20170717 Arrival Address

17-MAY-2017

Arrival Address – Tirupati, India

By His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Guru Maharaja

♪♪♪ mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim ♪♪♪

♪♪♪ yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam ♪♪♪

♪♪♪ paramānanda-mādhavam śrī caitanya īśvaram♪♪♪

Hari oṁ tat sat

Bhagunāraa? (How are you all?)

[Haribol!] I am very glad to be back here in the Tirupati temple. ISKCON has its branch temple here in Tirupati at the foot hill of Veṅkaṭeśvara Govindajī’s temple in Tirumala. This place is Vaikuṇṭha on earth. And Lord Caitanya personally came here and His lotus feet are established on the Tirumala hills. Lord Caitanya is the yuga-avatāra for this kali-yuga and in the previous kali-yuga, Śrīla Prabhupāda said, Veṅkaṭeśvara Śrīnivāsa was the yuga-avatāra. In Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṇa says, sambhavāmi yuge yuge. So, Lord Caitanya, He said that, “In Kali-yuga you should chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra.” In the Brihan-nāradhīya Purāṇa it says, “harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalam kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva nāsty eva gatir anyathā” And by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra you can get the mercy of Lord Kṛṣṇa. By yajñas, by worship, by meditation – is not easy to perform. But in Kali-yuga everyone can perform chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. So I thank you all for chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. [Haribol!] This shows the affection and love for the Lord. Pastimes of Lord Bālājī are simply beautiful. Pastimes of Kṛṣṇa, realized in the previous dvāpara yuga. So, Lord Caitanya comes as the most merciful. He is Kṛṣṇa - Who takes the mood of Rādhārāṇī. So, His mood is vipralamba or separation. In that mood we should chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, in this way our life will be perfect. So, I will be attending the South Indian Divisional Council. Kṛṣṇa willing I will give also initiations here. [Applause] But I am… came from Kathmandu, so I have to rest now. My health is not ideal – look forward to see all of you again. I hope that the Lord will give me the power to come for darśana every day. And speak with you devotees. Hare Kṛṣṇa! Thank you!