19820509 Initiation Address

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The following is an Initiation Address given by His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja on May 9, 1982 – in Toronto, Canada.

Samaste Abi Sarah Kalaksha R at Harinam Diksha R at Gayatri Diksha Brahmu Diksha Jagyamurahi Kabak Sheila Acharya International Society of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness In 1965, he left India to bring Sanata to the Western countries, especially to North America. At that time he came, he was all alone. But his coming was different from the coming of many other people from India. When he came, he did not come in search of aid. He came to give out welfare. Although North America, Canada, America may be economically rich countries in a spiritual sense, they are spiritually in need of welfare, in need of aid. So taking that spiritual gift of Sanātana Dharma of Bhagavad Gītā Simon Bhagavad Mahapurama Śrīla Prabhupāda came here to the West. When he landed in New York, he told the people that I have not come to bathroom you.

I have come to give you the.

Spiritual life that you are lacking. We Westerners born here in North America, we bake from Swamiji our Śrīla Praktivina Suani Maharaj. We beg from him to give us spiritual wisdom, spiritual life. And by his mercy, the countless millions of people have benefited all over the world. This is especially the mercy of Caitanil Mahāprabhu to give mercy to the most fallen. Advaita Gautai is the incarnation of Mahavishrikal. He had prayed for Lord Caitanya for Kṛṣṇa himself to come. Because he saw that people were becoming too materialistic. So he said that only you can cure them with realism. The Vishnu himself came as teeth Caitanya Mahapur to give out that which even Kṛṣṇa did not give so easily. Kṛṣṇa says in Bhagavad Gītā Saravadhara Jama Sangam sumber unto me Samarpan go then I will give you my shelter.

But Caitanya Mahāprabhu he could see in this age when he could not surrender.

Surrender is the most difficult thing.

But to chant the name of Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare Rāma Hare Ram Ram Hare is not very difficult. Even the children are chanting. Sometimes the children are chanting better than the old folks. Because they don’t have any inhibition, no self consciousness, no fear. To sing and dance in ecstasy. Hare Kṛṣṇa Makai So this Advaita go side. When people realize that in fact Caitanya Mahav was Kṛṣṇa Then Caitanya Mahabhu offered him that you take a boon. Whatever he was. Kingdom mystic power Yoga, Siddhi Mukti Moksha Liberation Joyce Jai Cha Love. So see Advaita go side. He said, I have no desire. When you have come, that is enough. And he was rejoicing.

Hariwo, Haribo, Haribo. The Lord has come. The Lord has come down to my kingdom.

The other side come to deliver all other people. But Satan Bin Mahabudu insisted, you must take one boon. So they’re not going to go aside. He said, if I must take one.

Moon, then this is my wish.

I wish that by your mercy, all.

Of these fallen souls, all of the Botis Ji, they may be delivered.

They may get a chance to achieve Kṛṣṇa. Prema, Bhagavad Prema. Pure love for God, the perfection of all Yoga. Those who ordinarily would not get this chance, they may all guess this is my desire. He also gave a second part. Lord Caitanya, greet Tatasta. So be it. Advaita said one more thing. Those who are proud education and they.

Don’T want to.

Take advantage of your mercy. Those who are very proud, who think they are too good, too intelligent, too rich, too beautiful, don’t give them the mercy. Only those who are humble. So even a person is not qualified. But if he humbly desires, let me achieve perfection in his life, let me ask for the greatest thing. Then by the mercy of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, we can get that mercy. So this mercy from Father, he came here to give that is a real welcome. To save a person from repetition. A birthday from Saṁsāra da la. This saṁsāra pura janma janma mit. Birth, death, old age, disease again rebirth. This cycle of tamsar. This is compared to forest fires in a forest. There are so many deep forests here in Canada.

Sometimes in the dry weather, just by hitting together, the trees cause friction and the forest fire starts. All these deer, grizzly bears, moose.

And other type of forest animals, they are.

Put in great difficulty because all around fire smoke. They’re running here, they’re running there, they’re running back. And forest cooking. Where is the way out? Where is this faith? Where is the peace? Where is the freedom from this fire, from this danger, from this very unhappy situation? And there are friends who keep running and running, looking for the way out. But many perish in the fire because they can’t see everywhere fire. So this material birth and death cycle is compared to Dala and Allah forest fire. So when you want to put out the forest fire, then you need the rain cloud. If you bring the Toronto Fire department, please come and put out Forest fire. They have been there. They bring their trucks. Can they put out a forest bus? You need millions of gallons of water.

Nowadays they take the airplane and they try to sprinkle the clouds so it will rain on. So like that King Tamil Hatha. You can see the cloud of mercy. It is just hanging over just by chanting this seed, the Mama Mantra. Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa the beach. The seed of mercy is there in the form of Bhar Kṛṣṇa. So Śrīla Prabhupāda brought over that mercy to the western country. Otherwise people are simply running in Vedas. They may call it forest fire of materialistic life in a West. They call it the rat race because they have a rat running in the cage that runs and runs and runs on a wheel and the wheel turns and turns. But the rat, the Hindu Indar doesn’t get anywhere. Doesn’t get anywhere. Simply expenditure of energy, expenditure of life. So then people, they want to relieve that misery.

Just like in the prison house.

There’s so many prisoners, so they give.

Out candy bars, they show movies. They can go to the library and read about so many things to relieve their misery in the prison, in attention. But jail life, no matter how much.

It can buy to smoke cigarettes or.

Do whatever we have to do to break the ties, it’s a prison, you’re not free. Therefore they are not happy. Similarly, this material world is a prison Durga. Durga means ga, means prison. And Dur means difficult to get out of that fortress or that prison which is difficult to escape from. That is Durga for Durga Devī. She is keeping everyone within this material world. Kṛṣṇa said, this is my own potency, my gunamaya, my Doyva Sakshi. To escape from it is very difficult. But one who surrenders to me, Kṛṣṇa says, I deliver him from this Māyā, from this prison house. So what is the real welfare work? To give out purity in the prison or to free a man from prison life and let him lead an honest life with no difficulty?

So Veda is saying that of all the charity, of all the welfare, there is no welfare over greater than giving the mercy to get out of the cycle of birth and death. The Son of God at that mercy Śrīla came and gave all over the.

World and he’s instructed his followers to give it.

Shamir Mahmud requested every Indian, every person following Sanata Jan, Mohe Bojar Jan, Mashad Kodi, Koro Korul Sukar. They should perfect their lives and they should help others to perfect their life. So first thing we should know just like people were saying when Prabhupāda came he was trying to know what should I call my society. So he said I will call it International Society for Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. The people were saying why Kṛṣṇa? You should call it God. God Consciousness. People in the west, they won’t know who is Kṛṣṇa. So better to call it God. But Baba, he denies no, why God? God is a vague servant Kṛṣṇa. This is our basic name for the.

Lord meaning the all attractive Lord, the.

Reservoir of all, the supreme personality of God. We will call it Kṛṣṇa Kant. Then they said well people, they won’t accept because Kṛṣṇa is not their God, they are Jesus or Allah or something else. And Prabhupāda replied no, the point is that they have to understand their non Subhan when they understand that they’re not the bodies, they won’t see Kṛṣṇa as.

For him Only if they think I am American, I am Russian, I am Chinese like that. So the person in Bhagavad Gītā, we.

Are not this bodies.

We are not American, we are not.

Canadian, we are not Chinese or Indian.

Or Pakistani or Gaia or Argentina or Virginia. We are the spirit soul. We take birth in a particular place, we spend some time, we leave again, we take birth somewhere else or if.

We are taking the mercy of the.

Lord, we go back to the supreme abode.

So today we’re seeing the whole world is very afraid because two nations are Christians.

They are having battles because of.

National side.

Because of natural consciousness they cannot see sense what is good for.

The world, what is good for this? I am an Argentina, I am a.

Britain, I am English.

So then in this way fighting and going on. So this nationalism is very prominent in all over the world.

But this is all bodhisattvas.

So one nation is trying to help their people but that is not considered.

Good by another nation.

So then you have a war. One community is doing what they like but that is not appreciated by another community. Then you have a fire.

One family wants to make lots of.

Money but they’re stealing from other families. That’s not appreciated. Then you have a fight. One man is thinking only of himself.

He’S not thinking of anyone else. Then you have difficulty. So we have to get above all these type of divisions gave the savor of muscle.

So to come above this type of division of consciousness, this type of duality that is the platform a person can do universal welfare work, pure welfare work.

Which will help everyone.

That is the meaning of consciousness. To come above all type of false or superficial designations and to come to Our real identity. This is the ancient culture of India. This is the Sanātana Dharma. It is eternal. Sanātana means eternal. Dharma means the duty, the occupational duty, the religious duty. So what duty is eternal? We are in Canada.

If were born here, we live 80 years, 60 years, 100 years we die.

That’s not eternal.

Where are we before?

Where are we after? Some other place. But Shalatandharma, that is eternal. No one can say when Sanātana Dharma began. It never ends until today. It is the eternal duty of the soul. How to spiritually achieve the highest goal of life. So charity is described in the Bible of Jesus three times. Charity in Thomas, charity and Rajas.

Charity and suppla.

If you give charity just without thinking, is this man a good man? Is it for a good cause? You just give it all. I take it. Thomas Drum. Come, give me some money. I want to drink. I take it drunk. Take $5. So that’s character motivator. There’s no good from that. And because of that the person is giving the charity, he also gets mugged. Result.

The person who gets the money, he benefits. Rather the person getting a charity in.

The future, he has to get paid back at least an equal amount. So he may have to become the son of the drunk he gave the money to. So let the drunk pay back the debt. Because the son is always taking service from the father. If a person gives charity, thinking, let me give some money and then in the future I will get something back. He’s a big businessman and they give for his father and he will give you back this. This is a mode of passion. Raja. So what happens? It always causes anxiety. Because the person is always thinking, when will I get this back? And he’s never exactly to get it back when you want it. So it’s always anxiety. It creates grief. It doesn’t do any real welfare.

So Cherubim, the mode of goodness is when one is giving to a good cause at a proper time, at a proper place, which is beneficial for many.

People.

To give in to the proper person. That is charity in the mode of goodness. The Vedas say, whenever you get charity, you never lose. At least you get the equal amount back, even if it gives to an ordinary person. But if it gives to a person who’s even a half qualified, Brāhmaṇa doesn’t know the Vedas doesn’t know much, but he has qualified spiritually performing some activities. Then you get double, you get twice in return. In the future, if you give to someone who knows to do the sacrifice that’s known as Jagit Brāhmaṇa, a Brahmanam who does the sacrifice to death. You get hundred times in witness whatever is given in charity.

And as a.

Brahman is not qualified. You’re getting 100,000, 10,000. And if you find someone who is known as Vedasya, one who knows the Vedas, one who knows what is spiritual life, you give any charity to him, you get bad Assam, Kapurimaan, you get unlimited.

Return.

Because that person is doing unlimited welfare for people. So of all the type of charity though, what is the greatest? So our Paramunde, Bhatti, Sudan, Saraswati, Kampur. He advised that the greatest charity is.

To give the soul to Vishnu.

The soul, the ātmā is like a flower. And you offer that ātmā rule, that flower of the spirit, soul to Kṛṣṇa, that is the greatest charity, that is the most wonderful offering. Because that soul is liberated, that is the most pleasing to Kṛṣṇa. So what is initiation? Initiation means that someone has taken the determination that now I am giving myself under the shelter of Kṛṣṇa through his representative, the spiritual master. Who is spiritual master, who is Guru. Those symptoms are given in Shastra. Doesn’t matter if one is a Sanyasi or a Brāhmaṇa or a Tudra. Whoever knows the science of Kṛṣṇa is a Guru. Whoever knows the Vedic is hunter, they can conclusion of the Vedas of the Bhagavad Gītā Anavata.

His guru.

He also said ama, Guru Amaru. And my word is becoming. Guru is authorized by superior authority. But Guru, he doesn’t say, I am God, I am Holobah. You worship me for five years, you will also become God. That is not guru.

Guru means Pratinidhi representative.

He repeats exactly as Kṛṣṇa has spoken.

Visa as he has heard from his group.

In this way.

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Children are sitting in their mother’s laps. They’re not having any fear. At the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, one is fearless Avhoya, no fear. Just like the children, they have no fear. They know mother is there, father is there. They’re not worried. So the devotee who gives his life to Kṛṣṇa raki, mareke, Kṛṣṇa mare, rake, whoever will be protected by Kṛṣṇa, who will harness the devotee, no longer fears. At every time they feel safe because they know that Kṛṣṇa is protecting them. In the battlefield of Kurukshetra, there was three years old. He said one thing. On the other side there was Arjuna. He said, gather things, you know, Kṛṣṇa was lying in the bed. Duryodon and Arjuna, they came inside the room. Arjuna, he thought, let me sit by Kṛṣṇa’s feet by the church. He sat by Kṛṣṇa’s child.

Duryodhana said, why should I sit by Kṛṣṇa’s feet? It’s not the proper place for me. I am the king, I am a guru, I will sit by his head. But Kṛṣṇa said, whoever I see first, I will give him the first wish for me. Sir, actually Kṛṣṇa is asleep. When he opens his eyes, he’s looking towards his feet. He sees Arjuna. He asks, o Arjuna, how are you? What do you want? Do you want me to fight? To be on your battle, on your side? Or do you want my army? The Kṛṣṇa I do not told Kṛṣṇa, I will take you. And do you don’t? He thought, oh, I got what I want. Anyway, what’s the use of Kṛṣṇa? Because he had no faith in God, what’s the use of Kṛṣṇa? I will take Kṛṣṇa’s army. I don’t need Kṛṣṇa.

So because Duryodon was a materialist, because he simply depended on his own mind, his own body, his own politics, his own schemes and tricks, what happened to Duryodhan? Who can say? What happened to Duriado? Does anyone here know the Bhagavad Gītā, the Mahabharata? What happened to Duryea? Though he lost the war, he was killed. And who won? Arjuna. Arjuna won the war. The God has to get up. Kṛṣṇa on his side. So who do you want on your side? Do you want Kṛṣṇa on your side? Or do you want to struggle alone with so many relatives and armies like Villagod? Those who are Kṛṣṇa, raise your hand. Those who are Kṛṣṇa. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa. So in this chanting there are many offenses that one should avoid so that one can get the quick results from chanting.

But even if one cannot avoid all the offenses still, one should chant because chanting is so powerful that it will gradually bring one to the offensive stage. So we’re a little late today. Therefore there’s no time to go to the 10 offensive. You will have to hear that next week so we can finish the sacrifice. But you should know that chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa is a simple process. But it is also a process which has some technique about it, some science to it, how to chant without offense. For this one needs the assistance of spiritual Master of Vaishnavas of Devot. So I thank all of you for coming here to participate in this function. One person is visiting the Gayatri master so they can do more service for the deity while receiving the Harinam.

So for the Harinam we give out this Japa Mālā Tulasi and we give a spiritual name. And the candidate promises to follow four regulatory principles and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa strictly for the rest of the life. So since all of you devotees are present, I would wish you to pray to the Lord for the good fortune of the candidates. And may the Lord bless all of you to advance in your spiritual life to complete happiness and peace. Kṛṣṇa. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Minimum of 60 rounds a day. Very beautiful. So the material world as I mentioned is like a prison house. But every prison house has a wall. So the universe has a wall. But there are millions of universes which are like small, like more universes than mustard states in a day.

And these universes are like bubbles floating in a huge ocean of material spiritualized water known as the Karana Siddhu. So on the border of that vast ocean there is another spiritual boundary known as the Diloja. So that is the bounty of the spiritual world, Shaka Purī. That is considered to be the representation of Dvaraka of the spiritual world. And that is 80 miles wide. So the border of that Jagannath Purī is also has its spiritual name. So you’re the servant of that spiritual river bordering the holy downs, bordering the spiritual world that everyone has to cross to go back to Godhead. So you can lead people to that path of spiritual perfection. Your name is Virojadevidar. She’s already had the spiritual name and opportunity from last time. She’s just getting Gayatri. So let me give him guidance. You got the.

We’re going to be chanting the mantras and everyone can responsibly chant. Those who are wearing pilots, they can also throw bishop. Those in pilot can also throw the my baby out into the fires. In this Kṛṣṇa conscious movement we have number of spiritual masters about 13, 14 and regularly here this divine grace Kritananda Swami Bhakti Gopal Kṛṣṇa Goswami Maharaj they are coming here. One should try to take shelter from a spiritual master. Coming into disciplic succession. It’s not difficult. We have many people here working in businesses, doing their jobs, who are also devotees, who are chairmen. It’s not that one has to live in the temple. One can be outside in the world, still be a devotee. It is like everyone is putting life insurance, car insurance, profiting funds, pension, Social Security.

So what about the security for the soul that you get by chanting every day? Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hari Hare Rāma Hare Hare and following. So one can do that in the house. We want that every house can be transformed into a temple. And every family, husband and wife and children, they can be Kṛṣṇa centered. Kṛṣṇa can. The Saṁsāra Kṛṣṇa Kendra Lok Chanda Salehari, one of the festivals of Toronto is performing the judgment. I had the good fortune of being one of the people to start this Herald Temple in 1969. And I am thinking that if all of you reach very hard and make this a very big spiritual community with many devotees, then because I had something to do with the starting, then I will get some special blessing from Kṛṣṇa. Just like if you start a business, you can get some pension.

I may be preaching india normally, but you can go on increasing the temple here. And then I will get some special mercy for having had something to do with the starting of the temple. You ready? They haven’t been given the grains. It says when we offer these sesame and barley steel and drop in the fire, the smoke that comes up, that goes up to swarm the loka. In this way the demigods, they are satisfied. And then those grains, they come down again through the rain into this humanly civilization. And then when it comes as rain, it grows as vegetables, as herbs, as other grains and those are eaten by dogs, by animals, by human beings. In this way, especially the increase sacrificial fires create in the future high class human beings around us to be born in the world.

Everyone can chant responsibly along with us as we perform this young day. You ready? Those of you who share Hare Kṛṣṇa, you can also perform. You ready? When they say swaha, you throw with these fingers like this, not with this dislike. Madaya Kṛṣṇa Dai Madhu wa har. Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Hare Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare Nama Hare Nama Ramo Hare Hare Kishma Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma Ram. Stand up. Hold the hand in your hands Two hands folded to prayer. Repeat. Namo Brahman Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Hare, Hare Rāma Hare Ramo Ram.