20240810 || Śrī Caitanya Śikṣāmṛta Class || Śrī Māyāpur, 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 advice. The following is a Sri Krishna Chaitanya Shikshamrita class given by His Holiness Jaya Pataka Swami Maharaj on August 10, 2024 in Sri Ramayapur India.

Sri Chaitanyamishwaram Hari that's it. Continuation from Sri Chaitanya Sikshamrita Hare Krishna dear devotees Continuing from Sri Chaitanya Sikshamrita Bhaishala Sachidananda Bhakti Vinod Thakur yeah, they are dear devotees, your dear devotees. Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj is Dear devotees, please accept my humble obeisances. So today we will continue from Sri Chaitanya Shikshamrita of Srila Satchidananda Bhakti Vinod Thakur at the time of at that time the Sadhaka in his Bhakti Sadhana abandoning Niyamagraha abundance some rules and accepts some prohibitions according to his qualification as mentioned in Srimad Bhagavatam 11.20.26 and I quote it is firmly declared it is firmly declared that the steady adherence of transcendentalists to their respective spiritual position constitutes real piety and that sin occurs when a transcendentalist neglects his own prescribed duty. One who adopts the standard of piety and sin sincerely desiring to give it up all past association with sense gratification is able to subdue materialistic activities which are by nature impure. End of quote from Bhagavatam those who adhere steady adherence of transcendentalists to their respective spiritual position constitute real piety and sin occurs when transcendentalist neglects his prescribed duty. One who adopts this standard of piety and sin sincerely desiring to give up all past association with sense gratification is able to subdue materialistic activities which are by nature impure.

So we should progress our desires so we should focus our desires on the spiritual standard.

On the spiritual standard.

Lose all desire for the material goals and lose all.

Desires for the material goals.

So the real standard of purity of piety is wanting to serve the Lord.

Real standard of purity or piety is wanting to serve the Lord.

And I thought desire activity how one loses the taste for my jealous hands.

By that type of desire or activities one loses taste for sense gratification. 64 limbs of Sadhana Bhakti the description of Sadhana Bhakti is found in the words of the Lord In Shri Chaitanya Charitamrita Madhya Leela, namely go to the translation. No, go to the top. Otherwise taking too much time. So Guru, there's 64 limbs of Sadhana Bhakti is mentioned. I'll read five, then you can comment. Then I'll read the next five, then you can comment. Okay. So Bhakti Vinath Thakur has listed the 64 angas of Sadhana Bhakti. So I'll read the five first, then you can make a command. And after that I'll read the next five, then you can make the next comment. So I can do 5, 5, 5. Are you okay with that or you want me to read the entire thing first?

No, one at a time.

One at a time. Okay. That's much more better. On the path of regulative devotional surveys, one must observe the following items. First, one must accept a bona fide spiritual master.

So that's very clear. That one has to find a bona fide guru and take initiation.

So that's very clear. One has to find a bona fide guru and take initiation and take his instruction.

What to do?

And take his instruction. What to do. The second one must accept initiation from him.

Okay, thanks.

One must serve him.

We try to do service to the spiritual master.

So we should try to to do service to the spiritual master.

This is a very important thing.

This is a very important thing. Fourth, one must receive instruction from the spiritual master and make inquiries in order to learn devotional service.

I was that every time I saw Rahman I should say Shalom humbling myself. I glorify him and ask for some mercy.

So I was advised. Every time when I see Srila Prabhupada, I should say something humbling and then I should glorify him. And then what was the last one? Gurmaj?

Ask mercy.

And ask for some mercy, some benediction. Okay. Number fifth one must follow in the footsteps of the previous Acharyas and follow the directions given by the spiritual master.

Asha. Our activities are guided by the activities of our crya.

So our activities are guided by the activities of our cryas and the various acharyas and the previous Acharyas.

So in this way we practice Ka consciousness and everything. We think how this is authorized by our Guru or why the charyas?

So in this way, why the shastra? So in this way our activity should be Ka conscious and we should always think is this is authorized by our guru, our previous acharyas and the shastras. Sixth, one should be prepared to give up everything for Krishna's satisfaction. And one should also accept everything for Ka's satisfaction.

So there's something already attached to which is against Krishna's principles.

So if there's something which you are very attached to which is against Krishna's.

Principle and for Krishna will be able to renounce it, then for Krishna we.

Should be able to renounce it.

There are many things Ka is not against.

There are many things which Krishna is not against.

You can be a Ramajaya Sanyas, you.

Can be a Brahmachari. You can be a Grihasta. You can be a Vanaprastha or a Sannyas.

But there's a stack like breaking the four principles.

But if there's some aspects like breaking the four principles, then that would give up. And that would give up.

Pleasing Krishna.

For pleasing Krishna.

So you have to chant 16 rounds.

Similarly, you have to chant 16 rounds.

Words are.

We accept things for the blessings of Krishna. Okay. No. Seventh, one must live in a place. One must live in a place where Krishna is present. A city like Vrindavan or Mathura or Krishna's temple, Mayapur also.

Navar Dam is a place where Krishna is present.

Navadep Dam is a place where Krishna is present.

Also Krishna is present in the temple.

Also Krishna is present in the temple.

So we live here.

So we leave here. 8. One should acquire a livelihood that is just sufficient to keep the body and soul together.

In the present world is that everyone has.

So in the present world, everyone has a job.

Intellectuals, professors, our military, our government officers.

Intellectual professors, military, government officers, businessmen, businessmen, workers.

Not just because Swami sees a salary in today's world is naturally a sutra.

It's not because someone receives a salary in this material world. He's naturally a Shudra.

To do some career because makes lots of money. There's nothing we should do.

So because we do a career just to make lots of money. That's not something we are meant to do.

All day in an hour to heal our body and soul. Soul together.

We need enough to keep our body and soul together. One must fast on Ekadashi day. One should worship Dhatri trees, banyan trees, cows, Brahmanas and devotees of Lord Vishnu.

We will start things which are dear to Krishna.

See, we respect things that are dear.

To Ka, devotees and all these things.

Are dear Krishna and devotees and all these things are dear to Krishna. Okay, 11th, one should avoid offenses against devotional service and the Holy name.

So Here are the 10 offenses. The holy name at the time or initiations.

Chad Hare Krishna. We hear the offenses 10 offenses against the old name during the time of initiation. The 12th item is to give up the company of non devotees.

We are series of non devotees. We don't like to talk about Krishna. Devotees talk about devotional service.

The non devotees, they don't like to talk about Krishna. But the devotees, they like to talk about devotional service. 13. One should not accept an unlimited number of disciples.

I was ordered by Bhagavad to accept disciples.

I was ordered by Srila Prabhupada to accept disciples.

Sometimes.

I ought to suffer, but sometimes I have to suffer. Number 14. One should not partially study many scriptures just to be able to give references and expand explanations.

Against others.

Some read many scriptures just to quote against others. Okay? Okay. Fifteenth, the devotee should treat loss and gain equally.

This is the mentality of.

So this is the mentality of a devotee.

You win some, you lose some. Evil in all circumstances.

What's the agreement?

You win some, you win some, you lose some.

Even if he wins some, you lose some. He is.

Ego in all circumstances.

He is equal in all circumstances. Number 16. The devotee should not be overwhelmed by lamentation.

Well.

So as you all know, we are all going to lose our parents loved ones sooner or later.

But is it not overcome by Han, Jason and Krishna?

But we should not be overcome by lamentation and forget Krishna. Okay? Number 17. The devotee should not worship demigods nor should he disrespect them.

Similarly, demigods are usually Sagaam devotees.

Demigods are usually Sakam devotees.

In any case, thank God because they are devoting.

In any case, the demigods are devotees.

Material benefits.

They can give some material benefits.

So you don't particularly want anything material.

So we don't particularly want anything material.

We don't also.

We don't also disrespect them because heroics. Because they are devotees. Okay? Similarly, the devotees should not study or criticize other scriptures.

All right. We did the.

Like. We have Gita, bhagavatam, chaitanya, charitamrita, etc.

So you should not particularly study other scriptures.

You should not particularly study other scriptures.

And to gain knowledge.

And to gain knowledge. Just to gain knowledge.

Of course. I've been thinking that I write to bring the Christians, Islamists, etc.

I was thinking to bring the Christians, the Islamists, etc.

And I was wondering in the Bible, how much does it say about God the Father?

So I was wondering in the Bible, how much does it say about God or Father?

Because it seems to say a lot About Lord Jesus?

Because it seems they say a lot about Lord Jesus.

He said to love God.

But he said to love God.

Does it say anything else about God?

Does it say anything else about God?

I wonder. What?

What?

I was wondering.

I was one. I was wondering.

But you know, I may have someone else do the research.

May have someone else to do the research. Okay. Number 18th. The devotee should not hear Lord Vishnu or his devotees blasphemed. That's very clear. Number 19. The devotee should avoid reading or hearing newspapers or mundane books that contain stories. Stories of love affairs, affairs between men and women are subjects palatable to the senses.

Preachers. We need an author, some disturbance there.

As a preacher we should know about the disturbances.

But in general we should be careful what we read.

But in general we should be careful about what we read. This is the last for today, Gurmaraj. Neither by mind nor words should the devotees cause anxiety to any living entity, regardless how insignificant he may be.

This is very interesting because then even in sex we should avoid unnecessarily killing them.

See, we should be very careful. Even with insects, we should avoid unnecessarily killing them.

Dark blue velvet kindness.

Prabhupada had a dark blue velvet curtain.

And that would attract mosquitoes.

That would attract mosquitoes.

But then Prabhupada, sons and all, we can just kill them.

But Prabhupada, I didn't get that.

Prabhupada's servant said, or you can kill them.

Oh, Srila Prabhupada's servants say. Srila Prabhupada's servants say that. Oh, we can kill them. We can murder them.

Prabhupada said, what kinds attract mosquitoes and you want to kill them.

And Prabhupada said you put curtains that would attract mosquitoes. And now you want to kill them.

So how. That's royaltransfer.

So that's very offensive.

So don't wear velvet dress. So don't wear velvet dress to attract mosquitoes.

You attract mosquitoes. What about for the deities? What about for the deities?

You're worried on dress?

No, no, not like that. But some outfits, they look nice, made with velvet. Okay. Guru Mahj is blessing all of you. Krishna Matiras 2.

Who'S on the line?

Just. We are joining now. We're joining now. Just just few seconds. They're not that good. Not that it's okay.

I remember how southern usa. There are bugs stuck to each other. Maybe they're having sex. I don't know. They are slashed, I guess Shell.

So I remember. In southern USA there were insects who were stuck to each other. Maybe they were having sex or what. But they were smashed. What was the last part? I forgot.

On the windshield.

On the windshield.

They killed.

They killed.

The windshield was covered with smash blocks.

And the windshield was covered with smashed bugs. Gurmaj is blessing all of you. Krishna Matirastu.

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