20231004 || ISKCON Whitefield Bhūmi Pūjā Presentation || Bangalore, India #JayapatakaSwamiArchives

Be sure to subscribe to our channel. We publish new videos every day. Don't forget, grab your smartphone and download the Lava Mantra app and stay in touch. Guru Maharaj's message is your advantage. The following is a talk given by His Holiness Jaya Pataka Swami Maharaj on October 4, 2023 in Bangalore, India. The talk was given at an ISKCON Whitefield Bhumi Puja ceremony.

The Preaching Report of ISKCON Whitefield for the pleasure of His Holiness Jay Pataka Swami Maharaj, all the assembled Vaishnavas and our Founder Acharya AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Shweta Dupan. ISKCON Whitefield is the child of Narsimha Giridhari Mandir and this child has been growing from outpost to extension center to preaching center and now sworn to a temple under the able guidance of His Grace Varadhakrishna Prabhu. The Swam Life Team Expert Management team consists of the Temple President His Grace Harikshekra Prabhu and assisted by the Board members His Grace Banu Mahav Prabhu, His Grace Sudhiri Gopal Prabhu, His Grace Yuval Kishore Prabhu, His Grace Achut Arjun Sakha Prabhu and Kartikedas. Along with this management team, dedicated full time devotees are adding more and more enthusiasm with their missionary spirit. ISKCON white pain has 13 full time brahmacharis all cultivated in the YOG preaching endeavors. Each one of them are highly qualified in their material education and corporate experience. There are three full time Vanaprasthas also who are cultivated in the congregation preaching endeavors of ISKCON Whitefield ISKCON Whitefield's preaching endeavours has resulted in seven flourishing Bhakti centers in and around this Whitefield area. ISKCON Bhakti center also called as IBC are as follows IBC ACS Layo headed by His Grace Yugal Kishore Prabhu IBC Kagra Sholai headed by His Grace Bannu Madhav Prabhu His Grace Subannu Bhoban Prabhu IBC Kannamangala headed by His Grace Achut Arjun Sakha Prabhu IBC White Sea Inner Circle headed by His Grace Sudhir Gopalpamu IBC Panathur and IBC Sarjapur headed by Kashikedas. All these centers put together there are 5 circles, 11 sectors and 48 bhakti dakshas with total of 1270 devotees. Out of these 76 are first initiated and 11 are second initiative. All the devotees connected to ISKCON Whitefield go through systematic training and Shiksha elements. Chiksha ceremonies are organized thrice a year from 2017 to June 20232026 devotees have taken oaths in Shiksha ceremonies to chant minimum one round to 16 rounds. Coming Sunday, 282 devotees are taking over for next Shiksha level. Apart from congregation preaching, ISKCON Whitefield actively involved in preaching to unmarried youth, boys and girls. There are total 8 youth programs organized every week in Hope Farm, ACS Layout and Kagdaspura centers which are attended by more than 200 youths. There are total 6 bases Bhaktivedanta Academy for Culture and Education where serious youth practitioners stay together and enthusiastically do their Sadhana and Seva in couple of days. ISKCON Whitefield is inaugurating a new youth center which will be for youth and managed by youth in the prime youth area called Marathalli. ISKCON Whitefield spiritually nourishes all age groups including the kids. From the age of four onwards. There are seven kids programs organized every week across all the centers. PISTCON Whitefield is the first few centers centers all over India which has got officially trained child protection team. ISKCON Whitefield's unique preaching strategy consists of Janmastami contact collection followed by Gita course and then the Bhakti Rickshaws. This year ISKCON Whitefield had organized 13 Janmasamis visited by more than 75,000 general public to organize the massive Janmaster meets. A total of 1 crore rupees was spent these Janmas. More than 3000 visitors registered for the Systematic Gita course, a course which explains Bhagavad Gita in a scientific way with an aim of practically applying the principles of Gita in day to day life. Currently there are 16 Gita courses running across all Bhakti centers with more than 1000 participants. By next Janmastami, at least 300 participants chanting 4 to 16 rounds are expected to actively join a congregation which will result in 30 new Bhakti Vrikshas. Maharaj, in almost all your lectures you have been stressing on importance of study of Srila Prabhupada books and doing courses like Bhakti Shastri and Bhakti Vaibhava to please you. ISKCON Whitefield is now an officially registered center for Bhakti Shastri examinations under BOEX Board of Examinations, 55 devotees have completed Bhakti Shastri successful and 75 devotees are currently attending Bhakti Shastri course and 26 devotees are attending Bhakti Vaibhava course organized in various Bhakti centers. Another very important nourishment program is ISKCON Whitefield's annual Dhaam Yatra to various Dhaams. The focus of these Dhaam Yatras are Shavanam. This year, ISKCON Whitefield's annual Dham Yatra was in Vandavan Dham where more than 320 devotees spent one full week in Vrindavan Dham doing nice Shravanam and charging their spiritual batteries. Book distribution is heart of ISKCON and ISKCON Whitefield is keeping this alive by regular book distribution throughout the year. Last year in book marathon, ISKCON Whitefield distributed more than 15,200 books and was listed on fifth position in annual book distribution among small temples. For the first time in the history of Whitefield area, ISKCON Whitefield had organized a massive Jagannatharath Yatra attended by more than 10,000 people. Finally, with all this ISKCON Whitefield is a family of happy devotees who are initiated by 15 spiritual masters of ISKCON. This year we are entering into a new adventurous journey of temple construction on the same land whose Bhumi Puja was done today in your auspicious presence, Maharaj, Please bless this entire team of ISKCON Whitefield so that we continue to preach and be a part of this Mahayagya of making Bangalore the first Krishna conscious city which is your first desire and instruction for all of us, Hare Krishna, a small 2 minutes video.

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So we'll be having various different departments. The first is the deity department, the beautiful radar. This time during the day we'll have a fun for the boat festival. We'll have the Nitya Nad kitchen serving every single day. Many many thousands of people. We'll have Govinda restaurant Also.

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The banquet hall for all the Krishna conscious ceremonies. We'll have the guest house for devotees.

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We have a huge sangir. Go down to store 1 lakh books and distribute. Every year we have Brahmachari Ashram for.

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This will be called as the glory.

Of White sea India.

So Maharaj, this is a humble offering.

From our side of your lotus feet. And all the devotees here are eagerly waiting to hear from you.

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How iskcon Whitefield has been expanding and what your future plans are so very wonderful. I'm glad that all you are involved. So this Whitefield temple is with many congregational devotees. So Lord Chaitanya, he has made this strong relational movement asking everyone to chant. So by your chanting and participation and the preaching is expanding. Actually if the devotees take the matter very seriously, then there is no limit to how wide and how far this Ka consciousness moving they spread. Lord Caitanya, he was eager to see that everyone can go back to godhood. He said that especially for the Indians. So I can see that the White Peak center is implementing this desire of Lord Pentagram. So how are the devotees? The men, the women, the children, the everyone how to get in the mercy of God more and more. So all of you should be very careful to cultivate your bhakti. The Bhakti tree is being attempted to be broken by Kaila. You should see that your Bhakti Vriksha is duly protected.

Vafuvichi or not.

Bhakti Yoga can be developed without any stop. But each person needs to protect their. So in this way you can get bhakti to grow and grow. We can see how many people are benefited by the Bhakti Tree and how the temple is designed to include all the different things go in that restaurant. So many different activities to keep everyone busy. And the secret of Bhakti Yoga is to always be busy in Krishna's service. And I see that the people here are very active in their devotional service.

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So Whitefield would soon be a word which everyone knows. So we are very inspired. What more can I say? There is a very nice plan here for this center's development. That you're stepping forward and involved in yourself is certainly very auspicious. So I was when I was a Prabhupada, Prabhupada requested me to develop the kingdom of God.

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So that is a similar request I have here for white people. Prabhupada didn't say that you enjoy. But naturally if you rent your service to Krishna, you will feel happy. Sometimes we are happy with material things and sometimes we are not. But in spiritual things you're always happy. So I hope that all of you are happy in Krishna consciousness.

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Krishna serving Krishna and studying about the teachings of Krishna.

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Here I am very happy to see how all the people are wearing Krishna consciousness. Thank you very much.

So someone asked if all the holy.

People chose the miracles. Can you show some miracles like ashes or something? He said, I went to the west with 35 rupees. Now I have 10 worth 40 crores. Prabhupada is interested in changing the way the people thought. So he was preaching only for 12 years. In 12 years he established 108 temples. But now the temples are still expanding. Olivo.

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I got mixed up with Telugu. I want to thank everybody.

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