20240117 - Addressing to Surat Bhakti Vriksha Devotees

A January 2024 multi‑speaker address by Jaya Pataka Swami to devotees of the Surat ISKCON outpost (referred to as ISKCON Master/Matchless Gift center). Local leaders report community metrics and activities: an outpost opened ~19 months earlier serving a congregation of ~300 (24 initiated, ~30 shelter, ~50 aspiring); daily morning programs (japa, Bhagavatam), Sunday temple programs with 100–125 attending, multiple weekly classes, a recently launched Bhagavad Gita course (42 new enrollees), youth and children programs (kids classes ~15–20 attendees), and twice‑yearly yatras. Outreach includes monthly visiting sannyasis, four kirtan fests last year, distribution of ~2,000 Bhagavat Gita copies, and a prominent Rath Yatra attended by ~3,000 people. Online outreach is substantial: one speaker reports >300,000 social‑media followers, daily online japa with ~100 participants, weekly online Bhagavatam classes with ~55–60 attendees, and focused online Bhagavad Gita courses (2,000 participants in a past course). Several devotees request guidance/blessings and report plans for upcoming yatras and a Vrindavan safari.
Questions this video answers
About 19 months earlier (as stated by a speaker).
Around 300 devotees and well‑wishers.
24 initiated devotees; about 30 shelter devotees; around 50 aspiring devotees.
Over 3,000 people (as reported).
About 2,000 Bhagavad Gita copies.
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Please accept our humble obedience. All glories to Srila Prabhupada all glories to your divine activities in service of the Prabhupada. Dear Guru Maharaj, following is the report of your mercy on these insignificant servants for flowing in the form of Putin in our area. By your grace 19 months back which opened at Outpost with name with the name of ISKCON Master Gift center under ISKCON Varasa Temple in Surat on the day of Shri Jagannath Nadiatra Gurudev, we are a congregation of around 300 devotees and well wishers with 24 initiated devotees, 30 shelter devotees and around 50 aspiring devotees. Now my wife Stupidya Radha Devi will brief you about our.
Please extend our humble obeisances. So now I'm talking about the center that we have opened. So so dear Gurudev, in our center that is ISKCON Matchless Gift center we do everyday morning program with everyday Japa and Bhagavatam class. We also have full Sunday temple program starting from Mangala Aarti and Sunday evening feast program where an inflow of 100 to 125 and new members are served with full Prasadam plat. Gurudev, we have many weekly classes. Recently we launched a Bhagavad Gita course also where 42 new members enroll. We keep inviting ISKCON Sannyasis and preachers to our center every month and the Sannyasis who came till now are His Holiness Bhakti Vijay Bharbad Swami Maharaj who is present here. His Holiness Bhakti Prem Swami Maharaj His Holiness Bhakti Prachar Parivarajita Swami Maharaj His Grace Sarva Bhama Prabhuji His Grace Amogalila Prabhuji came twice. His Grace Madhusudan Vishwa Prabhuji gave seminar on Vritrasurgatha His Grace Nithyanand Charan Prabhuji from Mumbai and many other senior devotees of ISKCON like Prashanta Mataji from Vihg Radha Pad Prabhuji from Palihati. We also got the opportunity to serve your servants Shivas Pran Prabhuji and Srivasyam Prabhuji who gave classes there. We celebrate all holy festivals with Shri Jagannath Rath Yatra by your grace. Rath Yatra in our area is very very famous and is our main festival which is being conducted since last 10 years. This year over 3,000 people got the mercy of Lord J also this year for Krishna Jat Mashtami we Made Grad Krishna exhibition and conducted Kalash Abishek with dance and drama by kids. And that was a blast in our area we had push a mishtake at 12 Guru Maharaj. We also celebrate Shri Gaura Purnima Haryani, teach Govardin Puja and other festivals. Last month we conducted an event especially for teachers and the doctors at our Bachelor's Gift center which had over 60 new teachers and doctors participating in that event. Last year we arranged four Kirtan fests by inviting Iskcon Kirtaniers in our outpost. We are also going for Gita Marathon and Nagar San Kirtan around our area. This year we distributed 2000 Bhagwat Gita till now with books. We also conduct a lot of youth events. Dear Gurudev, by your grace we take Nav Yatras twice a year. Once in Kartik and once in summer vacation. We have many on site Bhakti Vrikshas, Naamatas, Youth and kids programs with many online programs conducted by different preachers. I have some of them here so I request to give her report first.
My husband Vishamba and myself we are conducting a couple program every Monday where we are trying to cultivate young couples towards devotion. Every Wednesday we are conducting Hari Namsa hidden program in new houses to attract people towards Har. By your mercy I am planning curriculum for children class and 15 pathes along with me. Under my humble guidance we are conducting children programs. So some of the maturities we are already here. Some of the mattresses here already. And we are having from seven I think different seven areas. We are having seven different programs.
Kids classes.
Children classes. So get then Pinky Mataji and Sangeeta Mataji and Sunita Mataji they all are here. So they all are taking the children program in different areas. And I try to plan a curriculum in an interesting way like craft work. And all children they are doing craft work related to Krishna in a fun way. I try to like you know children get cultivated for the children program. So they get cultivated towards the devotion and other brothers they are not here but us also. And Sandipita Bhakti Mataji, they are not present here but they are also helping me in taking all these children classes. And coming week we are arranging a kids face program wherein we are going to invite kids along with their parents.
So in.
In all the children classes approximately 15 to 20 children are coming. In all, all the. In every children class 15 to 20 children are coming every week. So it is on every Saturday it is there. So through this program we try to cultivate young souls towards the devotion. We also arrange kids Yatra Every six months we arrange kids Ya in which all these children they are participating. And in this the children who are coming to the kids class they are coming along with their friends. And these kids are also performing dances and dramas during the big festivals at our center.
So.
Thank you Guru Maharaj for giving us all these services to the fallen souls like us. And we are seeking for your blessings. Hare Krishna.
Hare Krishna Gurudev Next is Nadia Mataji and Shiva Samuji. This couple is really helping us to run the outpost.
Guruman Gurumara gave him class Ramloji Prabhuji Guru display of Pramdi Icon.
Every day.
At 5:30-8.
Join.
Online classes twice in a week.
Larry, these online devotees are very sincere.
Take.
Next is my daughter and with her Dia. So these two are into youth preaching and they are doing online and offline classes. So this is Janavi.
The first thing I want to say is that I love you so much and the goal to my life is I want to be a daughter that makes you proud. So with the instruction came the empowerment to fulfill it. As I was a child, you once asked me if I could preach to the youth. And because you. Because you gave me that instruction, you also give me the empowerment.
And today.
So today on my social media platform like Facebook, YouTube, Instagram followed by more than 300,000 people from all over the world.
300,000.
So on a daily basis I reach out to a hundred thousand people when I talk about the teachings of Bhagavad Gita. So monthly I have Bhagavad Gita courses which are based on different topics. And last year I had a major Bhagavad Gita course where I talked about all the chapters. That course was attended by 2000 participants from all over. There are a little more detail that course. But I want that as a surprise for you will be disclosed in the safari in Vrindavan in April. This May again we are planning to have a Bhagavad Gita course which is going to be executed by Bhagavad Mahavidyalay. I am going to be the speaker for the same. We also have online spiritual podcasts. Recently I realized that I might be reaching out to a lot of. I mean to quantity of people. But I wanted to focus on quality for which we started online Japa every day where in 100 people are attending daily. So in that Diya Mantiji she is helping me do everything and I'm very grateful to her as well. We have weekly sessions for these two people online which is divided again on the basis of rounds that they are chanting for the same use. We have online and offline a lot of events planned. We have also taken them to spiritual yatras and for the safari this year I am requesting to the most of them to try and be there to get your mercy. So mostly we'll be 40 youth from all over India in the safari in April. And as I mentioned earlier, there is a little surprise for you that we give to you in the safari in April. I want to be a daughter that only makes you proud. And I see for your blessings.
I'm very proud that you are having so many followers.
Followers, women.
They are all your followers.
They are all your. How many outposts are there? Yes.
So for us like we have one and we have online things going on.
There is one. One outpost and many online events. Yes, I heard different people introducing themselves in outpost and she is doing an online program.
In that match.
Let's give outpost.
There's one outpost and everything is under 3003-000003-25000.
By Lord Mercy.
Are these all men and women?
Yes, both.
Yeah, mostly youth.
Mostly youth. Mix of men and women.
Both.
So with your mercy, I am trying to conduct a weekly Bhagavatam class online Bhagavatam class every week since last six months. And in that every week almost 55 to 60 devotees are attending that session every week. In that every one of them is chanting every day. And out of them 20 devotees are chanting 16 rounds every day. And after the Bhagavatam class started, I asked them to please keep this Ekadashi fast as it is so important. So after the Bhagavatam class, out of them 17 devotees started doing Ekadasi every day every Ekadashi.
And in total already 50 devotees are.
Doing Ekadashi every Ekadashi also. I am trying to help Jaalvi so that you can be proud Maharaj.
And I really really, really want to.
Take initiation from you so that I can serve you and so that you.
Can be proud of me.
I love you.
Guru Maharaj.
Do you have a daily program?
Yes, Japan every morning they have japa sessions online. 100 youth they are joining every day.
Along with she does she helps us. I am very grateful. Someday I will join.
And you send me link.
You send me link.
Thank you so much. K. It is only only because of your blessings.
Little bit mad. I'm very grateful for the all the youth programs. You're doing I'm very grateful for all the youth programs.
Or.
Language I mean which language they can Hindi English is.
Very good but we can English.
Keep.
With you.
We'Ll give this we give this you will do like this and we'll give this also give this.
Don'T.
Feel nervous don't feel nervous.
Sa rapid times prior.
But comfort with.
Sam.
Try.
To make some goals happy so George Harrison.
Also.
Sahamari natural avasta position something like a fire.
Singing dancing or janmasi program.
Devotees are using their intelligence the energies all those.
But.
So.
Are using our energies to please Krishna please watch.
Yeah.
Kind of a person house.
But.
Finally oh and.
Again his wife went to the neighbor's Brahma asked.
Actually we don't need to go.
Walking up to the queens Krishna is asking.
How is your wife.
Then he saw us together you heard more on that but let me stop this time because I have a lot of.
She'S like Goddess of fortune.
The lighting arts is justifying cells with.
Actually.
Prachar kartai.
So.
But ham buljata.
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