A Month in the Life of Srila Prabhupada - November 1974


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.



Nov 1 to 30 - Bombay

1974 - November 01

Lecture SB 03.25.01 - Bombay
Letter to Cyavana written from Bombay
Letter to Dayananda written from Bombay
Letter to Dhrstaketu written from Bombay
Letter to Harikesa written from Bombay
Letter to Jayatirtha written from Bombay
Letter to Pranava written from Bombay
Letter to Syamasundara written from Bombay


1974 - November 02

Lecture SB 03.25.02 - Bombay


1974 - November 03

Lecture SB 03.25.03 - Bombay
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"So our business is to understand Kṛṣṇa tattvataḥ, in truth, not superficially. Then our life is successful. Janma karma me divyaṁ yo jānāti tattvataḥ (BG 4.9). Not superficially. Try to understand Kṛṣṇa in truth."
741103 - Lecture SB 03.25.03 - Bombay
Letter to Bali-mardana written from Bombay
Letter to Bijay Kumar Kannungo written from Bombay
Letter to Radhavallabha written from Bombay
Letter to Satsvarupa written from Bombay


1974 - November 04

Lecture SB 03.25.04 - Bombay

1974 - November 05

Lecture SB 03.25.05-6 - Bombay
Letter to Lilasakti written from Bombay


1974 - November 06

Letter to Gandharva written from Bombay
Letter to Sarvamangala written from Bombay


1974 - November 07

Lecture SB 03.25.07 - Bombay
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"This material world is described in the Vedic literature as darkness. Actually it is darkness, therefore we require the sunlight, the moonlight, the electric light. If it had not been darkness, then why so many light arrangement? Actually, it is darkness. Artificially, we made it light. Therefore Vedic injunction is that "Don't keep yourself in the darkness." Tamasi mā jyotir gama. "Go to the light." That light is the spiritual world. That is directly the effulgence, or bodily rays, of Kṛṣṇa."
741107 - Lecture SB 03.25.07 - Bombay
Letter to Harikesa written from Bombay
Letter to Rupanuga written from Bombay
Letter to Sriji written from Bombay


1974 - November 08

Lecture SB 03.25.08 - Bombay
Letter to Jayapataka written from Bombay
Letter to Rupanuga written from Bombay
Letter to Taittiriya written from Bombay


1974 - November 09

Lecture SB 03.25.09 - Bombay
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"We living entities, we are nitya. Na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre (BG 2.20). We do not die. Na jāyate na mriyate vā. Neither we take birth or we die. We simply change the body. Vāsāṁsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya (BG 2.22). As old garments, old shirts and coats, we change, similarly, when this body becomes old enough not to be used, we change to another body. Tathā dehāntara-prāptiḥ (BG 2.13). This is real knowledge."
741109 - Lecture SB 03.25.09 - Bombay
Letter to Jayatirtha written from Bombay

1974 - November 10

Lecture SB 03.25.10 - Bombay
Letter to Jayatirtha written from Bombay


1974 - November 11

Lecture SB 03.25.11 - Bombay


1974 - November 12

Lecture SB 03.25.12 - Bombay
Letter to Hansadutta written from Bombay
Letter to Jagadisa written from Bombay
Letter to Kirtanananda written from Bombay
Letter to Pradyumna written from Bombay
Letter to Sri Govinda written from Bombay
Letter to Tripurari written from Bombay


1974 - November 13

Lecture SB 03.25.13 - Bombay
Letter to Deoji Punja written from Bombay
Letter to Subala written from Bombay
Letter to Sudama written from Bombay


1974 - November 14

Lecture SB 03.25.14 - Bombay
Letter to Gurukrpa written from Bombay
Letter to Hansadutta written from Bombay
Letter to Patita Uddharana written from Bombay
Letter to Ramesvara written from Bombay


1974 - November 15

Lecture SB 03.25.15 - Bombay
Letter to Atreya Rsi written from Bombay
Letter to Dhananjaya written from Bombay
Letter to Gaura Gopala written from Bombay
Letter to Jagadisa, Jayatirtha and Dayananda written from Bombay
Letter to Tejiyas written from Bombay


1974 - November 16

Lecture SB 03.25.16 - Bombay
Letter to Jayatirtha & Karandhar written from Bombay
Letter to Nilambara written from Bombay
Letter to Srutadeva written from Bombay


1974 - November 17

Lecture SB 03.25.17 - Bombay
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"If you simply try to understand what is Kṛṣṇa, why does He come, what is His business, what is His form...
janma karma me divyaṁ
yo jānāti tattvataḥ
tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma
naiti mām eti...
(BG 4.9)

Simple process. You try to understand Kṛṣṇa. This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. We are simply teaching how to understand Kṛṣṇa. And if anyone is fortunate to understand, then his life is successful."

741117 - Lecture SB 03.25.17 - Bombay
Letter to Agent, Central Bank of India written from Bombay
Letter to Dr. Ghosh written from Bombay
Letter to Jayapataka and Bhavananda written from Bombay
Letter to Ramesvar written from Bombay


1974 - November 18

Lecture SB 03.25.18 - Bombay
Letter to Dr. Marri Chenna Reddy written from Bombay


1974 - November 19

Lecture SB 03.25.19 - Bombay
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"To become feverless... suppose one is suffering from fever, so medicine is given, and the no more fever—fever stop. That is not sufficient. Not only fever should stop, but you should get strength, you should get appetite, you should have normal life. Then it is perfect cure of the disease. Similarly, brahma-siddhaye, to realize that "I am spirit soul," is not sufficient. You have to be engaged in the spiritual activities. That is bhakti."
741119 - Lecture SB 03.25.19 - Bombay
Letter to Manager of Punjab National Bank written from Bombay
Letter to Punjab National Bank written from Bombay
Letter to Punjabe National Bank written from Bombay

1974 - November 20

Lecture SB 03.25.20 - Bombay
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"If you associate with materialistic person, then your bondage becomes more and more tightened, and if you associate with sādhu, or spiritualist, then your bondage becomes slackened, or the door of liberation becomes open, mokṣa-dvāram apāvṛtam (SB 3.25.20)."
741120 - Lecture SB 03.25.20 - Bombay
Letter to Professor Stillson Judah written from Bombay
Letter to Sadajeewatlalji written from Bombay


1974 - November 21

Lecture SB 03.25.21 - Bombay
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"If you acquire the qualities of a brāhmaṇa, then, and if you work as a brāhmaṇa, then guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ, you become a brāhmaṇa. If you have the qualities of a kṣatriya and if you work as a kṣatriya, then you are kṣatriya. If you have the qualification of a mercantile man, businessman, and if you work as a businessman or cultivator, then you become vaiśya. This is very scientific. Not that one is classified according to the birth. No. According to qualification."
741121 - Lecture SB 03.25.21 - Bombay
Letter to Haihaya written from Bombay
Letter to Kirtanananda written from Bombay
Letter to Kirtiraja written from Bombay
Letter to Madhudvisa written from Bombay
Letter to Nrsimha Caitanya written from Bombay
Letter to Rocana written from Bombay
Letter to Sudama written from Bombay
Letter to Tamala Krishna written from Bombay
Letter to Tamopaha written from Bombay
Letter to Visala written from Bombay


1974 - November 22

Lecture SB 03.25.22 - Bombay
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"So if you actually surrender your everything, your life... Prāṇair arthair dhiyā vācā (SB 10.22.35). We can sacrifice our life, our wealth—prāṇa, artha. We can sacrifice the intelligence. Everyone is intelligent. If he sacrifices... This is called yajña. If you sacri... You have got some intelligence. Everyone is intelligent how to make his sense gratification very nice. Even an ant knows how to gratify his senses. So you have to sacrifice that. Don't gratify your senses, but try to gratify Kṛṣṇa's senses. Then you are perfect."
741122 - Lecture SB 03.25.22 - Bombay
Letter to A. K. Shivdasani written from Bombay
Letter to Areya written from Bombay
Letter to Bahurupa written from Bombay
Letter to Hugo Salemon written from Bombay
Letter to Jose written from Bombay
Letter to Krsnakatha written from Bombay
Letter to Mr. Kapoor written from Bombay
Letter to Saral Das Gupta written from Bombay
Letter to Mr. Seibert written from Bombay
Letter to Nrhari written from Bombay
Letter to Padmagarbha written from Bombay
Letter to Syamananda written from Bombay
Letter to V. S. R. Chakravarti written from Bombay


1974 - November 23

Lecture SB 03.25.23 - Bombay
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"So, when a devotee suffers, he thinks that 'It is due to my past misdeeds. So I am suffering not very much, a very little, on account of Kṛṣṇa's grace. So it doesn't matter'. So after all, it is, everything, in the mind, suffering and enjoying. So a devotee's mind is trained up in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Therefore he does not care for suffering. That is the difference between a devotee and nondevotee."
741123 - Lecture SB 03.25.23 - Bombay
Letter to Hansadutta written from Bombay
Letter to Kirtanananda written from Bombay
Letter to Mukunda written from Bombay
Letter to Saurabha written from Bombay
Letter to Sumati Morarji written from Bombay


1974 - November 24

Lecture SB 03.25.24 - Bombay
Letter to Bhakta dasa written from Bombay
Letter to Kirtiraja das Adhikary written from Bombay
Letter to Pancadravida written from Bombay
Letter to Sri S.P. Mandelia written from Bombay
Letter to Sukadeva written from Bombay


1974 - November 25

Lecture SB 03.25.25 - Bombay
Letter to Annada written from Bombay
Letter to Mahamsa written from Bombay
Letter to Ramesvara written from Bombay
Letter to Sarada written from Bombay
Letter to Subala written from Bombay


1974 - November 26

Lecture SB 03.25.26 - Bombay
Letter to Attorney General's Department written from Bombay
Letter to Damodara written from Bombay
Letter to Saurabha written from Bombay


1974 - November 27

Lecture SB 03.25.27 - Bombay
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"Our main business is to serve Kṛṣṇa. In Vṛndāvana, in Goloka Vṛndāvana, somebody is serving Kṛṣṇa as His friend, cowherd boy. Somebody is serving Kṛṣṇa as gopī, as lover. Somebody is serving Kṛṣṇa as father and mother, Mother Yaśodā, Nanda Mahārāja. Somebody is Kṛṣṇa's friend as servant, as tree, as water, as flower, as land, as cows, as calf. So many ways. This is our business. But somehow or other we did not like to serve Kṛṣṇa. Therefore we have been put into the service of māyā in three modes of nature."
741127 - Lecture SB 03.25.27 - Bombay


1974 - November 28

Lecture SB 03.25.28 - Bombay
Letter to Ajita written from Bombay
Letter to Gopala Krishna written from Bombay
Letter to Jagannatha written from Bombay
Letter to Jayapataka written from Bombay
Letter to Jayatirtha written from Bombay
Letter to Satsvarupa written from Bombay


1974 - November 29

Lecture SB 03.25.29 - Bombay


1974 - November 30

Lecture SB 03.25.30 - Bombay
Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"When our senses are purified, then we can serve Hṛṣīkeśa. Hṛṣīkeṇa hṛṣīkeśa-sevanam. Bhakti means to serve Kṛṣṇa, the master of the senses, by our senses. But these present senses, they cannot be fit for serving Kṛṣṇa. It has to be purified. So how this purification is possible? Sevonmukhe hi jihvādau (Brs. 1.2.234): by engaging oneself in service of the Lord. And the first service begins from the tongue."
741130 - Lecture SB 03.25.30 - Bombay