20250306 NMP - Addressing International Party - Vaikuṇṭhapura

20250306 Address to NMP Devotees - Day 5 - Vaikuṇṭhapura, International Party by His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami at Śrī Navadvīpa-dhāma, India.

Jayapatākā Swami: In Modadrumadvīpa, there are various holy places – the birthplace of Vrṇdāvana dāsa Ṭhākura is visible. There is a giant banyan tree that Lord Rāma, Sītā, Lakṣmaṇa, visited. Now we cannot see that anymore. There is Arkaṭīlā which is like Sūryaṭīlā in Vṛndāvana. And that we found. Vaikuṇṭhapura is Vaikuṇṭha on earth! Where Nārāyaṇa and His two consorts, They exist. We are trying to find the exact place. If someone has shown you, we would like to know. You see, in the spiritual world there is Goloka Vṛndāvana and there is Hari-dhāma. Hari-dhāma is where devotees are neutral, they have servitorship and also friendship with the Lord. Friendship with respect for the Lord. In Goloka Vṛndāvana you have friendship, and you are just friends! They have parents, male parents, female parents and gopīs. 

So Vaikuṇṭhapura is Vaikuṇṭha on earth. Here devotees worship Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa, with awe and reverence. It shows how Krsna consciousness is so variegated. Some people like to worship Nārāyaṇa, Nṛsimhadeva, Kapiladeva, Varāhadeva and all these avatāras, all these expansions of Kṛṣṇa, they have their own planets. So, both in Vṛndāvana and Māyāpur there are places of different expansions of Kṛṣṇa, different holy places also manifested. So Vaikuṇṭhapura is a place manifested in Navadvīpa-dhāma, where the Lord is worshiped with awe and reverence. We have a Deity of Nārāyaṇa ready if we get a place to shift. Also, a Deity of Śrīdevī and Bhūdevī. Śrīdevī and Bhūdevīcame and married Gaurāṅga. Śrīdevī was Lakṣmīpriyā and she died, feeling separation and went back to the spiritual world. It seemed like a snake bit but actually she was feeling separation when Lord Caitanya went to Bangladesh. At that time East Bengal was not a separate country. Bhūdevīis Viṣṇupriyā. And Nīla-devī, another śakti of the Lord, She manifests at the holy dhāma of Navadvipa. So you are walking on Nīla-devī. 

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Your servant,
Jayapatākā Swami
Transcribed by: Jayarāseśvarī DD
06 March 2025