20260420 Address in Deity Installation Ceremony

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-gurun dina tāriṇam
paramānanda-mādhavam śrī caitanya īśvaram
Harihi oṁ tat sat

Jayapatākā Swami: So, this is a very auspicious occasion, on a very auspicious day. There are many speakers so I will try to keep it short. Addressing all the VIPs present, all the dear godbrothers and well-wishers, and all the esteemed present Vaiṣṇavas and Vaiṣṇavīs. Externally, someone may be born in somebody, but by chanting the holy names and by practicing bhakti-yoga, their subtle body is changed. They are no longer the material things but they are Vaiṣṇavas and Vaiṣṇavīs. So, on this occasion we are doing the ceremony to request the Lord to be present, and you are being a part of that. netronmilana, the nyāsa-homa and various adhivāsas and finally is the prāṇa-pratiṣṭhā where the Lord is requested to be present. You see certain devotees do the prāṇa-pratiṣṭhā, but you should all desire, should pray to the Lord to be present. And when He comes, you have to serve Him! He is coming from the spiritual world, so that you could serve Him! So you should be very eager to serve Him! A little service here means you will get promoted to the spiritual world where you can serve the Lord all the time. So, if you don’t serve the Lord now then you will not go there. So if you like serving the Lord, then naturally you will go there. Some great ṛṣis and yogīs, they spend thousands of years meditating or doing yajñas or temple worship. But this Kali-yuga is an ocean of faults, because people are basically forgetful of their relationship with God. But there is one good quality! The holy name of Kṛṣṇa! The holy name of the Supreme Lord! And if we chant that, and if we render devotional service then we can go back to Godhead in this short life! Some people pray that they can be born in this Kali-yuga and take advantage of this great benediction. But if we don’t take this opportunity then we are wasting our human life.

Anyway, with the mercy of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda we want you all to pray for Their Lordships, Rādhā Gokulacandra to be present. This is a ceremony where we are requesting the Lord to come from the spiritual world so that we can all worship Him. So with these short words I would like to pray to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, our Founder-Ācārya, to bless everybody here.

Lord Caitanya, He used to give the blessing, kṛṣṇe matir astu, I also give that blessing to all of you! I am very grateful to my godbrothers and godsisters for being here. Hare Kṛṣṇa!

I am every eager to give my donation on this Akṣaya-tṛtīyā day to the temple fund!