20220424 Spiritual Safari Address (Day 3)

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
hariḥ oṁ tat sat

Jayapatākā Swami: Śrīla Prabhupāda kī jaya! Jaya Gurudeva! Jaya Caitanya deva! Jaya Rādhā Kṛṣṇa! I was listening to the Spiritual Safari, it was very blissful to hear the realizations. This afternoon I went to Poland virtually and they were celebrating in one of the temples, the Vyāsa-pūjā. Here I was visiting the Spiritual Safari and suddenly it seemed like they were celebrating my Vyāsa-pūjā in Swami Bagh temple, in Nṛsiḥghdi and Puṇḍarīka dhāma. So I hope everyone is very blissful. So for three days we were having Spiritual Safari. So I hope that all the devotees they concentrate on reading Śrīla Prabhupāda books, and Śrīla Prabhupāda wrote some letters where he said anyone who got the Bhakti-vedānta degree was allowed to initiate. So we were hoping that many of the devotees would be qualified in that way. Also, I would like everyone to have ecstasy, affection and love in worshiping Lord Caitanya, Lord Kṛṣṇa.

I wish Kavicandra Mahārāja, Bhakti Dhira Dāmodara Mahārāja and Bhakti Vigna-vināśana Narasiṁha Mahārāja.

This safari gives an experience of how to be engaged in preaching and devotional service. I remember how in Tirupati devotees were doing saṅkīrtana on the road while we were visiting different temples. And the ladies learnt how to dance artistically like the ladies in Russia. And the stage programs were very attractive. This year I did not go on the safari but I saw that you were all doing safari virtually. I hope next year we will be able to do safari. And it was a nice video that the Khasadeśa devotees put together. They were all dancing and showing their love. Also, we heard in these three days many different devotees. And their encouragement was very appreciative. I am going on the 1^st few days of May to Patna to install the Deities. There are some other Deities in India being installed. So we will visit these places in the next safari and see the newly installed Deities and celebrate some street saṅkīrtana. Anyway, Lord Caitanya He was very blissful. It is said that He performed special saṅkīrtana in South India. Everyone He would see, He would hug and thus He gave out love of Kṛṣṇa freely. So you can contact Atula Kṛṣṇa dāsa from Māyāpur Institute. He has created a fast-track way to get the degrees. You don’t have to take the course you can just take the test. Also, the co-minister for Education, he has made a program which would just teach the course and you would automatically get the degree. Because we recognize that for each course one has to give a lot of focus on the śāstra. We just want the devotees to know the Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and other books of Lord Caitanya and then they can explain to the new devotees. In this way, Śrīla Prabhupāda he wanted to make millions of devotees who could spread the mission of Lord Caitanya. Thank you very much. If any other temples you have Vyāsa-pūjā program coming up, you can call up Mahā Varāha dāsa and we can visit. Hare Kṛṣṇa! Alright the new safari song! I thank all the organizers! Haribol!