20190114 Jagannath Ratha Yatra Address

Namo Om…

Welcome you all to the Jagannath Ratha Yatra in Chennai.  Krishna has come here in person. He came here as Varadaraja deity in Kanchi and also Vaikunthanathar deities as well. There are pastimes of Lord Shiva and Vinayagam as well. Vaishnavanaam yatha Shambho – Lord Shiva is the greatest vaishnava. Lord Brahma does the creation and Lord Shiva does the destruction but all are coming from Lord Krishna. Here are Lord Jagannath with Yoga Maya and Baladev! We are eternal jivas because the soul never dies. But we take  birth again and again and again and again and again and again! But if we know Krishna and serve Him we can go back to Him. Bhakti Vedanta Swami introduced the Ratha Yatra all over the world! It is a great opportunity to serve Lord Jagannath!  Lord Caitanya appeared in India as a devotee of Krishna. He has taken that form and awarding devotional service to all. We pay our respect to all the elders and the ministers. Without salary no one works for anyone. That is why everyone is working hard. I see that everybody is running after Caitanya Mahaprabhu but He doesn’t pay heed to anyone.  This can only be done for spiritual reasons. So I think that the Lord is non-different from Allah. We are all part of Krishna, so if you serve Krishna, if you bow to Krishna, then you will be very happy. Thanks to the temple through the   Ratha Yatra you are getting a chance to serve the Lord. The more we serve the Lord, the more you get His blessings. Haribol! Sumitra Krishna das! You are all very fortunate because you get to serve Lord Jagannath Baladev and Subhadra!