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Sayana Ekadasi (Jul 20, 2021)

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Contents :
1 - Instructions & Revelations | 4 - Sayana Ekadasi Glories
| 5 - Srila Prabhupada on Caturmasya | 6 - Hoping you all will be
Preachers | 6 - The Walking Dead | 7 - Drink this Everyday | 8 - Gaining
Courage | 9 - Radharani Appearing as Gadhadar Pandita | 9 - Symptom of
Sense Gratification | 11 - Our Services & Vaishnava Calendar

Instructions & Revelations

Think of Krishna all the time
So like that, we need to follow in the footsteps of
Bhīṣmadeva, think of Kṛṣṇa all the time and do our daily
activities. So like this, we are very happy that devotees
Did you know?
are attending this Bhāgavatam class. So I liked to share Lot of the ISKCON laws
a little bit about the nectar of Bhīṣmadeva. Sometimes
we observe the Bhīṣma Pancaka. Last five days of Kārtika
in the books, a lot have
month. From Ekādaśī to Pūrṇimā. We can remember been written by His
how dear Bhīṣmadeva was to Lord Kṛṣṇa. And
Bhīṣmadeva’s last breath Kṛṣṇa was there to help him.
Holiness Jayapataka
Even though Bhīṣma had made some mistakes to be on Swami.
the wrong side. We could follow the example of
Bhīṣmadeva to always think of Kṛṣṇa.

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 Srila Prabhupada wanted Rath
Yatra in his birthplace
Śrīla Prabhupāda had wanted that in his
birthplace, the Ratha Yatra should be
conducted in a grand way. Kolkata is the
birthplace, therefore the Ratha Yatra should
be performed in a grand way. When Śrīla
Prabhupāda was a child it was called Harrison
Road, and now it is called Mahātmā Gandhi
Road. He along with his friends, used to have
the Ratha yatra festival. Then he used to think
always about Lord Jagannātha. And he
wanted to go to Jagannātha Purī. When we
started the Ratha Yatra in Kolkata, then he
was very happy. He desired that in the world,
the Kolkata Ratha Yatra should be the
biggest. Jagannātha Ratha Yatra like, from the
start to finish, the ulṭā Ratha Yatra is 9 days.
That way we started the Ratha Yatra festival.
This is how Grihastas can have
their children
This is how the Gṛhasthas can have children
and if their children are great devotees,
then the parents are truly blessed. the fact
that Viśārada had two devotee children,
who were also great scholars of Vaiṣṇava
philosophy, was a very special credit to
Viśārada and his wife, therefore he is
offering his obeisances to him.
People who didn't swim
were helped
Whenever a boat would begin to sink in the
Ganges, it would be found that a sand bar
was right below it. Such was Lord Caitanya's
merciful will. Even if the people didn’t know
how to swim, they could stand on the sand
bar and a boat came and picked them up.
Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare
Cooperation comes from
communication
Śrīla Prabhupāda said the way you can express
how much you love him is how well you
cooperate. And that cooperation comes with
communication. So it maybe important to
communicate with others, to hear, to say, like
that to communicate. And try to see how you
can cooperate. You want to cooperate, to
please Kṛṣṇa and the guru paramparā. So the
challenge would be if we identify ourselves
with some material things. Like bhakti yoga
means sarvo padir vinir muktam tat parāt yena
nirmalam - free of all material designations. If
we think we are man woman, this and that,
race, nationality any kind of material
designations, then that can be an obstacle for
cooperation. We should think that we are dāsa
dāsa anudāsa of Kṛṣṇa and his pure devotees.
How enchanting was Lord
Caitanya's form
How sweetly enchanting was Lord Caitanya's
beautiful form! His form can be compared only with
His own form. Lord Caitanya's personal weapon
was His beauty, He was so beautiful that He melted
the heart of anyone who saw Him and thus He
attracted the minds of all the conditioned souls.
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 This happens to everyone of us Most difficult years as
So this happens to every one of us. Those who a GBC for me
are born in this world, they also have to die.
Well, I would say two. First, losing Śrīla
So, death is like a final exam. In schools we
Prabhupāda was - it is indescribable. I was in
have different types of exams but the final
a state of shock for maybe a year or so, at
examination is the most important. We learn
least, because we were totally dependent on
every day to be able to think of Kṛṣṇa at the
Śrīla Prabhupāda. He was like our real GBC,
time of need. When we leave the body, we
and we just served under his shelter. And
want to think of Kṛṣṇa. So, Kṛṣṇa or His pure
suddenly he was gone, and it was very
devotee, we have to think at the time of
bewildering for us, what should we actually
leaving the body. Lord Kṛṣṇa is present before
do. That was maybe incomparably the most
Bhīṣmadeva at the final stage of his life. That
difficult time. After that, a number of my GBC
great personality who had fought on
colleagues, had fallen down, they were not
thousands of battlefields, in thousands of wars,
able to maintain the sannyāsī vows, there was
and had fought valiantly, that great personality
a big, somehow the GBC gurus were at that
is now lying on a bed of arrows and he has
time gṛhasthas, but then they were told to
controlled his breath completely and he has
keep up with the Jones or something. There
fixed his mind and eyes completely on the
is an American saying keep up with the Jones,
personality of Godhead, Lord Kṛṣṇa. He was
means keep up with the peers. Somebody
very fortunate to have Lord Kṛṣṇa there. But
asked for sannyāsīs, so the gṛhasthas they
we can remember Kṛṣṇa’s names, Kṛṣṇa’s
thought they had to take sannyāsa, but
pastimes, Kṛṣṇa’s qualities. Sometimes we may
taking sannyāsa is a different thing and it is
forget Kṛṣṇa, but if we are always thinking of
not so easy to shift from a ghrastha mode to
Kṛṣṇa, He will never forget us.
a sannyāsī mode. That left our movement in a
kind of chaos. So that was the second most
difficult year.

I did this to someone who

fainted in the Montreal temple
Millions of people chanted the holy name of
Lord Hari so loudly that the sound vibration
filled the three planetary systems of Svarga,
Martya, and Pātāla. In other words, they
chanted so loudly that the holy name filled
the whole universe. I had someone who
fainted while cooking in Montreal Temple, so I
chanted Hare Kṛṣṇa in his ear, he shook his
head and after some time he got up, he said
that sound was like a reverse echo, it got
louder and louder until it filled my whole
consciousness and brought me back to my
body, he said. So, this chanting echoed
throughout the universe in a stronger and
stronger manner.

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 Gopa Kumara said, "Govinda! Govinda! Save me"
In the Brhad-Bhagavatamrita, it describes the journey of Gopakumara. So when he is leaving the
material world, he is going to the spiritual sky, in the middle he is in the brahmā jyoti. Then he
merges. And he calls out, Govinda! GOVINDA SAVE ME! At that time instantly he was transferred to a
Vaikuṇṭha planet. But he saw in the Vaikuṇṭha loka, everybody is four handed and everyone is very
handsome. He could not understand who is God and who is not. Because the only way you can
understand Bhagavān is that He has the mark of Śrīvatsa on His chest. So this is a very nice book
which tells very confidential things.

Glories of Sayana
Ekadasi
There is nothing better than Ekadasi,
the day of Lord Sri Hari, in this or any
other world.It nullifies even the worst
sins if observed properly.

Lord Sri Krishna concluded, "My dear

Yudhishthira, Padma Ekadasi or Sayana
Ekadashi is so powerful that one who
simply reads or hears its glories
becomes completely sinless.

Oh Pandava, one who wishes to please

Me should strictly observe this Ekadasi, which
is also known as Deva-sayani Ekadasi.

Fasting on this Ekadasi purifies one of all sins and fulfills all ones desires.
Therefore, whoever neglects to observe this sacred fast day is a good candidate for
entering into hell. Ashadha-shukla Ekadasi is also famous as Padma Ekadasi. Just to please
the Supreme Lord Hrishikesha, the master of the senses, one should fast on this day.

Vishnu goes to sleep with all the devas

(demigods) on this day.
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It is said that after this day one should not perform any new "Lord Sri Krishna continued, "Oh
auspicious ceremonies until Devotthani Ekadasi lion among kings, Yudhishthira
(Haribodhini (Probodhini) Devotthaani (Utthana) Ekadasi), Maharaj, whoever wants
which occurs during the month of Kartika (October - liberation should regularly
November), because the devas (demigods), being asleep, observe a fast on this Ekadasi
cannot be invited to the sacrificial arena and because the which is also the day when the
Sun is traveling along its Southern course (Dakshinayanam). Chaturmasya fast begins.

Srila Prabhupada
on following
Chaturmasya
Chaturmasya means "four months", which
is the duration that Vishnu sleeps.
Chaturmasya should be observed by all sections of the
population. It does not matter whether one is a grihasta
or a sannyasi. The observance is obligatory for all
ashramas.” - Srila Prabhupada

Srila Prabhupada also explained how to observe the

vow: "This is not very difficult. In the month of Sravana one
should not eat spinach, in the month of Bhadra one should
not eat yogurt, and in the month of Asvina one should not
drink milk. One should not eat fish or other nonvegetarian
food during the month of Kartika. Similarly, masura dhal
and urad dhal are also considered nonvegetarian. These
two dhals contain a great amount of protein, and food rich
in protein is considered nonvegetarian.”

“The real purpose behind the vow taken during these four months is to minimize the quantity of sense
gratification,” Prabhupada explains in the Chaitanya Charitamrita

Thus, as with all Vaishnava practices, the main goal of Chaturmasya is to decrease attachment to
material things and to increase devotion to Krishna.

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 The walking
dead
Srila Prabhupada, one time he was
sitting in Calcutta airport and his
flight was delayed. He was watching
the people rush by here and there,
and he said "You know from the
viewpoint of a pure devotee all this
people are dead. From the viewpoint

We are of Krishna consciousness they are all

dead people. They are just walking
dead. None of them realize their

hoping you all eternal self. None of them

understand that they have a spiritual
identity. They are just walking as the,

will be you see, bodies, which are all

heading only for death. Bodies are

preachers
actually dead. Body is not alive. It’s
made to appear alive because of the
presence of the atma, of the soul.
You take the soul out of the body, it’s
If we get the association of devotees, then we can again appearing as it actually is
understand how to get the secret of achieving dead." Due to the presence of the
Krishna Consciousnes. So without the association of atma, the body appears to be alive.
devotees, how do we understand that? That is why So we put so much emphasis on the
all the devotees they have this great blessing to help body and trying to make the body
the people. Someone is a Bhajanānandī and some satisfied, the body comfortable.
are ghoṣṭhyānandīs. Bhajana anandis want their own Rather the body is a vehicle, we
liberation. Ghoṣṭhyānandīs want to help as many should use it to take us back to
people as they can. Prahlāda Mahārāja, he was a home, back to Godhead. We should
ghoṣṭyānandī. And he helped his fellow students to use it, as Prabhupada used to say,
chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. So we know that Śrīla Prabhupāda “Make the best use of a bad bargain.”
was a ghoṣṭhyānandī. We are hoping that all of you We have a material body, that means
will also be ghoṣṭyānandīs. Śrīla Prabhupāda could we have to suffer birth, death, old
have stayed in Vṛndāvana, he would have got age, disease. We have to suffer
liberation. But he took pains to reach all over the different types of miseries in the
world. That is why today, now, because of him material world, but at the same time
nectar has spread throughout the entire world. We this body can also bring us to eternal
have to try to fulfill his desires. happiness and liberation. So we
Except from a talk given by HH Jayapataka Swami should make the best use of a
Maharaja on 20th February 2021 at Sridham Mayapur bad bargain.

Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare 6
Just like if you get lost in the sea, you might have a little liferaft, but it’s better than being there
swimming with the sharks, the Jaws, better to be even in the liferaft. So similarly, in this material
world, having a material body itself is dangerous, but we have a human body. With this human body
we can cross over the ocean, so even though we are in the material world we should take good use of
this facility that’s been given to us by Krishna, that is the facility of having this material body,human
body, whereby we can become God Conscious. Thus we can understand what is the actual purpose of
life and can engage in transcendental activity.
Excerpt from a talk given by HH Jayapataka Swami Maharaja on 1985 at Mississippi

Drink this
everyday and stay
free of miseries

Although it is not very difficult to hear about

Here an altogether different category of
transcending all the sufferings of material
miseries is being given. It's very simple, not at
all difficult to do; it's simply to fill the mind
with thoughts of Krishna’s pastimes and
activities with the activities and pastimes of
Krishna’s pure devotees. Not very difficult yet
when it comes to reading every day one
hour, two hours. Although it is not difficult
still somehow or another it seems difficult to
find the time. But if someone shows a
Newsweek or a daily newspaper on the lap
one can destroy one hour or half hour
without the bat of an eyelash.
Krishna we are not in the habit, we are not in the
practice of spontaneously hearing about Krishna.
When we hear about Krishna, we like it. At that
moment we think "I’d rather not think about
anything else, why can’t I not be always hearing
this nectar?" But then some other time the
devotees get into so many other discussions and
their minds become disturbed. And from that
disturbed mind then one can lose the taste, at
least temporarily; of devotional service and all
trouble begins. Therefore as the Bhagavan Himself
advised us "nityam bhagavata sevaya", that daily
we should be drinking the nectar of the Bhagavat.
Excerpt from a talk given by HH Jayapataka Swami
Maharaja on March 25, 1983 at Sridham Mayapur

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Gaining courage
Question : Mahārāja, in these traumatic times family
where there is uncertainty, how can they gather
courage and internally gain courage after losing near
and dear ones?

Jayapatākā Swami : Thank you! First I would like to

thank the other speakers. Interesting. The doctor was
advising what we should take to boost our immunity. So
And we had some different
I have been gargling with turmeric and ginger. And I
experiences. One family, the wife,
take fruits two or three times. But whatever we do, we
the children, all are my disciples.
offer our food to Kṛṣṇa. The other speaker, Arun Govil,
But the father was not favorable
he told how we should offer our mind, body, words, and
for devotional service. The father
that is the duty of the gṛhasthas. To help the family
was diagnosed with cancer. And
members, to help the community, to help the world. As a
he was in the fourth stage. He was
sannyāsī, they call me as a tridaṇḍī-bhikṣu. I am allowed
in his bed in the bedroom. And
to be a beggar! The gṛhasthas they are like my parents; I
then he saw some men with
am their child. So, I thank all these contributions. This is
leather ropes and fang teeth,
the experience from the wise people.
walking through the wall. Looked
Of course, as I mentioned I had various admissions like messenger of death. He said,
before, I had various problems. Actually I am wheelchair “No, no! NOT ME! NOT ME! NO!
bound. And about two or three months I also got NO!” They left thru the wall. He
COVID-19. So I was taking a mixture of allopathic, called his wife, “I want Bhagavad-
ayurvedic medicine. But we also lost some dear, dear, gītā, I want tulasī beads, I want
ones. So, we believe that when the body dies, the soul japa beads.” She was amazed, why
lives on. But we can help people to reach the higher all this sudden change? So what
destination. For their life, we try to give them the we would try to do preaching for
medicine, the oxygen, whatever they need. But some so many years, the Yamadūtas did
people are taken away from us. So that they reach the in one minute. And after that he
highest destination we try to help them by putting some became a very dedicated devotee.
Ganges water on their head, put some caraṇāmṛta in So this life is temporary. We
their mouth, have them cremated with a tulasī-twig, and should all prepare to go to the
take their ashes and put them in the holy river. highest destination. There we
Bhagavad-gītā tells us how to help the departed soul don’t need to be afraid of death.
reach the higher destination. We would like everyone to We would like to help people
survive. And we do whatever we can to help them. But while they are alive in the body,
the fact of this world is that sooner or later we all have but if they leave their body, we
to leave. But the soul never dies. The ātmā never dies. would like to help them to reach
Only the body dies. So, like that, we understand that the the highest destination. Haribol!
person we love is still there. With that understanding we Excerpt from a talk given by HH
can feel somewhat relieved. And we try to offer some Jayapataka Swami maharaja on 15th
food, some prasāda for the departed soul. We do some May 2021 at Mayapur
sevā in the name of the departed soul. So that they get
the benefit.

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Reason for
Radharani appearing
as Gadhadar Pandita
Just like Lord Caitanya, when he came
down he told the seniors in His leela,
His mother His father, Advaita Gosai,
Lord Nityananda, He told others first.
So the pastimes of the Lord people
take different roles. Just like you
know that Narada muni is a Naisthiki
brahmachari. He is a liberated soul.
He travelled all over the spiritual
world the material world. But he also
comes down to participate in the
lord’s pastimes. And then he came as
a grhastha. And he had a wife and a
kid. or may be more children, I don’t
know. So that’s all possible.
Radharani she said in every leela I come as a lady, there
are so many restrictions on me to meet Kṛṣṇa. So next
time I am going to come as a man. So she came as
Gadādhara. And Lord Kṛṣṇna came as Lord Caitanya.
mixed with Radharani. So those who are in the eternal
pastimes of the Lord, they may come in different
costumes but they are not of this world. Just as the Lord
is sat cit Ananda, they are all also sat cit Ananda, but they
change their parts depending on the particular leela, Lord
Kṛṣṇa, He always comes in the same form either as Kṛṣna
or Caitanya or Rāmā or Varaha. Kṛṣṇa is the original Kṛṣṇa.
He comes as Kṛṣṇa, but as a Vishnu avatar he comes as so
many different forms. Also he comes as Rāmā,, He comes
as Kurma, as Matsya, as Narasimha, so many forms.
Excerpt from a talk given by HH Jayapataka Swami Maharaja
on 2nd February 2015 at Sridham Mayapur

What is the symptom of someone

who wants sense gratification
They are very conditional in their service. They will serve but they have to have so many conditions
because their desire is that through their devotional service they want a better material condition. So
in this lifetime, the devotional service also they put so many conditions.

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So we're therefore again and again we are advised
ahaituki apratihata – to be unconditional, to accept
whatever is favorable for devotional service, to
reject whatever is an obstacle, whatever is
unfavorable, to preserve the purity of our devotion.

What is the symptom of someone who wants

liberation? They are very careful not to take any
unnecessary risks. They are very careful that in their
devotional service they don’t put themselves in
some position where they may lose their sadhana
or something even though the need is there. One
has to go to some new place and preach, open up a
new field, develop a new preaching. But someone
who wants liberation will think "Why I have come
for peace to this movement, I don’t want to go in
such a difficult situation.

I have come out of the material world which is so

difficult, so filled with miseries, so I could get peace
of mind, so I can get liberation. So why do I want to
take so much jhanjhat, so much complications, so
many difficulties, why will I accept, like going out on
sankirtan, getting pinched or getting hit or getting
yelled at or when my temple commander gets on my
case to get up for mangala arti, I didn’t come to
Krishna consciousness for this. I came for peace. I
didn’t come to Krishna consciousness so when I eat
with my left hand someone barks at me, 'Wrong
hand!' I want peace. I didn’t come to Krishna
consciousness that they sprinkle water on you when I
am sleeping because I am late." You see, These are
when you are coming out knowledge when you are
coming out of some desire for liberation, peace, but
that is another danger, it is just another demon to
devour us.

Excerpt from a talk given by HH Jayapataka

Swami Maharaja on 25th March 1983 at Sridham
Mayapur

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