19810624 Evening Address

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The following is an Evening Address given by His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja on June 24, 1981 – in Bangkok, Thailand.

Simultaneously, he achieved full liberation at the moment of death. And he returned back to Kṛṣṇa. Now, Nārada Muni, he is one of the masters in our spiritual succession. We are his disciples. Disciples. Disciples. Disciples. And he is like a spiritual spaceman. He can travel anywhere in the universe and outside the universe at his own free will by his mystic power. So he achieved that in a very short time. Why not you? Even in this present life, you can experience the symptoms of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa, which pleasure is more than anything in this world by unlimited times, and by which one realizes the transcendental stage. So this can happen very quickly. Do they live far away from here? Is there a university near here? 300,000.

It’s the biggest university. So they are not fixed? They come and do. They can come anytime. But 30,000, 40,000 is fixed. It’s the biggest university.

That’s why we’re here. When is their vacation? After exam? Oh, now is a vacation. But they’re preparing for exams. And then when. When is the real vacation?

This is.

This is summer school right now. This isn’t the regular turn. Oh, this is summer school right now. Then the regular turns start. They will have a break in August because they’re not in the regular flood games. And then regular school starts around the analog.

Oh, they’re going to summer school.

Yeah, they’re going to summer.

It would be nice to have some pilgrimages sometimes. Take a group of them, visit Vrindavan, Bombay, my airport. Because we want to organize in the future a tour to the different places india and Nepal. They like to go on a tour like that sometime. There’s one time when we have delegates come from all over the world together every year at Falgun, the full moon day of the month of Falgun in the spring. It’s like a spiritual United Nations. Everyone comes and chants Hare Kṛṣṇa together, takes the feasts together. And there’s so many dramas and dances and different programs. The whole program lasts three weeks, goes all over. All over the continent. Have they thought of any more questions in the meantime? You want to be successful in this life?

Yes.

You’re making a determination. He’s become.

I was even that day shocked and happy when he said that I am following four principles.

You feeling any practical effect? He wants to know about practical effect.

Only 5% as yet. Only 5%.

Because I am a newcomer, so I.

Must follow it strictly. Then I will get gradually more of a sentence.

Yes, but how do you feel?

I feel very relaxed. How many rounds you telling now? Million. The whole Day the whole night for that. Just done it once. Only because it’s quite difficult for me. You said that you come to one round and change it again this side. So I am deciding to come to it and understand coffee so that I will do it within a few days.

Is there any little prashads to give them?

Going on already said Posadi.

Some hello.

You like to.

Yeah, usually I give out like a cookie or some hal or something. They have already taken. They already took?

Yeah.

They already took. How do they like this Kṛṣṇa? Kṛṣṇa Prasadam, the food stuff.

But as you take more, each time becomes better.

Have you become more hungry now? No, I don’t mean hungry, but I. I like to give out if they like to. You see, he. He gave early. We always give in the end. It’s a lame excuse. They were called. I thought because I was going to speak today. His wife prepares very nice Thai preparations. So you could learn how to make one Thai vegetable like that.

We already know.

By the grace of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

So you like to make one Kṛṣṇa Club at the university. You should take the initiative, bring your friends. There’s nothing to lose, everything to gain anyway. Meeting so many new people, expanding the understanding about the world we live in. Once the people they graduate from university, then they have to go looking for a job. Are there plenty of jobs in Thailand?

Because the labor is cheap.

It doesn’t help.

It doesn’t help the Thai economy.

It just gives a lot of job. It helps the foreigners make money and the Thais make money on a small scale. Because it’s just the laborers who are working. In other words, if the factories were tied, they would help the economy.

So once one graduates, then he has to go like a beggar. Please give me a job. There’s no job. Then again another place. Dear sir, please accept my application. Very sorry, no place. This is the drama. So there’s no guarantee what one’s going to get. Even though one works so hard in the university. So at least if one understands his Kṛṣṇa consciousness, then he will have attained something permanent and real. Kṛṣṇa always has room for everyone. Actually, I am just returning now on a world tour. On May 8, I left Calcutta. May 8, flew to Delhi, then to Frankfurt and London. From London I went to Miami. Then from Miami I went to Lima, Peru. Then La Paz, Bolivia and Santiago, Chile. And I asked today to get the ticket for another tour. I am going on in September. They said from Bangkok.

We cannot calculate, it’s too complicated. But anyway, in those countries the people are also Very enthusiastically getting peace of mind and realization from this Kṛṣṇa Conscious movement. There we have hundreds of thousands of followers. Professors, policemen, army officers, everyone. They’re chanting in their homes, at their jobs. Generals, army officers, police. And from there I went to our centers in North America. There everything in Canada, everything is very nicely going. Then I stopped in Honolulu, Kuala Lumpur, Penang and here in Bangkok.

Foreign.

In Honolulu they have a very big boat which goes to all the Hawaiian islands and distributes this Kṛṣṇa food and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. So we are thinking that here someday we can also have a boat that goes up and down the river in Thailand. What do you think of that? And also a tour around to different countries.

Because in Thailand the river is going through almost all the branches of.

So who a guide? You a guide? He’s a city boy. Ayodhya was the capital of Ramchandra Ram. Chan. Ram. Lord Ram’s capital was also called Ayodhya. Ayodhya I. This year I visited the original Ayodhya india. So next time you have to take me to Thailand. Sayodia. Is that possible?

Next time? After examination.

Just like we are becoming transcendentally conscious, they are examination conscious when they can. The big examination is when we have to leave the body. Wherever our consciousness is, that will be whether we pass or fail. So we have to learn to. Just like you have to study for your exam. Similarly, for that big exam, one has to practice training the consciousness to be pure. This world is so many troubles today. Because people are not making their consciousness pure. Therefore there’s so many impurities and behavior and dealings in every sphere are showing up. So the basis of everything is consciousness. So when the consciousness is pure, then everything becomes pure. So this exam will be over very quickly. But you should be preparing for the big exam. And we. And we want to. We were.

We are here to help you as much as possible so you can pass. See, we get that prasad. You have any prasad? I give out to the other devotees too. What is your name?

My name is Thai name or English name or Indian name? My Indian name is Subhash Chandra.

Your Thai name?

Thai name is. And English name is Schubert.

Schubert.

And after initiation you have one more name.

What is your spiritual name? Not manifest yet.

Future I will be getting the name.

And she’s the guru for this name.

We’re having a big car festival in Calcutta, July 4th at Rathiatra. We’re expecting about 2 million people to attend. Jagannath, Subhadrā and Balaram. Kṛṣṇa is taken in a 50 foot high chariot for 9 kilometers pulled by the people. Do you have any pictures? Have you ever seen that? They saw a picture, huh?

I have a picture of.

There’s no Chaitanya Chene there. They pull with ropes. And it’s just an ocean of people. So everyone is so eager to grab the rope that some people, they feel very sad if they can’t get to the rope. And some people, they follow with the cart the whole 9km. Other people are waiting by the side, waiting for the cart to come. Then when it reaches there, it stays for seven more days. On the ninth day, it returns. Here’s a picture of the festival. Let me see again. This is in Calcutt. You have any other picture in Los Angeles?

Can you tell the story three years ago in the Bolt? You were the man in the air.

No, I am too tired. They can ride away to Tennessee. They got it on tape. What else do you have?

(Side B of the Cassette)

This is our Kṛṣṇa Balaram temple in Vrindavan. What? Kṛṣṇa Balaram? There’s that school there. Guest house and dining hall. Here’s our Bombay center. Bombay? What? This is Calcutta. This is at Māyāpur and the birthplace of Chaitanya Mahāprabhu. This is my headquarters there. On big festival days, we distribute food to up to 25,000 devotees. Everyone, this is our center near London. The what Sitaram. Is that a good thing to give up? Here’s a fire sacrifice. Have you ever seen a fire sacrifice? 11:40. What time we have to leave? 11:40 is my plane. What time I have to leave? 10:15. This is our watch in Los Angeles. Make sure you get your pictures back. Get your pictures back. Our weddings and initiations are performed with this fire sacrifice. You know George Harrison? He donated that house. George Harrison chants 16 rounds Hare Kṛṣṇa every day.

16 or 8 time his handout.