Jaya Pataka Swami answers questions about Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's pastimes, ecstatic chanting, the Gajendra Moksha story, and practices for different ages of the world. He covers grihastha versus sannyasi life, fighting maya, and book distribution.
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Any questions? What is your favorite of Chaitanya's pastimes?
My question is that. Thank.
You.
I like all of them.
I like all of them.
Lord.
So this pastime about Lord Nitananda and.
The dacoit, that's quite amazing.
That's quite amazing.
It's like whenever I read some pastime, it's so. It's so different.
It's like whenever you read a different pastime, it's. Whenever you read a pastime, it's so different.
Well, it's so unique.
It's so unique.
Is that all right? I like that pastime.
At that moment, I like that pastime.
But I don't know. Pastime, that's my favorite.
I don't know if there is any.
Pastime that is my favorite.
What was your nick? You might find it. He didn't analyze his Lord of Krishna first in Navadva.
But what's unique is that Nimai Pandit, he didn't manifest his love of Krishna.
At first in Navadvp, he manifested it in Gaya.
He manifested it in Gaya, Bihar.
In Bihar, I think not in the same problem. From.
After he got initiated from Ishwarapuri.
He started chanting and dancing.
He started chanting and dancing in ecstasy, crying like anything. Like anything.
And that was the beginning of his. His ecstasy.
That was the beginning of his ecstasy.
Before that. Interesting. When they came back from there, he was a changed person.
Before that, it was interesting. But when he came back from there, he was a changed person.
Those who have parked their car on the.
On the temple side, they're going to get a ticket.
So they have to remove 8 to 10. Hello, somebody.
Any other questions? There's two hands here.
Whoever raised their hands first, I guess is to answer two question. Two people resign. Two people resign. Thank you for a wonderful Nectarian class. You mentioned that sacrifice, therefore sacrifice will. This is our Dhamma. And the true yoga is the chanting of the holy names.
No?
If Krishna is also known as the most reliance, renounced in one of his opulences, six opulences, and he's most satisfied, what does it mean that on all the other Yugas, the prescribed process of self realization Was for the Jivas only.
The fire sacrifice in just a process of austerity.
That the fire. The fire sacrifice and Yuga was just a process of austerity and meditation. Question.
I see. Satya Yuga, they were doing meditation.
See, in Satya Yuga they were doing the meditation.
Satya Yuga, they were doing fire Sadhura.
In Treta Yuga, they were doing fire sacrifice. I see.
Why? The fire sacrifices, they could actually have the personalized honor of here.
Actually, by the fire sacrifices they could have the personality of Godhead appear.
And there's some descriptions of that.
There are some descriptions of that.
So it was only amazing.
It was truly amazing.
They get old, they get young.
By fire sacrifice, they could take an old cow and make it young. They can do all kinds of things.
Now I call Yuga, that's for them. Because Brahmins are not so qualified.
No. And Kali Yuga, that's forbidden. Because Brahmins are not so qualified.
Does that answer your question? Yes. There was another question after the one more question. After hearing all these pastimes again and again in my life, why is it so difficult to take advantage of Lord Titania's mercy? Still for me, I mean.
He said there are the Roshan Surah in the eighth Gentile, in the Gajendra Moksha.
In the eighth Canto, in the story.
Of Gajendra Moksha, there's a pastime or Gajendra was fighting with the crocodile.
There's a pastime where Gajendra was fighting with the crocodile.
And there in lake, they were in.
A lake.
After a long flight. So after a long fight generalized that he was losing.
So general then realized he was losing.
Because he's a land animal.
Because he was a land animal.
And he is stronger on the land.
He is stronger in the land.
But the crocodile is the water animal.
But the crocodile is the water animal. He's in the water.
But he's more strong in the water.
So he is more strong in the water.
And then Gajenda remembered his some prayers from his previous life.
So Gajendra, he remembered some prayers from his previous life.
And he prayed to the Lord.
And he prayed to the Lord.
The Lord gave him, saved him.
Anyways, the Lord came and saved him.
And there were some different reasons.
So both the crocodile and him were there for some different reasons.
I think one of them was Hoo Hoo.
I think one of them was Hoo Hoo, the Gandharva king. And the other was Indra Dumna. And the king was cursed.
Okay, we call the elephant king and.
The king and the elephant king and the crocodile king.
In the prabhat, he said that it's like the crocodile was in his element, water.
So Srila Prabhupada was saying that just like the crocodile, he was in his element, the water, he was stronger. He was stronger.
So, like that, we should be in a position where they're stronger.
So we should like that we should be in a position where we are strongest.
Someone may be stronger as a grihasta.
Someone may be stronger as a grihasta. Regular sex life where there's regulated sex life. Or someone may be stronger in the.
Renounced order find that when they're stronger, they should still fight against Maya.
Accordingly, where they are stronger, they should still fight Maya.
They should try to practice they should.
Try to practice ka consciousness.
Not that one size fits all. It's not that one side is one size fits all.
Oh, it's not that one size fits all.
I couldn't say something like that in India.
I couldn't say something like that in India.
But here I can say it right.
But here I can say it right.
Everybody does.
Everybody knows.
American slang.
No, I'll give you some American slangs.
So like that, we should be determined.
To fight so like that, we should be determined to fight.
Determined to write this, our Krishna.
We should be determined to practice our ka consciousness.
Maybe situations that we develop and maybe.
The situation may be different for different people.
Ayur Bhabhad was taking a lecture in London in 1973.
Srila Prabhupada was giving a lecture in.
London in 1973 on his Vyas puja.
On his Vyasa puja.
And he said how his guru Dev had brought and sent some sannyasis.
And he was saying how his gurudev had brought some sannyasis. Send some sannyasis to preach. To preach.
But in England, they failed.
But they failed.
A large sannyasi, Obama.
So also one lord, he asked a sannyasi, can you make me a brahmin?
Sure.
And he said, sure.
Give up illicit sex, gambling and intoxication.
Give up illicit sex, gambling, intoxication and meeting things.
That's impossible.
That's impossible.
He replied, that's my life.
That's my life.
So.
All right.
The prabhupada said he sent three grihasta couples.
But then Srila Prabhupada said he sent three grihasta couples.
They were successful.
They were successful.
So he was requesting. He wanted all his brihasta followers to be part of Rahamsa.
So he was requesting that. He wanted all his Prehasta followers to be part of Muhammad.
Looks like he said Bhakti Thakur was a Grihasta.
And he said that Bhaktimino Takar. He was a grihasta.
Producer son his Urde Vati Siddhan.
He had produced a son his Guru Day Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasati Thakur.
So we need many such Acharyas.
So we need many such Acharyas.
Please to preach for those children like.
That Acharyas produce children like that Acharyas.
Many in India. A lot of Rehashas come today. They say we went back, I stumbled years. We don't have any children.
Kriyas. They come, they ask me. We have been married for several years. We don't have children.
Give a blessing that I can have a child.
Give a blessing that I can have a child.
Actually that's not a very good blessing.
But actually that's not a very good blessing.
Just to have a child.
Just to have a child.
You want a Krishna conscious long live healthy Sukutra.
You want a Krishna conscious long lived healthy Suputra? Maybe another Charya.
Like that.
So Srila Bhavat was giving a lecture like that.
India I'm alone. I'm a lone fighter.
In India I'm a lone fighter.
I'm trying to establish how ladies can be ka conscious and so on.
I'm trying to establish how ladies can be ka conscious and so on.
But there's a lot of back paddling from the Indians.
But there's a lot of back peddling from the Indians.
Indian leaders.
Indian leaders. I'm Indian anyways.
So don't be discouraged.
So don't be discouraged.
Be strong.
Be strong.
Fight against Maya.
Fight and fight against Maya. How? Help distribute books, help the previous Acharyas and so on. Hare Krishna.
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