Jaya Pataka Swami Maharaj addresses Russian devotees in Śrī Mayapur about Lord Chaitanya's use of cultural drama for preaching. He describes Diwali celebrations with candles and firecrackers, ongoing kirtan, and large prasāda distributions, emphasizing service to Radha-Krishna as the core spiritual practice.
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 an address given to the Russian devotees by His Holiness Jaya Pataka Swami Maharaj on November 11, 2023 in Sri Ramayapur, India.
Welcome to my room.
So we welcome you all to my room.
Actually, there's a drama by Lord Chaitanya.
Actually, in the Chaitanya Bhagavad there is a drama by Lord Chaitanya.
A great song. He likes culture and drama.
His grace. He likes cultural dramas.
He told me that the cultural center almost. He told me that he's making a cultural center where he can show dramas.
He told me that he's making a cultural center where he can show dramas. He told me that he's making a cultural center where they can show dramas.
He wanted to use culture.
He wanted to use culture as a medium for preaching.
Here in the back, Lord Chaitanya.
So here at the back you can see Lord Caitanya doing kirtan with his associates.
And the house of Chandrasekhar has alone.
And the house of Chandrasekhar his uncle. He performed his drama. Chandrasekhar was Lord Chaitanya's maternal uncle.
So he played various parts.
So he played various parts.
One of the parts he played as a Lakshmi.
In one of the parts he played as Lakshmi.
Mother Sachi was there. She could not recognize him.
When mother Sachi was there and mother Sachi was there, she could not recognize him.
All expert is generation.
That was how expert his decoration was. So Lord Chaitanya, he was planning these two parts. He was planning these different parts.
Because.
We are not able to watch them.
Unfortunately, we are not able to watch them.
It is just interesting enough that Lord Caitanya was using drama and art.
It is interesting to note that Lord Chaitanya was using drama in art. How many days you'll be here? Monday morning they are leaving day after tomorrow.
A lot of firecrackers.
Oh, there will be a lot of firecrackers.
This is the Sulvaison Ram Gethiden. We were coming back to Ayodhya.
Diwali is the celebration where Lord Ram defeated Ravana and he was coming back to Ayodhya.
And in those days people put candles on their roof.
In those days people would put candles on their roof. There was no electricity.
Today people use this occasion to explode firecrackers.
But today people use this occasion to explode firecrackers.
You see a person standing firecracker.
So sometimes we can see a person standing with a whole pile of explosive firecrackers. And that would be on Monday. If you like firecracker then you can blow them up. It will be a very wild appreciation.
Well appreciated.
It will be very well appreciated.
Of course, we have here all morning and night the Kirtan party.
Morning and night. We'll have the Kirtan party every day. So we are trying to spread the Hari Naam.
It's not unusual to have in them live up. Let me follow them. 40,000, 50,000 plates of Prasada.
So in the month of November, December we usually have 2000-030000-40000 50,000 plates of Prasada.
Course, everyone.
Of course, everyone.
Every morning they read the scores out.
Every morning they read the scores out. They read the scores at bookstores. That's how.
Maya in Mayapur I get multiple benefits.
Now you are in Mayapur, you can get multiple benefits. We hope that you'll do many beneficial punyas. We hope that you'll be many benefits.
Is to do service to RAW especially.
More than Punya activities is to do service to Radha and Krishna.
Any questions you have.
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