A Sunday-feast lecture by His Holiness Jaya Pataka Swami Maharaj given in Chennai on November 9, 2025. The talk explains foundational Gaudiya-Vaishnava teachings: the living entity (atma) versus unconscious material nature, Krishna as Satchitananda (spiritual form), and the potency of Bhakti Yoga—especially Sankirtan (congregational chanting)—as the recommended practice for the current age. The speaker credits A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami (Srila Prabhupada) for spreading Krishna consciousness globally, recounts an anecdote where Prabhupada says “I made mercy for you,” and uses a mango analogy to describe devotees at different stages. The lecture closes with an exhortation to practice Krishna consciousness and help others do the same.
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Guru Maharaj's message is your advice. Advantage. The following is a Sunday feast lecture given by His Holiness Jaya Pataka Swami Maharaj on November 9, 2025 in Chennai.
Today we have here Srila Prabhupada disciple Prabhavishnu Prabhu here. So I'll speak for about half an hour and then I'll hand over to Prabhu and Prabhu can give the rest of the class. Is that all right, bro? Yes.
Living consciousness.
In Bhagavad Gita Krishna explains that how we are living consciousness Atma in the body. Without the atma the body is not conscious.
This material nature.
This material nature is not conscious. The living entities are the atma. The power of the energies of the Lord. In the rewind.
The world touches as.
Without these parts of the light, there is no consciousness. The universe.
You see how actual city of Chennai.
We see how the how active the city of Chennai is. Cars are moving here there. It's all due to the conscious living entities.
How Chennai will be silent in the unmoving.
Without them, the whole Chennai would be silent unmoving.
Science of Krishna consciousness was spread all over the world by his kind grace.
The science of Krishna consciousness was spread all over the world by his divine grace. AC Bhaktivedant Swami Srila Prabhupada.
Practicing Bhakti Yoga all parts of the world.
So as a result now the devotees are practicing Bhakti Yoga in all parts of the world.
It's a really miraculous thing.
It's really a miraculous thing.
Or practicing.
Now we see that how people are practicing this principle of Bhakti Yoga in every part of the world.
God has hands with his song all over the world.
Lord Chaitanya had predicted that his names would be sung all over the world.
As a sacrifice which is recommended.
In every Yuga there is a sacrifice which is recommended. Meditation yajnas omas temple worship.
Most powerful.
But in this age, the process is both very simple and most powerful.
Thy chanting is non God Continuously on as long as your heart reveals to you the mercy of Krishna.
By chanting this mantra continuously, it cleanses the heart and also reveals you the mercy of Krishna.
Lord Chaitanya he came as mercy. Allah.
Lord Chaitanya he came as a mercy avatar.
He popularized this process of Sankirtan.
He popularized this process of Sankirtan.
Is the congregational chanting of the holy.
Name Sankirtan is the congregational chanting of the Holy Name. One person chants, other respond. He chants, other person responds.
Oh, you are doing this. I was chanting, you were responding, so.
We were doing this. Sankirtan, I was chanting and you were responding. So.
The human life has nice successful leave this cycle of Samsara.
But better than that, so the human life is made successful. When we can leave this cycle of Samsara, the birth and death.
How Karma yogis, they want more material.
The Karma yogis, they want more material enjoyments. The Jnana yogis, they only reach to the impersonal Brahman.
Astanga yogis. Hatha yogis, they're known by different names. They only reach.
The Ashtanga yogis. Hatha yogis, they're known by different names. They can only reach to mystic powers to Paramatma level in the.
Paramatma. Can realize how the personality of Godhead is transcendental.
None of these can realize how the personality of Godhead is transcendental.
This a sense a very nice bodies, very nice machines.
These bodies are very nice machines. They have various filtering system, digesting system.
That in case something in the machine of the body breaks down, try to fix it.
And there are hospitals. So if something in the machine body breaks down, they go to the hospital to fix it.
Krishna does not have a body.
But Krishna doesn't have a body like that.
He has formed.
He has a form which is Satchitananda.
No veins, no bones.
No veins, no bones, No. No organ. His body is completely spiritual.
His appearance, his activities are completely spiritual.
His appearance, his activities are completely spiritual. If we know that, we don't have to take birth again. But all these yogis, they cannot know this without the blessings or mercy of Krishna or his pure devotees.
Someone in Arabella has brought up but I don't see that I have brought any pious activities.
Somebody asked Srila Prabhupada in the Ardha Kumbh Mela that I don't see that I performed any pious activities. How did I get this mercy to be a devotee?
Prabh said, I made, I gave you mercy. I made your mercy for you.
Prabhupada said, I made mercy for you.
I saw everyone who engages devotional service. He asks her, blessed, I found the Lord.
So everyone who is engaged in devotional service is because they are blessed by some devotees. Bhakti. So in vinoda bhav is gita sambelan, gita samblan. Prabhupada asked his devotees to chant.
And everybody very happy to hear them.
Chant and everybody was happy to hear them chant. Prabhupada said you are all pure devotees.
Kalbads said some are ripe mango, some are green mango.
Prabhupada said some are ripe mangoes and some are green mangoes. But a mango is a mango. So you are also a mango.
Like that. Mangoes are glorious are another are the worst Someone very good solanges.
So the devotees have the power to wish someone to be Krishna conscious to become.
So that's my message for today.
That's my message for today.
So.
He should try via Krishna conscious in his lifetime.
We should try to be Ka conscious in this lifetime.
Help anything that's possible.
Also be Krishna Raja and help as many people as possible to be Krishna conscious.
That's not possible.
It's not possible unless you help them.
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