20241001 || 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. Advantage. The following is the Shri Caitanya Shrik Shamrita class given by His Holiness Jaya Pataka Swami Maharaj on October 1, 2024 in Sri Ramayapur, India.

Mishradam Hare Krishna Dear devotees, today we will continue with the com with the reading from Sri Chaitanya Shiksham Rita or Shila Sachidan and the Bhakti Vinod Thakur Continuing those who are. Would you like to say something?

No, just having the meeting seven to eight.

Just that.

Sorry, I had a class early so that.

Today we are having the GPOC meeting. So at 7 to 8. So we are having the class early. Okay. Those who are older in relation and superior in ancient knowledge, they are also elders who should be honoured and served as necessary. It is not that one should obey the unjust advice of elders. But one should not show his hatred for them by using harsh words and insults, by gentle speech, humility and by modest judgment at suitable time, permission of their misconduct Permission of their misconduct should be stopped.

So with a certain amount of respect.

So we have to treat the elders with certain amount of respect While they.

Speak something which is nonsensical.

Whether they speak something which is nonsensical.

Politely one should make some appropriate.

Then politely one should make some appropriate statement.

So they will not continue making stupid points.

So they will not continue making stupid points.

What is not handed and speak harsh words.

But you should not show hatred or speak harsh words.

Follow Lord Chaitanya Follow Lord Chaitanya, third verse.

Follow Lord Chaitanya, third verse of Sikshtakam 3 Classification of charity giving money and goods to deserving persons is called charity. What is given to the undeserving person is useless and wasted. It is considered among sins. The 12 types of charity Charity, prescribed duties, observance of major and minor regulative principles, hearing from scripture, pious works and purifying vows all have their final subduing of the mind. Indeed, concentration of the mind on the supreme is the highest yoga. There are types of the types of charity.

Giving charity to someone drunkard or it's inappropriate.

So giving charity to someone who's drunkard or something like that is inappropriate.

So all you are giving, but it doesn't count or anything.

Although you are giving, it doesn't counteract anything, is it?

Give.

So you should give to people who wants it, who want it Sorry.

So These are the 12 kinds of charity.

So these are the 12 kinds of charities. First, giving water by digging wells and large ponds. Second, giving shade and aeration by planting in suitable locations. Third, lighting lamps in inappropriate places. Fourth, giving medicine. Fifth, giving education. Sixth, giving food. Seventh, building road. Eighth, constructing bathing places. Ninth, donating house. Tenth, giving merchandises. Eleventh, giving the first portion of delicious food. Twelfth, giving daughter in marriage.

Thanks. Look like what colonants are. Kings do.

Some of these things. Kings or the governments do.

Building road. Constructing bathing houses.

Building roads. Constructing bathing houses.

Donating houses.

Donating houses. Wow. But planting trees. The.

Medicines and other things.

There's someone giving medicines and other things.

Merchandises.

Merchandises.

This is what parents do give to their kids.

It's what parents do to give to their kids.

In the west like this. On Christmas day.

In the west they give gifts on Christmas days.

In India now the Pujas are coming up.

In India now the Pujas are coming up. How?

They give various gifts.

So they give various gifts. A thirsty person should be given water. If a thirsty person comes to the home, give cooling water. It is a pious act to dig wells, ponds, large ponds etc. For drinking water of common people. All those desirable things should be done by seeing the appropriate place.

So these are pious activities.

So these are pious activities.

One of the chanting the Holy Name is of highest activity.

One of the offences is to think that chanting the holy names is a pious activity.

The holy name is much greater than that.

The Holy name is much greater than that.

And then night money. These are some things that are done early results etc.

So if someone is a grahastha, they make money and they should do things that should be done for the visitors of the house and other things.

It doesn't cost anything. Take a glass of cool water.

If you cannot give anything, you can give a glass of cool water.

That is something that a thirsty man really appreciates.

That's something that a thirsty man really appreciates. One who has executed sacrificial performances and pious works for my satisfaction and who thus worship me with fixed attention obtains unflinching devotional service unto me. By the excellent quality of his service such a worshipper attains realized knowledge of me.

So Krishna radar ended offer a charity thinking of him.

So Krishna is recommending that you offer charity thinking of him.

With the purpose of pleasing Ka.

So we do the actual charity with the purpose of pleasing Krishna.

And then you get fixed devotional service.

And then you get fixed in devotional service. Charity of goods, giving water by Digging wells in large ponds where there is a special need of water, well should be dug. Many people need water in places of pilgrimage. If there are no suitable rivers, digging well is mandatory.

Holy place.

So previously people used to walk when they go to some holy place. When they should be well stuck.

People go to Ayodhya Vrindavan, different places.

People go to Ayodhya Vrindavan in different places. What.

Solar voices. Wells are good.

But in some of the places wells.

Are good and some vases are not pure. They give typhoid.

In some places they are not pure and give typhoid.

So are the lordies who are the unholy voice and Lord Typhoid.

Some of our devotees went to some holy place and got typhoid.

It's not very important to dig the wells properly.

Should be an expert to dig the wells properly. Number two, Giving shade and aeration by planting in suitable locations. Big trees as Aswatha should be planted. Large trees on both sides of the path, on the banks of the river and at the resting places. Plants and trees such as Tulsi should be planted in homes and holy places. It has physical and spiritual benefits.

Tulsi counteracts atomic energy.

They say Tulsi counteracts atomic energy.

You can plant them on your palm shelters.

So you can plant them on your.

Plant tools on your bomb shelter.

Oh, you can. You can plant Tulsi in the bomb shelter. Lightning lamps in appropriate places lamps should be lit for the benefit of the travelers. At the guts, on the path and in the places prone to danger. It will be especially beneficial if the lamp is covered by glass. So on and installed at suitable place where it is not extinguished. Being exposed to wind. The rule of lighting up lamp at night when there is noon or other clouds or there are other clouds. One who is able to give as much as light will accumulate that much piety. Offering sky lamps is not a rule. Only in the month of Kartik. One should start giving from the beginning of Kartik. If the sky lamp is higher, there is no other benefit than beauty.

You see, there wasn't electricity.

You see? Maybe when this was written there wasn't electricity. So in Bhakti Vinod's house there was lamp which was powered by kerosene.

Electron.

Maybe when this was written electricity was not really available. 626.

We are.

So we are getting money from the government for building a bathing God.

And they're putting lamps.

And they're putting lamps.

Giving medicine. Fourth, there are two types of giving medicine that is Giving medicine to the patients by going to their homes or bringing them to one's home and by constructing a specific dispensary and giving medicine there, one should do that which can be done without artificiality.

So some people, they need medicine and.

Right, you need medicine, health, charity.

So by giving medicine that's an appropriate charity, some people give homeopath.

Alright, Civil medicine is one of the forms of modified charity.

So giving suitable medicine is one of the form of bona fide charity.

Number five, Giving education. A student may be educated at one's own home and expense in a boarding school or may be kept in a common school by one's own expense. Educating boys and girls is one of a primary duty.

So getting education is a primary duty.

So giving education is the primary duty. Students. So if someone sponsors some students, that's a good charity.

Number six, Giving food.

We want to do all these charities.

We want to do all these charities to please Krishna.

Number six, Giving food. There are two types of giving food. Giving food in one's own home and giving food to the general public. A place meant for charitable distribution of food.

Used to be that now rehash hurt rehash or go out and house three times, then you're hungry and eat food.

So it used to be that Grihastha would go out and say, is anyone hungry? Does anyone need food?

So one Grihasta did that and there was a fisherman all in one.

So one Grassha did that. And there was a fishing man, fisherman who walked by with his barks kit. Then the grasshopper said, you can come in, I'll give you food, but you should keep your basket outside. The basket smelled like fish. Like fish. So he came.

Took his nail and he lived far away. So all the gods that even sleep there in the courtyard gave a grasp.

So he came. What was the last part of disablement.

Gave him a grasp.

So the Grihastha gave him a grass mat.

He slept in the courtyard.

He slept in the courtyard.

He woke up in the middle of the night.

And then the grahasta, he woke up in the middle of night.

He noticed the man was tossing and turning. He wasn't sleeping.

And he saw the man was tossing and turning. He wasn't sleeping. So.

What'S wrong?

She asked him, what's wrong?

I'm used to the smell of my basket.

I'm used to the smell of my basket.

Without that I can't sleep.

Without that I can't sleep.

So Chandra told the story Sushla Prabhupada told The story, then you Western Ursula like this.

He said, you Westerners are like this.

Smell a machine.

If you don't smell a machine.

Refrigerator or something.

Refrigerator or something.

You can't sleep.

You can't sleep.

You're addicted to machines.

You're addicted to machines.

Prabhupada was laughing.

Prabhupada was laughing.

So Prabhupada would use some examples.

Sushila Prabhupada used to use so many examples. So the Grasshurst. So the Grasshurst allowed the fisherman to bring in his basket so that he could sleep soundly. Okay, Guru Maharaj, blessings to all of them.

We give food as prasadam.

So when we give food, we should give it as prasadam.

When people come out from the temple.

When people come out from the temple, we give them a little dona of kishri or something.

That's one type of charity.

So that's one type of charity. Diamond House also we can offer plates of food in different dining halls.

They take some. They take some donation.

It's not full charity because they take some donation.

But some plates are given out for you.

But there are some plates which are given out for free.

So some people tell us that we have 10,000 plates and 1,000 or something free.

So when they announced 10,000 or something plates, 1,000 or something is free.

Will.

So like in therapy, they give out free food.

Goes on with Darshan.

Anyone who gives out for Darshan, they give them a small laddu.

Prasadam.

Prasadam.

And you can take Darshan wherever they.

Cook and take Darshan, whatever they cook.

I take all that. This is Yeshoda Mai's kitchen.

And they call that. This is Yashoda Mai's kitchen. So Prabhupada wanted that we give out little food.

One time Prabhupada said that 10 mile radius.

One time, Srila Prabhupada said within the 10 mile radius of the temple, the no one should go hungry. Because in the presence of your father, you wouldn't go hungry.

So Krishna is like the seed giving father.

So Krishna is the seed giving father. Like the seed giving father.

So we would like to see that Elion in the vicinity of the temple.

So we want to see that everyone in the vicinity of the temple does not go hungry.

Sandra, we have today.

So we have under that center, we also have Sundar.

I also deliver the food to be honored.

Similarly, in the west, they also deliver food to be hungry. People would fall off. They would drive from their vehicle and they would call it as food or vehicle. It's so kind of you to eating.

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