A Month in the Life of Srila Prabhupada - January 1975


The Months in the Life of Srila Prabhupada present 2200+ of his lectures; 905+ of his conversations; 490+ of his morning walks;
65+ of his interviews and 6,570+ of his letters. This listing covers all available material,

and includes:
  • 10,300+ links to Vanisource - our repository of all of Srila Prabhupada's words;
  • 470+ short audio clips Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada sprinkled throughout the months;
  • 1,080 short video clips extracted from lectures, conversations, morning walks or interviews with subtitles in up to 93 languages sprinkled throughout the months;
  • 13,350+ concise statements, drawn from Srila Prabhupada's lectures, conversations and letters are highlighted within quoteboxes;
  • For further study on the different subjects addressed, each statement links to the various categories in our thematic section of Vanipedia named Vaniquotes;

These statements from the Months in the Life of Srila Prabhupada offer unparalleled insights into his devotional character; his vision to re-spiritualize human society; his dedication to translate, publish & distribute his books; his expertise to tirelessly lead & manage his worldwide movement; his empowered ability to encourage, care for, train & clearly communicate the disciplines he expects from all his disciples as he engages them in their pursuit of Krsna consciousness & performance of missionary activities. Through all these situations one can also experience how Srila Prahhupada consistently represents the pure teachings of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His associates.



Jan 1 to 24 - Bombay

1975 - January 01

Lecture SB 03.26.23-4 - Bombay
Letter to Dorothy Scott written from Bombay
Letter to Gargamuni written from Bombay
Letter to Jayatirtha written from Bombay
Letter to Mr. S.T. Asnani written from Bombay
Letter to Phatikcandra written from Bombay
Letter to Ramesvara written from Bombay
Letter to Visalini written from Bombay


1975 - January 02

750102 - Lecture SB 03.26.25 - Bombay
Letter to Adi-kesava written from Bombay
Letter to Laxmimoni written from Bombay
Letter to Mr. Punja written from Bombay
Letter to Visnuprasada N. Decai written from Bombay


1975 - January 03

Lecture SB 03.26.26 - Bombay
Conversation - Bombay
Letter to Alfred Ford written from Bombay
Letter to Patita Uddharana written from Bombay


1975 - January 04

Lecture SB 03.26.27 - Bombay
Letter to Aticandra written from Bombay
Letter to Hiranyagarbha written from Bombay
Letter to Mr. Saral Kumar Gupta written from Bombay
Letter to Nrsimha written from Bombay
Letter to Pancadravida written from Bombay
Letter to Prabhavisnu written from Bombay
Letter to Yasomatisuta written from Bombay


1975 - January 05

Lecture SB 03.26.28 - Bombay


1975 - January 06

Lecture SB 03.26.29 - Bombay
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"The medical science, they are trying to study different cells; but what from the cells came into action? That is by the influence or by the manipulation of prakṛti. Prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni (BG 3.27). And prakṛti is working under the direction of Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa. Mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ (BG 9.10). Therefore, ultimately, by the superintendence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead everything is going on. But how it is going on, that we cannot explain. We have got limited knowledge. Therefore śāstra says, 'Don't try to speculate, because you are imperfect, but things are going on like this. Try to understand'."
750106 - Lecture SB 03.26.29 - Bombay
Letter to Ajita written from Bombay
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"The medical science, they are trying to study different cells; but what from the cells came into action? That is by the influence or by the manipulation of prakṛti. Prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni (BG 3.27). And prakṛti is working under the direction of Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa. Mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ (BG 9.10). Therefore, ultimately, by the superintendence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead everything is going on. But how it is going on, that we cannot explain. We have got limited knowledge. Therefore śāstra says, 'Don't try to speculate, because you are imperfect, but things are going on like this. Try to understand'."
750106 - Lecture SB 03.26.29 - Bombay
Letter to Candravali written from Bombay
Letter to Citsukhananda written from Bombay
Letter to Hansadutta written from Bombay
Letter to Mahamsa written from Bombay
Letter to Mr. N. N. Bagai written from Bombay
Letter to Pancadravida written from Bombay
Letter to Sucharu deva written from Bombay


1975 - January 07

Lecture SB 03.26.30 - Bombay
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"So if by your intelligence you become doubtful, 'Whether Kṛṣṇa is able to give me protection?' then you are finished. Saṁśayātmā vinaśyati. But if you have faith in Kṛṣṇa's words, niścaya, When Kṛṣṇa says that if I surrender unto Him, He will give me protection, there is no doubt about it, that is called faith, niścayātmikā. Vyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥ. Buddhi, intelligence, vyavasāyātmikā, niścayātmikā, that is very good."
750107 - Lecture SB 03.26.30 - Bombay
Letter to Brahmananda written from Bombay


1975 - January 08

Lecture SB 03.26.31 - Bombay
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"So we are not aware what is the aim of life. So Kṛṣṇa is very kind. He therefore comes. He came just before the beginning of this Kali-yuga, the most fallen age, and left for us the Bhagavad-gītā. And then, after Him, after His departure... It is said in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, "After departure of Kṛṣṇa from this planet to His own abode, the principle of religion and knowledge, where it is kept?" The answer is, 'It is kept in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam'."
750108 - Lecture SB 03.26.31 - Bombay
Letter to Madhudvisa written from Bombay
Letter to Malati written from Bombay
Letter to Tribhuvanatha written from Bombay


1975 - January 09

Lecture SB 03.26.32 - Bombay
Letter to All Temple Presidents written from Bombay
Letter to Devamaya written from Bombay
Letter to Rupanuga written from Bombay
Letter to Sri Mohan Masundar written from Bombay


1975 - January 10

Letter to Asita written from Bombay
Letter to Jayapataka written from Bombay
Letter to Mr. Ram Patel written from Bombay
Letter to Patita Uddharana written from Bombay
Letter to R. M. Patel written from Bombay


1975 - January 11

Lecture SB 03.26.34 - Bombay
Letter to Dr. Channa Reddy written from Bombay


1975 - January 12

Lecture SB 03.26.35-36 - Bombay
Letter to Gandharva written from Bombay
Letter to Jagadisa written from Bombay
Letter to Kirtiraja written from Bombay
Letter to Lesley Fordham written from Bombay
Letter to Mr. Lepesqueux written from Bombay
Letter to Nari written from Bombay
Letter to Sukadeva written from Bombay


1975 - January 14

Lecture SB 03.26.39 - Bombay
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"The eternal form is veṇuṁ kvaṇantam (Bs. 5.30): Kṛṣṇa is always playing on His flute. That is eternal form. His eternal pastimes and eternal form is in Vṛndāvana. He does not go anywhere personally, leaving Vṛndāvana. Padam ekaṁ na gacchati (Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta 1.5.461). He is always in Vṛndāvana, but at the same time He is everywhere."
750114 - Lecture SB 03.26.39 - Bombay
Letter to Madhava Maharaja written from Bombay


1975 - January 15

Lecture SB 03.26.40 - Bombay
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"Kṛṣṇa has many, many millions and millions of devotees. Some of them desiring to Kṛṣṇa..., to serve Kṛṣṇa as servant. Some of them are desiring Kṛṣṇa, to serve Him as friend or as father, as mother, as lover, as wife. So there are many devotees, ananta devotees, only not one or two. So Kṛṣṇa has to satisfy every one of them. That is not difficult for Him."
750115 - Lecture SB 03.26.40 - Bombay
Letter to Madame Sangupta written from Bombay
Letter to Sridhara Maharaja written from Bombay


1975 - January 16

Lecture SB 03.26.41 - Bombay
Letter to Abhirama written from Bombay
Letter to Adi-kesava written from Bombay
Letter to Aksayananda written from Bombay
Letter to Bhrsakapi written from Bombay
Letter to Jyotiganesvara written from Bombay
Letter to Krsnavesa written from Bombay
Letter to Locanananda written from Bombay
Letter to M. V. Sita Ramalai written from Bombay
Letter to Malati written from Bombay
Letter to Mandakini written from Bombay
Letter to Mr. Gold written from Bombay
Letter to P. S. Garg written from Bombay
Letter to Partha written from Bombay
Letter to Puranjana written from Bombay
Letter to Revatinandana written from Bombay
Letter to Srutadeva written from Bombay
Letter to Tripurari written from Bombay
Letter to Uttamasloka written from Bombay


1975 - January 17

Lecture SB 03.26.42 - Bombay
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"Potter's wheel is producing earthen pots. So what is the cause? Somebody will say that "The dirt, earth, is the cause of this pot because it is made of earth". Another will say, "No, the cause is the wheel. Because the wheel is going around, therefore it is coming out". But these two causes, prakṛti and pradhāna, ingredients and the instrument, they are not causes. The cause is the potter."
750117 - Lecture SB 03.26.42 - Bombay
Letter to Brahmananda written from Bombay
Letter to Hansadutta written from Bombay
Letter to Prajapati written from Bombay
Letter to Rupanuga written from Bombay


1975 - January 18

Lecture SB 03.26.43 - Bombay
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"The mind is very restless. The whole yogic process is meant for controlling the mind, because unless you control the mind, the mind will volumes and volumes of desires, hundreds, thousands, millions. And you have to satisfy them. Then where is śānti? You have to satisfy the master. Who has become your master? Mind. Then you are disturbed. There cannot be any peace. And mind has got many millions of desires. Therefore when you can control over the mind, that mind desires something and you have to control, 'No, you cannot do it', then you become svāmī."
750118 - Lecture SB 03.26.43 - Bombay
Letter to Mrs. Bhatt written from Bombay


1975 - January 19

Lecture SB 03.26.44 - Bombay
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"If we utilize our senses always in the service of the Lord, that is bhakti. At the present moment we are utilizing our senses for material objectives. That is to be purified. It should be used for Kṛṣṇa's service. We are using our senses for the service of society, friendship and love. But that service should be transferred to Kṛṣṇa. Then it is bhakti. Sarvopādhi-vinirmuktaṁ tat-paratvena nirmalam (CC Madhya 19.170)."
750119 - Lecture SB 03.26.44 - Bombay
Letter to Gurudasa written from Bombay
Letter to Mahamsa written from Bombay
Letter to Radhavallabha written from Bombay
Letter to Satsvarupa written from Bombay
Letter to Sucharu deva written from Bombay


1975 - January 20

Lecture SB 03.26.45 - Bombay
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"Kṛṣṇa is living in His original form in Goloka Vṛndāvana. This form, Kṛṣṇa, Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, this is the form in Goloka Vṛndāvana. Veṇuṁ kvaṇantam aravinda-dalāyatākṣam (Bs. 5.30). In the spiritual world there is no such thing as killing the Kaṁsa, Hiraṇyakaśipu. That is in the material world."
750120 - Lecture SB 03.26.45 - Bombay
Letter to Tejiyas written from Bombay


1975 - January 21

Lecture SB 03.26.46 - Bombay
Letter to Amsu written from Bombay
Letter to Madhudvisa written from Bombay
Letter to Niranjana written from Bombay
Letter to Radhavallabha written from Bombay
Letter to Vijaya written from Bombay


1975 - January 22

Lecture SB 03.26.47 - Bombay


1975 - January 23

Lecture Festival Cornerstone Laying - Bombay
Letter to Bhavananda and Jayapataka written from Bombay


Jan 25 to 26 - Hong Kong

1975 - January 25

Lecture BG 07.01 - Hong Kong
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"We are changing our form of life from one body to another, but if we want to understand God... That is essential. So long we do not understand God, so long we do not go back to home, back to Godhead, our struggle for existence will continue. Manaḥ ṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi prakṛti-sthāni karṣati (BG 15.7). This struggle. Everyone struggles hard to become happy. But that is not possible. Simply searching after, searching after happiness, when time comes: 'Finished. Your business is finished. Now get out'. That is called death. So death is also Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā, mṛtyuḥ sarva-haraś cāham (BG 10.34). Mṛtyu, Kṛṣṇa, comes as death. During your lifetime, if you do not understand Kṛṣṇa consciousness, this Kṛṣṇa will come as death and take away everything what you have got. Sarva-haraḥ. Then your body, your family, your country, your bank, everything business, business—finished. 'Now you have to accept another body. You forget about all these things.' This is going on."
750125 - Lecture BG 07.01 - Hong Kong


1975 - January 26

Conversation with Children - Hong Kong


Jan 27 to 28 - Tokyo

1975 - January 27

Lecture BG 16.07 - Tokyo
Conversation - Tokyo
Letter to Bhagavan written from Tokyo


1975 - January 28

Lecture BG 16.08 - Tokyo
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"Now, this Tokyo city, if it is a lump of matter only, then how the systematic order of traffic rules and regulation is... It is not only lump of order..., er, of matter, but there is somebody, the government or the king or the president, who is maintaining the order. This is conclusion. This is analogy. Then how you say that there is no controller? Where is your logic? Can anybody give any logic that there is no... These rākṣasas, they say there is no God, there is no controller, but where is the logic? How you can say so? What is your analogy? What is your logic, that you say there is no God? Let us discuss. Can anybody say here? Hmm?"
750128 - Lecture BG 16.08 - Tokyo


Jan 29 to 31 - Honolulu

1975 - January 29

Lecture BG 16.01-3 - Honolulu


1975 - January 30

Lecture BG 16.04 - Honolulu


1975 - January 31

Lecture BG 16.05 - Honolulu
Letter to Gaurasundara written from Honolulu
Letter to Tamala Krishna written from Honolulu