned. We don't want to irritate anyone, however. If he goes away by your agressive tactics, then you are nonsense and it is your failure. Neither you could sell a book, neither he would remain.

vanipedia.org 		If he buys a book that is the real successful preaching.

vanipedia.org 		The success of your preaching will be substantiated by how many books are sold. Anything you want to sell, you have to a little canvass, so he gives some money for the service of Krsna. That is his good luck and he gets the chance to read some transcendental knowledge.
Letter to Sankarasana written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		Your question is how much or how little brahmacaris should associate with the unmarried brahmacarinis in the temple. As brahmacari you should not mix at all with brahmacarinis. Actually they should not at all see the face, but that is not possible in your country. But so far as possible, remain separate and talk almost nil. Brahmacari is advised not to go near a young woman anywhere.
Letter to Tamala Krishna written from Los Angeles

vanipedia.org 		I think you have to revive your position as GBC again and look after all the business of India affairs nicely. May Krsna bless you with all good sense. Your program submitted by you all jointly is tentatively accepted by me. Our meeting time in New Delhi will be informed very soon by letter and telegram both.


   
 
   
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