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Date: 20 March 2024 Speaker: HH Lokanath Swami Maharaj Topic: Review from one Ekadashi to Another Ekadashi HH Lokanath Swami Maharaj: I am the speaker today. Today there are1600 participants. Some of you join only on Ekadashi. This is not good. I want to inspire you all to chant with me every day. We have to chant every single time’ Kirtaniya Sada Harih’. We have to chant every day and the morning time is best. You should chant in association of saintly people. In the next 40 mins I'll tell you 40 things. Today is also the day to review what we have done in the period between this and last Ekada shi. I will tell you what all happened since I came to Mayapur in zest. In 1972, Srila Prabhupada organized Gaura Purnima Festival which I missed. But since then, 1973, I have attended all Gaura Purnima Festival here except the one skipped during corona. Srila Prabhupada establishes this festival. Srila Prabhupada has given us all festivals This Mayapur festival is the king of all festivals. ‘Utsav Priy Manavah’- Festivals are liked by all human beings. So, we had the ICC meeting of all the Indian temple managers. During Srila Prabhupada’s time we had just 7- 8 temples. now we have 300+ temples, preaching centres and branches, etc. Srila Bhakti Siddhant Saraswati Thakur who ordered Srila Prabhupada to go and preach in the west. His 150 birth anniversary celebrations are also this year. We had a 3-day festival in Mayapur in his honour where all the devotees and followers from Gaudiya Math's and Iskcon came together to glorify Srila Bhakti Siddhant Sara swati Thakur. There was also prasadam distribution in a large scale on the name of Srila Bhakti Siddhant Saraswati Thakur. Srila Prabhupada did ground breaking ceremony in 1972, establishing Ananta Shesha. It got delayed to start the construction of the temple and we are still completing it. Firstly, the Priest’s floor was ready. Prabhupada came in the new temple. We inaugurated the Narashinga Dev temple wing this year. The Deity has been transferred not establish. HG Ambirish Maharaj Prabhu, Alfred Ford was instructed to build this TOCP. He is also the chairman of this project. They have collected the amount for the construction of this temple. I have also welcomed and respected by HG Ambrish Maharaj Prabhu. We have also collected in our areas by many devotees and Congregation. Many pledges were made. But not fulfilled yet. I want to give you a reminder on the behalf of HG Vraj Vilas Prabhu and HG Ambrish Maharaj Prabhu. So, please fulfil your pledges as soon as you can so that we can open the temple soon for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada. 20 years ago, Panchatattva were installed. So, every 4 years we have a grand Abhishek of the Panchatattva Deities. So, we had that too this year. In the earlier festivals, I got the opportunity to do Kirtan in this festival. 5 years ago, I had done Abhishek of Advaita Acharya. And HH Bhakti Charu Swami Maharaj was doing Abhishek for Nityananda Prabhu right beside me. I missed HH Bhakti Charu Swami this time. I got to do Abhishek of all the deities today along with doing kirtan. You also have to try to come for such festivals. We then went from Mayapur to Mogra near Kolkata. There we did pandal program which was started by HH Bhakti Charu Swami Maharaj. I was going in the absence of HH Bhakti Charu Swami Maharaj. I was invited to participate along with HH Bhakti Prem Swami Maharaj. Many thousands of devotees and Padayatris were also there for pandal program. On returning we stopped at Ritu Dwipa or Champahati and there we saw Gaura Gadadhara deities of Mayapur. There was a flood after Chaitanya Mahaprabhu leave this planet. Some deities were saved. This is the one which was saved by Bhakti Vinod Thakura from the flood and inaugrated here. We have ILS and SGGS on alternative year in Mayapur. ILS is Iskcon Leadership Sanga and SGGS is Sanyasi Guru GBC Sanga. SGGS meeting was held this year for 3 days. There were many conversations for the unity of the movement. We also had the official festival opening ceremony, Hosting the flag etc. Devotees from more than 70+ countries came Mayapur. Srila Prabhupada would see the United Nations building with all the different country flags displayed. He said what unity is there when there are so many flags. Here we have the United Nations of the spiritual world under one flag. Now a days all people and nations are struggling to be together and Srila Prabhupada got all the fame for doing this. We all were there as Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam. There was only one kitchen for all the devotees. One Kitchen – One Family. We all took prasadam together. This is the spiritual bliss. We had convocation ceremony for the Mayapur institute for higher education (MIHE) where they do Bhakti Shastri and other devotional courses. I was there to award the certificates. Many devotees received various titles like Bhakti Vedant, bhakti Vaibhav, bhakti Shastri and Bhakti Sarvabhauma. When will you get these titles? HH Jaya Pataka Swami Maharaj got the title of Bhakti Vedanta. We gave him the title in SGGS meeting. He did this despite his health and even various engagements. They wanted to give him a honorary degree. But Maharaj said I'll study like all and give exam to get certified. Now they have classes in various language. Earlier there was used only English language. I gave class one day in Hindi and English. One day was very special as all India Padyatra came to Mayapur. We had started from Kanyakumari and came to Mayapur in 1986, for the first time to celebra te 500 year of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Since then, we have been doing Padyatra every single day. There are so many padyatras now. All India Padyatra reached 10th time in Mayapur. With the arrival of Nita Gaura Sundar this year, Kirtan Mela was inaugurated. This isvery special because Kirtan was first inaugurated here by lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in the courtyard of Srivas Thakur. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu did Kirtan with all his associates. udilo aruṇa pūraba-bhāge, By Bhakti Vinod Thakur: udilo aruṇa pūraba-bhāge, dwija-maṇi gorā amani jāge, bhakata-samūha loiyā sāthe, gelā nagara-brāje Translation: When the rising sun appeared in the East, the jewel of the twice-born, Lord Gaurasundara, awakened, and, taking His devotees with Him, He went all over the countryside towns and villages. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu used to dance in kirtan. Guru Ashtakam: mahaprabhoh kirtana-nritya-gitavaditramadyan-manaso rasena romancha-kampashru-taranga-bhajo vande guroh sri-charanaravindam Translation: Chanting the holy name, dancing in ecstasy, singing, and playing musical instruments, the spiritual master is always gladdened by the sankirtana movement of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Because he is relishing the mellows of pure devotion within his mind, sometimes his bodily hairs stand on end, he feels quivering in his body, and tears flow from his eyes like waves. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master. And even today this kirtan is going on. Fortunate people can see him. Bhakti Vinod Thakur, Navadweep Mahatmya Praman Khand: Adyapih sei leela kare gaur rai, kona kona bhagyavan dekhibare paaye Translation: Even today Shri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is playing the leela and only some fortunate souls can see these leela. We had devotees from various temples come and do kirtan. We had a disciple gathering at the goshala. We had this gathering every year. We did Go Puja and tractor Puja which was donated to the Padyatra by some donor. We got reports from various devotees from here and abroad. We did Mayapur Parikrama. We had the 34th parikrama this year. We had started parikrama in 1972 and would go in buses. Now we have started walking parikrama since 1974. There were only 70 devotees in 1974. Now there were 7 groups of devotees in Parikrama. This year 14-15 thousand people joined. I have predicted in Yogapeeth, where we were gathering for Adhivas, Holy Name will bring everyone back to Godhead. In the next 1000 years this holy place will be the world's no 1. You will forget everything. Please let me know after 2-3 thousand years, if this prediction is right or wrong. Doing parikrama is like entering Lord's pastimes. You should do Mayapur parikrama, Braj Mandal Parikrama, VrindaVan parikrama and Sri Kshtera Parikrama at least once in your life. There are more than 100 devotees who are practising celibacy came here in Mayapur. We held some special program and seminars for them. We also went to Panihati from Mayapur near Kolkata. It was not a good feeling to leave Mayapur. There, in Panihati, we had the chipped rice and yogurt. Srila Prabhupada went there in 1976 and wanted to buy a land. He instructed HH Bhakti Charu Swami who has now started the new temple project. This is the same place, where Danda Mahotsav was happened. Nityanand Prabhu punished and instruct him to provide every one yogurt and chipped rice. Now, we have a temple just right there. We had short visit of Nagpur and then we reached to Pachora where we celebrated 1 year anniversary of the temple opening. Many devotees came there in large numbers. Some big donor as helped donated land of 3 Acres and other construction facility. We thanked them for their help. We are building Pandharpur temple. We are raising funds for that. We want to Finnish it fast. On 25 March, we are going to celebrate Gaura Purnima. Please participate in your local temple. We should celebrate it just like Janam Ashtami. As Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is non-different from Krishna. 538 Years ago, Krishna appeared as Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. All Glories to Chaitanya Mahaprabhu! Nitai Gaur Premanande- Hari Bol! HG Anant Shesha Prabhu : In a single day, Guru Maharaj attended 10 programs including village centers. Hare Krishna!

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