20230422 Akṣaya-tṛtīyā Address

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāriṇam
paramānanda-mādhavam śrī-caitanya-īśvaram
Harihi oṁ tat sat

Sarvajaya Mādhava dāsa: Guru Mahārāja as of now, minimum target was 1 million dollars, total contribution with match is 375,000 dollars. Haribol! So the second line which is total contribution with match and pledges is 499,000. Haribol! So total number of souls who have contributed is 36 and the average contribution is 2600 and highest is close to 20plus. Devotees get ready, we will announce your name and Guru Mahārāja will bless you. Some of these were already told to Guru Mahārāja but I will announce again:

All the names were read out.

So we have 499,000 dollars. Haribol! 500K dollars, half a million reached! Guru Mahārāja kī jaya! This happened within half a day, half a million dollars. Rest of the day we will cover the rest! Haribol!

Jayapatākā Swami: Today is auspicious day of the Akṣaya-tṛtīyā, a good day to open your hearts. Today, whatever you do in the service of Kṛṣṇa will last forever. So, it is a good day to do something. And you have a done a lot for Lord Caitanya. Lord Nityānanda, He said that an adbhuta mandir would happen. Eka adbhuta mandira haibe prakāśa, gaurāṅga-nitya-sevā haibe vikāśa. We need the gṛhasthas especially to use their abilities, their intelligence, their mind, to think how they can spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Lord Caitanya, He told the devotees in Kūrmadeśa, Āmāra ājñāya guru hañā tāra’ ei deśa (Cc. Madhya 7.128). He said that wherever you are, make that place Kṛṣṇa conscious. Yāre dekha, tāre kaha ‘kṛṣṇa’-upadeśa. That whoever you meet, tell them the message of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Actually, we see that people, they don’t know what to do in the name of religion. We saw that various faiths, nominations are assembling together and discussing about doing something for the planet, being eco-friendly. It is alright, that should be naturally part of any Kṛṣṇa conscious devotee. But somehow if we are God conscious, God friendly, then naturally we would be friendly to the plants and so on. Although people are saying, save the ecology, they are killing the animals. Animals are also citizens, and it is not our right to kill the animals. Some places in the world are suffering due to army fighting. They are saying, we are so poor now, we have to be vegetarian! Being vegetarian is very good! Why does it take a war?! Like this, we want to promote natural friendliness by being God conscious, by being Kṛṣṇa conscious. We heard some nun was saying, ever since the Big Bang. A nun is talking about the Big Bang, I don’t know! Śrīla Prabhupāda, he was saying, who is the one who set the Big Bang up? We know that in the Vedas it says that the glance of Mahā-Viṣṇu caused the material creation. So, I met one Brother, of a Roman Catholic Church, and we were flying together somewhere. He said, that he did not actually believe in God! He liked the second Commandment, treat your neighbors as would treat yourselves. But he did not believe in God. I mean, we have a lot to do. Even the Christians, I mean I give many lectures in churches. Lord Jesus said, you should love God. But how to do that? Bhakti-yoga is the process how to awaken our love for God. So don’t be shy even if someone says I am a Christian. So you say, do you believe? I BELIEVE! We actually have something to offer to everybody. And I am very glad that you have stepped forward on this Akṣaya-tṛtīyā day to do your service. May Kṛṣṇa bless all of you that you will be always under His shelter! Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Sarvajaya Mādhava dāsa: Let us pray for Guru Mahārāja’s health and chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra thrice.

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

Special thanks to Śrīla Prabhupāda for giving us this jewel in the form of our Guru Mahārāja! Śrīla Prabhupāda kī jaya! Guru Mahārāja kī jaya!