Jaya Pataka Swami and Banuswami Maharaj discuss the nine processes of bhakti and stages of spiritual advancement, from initial practice toward prema. They emphasize chanting the holy name in Kali Yuga and removing anarthas, undesirable habits that block progress.
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I'm very glad to be here.
I'm very glad to be here in Sri Rangam.
Very nice.
And it's very nice to see so many devotees. We was just in Kumbakonan. We did an Abhishek and installed the lotus footprint of Lord Chaitanya and will install in different places where Lord Chaitanya visits. This age of Kali is a horrible age. These age of police.
Are going on.
There are so many wars going on like in Europe, Israel, Africa, various places, Australia. But there is one good quality in Kali Yuga.
You can chant the holiday and go back to the spiritual world.
Chant the holy name of Krishna and go back to the spiritual world. There is no other way in the Kaliyuga.
Since Krishna and his name are not given is a very powerful and sublime way.
Since Krishna and his holy name are no different. It's very powerful. So it's very powerful and sublime. So now I'm coming from Mayapur.
Mayapur is created by Radharani.
Mayapur is created by Radharani.
Islands.
And there is nine islands.
Each island signifies one of the nine practices of devotional service.
Each of the nine islands signify one of the process of one of the nine Process of devotional service. Hearing chanting, remembering.
Prayers.
Worship the lotus feet offering prayers.
Archanam.
Archanam.
Practice Bhakti Yoga.
So as we practice these different forms of Bhakti Yoga, we advance.
So the steps you go through are.
So there is a step. So usually in the state of Bhajana Kriya 1 stake initiation.
We want to get rid of the bright house.
Then when Then one get rid of the bad habits. That's called Anarta Nivriti.
Lord Satan shed some of the weeds.
So Lord Chaitanya say that some of the weeds need to be pulled out.
So.
We want to avoid these weeds.
So we want to avoid these weeds.
Our salon may desire.
Someone may desire the mangal artist sweets.
According to you. And someone may dislike someone.
So if someone dislike another person, that is Jiva himself. If they do some politics against somebody and if they want position, that is so we have asked Nanda Putra to bring this center forward. Especially Banuswami Maharas and Sumitra Krishna, Swami Marajalam, Sumitra Krishna in the purple.
I want to see all of you advance Krishna consciousness.
But I want to see all of you advance in Krishna consciousness.
Achieve love for herself.
Achieve love for Krishna.
These weeds I got that.
These weeds may get merged into. Okay, so in the Kalaikal one day.
So why are we guilt for dancing in dojo source unexpectedly?
So we have to be cautious.
Gardeners.
Gardeners.
If we water our devotional creeper, if.
We water our devotional creeper and if we have the other desires.
The weeds may grow rather than the.
Weeds may grow rather than the devotional creeper.
We have to see as this doesn't happen.
So we have to see that this doesn't happen. Nigel Migue, Namutram, Nirana, Bhaktikuri and Bhatti.
Nata said that we are.
Sorry but you know, Taku say that the steps. So when you get most of the anarthas out, then we achieve the service of Krishna. When we get rid of most of the we get to the stage of Nishta. Each stage give different blessings in different stage stages. You can give different blessings. So in the Internet.
These are not very high stages. These are not very high stages.
These are not very high stages. We may bless someone that pray to Krishna. So if you bless someone that has blessed as faith for Krishna. If you bless someone, his faith for Krishna increases.
Nice stage.
And the next stage is called Ruchi. Why you have taste for serving Krishna.
After that comes the state of Shakti.
And then comes the state of Shakti. And then the next stage is called Rati or Bhava.
That's ecstatic love for Krishna.
That is ecstatic love for Krishna.
Now you are starting to advance.
Now you are advanced, very advanced.
That.
Then if you see Krishna, you get great joy, bliss.
Here you are in this holy place.
Now you are in this place, holy place of Sri Ranga. And when you see the deity of Ranganath, you feel bliss and ecstasies.
So there may be millions of hundreds, millions of Brahmins, millions of people.
There may be very rare. There may be millions, millions of pandits, millions of Brahmins. But it's very rare to find a devotee of Krishna.
It was very hard to achieve love for Krishna.
Normally it's very hard to achieve love for Krishna.
Stage of Rati or Baba is a stage before prayer.
The stage of Rati or Bhava is the stage state before Prema. We want everyone to reach Prema.
No one can understand someone who is in prayer.
No one can understand someone that is in Prema.
Yeah, there is this stage.
But to reach this stage you need to be very sincere. Lord Chaitanya was more merciful than Krishna. Lord Krishna would give Prema only if you are completely surrendered to him.
And.
So Lord Krishna came as a devotee, As a Lord Caitanya embodied with the mood of Radharani to give love to everyone.
Really there's life.
We want everyone to. We want everyone to achieve the Krishna Prema. We want everyone to follow Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. He has stayed here in Srirangam for four months. In the other side of the temple there is the Ashram where Lord Chaitanya stayed. By Krishna's mercy we may get that place.
I want you to be very serious in your devotional service.
I want you to be very serious on your devotional service. This. When we do service, we need to watch out for the weeds.
Chanting the holy name.
Chanting the holy name is the way such in the material world there is happiness and distress.
Not only.
In the spiritual practice. When we do service, there is only bliss. This. How many of you wants to do devotional service? I'm very inspired by hearing you chanting Goranga.
Maya and.
Maya. Prabhupada eventually took him back.
So under lordly house.
So one devotee asked Prabhupada, why did you take it? Take him back.
Anyway, it's very nice to be here. I hope they all practice.
Anyways, it's very nice to be here. And I hope that everyone practice devotional service. Say Hare Krishna in Tamil. Hare Krishna. Krishna.
Krishna.
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