20250308 Address to Parikramā Devotees Day 7 Realizations Night

Jayapataka Swami: Śrīla Prabhupāda gave me the order to distribute ten thousand big books and hundred thousand small books every month. So people in Mayapur, Russia, all over the world, are helping me to distribute Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books!

Acintya Caitanya dāsa: Navadvīpa-maṇḍala parikramā book score from 2 March to 8 March 2025, books distributed:

Small books: 16,553

Medium books: 290 books

Caitanya-caritamrta sets – 6 sets

Total book distributors were 135 devotees, of this the Russian Internet team saṅkīrtana team distributed 11,250 books. Nitāi Dayā dāsa distributed 2,400 books. Karuṇa-sindhu dāsa distributed 150 books. His Holiness Kavicandra Swami Mahārāja distributed 90 books.

Jayapataka Swami: All glories to the book distributors!

I went to the very first parikramā that was led by Śrīla Prabhupāda! I went to every parikramā since then! Except last two years. I know pastimes from various places and I tried to send pastimes recording to the different parties. But you have been blessed that there are many sannyasis and senior devotees who have been taking you along.

Acintya Caitanay dāsa: His Holiness Bhakti Vigna-vināśa Narasiṁha Swami, His Holiness Kavicandra Swami, His Holiness Mahā-Viṣṇu Swami, His Holiness Bhakti Narasiṁha Swami – these are the resident Swamis.

Visiting Swamis – His Holiness Lokanātha Swami, His Holiness Bhakti Dhīra Damodara Swami, His Holiness Bhakti Puruṣottama Swami, His Holiness Sundara Caitanya Swami, His Holiness Bhakti Pracāra Parivrājaka Swami, His Holiness Bhakti Ratnākara Ambarīṣa Swami, His Holiness Bhakti Āśraya Vaiṣṇava Swami, His Holiness Dayānanda Swami, His Holiness Bhaktivinoda Swami, His Holiness Bhakti Vijaya Bhāgavata Swami, His Grace Pañcaratna Prabhu, His Grace Śrīvāsa Prabhu, His Grace Mohanarūpa Prabhu, His Grace Naru Gopāla Prabhu, Her Grace Atītaguṇā Mātājī, and today His Grace Jananivāsa Prabhu and His Holiness Bhakti Advaita Swami is also here today.

So, you have been blessed by all these sannyasis and advanced devotees’ association, and you know every part of the dhāma Lord Nityānanda and Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī walked every day, especially Lord Nityānanda. And we also heard about the association of all of you. I wanted to hear some of your realizations which you did. And how you distributed many books, prasāda, I mean, different temples and different līlā spots are – there are no words to describe them! And the association of all you devotees is very wonderful! Since I am wheelchair bound now, I cannot really go with all the parties – even one! So I tried every morning to read out different pastimes of the places where the different parties were going, where you were going. To the International Party I told the pastime of Sīmantinī devī and Gaurāṅga! I described how Lord Śiva was chanting Gaurāṅga! Gaurāṅga! Gaurāṅga! Gaurāṅga! Gaurāṅga! Gaurāṅga! Gaurāṅga! Gaurāṅga! Gaurāṅga! Gaurāṅga! Gaurāṅga! Gaurāṅga!

So today was a very auspicious day for us because we purchased some land very near the birthplace of Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura. Śrīla Prabhupāda personally visited this place at least three times and he was very eager to get some place near his birthplace. But the Bābājī there, the senior man, he is not very favorable to ISKCON. So we got some land about 100 or 200 m away from the birthplace.

And then, they told me to be early because you are all here. I don’t think their expectations are feasible, because this International party would go to the Antardvīpa on the last day. And Antardvīpa is loaded with holy places, and they want the devotees to reach early to get into their rooms. Good luck!

I pray every day to Lord Narasiṁhadeva for you all! Day after Ekādaśī we have the Śāntipur festival. Normally, His Holiness Kavicandra Swami he collects for that. Did you collect this year? Very big! You did not collect from me yet! I have a humble request, please attend the Śāntipur festival. Lord Caitanya said in this tithi, in this place, if they eat prasāda, they get caitanya-bhakti! Gaurāṅga! Jagannātha, Subhadrā, Baladeva, Sudarśana cakra!