20231008 || 25th Anniversary of ISKCON Jagannātha Mandir || Mangalore, India

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 advice advantage. The following is the talk given by His Holiness Jaya Pataka Swami Maharaj on October 8, 2023 in Mangalore, India. The talk was given at the 25th anniversary of ISKCON Jagannath Mandir.

So I've been here before. At this time I have a beautiful darshan of.

So I've been here before. But this time I had the beautiful darshan of Jagannath Baldev Subhadra.

I came here and they are considering getting their place.

I came here when they were considering about getting the place.

And I also given some letter devotees and GCC could help.

And I also had given a letter that the devotees in the GCC could help.

So now I'm very happy to see how beautiful temple has been made.

So now I am very happy to see how a beautiful temple has made.

We should have places where the Rodis would go to the other and Shanghai Krishna and here.

Prabhupada he wanted a place where the devotees can gather together, chant Hare Krishna and hear Krishna Katha, Hari Katha.

So here I seen two voices.

So here I have seen two places in Mangalore.

Thank you very much for all the organizers.

Thank you very much for to all the organizers.

I'm very happy to see all the devotees.

I'm very happy to see all the devotees.

Actually my progress that you like is to engage in Bhakti yoga.

Actually the purpose of human life is to engage in Bhakti yoga.

Most people don't realize that in Khal Yuga Richen Hare Krishna Rashad.

So most of the people they don't realize that if they chant Hare Krishna they worship the deities they get their mercy. Lord Chaitanya, he came across this place. He visited Udupi.

There the Lord has stopped.

So this place is very dear to Lord Krishna.

Of course I visited Udupi many times.

Of course I visited Udupi many times.

And the late Rajaraswari he said that at Lord Chaitanya was part of the Vandraya.

So late Pejavar Swami he accepted that Lord Chaitanya he was part of the Madhwa line.

Lord Chaitanya taught how the name of the Lord of the name of Krishna and Ka.

But Lord Chaitanya taught that the Lord and Lord's name are not different.

Madhvacharya taught chant the holy name.

Actually Madhvacharya taught To chant the holy names. But not everyone does it.

We do it as part of our daily practice.

We do it as part of our daily practice. Either we do japa on our beads or we do kirtan in front of the deities.

How many of you are chanting Japan?

How many of you are chanting Japa on beads? Please raise your hands.

Anyway, somehow I'm responsible for all of South India.

Somehow I am responsible for all of South India.

Also part of the Gulf countries. But where are the Indians are working?

Also part of the Gulf countries where a lot of Indians are working. So we want people to chant Hare Krishna along with all their material activities.

We have the material activities for our maintenance, for supporting ourselves. What we want to chant Hare Krishna to please the Lord.

We do our material activities to support ourselves and but we want to chant Hare Krishna to please the Lord.

So we will ask how to balance the material activities and the spiritual activities.

So people ask how to balance the material activities and the spiritual activities.

How to do this practically.

So we show them how to do this practical thing.

Real happiness comes with devotional service.

Real happiness comes with devotional service.

Everyone, everyone dies.

Everyone gets born and everyone dies.

But Iran follows his life and pleasing Krishna. When you leave this world you go back to Krishna.

But if one lives this life pleasing Krishna then at the end of your life you go back home, back to Godhead, back to Krishna.

Predicted that his holy name will be heard in every town and village of the world.

Lord Chaitanya predicted that his name would be heard in every town and village of.

That'S particularly the Indians they would chant and he sat barred Ramadan Manusa General Kaila Jar General Shastra Gauri Khora Gora Obrakar.

Lord Chaitanya said, whoever has taken birth in India, first of all they should make their lives perfect and and then they should help others. So to be born in India, Bharat is very special.

Because you get to hear about Jagannath, about Krishna and you're.

Very childhood because you get to hear about Lord Jagannath, Lord Krishna from your very childhood.

So for you lies.

So to utilize this human form of life is very auspicious.

He brought this message. He brought Bhagavad Gita, Srimad Bhagavatam around the world.

So his divine grace Shilayasi Bhaktivedanta, Swami Prabhupada he brought this message. He brought Bhagavad Gita and Bhagavatam all around the world.

I was 19 years old and I came across this philosophy in America.

So I was 19 years old and I came across this philosophy in America.

So I wanted to meet the founder.

So I wanted to meet the founder. That time Srila Prabhupada was in Montreal, Canada.

I went there and I was fortunate to meet him.

So I went there and I was fortunate to meet him.

Then I became a pimbo president in Montreal. I started a pimbo in Toronto.

Then I became the temple president in Montreal and I started a temple in Toronto. And then Prabhupada sent me to India. He told me to become an Indian citizen, which I am now.

Please utilize your human life. Understand what Krishna is teaching in Gita Bhagavad.

So the devotees have made a nice temple here. Please utilize your human life and understand the teaching of Krishna. What he is saying in Bhagavad, Gita and Bhagavatam.

He said if someone knows the transcendental nature of his appearance, his activities and at the end of their life they go back to Godhead.

He says if someone knows his transcendental birth, his activities, then at the end of their life he goes back to Godhead.

Of the Vedic Planetarium.

We are making a type of museum of Vedic Planetarium. This is in Mayapur in the temple of Vedic Planetarium.

I just. We want everyone to realize Karma originate from Krishna like this.

We want everyone to realize that originally we came from Krishna.

And it starts everybody comes from Krishna.

It's not limited. Everybody came from Krishna.

Krishna, Hare Krishna. One experiences spiritual bliss by serving Krishna.

By chanting Hare Krishna one experiences the spiritual bliss.

One works.

One works for money. But the devotees, they do service to Krishna. Service for Krishna out of love.

They feel so much happiness serving Krishna.

They feel so much happiness serving Krishna.

So Lord Chaitanya, he traveled around India and they were thinking wherever he visited he should put lotus footprints.

So Lord Chaitanya went all over India and we are thinking to put his lotus footprints wherever he visited.

All those footprints. Chaitanya nearby here, Shamrasika Prabhu, where you.

Want to put the lotus footprint of Lord Chaitanya Nearby here Gurumaj already made an installation for the Udipi temple in the Udipi where Mahaprabhu visited. So we also plan to have some place in Madhuacharya's birthplace.

What's the place where the deity is like ears you have that. We want to put the lotus footprint in all the major places for Lord Chaijanya visited.

So we want to put the lotus footprint of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Wherever Chaitanya Mahaprabhu visited.

He would like to help as one of our he will ask me what can I do as one of our activities.

So people ask me what can I do for you. So this is one of the area where you could help me.

Also. I mean I have to say the temple after many years.

So I'm seeing this temple after many years.

Looks like we need more temples.

That's why we need more temples and bigger temples.

I thank you all. I hope that Hare Krishna a great inspiration.

Anyway, I thank you all and that you will be chanting Hare Krishna with great inspiration.

I heard here and some of you are very are singing very sweetly.

I heard that some of you here are singing very sweetly.

Thank you very much.

Thank you very much Hare Krishna.

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