Some devotees are joining now when we are about to finish. We are 407 participants today. Congratulations! Because of your efforts, numbers are on the rise. There were 400 participants which actually means that actual chanters may be 600 or above as many chant in groups.

Some of be you are joining little late. The first batch to join is from Russia and South Africa. They are taking so much trouble to get up early in the morning. Also Mauritian devotees are getting up early. From India they are a little behind. They should be the first ones. Because this is a favourable time. We are beginning the conference somewhere around 5.45 am. We will appreciate it if you could join the conference from the very beginning. Some of you are catching us at the end, but then you miss all fun – the joy of chanting together. So try to be on time. Early to bed early to rise makes a man and woman also healthy, wealthy and wise. So sleep early and get up early and chant .

We had also been mentioning, – Healthy, Wealthy and Wise! How would this help you to become wealthy? How does getting up early in the morning and chanting Hare Krishna make you wealthy? This holy name is wealth. It’s the most valuable gift. It is Krsna himself. So we begin acquiring Krsna early in the morning. We begin our fixed deposits at 5.00 am. Every one begins making money at 10.00 or 11.00 am when they open their shops. They may be making money then, but we make money from 5.00 am. Some devotees start even earlier than that. In our recent GBC meetings, there was talk about japa. Some of the sannyasis, Gurus were saying , ‘I get up at 2.00 am in the morning and chant my rounds before mangal-aarti.’ One leader, Narahari Prabhuji from Hawaii said this. We address these kind of devotees who get up early morning and chant their Hare Krishna as “Dhanya ho!” You have become wealthy, enriched, richer by chanting Hare Krishna. For this purpose acquire this wealth, which is acquiring Krsna. Get up early in the morning and first business is to chant Hare Krishna. Everything else comes later.

I just remembered, once HH Radha Govinda Maharaja was saying, “People generally say , we have no time, we are so busy. We have this to do, that to do. If we become free, if we find time then we will chant Hare Krishna or then we will come to the temple. We will read Bhagavad-Gita when we are free, as we have so much to do.” It should be the other way round. We should think, I have so much to do in my spiritual practices. I need so much time for my chanting, so much time for darsana. I need so much time for sadhu sanga. I have to read Bhagavatam. nityam bhagavata sevaya. ( SB. 1.2.18) I have so much to do, if I have some free time from this, then I will do some other things. If only I find time after doing this spiritual business, then I will think of doing this or that. This was Radha Govinda Maharaja’s point about giving priority to spiritual life and spiritual practices. Take care of our soul. Take care of yourself. That we have to take care of one self. If we have to make atma as mahatma, then what Radha Govinda Maharaja was saying was very true. Give priority to your spiritual practices, nourish your souls. Then you are richer or dhanya.

We have a few days to go before Gaura Purnima. I am here at ISKCON Nagpur. As I told you all yesterday, we are preparing to celebrate Gaura Purnima. There will be lots of chanting and hearing and prasada in the evening. During the day we are going to commence construction of our dream project of Radha Gopinath temple and international Vedic Cultural Centre. We will be installing Lord Ananta Sesa. He will be ready to hold the project on his transcendental hoods. So all the devotees, life members and patrons are getting ready. This year’s Gaur Purnima will be celebrated by commencing construction of Radha Gopinath temple of ISKCON Nagpur. You are all welcome to join. My god brother Haripad Prabhuji will be attending the function. So we will have the association of senior devotees , Prabhupad disciples on Gaura Purnima.

Guru Maharaja showed the Deity of Ananta Sesa to be installed before starting of construction

Take darsana of Ananta Sesa. He will be installed. He will hold the project on His hoods on the day of Gaura Purnima.

We will stop for the day with that announcement. You will get a report of festivities here. We will meet tomorrow. You have to chant more and more attentively as Gaura Purnima is approaching, coming closer and closer.

Hare Krishna!