19950305 Śrī Navadviap Mandala Parikrama Bhaktivinoda Thakura House - Godruma Dvipa

(Level 1 transcript)

About this Godrumadvīpa, also mentioned about Surabhi cow, this down the about the 100 meters further down we will be going there, is the Surabhi-kuñja, Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura establishes his headquarters of Nāmahaṭṭa movement, he was preaching by establishing Nāmahaṭṭa all over eastern India. We found the list, as there was about 500 Nāmahaṭṭas listed, we don’t know whether that s the last base, we haven’t got all the publications of about the Nāmahaṭṭa he made, but it was something very standard, still some Nāmahaṭṭas are going on which was established by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, so, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Ṭhākura made temples and Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura made Nāmahaṭṭas, and Śrīla Prabhupāda he has both temples and Nāmahaṭṭa, the temples are important as the base the Nāmahaṭṭa are still going from the time Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura has the temple, the temples are still there, so focused, so we can visit, Prabhupāda once told that the secret of success is to please Spiritual master and serve him to please the desires of the previous ācāryas, previous Spiritual Masters, he mentioned how Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura has begged door to door one rupee from each person to build the first temple at the birth place of Lord Caitanya. and how Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura has built the birth place temple, instead I am also trying to something to develop the Māyāpur dhāma, and he was moved on the disappearance day of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura and he said I am very grateful for my followers for helping, in the confidence of serving the previous ācāryas, and he started to cry, and he couldn’t speak anymore after that. Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura very merciful .

He knew that the people will come to Māyāpur dhāma they will get unlimited blessings their Kṛṣṇa consciousness will, is not like that battery recharge just like that the complete overhaul, like nowadays we got the normal battery, then you got alkaline batteries, they you got nickel plutonium, nickel hydro, expanding, expanding, now this year, this is like changing completely changing your battery. Because the battery we got will not hold that much charge., when you come to Māyāpur dhāma not only got recharges but you got the whole new set of batteries, so that you can hold the charge longer and when you go out in saṅkīrtana you can simply remember Māyāpur dhāma and His Holiness Nitya Mukthya Mahārāja has explained to us, even in far distance corner of the world Vancouver, far away from Māyāpur dhāma, they are remembering Māyāpur dhāma in the part and giving some transcendental ecstasy because Māyāpur dhāma is transcendental. So Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura knew this and he wanted so the people will come and get the blessings so require us to develop the Navadvīpa parikramā, to develop Māyāpur dhāma, he personally had a vision from his room, a wonderful jewel, a very wonderful temple, just outside his window, he wishes, Prabhupāda asked us to built a temple which are more or less Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura window, with by his blessings temple, all devotees and all the pious people all over the world are able to fulfill the dreams and we are just a instrumental in the hands of Śrīla Prabhupāda and Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura and other previous ācāryas and do this work and get unlimited blessings, then one time, I remember one time at the Kumbha-melā, one morning Prabhupāda was mentioning how in order to be Kṛṣṇa consciousness, one has to go through so many preliminary activities, so many pious activities, doesn’t matter, already in Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, already crossed over all preliminary stages, when ask for the questions, mother [not clear 6:25] that time he asked Prabhupāda I don’t see any qualification in me, he was in humble, I didn’t do any of these things then how I am in Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, he encouraged me if I am wrong. I am just remembering, and Prabhupāda, he said I gave you the mercy, I gave you the mercy, I gave you the good fortune, at the same time, some have in the discussion, I don’t remember, how it is connected but somebody brought up, that what if we bring the president United states and the king of England to Māyāpur for the opening of big temple. And then Prabhupāda dreamed himself and said Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura would personally come in take you with his own hand back to Goloka Vṛndāvana.

Devotees: Haribol! Applause!

Gaurāṅga! Gaurāṅga!

Also, Śrīla Prabhupāda said in other time that if you build a thirty-story building in Māyāpur temple over thirty stories, also, Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura will be very pleased and he will take you back. Actually, simply we don’t know what is the result of all these activities, how can, even people can’t understand why you want to built something, materialistic people may say, why do you want to built something in a village, if it is built in the city, better communication, so many you know, so called logical reason, but we know this is holy abode o the Lord, this is the desires of or previous ācāryas, and by going on Navadvīpa parikramā we can also start to realize that very dynamic things happened into the spiritual chemistry of the devotee simply by hearing and chanting for this many days in Navadvīpa Māyāpur dhāma remembering the pastimes of Lord Caitanya and his associates and the ācāryas as remarkable effect a cleaning effect which is in comparable, so that was Śrīla Prabhupāda, he said that I simply carry out the orders of my spiritual master. People also telling him why do you want to go to west, people are too sinful, they are all materialistic, they never change their habits, Lord Caitanya when he said the whole world will be delivered, he only meant, you know, the world in those days is civilized world only India. I mean, he doesn’t mention other countries count, but Śrīla Prabhupāda literally took the words of his guru, preaching in Western countries, He took the words of Lord Caitanya as have faith he went, and he hadn’t gone, hadn’t faith where will be our day today. The vision actually, was inspired by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, he actually predicted not only that people becoming, he predicted that people will come from all over the world here as mentioned by His Holiness Bhakti Nitya Mahārāja, that the Indians and all the people from Russia, he mentioned Prussia, those days no Russia, Prussia includes Russia, Germany Poland and all those places, Prussia, France, England and America and some other places, those will come to Māyāpur, he said they will be chanting.

Jaya Śacīnandana in their own Streets, with khol, karatāla, and flags, and doing harināma in their countries, and they will be chanting Jaya Śacīnandana, and when they come here to Māyāpur they will be chanting on the one side and the people from India, we call them ārya-bhrātas, brothers they will come in two kīrtana parties will join and start to embrace each other with love as if no consideration of caste, or distinction, you can image 1800 of that time British going around in horses, when the whole thing Indians really like the subjective people, you know, think that anyway they will be chanting Harināma, and be embracing the Indian, without any, and the Indians will be embracing them you can imagine that totally inconceivable in that time for anyone totally transcendental person to have the understanding so he had the vision he said the movement will spread all over the world and therefore we are unlimitedly, here we can never repay the debt we have to Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura and Śrīla Prabhupāda, he wanted us to have a massive temple for Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, in his birth place and he said many times, one or two occasions to discuss with the brother of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura the possibilities of building a temple for Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura at his birth place, but nothing could be worked out at that time. Prabhupādas wanted to see Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura really glorified. If he feels go to Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura temple by the side of [not clear 12:05] they constructed recently in 1970s and Prabhupāda’s said its offensive Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura is the revealer of holy dhāma greatest spiritual master they should have built a wonderful temple for Him and not in that gateway which is where they put the donor ,donor of the temple they should put inside temple especially heritable raised, so Prabhupāda had a real idea, he really wanted to glorify he said , he didn’t go to the samādhi temple ones or twice, and also said that Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura samādhi temple wasn’t up to the standard, he didn’t say its big enough, big enough, many times, he had come can’t say right now, I would like to bring the point is how much Śrīla Prabhupāda was concerned and glorify going around Navadvīpa dhāma and getting this ideas of to make a detailed plan, when we are going to the 20^th century we considered how one day all the people in the world will be Kṛṣṇa conscious and they will be coming to Māyāpur we have to have the holy dhāma the whole parikramā-mārga in a better made all the holy places you know fixed up, guest houses big kīrtana hall, the lecture hall, place anyway it s all a dream and we should start dreaming make a plan at times come we try to realize it. Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, he had his vision by his blessings everything is possible, Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura found the holy places mentioned by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, and he secured many of them and he said my followers to secure all the rest of the places and construct something there., I was a little late in coming because one friend said they had just found a place where Lord Caitanya delivered the Kazi Chand, from the other planet he said over and show it to me. Its known as Gauradahā, according to them, I have to clarify but we are looking for that place I forget, I don’t had time, so we want to discover and uncover all the places Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, mentioned that are mentioned in the Vedas and this Godruma is very important place, here one’s devotion to Lord Kṛṣṇa is very easily visit the place of kīrtana, we are all very fortunate to be here today, so Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, he wanted this big temple for Lord Caitanya to be constructed. And that was the order of Śrīla Prabhupāda we should do it, and all the book distributors all over the world and by their contribution [not clear 15:20] I think some 12 or 15% or 25% of is going for the big temple construction for the pleasure of Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura and the previous ācārya to fulfill the desires of Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura and the prediction of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu, people can come here to Māyāpur dhāma and get the unlimited blessings, as we are simply being in Māyāpur dhāma all ones karmas are immediately wiped out, that possibility is there, one can get so much mercy you can eventually go back home back to Godhead, so much of mercy floating our here, simply we have to be expert takers, it s there, how we can take it by chanting, as purely as possible associating with the devotees, remembering the pastimes, hearing, chanting, remembering and so on, and all the nine practice of devotional service. Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, he was so expert, how he was able to do so many things he became very expert what he was doing, he finish all his material activities in half the time the other people. In those days as a district magistrate, he was simultaneously, and magistrate and judicial magistrate both powers, worth for him he was able to manage the whole district and as well as both duties so many... both judicial have to do. Normally only the British people who are dealing this position, they saw him qualified, and he was one of the few Indians was given the position of district magistrate in India. And normally they will be sitting in the office at 4’O clock doing the work but he finish everything by 12, and he gives such a perfect decision in the court, the people would appealed for high court he never had a judgment over turned. They couldn’t find any flaw, to resolve judgment or anything,

Devotee: Ask about his daily schedule? I don’t know the exact.

Jayapatākā Swami: I don’t know when the starting the day, it was very similar to Prabhupāda to in some respect, Gītā class in the evening, 9 or 10, 10o clock and he get up at 12 or 12:30 and he will be writing the whole night, and then he start doing his japa around 5 or 6 O clock as, morning bath and do his japa and he would be reading sastras from 6 to 8am, and anybody wanted to see him then, then he was also available to be seen otherwise he would just read, the whole night, then he will take some breakfast and he will be going working in kṛṣṇanagar, which is the district headquarter, it’s about 10kms, it’s take almost a hour and forty five minutes go there to district headquarters and from 10 to 2hours or 1 o clock in just three hours he finish the whole day work then he come back or in the afternoon sometimes, he would had duties to go out and inspect something, sometimes he would also do nāmahaṭṭa preaching in the late afternoon, and then he comes back and spend a couple of hours with his family then again 8 to 10 he was reading something, chanting o whatever going out for preaching, two hours with the family, he was not in preaching like that, and again take rest, (Guru maharaj laughs..) unbelievably tight time, I think he take prasadam in the right time, short time in the afternoon I am not clear on that afternoon schedule any way,

Do you remember?

May be he takes lunch and didn’t take rest,

He was completely engaged and totally transcendental. Atlast he went to Bhakti Kutir in Jagannath purī, the Lord appeared in his dream and told him to go to Jagannathpuri and simply chant by the Samadhi mandir of Haridas thakur and by his chanting he was purified the whole world and by doing that the whole world would become Kṛṣṇa Conscious in the future and able to and by his chanting the Kṛṣṇa Conscious would spread to the different parts of the world, even while he was doing so called nirjana bhajan, in separation of Lord, it is mentioned totally Ghostianandi, he was doing it also on the order of lord to give the blessings that the whole world gets the benediction of kṛṣṇa consciousness. It was like a personal austerity so that we very unfortunate people of different parts of the world who are not normally reject the Kṛṣṇa consciousness but some of the Indians are also put them on to chant, they might have some shahajias, mayavads, any other saints may not reject the direct process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness all because of Bhaktivinod Thakur intense desire the Kṛṣṇa Consciousness movement to be given to different souls, now we want to take up this desire , this mission for pilgrims put his dream into truth we, can do it by his blessings, praying at his lotus feet for his causeless mercy , Śrīla Bhaktivinod Thakura kī jaya..

Sacinananda Thakur Bhaktivinood ki … (jaya))

Jai Sachinandana

Jai Sachinandana

Jai Sachinandana

Jai Sachinandana

Also I was chanting Jai Sachinandana kīrtana, somebody says I am earning a new mantra (Devotee laughs) ... its Bhaktivinod Thakur predicted that they will come and chant Jai Sacinandana… which is the name of Lord Caitanya, the beloved son of Mother Sachi. We go to the .. before Lord Nityānanda also had a nāmahaṭṭa headquarters, and Bhaktivinod Thakur, he establishes them, after you know in Kṛṣṇa book Bhāgavatam it is explained how Lord Kṛṣṇa after Indra poured torrential rain for seven days, and kṛṣṇa lifted Govardhan hill, then Indra realizes his mistake and all the clouds went are … what are you doing?? You are sending against the Supreme Lord, whether we are going to finished, so then Indra pulled back the clouds, then Lord Kṛṣṇa put down the Govardhan Hill and the Vraj vasis were underneath him, and Indira came and offered his obeisances. at that time there was a surabhi cow, could bath kṛṣṇa with milk and airavadha elephant, indira with the water from kalindi, surabhi cow came to māyāpur dham, who resides here in this area, so we can see so many nice trees, nice, it is called surabhi kunj, and there is a history how, margandeya rishi, who got a benediction where he can live 3days of Brahma, normally at the end of Brahma everyone perishes goes back into the Garbhodagasahi viṣṇu, but he got the benediction that he can be alive of 3days of Brahma, he won’t die of normal course by old age, or something, what happened is that, at that time there is mahapralaya where whole universe is fills up with the water and it’s a massive flood, so then everything, all living entity are swept away in its flood and killed, Markanteya rishi he is alive, because he has the benediction and he was bound around in the flood water , there is no food, he is alive but nothing to eat, he spotted everywhere, he is being very tired, and he is, he is, suffering, I mean he is natural lifespan, Brahma he could die by accident, by starvation because he didn’t eat, he had all his plan, what I am going to night of Brahma what is going to eat, how I am going to survive, [25:18 not clear] he was really suffering, and he was thinking living a long time instead of great pray, and somehow at a distance he saw an island, and he some have, he was able to get to the island and there this island is actually Godruma Dvip, inside the Navadvip dham, even in the Mahapralaya, navadvip is not destroyed, it remains, so it was floating there, some have whole, he got to Godruma there he saw the surabhi cow, and he begged the surabhi cow please give me some of your divine milk, so .. I am going to die, praying and praying to Surabhi cow, kindly give me some milk, and by drinking the milk from surabhi cow, he survived.

Gaurangaaaaa.. (Devotee repeats)

Gaurangaaaaa.. (Devotee repeats)

Gaurangaaaaa.. (Devotee repeats)

So some of you, you cannot normally see a surabhi cow, you have to have a divine vision, for may be by the mercy of Guru and Gaurāṅga some of you may have the divine vision and see the surabhi cow, HH.Nityamukta maharaj saying Why not? Why not? We can never tell, that’s why we just hoping upon the hope. we actually, we are all hankering very greedy to get krupa siddhi, we are trying and we are not experts and we are hoping upon the hope for the krupa siddhi, for the causeless mercy of Guru and Gaurāṅga, and the spiritual master, Lord Caitanya by which we can get Kṛṣṇa Consciousness very quickly. So here is the land of mercy, which is the place to get the mercy, will be going to the Surabhi Kunja, we can take some of the dust there, lord nityānanda used to do, kīrtana there, and from there we will be proceedings on to the place where the devotees are staying, (you will be staying ) you can bathe there in the jalangi river, somebody wants to swim there in surabhi kunj, they can also do that, but it’s about half a kilometer swim, [27:50 not clear] kīrtana please,… it is the land of kīrtana.