Safari 4th Day in Govardhan 2024 Evening Session

Marama.

Krishna.

Krishna.

Ra.

It.

Hare Krishna. Thank you for the beautiful bajam. Hare Krishna. Hare Krishna. Thank you. So we're preparing the stage now for some Krishna Katha. So we're going to. Is Mandakini Mataji here? I need some devotee to bring the 2:1 chair for to the stage. We have the asana here. Okay, good, good. Okay. Thank you very much. Is Harila Prabhu here? Anyone who can translate in Hindi also here Hindi translation. Thank you very much.

Thank much you very you to.

You wanted to translate into Hindi. But we will see. It is like we were important. You need anything?

Yes, I need.

Okay, okay. You need for your laptop. Okay, one minute. We have table. Maduria. I need a table like. Like similar to the Harmonia. Because she have a laptop. She have a laptop. You have the same table?

Yes.

Thank you. Somebody. Yes. No, no. The table. Oh yes, yes, yes. That. That is the table. Oh Hare Krishna. There is one table there. Someone can bring this table. Prabhuji, one white table it. Yes. For her. Yes. I will arrange. So are you fit into help?

No, no.

Ok. Just give me a second. Are you straight? Start talking or you sing. What is the.

If you tell me where to find the b.

Sorry.

You know where to find the glass. I can bring that or I ask please.

No. You see, there is a group of devotees meeting there.

Okay.

The one maybe this side like a bald head. Maybe he can help you.

Okay, okay.

Don't worry.

Could I hold this chocolate?

You want wireless? It's better for you. Okay. So Mandakini Mataji from France. She is a disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Siddha Prabhupada. We are here in this transcendental Vrindavan safari installing the footprints of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. And it is a great honor for us that she's here today with us. And we would like to hear from her some sharing some leelas or some stories with Srila Prabhupada. Thank you Mataji. Thank you so much.

Dear devotees, I want to say I'm very grateful and very honored to be with you today in this beautiful safari. So first of all I would like to ask the blessing of Chaitanya Chandra Prabhu to say a few words to glorify Srila Prabhupada and the blessings of all of you. So dear devotees, I was told to talk about Srila Prabhupada. We have a short time because it's going to be a lot of wonderful speakers. I was thinking of two Things to tell, to share with you.

Okay, so we're going to simultaneously translate for the Hindi speaking people. So you can translate.

Is it simultaneous or sequential? We talk and talk sequentially.

Yes, sequentially. Sorry, sequentially. Harikshi.

Harikshit, please.

I start now. Okay. So, dear devotees, yesterday and today we went to visit so many wonderful places where Lord Krishna performed his pastime.

So.

And as I understood, Lord Caitanya came to visit these holy places. So yesterday if I'm not mistaken, we visited one place called Bonshan Stani. We were told it's actually a place where Lord Krishna Bhalavam they said with all the coward boys to take some prasadam.

So Krishna Auror Balram.

So it reminded me of a beautiful pastimes of Srila Prabhupada told by Shrita Kirti Prabhu.

So.

That took place actually in the evening when the time came. And that time in the evening, the last massage of Srila Prabhupada was one of the most intimate time to be.

With Srila Prabhupada Prabhupada.

There was almost no light, the room was quite dark and nobody would enter at this time. It was just Srila Paupa and the servant. So one time and all of a sudden said, oh, so I like the coward boys very much. So when Srila Prabhupada would speak at this time in the evening, it was always very sweet. It was just pure nectar.

So Sham kesamameme Japshila Prabhupada.

Then Shutakirti continued massaging. He wouldn't stop. And then he saw that Srila Prabhupada was looking at a picture just in front of the bed.

So they created just apnea.

It was actually a beautiful big picture of Krishna in Balaram and the coward boys.

So Krishna or Balaram or Sundar Chitra.

And all of them were very young boys. They didn't take care of the cows yet, but they took care of the calves. And it was thousands of coward boys and thousands of cows. I mean calves. And they were in the forest of Vrindavan. So Srila Prabhupada was looking at that and Shritakirti Prabhu was massaging him. Then Srila Prabhupada said every day Krishna and Balaram would go in the forest of Vrindavan. And before they would go their mothers, they had prepared lunch for them.

So.

So they would put the lunch in the tiffins.

So.

And then Shuttakirti was listening, shaking his head and Prabhupada Was speaking very softly, was right in the picture, right in the scene. And when he talks like that, he will transport us in the spiritual world. So he said Krishna's mother, Yashoda, she had prepared very, very nice tiffin. Inside she would put puri, halva, kachari, logd. And the other kahot boys, maybe the mothers were not so opulent.

So.

So they just cooked chapati rice, sabji.

Chapati rice, sabji.

Then the boy would go, they would play all day with the calves because they were too, too little to take care of the cows. Then Pope had said, then they would stop for lunch and they were playing with Krishna. Krishna will have his opulent prasadam and the little kahod boys, the simple priesthood.

So.

Krishna.

Then they would steal Krishna's lunch and they would throw it to each other. Then the little coward boys, they will eat all the halwa, puri, kachuri and Luglu. And Krishna would sit with them very happily and he will eat rice. And while Srila Prabhupada was describing that scene, he was smiling very, very brightly.

So.

Explained.

And then he stopped talking, still massaging. And then Prabhupada said, I just want to go to the spiritual world to meet with Krishna. Then he closed his eyes and he didn't say anything more. And Shuttakirti kept on with his massage. It was a very, very rare moment. So the devotees. When I joined Krishna Consciousness in London, I was a very young girl. When I joined Krishna Consciousness in London, I was really young. And I heard that Srila Prabhupada said, I want to go to the spiritual world, Tweet, lglu and catcheries. So I learned how to make this log glue and cashewies. So I learned how to make log glue and kachuris.

So my name Sikhan or.

And these catcheries, they were part of our relationships with Srila Prabhupada.

So revelation.

So, dear devotees, to tell a little personal story of Prabhupada giving me an instruction. Most of the Russian devotees, they already know that story. But that's a special story that shows actually the greatness of Rla Prabhupada. He could use young boys and girls as his instruments.

So.

That happened in London in the year 71. In the London, in London in the year 71, I was thinking, by Srila Prabhupada's mercy, I was doing some service to the beautiful deities in London. And one day I read something very, very beautiful in one of Prabhupada books.

So.

Srila Prabhupada's books. Yes.

You, you translated?

Yes.

You. You translated?

Yes.

So it said, actually if the spiritual master is asking you to do a task a little difficult and if you say yes immediately, you will do a lot of spiritual progress. I became very enthusiastic and I rushed to see, to ask them, please my Lord, can you make some arrangement? So RLA Prabhupada would ask me to do some task, a little difficult.

Task.

But please, my dear Lord, remind me to say yes.

So.

And I forgot about it. But then we heard something very extraordinary. Was actually in the Soviet Union. And I remember becoming very, very proud of Srila Prabhupada. He's just so brave, is fearless. Certainly a country I will never go. Certainly a country I will never go. So then Srila Prabhupada came to London. And one day I was called to his room. So I came, I knocked on the door, beautiful voice, told to come in. Then I came in. I offered my obese senses. Prabhupada told me to come near, to come and sit very near. He was sitting under a low table and he had a big smile. He said, mandal, would you like to go to Moscow?

So.

And to marry this boy Anatoly? So two ladies and to marry this boy Anatoly and by the grace of Lord Chaitanya assist the mission there.

So Chaitanya.

And by the grace of Lord Caitanya, assist the mission there. So I had half a second to be a little shocked and then I remembered my prayers.

So.

And I told him, yes, Srila Prabhupada.

Yes, Srila Prabhupada.

And Prabhupada had a big, big smile. And that was the beginning of a wonderful adventure in Krishna consciousness. An adventure that is still going on now. Maybe I should stop here to. To let somebody else I don't see. Oh, please come in.

Please come.

Oh, our dear Angiram Muni Prabhu is coming. He's actually doing bhakti vriksha all over Russia.

Thank you very much. Angira Gauranga Prabhu. I always been very inspired by. By the way he and his good wife are preaching to the congregation. I remember I go into Moscow, Russia with my guru Maharaj, His Holiness Jayapata GOSWAMI on his second visit to Russia, I think was in 1992, maybe 97. 97. And he was giving a seminar on bhakti brics. So and Angira Gauranga Prabhu, he took very serious this service with his good wife and through the period of years they engaged under the Bhakti Bricksa preaching so many, I think thousands of devotees. I don't know how many devotees.

So his grace.

But anyway, this is with you. Thank you. Prabhu, you can mention. Yes, I wanted to know how many devotees.

But if you will ask questions, I will answer to.

They can ask questions.

I'm very glad to be here at Safari. First time in my life I was visited safari in 2002, 22 years ago. And that visit to Moscow which Marie Chaprabhu mentioned Now it was 1997. I remember very good. Probably I was translating that time also translating Shulja Padakka Maharaj. And I will tell you one how say image from this presentation. Gurmaharaj made a presentation for all Moscow communities in big cinema theater in Moscow. Guru Maharaj had with him good slide presentation about Bhaktivika program. And he had show one slide flood in Mayapur. Flooding in Mayapur. So he was reading one verse from Chaitanya that flood of love of Godhead will be spread from Shiddha Mayapur throughout the whole world. And then he asked devotees in the hall, do you know at all what does it mean? Flood, Flooding. So what does it mean? And then he said, you are living in Moscow, you know nothing about floods. So you know you he then he told, you live in Moscow, so you know nothing about the flooding. So but we in Mayapur, we know very well what does it mean to flood. Flood means when in the morning you come out of your home and see everywhere just water, everywhere water. And he said the same way, one day you will go out of your home and you will see all people with japa bags. So that means this flood of love of Godhead was spread everywhere.

So I say he Krishna Prem Kajo, bad Sabi, Jaga Bhegi.

So this picture was very deeply in my heart.

So.

And quite often I use this image of flood in my seminars on Bhaktiv Riksha. Because Gur Maharaj said that if you will do Bhaktiv Riksha, then such plot will happen in Russia. And I was very inspired by this. And we started to try to implement Bhakti Vriksha program in Russia. Started from 1996 and 1997. It was not so easy. But then we got the help from. They had very successful experience in in Oman, in their country in the Middle East. So with the help from 2007 started to grow in Russia very quickly. First we had three Bhaktiviksi groups in Moscow who was following exactly this model of matrix 3 groups in the beginning 2007. In 2009, this group was multiplied. The group was multiplied.

So.

And then it started to grow quite quickly. In the end of 2009, we have 20 groups in Moscow.

So Moscow.

In 2010 we have 40 groups in Moscow. In 2013 we had 70 groups in Moscow. And in 2014, we reached the goal to have 108 Bhaktiv Riki groups in Moscow. And then seeing this success in Moscow, devotees in other cities of Russia also started to try to implement bhativriksha.

Groups.

And I started to travel to all the cities of Russia, even some countries outside of Russia, to teach devotees how to do bhakti properly. So in 2015, we had all together about 535 Russian speaking Bhaktivediksha groups in Russia and other cities, other countries. So at that time, probably 4 or 5,000 of devotees was members of bacteriks groups. Then it started to diminish in 2017. 8 and because many of leaders was unexperienced, many of these new leaders was unexperienced. There were a number of activity started to decrease in Russia. Who is the inexperienced crucial leaders? They were new, they was unexperienced.

To slowly. Slowly, yes.

And in 2018 there were about 300 bacteriks groups in Russia.

So 2000 Dohajar beast 200 to 300 Bakhtivikshatri.

But now it started to grow again. Now in practically all cities in Russia, we have quite experienced bhaktaviksha coordinator who maintain the program. And now in Russia, we have quite established the system of coordination for bhaktiviksha in the whole country and even other Russian speaking communities in the world.

So training.

The system is that every regional coordinator should be part of song of regional coordinators. City coordinators should be part of song of city coordinators. Like that. All the leaders are members of song of their level.

So rural area may or your urban area.

Every bhakti leader should be part of the Sangha of bhakti leaders. Every sector leader should be part of song of sector leaders. So on. Because of this system, system became much more stable. System became much more stable. Now we have about 450 bacteria groups in Russia, Kazakhstan and some other Russian.

Speaking places to ab, Rassia, Kazakhstan or.

And I think that during all these years, maybe about 10,000 devotees they went through bhaktivediksha and became the members of the yatras in their cities. I think about 10,000 was members of the bhaktivediksha. And I still have this faith that because of Bhakti Riksha, this flooding of love of God will spread in Russia quite widely in the future.

So yeah, definitely.

This inspiration of Guru Maharaj is still still working in Russian. If some of the words have some question I can try to answer. Just today one Mataja from Minskids Belarusia. Belarus is not the country part of former Soviet Union came to me and told me that in Minsk and Belarusia they try to develop active but they're not successful. So I help to make her a member of Sangha of of Bacteria coordinators for Europe. You have referred to her now she became a member of Sangho of Bacteria leaders for Europe countries. So now because of this system of coordination we can help devotees in every part of the world. At least those who speak Russian Russian language. Now we have Russian speaking bacteria in some countries in Europe like Germany, Austria, Holland, like this, they have Russian speaking about groups.

Or France also England.

There are also Russian speaking bacteria groups in Canada. It's not America. Canada.

North America.

Russian speaking group sign. Thailand, Indonesia, Egypt like this.

So Taiwan, Nigeria or internal country Thailand.

Bali, Indonesia and Egypt in Africa, Egypt, Africa. Now Russian people are staying everywhere in the world practically and some of them are attracted to Krishna Consciousness and we help them establish bhaktivedikas in their culture countries.

So.

Just yesterday I heard that now there is a group of Russian speaking devotees in Goa in India.

This is Goa in India.

So like that it's developed everywhere at least Russian speaking groups.

So I say.

And of course Indian Bhakti are everywhere in the United States, in England and other places. Places everywhere there are Indian Bhaktiviksha groups.

America maybe, London maybe or Bharat maybe.

And as I heard in China also now there are groups.

Even China maybe.

So mainly these three nations, how to say Russia, India and China are active in China. India and Russia are active in Bhakti bricks development. Now we hope that in the future other countries will also start to be more active. But for now at least these three great nations actively develop activation everywhere.

Yes.

So every one of you can also take part in Bhaktiv Riksha program. The advantage of Bhakti is that it first of all it give good education.

For the new new new devote.

Not just theoretical education, but practical how to live in Krishna Consciousness.

Pract.

And Bhakti Vriksha develop friendly relationships between devotees.

Thank you.

I said that I have expressions some question on the list, but there was no question. Yes, it make devotee a member of Vaishnava community. That's important. But really make new devotee a real member of Vaishnava community in this city.

So.

And another advantage that develops the mood of preaching in Bhaktiv diksha members and it creates new group leaders. From one bhaktivediksha group may evolve few new bhaktivediksha leaders. Therefore if doing Bhakti properly then it can grow geometrically. There are such examples they geometrically was growing their bhaktivediksha in Amman from five groups. They develop now about 200 Bhaktivediksha groups. As a in Moscow also as I told, we started from three groups and develop 100 bacteria groups after few years. So every one of you can do the same. You just need to have an enthusiasm and study this art. It's exact art of doing proper.

Way.

So I will. I will finish here. If some of you would have some questions in the God of Bhakti Vriksha, you can approach me development.

Thank you very much. So now you see, I will call Srila Prabhupada disciple His grace Bhagavatamu. We are just about 10 minutes behind of our schedule. Today is very important that everyone sleep early.

So.

Because we have to start waking up by 1:32 o'. Clock. So everybody can be ready here in the governor retreat center at 3 o' clock in the morning to the park.

Wow.

Confirmed to the part of. So please be on time everyone. We already going to put in the group be on time here three o' clock with a part on Govardant Parikrama.

So.

His Holiness will be here in the door here to start the Parikram will follow him.

So His Holiness.

Someone who cannot walk, maybe some provisions will be there just by paying little money. But your timing will be a bit later. You can go by E to the. You know, to the two places that will be the footprint installations my tomorrow.

So.

Just keep checking your WhatsApp group. The only thing you have to do keep checking. The announcement will be done soon in a few minutes time.

Announcement Hare Krishna. Dear devotees, we have books for distribution during safari. You can come to table of Shakatari Prabhu and take books and distribute.

Please. Hare Krishna.

Books distribution. Book distribution.

I saw a lot of book books being distributed and some stalwart devotees distributing the book. What all glories to Prabhupada and I. I hope Jai Thaka Maharaj is watching this. I wanted him to know I miss him very much. He's our commander in chief and well in that spirit.

So Hamari my chief commander.

So we're talking here about Bhakti Vriksha, probably Namahat. And I remember just after Prabhupada left, 1977, we were there in Vrindavan. Then we came to Mayapur.

So.

So I think Jayapataka or the temple commander said, oh, there's some trucks in the first floor Lotus Building. Some trucks has been kept in there somewhere. Prabhupada kept some. Some old magazines and some old paper files. This is all like Prabhupada.

So.

At that time, one of the trucks, it was open. So we looked, said, what is this paperwork in here?

Here?

And there was some paper and records of something called house preaching. This is Namahata thing was the first time I heard the name Namahata, and I didn't even knew it was a thing. So there were records of Bhakti Vinoda Thakur doing his preaching. Namah. And what I noticed is that just reading very quickly and see more or less what was in there is that Sula Bhaktived Thakur, he was very, very concise, very meticulous in documenting all his preaching and every place he went. So you have the day of the event, you have the place, and then you have who was there and what was more or less the preaching of that particular event. And who are those people? They're very positive. Some are not so positive. He kind of catalog everything. For example, you'd say, that was a quick one. So you would say, well, this is Babu Ghosh. He is a doctor or he's a lawyer. Then he's, you know, he came. He very much like what we're doing here. He probably want to have a program in his house. And, you know, these are his friends, like that. He was very much documenting everything thing. So from that little trunk, which is the size of this table here, everything you see, according to my understanding, everything you see came out from the little trunk because, you know, Jayapataka Maharaj, he got that and started developing the idea. He went through, you know, there was a lot of Bengali writing and everything. So he went through and started developing the idea of the Namahat.

So.

Then there was a little office in the long building in the very right. There was a little office of the Na Mahat in there. One room, little table. And the Mimi, obviously, you know, smell of alcohol all the time in there. So. And no, we're doing printing in there. That was a little for the normal.

So.

And then it start growing even more. Then we got a building there, a whole building, Namahata building with guest house and everything. And then we have Thousands. There's about 100,000 Namahatha in Bengal. I'm throwing this number. I cannot verify, but it's very close. There's a lot of Na Mahata in Bengal and Bangladesh coming out for the little. The little trunk in there.

So.

This is Bengal and Bangladesh and then what? Speak in other parts of India or all over the world, right?

So Bengal, Bangladesh or Puri.

So one time Srila Prabhupada, he ring his bell. It was about 2 o' clock in the morning. And he asks Hari Saudi was there and he came Yeshala Prabhupada. And Prabhupada was in the pain sieve mood. It was thoughtful, you know, was thinking about something. So Prabhupada. But he turned to Harisari and he asked what will happen to this movement after I leave, how this movement will go on? And he gave standard answer. Well, we follow instructions, we distribute the books like that. But Prabhupada said no, not that. It is planning and organization. And that is an intrinsic power in planning and organizing the preaching efforts. We go out, we put our endeavor and we go with the book we distribute. But behind the book there is a organization that is printing, that is editorializing the books, that is transporting the books, that is all behind to make you able to distribute that book.

So.

So the secret is to plan and to organize. For example. Yes.

Secret.

Take for example the Safari. Safari 24. Some of you, your managers, maybe you have business and you have a leadership position. Even just a normal devotee. You can see how much endeavor. So all of us can be here and be talking about Krishna and inspiring each other in devotional service. It's very sophisticated and about 20 years of technology to get to the point where now. So I thank you much. I got the Eye of Horus. Actually is Marichi. It's a burning eye. We love Marici. Don't we love Marici. So you. Thank you very much for your nice association. It is a great satisfaction to be here with all of you. I inspired by all your presence and I'm looking forward for the next year. Book me up. Thank you very much.

He's the first one to book for next year. So now I need some help to clear the stage or not so much actually. Just the chairs and the tables and the mics. And then. So now is the. You see, the cloud of Nectar Drama group have worked a lot to set up an amazing cultural show. Today it's only one performance. Prabhuji, can you translate the.

Yes.

We need to Clean Prabhuji we need to clean this far and mic stands because drama to be on the stage and under the stage.

So the cloud of nectar drama group have made an amazing effort. So set up an amazing show today for you.

So after.

And here is our drama director.

You know like Jaipadaka Swami Guru Maharaj captain of safari. Once he came to Russia from South India from Kalakshetra festival.

So.

South India from Kalakshetra dance festival. And then he was sharing his experience how he liked drama. And he watched the Basmaka story. Basmakasura story. And then he said I want to see how you would play Basma Kasura story. I want you to play Basma Kasura story. So we think that we are coming close to make this drama. And then he said I want you to play Kalya Krishna story. So Maharaj said and I also want to see how you would play Kalya Krishna's story. And then he said all his visions how he want drama look like. And it took more than 15 years for us to make this drama together.

So many instructions and no need translations is drama.

No need translation.

No translation.

We made this drama with no dialogues. And we hope that tonight you will see it and enjoy.

So you see after this drama of Kaliya Krishna there is no more announcements. So please after the drama you go to have your dinner or your milk go to sleep early tomorrow 3 o' clock the Parikrama govern Parikama starting.

So is drama announcement directly.

I have one important also announcement to make. Because this has been the desire of all that tomorrow Governor Parikrama will be dedicated for the recovery of his Holiness. And remember it will be hot. Anybody want to get any of those more hats? They said that you can get it or the T shirt. Okay so thank you.

And absolutely best compliment for us that you are not in the line for your prasadam but here in the audience to see the event. So best compliment for us.

And tomorrow just the same like today we have a surprise. Another big surprise for you. Big surprise tomorrow another amazing show. Don't miss it. Harry Krish.

Mike take please mics from here. It's dangerous place.

It Ram it. It Sa Sa.

I know go. But it is time for PR and to get prepared for parikramas tomorrow. And thank you all for this beautiful night.

Maduria. Maduria. Haribol Maduria. I think everybody already changing for the group photo. Here, here of this beautiful. No, it's okay. So thank you Maduria Kadambini. One more round of applause. For Maduria Kadambini and all the actors. They really were amazing. Okay. Amazing. I. I don't faint it? No. Thank you, Maduria.

All thanks for the whole team who practiced so long time. And for our light and so sound decorators. And for all safari devotees. And surely for Japraj. For his inspiration. Hare Krishna.

Hare Krishna. So, Haribo. Too late. So thank you. So please have your dinner early asleep. See you tomorrow. Early morning Hare Krishna.