20220817 Zoom Initiation Address to Siberia Devotees

The following is a zoom address given by His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja on August 17th, 2022 in Sri Dhama Mayapur, India. Zoom Initiation Address to Seribian and Russian devotees.

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: So on this day two days before Janmāṣṭamī we are celebrating the initiation of devotees and we are grateful that you are doing the Bhakti-vṛkṣa sevā and that you are being guided by Aṅgīra Gaurāṅga dāsa and wife Kāverī devī dāsī. So the purpose of human life is to awaken our relationship with Kṛṣṇa. Sanātana Gosvāmī asked Lord Caitanya who am I? Lord Caitanya said, jīvera ’svarūpa’ haya—kṛṣṇera ’nitya-dāsa’. By serving Kṛṣṇa all your life will be perfect. By telling others about Kṛṣṇa’s glories you will satisfy Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and people know Him by different names. So the process of bhakti-yoga has nine elements. Starts from śravaṇam, kīrtanam. Hearing the holy names and chanting names. If you can always remember Kṛṣṇa, chant His names, hear His glories, use your body to engage in Kṛṣṇa’s service, and worship the deities in your house or in the temple. So in this way we pray to Kṛṣṇa, we pay our obeisances to Kṛṣṇa. In this way we always keep Kṛṣṇa in the center of our life. So, in this way by practicing bhakti-yoga you can go back to the spiritual world.

I am trying to take care of the disciples. So I am grateful to Aṅgīra Gaurāṅga dāsa and his wife for helping me. Audārya Līlā devī dāsī is also helping. You can always write to me but I hope that Aṅgīra Gaurāṅga dāsa can guide you personally. I visited Siberia previously. I don’t know how often I will be able to now. I hope that you all take full shelter of Lord Kṛṣṇa.