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| <p>Prabhupāda: No. Therefore, this sound kṛṣṇa...</p> | | <p>Prabhupāda: No. Therefore, this sound kṛṣṇa...</p> |
| <p>Allen Ginsberg: Under all circumstances?</p> | | <p>Allen Ginsberg: Under all circumstances?</p> |
| <p>Prabhupāda: Yes, all, all circumstances, but it is the question of my appreciation, or my realization. That will depend on my purity. Otherwise this Kṛṣṇa sound and Kṛṣṇa, non-different. Therefore if we vibrate sound Kṛṣṇa, then I am immediately in contact with Kṛṣṇa, and if Kṛṣṇa is whole spirit, then immediately I become spiritualized. Just like if you touch electricity, immediately you're electrified. And the more you become electrified, more you become Kṛṣṇized. Kṛṣṇized. So when you are fully Kṛṣṇized, then you are in the Kṛṣṇa platform. Tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti kaunteya ([[Vanisource:BG 4.9|BG 4.9]]), then fully Kṛṣṇized, no more comes back to this material existence. He remains with Kṛṣṇa.</p> | | <p>Prabhupāda: Yes, all, all circumstances, but it is the question of my appreciation, or my realization. That will depend on my purity. Otherwise this Kṛṣṇa sound and Kṛṣṇa, non-different. Therefore if we vibrate sound Kṛṣṇa, then I am immediately in contact with Kṛṣṇa, and if Kṛṣṇa is whole spirit, then immediately I become spiritualized. Just like if you touch electricity, immediately you're electrified. And the more you become electrified, more you become Kṛṣṇized. Kṛṣṇized. So when you are fully Kṛṣṇized, then you are in the Kṛṣṇa platform. Tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti kaunteya ([[Vanisource:BG 4.9 (1972)|BG 4.9]]), then fully Kṛṣṇized, no more comes back to this material existence. He remains with Kṛṣṇa.</p> |
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| <p>Jesuit: Yes, I understand that.</p> | | <p>Jesuit: Yes, I understand that.</p> |
| <p>Prabhupāda: Yes. The material is not different. The ordinary house is constructed with the same bricks and stone, and church is also made of that. But why it is superior? Because it is specially, only meant for God's purpose. So anything utilized for God's purpose, it becomes spiritual. This is our philosophy.</p> | | <p>Prabhupāda: Yes. The material is not different. The ordinary house is constructed with the same bricks and stone, and church is also made of that. But why it is superior? Because it is specially, only meant for God's purpose. So anything utilized for God's purpose, it becomes spiritual. This is our philosophy.</p> |
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| | </div> |
| | <div id="MorningWalkOctober171975Johannesburg_7" class="quote" parent="1975_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="218" link="Morning Walk -- October 17, 1975, Johannesburg" link_text="Morning Walk -- October 17, 1975, Johannesburg"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Morning Walk -- October 17, 1975, Johannesburg|Morning Walk -- October 17, 1975, Johannesburg]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Śrīla Prabhupāda, it always seems that there is some kind of inspiration for spiritual life there. Is that simply mental concoction, or is it actually a fact, the land itself?</p> |
| | <p>Prabhupāda: Land. It is the influence of the land. Just like Vṛndāvana. Whatever you may be, you stay here, you become spiritualized. Simply you stay there.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="RoomConversationOctober291975Nairobi_8" class="quote" parent="1975_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="228" link="Room Conversation -- October 29, 1975, Nairobi" link_text="Room Conversation -- October 29, 1975, Nairobi"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation -- October 29, 1975, Nairobi|Room Conversation -- October 29, 1975, Nairobi]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: When you understand that this place is Kṛṣṇa's place, so you can worship Kṛṣṇa, glorify Kṛṣṇa. But if you don't realize that it is Kṛṣṇa's, then you talk nonsense, madman. "This is American property," "It is African property," "It is this. It is that," so many madness. But the śāstra says, iśavāsyam idam, everything Kṛṣṇa's. And the materialists, they'll pro... "No. Why everything? It is my country. It is my place." That is material. Similarly, anything coming from Kṛṣṇa—Kṛṣṇa is supreme spirit—it is spiritual. The devotees, they understand that "This fruit has come from Kṛṣṇa. The flower has come from Kṛṣṇa. Therefore it must be offered to Kṛṣṇa. It is for use." Otherwise how the fruit becomes spiritual? We take prasādam. How it becomes..., the same fruit? No. Because the Kṛṣṇa consciousness is there, it is spiritual. It is spiritual, but it was not known. When one comes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he understands that everything belongs to Kṛṣṇa.</p> |
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| | <div id="1976_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="sub_section" sec_index="9" parent="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" text="1976 Conversations and Morning Walks"><h3>1976 Conversations and Morning Walks</h3> |
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| | <div id="GardenConversationJune231976NewVrindaban_0" class="quote" parent="1976_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="157" link="Garden Conversation -- June 23, 1976, New Vrindaban" link_text="Garden Conversation -- June 23, 1976, New Vrindaban"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Garden Conversation -- June 23, 1976, New Vrindaban|Garden Conversation -- June 23, 1976, New Vrindaban]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Kulādri: Sometimes, Śrīla Prabhupāda, when we explain that our activities are spiritual, what we are doing is spiritual.... Just like we say the quality of the tape recorder becomes spiritualized when it's used in Kṛṣṇa's service. So the materialists, they don't understand. They say "Well, the tape recorder will also break, the tapes will also be burned up sometimes."</p> |
| | <p>Prabhupāda: That's all right. It will go to Kṛṣṇa. Breaking, where it will go? Hmm?</p> |
| | <p>Kulādri: They say the chemicals again become...</p> |
| | <p>Prabhupāda: That chemical, where it will go? Yato vā imāni bhūtāni jāyante yasmin saṁviśanti. Everything is created from Kṛṣṇa, again it returns to Kṛṣṇa.</p> |
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| | </div> |
| | <div id="LifeComesFromLifeSlideshowDiscussionsJuly31976WashingtonDC_1" class="quote" parent="1976_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="180" link="'Life Comes From Life' Slideshow Discussions -- July 3, 1976, Washington, D.C." link_text="'Life Comes From Life' Slideshow Discussions -- July 3, 1976, Washington, D.C."> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:'Life Comes From Life' Slideshow Discussions -- July 3, 1976, Washington, D.C.|'Life Comes From Life' Slideshow Discussions -- July 3, 1976, Washington, D.C.]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: Perception of the soul is there, but this physical demonstration is of the soul by consciousness. The more it is purified, it becomes spiritual. The consciousness is there. The more it is purified, then it becomes spiritual. Sarvopādhi-vinirmuktaṁ tat-paratvena nirmalam ([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 19.170|CC Madhya 19.170]]). It has to be purified. The water is crystal clear, but when it comes in touch with the earth it becomes muddy. But again you can clarify it, and water becomes crystal clear. That consciousness is Kṛṣṇa consciousness.</p> |
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| | </div> |
| | <div id="ConversationwithProfSaligramandDrSuklaJuly51976WashingtonDC_2" class="quote" parent="1976_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="186" link="Conversation with Prof. Saligram and Dr. Sukla -- July 5, 1976, Washington, D.C." link_text="Conversation with Prof. Saligram and Dr. Sukla -- July 5, 1976, Washington, D.C."> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Conversation with Prof. Saligram and Dr. Sukla -- July 5, 1976, Washington, D.C.|Conversation with Prof. Saligram and Dr. Sukla -- July 5, 1976, Washington, D.C.]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: So when you engage yourself in soul's activities, then gradually your intelligence, mind, senses, become spiritualized, or original. Then material activities stop. At the present moment without (indistinct) spiritually (indistinct) we are acting on the platform of gross senses. But if we begin our activities from the opposite side, from soul side, then everything becomes spiritualized. But the question of giving up the senses, no, it has to be purified. Sarvopādhi-vinirmuktaṁ tat-paratvena nirmalam ([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 19.170|CC Madhya 19.170]]). Senses (indistinct) it should be purified.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="EveningDarsanAugust101976Tehran_3" class="quote" parent="1976_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="253" link="Evening Darsan -- August 10, 1976, Tehran" link_text="Evening Darsan -- August 10, 1976, Tehran"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Evening Darsan -- August 10, 1976, Tehran|Evening Darsan -- August 10, 1976, Tehran]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Hari-śauri: He's asking how intimate does the connection become between the master and the disciples.</p> |
| | <p>Prabhupāda: Simply by association.</p> |
| | <p>Ali: But whatever you talk about, it comes from experience.</p> |
| | <p>Prabhupāda: It is association. Just like you came yesterday, you have come again. Similarly, if you come again and again, then you become one of them. Association. You understand, then you become one of them. If you remain in touch with the fire, then you become warm, warm, warmer, and then fire. That example I have given you, the iron rod. Put it in the fire, association, it becomes warm, warmer, and one day, iron. After few hours you'll see that the iron rod is red hot. It is no more iron; now it is fire. Association. By association one can become spiritualized. It is very important thing. We are opening so many branches all over the world with this purpose, to give the facility of association.</p> |
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| | <div id="Correspondence" class="section" sec_index="6" parent="compilation" text="Correspondence"><h2>Correspondence</h2> |
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| | <div id="1967_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="2" parent="Correspondence" text="1967 Correspondence"><h3>1967 Correspondence</h3> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoHamsadutaCalcutta13October1967_0" class="quote" parent="1967_Correspondence" book="Let" index="177" link="Letter to Hamsaduta -- Calcutta 13 October, 1967" link_text="Letter to Hamsaduta -- Calcutta 13 October, 1967"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Hamsaduta -- Calcutta 13 October, 1967|Letter to Hamsaduta -- Calcutta 13 October, 1967]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Please accept my blessings. I have received your letter of Oct. 5. "Money is the honey" goes so far as it is employed for Krishna consciousness. The body is undoubtedly a material vehicle but when it acts for Krishna Consciousness it becomes spiritualized. By the grace of Krishna material energy can be transformed to spiritual energy & spiritual energy is never deteriorated. To be in Krishna Consciousness means to be in Spiritual energy.</p> |
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| | </div> |
| | <div id="1969_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="4" parent="Correspondence" text="1969 Correspondence"><h3>1969 Correspondence</h3> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoBhadraBardhanLondon4December1969_0" class="quote" parent="1969_Correspondence" book="Let" index="709" link="Letter to Bhadra Bardhan -- London 4 December, 1969" link_text="Letter to Bhadra Bardhan -- London 4 December, 1969"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Bhadra Bardhan -- London 4 December, 1969|Letter to Bhadra Bardhan -- London 4 December, 1969]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Regarding your question about items being used in Krishna's service becoming spiritual, you should understand it that anything which will remind one of Krishna is spiritual, and anything which will make one forget Krishna is material. Actually, everything is of spiritual nature because everything is coming from the Ultimate Source, Krishna. But when something is offered to the Lord or when it is used in His service, then it resumes its spiritual quality because it will remind one of Krishna. Therefore, even though such object may not have consciousness, it will act as spiritual. It is just like when an iron rod is put into the fire: the rod has not actually become fire, but it will act in just the same way as fire.</p> |
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| | </div> |
| | <div id="1970_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="5" parent="Correspondence" text="1970 Correspondence"><h3>1970 Correspondence</h3> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoBhagavanLosAngeles10January1970_0" class="quote" parent="1970_Correspondence" book="Let" index="13" link="Letter to Bhagavan -- Los Angeles 10 January, 1970" link_text="Letter to Bhagavan -- Los Angeles 10 January, 1970"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Bhagavan -- Los Angeles 10 January, 1970|Letter to Bhagavan -- Los Angeles 10 January, 1970]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Regarding your question—What is meant by an object regaining spiritual quality?—the answer is that Krishna is pure knowledge and, therefore, He is the Supreme Person. In other words, He is the Supreme Power, and His Power is manifested throughout by different energies as much as the power of fireplace is expanded by light and heat. When we perceive heat and light, it means that we perceive the original fireplace. The perception of Krishna in everything is actually Krishna consciousness. In our conditioned state, we take it for granted something as separated from Krishna. But actually it is not so. Nothing can be separate from Krishna, everything is resting on Krishna, therefore, things which we consider now matter, when dovetailed for the cause of the Absolute Truth or Krishna, regains its spiritual quality. Another example may be cited in this connection. When we cook foodstuffs in the kitchen for eating ourselves, it is a different thing from the foodstuff which is prepared and offered to Krishna. The same dahl, rice is material for one purpose but the same thing becomes spiritual when it is dovetailed with Krishna. So on the higher platform, there is nothing material when everything is accepted in relationship with Krishna or the Supreme Spirit. I think this will clarify your question.</p> |
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