Jayapataka Swami addresses a congregation from Soro, Odisha about Mayapur's spiritual significance and ISKCON's work there. He describes how actions in Mayapur yield multiplied spiritual credit, connects nine holy sites to nine practices of devotion, and outlines local plans: the vedic planetarium opening in about two years, and growing the community from 7,500 to 50,000 devotees.
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Hi. But microphone.
Sorrow. Please raise your hand.
I will do the repetition. Guru Mas. There he will translate into or. Welcome to mayapur. Mayapur is Aodariya Dham.
It's a mercy Dharm.
It's a mercy Dham.
And here every activity you do a thousand times a credit.
Here every activity you do you get thousand times credit. In Vrindavan also same thing. In Vrindavan you also get thousand times for every offense. But here is not the same. So Lord Chaitanya is very merciful. But we should try to avoid offenses.
So here are all the holy places.
Here all the holy places have appeared. It is Samastha, Tirthamane. There is Narsingapalli. And Hari, Harakshetra, Panchaveni. So there is Radhakunda, Shamakunda.
So whatever holy places, they are all existing here.
Here also we have Jagannath Dhamma.
Came here several times. Lord Jagannath actually came here.
So in that place we have the.
So in that place we have the Jagannath deity.
So they came from the area government to declare that this is actually the place where Lord Jagannath has come some thousands of years before.
So they actually came from the odia government to declare this is actually the place where Lord Jagannath came thousands of years before.
And so here I hope that you have a very nice time seeing any of the holy places.
So here I hope that you'll have a very nice time seeing the holy places here.
And all the devotees.
So all the devotees who live here, they are very fortunate.
Because this is a very special place.
Because this is a very special place. Lakshmi Priya and Vishnu Priya, they are Shri Shakti and Bhu Shakti respectively. This dhaam is also neela shakti.
So the Dharma is standard by the Lord's internal potency.
The Dharm is expanded by the Lord's internal potency.
And being here one can experience a Saggio Rasa.
And being here one can experience a special rasa.
We are 18 million 400 species of life.
So before becoming a human being, we have gone through okay, we have gone through 8 million species of life.
And there are 400,000 species of human beings.
And there are 400,000 Species of human being. Lord Chaitanya came to deliver the fallen human beings. Therefore he is known as the most merciful. O Patita Pavan. You see, we are the spirit soul.
These bodies are machines made of material energy.
These bodies are machines made of material energy.
All rose up. Lion grows up, Stands his own life.
So the body Takes birth, grows old, stays for some time, produces some byproduct.
And diesel, doesn't die.
So the spirit soul doesn't die.
So Allah, Krishna has superior energy.
So Atma is a part of Krishna's superior energy.
So the atma never dies.
So the atma never dies.
If we desire material things, we take again material birth.
If we desire material things, we take again material growth. If you're in the mode of goodness, you'll go to higher planets. So if you are in the mode of passion, you'll stay here in the middle planets. If you're in the mode of ignorance, you go down. So if you think of Krishna and you serve him, you go to the transcendental planet. So that's what the all purpose of Krishna consciousness is.
So we're trying to engage ourselves in all the time.
So we are trying to engage ourselves in devotional service all the time. Clear your throat first, your chest first. Then you can speak it. Yes.
Did you say it?
No, I didn't say anything.
This is known as.
This is known as Krishna consciousness. So this Navadev Dham has nine islands.
And each island is connected to one of the nine practices of.
And each island is connected to one of the processes of 9, 9 processes of devotional service. Sharing, chanting, remembering.
Prayers.
Offering service, offering prayers, offering obeisances and performing deity worship. Okay. Being a servant of the Lord, being the friend of the Lord and surrendering everything. So the nine islands in Navadip are connected to these nine practices of Bhakti Yoga. So not many people know these nine islands.
Here.
So we were very happy to to have all the devotees here. All the devotees here. So Lord Chaitanya's birthplace is about one kilometer down the line, down the road.
Said that Islam was harvest on worldwide.
So Lord said Iskcon is the karmastan or the workplace of Lord Chaitanya.
Preaching the work.
So we are here, we are trying to do the preaching work of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. While you are here, you should see the TOVP temple of Vedic Planetarium. We hope to open that in two years. It's almost finished. You see by, you can see by the main gate there's a grass hut.
And at one point that's all there was.
And at one point that's all was. From that it became what you see today.
This is only like 1/4 of the whole city.
This is only like 1/4 of the Whole city.
Hello.
So every week we meet with the master plan committee. And we discuss the master plan of Mayapur. So now we have around 7,500 devotees. But we want to have 50,000 in the future. So are there any questions? Is there any questions? In the beginning we see that when we take a devotional service we advance very nicely. But eventually we notice that we decline gradually. Why? Why is that in Bengal? It's a Bengali question. So maybe some person is making offenses.
Maybe.
So the advancement is slowing down. Okay, the next question. Okay. Hare Krishna. No, no, no, no. It's not hiding it. Question. We say that the material world is the perverted reflection of the spiritual world. Everything that exists in the material world is also there in the spiritual world. So animals here survive on other animals. If same is the scenario in the spiritual world. How do we say that there is no death in the spiritual world?
Not that the spiritual world is copy of the material world.
It's not that the spiritual world is the copy of the material world.
Material world has distorted reflection on the spiritual world.
The material world is a distorted reflection of the spiritual world.
So here we have learned that when the spiritual.
So here we have birth, death. And in the spiritual world we don't have that.
So this is distorted. That means some of the things here don't exist in the spiritual world.
So this is a distorted reflection. That means some of the things which exist here, they don't exist in the spiritual world.
All kinds of things don't exist in the spiritual world.
Like here we have demons or different things that don't exist in the spiritual world.
Distorted reflection of love. That's lust.
In the spiritual world we have love. In the material world we have the distorted reflection of that love which is lust. Last question. Lord Chaitanya towards South India and spread the mercy there. But many don't know about him until they come to iskcon. Why is he not known widely?
Our work has to be. Our work is touched on it to be amplified.
So that's for us. Our work is to amplify it. It's glorious.
The village in South India where they were chanting.
There is a village in South India where they were chanting the names of Lord Chaitanya. They didn't know what it meant. They were telling that, but they didn't know.
So allah Chaitanya came 500 years ago. And he definitely had a great in that.
So lord Chaitanya came 500 years ago. And he definitely had a great impact.
At that time. At that time.
At that time.
500 years. Who's a trade minister again? 10 years old.
But who's the chief minister even 10 years ago we'll forget. Ten years ago it was aidmk, aidmk, DMK or what? So.
500 years.
So maybe after 500 years maybe people would have forgotten. So we have to remind them.
Unknowingly and realize Lord Chaitanya's religion.
So Srila Prabhupada wanted to expand the preaching unlimitedly and to realize Lord Chaitanya's prediction.
1975 he was talking about having 10 Million Gurus.
Even in Mayapur in April 1975 he was talking about having 10 million Gurus. So we should rejoin as a student but eventually we should become a teacher. So not many are taking this responsibility.
To please.
We have to do it selflessly to please Guru and Krishna.
So your prayers have helped us.
So your prayers have helped Brajeshwar Gordas. So like the previous nights we will chant the Panchatata Mahamantra and the Hare Krishna Mahamantra for his health what was the last thing. And for the progress of the Krishna Consciousness movement. Thank you. There are also some devotees who came from Avatar. Sheila Prabhupada the key Shishiradha, Madha Sakiranda, Maiput, Chandragiraj, Marajki Gurmaj has blessed all of you. Krishna, Matirastu, Haribu, Shishipanchatatwaki.
