20170211 Bhaktivedanta National School Annual Day Address

20170211 Bhaktivedanta National School Annual Day Address

Gurumaharaj:

nama om vishnu-padaya krishna-preshthaya bhutale

srimate bhaktivedanta-swamin iti namine……..nama om vishnu-padaya krishna-preshthaya bhutale

srimate bhaktivedanta-swamin iti namine (repeated by devotees)

namas te saraswate deve gaura-vani-pracharine

nirvishesha shunyavadi pashchatya desha tarine….namas te saraswate deve gaura-vani-pracharine

nirvishesha shunyavadi pashchatya desha tarine (repeated by devotees)

Jaya sri krsna caitanya prabhu nityananda

sri advaita gadadhara srivasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrnda……….Jaya sri krsna caitanya prabhu nityananda sri advaita gadadhara srivasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrnda (repeated by devotees)

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare…..Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare (repeated by devotees)

Mukam Karoti Vacalam

Pangum Langhayate Girim

Yat Kripa Tamaham Vande

Sri Gurum Dina Tarinam

Paramananda Madhavam

Sri Caitanya Isvaram

Hari Om Tatsat

So I am very happy to be here in the annual day of the National School, and to see the children presenting their dramas is very encouraging. The mission of Bhaktivedanta National School is that, in addition to their academic education, the character of the human being should be delivered. That we wanted to provide a recognized education for the residents of the Mayapur dham, and I am very grateful teachers, priciples and staffs for their efforts in this regard. I am very grateful to all the students for their participation in this program for developing their knowledge, and I am sure that Bhaktivedanta Swami is very pleased that they are also developing their character and their spiritual side, and we are very grateful that all the parents are standing by the National School program.

In this part of the district there are a very few English medium schools for the villagers. So we want to do this service for our residents as well as for our local villagers, and in this way we hope that the future of their children will be bright.

So I have been in Delhi where I had gone for a routine check up in the hospital, and they found some complication, so the kept me for some days longer, and I didn’t know if I would be able to reach this program, but by Krishna’ mercy I was discharged, and this is my first stop in Mayapur because this is a priority for me.

So I want to thank everyone and may this school continue to grow and there may be a few bumps in a row and we want to see it continue to grow. I am very grateful to all the past managers and teachers who have taken the school to this position.

Thank you very much…. (applause by crowd)

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Transcribed by : Sadananda Krishnaprem Das

23.02.2017, Mayapur.