20240817 Address in Gītā Bhavan to Paṭha-cakra Māyāpur Camp, Amtā Division

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

Jayapatākā Swami: I am not keeping well a bit. I had visited many places earlier. I don’t know if I can visit Uluberia, Amtā, etc. now or not. But you have all come to Māyāpur dhāma, that is very nice! In this dhāma whatever activities you do you will get 1000 times the benefit. For example, every step you take in Māyāpur dhāma you get the benefit of having done an aśvamedha-yajña for each step taken. Then if stay in an area around an area of 1.5 krośa from the Gaṅgā, you get one lakh times the benefit. Now all of you multiply 1000 by 1 lakh and calculate the total benefit.

I hope that you are all learning the teachings and also giving good teachings from Bhagavad-gītā As It Is. Śrīla Prabhupāda told me to read the Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā ten times when I went to ask him for initiation. I say that whoever wants to take initiation from me should read the Bhāgavatam twice at least.

You have come to Māyāpur during Jhulan-yātrā. Today is also the disappearance day of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. You have all done well to come and I hope that you are happy to read Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books. The way the Gītā-cakra is expanding, I am extremely happy. I want to give all of you my blessings: Kṛṣṇe matir astu!

Now I don’t know if you have any questions, regarding how you are all advancing in devotional service, what doubts you have. Now Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the most merciful of all incarnations. He came to liberate everyone. Lord Kṛṣṇa thought that in Vraja dhāma, in Vṛndāvana had enjoyed so much bliss. But these conditioned souls, I did not give them any mercy for long. So I will incarnate as a devotee, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and will distribute the prema of Vṛndāvana to all! Haribol!

Do the congregation of Gītā Course do hari-dhvani nicely? Ladies are not able? Haribol! I think that ladies mostly did ulu-dhvani! Ladies can do both – hari-dhvani and ulu-dhvani! The men only hari-dhvani! So much bliss is there in serving Lord Gaurāṅga, there is no way to measure or calculate that! This human form of life we get after going through 84 lakh species of life, and their goal should be to search God in this human form. I end my talk here. If you have any doubts or questions, you can ask me.