Yatra by HG Vaisesika Dasa Adhikari: Day 2

Day 2 Jan 31^st 2017

Morning class by Gurudeva = SB 5.12.12

Only by serving a pure devotee and getting their mercy can we understand the Absolute Truth.

Another lesson Mahaprabhu taught us from his life, it’s not what you know but WHO you know. It’s only by the person of the vaisnavas, will you be able to get the mercy of Krsna. We could do many things to prove ourselves – brahmacarya, grahasta, submerge onself in water, fire in heat etc, but just by severe austerities K is not pleased, BUT only when we connect ourselves with a Vaisnava then K bestows His mercy on that person.

Whenever Mahaprabhu had the opportunity He always glorified the devotees. Example – When Balababattacharya glorified Mahaprabhu, Mahaprabhu always showed it was his devotees who gave Him the mercy. Mahaprabhu always showed by His example that mercy of devotees and glorification is very important.

Sri Krsna Vijay book was before Mahaprabhu’s time but it was not correctly written according to the meter etc. But because the book had a very nice mood. Because the mood was so beautiful, Mahaprabhu said that everyone in the village where the book was written was dear to Mahaprabhu. This mood of Mahaprabhu, this mood of rendering serving pure devotees, Krsna quickly notices and gives this devotee a lot of mercy.

7^th canto from Prahalad maharaj – he says we should take the dust of pure devotees who have no other business than to please Krsna and when we do we make a lot of progress in life. Ex – A dog joined the party going from Nawadwip to Puri. Just by noticing the devotees in a yatra, everyone wants to join the Sankirtan Party. Similarly, dog came into the party and Sivananda Sen said he’s with us, he has joined, he’s with me. This is the most important, when a Pure devotee says HE’S WITH ME, K allows and notices.

It’s a simple process of attaining dev service and SP notices this that when someone joins the devotees and wants to serve the devotees then that person gets the full mercy of the devotees. Anyone who is serving his Spiritual Master and surrendered to their SM is a pure devotee. Among us we should address everyone as Prabhu. A follower of the follower of a pure devotee is a pure devotee. It’s the mood which is very important.

Serving a devotee is what is meant by smearing the body with the dust of their lotus feet. SP’s purport Madhya 5.1.13/ Madhya 11.89. Nitya Siddhas are always connected to K and fully liberated by Body mind and soul even if they are in the material world externally they look like a common person. Associates of Mahaprabhu are all Nitya Siddhas. Narottam Dasa says - anyone is a Nitya Siddhas who is preaching the glories of Mahaprabhu. Saintly person purifies people as soon as they see them.

Who is a Nitya Siddha? Green mangos vs red mango – mango is a mango but a red mango is a different level of a devotee. Someone who is thinking 24*7 of how to spread Mahaprabhu’s movement to that degree one is liberated. Best person is someone who judges someone based on what is going to happen to them in future. They will become ripe mangoes in time and hence they will attain all good qualities by being engaged in dev service hence everyone will become a Nitya Siddha in future.

This is the benefit of being with a Pure Devotee – by their mercy, we will also become a Nitya Siddha but we have to keep doing our endeavor.

Nagar Sankirtan at Jagannath Puri – After breakfast prasadam, the entire yatra went to Jagannath Puri from Hotel Gajendra distributing hundreds of books in Hindi, English, Odiya, Bengali and Japanese along with Lollipop prasadam and Jagannath stickers. In front of the Puri temple we had an ecstatic Harinaam and millions of people heard the Holy name.

After Nagar Sankirtan, the yatra went to Sweta Ganga. The place where Mahaprabhu came every afternoon to chant his Gayatri and it was at this place that Ganga mata was invited to come by Lord Brahma to extinguish the fire of the Yajna which was threatening to burn the entire universe.

Evening Class by Gurudeva

1. CHAD – Chapter 17

a. Heart is the driver and the body is the chariot = Ramananda Raya.

b. From SB – As soon as someone is connected to the KC movement, they also come into shudda satva. One can realize the Supreme Personality of Godhead by hearing and chanting which is our prescribed duties. By His spiritual energy He reveals himself. By His sweet will He reveals himself to the pure devotee. When K reveals himself to a pure devotee, the pure devotee pays his obesiances. Sraddha means where you place your heart – Sra = heart and Dha = where you place it.

2. We all sang the Sri Jagannatahastakam

3. Sri Dasavatara Strotram

4. Doyal Nitai Chaitanya Bole….Nache re amar man

Pictures of Day 2:
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