The following is a Address given by His Holiness Jayapataka Swami Maharaja via zoom on August 1st, 2021 in Sri Dhama Mayapur, India.
The Address was given to the Japanese Devotess At the Bhakti-śāstri Award Ceremony
Jayapataka Swami : I offer my obeisances to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
I am very happy that 16 Japanese devotees have completed their Bhakti Śāstrī. This was Śrīla Prabhupāda’s desire that we study his books. I also have the Bhakti Śāstrī. I am taking the Bhakti Vaibhava course now. Kesavi devī dāsī, I heard she has done the Bhakti Vedānta course. We hope that the Japanese devotees will also continue to study Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. We were just having a special inauguration of the Bhadra Pūrṇimā for Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. So, Anyway, all of you who have studied the Bhakti Śāstrī, I am very happy for them. Is Rādhā Līlā devī dāsī, is she one of the students? (Yes). All of you are very dear. I don’t know what to say, this is a historical achievement! Actually, everyone is looking at Tokyo now, because of the Olympics! But Bhakti Śāstrī is more important than a gold medal! By having Bhakti Śāstrī, you become dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa. This is a great achievement. People work very hard to excel in some athletics or something. But in spite of their achievement, they don’t conquer over repetition of birth and death! But by the Bhakti Śāstrī, by reading the Bhagavad-gītā and the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam you can achieve untold benefits. It says that the Supreme Lord visits your house, if you have these divine books. And that now this is available in Japanese language, that is also a wonderful achievement. Śrīla Prabhupāda wanted that his books be available in every language of the world. This way, Lord Caitanya’s movement would spread. I am very grateful that you are actually studying the books. I am very honored to be here at this ceremony. Anything I can do to help you in this great sacrifice, I am ready to do. I am very thankful that Kesavi devī dāsī is helping to teach this in Japanese. I hope that she will continue to teach.
Lecture Suggetions
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20210814 Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya Accompanies Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to Vṛndāvana, as His Personal Servant
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20210813 Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Explains Why He Could Not Go to Vṛndāvana
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20210812 Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Describes the Meeting with Śrī Rūpa and Sanātana at Rāmakeli
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20210811 Phalaśruti - The Result of Hearing About the Lord’s Pastimes During His Return to Bengal After Sannyāsa
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20210810 Lord Caitanya Returns to Nīlācala Without Going to Vṛndāvana
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20210809 Instructions to Raghunātha Dāsa Who Wishes to Go to Nīlācala Part 3
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20210807 Instructions to Raghunātha Dāsa Who Wishes to Go to Nīlācala Part 1
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20210808 Instructions to Raghunātha Dāsa Who Wishes to Go to Nīlācala Part 2
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20210807 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.10.11-12
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20210806 Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī Decorates the Road Part 3
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20210805 Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī Decorates the Road Part 2
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20210804 Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī Decorates the Road Part 1
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20210803 In Every Town and Village My Name Will be Spread Part 2
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20210802 In Every Town and Village My Name Will be Spread Part 1
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20210801 Bhadra Pūrṇima Special Campaign Inaugural Speech
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20210801 Initiation of Dabira Khāsa and Sākara Mallika as Rūpa and Sanātana Who Advise Lord Caitanya to Travel to Vṛndāvana Without the Crowd
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20210731 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.10.4
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20210731 Dabira Khāsa and Sākara Mallika Meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Offer Their Prayers Part 2
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20210730 Dabira Khāsa and Sākara Mallika Meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Offer Their Prayers Part 1
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20210729 Fearing the Nawab Hussain Shah Bādasāha, a Messenger is Sent to Lord Caitanya
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20210728 Nawab Hussain Shah Bādasāha Orders That Lord Caitanya Should Be Undistubed to Do as He Likes and the Saṅkīrtana Not be Stopped
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20210727 Nawab Hussain Shah Bādasāha is Wonderstruck Hearing About Lord Caitanya's Beauty, Ecstatsy, Activities and the Followers
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20210726 Nawab Hussain Shah Bādasāha Receives the Breaking News – A sannyāsī has come to the village of Rāmakeli
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20210725 Q&A Session
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20210725 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.9.47
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20210725 Further Glories of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and Phalaśruti- The Result of Hearing About These Pastimes of Lord Caitanya
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20210724 Glories of Śrīmad-bhāgavatam by Lord Caitanya to Devānanda Paṇḍita
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20210723 Devānanda Paṇḍita Requests Lord Caitanya to Instruct Him About the Proper Way to Explain Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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20210722 The Faithlessness of Devānanda Paṇḍita is Destroyed by the Mercy of Vakreśvara Paṇḍita
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20210721 Glorification of Devotees and Chanting the Holy Names Removes the Offense to the Devotees