A Month in the Life of Srila Prabhupada - September 1966


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.



Sep 1 to 30 - New York

1966 - September 02

Lecture BG 06.01-4 - New York
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"Everyone in this material world, he's a servant. Nobody is master. One thinks that "I am the master," but he is actually servant. Suppose if you have got your family, if you are thinking that you are the master of your wife, of your children, of your servants, of your business, that is false. You are the servant of your wife, you are the servant of your children, you are the servant of your servants. That is your real position."
660902 - Lecture BG 06.01-4 - New York


1966 - September 04

Lecture BG 06.04-12 - New York
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"So long I have got my bodily conception, when I say 'my self', I think of my body. When I transcend the bodily conception of life, then I think 'I am mind'. But actually, when I am in the real spiritual platform, then my self means 'I am pure spirit'."
660904 - Lecture BG 06.04-12 - New York


1966 - September 07

Lecture BG 06.11-21 - New York


1966 - September 08

Lecture Maha-mantra - New York
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"The Supreme Lord is represented throughout everything, whatever you see, matter or spirit or anything, physical, chemical—whatever you can give name—there are so many things. But they are not separated from God. God is linked up in everywhere. Īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvam (ISO 1). Just like our Bhagavad-gītā, we have begun that yena sarvam idaṁ tatam: 'That thing which is present all over the body, that you are'. So this is individual consciousness: 'I am present all over my body'. Similarly, the supreme consciousness, he is present all over the universe, all over. This is only a small manifestation of God's energy, very minute."
660908 - Lecture Maha-mantra - New York


1966 - September 09

Lecture BG 06.21-27 - New York
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"The soul is actual person. As God is actual, personal, similarly, because we are part and parcel of the Supreme, therefore, if I am a person, then God must be person. God is the father of everyone. Now, if I am the son—I have got personality; I have got individuality—how can you deny the individuality and personality of the Supreme Lord? So these things require intelligence."
660909 - Lecture BG 06.21-27 - New York


1966 - September 14

Lecture BG 06.32-40 - New York
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"Nobody can be famous like Kṛṣṇa. All over the world He is famous, and what to speak of India? Complete fame. Similarly, complete strength, complete riches, complete beauty, complete knowledge... Just see, Bhagavad-gītā. It was spoken by Kṛṣṇa. There is no parallel, and there is no competition of Bhagavad-gītā. It is such a knowledge. You see? Complete knowledge. So one who possesses all these six things in complete, He is God. This is the definition of God. Complete strength, complete beauty, complete knowledge, complete riches, and complete renunciation."
660914 - Lecture BG 06.32-40 - New York


1966 - September 16

Lecture BG 06.40-42 - New York
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"So one who takes to spiritual life, he has no vināśa. He has no annihilation means that his next life he's going to be again human being. He's not lost in the wilderness of other species of life. Because he has to begin again. Suppose he has finished ten percent Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Now he has to begin eleven percent again. Now, in order to begin, I mean to say, eleven percent in Kṛṣṇa consciousness he has to take the human body. So this means that if anyone takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, his next life human body is guaranteed."
660916 - Lecture BG 06.40-42 - New York


1966 - September 18

Lecture BG 06.40-43 - New York
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"Because we are weak, and the material energy is very strong, so to adopt spiritual life is more or less declare war against the material energy. The material, the illusory energy, she is trying to curb this conditioned soul as far as possible. Now, when the conditioned soul tries to get out of her clutches by spiritual advancement of knowledge, oh, she becomes more stringent. Yes. She wants to test, "How much this person is sincere?" So there will be so many allurement offered by the material energy."
660918 - Lecture BG 06.40-43 - New York


1966 - September 28

Letter to Sripad Narayana Maharaja written from New York