20260129 Śrī Caitanya-śikṣāmṛta Class in Śrī Māyāpur, India #JayapatakaSwamiArchives

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And stay in touch. Guru Maharaj's message is your advice advantage. The following is a Shri Caitanya Sheikh Shamita class given by His Holiness Jayapataka Swami Maharaj on January 29, 2026 in Sridhar Mayapur, India.

Hari O. That's it. Hare Krishna. Dear devotees, today we will continue with the reading from Shri Chaitanya Shikshamrita. Okay.

So today is my fifth day of gradually coming off on my steroid treatment.

So today is my fifth day of gradually coming out of my steroid treatment.

Apparently the body produces its own steroids.

Apparently the body produces its own steroids.

When we take a high dose. One nephrologist told me that for two weeks I just take a high dose.

The nephrology nephrologist told me that I should for two weeks I should take a high dose.

So I was taking a dose of 30 milligrams.

So I was taking a dose of 30 milligrams.

Last night was all those two weeks I couldn't sleep much at night.

So for the last two weeks I couldn't sleep much at night.

And so when I thought.

So what?

I thought how to spread ka consciousness.

So I thought how to spread ka consciousness.

So that was the benefit of not sleeping.

So that was the benefit of not sleeping.

Prabhupada told me why do you sleep.

So much Prabhupada told me why do you sleep so much every night that.

Midnight one o' clock and start to translate.

He wakes up every night at one o' clock and starts. Starts to translate.

I would sleep until Mangaloreji.

I would sleep till Mangalarati.

No, he would just say maybe you're young, that's why.

He would say maybe you're young, that's why.

So anyway, now I've experienced the Even though I'm down on taking less steroids.

So even I'm down on taking less steroids.

I slept last night till 4:30, 4:20.

I slept last night till 4:20, 4:20.

To Mangalagi and everything. I had 20 messages to send my course on the secretary.

So from 4:20 to Mangalariti and so on I had 20 messages sent to my corresponding secretary.

My mind was just.

Anyway, my mind is just going on and on.

Anyway, they say that yeah, they'll gradually offer steroids because your body shuts down making its own steroids.

So you have to gradually. They were saying that you have to gradually wean off the steroids because otherwise the body would shut down producing its own steroids.

When you took the high dose, it shut down.

When you are on high dose, it shuts down.

I don't have to make thyroid.

I don't have to make thyroid.

So not there already?

That's there already.

So I went 20. I'm on 10 out of 10. Oh 5.

So now I'm on 20. And then I'll go to 10. And then I'll go to 5.

And your chance?

So give my chance, my body to what?

Catch up.

To catch up.

Start producing its own steroids.

And start producing its own steroids.

So you start reading.

Okay, we'll start reading. Reading. From Shri Chaitanya Shikshamrita Shila Satchidananda, the Bhakti Vinod Thakur on the subject matter of Madura Rasa for the benefit of the qualified living entities Qualified living entities, we shall now describe the truthful glories of the Madhura Rasa. Conjugal Mellow I am citing a discussion between Vijaya and Srimad Gopalguru Goswami regarding this rasa in the 31st chapter of Jaiva Dharma written by ourselves, Bhakti Vinathaka. By contemplating this with a focused mind, the Mahatma readers should enter into this Rasa. Madhurya Rasa is the supreme. Vijayakumar said. O Prabhu, the Madura Rasa has been described as the most mystery inducing Rasa among the primary Rasas. Why should it not be? When all the qualities of Shanta, Dasya, Sakya and Vatsalya Rasas are eternally present in Madura Rasa and whatever wonder and astonishment is lacking in those Rasas are beautifully established in Madura Rasa. Then there is any doubt that Madura Rasa is supreme. Madurasa is completely unsuitable for those who follow the path of renunciation due to dryness. Again, for those inclined toward material pursuits, understanding the nature that is distinct from matter becomes difficult. When the Madura Rasa of Vraja is completely distinct from the material concept of Shingararasa romantic sentiment, then it is not easily attainable. How has such an unprecedented Rasa been compared to the extremely inferior mundane Rasa of men and women?

In the spiritual world there is also attraction of men and women.

So in the spiritual world there is also transcendental men and women and.

Mandura Rasa Rasa means love, Madra love.

So Madura Rasa, you can say Rasa means love, Madhura love, different types of.

Even Discussing different types of rasas, different types of love.

So we were discussing different types of rasas, different types of love.

Material world, the material sex life is temporary.

In the material world, the material sex life is temporary.

It only gives momentary pleasure and only.

Gives momentary pleasure and much misery after that.

But there Sahaja's life or Mandura rasa, in the spiritual world, all the rasas are permanent, eternal.

So the Madhura rasa or the sex life. In the spiritual world, all the rasas are eternal, permanent.

Not even to the extent that all these are cursing Rama or ranking.

Even to the extent the Gopis are cursing Lord Brahma for their blinking.

I heard it many times. What do you think about it?

I heard it many times. But when you think about it, how.

Much love they have for Krishna.

How much love they have for Krishna.

Even the blinking of the eye.

Even blinking of the eye.

Wow. I mean, you know, before the deities you blink. You don't think about it.

When we go before the deities, we don't think about it.

All the time you're blinking.

All the time you're blinking.

How much they love Krishna.

How much they love Krishna.

Even one microsecond.

Even one microsecond.

Blinking is a matter how pleasurable.

It's a matter of how lamentable.

So how much love for Krishna.

So how much love they have for Krishna.

Material world, we have no idea.

In the material world, we have no idea.

So Lord Chaitanya said.

So Lord Chaitanya said. Sadhariboledako.

Whether you are grihasta.

Whether you're a grihasta or in the renounced order doesn't matter.

Wherever you're stronger, you feel more natural. All that's placed for you.

So wherever you feel stronger, wherever you feel natural, that applies to you.

No, I think those are regulated sex life. But we know that the spiritual world, the situation is much different.

So in the material world, we have regulated sex life. But we know that in the spiritual world, the situation is much different.

So we cannot compare such a extremely inferior, mundane rasa of men and women.

So we cannot compare to the extremely inferior mundane rasa of men and women.

What is going on in the spiritual world.

So we want to know what's going on in the spiritual world.

How is it? With that consciousness, we should go ahead and study this issue.

So with that consciousness, we should go ahead and study this. Hello.

Next.

Matter is the reflection of the spirit. Guru Goswami said, Child Vijaya, you very well know that the varieties of matter are all but Reflections of the varieties of the spiritual world. Spiritual truth. You want to say Comment.

I always thought that this material world is a distorted reflection of the spiritual world.

I've already said this material world is a distorted reflection of the spiritual world.

Whatever I see here, Distorted form.

Whatever we see here, it is in its distorted form, the spiritual world.

It is in its pristine, pure form.

In the spiritual world. It is in its pristine spiritual form. Chandogya upanishad 8 says the following. The multifarious energies of Supreme Lord Sri Krishna are known as Shabala. Through the process of surrendering to Krishna, I find shelter of the Hladini Shakti, which is the quintessence of all his energies. By taking shelter of this Hladini Shakti, I surrender to Krishna. Shri Shyama Sundar in the great city is a small lotus palace. In that palace is a small sky. That sky should be sought. That sky should be asked about. If they the students ask, what does it mean that in the heart of this spiritual city is a lotus abode? The internal part of that abode should be sought and that part one should desire to know. Then he, the guru may say, as in the external world there is a sky, so inside this heart there is also a sky. In both the external and within this heart there are heaven and earth. In both are fire and air. In both are sun and moon and lightning and stars. Whatever is in the external world and whatever is not in the external world is present in this heart. Would you like to say anything, Gurmaj? If they say, if in this spiritual city all material elements and desires are assembled, then when the body reaches old age or it's destroyed at death, what remains after that? Then he, the guru may say, it is not withered by old age, it is not killed by death. This spiritual city is eternal. Within it are all desires. The soul is free from sin, old age, death, lamentation, hunger and thirst and its desires and and thoughts are all automatically fulfilled. As by following good advice people attain their desires, so the spiritualists also attain their desires. Just as the fruits of work in this lifetime are all ultimately destroyed in the same way, the benefits in next life are also all ultimately destroyed. One who does not understand the nature of the soul remains unfulfilled and unsatisfied. Even though he may obtain all his desires, he does not attain the spiritual world. On the death of the body, one should understand the nature of the soul remains become satisfied and fulfilled. He obtains all his desires. In this world, he attains the spiritual will. On the death of the Body.

So we have here personal body consciousness.

So we have this perishable body consciousness.

We have a person who is Krishna.

Conscious and we have person who knows Ka consciousness.

So body conscious person never satisfied, always exaggerated.

So the body conscious person is not satisfied, is unsaturated.

Even if he attains all his desires, it doesn't matter. His desires are not pure.

Even he attains all his desires, it doesn't matter. Because his senses are not pure, his.

Desires are not very.

Oh. His desires are not pure. Sorry, Guru Mahj.

So what? The Ka Conscious virtual. He obtains blissful light in the material world and then he attains the spiritual world at death.

So a Ka conscious person is blissful in this material world and he attains the spiritual world at death. Whatever he desires appears simply by his desiring it. In this way he becomes happy. When such a soul leaves the present material body, he enters the effulgent spiritual world. His original spiritual form is manifested there. He is named Soul. He is immortal and fearless. He is named Sathya. The Truth. The material world is a reflection of the spiritual world. The confidential principle here is that the reflected perception by its very nature acquires a perverted nature. That which is supreme in the ideal in the spiritual world is the lowest in the reflection. The material world, that which is the lowest in the ideal appears as the highest in the reflection. So this is easily understood by studying the parts of the limbs of the body reflected in opposite way in a mirror. The Supreme Reality, by his inconceivable potency, being reflected in the shadow of his energy as expanded as material existence. According to this transformation of energy, the supreme reality is pure. And therefore the attributes of supreme are perceived in the perverted manner within matter. In the same way, the supreme, the most relishable Rasa of the Absolute Truth, has attained perverted nature of disgraceful material Rasa in the material world. The wondrous variety of happiness present in the supreme reality is itself the Rasa of the Supreme. As that Rasa is reflected into matter, the materially conditioned soul, through its thought process imagines a principle of designation by equating the qualities of cessation and non variegatedness with the nature of supreme entity. Parama Vastu and regarding all variegatedness as material qualities, one is unable to know the unconditioned spiritual existence. Nirupadika SATA, the intrinsic nature of being Satadharma. Those who take shelter in material reasoning and logic naturally fall into such misleading go.

Many, many interesting things are brought up here.

So many Interesting things are brought up here.

Other than saying that this material world is a perverted reflection of our distorted reflection of the spiritual world.

As I was saying, this material world is a perverted or a distorted reflection of the spiritual world.

When we see a reflection of a tree on the side of the Ganges.

Of sunlight, so when we see a reflection of a tree on the side of Ganges or lake, we'll see the.

Root of the tree at high and the branch is low in the reflection.

So we'll see the root of tree in high and the branches at the low of the reflection.

Right?

Right.

So like that, what's highest in the material world is actually the lowest in the spiritual world.

So like that, what is the highest in the spirit material world is the lowest in the spiritual world.

What is highest in the spiritual world, lowest in the material world.

And what is the highest in the spiritual world is the lowest in the material world.

So you can't use our material reasoning, our logic, our ideas to understand the spiritual world.

So we can't use our material logic, reasoning or ideas to understand the spiritual world.

We have to hear from the realized souls.

We have to hear from the realized souls.

We have to hear from those who know Krishna Tattva.

Again, we have to hear from those who know Krishna Tattva Gyan who know science, argues the Khandhas, who knows science of Krishna consciousness. Let go of something that I forgot.

Sudden reality.

The supreme reality is pure Prabhu.

It mentioned how by taking shelter of.

The Aladdini potency, It's mentioned how by taking shelter of the haladini pot that is Rmati Radharani, the pleasure potency.

Then we can understand you can get this rain bliss.

Then we can understand the supreme bliss. Get this supreme bliss.

So go back, go to the end. So. Some impersonalists, they think that anything variegated is material.

Some impersonalists, they think that anything variegated is material.

But actually spiritual world is full of variegatedness.

But actually the spiritual world is full of variegatedness.

And because of this variety, there is also variety in material world.

Because there is variety there. There is also variety in the material world.

But the reflection is different.

But the reflection is different. Rasa is filled with variegatedness. Factually, the supreme entity is the embodiment of Rasa. Within him lies Raja means love. Rasa means love. Within him lies astonishing diversity. Because those spiritual varieties are reflected even in the material Rasa.1 by taking shelter of that variegatedness can experience a sense of transcendental Rasa. The diversity of Rasa is present in the spiritual substance is thus harmonized. And in this way, at the lowest place of the spiritual world lies the realm of peacefulness, Shanta Dharma known as Haradham or the impersonal Brahman realm. Above that is the Dasirasa or the plain of Vaikuntha. Above that is Sakyarasa, located in Golokha's Sakyarasa. Above that is Vatsalirasa, the parental affection in Golokas abode of Nanda and Jashoda. Uppermost of all is Madura Rasa, the palace of the Gopas and the Gopis. Gopis the place of Gopas and Gopis.

So today we're discussing the Steinhes has Madhuri Rasa.

So today we are trying to discuss Madhuri Rasa.

We should understand that it is completely different than the material sex life of men and women.

So we should try to understand that it's completely different from the material sex life of men and women.

I don't know. Problem is it? This is a very confident subject.

The problem is this is a very confidential subject.

Some congregation members gave the Bhagavatam to Srila Prabhupada.

Some congregation member gave the Bhagavatam to Rla.

Prabhupada said, please tell us about the vast time of Radha and Krishna and.

Say, please tell us about the pastimes of Radha and Krishna.

And Prabhupada said, you're not qualified.

And Prabhupada said, you are not qualified.

No, no, they said, we're qualified.

They said, no, no, they said, we are perfect.

Prabhupada then said, I'm not qualified.

And then Prabhupada said, well, I'm not qualified.

So this is a subject that everyone to hear. They mix it up with material ideas.

So when everyone hears this subject, they might mix it up with material subject.

All the sauce is tawa. But we don't understand it's transcendental.

So we'll discuss this topic. But we have to understand that it's transcendental.

Hare Krishna.

Hare Krishna. Guru Mahaj is blessing all of you. Krishnair Matirastu.

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