20251025 Śrīla Prabhupāda Tirobhāva Talk in Chennai, India #JayapatakaSwamiArchives

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Shi Chaitanya Mishwaram.

Hari o Tatsat.

Hari O Tatsat.

Today is the auspicious day of the tear vow of Anna Acharya and divine grace.

So today is the auspicious day of the Thirubav of our founder, his divine grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Acharya Vedanta Swami.

Army in Mayapur, other places like 15 minutes to speak.

So usually in places like Mayapur and other places we give 15 minutes for each speaker to speak.

But here we're given an hour.

But here we are given an hour.

It's hot. And I I was inspired to join isan 1968.

So I was inspired to join iskcon in 1968.

In Sandra sister, I also built the Rathyatra.

So in San Francisco I helped to build the Rath Yatra cart San Francisco. So his grace Jayananda Prabhu engaged me in the Rath building. Then.

Prabhupada's secretary gave me some java beads and I went out in the park and I chanted for like six hours.

And then Prabhupada secretary gave me a japa paid. I went out in the park and I chanted for six hours. I chanted around 32 rounds.

I was feeling a great bliss.

And I was feeling great bliss.

And I went back to the temple.

And then I went back to the temple.

And the secretary met me.

And then the secretary met me.

You have those beads?

And he asked, do you have those beads? Those who are Srila Prabhupada chant Prabhupada Japa beads. And I'm not supposed to give them to you.

So for God's mercy was very yonderly. Chanting was not quite the same after that.

Chanting was not quite the same after that.

Anyway, I went real new york, saw the temple, new york.

And then I went to new york, saw the temple in new york, The matchless gifts.

I went to Wanzhou.

And then I went to Montreal and met Srila Prabhupada there.

So at that time I had the desire to come to India.

So at that time I had the desire to come To India. So I asked the Prabhupada whether I could go to India.

He told me, you stay with me, I'll train you up.

And then he told me, you stay with me, I'll train you up and then I'll send you to India.

So at that time I saw all the temples in Iskcon.

At that time I saw all the temple in Iskcon. San francisco, new york, montreal, san francisco, new york, montreal.

Easy to see all of them.

Now it is like 800 or thousand temple. It's not easy to see all of them.

In the afternoon, Prabhupada's secretaries would go shopping.

I was given a special service. In the afternoons, Srila Prabhupada's secretary would go for shopping.

So I was asked.

What'S that?

Guru sit.

So I was asked to guru sit. Okay, Okay. I was asked to guru sit. Like babysitting. If Prabhupada wanted anything, he would ring the bell. Then I have to go. So.

Prabhupada, he went to the basement and a rat ran out.

So Prabhupada, he went to the basement, he had a rat, ran around.

Don't think it's only in India. Don't think it's only in India.

Don't think it's only in India. Prabhupada said, Hare Rama Srila Prabhupada, Hare Rama Avdinta Swann.

As soon as the rat ran out.

As soon as the rat ran out, he chanted the holy name.

He caught a cockroach in his room.

So one time he caught a cockroach in his room. He was holding him by his back and talked to it.

My dear cockroach, I give you the world.

My dear cockroach, I give you liberation. I give you the world. And he opened the window and threw it outside.

So like that, I mean Pravda was very spontaneous.

So like Baishla Prabhupada was very spontaneous.

When we went on a morning walk with him, he was saying how you need a very healthy man. Why not worry about the shopping and shopping will be very good.

So he went out for walking. Morning walk. Find out a healthy man and ask him where to go for shopping.

Since then a taxi driver drove up and let off a passenger.

What's that Guruj?

Taxi driver. He let out a passenger. He was very healthy.

So taxi driver, he left a passenger. He was very healthy.

What does he do in shopping?

So Prabhupada told ask him, where does he do his shopping? And then he answered, I Did it in some supermarket.

Prabhupada was very spontaneous and whatever he.

Said he'd do, Prabhupada was very spontaneous. Whatever he would say he would do.

One time in Eos's Chicago airport, that's the Ohe airport.

So one time he was in Chicago airport and he saw ohe airport. He spelled ohio as hari.

So I told them have them change the airport name Hare Krishna.

So he told them have them change the airport name as the Hare Krishna Airport.

So then he sent me to India in 1970.

And then he sent me to India in 1970.

And so we were staying in South Calcutta.

So we were staying in South Calcutta.

Many South Indians there.

There are many South Indians there.

I saw there a brought candy sannyas.

So there Srila Prabhupada gave me sannyas along with Achitananda Prabhu.

He used the jobs too in layout of 10 to 11.

So he told Achitananda previously he has given nine people sannyas in Nlay and he would be the number 10 and I would be number 11.

By this Uprabad, he established Krindalman Mayapur as his own special centers for the who elders from around the world visit.

So like this, Srila Prabhupada established Vrindavan and Mayapur as his special centers for devotees from all around the world to visit.

So after I was president in Calcutta, he sent me to Mayapur.

After I was president in Kolkata, he sent me over to Mayapur.

With me as a whole project co director.

After some time I met Prabhavishnam Prabhu. He was co director along with me.

In 1970 he went via Jhukara.

So when Prabhupada came to Kolkata in 1970 he went via Japan.

And at that time he has not father Swami and Japan and Royal Israel.

And that time he had met Banuswamy in Japan and brought him with him to India.

As far as I remember, as far.

As I remember, Srila Prabhupada wanted the Indian Yatra to expand.

I think you all heard Abraham Maharaj. If you're going to stand a moment, that will be very Vedanta Prabhupada.

So I think you all heard from Banu Maharaj that if you could expand the movement that would be very pleasing for Srila Prabhupada.

How.

In the purporthead said can only get devotional service by the mercy of Krishna or spirit devotee.

So I was reading the Bhagavad Gita in the Purport he says you can only get devotional service by the mercy of Krishna and his pure devotee.

There was the Arda Kumba Mello in 1970.

Sorry, in 1971 or so there was this Arda Kumbh Mela in Allahabad.

I think that's called Prayag now.

I think that's called as Prayagraj now.

So Prabhran sat out that having devotional service means going through all the lingering things, the agyas, devastras, various holy activities.

So Prabhupada said in one of his lectures that having devotional service means having gone through different things like Yagya, Tapasya and many different things.

And so after the end of this class, one of the senior devotees asked.

So after the end of his class, one of the senior devotees asked.

I don't see. I look back all my life I did nothing holy. I did no Yogyas, there's no holy places. I did nothing. How did I get devotional service?

And that devotee said, I don't see little better in my life. I never did any Yajna. I never went to any holy places. Then how did I get devotional service?

Prabhupada said, I made a good fortune for you.

Sushila Prabhupada said, I made the good fortune for you.

Went around the world 14 times and he made thousands of devotees.

So one unalloyed devotee, he went around the world 14 times and made thousands of devotees.

Krishna Consciousness Prabhupada Styles International Society for.

Krishna Consciousness Sushila Prabhupada established the International Society for Ka Consciousness.

Krishnas and Aurivas.

Krishna is in everyone's heart. He is in every atom. So being Krishna, Krishna consciousness means that you are serving Krishna. Just serve Krishna always.

So every one of you should be thinking about Krishna all the time.

So every one of you should be thinking about Krishna all the time.

How in your meat, some of. Them in your heart. You think Krishna will tear us too. It is devoted to be Krishna Ash or this person Krishna Ashram.

When you meet someone or give them a book or something in your heart, you think, Krishnir Matirastu, may this person be Ka conscious.

Every one of you has the power to bless others.

Every one of you have the power to bless others.

It's the only way devotees can get Ka Consciousness.

It's the only way devotees could get Ka Consciousness.

The only way that people change is.

The only way people can get Ka Consciousness. Only by the mercy of Krishna and by the mercy of his unalloyed devotees.

I was with Prabhupada when he went to Vinoda Baba's place.

I was with Srila Prabhupada when he went to Vinod Bhave's place. Vinod bhave was devoted to gandhi. Vinod bhaven patra bhav. So he was having a conference on the Bhagavad Gita.

The Lord is with him chant.

And then Srila Prabhupada had his devotees with him to chant. And then he spoke on the Bhagavad Gita.

So. Because he was against the house slaughter going on in India.

So Vinod Bhave was in Mounavrat. He was protesting against the cow slaughter which was going on in India.

So I had his Lord chant a chapter of Bhagavad.

He had his devotees to chant a chapter of the Bhagavad Gita.

From the elders my body Sannyasi who was present, he was trying to speak.

And then there was the Mayavadhi Sanyasi who was present. And then he was trying to speak.

And then he started to speak some speculated mantra.

And then he tried to speak some speculated mantra.

I can't remember. So they were all right. What is this?

I can't exactly remember. People were like, what's this? And Prabhupada told his devotees chant Hare Krishna, Hare krishna, krishna, krishna, krishna, Rama, Rama Hare.

So everybody was climbing and rocking their song.

So everybody were clapping and dancing. They were so inspired.

Prabhupada said that your chanting is so effective because you're all pure devotees.

And Prabhupada said, your chanting is so effective because you are all pure devotees. And they said, prabhupada, you are a pure devotee.

Some mangoes unripe, some mangoes ripe.

And he said, you see some mangoes which are ripe and some mangoes which are unripe. But mango is mango. So you are all mangoes.

Mango.

So some may be Kacha mangoes and some may be ripe mango.

Son. Mother.

So if you want to worship, if you want to worship Krishna with some motive, some purpose.

I want to turn on better car, I'll worship Krishna and gate.

So I want a better car. I'll worship Krishna and gate. Two in one.

If you want to worship Ka to please him like Prabhupada taught, then that's pure devotion.

So if you want to worship Krishna to please him like Srila Prabhupada taught, that's pure devotion.

I thought devotees here, some may be right, some may be Kacha but they want to please Krishna.

So like that many devotees here, some may be ripe, some may be Kacha but they want to please Krishna.

All God he was spreading this Ka consciousness around the world.

Srila Prabhupada he was spreading this Ka consciousness all around the world.

Because Lord Shaitan has rejected of his message all around the world.

Because Lord Caitanya have predicted his message would go around the world. Hare Krishna.

Sat in other town and village.

So in fact Lord Chaitanya said in every town and village.

So that was Prabhupada's ultimate whole.

So that was Rla Prabhupada's ultimate goal.

Every one of you do something very.

Hard and so everyone could do something in that regard.

That's the order of Lord Caitanya Order.

Srila Prabhupada that's the order of Lord Caitanya. That's the order of Srila Prabhupada Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Matram Shila Prabhupada Dharma Song has said.

The order of the Guru is the most important thing, the light of the glory.

As Srila Banuswami said, the order of the Guru is the most important thing in the life of a devotee. So in 1974 Srila Prabhupada said Amaragga Guru hoy by in my order be a guru.

Reading Prabhupada books is very important.

So reading Srila Prabhupada's books is very important.

The number of the small books, the.

Medium books and number of the. I don't know the number of small books and the medium books.

Prabhupada, he wanted all his followers to get the degrees.

Srila Prabhupada, he want all his followers to get the degrees. So I have the Bhaktivedanta degree.

I offer to give the honorary.

They offered to give me honorary.

I said no, I'll take the test, I'll earn it.

And then I said no, I would take the test and earn it.

I want every devotee to also read Prabhupada books get their degrees.

So we want all the devotees to read Srila Prabhupada's books and get the degree.

I am 2/3 all the way through my Bhakti Sarva voma.

I am 2/3 going through my Bhakti Sarva Bhama Bhakti Sarvabh.

Bhanaswami is translating many essential books for devotees.

Now Banuswamy is translating many essential books for the devotees.

What you should get the degrees Prabhupada books and read all Vanashwarami books.

So but you should get the degrees in Srila Prabhupada's books and then read all Vanu Maharaj's books.

Do know that in the ninth canto of the Sunda Bhagavatam there it says that whether a woman, a man Sudra or whatever if they're Ka conscious are all equal.

Do you know that in the ninth canto of the Rmad Bhagavatam it is said whether you're a woman Shudra or a man if you are Krishna, whatever. I'm sorry, Guru Mahj, if you are Krishna conscious, you are all equal.

I mean a Sudra for me someone very elevated.

So Sudra for me someone very elevated.

I was born of Matrah. I brought all the other renzos.

I was born in the Malaysia Yavana country. I broke all the regulative principles. By Srila Prabhupada's mercy I got Ka consciousness.

Now. In the Lord Jita in the High Vajra lost there are many things about different shastras criticize.

So in the Hari Bhakti Villas there are many things from different shastras which criticize women.

I didn't see his translation yet, but it says all these things without women, they're not Krishna conscious.

So in the Haribhakti villas it's mentioned all these things about the women. They're correct if they are not Ka conscious. I didn't see Bhanu Maharaj's translation yet.

I went to an island.

I went to an island in Bangladesh.

The Hindus were there. But there are no Brahmanas, Satyas or Rajas. One Sudra was there.

There were no Hindus there. There were no Brahmin Vaishya, no Kshatriya. One Shudra was there.

Do the marriage ceremonies and other things. They were the most elevated.

They had a Shudra to do the marriage ceremony and everything. He was the most elevated.

Changed all of that by giving us.

Parshila Prabhupada changed all of that by giving out Ka consciousness.

I saw a terrible bomb. The disappearance festival is simultaneously one who were rejoicing that who went back to the audience. Another thing is that he left his. Instructions and those are to be followed.

So Tirubhbaaf or disappearance is a festival where we rejoice that the Guru went back to the the spiritual world and then he left us the instructions, teachings to be followed. And.

Also Lothars, his culture, his heritage that we want to continue that he.

Also left for us his culture, his heritage. That also we want to continue.

This around the world movement. We want to spread that.

So Srila Prabhupada, he started this around the world movement and we want to spread that.

He said when many charismatic spiritual leaders leave some line of disciples sell the properties, build off prophets.

So he said that when some of the charismatic spiritual leaders they leave their disciples, they sell the properties and then they take the profit.

He was very worried for his departure. All happened the moment after I leave.

So he was very worried before his departure what would happen to the movement when I leave.

And one thing Prabhupada established, we should follow the gdc.

So one thing Srila Prabhupada establishes that we should follow the gbc.

There are many moments that one finds another like that.

So there are many movements where the person he appoints another person and moves on.

They said he should have a government body.

So Bhakti Siddhanta, Sarasati, Thakurushila Prabhupada, Ac Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada. They wanted to have a governing body.

So this is a very important instruction, keeps us together.

So this is a very important instruction, keeps us together.

Everybody should think how they're gonna carry.

On the movement of so everybody should think how they are going to carry on the movement of Rla Prabhupada. And the appearance and the disappearance days. We offer pushpanjali to the guru. I have offered my push Panjali. You all have to go and offer your push Panjali. Japan we were allowed to offer pushpanjali. Oh, in Japan we forgot to offer push Panjali on the vast puja of Srila Prabhupada. And Srila Prabhupada said your Vyasa puja is unacceptable.

Fast again, do push Panjali.

You have to fast again and do the push Panjali.

So very important. Don't miss doing your push Panjali.

So it's very important to not miss doing your push Panjali.

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