20200407 Zoom Darśana to Chennai Disciples

The following is an address given by His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja on April 7th,2020 in Śrī Dhāma Māyāpur, India. The address was given to the Chennai Devotees via zoom.

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
paramānandaṁ mādhavaṁ śrī caitanya iśvaram

Hariḥ oṁ tat sat!

Jayapatākā Swami: I am glad to see many of the devotees from Chennai. Recently I had a similar darśana with Bengaluru devotees. I had like this one hour, morning. But in one hour they had 295 devotees. We will see who is more enthusiastic, Bengaluru or Chennai! So we are all in lockdown, all India. And one third of the whole world is in lockdown. And no cure for the COVID-19 and no vaccine yet. So the reason for the lockdown is don’t get the disease. We don’t have a cure yet. So recently the Brazil president and even President Trump, they have been telling the people to pray. We know that to destroy the kalmasas of Kali-yuga, the Hare Kṛṣṇa Maha-mantra is the best.

Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare
Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare!

So, use whatever influence you have and see how different political leaders, religious leaders, chant the holy names. Even if they cannot chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, chant some name of God. Any name of God will be something at least and will help. But especially names of Hari or Hare Kṛṣṇa are especially empowered in Kali-yuga. Even Nārada Muni said that you could trick people to chant. Like he had a thief who chanted mara, mara, mara. But there he tricked him to chant the name Rāma, Rāma Rāma. One neurologist tells his patients, touch the knee, touch the tie. Knee Tie. Knee Tie. Knee Tie. Also, he says Go Run Go, if you say Go Run Go very fast then we chant Gorango. Gaurāṅga. I don’t know if in Tamil words there are any hidden names of Kṛṣṇa. I have a special chance to see all those devotees whose videos are on. So, we will go one by one and you can tell me the names. The Supreme Court in India said that more people may die of fear and anxiety of the Corona virus. So therefore, the Supreme Court recommended to chant bhajana, kīrtana, and namaz. You should chant, you should get all the neighbors and all the people you know to chant.