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*See also: the '''[[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#October 1975|Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - October 1975]]''' | *See also: the '''[[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#October 1975|Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - October 1975]]''' | ||
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=== Oct 1 to | === Oct 1 to 5 - Mauritius === | ||
==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_October_01|1975 - October 01]] ==== | ==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_October_01|1975 - October 01]] ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:751001 - Arrival Reception - Mauritius|Arrival Reception - Mauritius]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|RCR61nvCCow|[[Vaniquotes:My idea is to preach Krsna consciousness. Because for want of this knowledge, our mission of human life is failing all over the world. Therefore, I am trying to introduce this KC all over the world, without any distinction of caste, creed, color|Our Mission of Human Life is Failing all Over the World - 1040]]|03:41 minutes from an arrival address in Mauritius}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|My idea is to preach Krsna consciousness. Because for want of this knowledge, our mission of human life is failing all over the world. Therefore, I am trying to introduce this KC all over the world, without any distinction of caste, creed, color|My idea is to preach Krsna consciousness. Because for want of this knowledge, our mission of human life is failing all over the world. Therefore, I am trying to introduce this KC all over the world, without any distinction of caste, creed, color.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our Krsna consciousness movement is trying to educate people on this science of sciences to understand first of all that "What you are? Are you this body or different from this body?" This is essential|Unless we understand this philosophy... It is not philosophy. Philosophy you can call, because the philosophy means the science of sciences. Philosophy is not a mental speculation. Philosophy is the prime science from which all other sciences are derived. That is philosophy. So our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is trying to educate people on this science of sciences to understand first of all that "What you are? Are you this body or different from this body?" This is essential.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Krsna consciousness movement is completely different from ordinary movement. This is spiritual movement. This movement begins when one understands that he is not this body|The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is little different from... Why little? Completely different from ordinary movement. This is spiritual movement. This movement begins when one understands that he is not this body.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751001 - Lecture Arrival - Mauritius|Lecture Arrival - Mauritius]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|a56mZuMEE0U|[[Vaniquotes:If you go on constructing your big building on a defective foundation, then it will not stay. There will be danger. So modern civilization is based on this defective idea that "I am this body"|Constructing Your Big Building on a Defective Foundation - 0224]]|08:45 minutes from an arrival address in Mauritius}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If you go on constructing your big building on a defective foundation, then it will not stay. There will be danger. So modern civilization is based on this defective idea that "I am this body"|"What you are? Are you this body or different from this body?" This is essential. And if you go on constructing your big building on a defective foundation, then it will not stay. There will be danger. So modern civilization is based on this defective idea that "I am this body." "I am Indian," "I am American," "I am Hindu," "I am Muslim," "I am Christian"—these are all bodily concept of life.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|9hnSDTM2T9c|[[Vaniquotes:Unless we understand what is the wrong on the active principle of the body, the problems cannot be solved, just like if you cannot diagnose the disease, simply by symptomatic treatment you cannot make the man healthy. That is not possible|Simply by Symptomatic Treatment You Cannot Make the Man Healthy - 1041]]|02:50 minutes from an arrival address in Mauritius}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Unless we understand what is the wrong on the active principle of the body, the problems cannot be solved, just like if you cannot diagnose the disease, simply by symptomatic treatment you cannot make the man healthy. That is not possible|Unless we understand what is the wrong on the active principle of the body, the problems cannot be solved, just like if you cannot diagnose the disease, simply by symptomatic treatment you cannot make the man healthy. That is not possible.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751001 - Lecture BG 02.11 - Mauritius|Lecture BG 02.11 - Mauritius]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/751001BG-MAURITIUS_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"Prakṛti, material nature, puts us under certain condition, and we work accordingly, not independently. And the prakṛti, material nature, also working under somebody. Just like when you go on the street you see red light and green light. As soon as you see red light you stop your car. So this red light and green light is being manipulated by the police, and the police is working under government. Similarly, this whole material nature is acting like red light or green light, but behind that red light and green light there is the supreme brain. That is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. So as a layman or as child cannot understand how the red light and blue light..., green light is working... He sees simply, he thinks automatically it is being done. That is foolishness. It is not being automatically done. There is machine. There is manipulator behind this red light, this is intelligence."|Vanisource:751001 - Lecture BG 02.11 - Mauritius|751001 - Lecture BG 02.11 - Mauritius}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I have come to you country by aeroplane not to see your country. I have come for Krsna's business: to see if I can induce you to Krsna consciousness|I have come to you country by aeroplane not to see your country. I have come for Kṛṣṇa's business: to see if I can induce you to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Otherwise we have no concern with this aeroplane or motorcar or anything. We take advantage.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The father is a soul, I am soul, my brother is a soul, so we are related on the spiritual platform in relationship with God because soul is not matter. Our material father is... Material father means we see the material body|Material means outward, external. It is not real relationship. The father is a soul, I am soul, my brother is a soul, so we are related on the spiritual platform in relationship with God because soul is not matter. Our material father is... Material father means we see the material body. We do not see the soul of the father, neither the father sees the soul of the son.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Even if we know, still, if there is some bodily pain we become very much disturbed. But we should know, always remember, that "I am not this body"|This is real education, that "You are thinking on terms of the body; therefore it is not very important subject matter." Real subject matter—what will happen to the soul—that is real, important. But whole world, they do not know what is the important platform. All rascals, they are concerned with this body. That is not wonderful; that is natural. Even if we know, still, if there is some bodily pain we become very much disturbed. But we should know, always remember, that "I am not this body."}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our Krsna consciousness movement is not on the bodily concept of life. It is the movement on the basic principle of the soul - what is the soul, what is the soul's necessity, how the soul will be peaceful, happy|Our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is not on the bodily concept of life. It is the movement on the basic principle of the soul—what is the soul, what is the soul's necessity, how the soul will be peaceful, happy. Then everything will be all right. The same example, that if you are healthy, it doesn't matter what kind of dress you are putting on, you will feel happy. But if you are diseased and if your dress is very nice, that will not give you any happiness.}} | |||
[[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] | ==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_October_02|1975 - October 02]] ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:751002 - Morning Walk - Mauritius|Morning Walk - Mauritius]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/751002MW-MAURITIUS_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|Cyavana: They've made so much propaganda that life is meant to enjoy. Everywhere...<br />Prabhupāda: Enjoy, but where is your enjoyment? Come to the practical point. Where is your enjoyment? You are simply suffering. That is their rascaldom. They are suffering; still they say, 'I am enjoying'. This is called illusion, māyā. Enjoy. That we also say, that we are trying to take you to a certain place, kingdom of God or back... Where you will enjoy. Enjoy... Ānandamayo 'bhyāsāt (Vedānta-sūtra 1.1.12). That enjoy is our aim. But where is your enjoyment here? That is your rascaldom. There is no enjoyment; still you say, 'We shall enjoy.'.<br />Cyavana: Their propaganda leads people to think that they can enjoy, that it's possible here.<br />Prabhupāda: They're misleading. That is misleading. We have to check that. That is our Kṛṣṇa consciousness..., that... They are not enjoying, and these rascals misleading them that they are enjoying."|Vanisource:751002 - Morning Walk - Mauritius|751002 - Morning Walk - Mauritius}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Enjoy, but where is your enjoyment? Come to the practical point. Where is your enjoyment? You are simply suffering. That is their rascaldom|Enjoy, but where is your enjoyment? Come to the practical point. Where is your enjoyment? You are simply suffering. That is their rascaldom. They are suffering; still they say, "I am enjoying." This is called illusion, māyā. Enjoy.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751002 - Lecture SB 07.05.30 - Mauritius|Lecture SB 07.05.30 - Mauritius]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|uGPtlwru3o4|[[Vaniquotes:I see in your Mauritius, you have got enough land to produce food grains. I understand that instead of growing food grains, you are growing sugarcane for exporting. Why? And you are dependent on food grains, on rice, wheat, dal. Why this attempt?|I See in Your Mauritius, <br/>You Have Got Enough Land to Produce Food Grains - 1042]]|02:55 minutes from a lecture on SB 07.05.30 in Mauritius}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I see in your Mauritius, you have got enough land to produce food grains. I understand that instead of growing food grains, you are growing sugarcane for exporting. Why? And you are dependent on food grains, on rice, wheat, dal. Why this attempt?|I see in your this Mauritius land, you have got enough land to produce food grains. So you produce food grain. I understand that instead of growing food grains, you are growing sugarcane for exporting. Why? And you are dependent on food grains, on rice, wheat, ḍāl. Why? Why this attempt? You first of all grow your own eatables. And if there is time and if your population has got sufficient food grains, then you can try to grow other fruits and vegetables for exporting.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|FD2J5mYYxx8|[[Vaniquotes:You don't find all these things in our Society. We don't drink Coca-cola. We don't drink Pepsi-cola. We don't smoke. So many things which are selling in the market in huge quantity by advertisement, by victimizing the poor customer|We Don't Drink Coca-cola. We Don't Drink Pepsi-cola. We Don't Smoke - 1043]]|04:05 minutes from a lecture on SB 07.05.30 in Mauritius}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You don't find all these things in our Society. We don't drink Coca-cola. We don't drink Pepsi-cola. We don't smoke. So many things which are selling in the market in huge quantity by advertisement, by victimizing the poor customer|You don't find all these things in our Society. We don't drink Coca-cola. We don't drink Pepsi-cola. We don't smoke. So many things which are selling in the market in huge quantity by advertisement, by victimizing the poor customer.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The Krsna consciousness movement is trying to convince, educate people the value of life, how the process of living conditions are going on. Not we have manufactured all this. It is received from the Vedas. Vedas means the book of knowledge|So we do not know subtle laws of nature, subtle laws of God, how things are happening, how things are going on. And without knowing these facts, our human life is spoiled. So the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is trying to convince, educate people the value of life, how the process of living conditions are going on. Not we have manufactured all this. It is received from the Vedas. Vedas means the book of knowledge. Veda means knowledge.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751002 - Interview - Mauritius|Interview - Mauritius]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|snduVquNmv4|[[Vaniquotes:Let them say all nonsense. What can I say? Every nonsense will speak something nonsense. How can I check it? There are so many nonsenses; therefore we are trying to make all these nonsense into human beings. That is our program|What Can I Say? <br/>Every nonsense will speak something nonsense. How Can I Check it? - 1045]]|02:55 minutes from a conversation in Mauritius}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Let them say all nonsense. What can I say? Every nonsense will speak something nonsense. How can I check it? There are so many nonsenses; therefore we are trying to make all these nonsense into human beings. That is our program|Let them say all nonsense. What can I say? Every nonsense will speak something nonsense. How can I check it? There are so many nonsenses; therefore we are trying to make all these nonsense into human beings. That is our program.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If we don't come to this platform, then we remain animals. So this Krsna consciousness movement means we are trying to bring human being to the platform of spiritual consciousness or real human being|The animal eats; we eat. The animal sleeps; we sleep. The animals have sex life; we have got sex life. The animal defends; we also defend. So if we remain engaged only on the principles of four demands of body, then we remain animal. Our extra education requires that "I am not this body; I am spirit soul." And there is necessity of the soul. If we don't come to this platform, then we remain animals. So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement means we are trying to bring human being to the platform of spiritual consciousness or real human being.}} | |||
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_October_03|1975 - October 03]] ==== | |||
[[ | :'''[[Vanisource:751003 - Morning Walk - Mauritius|Morning Walk - Mauritius]]''' | ||
{{youtube_ditl|R1WIPXcjbpA|[[Vaniquotes:In my childhood I would not take medicine. Exactly like this, now also. So I was given medicine by force in the spoon. Two men will catch me, and my mother would take me on the lap and then force, and I shall take. I never agreed to take any medicine|In my childhood I would not take medicine - 1044]]|01:40 minutes from a morning walk in Mauritius}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|In my childhood I would not take medicine. Exactly like this, now also. So I was given medicine by force in the spoon. Two men will catch me, and my mother would take me on the lap and then force, and I shall take. I never agreed to take any medicine|In my childhood I would not take medicine. Exactly like this, now also. So I was given medicine by force in the spoon. Two men will catch me, and my mother would take me on the lap and then force, and I shall take. I never agreed to take any medicine.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|That is service. Before wanting, that is... That is all right. "Now let the master refuse it." But service is: before he asks, the thing should be offered. That is service. After asking, offering something, that is second-class service|That is service. Before wanting, that is... That is all right. "Now let the master refuse it." But service is: before he asks, the thing should be offered. That is service. After asking, offering something, that is second-class service.}} | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/751003MW-MAURITIUS_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|Prabhupāda: Sugarcane... One who is suffering in jaundice will taste sugarcane as bitter. That is the taste. So that is the medicine. So he has to take the sugarcane. And by taking, when he is cured he will find, 'Oh, it is very sweet'.<br />Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: So then he has to recognize that there is some problem living in this material world.<br />Prabhupāda: No. He does not find any happiness on account of his too much materialistic mind.<br />Brahmānanda: That is the disease.<br />Prabhupāda: That is the disease. So it has to be cured by this bhakti-yoga. So in the bhakti-yoga, in the beginning, it will taste bitter. Therefore they do not come. But if they take to bhakti-yoga, then the material disease will be cured and they will find it is very sweet.<br />Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Yes.|Vanisource:751003 - Morning Walk - Mauritius|751003 - Morning Walk - Mauritius}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751003 - Letter to Ramesvara written from Mauritius|Letter to Ramesvara written from Mauritius]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Whatever you have collected for poor feeding may be sent to Bombay Bank of America|I have paid in advance Rs. 25,000/- to Bhavananda Maharaja for Food Relief poor feeding; so whatever you have collected for poor feeding may be sent to Bombay Bank of America.}} | |||
==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_- | ==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_October_04|1975 - October 04]] ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:751004 - Morning Walk - Mauritius|Morning Walk - Mauritius]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You have violated from the very beginning the orders of Christ, 'Thou shall not kill,' and you are killing, only killing. So what you have not done?|You have violated from the very beginning the orders of Christ, 'Thou shall not kill,' and you are killing, only killing. So what you have not done?}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Sex life, even it is not illicit, still, it is painful, aftereffects. You'll have to take care of the children. You have to bear children. That is painful. You have to pay to the hospital for delivery, then education, then doctor's bill - so many painful|This Golden Moon (name of a bar?), everyone comes there for pleasure, but he is becoming implicated in sinful activities. Therefore it is not pleasure. It will give him pain, so many aftereffects. Sex life, even it is not illicit, still, it is painful, aftereffects. You'll have to take care of the children. You have to bear children. That is painful. You have to pay to the hospital for delivery, then education, then doctor's bill—so many painful. So this pleasure, sex pleasure, is followed by so many painful things. Tāpa-karī.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|WsRGZRWF5_8|[[Vaniquotes:How the government will be good? This is also bad. Mahaprabhu's name is Patita-pavana; He is delivering all bad men. In the Kali-yuga there is no good men at all - all bad. Strong you will have to become to deal with all bad men|Mahāprabhu's Name Is Patita-pāvana - 0033]]|02:55 minutes from a morning walk in Mauritius}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|How the government will be good? This is also bad. Mahaprabhu's name is Patita-pavana; He is delivering all bad men. In the Kali-yuga there is no good men at all - all bad. Strong you will have to become to deal with all bad men|How the government will be good? This is also bad. Mahaprabhu's name is Patita-pavana; He is delivering all bad men. In the Kali-yuga there is no good men at all - all bad. Strong you will have to become to deal with all bad men.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751004 - Lecture SB 07.05.31 - Mauritius|Lecture SB 07.05.31 - Mauritius]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/751004SB-MAURITIUS_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"So Kṛṣṇa says, dehino 'smin yathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā, tathā dehāntara-prāptiḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 2.13 (1972)|BG 2.13]]). Dehāntara-prāptiḥ is there, information. So how can we deny that there is no life after death? There is. But nobody is caring to understand, "What is my next life? What is going to happen? Today I may be in a very big position, and tomorrow, if I am going to be a tree..." Here we are sitting very comfortably in this room. Just a few years after, there is a tree. He cannot move an inch even, and he has to stand there in cyclone, in scorching heat, in everything. Why? We are... Both of us, we are living entities. Why he has got this body, I have got this body, and one may have better body than me? Why there are so many, 8,400,000 species of life, and different position? Why this is? There is no such inquiry. There is no such knowledge. Therefore they have been described here as andhā, blind."|Vanisource:751004 - Lecture SB 07.05.31 - Mauritius|751004 - Lecture SB 07.05.31 - Mauritius}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|This body is just like a machine, motorcar, and Krsna is the driver, charioteer. And as you are desiring, He is driving your car in the same way or He is supplying different types of car|So this body is just like a machine, motorcar, and Kṛṣṇa is the driver, charioteer. And as you are desiring, He is driving your car in the same way or He is supplying different types of car. In this way you are... Life after life, you are trying to satisfy your senses. Kṛṣṇa is giving you the facility, God is giving you the facility, but He is asking you that "Give up this business, nonsense." Sarvam-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja. He is simply finding out the opportunity how to say that, this ultimate truth of life. So our business is, instead of traveling in different cars and fulfill our whimsical desire, better surrender to God and abide by His order and be happy.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751004 - Conversation - Mauritius|Conversation - Mauritius]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| At the present moment you know this is your generation, you cannot do anything, and you are thinking of future generation. How foolish you are| You cannot do anything for your present generation, and you are thinking of future generation, which you do not know who is your future generation. At the present moment you know this is your generation, you cannot do anything, and you are thinking of future generation. How foolish you are.}} | |||
[[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] | ==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_October_05|1975 - October 05]] ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:751005 - Morning Walk - Mauritius|Morning Walk - Mauritius]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You are giving me respect as spiritual master, but if you give me overestimation, that "You are the king of the whole world," that is insult. That is insult. That is not prayer|If you take Lord Śiva as the Supreme, that is insult. You are giving me respect as spiritual master, but if you give me overestimation, that "You are the king of the whole world," that is insult. That is insult. That is not prayer. If you offer me prayer as I am befitting, then it is all right. But if you give me prayer for which I am not befitting, that is insult. That is insult.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|rei1gj-V7pM|[[Vaniquotes:Those who are sinful, they do not take immediately birth. They first of all trained up in the hellish planet how to suffer to become accustomed and then they are taken birth, then suffer|You Are First of all Transferred to the Universe Where Krishna is - 0026]]|03:20 minutes from a morning walk in Mauritius}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Those who are sinful, they do not take immediately birth. They first of all trained up in the hellish planet how to suffer to become accustomed and then they are taken birth, then suffer|Those who are sinful, they do not take immediately birth. They first of all trained up in the hellish planet how to suffer to become accustomed and then they are taken birth, then suffer.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|l9rmrVLZdvk|[[Vaniquotes:All religious system of the world, they are taken from Vedas, from different parts. Therefore they are not complete. The age of Bible is not more than two thousand years. The age of Veda you cannot calculate, millions and millions of years|The Age of Veda You Cannot Calculate - 0135]]|01:41 minutes from a morning walk in Mauritius}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|All religious system of the world, they are taken from Vedas, from different parts. Therefore they are not complete. The age of Bible is not more than two thousand years. The age of Veda you cannot calculate, millions and millions of years|All religious system of the world, they are taken from Vedas, from different parts. Therefore they are not complete. The age of Bible is not more than two thousand years. The age of Veda you cannot calculate, millions and millions of years.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751005 - Lecture SB 01.02.06 - Mauritius|Lecture SB 01.02.06 - Mauritius]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/751005SB-MAURITIUS_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"Religion is disturbed by duṣkṛtina, demons, and those who are saintly person, they execute religion. So paritrāṇāya sādhūnām. Sādhu means saintly person, devotee of God. They are sādhu. And asādhu, or demon, means persons who deny the authority of God. They are called demons. So two business—paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duskrtam: 'To curtail the activities of the demons and to give protection to the saintly person, I descend'. Dharma-saṁsthā...: 'And to establish dharma, the principles of religion'. These are the three business for which Kṛṣṇa, or God, or God's representative—or, you say, God's son—they come. This is going on."|Vanisource:751005 - Lecture SB 01.02.06 - Mauritius|751005 - Lecture SB 01.02.06 - Mauritius}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|This human form of life is meant for inquiring about the Absolute Truth|This human form of life is meant for inquiring about the Absolute Truth.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751005 - Conversation - Mauritius|Conversation - Mauritius]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Brahmana does not go to construct big, big house. He simply constructs his character, and the other ksatriyas and vaisyas, they offer him, "Please come here and sit down"|So far we are concerned, we shall live very simple life, simply in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That is brāhmaṇa. Brāhmaṇa does not go to construct big, big house. He simply constructs his character, and the other kṣatriyas and vaiśyas, they offer him, "Please come here and sit down." One who is unable to become a brāhmaṇa, let him become kṣatriya. If he cannot become kṣatriya, let him become a vaiśya. Otherwise let him remain a śūdra. But there should be ideal class.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|As they have been trained up to rise early in the morning, this will give you spiritual strength. If you simply becomes a gramophone speaker, then it will not be effective. Gramophone or tape record speaker, that will not be. You must be live speaker|As they have been trained up to rise early in the morning, this will give you spiritual strength. If you simply becomes a gramophone speaker, then it will not be effective. Gramophone or tape record speaker, that will not be. You must be live speaker.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Your living condition should be spiritually, what is called, surcharged. So that means you must be trained up how to rise early in the morning, take your bath, cleanse yourself, chant Hare Krsna mantra. Then you will be spiritually strong|Your living condition should be spiritually, what is called, surcharged. So that means you must be trained up how to rise early in the morning, take your bath, cleanse yourself, chant Hare Krsna mantra. Then you will be spiritually strong.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751005 - Letter to Bhagavan written from Mauritius|Letter to Bhagavan written from Mauritius]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Sober, intelligent men are required who can preach. Now we have so many French literatures, so there is a great opportunity|Sober, intelligent men are required who can preach. Now we have so many French literatures, so there is a great opportunity. Not only here but in other islands. And these local Indian boys can in future be sent to India to preach to their people. So on the whole there is great potential here.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751005 - Letter to West Coast Temple Presidents written from Mauritius|Letter to West Coast Temple Presidents written from Mauritius]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|These reports about Japan are coming from all over the world. This is very disturbing to me. Their own original face is coming out. This is not at all good. Now you have to do what you have to do to rectify the situation|This is very bad. These reports about Japan are coming from all over the world. This is very disturbing to me. Their own original face is coming out. This is not at all good. Now you have to do what you have to do to rectify the situation.}} | |||
==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_- | === Oct 6 to 13 - Durban === | ||
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_October_06|1975 - October 06]] ==== | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751006 - Morning Walk - Durban|Morning Walk - Durban]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/751006MW-DURBAN_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|Prabhupāda: Dog is thinking, 'I am free,' running here and there. As soon as the master, 'Come on...' (laughter) Just see. Dog has no sense, 'I was jumping like free, but I am not free'. That sense he hasn't got. So if a human being has not so such sense, then what is the difference between him and the dog? Hmm? This is to be considered. But they have no sense, no brain, no education, and they are still going on as civilized. Just see. Mūḍha. Therefore mūḍho nābhijānāti ([[Vanisource:BG 7.25 (1972)|BG 7.25]]).<br />Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: They think that this is the most civilized that human beings have ever been, this modern so-called civilization.<br />Prabhupāda: Civilization... If you remain in a dog's position, is that civilization?<br />Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: No.|Vanisource:751006 - Morning Walk - Durban|751006 - Morning Walk - Durban}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|He (Hitler) ruined the Englishmen, but he also became ruined, finished, Germany finished. But Germany will be able to rise again. Englishmen will not be able to|'''Prabhupāda''': They were obliged to do that. In the country there is no food, no shelter, nothing. Therefore Hitler's determination was, "I shall make this shopkeeper nation again fishers." What is called? Fishermen. "I shall ruin their empire." So he did it. But he also became ruined. He did it. He ruined the Englishmen, but he also became ruined, finished, Germany finished. But Germany will be able to rise again. Englishmen will not be able to.<br /> | |||
'''Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa''': Why is that, Prabhupāda?<br /> | |||
'''Prabhupāda''': They committed so many sinful activities, yes, for maintaining their empire. To sell their Manchester-made cloth they ruined the cloth industry of India and cut this finger.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751006 - Letter to Revatinandana written from Durban|Letter to Revatinandana written from Durban]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| Our mission is a continued effort and we need not give up the association of devotees simply because there is a difference of opinion how to preach our philosophy| Our mission is a continued effort and we need not give up the association of devotees simply because there is a difference of opinion how to preach our philosophy. If your conviction is strong and evidential, then try to convince them of your ideas for spreading Krsna Consciousness. Our principle is to simply repeat what we have in our books.}} | |||
[[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] | ==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_October_07|1975 - October 07]] ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:751007 - Morning Walk - Durban|Morning Walk - Durban]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|In America they have created purposefully prostitutes. They know they will get money, and they have illicit sex. That's all. The social condition is not good|That is not good. People will be lazy. In special cases the government may give some help, not that the bachelor daddies, and getting welfare, all the girls, and going to be prostitutes. In America they have created purposefully prostitutes. They know they will get money, and they have illicit sex. That's all. The social condition is not good.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751007 - Lecture at City Hall - Durban|Lecture at City Hall - Durban]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|tUASY1VuWAk|[[Vaniquotes:This movement is not started by me. This was started long, long years ago by Krsna Himself|We are So Stubborn, We are Trying to Forget Krishna Again and Again - 0315]]|06:36 minutes from a general lecture in Durban}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|This movement is not started by me. This was started long, long years ago by Krsna Himself|Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you very much for your kindly participating in this great movement. This movement is not started by me. This was started long, long years ago by Krsna Himself. Firstly, He spoke this philosophy of Bhagavad-gita to the sun-god.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Because we do not receive through the parampara system, we inference, we make inferences in our own way, and therefore it is also again broken. Therefore again, five hundred years ago, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu instructed this Bhagavad-gita as a devotee|So five thousand years ago this philosophy was spoken to Arjuna, and we are having the instruction. Unfortunately that is again being distorted. Because we do not receive through the paramparā system, we inference, we make inferences in our own way, and therefore it is also again broken. Therefore again, five hundred years ago, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu instructed this Bhagavad-gītā as a devotee.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751007 - Letter to Dina Bandhu written from Durban|Letter to Dina Bandhu written from Durban]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| People are simply being cheated by so many rascals who pose themselves as big, big leader so you must all strictly follow the principles that I have established and for the general mass of people give them chanting| I thank all of you for assisting me in spreading Lord Caitanya's Movement throughout the world. People are simply being cheated by so many rascals who pose themselves as big, big leader so you must all strictly follow the principles that I have established and for the general mass of people give them chanting, prasadam, and have them take some of our literature. That will benefit them and gradually they will come to the standard.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751007 - Letter to Mokika, Kardama Muni and Vaisnavananda written from Durban|Letter to Mokika, Kardama Muni and Vaisnavananda written from Durban]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| I am in due receipt of your letter dated August 6 and enclosed daksina and I thank you very much| I am in due receipt of your letter dated August 6 and enclosed daksina and I thank you very much.}} | |||
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_October_08|1975 - October 08]] ==== | |||
[[ | :'''[[Vanisource:751008 - Morning Walk - Durban|Morning Walk - Durban]]''' | ||
{{VaniQuotebox|900,000 forms of life in the water. How many they have seen? They are giving pictures. (break) Calcium carbonate, oil wintergreen, and soap powder, powder card soap, and I will make toothpaste|900,000 forms of life in the water. How many they have seen? They are giving pictures. (break) Calcium carbonate, oil wintergreen, and soap powder, powder card soap, and I will make toothpaste.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751008 - Conversation - Durban|Conversation - Durban]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| Religion means the law given by God. Just like law means the codes given by the state. That is law|We say that religion means the law given by God. So any religion must accept God. Then there is no difference. The law may be little different according to time, circumstances. But religion means dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam (SB 6.3.19). Religion means the law given by God. Just like law means the codes given by the state. That is law.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751008 - Interview - Durban|Interview - Durban]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/751008R1-DURBAN_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|Prabhupāda: A human being must be responsible, that 'I have got this opportunity to get out of this cycle of birth and death and different forms of life, and let me properly understand God and what is my relationship with God and act accordingly, so that if we understand what is God, then we go back to home, back to Godhead'.<br />Bill Faill: What can an ordinary man do? I mean the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement involves shaving the head and wearing the saffron robe. What can the man who is caught up in family life do?<br />Prabhupāda: This saffron robe is not very essential, or cut the hair, but it creates some good situation, mental. You see? Just like a military man, when he is dressed properly he gets some energy to feel like a military man. But it does not mean that unless you are dressed, you cannot fight. It does not mean. So God consciousness can be revived in any condition, without any check. But these conditions are helpful.|Vanisource:751008 - Interview - Durban|751008 - Interview - Durban}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We have forgotten our relationship with God. Therefore our life is problematic. We are facing so many problems. So again, if we revive our original consciousness, then we shall become happy|Our relationship with God is eternal. At the present moment, on account of contact with this material energy, we have forgotten our relationship with God. Therefore our life is problematic. We are facing so many problems. So again, if we revive our original consciousness, then we shall become happy.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751008 - Letter to Dhananjaya written from Durban|Letter to Dhananjaya written from Durban]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|This movement is very, very old and standard. It is never changed. As soon as you change it, then the potency of the movement is lost|It is not a new movement. You have seen this book. You read that book thoroughly. You will get full knowledge. This movement is very, very old and standard. It is never changed. As soon as you change it, then the potency of the movement is lost.}} | |||
==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_- | ==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_October_09|1975 - October 09]] ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:751009 - Morning Walk - Durban|Morning Walk - Durban]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I don't find any difference between India and this South Africa, because the same trees are there, same grass is there, the same road is there, the same... So similarly, in every planet, without going we can understand, if we are sane men|When I come to other country I see the same tree, the same road and the same sand. So what is the difference? I don't find any difference between India and this South Africa, because the same trees are there, same grass is there, the same road is there, the same... So similarly, in every planet, without going we can understand, if we are sane men.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751009 - Lecture BG 07.01 - Durban|Lecture BG 07.01 - Durban]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|gga-l5q1urY|[[Vaniquotes:Everyone receives knowledge from the authority, but general authority, and our process of accepting authority is little different. Our process of accepting one authority means he is also accepting his previous authority|Everyone Receives Knowledge from the Authority - 0034]]|07:04 minutes from a lecture on BG 07.01 in Durban}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Everyone receives knowledge from the authority, but general authority, and our process of accepting authority is little different. Our process of accepting one authority means he is also accepting his previous authority| Everyone receives knowledge from the authority, but general authority, and our process of accepting authority is little different. Our process of accepting one authority means he is also accepting his previous authority. One cannot be authority self-made. That is not possible. Then it is imperfect.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Krsna consciousness movement means trying, the devotees, the followers, to bring him to the platform of goodness, not to stay in the platform of ignorance and passion|In goodness we can see things as they are. Therefore the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement means trying, the devotees, the followers, to bring him to the platform of goodness, not to stay in the platform of ignorance and passion. That will not help us. Therefore we recommend, who is joining Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, that "You should give up this habit: illicit sex, intoxication, gambling and meat-eating."}} | |||
[[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] | ==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_October_10|1975 - October 10]] ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:751010 - Morning Walk - Durban|Morning Walk - Durban]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You are scientist? Ask them, "Don't come here." What is the use of scientist? Hmm? If they cannot stop... Stop it. Not only stop it; if the sea likes, it can overflow the whole thing|You are scientist? Ask them, "Don't come here." What is the use of scientist? Hmm? If they cannot stop... Stop it. Not only stop it; if the sea likes, it can overflow the whole thing.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751010 - Conversation - Durban|Conversation - Durban]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/751010R1-DURBAN_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|Prabhupāda: I remember, I was a boy and was jumping. And now I cannot do that, because I have got a different body. So I am conscious that I possessed a body like that. Now I do not possess. So the body is changing, but I am, the person, eternal. Very simple example. One requires little brain only, that I, the owner of the body, is eternal. The body is changing.<br />Prof. Olivier: Hmm. Yeah, but now having accepted that, a further problem then arises: what are the implications?<br />Prabhupāda: Yes, that, if we understand that I am not body. So at the present moment I am engaged only to keep my body in comfort. But I am not taking any care of myself. Just like I am cleansing the shirt and coat, thrice daily, uh, but I am hungry. No food for me, only washing material for my shirt and coat. And this basic civilization is wrong.|Vanisource:751010 - Conversation - Durban|751010 - Conversation - Durban}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We are now conditioned by the laws of material nature, and we are carried away by the laws of material nature and transmigrating from one body to another - sometimes happy, sometimes distressed, or sometimes heavenly planet, sometimes lower planet|We are now conditioned by the laws of material nature, and we are carried away by the laws of material nature and transmigrating from one body to another—sometimes happy, sometimes distressed, or sometimes heavenly planet, sometimes lower planet. This is going on. And human life is meant for stopping this process of transmigration and revive our original consciousness, and go back to home, back to Godhead.}} | |||
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_October_11|1975 - October 11]] ==== | |||
[[ | :'''[[Vanisource:751011 - Lecture BG 18.45 - Durban|Lecture BG 18.45 - Durban]]''' | ||
{{youtube_ditl|t9eHkc8ylYA|[[Vaniquotes:We are dependent on the laws of nature. And suppose we become independent, so-called independent, for a few days. That is not independence. Real independence is how to get out of the clutches of these material laws|Real Independence is <br/>how to Get Out of the Clutches of these Material Laws - 0813]]|04:48 minutes from a lecture on BG 18.45 in Durban}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We are dependent on the laws of nature. And suppose we become independent, so-called independent, for a few days. That is not independence. Real independence is how to get out of the clutches of these material laws|We are busy in solving the temporary problems of life, just like dependence or independence. These are temporary problems. Actually we are not independent. We are dependent on the laws of nature. And suppose we become independent, so-called independent, for a few days. That is not independence. Real independence is how to get out of the clutches of these material laws.}} | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/751011BG-DURBAN_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"So this human form of life is very durlabha, very rarely got. Durlabhaṁ mānuṣaṁ janma. | |||
:kaumāra ācaret prājño | |||
:dharmān bhāgavatān iha | |||
:durlabhaṁ mānuṣaṁ janma | |||
:tad apy adhruvam arthadam | |||
:([[Vanisource:SB 7.6.1|SB 7.6.1]]) | |||
This is the version of Prahlāda Mahārāja. He was preaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness among his school friends. Because he was born in a demon father's family, Hiraṇyakaśipu, he was stopped uttering even 'Kṛṣṇa'. He could not get any opportunity in the palace, so when he was coming to school, at the tiffin hour he would call his small friends, five years old, and he would preach this Bhāgavata-dharma. And the friends would say, 'My dear Prahlāda, we are now children. Oh, what is the use of this Bhāgavata-dharma? Let us play'. Now he said, 'no'. Kaumāra ācaret prājño dharmān bhāgavatān iha, durlabhaṁ mānuṣaṁ janma ([[Vanisource:SB 7.6.1|SB 7.6.1]]): 'My dear friends, don't say that we'll keep it aside for cultivating Kṛṣṇa consciousness in old age. No, no'. Durlabham. 'We do not know when we shall die. Before the next death we must complete this Kṛṣṇa consciousness education'. That is the aim of human life. Otherwise we are losing the opportunity.|Vanisource:751011 - Lecture BG 18.45 - Durban|751011 - Lecture BG 18.45 - Durban}} | |||
==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_- | ==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_October_12|1975 - October 12]] ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:751012 - Morning Walk - Durban|Morning Walk - Durban]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|So long we have got lusty desires, we have to change our body, and that we do not know, what kind of body we are going to get next birth. Therefore, without knowing this, if we become mad after material profit, then less intelligent|So long we have got lusty desires, we have to change our body, and that we do not know, what kind of body we are going to get next birth. Therefore, without knowing this, if we become mad after material profit, then less intelligent.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751012 - Letter to Swami Sahajananda written from Durban|Letter to Swami Sahajananda written from Durban]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|It is a dangerous position of the whole world that they have become all godless or atheists in different degree or manner. It is the duty of saintly persons to save these rascals from ruination|It is a dangerous position of the whole world that they have become all godless or atheists in different degree or manner. It is the duty of saintly persons to save these rascals from ruination. So, I wish that a devotee of Lord Krishna like you may conjointly work in propagating Krishna Consciousness to save the fallen souls from going down to the darkest region of hell.}} | |||
[[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] | ==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_October_13|1975 - October 13]] ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:751013 - Morning Walk - Durban|Morning Walk - Durban]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| By this material civilization they will never be happy. And it is risky. That they do not know. They do not believe in the transmigration of the soul. So irresponsibly… Or just like these elderly person, how they are wasting time| By this material civilization they will never be happy. And it is risky. That they do not know. They do not believe in the transmigration of the soul. So irresponsibly… Or just like these elderly person, how they are wasting time.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751013 - Lecture BG 13.01-3 - Durban|Lecture BG 13.01-3 - Durban]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Krsna consciousness movement means we take knowledge from Krsna who is liberated from these four kinds of deficiencies| Liberated person means he does not commit mistake, he is not illusioned, he does not cheat and his senses are not imperfect. This is the four signs of liberated person. So our process, the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, means we take knowledge from Kṛṣṇa who is liberated from these four kinds of deficiencies. That knowledge is perfect.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|gsylTScqx3k|[[Vaniquotes:God is witness. He is along with us always. Whatever we are desiring, whatever we are working, He is witness and He is giving the result|God is Witness and He is Giving the Result - 0815]]|05:40 minutes from a lecture on BG 13.01-3 in Durban}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|God is witness. He is along with us always. Whatever we are desiring, whatever we are working, He is witness and He is giving the result|God is witness. He is along with us always. Whatever we are desiring, whatever we are working, He is witness and He is giving the result.}} | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/751013BG-DURBAN_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"The weak is the food for the strong. This is the law of nature, that one living entity is the food for another living entity. So when a person eats another living entity, it is not unnatural. This is nature's law. But when you come to the human form of living entity, you must use your discrimination. Just like one living entity is food for the another living entity, it does not mean... In the lower animals sometimes the father-mother eat the offspring, but in the history of human society it has not come into notice that the father-mother eating the offspring. But time has come when the mother is killing offspring. That has come already. This is due to Kali-yuga."|Vanisource:751013 - Lecture BG 13.01-3 - Durban|751013 - Lecture BG 13.01-3 - Durban}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751013 - Conversation - Durban|Conversation - Durban]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am the single man speaking of God. Nobody speaks. All big, big leaders, politicians, philoso..., who is speaking of God? We are stressing only God consciousness|I am the single man speaking of God. Nobody speaks. All big, big leaders, politicians, philoso..., who is speaking of God? We are stressing only God consciousness. As soon as you speak of God, "Oh, it is old-fashioned to bring in God. These are primitive. Now we speak of science. There is no God. That is very nice." As soon as you speak of God, "Oh, you are useless. You have no advanced knowledge".}} | |||
=== Oct 14 to 23 - Johannesburg === | |||
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_October_14|1975 - October 14]] ==== | |||
[[ | :'''[[Vanisource:751014 - Lecture - Johannesburg|Lecture - Johannesburg]]''' | ||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/751014LE-JOHANNESBURG_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"At the time of my death again, as I remember my circumstances, | |||
:yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran bhāvaṁ | |||
:tyajaty ante kalevaram | |||
:([[Vanisource:BG 8.6 (1972)|BG 8.6]]) | |||
The subtle body mind, intelligence and ego that does not annihilate. The gross body earth, water, air, fire that is finished. Then the subtle body carries me to another gross body. Just like the flavor; the air carries the flavor. If it is blowing on some nice rose garden, the air carries the flavor of the rose. Similarly, my activities in this life will be, at the time of death, will be carried by the subtle body to form another gross body. So that gross body may be any one of the 8,400,000's. There are 8,400,000 forms of body. And by the laws of nature, I will have to enter in one of them. Therefore you will find varieties of living entities. So bhakti-yoga means to get relief from this business of being entangled in different bodies. That is called bhakti-yoga."|Vanisource:751014 - Lecture - Johannesburg|751014 - Lecture - Johannesburg}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| We have got nine holes: this nostril, the ear, mouth, the eyes, the genital, the rectum, the navel. We have got nine holes. These nine holes develop. In this way, the body is formed. In seven months' time, the body gets consciousness back| We have got nine holes: this nostril, the ear, mouth, the eyes, the genital, the rectum, the navel. We have got nine holes. These nine holes develop. In this way, the body is formed. In seven months' time, the body gets consciousness back. Before that it is in the deep sleeping state. Then after seven months, it is in dreaming state. At that time, it feels inconvenience. To live in the midst of urine, stool, and worms biting so many inconvenience within the womb of the mother.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751014 - Lecture SB 01.07.02-4 - Johannesburg|Lecture SB 01.07.02-4 - Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We have to accept this Krsna consciousness if we at all want to be happy and be situated in our normal condition. This is Krsna consciousness movement|One must know it certain. If you want to be happy, if you want to be peaceful, if you want to be elevated again to your original, constitutional position, then you take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness and be happy.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751014 - Conversation - Johannesburg|Conversation - Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We say like that, that "Bring all knowledge and compare with Bhagavad-gita's knowledge." Now it is up to you if you accept this or don't accept it. That is not cheating|We say like that, that "Bring all knowledge and compare with Bhagavad-gita's knowledge." Now it is up to you if you accept this or don't accept it. That is not cheating. But these rascals, they are simply placing some bogus theory without any authorized statement: "All of a sudden monkey once gave birth." And where is that authority?}} | |||
==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_- | ==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_October_15|1975 - October 15]] ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:751015 - Lecture SB 01.07.05-6 - Johannesburg|Lecture SB 01.07.05-6 - Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|dBgAgMdI4YQ|[[Vaniquotes:Yantrarudhani mayaya. We are riding on a machine. This body is a machine, but we are accepting machine as myself. This is called sammohita, "bewildered." If you are running on a car, if you think, "I am the car," as it is foolishness|This Body is a Machine, but We Are Accepting Machine as Myself - 0816]]|08:32 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.07.05-6 in Johannesburg}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Yantrarudhani mayaya. We are riding on a machine. This body is a machine, but we are accepting machine as myself. This is called sammohita, "bewildered." If you are running on a car, if you think, "I am the car," as it is foolishness| Yantrārūḍhāni māyayā. We are riding on a machine. This body is a machine, but we are accepting machine as myself. This is called sammohita, "bewildered." If you are running on a car, if you think, "I am the car," as it is foolishness, similarly, I have got this yantra, machine, body, and it is running on on account of my presence, or I am driving, or Kṛṣṇa is giving me intelligence how to drive. But if I identify myself with this body, exactly like a foolish man—he is driving the car, and if he identifies himself with the car, he is a foolish man—so this is called sammohita.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751015 - Conversation - Johannesburg|Conversation - Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/751015R1-JOHANNESBURG_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"You should understand that as soon as you get this material body, it will be suffering only. Therefore whole Vedic civilization is a culture how to stop this material body. The Māyāvādī philosophers, they are also trying. The Buddhists, they are also trying. But they are thinking that 'There is no soul. Finish this body' This is Buddhist theory. But they know that this is suffering. Similarly, the Māyāvādī, they also know this body is suffering, so they want to come out of the body and merge into the existence of God. The senses are already there, either Buddhist or Māyāvāda. And Vaiṣṇava philosophy is, 'Not only come out of this miserable condition of life, but enter into Kṛṣṇa's family and live peacefully'. But so far the body is bad, it is accepted by all philosophies."|Vanisource:751015 - Conversation - Johannesburg|751015 - Conversation - Johannesburg}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Whole Vedic civilization is a culture how to stop this material body. The Mayavadi philosophers, they are also trying. The Buddhists, they are also trying. But they are thinking that "There is no soul. Finish this body"|Whole Vedic civilization is a culture how to stop this material body. The Māyāvādī philosophers, they are also trying. The Buddhists, they are also trying. But they are thinking that "There is no soul. Finish this body." This is Buddhist theory. But they know that this is suffering. Similarly, the Māyāvādī, they also know this body is suffering, so they want to come out of the body and merge into the existence of God.}} | |||
[[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] | ==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_October_16|1975 - October 16]] ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:751016 - Morning Walk - Johannesburg|Morning Walk - Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|-qVOGvI3WAI|[[Vaniquotes:At the present moment, as soon as one wants to be educated, he requires money. But in the Vedic society there is no question of money. Education free|In the Vedic Society There is no Question of Money - 0206]]|04:33 minutes from a morning walk in Johannesburg}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|At the present moment, as soon as one wants to be educated, he requires money. But in the Vedic society there is no question of money. Education free|Vaiśya doesn't require any education. Kṣatriyas require little. Brāhmaṇa require. But that is free. Just find out a brāhmaṇa guru and he will give you free education. That's all. This is society. Now, as soon as... At the present moment, as soon as one wants to be educated, he requires money. But in the Vedic society there is no question of money. Education free.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Everything is spoken by Krsna. I am simply putting them for modern man's understanding. That's all|'''Prabhupāda''': Yes. Everything is spoken by Kṛṣṇa. I am simply putting them for modern man's understanding. That's all.<br />'''Harikeśa''': Yes.<br />'''Prabhupāda''': Because they cannot understand, they think, "Dogmatic." It is not dogmatic. Most scientific.}} | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/751016MW-JOHANNESBURG_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|Prabhupāda: You want to live securely, but that is not there. You may make political arrangement very secure, but what is the nature's arrangement? You'll be kicked out at any moment. There is no certainty. There is no guarantee even that you will be allowed to live for so many years. At any moment.<br />Harikeśa: But if we're always thinking of death, how can we enjoy life now?<br />Prabhupāda: But death is sure. If you are not thinking, then you are a rascal. That is the point. (laughs) Death is sure. And if you are not thinking, then you are a rascal. That is the proof. Suppose I am sitting here, we are walking here, and some danger is coming. It will immediately kill. So shall I remain here very peacefully? (laughter) First of all make insurance, just like they make insurance, that no death will come. Your scientific advancement, your so many advancement, make it sure that you will not die; you will live here comfortably forever. Then you make your house nice, decorate it very... Where is that arrangement?|Vanisource:751016 - Morning Walk - Johannesburg|751016 - Morning Walk - Johannesburg}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751016 - Interview - Johannesburg|Interview - Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am going to USA, hopeless, just to make an experiment. My other Godbrothers, they failed. All right, Guru Maharaja asked me. In the beginning I did not do. Let me do it in this old age|I am going to USA, hopeless, just to make an experiment. My other Godbrothers, they failed. All right, Guru Maharaja asked me. In the beginning I did not do. Let me do it in this old age.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751016 - Letter to Ajita written from Johannesburg|Letter to Ajita written from Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If I have to be involved in every dispute, then what is the need for the GBC? GBC is there for this purpose|If you see problems in the Stockholm center why don't you try to reform it by your example and practical application of our philosophy. If I have to be involved in every dispute, then what is the need for the GBC? GBC is there for this purpose. However, if there is some serious difficulties, just now I can not give decision. If it is not settled, then it can be discussed at Mayapur.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751016 - Letter to Audulamidasa written from Johannesburg|Letter to Audulamidasa written from Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| It is great offense to change dress now that you have taken babaji dress you must continue. You are all so restless and take everything as farce. Now, take more rest and go on with your program of chanting and that will be good for you| It is great offense to change dress now that you have taken babaji dress you must continue. You are all so restless and take everything as farce. Now, take more rest and go on with your program of chanting and that will be good for you.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751016 - Letter to Hansadutta written from Johannesburg|Letter to Hansadutta written from Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Why Bhagavan should interfere with Stockholm. I appoint GBC for peaceful management of affairs and now you are creating disturbances amongst yourselves. So how can I be peaceful to translate my work|Why Bhagavan should interfere with Stockholm. I appoint GBC for peaceful management of affairs and now you are creating disturbances amongst yourselves. So how can I be peaceful to translate my work.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751016 - Letter to Jayatirtha written from Johannesburg|Letter to Jayatirtha written from Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Sannyasis are meant for preaching only. That is the principle. But, contrary to the principle if things are being embezzled then how can I save them|The local management has to be done by temple president, GBC should see whether management is going on nicely, and if there are any discrepancies that will be discussed at the GBC meeting in Mayapur. That is the process. Sannyasis are meant for preaching only. That is the principle. But, contrary to the principle if things are being embezzled then how can I save them.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I do not wish to give any decision without the GBC's verdict. My only grievance is that I appointed GBC to give me relief from the management but, on the contrary, complaints and counter-complaints are coming to me|If anything has to be done it will be decided by majority decision of the GBC. I do not wish to give any decision without the GBC's verdict. My only grievance is that I appointed GBC to give me relief from the management but, on the contrary, complaints and counter-complaints are coming to me. Then how my brain can be peaceful.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|How one man can manage the whole world affairs? This is my concern|How one man can manage the whole world affairs? This is my concern. So far I know you are approved manager, so why complaints are there I do not know.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We shall sit together in Mayapur if there is any complaint against one another. At the Mayapur meeting, whatever we have decided that is good for one year|There is no question of removal at the present moment. We shall sit together in Mayapur if there is any complaint against one another. At the Mayapur meeting, whatever we have decided that is good for one year. So if anything has to be done it will be decided by majority decision of the GBC. I do not wish to give any decision without the GBC's verdict.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Naturally, I want to see that all of my centres are going nicely, so is it not possible to mitigate the differences of opinion and work smoothly, conjointly. So best thing is that we wait for the Mayapur meeting and decide there combinedly what to do|Naturally, I want to see that all of my centres are going nicely, so is it not possible to mitigate the differences of opinion and work smoothly, conjointly. So best thing is that we wait for the Mayapur meeting and decide there combinedly what to do.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751016 - Letter to Karunasindhu written from Johannesburg|Letter to Karunasindhu written from Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| Nobody should interfere with our work. There is no need to send anything to be checked by Purusottama das in Vrindaban. It is useless| Nobody should interfere with our work. There is no need to send anything to be checked by Purusottama das in Vrindaban. It is useless.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751016 - Letter to Kirtiraja written from Johannesburg|Letter to Kirtiraja written from Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|As soon as someone is trained then go to preach very nicely in Poland. Try to make some literature in Polish and Russian. Anyone can be trained to execute orders in sending out the books but preaching requires special qualification|As soon as someone is trained then go to preach very nicely in Poland. Try to make some literature in Polish and Russian. Anyone can be trained to execute orders in sending out the books but preaching requires special qualification.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751016 - Letter to Mr. Mukund Parikh written from Johannesburg|Letter to Mr. Mukund Parikh written from Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You are knowing so many languages and you can be of great service in this respect, so why don't you join our Bombay centre and help to propagate Krishna Consciousness in Hindi and other languages|You are knowing so many languages and you can be of great service in this respect, so why don't you join our Bombay centre and help to propagate Krishna Consciousness in Hindi and other languages.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751016 - Letter to Ramesvara written from Johannesburg|Letter to Ramesvara written from Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Preaching is our first business and ordering is routine work. Anyone can learn and manage the ordering department, but preaching requires special qualification|Preaching is our first business and ordering is routine work. Anyone can learn and manage the ordering department, but preaching requires special qualification.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751016 - Letter to S. N. Mukurji written from Johannesburg|Letter to S. N. Mukurji written from Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|In India we have got so many centres. Which ever is convenient for you, you can join and live with us|In India we have got so many centres. Which ever is convenient for you, you can join and live with us.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751016 - Letter to Svarupa written from Johannesburg|Letter to Svarupa written from Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| Your program of life-membership is a good idea. Thank you very much| Your program of life-membership is a good idea. Thank you very much.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751016 - Letter to Tejiyas written from Johannesburg|Letter to Tejiyas written from Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I have received one telegram from Navayogendra stating "Congratulations. All devotees will receive visa for three years confirmed"|I have received one telegram from Navayogendra stating "Congratulations. All devotees will receive visa for three years confirmed." Please explain the situation there to me. I have not received any further information yet concerning this.}} | |||
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_October_17|1975 - October 17]] ==== | |||
[[ | :'''[[Vanisource:751017 - Morning Walk - Johannesburg|Morning Walk - Johannesburg]]''' | ||
{{VaniQuotebox|Because man is more intelligent. He can misuse his independence and intelligence, whereas animal cannot do that; he is not so intelligent. That is the defect of the modern civilization| Because man is more intelligent. He can misuse his independence and intelligence, whereas animal cannot do that; he is not so intelligent. That is the defect of the modern civilization. They have been described as duṣkṛtina. Duṣkṛtina means he has got brain more intelligent than the animal, but the brain is being utilized for mischievous activities.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751017 - Lecture BG 02.01-11 - Johannesburg|Lecture BG 02.01-11 - Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We are taken up this mission, to preach Bhagavad-gita as it is to solve all the problems of the world. That is Aryan civilization. Aryan civilization means following the principles of Bhagavad-gita|We are taken up this mission, to preach Bhagavad-gita as it is to solve all the problems of the world. That is Aryan civilization. Aryan civilization means following the principles of Bhagavad-gita.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|So our this Krsna consciousness movement is trying to educate people to give up this bodily concept of life. This is the sum and substance of this movement|This is the business. So our this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is trying to educate people to give up this bodily concept of life. This is the sum and substance of this movement. And unless we come to understanding that "I am not this body; I am a spirit soul. My aim of life is missing," then we remain cats and dogs.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|v8XG7k9PvDY|[[Vaniquotes:I am not the proprietor of this body. Krsna is the proprietor of the body. I wanted a certain type of body to use it for my sense gratification. He has given it and I am not happy. Therefore I shall learn how to use this machine for the proprietor|In this Body There are Two Living Entities - 0035]]|04:35 minutes from a lecture on BG 02.01-11 in Johannesburg}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am not the proprietor of this body. Krsna is the proprietor of the body. I wanted a certain type of body to use it for my sense gratification. He has given it and I am not happy. Therefore I shall learn how to use this machine for the proprietor|I am not the proprietor of this body. Krsna is the proprietor of the body. I wanted a certain type of body to use it for my sense gratification. He has given it and I am not happy. Therefore I shall learn how to use this machine for the proprietor, this is called bhakti.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|YVLPFWLRMVo|[[Vaniquotes:The goal of our life, at least in this human form of life, in the Aryan civilization, the goal of life is to understand our constitutional position, "What I am. What I am." If we do not understand "What I am," then I am equal to the cats and dogs|The Goal Of Our Life - 0036]]|04:45 minutes from a lecture on BG 02.01-11 in Johannesburg}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The goal of our life, at least in this human form of life, in the Aryan civilization, the goal of life is to understand our constitutional position, "What I am. What I am." If we do not understand "What I am," then I am equal to the cats and dogs|The goal of our life, at least in this human form of life, in the Aryan civilization, the goal of life is to understand our constitutional position, "What I am. What I am." If we do not understand "What I am," then I am equal to the cats and dogs.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751017 - Conversation - Johannesburg|Conversation - Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Without Krsna's special power of attorney, nobody can preach His name|Without Kṛṣṇa's special power of attorney, nobody can preach His name.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751017 - Letter to All Temple Presidents, G.B.C. and Sannyasis written from Johannesburg|Letter to All Temple Presidents, G.B.C. and Sannyasis written from Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Under the circumstances, we shall fully non-cooperate with this Swami Bon and neither we shall form any kind of association with any person whose aim it is to blaspheme the Lord or his pure devotee|Under the circumstances, we shall fully non-cooperate with this Swami Bon and neither we shall form any kind of association with any person whose aim it is to blaspheme the Lord or his pure devotee.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751017 - Letter to Cyavana written from Johannesburg|Letter to Cyavana written from Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|In any case, it appears that Jnana das is restless. It is not a good idea for him to bring Lilavati's daughter to Kilifi as he has described the living conditions as very poor and now she is at least nicely situated in Gurukula|In any case, it appears that Jnana das is restless. It is not a good idea for him to bring Lilavati's daughter to Kilifi as he has described the living conditions as very poor and now she is at least nicely situated in Gurukula.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751017 - Letter to Gopijanavallabha written from Johannesburg|Letter to Gopijanavallabha written from Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|New York is very special to me because I started there without anything except faith in my spiritual master and Lord Krishna|New York is very special to me because I started there without anything except faith in my spiritual master and Lord Krishna. I am very glad to see that things are developing there nicely.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751017 - Letter to Ramesvara written from Johannesburg|Letter to Ramesvara written from Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| If Dr. Wolf has become envious then we must simply avoid him. What is his complaint? The idea of the nursery school is very good idea| If Dr. Wolf has become envious then we must simply avoid him. What is his complaint? The idea of the nursery school is very good idea.}} | |||
==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_- | ==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_October_18|1975 - October 18]] ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:751018 - Morning Walk - Johannesburg|Morning Walk - Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/751018MW-JOHANNESBURG_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"Once you have committed sinful activities, killing the child in the womb, 'All right, stop it now'. 'No, again.' Tṛpyanti neha kṛpana ([[Vanisource:SB 7.9.45|SB 7.9.45]]). He's never satisfied. He knows that there is suffering behind this. Still, he'll not stop it. Therefore a sober man... A man should be educated to become sober, that 'Let me tolerate this itching, that's all. I save so much trouble'. This is knowledge. To become rascal and more rascal, more rascal and suffer, is that civilization? Simply to make the people rascal and suffer and commit suicide? Just tell them that he has created this civilization that suffer and become rascal. That's all. Unless you become rascal, how you will suffer? So keep them rascal and suffer. This is nature's arrangement, that 'You living entity, you have forgotten Kṛṣṇa. All right, come under my control. Be rascal, remain rascal and suffer'. Daivī hy eṣā guṇamayī mama māyā ([[Vanisource:BG 7.14 (1972)|BG 7.14]]). Why she is doing that? "Surrender to Kṛṣṇa. Otherwise you will go on suffering like this." This is the nature's way."|Vanisource:751018 - Morning Walk - Johannesburg|751018 - Morning Walk - Johannesburg}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We want that you learn from Bhaktivinoda Thakura, you learn from Vyasadeva, you learn from Narada. But why you are learning from Freud, from Darwin and such rascals? Education means you should learn from a person who is authorized|That is real education. We want that you learn from Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, you learn from Vyāsadeva, you learn from Nārada. But why you are learning from Freud, from Darwin and such rascals? Education means you should learn from a person who is authorized, who is without mistake, without illusion, who does not cheat, just like we are learning from Kṛṣṇa. That is education. And if you learn from rascals and fools, then what is that education? Education means to learn from the learned person.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751018 - Lecture BG 16.06 - Johannesburg|751018 - Lecture BG 16.06 - Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|RcMml1ttyNM|[[Vaniquotes:Even if we don't surrender to Krsna in this life, will everyone surrender to Krsna? Will everyone go back to Godhead eventually?|We are Teaching How to Become Bhagyavan, Fortunate - 0320]]|03:08 minutes from a lecture on BG 16.06 in Johannesburg}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Even if we don't surrender to Krsna in this life, will everyone surrender to Krsna? Will everyone go back to Godhead eventually?|'''Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:''' Even if we don't surrender to Kṛṣṇa in this life, will everyone surrender to Kṛṣṇa? Will everyone go back to Godhead eventually?<br />'''Prabhupāda:''' Rest assured not everyone will do that. So you have no worries. It is not that everyone will do that. Therefore Caitanya Mahāprabhu says, ei rūpe brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva (CC Madhya 19.151). Unless one is bhāgyavān, very fortunate, he'll not go back to home, back to Godhead. He will rot here.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|This is Krsna consciousness movement, that we are giving chance to the unfortunate|So we are giving them chance to become fortunate. This is our mission. The most unfortunate is getting the chance of becoming fortunate. Any one of us can consider this, how from unfortunate life they are coming to fortunate. This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, that we are giving chance to the unfortunate. Everyone is unfortunate, everyone is a rascal. We are giving chance how to become intelligent and fortunate. This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Krsna knows that "As soon as he is surrendered unto Me he'll be free from the clutches of maya," and He knows it also, "If he does not do so, then he'll never be free from maya." Both things He knows. Is it clear or not?|Kṛṣṇa knows that he will surrender, but when he will surrender... Then? That question must be there. That is explained in the Bhagavad-gītā: mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te (BG 7.14). He knows that "He'll be happy, provided he surrenders unto Me. Otherwise not." That He knows also. Is it all right? He knows that "As soon as he is surrendered unto Me he'll be free from the clutches of māyā," and He knows it also, "If he does not do so, then he'll never be free from māyā." Both things He knows. Is it clear or not?}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751018 - Letter to Manager, State Bank of India written from Johannesburg|Letter to Manager, State Bank of India written from Johannesburg]]''' | |||
[[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] | ==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_October_19|1975 - October 19]] ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:751019 - Morning Walk - Johannesburg|Morning Walk - Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/751019MW-JOHANNESBURG_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|Prabhupāda: Anyone who is not a devotee, he is animal. Śva-viḍ-varāhoṣṭra-kharaiḥ saṁstutaḥ puruṣaḥ paśuḥ ([[Vanisource:SB 2.3.19|SB 2.3.19]]). The big animal is being worshiped by a small animal. That's all. A lion in the forest is worshiped by the small animals. So does it mean the lion is not animal?<br />Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: He is also animal.<br />Prabhupāda: He is also animal. So similarly, all these leaders, these scientists, these philosophers, they are applauded by the small animals, but they are also animals, big animal, that's all. The test is whether he understands the spirit soul different from the body. If he does not understand, he is animal, that's all. Maybe big animal, that is a different thing. Big or small, animal is animal.<br />Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: So anyone who is not aware of the spirit soul...<br />Prabhupāda: He is animal. That's all. Sa eva gokharaḥ. That is the verdict of the śāstra. Yasyātmā buddhiḥ kuṇape tri-dhātuke ([[Vanisource:SB 10.84.13|SB 10.84.13]]).|Vanisource:751019 - Morning Walk - Johannesburg|751019 - Morning Walk - Johannesburg}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|There are two classes men, dhira and adhira. So adhira means busy fool, and dhira means lazy intelligent. But our, this movement is meant both for the dhira and adhira|There are two classes men, dhīra and adhīra. So adhīra means busy fool, and dhīra means lazy intelligent. But our, this movement is meant both for the dhīra and adhīra.}} | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/751019MW-JOHANNESBURG_ND_02.mp3</mp3player>|"Somewhere there is classification: 'Lazy intelligent, busy intelligent, lazy fool and busy fool'. So, at the present moment (laughs) the whole world is full of busy fools. But first-class man, he is lazy intelligent. Lazy and intelligent, that is first-class man. And second-class man, busy intelligent. And third class means lazy fool, and fourth class means busy fool. When the fools are busy... Just like nowadays they are busy, but they are fools. Like monkey, he is very busy. You see? And they prefer to be generation of monkey, busy fool. That's all. Fools, when he is busy, he is simply creating havoc, that's all. Better... Lazy fool is better than him, because he will not create so much harm, but this busy fool will simply create harm. And first-class man is lazy intelligent. He knows the value of life, and soberly he is thinking. Just like all our great saintly persons, they were living in the forest, meditation, tapasya and writing books. All, you will find, lazy intelligent. They are first-class men."|Vanisource:751019 - Morning Walk - Johannesburg|751019 - Morning Walk - Johannesburg}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751019 - Lecture BG 04.13 - Johannesburg|Lecture BG 04.13 - Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|nU6KNIDQlf4|[[Vaniquotes:Whether you have understood God and whether you have become a lover of God. Then your religion is perfect. Simply for stamping that 'I am Christian,' 'I am Hindu,' 'I am Muslim,' there is no profit|Simply Stamping 'I am Christian,' <br/>'I am Hindu,' 'I am Muslim,' there is No Profit - 0817]]|06:38 minutes from a lecture on BG 04.13 in Johannesburg}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Whether you have understood God and whether you have become a lover of God. Then your religion is perfect. Simply for stamping that 'I am Christian,' 'I am Hindu,' 'I am Muslim,' there is no profit|Whether you have understood God and whether you have become a lover of God. Then your religion is perfect. Simply for stamping that 'I am Christian,' 'I am Hindu,' 'I am Muslim,' there is no profit.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our Krsna consciousness movement is trying to save the human society from this risky life and to understand what is God, how he can go back to home, how he can get eternal life. This is our business|Our Krsna consciousness movement is trying to save the human society from this risky life and to understand what is God, how he can go back to home, how he can get eternal life. This is our business.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751019 - Letter to Kartikeya K. Mahadevia written from Johannesburg|Letter to Kartikeya K. Mahadevia written from Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our next program will be to organize farming land to set an example to the whole world how people can be peaceful, happy, and free from all anxieties simply by chanting Hare Krishna Maha-mantra and living an honorable life in Krishna Consciousness|Our next program will be to organize farming land to set an example to the whole world how people can be peaceful, happy, and free from all anxieties simply by chanting Hare Krishna Maha-mantra and living an honorable life in Krishna Consciousness.}} | |||
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_October_20|1975 - October 20]] ==== | |||
[[ | :'''[[Vanisource:751020 - Morning Walk - Johannesburg|Morning Walk - Johannesburg]]''' | ||
{{VaniQuotebox|Krsna consciousness can be developed with devotees. Alone it is difficult|Kṛṣṇa consciousness can be developed with devotees. Alone it is difficult.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751020 - Lecture SB 05.05.01 - Johannesburg|Lecture SB 05.05.01 - Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|These books are being appreciated by the professors in university and highly learned circles, and common men also|These books are being appreciated by the professors in university and highly learned circles, and common men also. So I am lecturing for, say, half an hour or forty-five minutes—it is not possible to explain all the Vedic intelligence—but we are distributing these books. I request you to read all these books as far as possible.}} | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/751020SB-JOHANNESBURG_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"In the Bhagavad-gītā it is said, janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi-duḥkha-doṣānudarśanam ([[Vanisource:BG 13.8-12 (1972)|BG 13.9]]). We are trying to be happy, fighting with unhappiness, but we do not know our real unhappiness are that we have to die, we have to take birth again, we have to become diseased and we have to accept old age. Janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi duḥkha-doṣānudarśanam. This is intelligence, that 'I am trying to solve all the problems of life by advancement of civilization, education, scientific knowledge and so many things'. That's all right. But what is the solution of my these four principle of miserable condition: birth, death, old age and disease? And because we cannot make any solution, we set aside these four problems. We go on with the temporary problems and become busy to solve it, and in this way we waste our this valuable human form of life like the cats and dogs. This is the instruction. So we should not do that."|Vanisource:751020 - Lecture SB 05.05.01 - Johannesburg|751020 - Lecture SB 05.05.01 - Johannesburg}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Just like these boys, girls, they are chanting Hare Krsna, and they are undergoing the austerity. So they have not died. Not they are unhealthy. You can see. They are living, and they will live. But they have become purified|Our first business is to take declaration that the devotee will not indulge in illicit sex life, not meat-eating, no intoxication and no gambling. This is austerity. And chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. It is very easy. It is not very difficult. Just like these boys, girls, they are chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, and they are undergoing the austerity. So they have not died. Not they are unhealthy. You can see. They are living, and they will live. But they have become purified.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751020 - Letter to Digambar Singh written from Johannesburg|Letter to Digambar Singh written from Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am not keeping always very well. At the present moment I have some trouble with my teeth. By the end of the month, I shall go to Bombay where I shall decide to go either to Calcutta or Vrindaban| The idea is that the land is there and Krisans may be engaged to grow food both for men and for the animals, namely the cows. The cow should be maintained very healthy so that they can give sufficient good milk.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751020 - Letter to Dinesh Candra Sarkar written from Johannesburg|Letter to Dinesh Candra Sarkar written from Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am not keeping always very well. At the present moment I have some trouble with my teeth. By the end of the month, I shall go to Bombay where I shall decide to go either to Calcutta or Vrindaban|I am not keeping always very well. At the present moment I have some trouble with my teeth. By the end of the month, I shall go to Bombay where I shall decide to go either to Calcutta or Vrindaban.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751020 - Letter to Nitai written from Johannesburg|Letter to Nitai written from Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| I do not like that anyone should scrutinize our publications without my sanction| The letter has come from Karunasindhu suggested by Kirtiraja. Did you suggest this proposal to Kirtiraja? If not, then please enquire who suggested this proposal to Kirtiraja. I do not like that anyone should scrutinize our publications without my sanction.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751020 - Letter to Radhavallabha written from Johannesburg|Letter to Radhavallabha written from Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The Upadesamrta can be composed in the Bhagavatam format in the size of the pocket NOD|The Upadesamrta can be composed in the Bhagavatam format in the size of the pocket NOD.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751020 - Letter to Sama written from Johannesburg|Letter to Sama written from Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Thank you very much for the pictures of Baltimore yatra, especially I have appreciated the beauty of the Gaura-Nitai Deities which you are going to install. Where were these Deities made?|Thank you very much for the pictures of Baltimore yatra, especially I have appreciated the beauty of the Gaura-Nitai Deities which you are going to install. Where were these Deities made?}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751020 - Letter to Siddha Svarupananda written from Johannesburg|Letter to Siddha Svarupananda written from Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am pleased to accept your recommendation for the first initiation of William and Barbara Renaroza. Their names are Sakari das and Sivadasi respectively|I am pleased to accept your recommendation for the first initiation of William and Barbara Renaroza. Their names are Sakari das and Sivadasi respectively.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751020 - Letter to Srutakirti written from Johannesburg|Letter to Srutakirti written from Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| By Krishna's Grace you have now a lot of experience travelling with me and I hope it will be possible to manage the restaurant better and better. My blessings to your wife and child| By Krishna's Grace you have now a lot of experience travelling with me and I hope it will be possible to manage the restaurant better and better. My blessings to your wife and child.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751020 - Letter to Visvambhara Dayala Agarwal written from Johannesburg|Letter to Visvambhara Dayala Agarwal written from Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our only request is take advantage of this Krsna consciousness movement. Try to understand it properly. It is not meant for any particular person, nation, or community. It is for every human being|So our only request is take advantage of this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. Try to understand it properly. It is not meant for any particular person, nation, or community. It is for every human being. So we request you to study this movement and take to it seriously. Then you will be all happy.}} | |||
==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_- | ==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_October_21|1975 - October 21]] ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:751021 - Morning Walk - Johannesburg|Morning Walk - Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| Rascal. Kick them upon their face. You rascal, you are talking of morality, rascal, you go to hell. Your place is hell|Rascal. Kick them upon their face. You rascal, you are talking of morality, rascal, you go to hell. Your place is hell. "Devil citing scripture." You are not... You are so shameless that you do not be ashamed to speak like that. You are so shameless. Your civilization is so shameless. You are killing child in the womb, and you are talking "inhumanity".}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751021 - Conversation - Johannesburg|Conversation - Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| I have got some official servant, and I have got very confidential servant. So to my confidential servant everything is disclosed. He knows everything. But official servant, he may not know everything| I have got some official servant, and I have got very confidential servant. So to my confidential servant everything is disclosed. He knows everything. But official servant, he may not know everything. Therefore bhakti is the confidential part of understanding God. Otherwise they understand vaguely, impartially, not sufficiently.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751021 - Letter to Amarendra written from Johannesburg|Letter to Amarendra written from Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| There is no question of falldown if one seriously follows these principles|There is no question of falldown if one seriously follows these principles.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751021 - Letter to Satsvarupa written from Johannesburg|Letter to Satsvarupa written from Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Concerning our use of analogy. We do not bring in imperfect analogy, but we follow the instructions of the Sastras strictly. Our authority is on the basis of Sastra, not analogy|Concerning our use of analogy. We do not bring in imperfect analogy, but we follow the instructions of the Sastras strictly. Our authority is on the basis of Sastra, not analogy.}} | |||
[[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] | ==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_October_22|1975 - October 22]] ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:751022 - Lecture SB 05.05.02 - Johannesburg|Lecture SB 05.05.02 - Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/751022SB-JOHANNESBURG_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"When this body is no more useful to continue, then by nature another body is offered. At the time of death, as it is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran loke tyajaty ante kalevaram, sadā tad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 8.6 (1972)|BG 8.6]])—we create a mental situation. We have got two kinds of bodies: subtle body and gross body. This gross body is made of five gross material elements: earth, water, fire, air, ether, and the subtle body is made of mind, intelligence and ego. When we sleep, the gross body does not work but the subtle body works. We dream therefore. So the... At the time of death this gross body is finished, but the subtle body—mind, intelligence and ego—will carry me to another gross body."|Vanisource:751022 - Lecture SB 05.05.02 - Johannesburg|751022 - Lecture SB 05.05.02 - Johannesburg}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Great soul means who has taken shelter of the spiritual nature. He is great soul| Great soul means who has taken shelter of the spiritual nature. He is great soul. There are two natures: spiritual nature and material nature. We can understand material nature, this body, and the spiritual nature, the soul. And there are two things within our this existence: matter and spirit. Similarly, there are two energies of God. One energy is called material energy, and the other is called spiritual energy. God is appreciated. We can understand God—there is God—by the presence of His energy.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751022 - Letter to Giriraja written from Johannesburg|Letter to Giriraja written from Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The persons coming to India, however, must be experienced older devotees, not new men|The persons coming to India, however, must be experienced older devotees, not new men.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751022 - Letter to Ideal Advertising Agency written from Johannesburg|Letter to Ideal Advertising Agency written from Johannesburg]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751022 - Letter to Tulsi written from Johannesburg|Letter to Tulsi written from Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Concerning your idea to go port to port by ship, why waste time and energy. Don't spoil money purchasing boat. Port to port we can go by airplane|Concerning your idea to go port to port by ship, why waste time and energy. Don't spoil money purchasing boat. Port to port we can go by airplane.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751022 - Letter to Yamuna written from Johannesburg|Letter to Yamuna written from Johannesburg]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The idea of a woman's asrama is good. Those not married, if there is not provision for separate living quarters for them in the temples, they can go there|The idea of a woman's asrama is good. Those not married, if there is not provision for separate living quarters for them in the temples, they can go there. It is very risky having single women living in the temples, especially where there is no suitable living quarters.}} | |||
=== Oct 24 to 26 - Mauritius === | |||
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_October_24|1975 - October 24]] ==== | |||
[[ | :'''[[Vanisource:751024 - Letter to Ramesvara written from Mauritius|Letter to Ramesvara written from Mauritius]]''' | ||
{{VaniQuotebox|Concerning the print of the painting "showing Bhagavad-gita being worshiped," I do not consider this suitable for using in our books|Concerning the print of the painting "showing Bhagavad-gita being worshiped," I do not consider this suitable for using in our books.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751024 - Letter to Svarupa Damodara written from Mauritius|Letter to Svarupa Damodara written from Mauritius]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The whole Vedic Culture is discussed in our books|The rector wants an experienced teacher for Vedic Culture. The whole Vedic Culture is discuss in our books. I think that you shall be able to do this job very well.}} | |||
==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_- | ==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_October_25|1975 - October 25]] ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:751025 - Morning Walk - Mauritius|Morning Walk - Mauritius]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/751025MW-MAURITIUS_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"Any woman should be looked upon as mother. This is culture. Except his married wife, all women should be treated as mother. The brahmacārīs were taught like that, 'Mother'. This is culture. Simply they are trying to elope other's wife, other's woman, exploit them. And they're cultured. There is no culture at the present moment. Mātṛvat para-dāreṣu para-dravyeṣu loṣṭravat (Cāṇakya-śloka 10): 'And others' money should be treated just like pebbles in the street'. Nobody cares for it. So they are simply making plans how to grab others' money. And ātmavat sarva bhūteṣu: 'And if you feel pains and pleasure, you should consider for others also'. If your throat is cut, then do you feel very happy? Why you are cutting the throats of the poor animals? Where is culture? There is no culture. Simply rogues and thieves and rascals and fools. Where is culture? They do not know what is the meaning of culture."|Vanisource:751025 - Morning Walk - Mauritius|751025 - Morning Walk - Mauritius}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I wish to die without a doctor. I may be seriously, but don't call doctor. Chant Hare Krsna. Don't be disturbed. Everyone has to die. Let us die peacefully, without doctor|Yes. "Let me die peacefully. Don't bring doctor." I say also. Don't bring doctor when I am diseased.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751025 - Letter to Amrita Patrika Newspaper written from Mauritius|Letter to Amrita Patrika Newspaper written from Mauritius]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We are interested in advertising in the important daily Indian newspapers|We are interested in advertising in the important daily Indian newspapers. If you can kindly send me the respective contract rates of advertising, at the same time our society being a charitable religious concern to propagate God-consciousness all over the world, if there is any special concession for us.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751025 - Letter to Hindu Newspaper written from Mauritius|Letter to Hindu Newspaper written from Mauritius]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751025 - Letter to The Statesman written from Mauritius|Letter to The Statesman written from Mauritius]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751025 - Letter to The Times of India written from Mauritius|Letter to The Times of India written from Mauritius]]''' | |||
[[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] | ==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_October_26|1975 - October 26]] ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:751026 - Morning Walk - Mauritius|Morning Walk - Mauritius]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We take the words of the authority, that's all. Or we have no respite. This is our process. That is the way of parampara. Not only we accept, but our previous acaryas, all the big, big acaryas, they have accepted|We take the words of the authority, that's all. Or we have no respite. This is our process. That is the way of paramparā. Not only we accept, but our previous ācāryas, all the big, big ācāryas, they have accepted.}} | |||
=== Oct 26 to 31 - Nairobi === | |||
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_October_26|1975 - October 26]] ==== | |||
[[ | :'''[[Vanisource:751026 - Lecture SB 03.28.17 - Nairobi|Lecture SB 03.28.17 - Nairobi]]''' | ||
{{VaniQuotebox|It is not that Krsna is worshipable by the devotees. He is worshipable by the nondevotees also. But how the nondevotees are worship... How Krsna is worshiped by the nondevotees?|It is not that Kṛṣṇa is worshipable by the devotees. He is worshipable by the nondevotees also. But how the nondevotees are worship... How Kṛṣṇa is worshiped by the nondevotees? They do not want to worship Kṛṣṇa. How he makes...? He doesn't want, that's all right. But nature will oblige him to worship. How he can escape the laws of nature? Kṛṣṇa will come before you as death, and you have to worship Him.}} | |||
==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_- | ==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_October_27|1975 - October 27]] ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:751027 - Lecture BG 07.01 - Nairobi|Lecture BG 07.01 - Nairobi]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You'll find in our temple, we are cooking so many nice preparations. Perhaps you have tasted some of them. But we are not preparing tea or coffee or meat - nothing. These are anarthas. What is the necessity?|You'll find in our temple, we are cooking so many nice preparations. Perhaps you have tasted some of them. But we are not preparing tea or coffee or meat - nothing. These are anarthas. What is the necessity?}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Did I say to anyone that "You are Christian. You become a Hindu"? No, never I said. That is not my business|If one is learned paṇḍita, he does not see Hindu, Muslim, Christian. When I went to America, I did not go there to turn the Christian to become Hindu. No, I never said that. Did I say, any, anyone, that "You are Christian. You become a Hindu"? No, never I said. That is not my business.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751027 - Lecture SB 03.28.18 - Nairobi|Lecture SB 03.28.18 - Nairobi]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|Lw5VubFABC8|[[Vaniquotes:The more you glorify the Lord, you become pious simply by kirtana. It is not necessary that you understand, but if you go on chanting Hare Krsna maha-mantra, then you become pious|You Become Pious Simply by Kirtana - 0822]]|04:45 minutes from a lecture on SB 03.28.18 in Nairobi}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The more you glorify the Lord, you become pious simply by kirtana. It is not necessary that you understand, but if you go on chanting Hare Krsna maha-mantra, then you become pious|Even if you do not fix up your mind—kīrtana means fix up your mind—but even if you do not fix up your mind, then you are still gainer. The more you glorify the Lord, you become pious simply by kīrtana. It is not necessary that you understand, but if you go on chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, then you become pious. Puṇya-śloka. Kṛṣṇa's another name is Puṇya-śloka, Uttama-śloka. Simply by chanting "Kṛṣṇa," you become pious.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|This Krsna consciousness movement is not on the bodily platform. It is on the spiritual platform. To come to the spiritual platform, it is necessary that you reduce or make nil sex life|So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is not on the bodily platform. It is on the spiritual platform. To come to the spiritual platform, it is necessary that you reduce or make nil sex life. So if one remains brahmacārī throughout the whole life it becomes very easy for him to go back to home, back to Godhead. This is the secret.}} | |||
[[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] | ==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_October_28|1975 - October 28]] ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:751028 - Morning Walk - Nairobi|Morning Walk - Nairobi]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/751028MW-NAIROBI_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"Everyone is thinking he is the most exalted personality, scientist, philosopher, great man. That is material disease. Actually he is being kicked every moment by the urges of the senses, and he is thinking he is very great man. Go-dāsa. Go means senses. He is always, cut down by the sense urges, and he is thinking 'independent'. Independent means servant of the senses. This is going on. So you have to understand the real position of the world, and if you want to preach, then you have to... humbler than the tree, humbler than the grass, tolerant than the tree and... We know everyone is rascal; still, you have to give him honor. Then it will be possible to say something. Otherwise it is very difficult."|Vanisource:751028 - Morning Walk - Nairobi|751028 - Morning Walk - Nairobi}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|So you have to say that "You are the greatest intelligent man, sādhu, most honored"|Don't expect any honor for your person, but to the others give honor: "Oh, you are most exalted person," although he's a rascal. What can be done? Otherwise you cannot preach. If you call a rascal a rascal, immediately your preaching will be stopped. So you have to say that "You are the greatest intelligent man, sādhu, most honored.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751028 - Lecture BG 07.02 - Nairobi|Lecture BG 07.02 - Nairobi]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|When my Guru Maharaja ordered me (I became the spiritual leader of Krsna consciousness). This is the guru-parampara|When my Guru Mahārāja ordered me. This is the guru-paramparā. Try to understand. Don't go very speedily. A guru can become guru when he's ordered by his guru. That's all. Otherwise nobody can become guru.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|Cy5cFUNqzzE|[[Vaniquotes:So everything requires qualification. So this Krsna consciousness movement means we are trying to make the people qualified to see Krsna. Without being qualified, how can you see? That requires qualification|We are Trying to Make the People Qualified to see Krishna - 0350]]|03:25 minutes from a lecture on BG 07.02 in Nairobi}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|So everything requires qualification. So this Krsna consciousness movement means we are trying to make the people qualified to see Krsna. Without being qualified, how can you see? That requires qualification|Kṛṣṇa talks with the devotee who is twenty-four hours engaged in His service. These are stated in the Bhagavad-gītā. Don't you read Bhagavad-gītā? So everything requires qualification. So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement means we are trying to make the people qualified to see Kṛṣṇa. Without being qualified, how can you see? That requires qualification.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|These questions should be on the subject matter which we have discussed. Don't bring outside question. Then there..., it will be no end. This is not the process. When we invite question - on the subject matter which we have spoken|These questions should be on the subject matter which we have discussed. Don't bring outside question. Then there..., it will be no end. This is not the process. When we invite question - on the subject matter which we have spoken.}} | |||
==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_October_29|1975 - October 29]] ==== | |||
[[ | :'''[[Vanisource:751029 - Morning Walk - Nairobi|Morning Walk - Nairobi]]''' | ||
{{VaniQuotebox| He's eternal. He does not know his eternal necessity. This is called ignorance| He's eternal. He does not know his eternal necessity. This is called ignorance.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751029 - Lecture BG 07.03 - Nairobi|Lecture BG 07.03 - Nairobi]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Darkness means "I am this body, and to fulfill the necessities of the body is the highest perfection of my life"|Vedic injunction is tamasi mā jyotir gama. "Don't remain in darkness." This is darkness. Darkness means "I am this body, and to fulfill the necessities of the body is the highest perfection of my life." Everyone is trying for that, competition. Everyone is trying to have a skyscraper building and three Rolls Royce cars and so on, so on. They think that this is the perfection of life.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751029 - Lecture SB 03.28.19 - Nairobi|Lecture SB 03.28.19 - Nairobi]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|z3IVHZtS4LA|[[Vaniquotes:You must always remain dressed like a Vaisnava. That is necessity. So preksaniya: "is very beautiful to see." Otherwise how they became impressed?|Anyone who is Chanting Hare Krishna, <br/>Jihvāgre, with the Tongue, He is Glorious - 0612]]|04:44 minutes from a lecture on SB 03.28.19 in Nairobi}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You must always remain dressed like a Vaisnava. That is necessity. So preksaniya: "is very beautiful to see." Otherwise how they became impressed?|So this is required. The foolish rascals, they say that "What is the necessity of this, that?" No. This is necessity. You must always remain dressed like a Vaiṣṇava. That is necessity. So prekṣaṇīya: "is very beautiful to see." Otherwise how they became impressed? Immediately they become so pious that they chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. The chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa is not so easy. So many people come here, but when there is chanting, they do not chant because it is not easy.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751029 - Conversation A - Nairobi|Conversation A - Nairobi]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|God's property, why you should fight among themselves? Property belongs to somebody else. Insanity. Just like this is government park. Anyone can come in. Everyone can equally enjoy|God's property, why you should fight among themselves? Property belongs to somebody else. Insanity. Just like this is government park. Anyone can come in. Everyone can equally enjoy. So why not make the whole world as Kṛṣṇa's park? What is the difficulty? Actually it is the fact. Why do you claim? Now we have come. If we say, "No, this portion belongs to us," and another, "This portion belongs to us," then there will be fight. And if we are Kṛṣṇa conscious, every one of us, that if they see Kṛṣṇa's property, so let us enjoy. What is the cause of fighting?}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751029 - Conversation B - Nairobi|Conversation B - Nairobi]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/751029R2-NAIROBI_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"Life after life, life after life, we are changing body, but forgetting Kṛṣṇa. So here, in the human form of life, there is the opportunity to revive our original position, and we require the help of knowledge, perfect knowledge. And that is there in the Vedas. Ataeva kṛṣṇa veda purāṇa. If we don't take advantage, although we have got... We can read Bhagavad-gītā, and if we don't take advantage of Bhagavad-gītā and go on whimsically, then we'll suffer. You cannot non-cooperate with Kṛṣṇa as you cannot non-cooperate with the stomach. This is the... You must. There is no question of alternative. You may, may not know. It is not... You must. This is the position. Otherwise you'll never be happy. And happiness is your aim of life. Atyantika-duḥkha-nivṛttiḥ."|Vanisource:751029 - Conversation B - Nairobi|751029 - Conversation B - Nairobi}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|There is no material. When you forget Krsna, that is material. Just like madness. Madness is not our natural position, but when your brain is deranged, then it is madness|There is no material. When you forget Kṛṣṇa, that is material. Just like madness. Madness is not our natural position, but when your brain is deranged, then it is madness. Madness has no separate existence, but when our brain is not in order, there is madness. Similarly, there is nothing material, because everything has come from Kṛṣṇa.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751029 - Letter to All ISKCON Temple Presidents written from Nairobi|Letter to All ISKCON Temple Presidents written from Nairobi]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Kindly receive Mr. Patel and offer him best accommodation, prasadam, and whatever assistance he might require. He is a pure vegetarian. He is my friend here in Nairobi, and he has kindly hosted me at his home on two occasions|Kindly receive Mr. Patel and offer him best accommodation, prasadam, and whatever assistance he might require. He is a pure vegetarian. He is my friend here in Nairobi, and he has kindly hosted me at his home on two occasions before we had our own temple here. He is also one of the important members in helping to assist our mission, especially through his press. So I want that he should have a favorable impression of our movement all over the world.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751029 - Letter to Mr. Longo A. Ali written from Nairobi|Letter to Mr. Longo A. Ali written from Nairobi]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am glad to note your determination to be freed from the material entanglement by chanting Hare Krishna mantra. This is the recommended process for this age of disagreement for achieving Krishna consciousness|I am glad to note your determination to be freed from the material entanglement by chanting Hare Krishna mantra. This is the recommended process for this age of disagreement for achieving Krishna consciousness. It is authorized, very easy, and it does not cost anything. I understand that you have got japa beads, so this is very good that you are seriously taking to the process.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:751029 - Letter to Mr. S.D. Kulshrestha, District Judge of Agra written from Nairobi|Letter to Mr. S.D. Kulshrestha, District Judge of Agra written from Nairobi]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If Judge Saheb makes any program for my going to Agra and to arrange for a meeting of the leading people of the city, it will be a great pleasure for me to meet them and present my appeal so that they may join this great movement|If Judge Saheb makes any program for my going to Agra and to arrange for a meeting of the leading people of the city, it will be a great pleasure for me to meet them and present my appeal so that they may join this great movement.}} | |||
==== [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_- | ==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_October_30|1975 - October 30]] ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:751030 - Lecture SB 03.28.20 - Nairobi|Lecture SB 03.28.20 - Nairobi]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|frENuSJVPE8|[[Vaniquotes:That is the birthright in India - they are automatically Krsna conscious. Automatically. Therefore all the demigods, they also desire to take birth in India|That is the Birthright in India - <br/>they are Automatically Krishna Conscious - 0823]]|05:16 minutes from a lecture on SB 03.28.20 in Nairobi}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|That is the birthright in India - they are automatically Krsna conscious. Automatically. Therefore all the demigods, they also desire to take birth in India|Although the rascal class of men have propagated so vigorously not to visit temples, but people... That is the birthright in India—they are automatically Kṛṣṇa conscious. Automatically. Therefore all the demigods, they also desire to take birth in India. Automatically.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|This is the way, not whimsically accept any rascal as avatara. No. That is not the process. Or any rascal as God. This rascaldom has killed the whole human society to become atheist. You should be very, very careful of these rascals|So this is the way, not whimsically accept any rascal as avatāra. No. That is not the process. Or any rascal as God. This rascaldom has killed the whole human society to become atheist. You should be very, very careful of these rascals. As soon as somebody says that "I am God," you shall immediately take him as dog, not God.}} | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/751030SB-NAIROBI_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"The original form, Kṛṣṇa, when He was present, the original form so many people have seen. They have got photograph..., not photograph; paintings. And it is confirmed in the śāstras, in the Brahma-saṁhitā, veṇuṁ kvaṇantam aravinda-dalāyatākṣaṁ barhāvataṁsam asitāmbuda-sundarāṅgam (Bs. 5.30). Kṛṣṇa is described in the Brahma-saṁhitā, from so millions and millions of years ago described by Lord Brahma, that veṇuṁ kvaṇantam aravinda-dalāyatākṣaṁ. He is always playing His flute, veṇuṁ. Venu means flute. Kvaṇantam. And eyes are like the petals of lotus flower. Veṇum kvaṇantam aravinda-dalāyatākṣaṁ barhāvataṁsam. And on the head He has got the plume of peacock feather. In this way the description is there in the śāstra."|Vanisource:751030 - Lecture SB 03.28.20 - Nairobi|751030 - Lecture SB 03.28.20 - Nairobi}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|That will be recommended to you by your spiritual master according to your position|That will be recommended to you by your spiritual master according to your position. There is no stereotyped idea. That you have to take, instruction from your spiritual master, or you have to do according to the instruction of spiritual master.}} | |||
[[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] | ==== [[File:Go-up.png|link=#Top]] [[A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Srila_Prabhupada_-_October_31|1975 - October 31]] ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:751031 - Lecture BG 07.04 - Nairobi|Lecture BG 07.04 - Nairobi]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|pKAYVXy3zHc|[[Vaniquotes:Out of many millions and millions of persons, actually they are serious to understand, "What is the aim of life? What is God? What is my relation..." Nobody is interested|What is the Aim of Life? What is God? - 0137]]|05:41 minutes from a lecture on BG 07.04 in Nairobi}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Out of many millions and millions of persons, actually they are serious to understand, "What is the aim of life? What is God? What is my relation..." Nobody is interested|Out of many millions and millions of persons, actually they are serious to understand, "What is the aim of life? What is God? What is my relation..." Nobody is interested. Just like... Sa eva go-kharaḥ. Everyone is interested with this bodily conception of life like cats and dogs. This is the position. Not only now, always, this is the material condition.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|qkK4dI9omqY|[[Vaniquotes:Bhinna prakrtir astadha. Just like I am speaking, it is being recorded, recorded. But in my absence, if the record is played, it will exactly vibrate the same sound. So that is my energy or anyone's energy, but bhinna, separated from me|In My Absence, If the Record is Played,<br/>it Will Exactly Vibrate the Same Sound - 0146]]|07:23 minutes from a lecture on BG 07.04 in Nairobi}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Bhinna prakrtir astadha. Just like I am speaking, it is being recorded, recorded. But in my absence, if the record is played, it will exactly vibrate the same sound. So that is my energy or anyone's energy, but bhinna, separated from me|Bhinnā prakṛtir aṣṭadhā. Just like I am speaking, it is being recorded, recorded. But in my absence, if the record is played, it will exactly vibrate the same sound. So that is my energy or anyone's energy, but bhinnā, separated from me. You have to understand like that. So everything is energy of God, Kṛṣṇa, but this material world means we are missing Kṛṣṇa. Wherefrom this energy has come? That point we are missing.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Perfection means to understand his real constitutional position, that he is not this material body; he is spirit soul, Brahman. That is perfection, perfection of knowledge, brahma-jnana|Perfection means to understand his real constitutional position, that he is not this material body; he is spirit soul, Brahman. That is perfection, perfection of knowledge, brahma-jñāna.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The first engineer of this universe, Lord Brahma, he comes from Krsna. Not directly Krsna, but from Garbhodakasayi Visnu|Vedic knowledge means the instruction given by Kṛṣṇa to the first living being, Lord Brahmā. Janmādy asya yataḥ (SB 1.1.1). From Kṛṣṇa everything is born, everything is emanated. He says in the Bhagavad-gītā that ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate (BG 10.8). Everything is coming from Him. So the first engineer of this universe, Lord Brahmā, he comes from Kṛṣṇa. Not directly Kṛṣṇa, but from Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|This Krsna consciousness movement means we are leading person to make the mind absorbed in Krsna consciousness. Then there is chance of remembering Krsna at the time of death|If you practice devotional service, then at the time of death there is great possibility of understanding or remembering Kṛṣṇa. Mad-yājino 'pi yānti mām. So you have to practice. This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement means we are leading person to make the mind absorbed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Then there is chance of remembering Kṛṣṇa at the time of death.}} | |||
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Latest revision as of 15:18, 23 June 2021
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.
- See also: A Day in the Life of Srila Prabhupada
- See also: the Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - October 1975
Oct 1 to 5 - Mauritius
1975 - October 01
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "Prakṛti, material nature, puts us under certain condition, and we work accordingly, not independently. And the prakṛti, material nature, also working under somebody. Just like when you go on the street you see red light and green light. As soon as you see red light you stop your car. So this red light and green light is being manipulated by the police, and the police is working under government. Similarly, this whole material nature is acting like red light or green light, but behind that red light and green light there is the supreme brain. That is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. So as a layman or as child cannot understand how the red light and blue light..., green light is working... He sees simply, he thinks automatically it is being done. That is foolishness. It is not being automatically done. There is machine. There is manipulator behind this red light, this is intelligence." |
| 751001 - Lecture BG 02.11 - Mauritius |
1975 - October 02
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| Cyavana: They've made so much propaganda that life is meant to enjoy. Everywhere... Prabhupāda: Enjoy, but where is your enjoyment? Come to the practical point. Where is your enjoyment? You are simply suffering. That is their rascaldom. They are suffering; still they say, 'I am enjoying'. This is called illusion, māyā. Enjoy. That we also say, that we are trying to take you to a certain place, kingdom of God or back... Where you will enjoy. Enjoy... Ānandamayo 'bhyāsāt (Vedānta-sūtra 1.1.12). That enjoy is our aim. But where is your enjoyment here? That is your rascaldom. There is no enjoyment; still you say, 'We shall enjoy.'. Cyavana: Their propaganda leads people to think that they can enjoy, that it's possible here. Prabhupāda: They're misleading. That is misleading. We have to check that. That is our Kṛṣṇa consciousness..., that... They are not enjoying, and these rascals misleading them that they are enjoying." |
| 751002 - Morning Walk - Mauritius |
1975 - October 03
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| Prabhupāda: Sugarcane... One who is suffering in jaundice will taste sugarcane as bitter. That is the taste. So that is the medicine. So he has to take the sugarcane. And by taking, when he is cured he will find, 'Oh, it is very sweet'. Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: So then he has to recognize that there is some problem living in this material world. Prabhupāda: No. He does not find any happiness on account of his too much materialistic mind. Brahmānanda: That is the disease. Prabhupāda: That is the disease. So it has to be cured by this bhakti-yoga. So in the bhakti-yoga, in the beginning, it will taste bitter. Therefore they do not come. But if they take to bhakti-yoga, then the material disease will be cured and they will find it is very sweet. Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Yes. |
| 751003 - Morning Walk - Mauritius |
1975 - October 04
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "So Kṛṣṇa says, dehino 'smin yathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā, tathā dehāntara-prāptiḥ (BG 2.13). Dehāntara-prāptiḥ is there, information. So how can we deny that there is no life after death? There is. But nobody is caring to understand, "What is my next life? What is going to happen? Today I may be in a very big position, and tomorrow, if I am going to be a tree..." Here we are sitting very comfortably in this room. Just a few years after, there is a tree. He cannot move an inch even, and he has to stand there in cyclone, in scorching heat, in everything. Why? We are... Both of us, we are living entities. Why he has got this body, I have got this body, and one may have better body than me? Why there are so many, 8,400,000 species of life, and different position? Why this is? There is no such inquiry. There is no such knowledge. Therefore they have been described here as andhā, blind." |
| 751004 - Lecture SB 07.05.31 - Mauritius |
1975 - October 05
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "Religion is disturbed by duṣkṛtina, demons, and those who are saintly person, they execute religion. So paritrāṇāya sādhūnām. Sādhu means saintly person, devotee of God. They are sādhu. And asādhu, or demon, means persons who deny the authority of God. They are called demons. So two business—paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duskrtam: 'To curtail the activities of the demons and to give protection to the saintly person, I descend'. Dharma-saṁsthā...: 'And to establish dharma, the principles of religion'. These are the three business for which Kṛṣṇa, or God, or God's representative—or, you say, God's son—they come. This is going on." |
| 751005 - Lecture SB 01.02.06 - Mauritius |
Oct 6 to 13 - Durban
1975 - October 06
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| Prabhupāda: Dog is thinking, 'I am free,' running here and there. As soon as the master, 'Come on...' (laughter) Just see. Dog has no sense, 'I was jumping like free, but I am not free'. That sense he hasn't got. So if a human being has not so such sense, then what is the difference between him and the dog? Hmm? This is to be considered. But they have no sense, no brain, no education, and they are still going on as civilized. Just see. Mūḍha. Therefore mūḍho nābhijānāti (BG 7.25). Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: They think that this is the most civilized that human beings have ever been, this modern so-called civilization. Prabhupāda: Civilization... If you remain in a dog's position, is that civilization? Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: No. |
| 751006 - Morning Walk - Durban |
1975 - October 07
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I am in due receipt of your letter dated August 6 and enclosed daksina and I thank you very much. |
1975 - October 08
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| Prabhupāda: A human being must be responsible, that 'I have got this opportunity to get out of this cycle of birth and death and different forms of life, and let me properly understand God and what is my relationship with God and act accordingly, so that if we understand what is God, then we go back to home, back to Godhead'. Bill Faill: What can an ordinary man do? I mean the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement involves shaving the head and wearing the saffron robe. What can the man who is caught up in family life do? Prabhupāda: This saffron robe is not very essential, or cut the hair, but it creates some good situation, mental. You see? Just like a military man, when he is dressed properly he gets some energy to feel like a military man. But it does not mean that unless you are dressed, you cannot fight. It does not mean. So God consciousness can be revived in any condition, without any check. But these conditions are helpful. |
| 751008 - Interview - Durban |
1975 - October 09
1975 - October 10
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| Prabhupāda: I remember, I was a boy and was jumping. And now I cannot do that, because I have got a different body. So I am conscious that I possessed a body like that. Now I do not possess. So the body is changing, but I am, the person, eternal. Very simple example. One requires little brain only, that I, the owner of the body, is eternal. The body is changing. Prof. Olivier: Hmm. Yeah, but now having accepted that, a further problem then arises: what are the implications? Prabhupāda: Yes, that, if we understand that I am not body. So at the present moment I am engaged only to keep my body in comfort. But I am not taking any care of myself. Just like I am cleansing the shirt and coat, thrice daily, uh, but I am hungry. No food for me, only washing material for my shirt and coat. And this basic civilization is wrong. |
| 751010 - Conversation - Durban |
1975 - October 11
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
"So this human form of life is very durlabha, very rarely got. Durlabhaṁ mānuṣaṁ janma.
This is the version of Prahlāda Mahārāja. He was preaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness among his school friends. Because he was born in a demon father's family, Hiraṇyakaśipu, he was stopped uttering even 'Kṛṣṇa'. He could not get any opportunity in the palace, so when he was coming to school, at the tiffin hour he would call his small friends, five years old, and he would preach this Bhāgavata-dharma. And the friends would say, 'My dear Prahlāda, we are now children. Oh, what is the use of this Bhāgavata-dharma? Let us play'. Now he said, 'no'. Kaumāra ācaret prājño dharmān bhāgavatān iha, durlabhaṁ mānuṣaṁ janma (SB 7.6.1): 'My dear friends, don't say that we'll keep it aside for cultivating Kṛṣṇa consciousness in old age. No, no'. Durlabham. 'We do not know when we shall die. Before the next death we must complete this Kṛṣṇa consciousness education'. That is the aim of human life. Otherwise we are losing the opportunity. |
| 751011 - Lecture BG 18.45 - Durban |
1975 - October 12
1975 - October 13
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "The weak is the food for the strong. This is the law of nature, that one living entity is the food for another living entity. So when a person eats another living entity, it is not unnatural. This is nature's law. But when you come to the human form of living entity, you must use your discrimination. Just like one living entity is food for the another living entity, it does not mean... In the lower animals sometimes the father-mother eat the offspring, but in the history of human society it has not come into notice that the father-mother eating the offspring. But time has come when the mother is killing offspring. That has come already. This is due to Kali-yuga." |
| 751013 - Lecture BG 13.01-3 - Durban |
Oct 14 to 23 - Johannesburg
1975 - October 14
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
"At the time of my death again, as I remember my circumstances,
The subtle body mind, intelligence and ego that does not annihilate. The gross body earth, water, air, fire that is finished. Then the subtle body carries me to another gross body. Just like the flavor; the air carries the flavor. If it is blowing on some nice rose garden, the air carries the flavor of the rose. Similarly, my activities in this life will be, at the time of death, will be carried by the subtle body to form another gross body. So that gross body may be any one of the 8,400,000's. There are 8,400,000 forms of body. And by the laws of nature, I will have to enter in one of them. Therefore you will find varieties of living entities. So bhakti-yoga means to get relief from this business of being entangled in different bodies. That is called bhakti-yoga." |
| 751014 - Lecture - Johannesburg |
1975 - October 15
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "You should understand that as soon as you get this material body, it will be suffering only. Therefore whole Vedic civilization is a culture how to stop this material body. The Māyāvādī philosophers, they are also trying. The Buddhists, they are also trying. But they are thinking that 'There is no soul. Finish this body' This is Buddhist theory. But they know that this is suffering. Similarly, the Māyāvādī, they also know this body is suffering, so they want to come out of the body and merge into the existence of God. The senses are already there, either Buddhist or Māyāvāda. And Vaiṣṇava philosophy is, 'Not only come out of this miserable condition of life, but enter into Kṛṣṇa's family and live peacefully'. But so far the body is bad, it is accepted by all philosophies." |
| 751015 - Conversation - Johannesburg |
1975 - October 16
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| Prabhupāda: You want to live securely, but that is not there. You may make political arrangement very secure, but what is the nature's arrangement? You'll be kicked out at any moment. There is no certainty. There is no guarantee even that you will be allowed to live for so many years. At any moment. Harikeśa: But if we're always thinking of death, how can we enjoy life now? Prabhupāda: But death is sure. If you are not thinking, then you are a rascal. That is the point. (laughs) Death is sure. And if you are not thinking, then you are a rascal. That is the proof. Suppose I am sitting here, we are walking here, and some danger is coming. It will immediately kill. So shall I remain here very peacefully? (laughter) First of all make insurance, just like they make insurance, that no death will come. Your scientific advancement, your so many advancement, make it sure that you will not die; you will live here comfortably forever. Then you make your house nice, decorate it very... Where is that arrangement? |
| 751016 - Morning Walk - Johannesburg |
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In India we have got so many centres. Which ever is convenient for you, you can join and live with us. |
1975 - October 17
1975 - October 18
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "Once you have committed sinful activities, killing the child in the womb, 'All right, stop it now'. 'No, again.' Tṛpyanti neha kṛpana (SB 7.9.45). He's never satisfied. He knows that there is suffering behind this. Still, he'll not stop it. Therefore a sober man... A man should be educated to become sober, that 'Let me tolerate this itching, that's all. I save so much trouble'. This is knowledge. To become rascal and more rascal, more rascal and suffer, is that civilization? Simply to make the people rascal and suffer and commit suicide? Just tell them that he has created this civilization that suffer and become rascal. That's all. Unless you become rascal, how you will suffer? So keep them rascal and suffer. This is nature's arrangement, that 'You living entity, you have forgotten Kṛṣṇa. All right, come under my control. Be rascal, remain rascal and suffer'. Daivī hy eṣā guṇamayī mama māyā (BG 7.14). Why she is doing that? "Surrender to Kṛṣṇa. Otherwise you will go on suffering like this." This is the nature's way." |
| 751018 - Morning Walk - Johannesburg |
1975 - October 19
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| Prabhupāda: Anyone who is not a devotee, he is animal. Śva-viḍ-varāhoṣṭra-kharaiḥ saṁstutaḥ puruṣaḥ paśuḥ (SB 2.3.19). The big animal is being worshiped by a small animal. That's all. A lion in the forest is worshiped by the small animals. So does it mean the lion is not animal? Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: He is also animal. Prabhupāda: He is also animal. So similarly, all these leaders, these scientists, these philosophers, they are applauded by the small animals, but they are also animals, big animal, that's all. The test is whether he understands the spirit soul different from the body. If he does not understand, he is animal, that's all. Maybe big animal, that is a different thing. Big or small, animal is animal. Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: So anyone who is not aware of the spirit soul... Prabhupāda: He is animal. That's all. Sa eva gokharaḥ. That is the verdict of the śāstra. Yasyātmā buddhiḥ kuṇape tri-dhātuke (SB 10.84.13). |
| 751019 - Morning Walk - Johannesburg |
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "Somewhere there is classification: 'Lazy intelligent, busy intelligent, lazy fool and busy fool'. So, at the present moment (laughs) the whole world is full of busy fools. But first-class man, he is lazy intelligent. Lazy and intelligent, that is first-class man. And second-class man, busy intelligent. And third class means lazy fool, and fourth class means busy fool. When the fools are busy... Just like nowadays they are busy, but they are fools. Like monkey, he is very busy. You see? And they prefer to be generation of monkey, busy fool. That's all. Fools, when he is busy, he is simply creating havoc, that's all. Better... Lazy fool is better than him, because he will not create so much harm, but this busy fool will simply create harm. And first-class man is lazy intelligent. He knows the value of life, and soberly he is thinking. Just like all our great saintly persons, they were living in the forest, meditation, tapasya and writing books. All, you will find, lazy intelligent. They are first-class men." |
| 751019 - Morning Walk - Johannesburg |
1975 - October 20
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "In the Bhagavad-gītā it is said, janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi-duḥkha-doṣānudarśanam (BG 13.9). We are trying to be happy, fighting with unhappiness, but we do not know our real unhappiness are that we have to die, we have to take birth again, we have to become diseased and we have to accept old age. Janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi duḥkha-doṣānudarśanam. This is intelligence, that 'I am trying to solve all the problems of life by advancement of civilization, education, scientific knowledge and so many things'. That's all right. But what is the solution of my these four principle of miserable condition: birth, death, old age and disease? And because we cannot make any solution, we set aside these four problems. We go on with the temporary problems and become busy to solve it, and in this way we waste our this valuable human form of life like the cats and dogs. This is the instruction. So we should not do that." |
| 751020 - Lecture SB 05.05.01 - Johannesburg |
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The Upadesamrta can be composed in the Bhagavatam format in the size of the pocket NOD. |
1975 - October 21
1975 - October 22
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "When this body is no more useful to continue, then by nature another body is offered. At the time of death, as it is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran loke tyajaty ante kalevaram, sadā tad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ (BG 8.6)—we create a mental situation. We have got two kinds of bodies: subtle body and gross body. This gross body is made of five gross material elements: earth, water, fire, air, ether, and the subtle body is made of mind, intelligence and ego. When we sleep, the gross body does not work but the subtle body works. We dream therefore. So the... At the time of death this gross body is finished, but the subtle body—mind, intelligence and ego—will carry me to another gross body." |
| 751022 - Lecture SB 05.05.02 - Johannesburg |
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The persons coming to India, however, must be experienced older devotees, not new men. |
- Letter to Ideal Advertising Agency written from Johannesburg
- Letter to Tulsi written from Johannesburg
Oct 24 to 26 - Mauritius
1975 - October 24
1975 - October 25
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "Any woman should be looked upon as mother. This is culture. Except his married wife, all women should be treated as mother. The brahmacārīs were taught like that, 'Mother'. This is culture. Simply they are trying to elope other's wife, other's woman, exploit them. And they're cultured. There is no culture at the present moment. Mātṛvat para-dāreṣu para-dravyeṣu loṣṭravat (Cāṇakya-śloka 10): 'And others' money should be treated just like pebbles in the street'. Nobody cares for it. So they are simply making plans how to grab others' money. And ātmavat sarva bhūteṣu: 'And if you feel pains and pleasure, you should consider for others also'. If your throat is cut, then do you feel very happy? Why you are cutting the throats of the poor animals? Where is culture? There is no culture. Simply rogues and thieves and rascals and fools. Where is culture? They do not know what is the meaning of culture." |
| 751025 - Morning Walk - Mauritius |
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Yes. "Let me die peacefully. Don't bring doctor." I say also. Don't bring doctor when I am diseased. |
- Letter to Hindu Newspaper written from Mauritius
- Letter to The Statesman written from Mauritius
- Letter to The Times of India written from Mauritius
1975 - October 26
Oct 26 to 31 - Nairobi
1975 - October 26
1975 - October 27
1975 - October 28
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "Everyone is thinking he is the most exalted personality, scientist, philosopher, great man. That is material disease. Actually he is being kicked every moment by the urges of the senses, and he is thinking he is very great man. Go-dāsa. Go means senses. He is always, cut down by the sense urges, and he is thinking 'independent'. Independent means servant of the senses. This is going on. So you have to understand the real position of the world, and if you want to preach, then you have to... humbler than the tree, humbler than the grass, tolerant than the tree and... We know everyone is rascal; still, you have to give him honor. Then it will be possible to say something. Otherwise it is very difficult." |
| 751028 - Morning Walk - Nairobi |
1975 - October 29
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "Life after life, life after life, we are changing body, but forgetting Kṛṣṇa. So here, in the human form of life, there is the opportunity to revive our original position, and we require the help of knowledge, perfect knowledge. And that is there in the Vedas. Ataeva kṛṣṇa veda purāṇa. If we don't take advantage, although we have got... We can read Bhagavad-gītā, and if we don't take advantage of Bhagavad-gītā and go on whimsically, then we'll suffer. You cannot non-cooperate with Kṛṣṇa as you cannot non-cooperate with the stomach. This is the... You must. There is no question of alternative. You may, may not know. It is not... You must. This is the position. Otherwise you'll never be happy. And happiness is your aim of life. Atyantika-duḥkha-nivṛttiḥ." |
| 751029 - Conversation B - Nairobi |
1975 - October 30
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "The original form, Kṛṣṇa, when He was present, the original form so many people have seen. They have got photograph..., not photograph; paintings. And it is confirmed in the śāstras, in the Brahma-saṁhitā, veṇuṁ kvaṇantam aravinda-dalāyatākṣaṁ barhāvataṁsam asitāmbuda-sundarāṅgam (Bs. 5.30). Kṛṣṇa is described in the Brahma-saṁhitā, from so millions and millions of years ago described by Lord Brahma, that veṇuṁ kvaṇantam aravinda-dalāyatākṣaṁ. He is always playing His flute, veṇuṁ. Venu means flute. Kvaṇantam. And eyes are like the petals of lotus flower. Veṇum kvaṇantam aravinda-dalāyatākṣaṁ barhāvataṁsam. And on the head He has got the plume of peacock feather. In this way the description is there in the śāstra." |
| 751030 - Lecture SB 03.28.20 - Nairobi |
1975 - October 31
