YUGADHARMA – HARINAMA SANKIRTANA!

Hare Krishna to all the chanters. Today’s score is 390 participants. I was expecting a bigger number being Gaur Purnima. Around me about 100 devotees are chanting. Many other participants are with bigger groups. There are lots of messages about ‘Happy Gaur Purnima’. I also wish you Happy Gaur Purnima!! This wish for you to be happy is not only on Gaur Purnima , but every single day you could be happy by chanting Hare Krishna! Srila Prabhupad’s message to the whole world is ‘chant Hare Krishna and be happy. But it’s also said, there is no other way –

harer nama harer nama harer namaiva kevalam
kalau nasty eva nasty eva nasty eva gatir anyatha ( CC Adi 7.26)

There is no other way. Sri Krsna Caitanya also repeated this message in Varanasi to Prakashananda Saraswati. The whole was debate going on . Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu attempted to establish the glories of the holy name. No one is equal to him and no one is above him. That Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu also said harer nama harer namaiva kevalam. There is no other way. You shut up. That time Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu also said to Prakashanands Saraswati, ‘My Guru Maharaja said to me murkh tumi… ‘ You are the fool. You are not competent to study the vedas. You are just fit for chanting Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna. This is the age of Kali and you cannot study the Vedas. The sole purpose of Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu who appeared today on Gaur Purnima day was to share the holy name, propagate the holy name all over the world. To establish this chanting of Hare Krishna is the dharma for the age of Kali. That Lord was in debate with Prakashananda Saraswati. He successfully established the glories of the holy name defeating everybody. He said

paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ
vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām
dharma-saṁsthāpanārthāya
sambhavāmi yuge yuge ( BG. 4.8)

To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium after millennium.

I appear to establish Dharma in every age. This is the age of Kali and kalau nasty eva nasty eva nasty eva gatir anyatha. So religion for age of Kali is chanting of Hare Krishna. As he was talking to Prakashananda Saraswati, who had 60,000 disciples. I don’t know how many were present at that time. There must be thousands if not sixty-thousand. Caitanya Mahaprabhu further explained his personal experience, his realisations of the glories of the holy name. His realisations – self realisation, god realisation , holy name realisations. He shared that with Prakashananda Saraswati. He said –

mūrkha tumi, tomāra nāhika vedāntādhikāra
‘kṛṣṇa-mantra’ japa sadā, — ei mantra-sāra (CC Adi 7.72)

“ ‘You are a fool,’ he said. ‘You are not qualified to study Vedānta philosophy, and therefore You must always chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa. This is the essence of all mantras, or Vedic hymns.

He said mūrkha tumi. You are fool. That means you are all fools, including myself. That’s the idea. In front of Guru you are fool. Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, ‘I received the holy name from my Guru Maharaja and I started chanting. He said as he started chanting the holy name, he had full realisation, Krsna realisation, Vrindavan dham realisation, nama, rupa ,guna ,dham, lila realisations. One thing he wanted to do immediately was to run to Vrindavan – from nama to dham. For us that takes a lot of time. We receive the holy name then bahu-janma. This part He has shared with Prakashananda Saraswati, that He returned chanting and chanting. ‘I returned to Nabadwip chanting and dancing, in a state of mind that all the people watching me saw my trembling body, shedding tears, singing, sometimes rolling on the ground, stunned and what not. So they all started calling me ‘Pagal pagal’!! He has gone mad. Massage him with some special oil. Then Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, ‘I went back to my Guru Maharaja and asked him ,

kibā mantra dilā, gosāñi, kibā tāra bala
japite japite mantra karila pāgala ( CC 1.7.81)

My dear lord, what kind of mantra have you given Me? I have become mad simply by chanting this mahā-mantra!

What kind of mantra have you given me Guru Maharaja ? What a powerful mantra. As I have been chanting,I have gone mad.

namnam akari bahudha nija-sarva-saktis ( Siksastakam verse 2)

This mantra has all the power, which mantra
HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAM RAM HARE HARE

Bhaktivinoda Thakura has said in Harinama Cintamani – nama nace jiva nace nace premadhan. When there is chanting the holy name begins dancing. It means Radharani is dancing and Krsna is dancing. Jiva nace means jiva joins this dancing party. Nace premadhan means this wealth of the Harinama is also dances. The holy name is dancing. So when there is chanting everybody is dancing. Lord begins dancing and Chanting. Jiva – the chanter begins chanting and dancing. Of course this is the perfection, topmost evolution, full of devotion . When it is aroused, this is what happens nama nace jiva nace nace premadhan. One time Prabhupada said that the goal of life is to join the dancing party of Radha and Krsna. There are also comments of the acaryas, commenting on the holy name. They say when we chant the mahamantra and when we say Hare which is Radharani’s name then Krsna becomes very happy. Someone is chanting my Radha’s name and He begins dancing. He becomes jubilant. As the chanter chants Krsna then Radharani who is not far from Krsna exclaims, “Oh! Someone is chanting my Krsna’s name and She becomes very happy .

As we say Hare, Krishna begins dancing and as we say Krishna, Radha begins dancing. Then this is – nama nace . Nama nace – names and the forms are non-different. abhinnatvat nama namino. ( Padma Purana). As we chant Hare Krishna Hare Krishna , the name is dancing, Radha Krishna are dancing and the living entity, Jiva also begins dancing seeing my Radha and Krsna dancing. Of course this is the perfect stage – nama siddhi. When we attain the perfection in chanting the holy names of the Lord then this is siddhi or perfection. We are sadhakas,not siddhas as of yet which could only be achieved by practice. Practice makes man perfect. So better chant everyday, all the time of the day. Then one day we will attain perfection. On this occasion of Gaur Purnima day, take your chanting seriously. Let your faith in holy name increase, because not to have faith in the holy name is an offense. My best wishes for you – May your faith increase day by day.

So we will stop here. I will be giving Gaur Purnima class at 8.00 am, if you have time and interest you can watch it on Facebook. Class will be in Hindi.

During the day we will be installing Ananta Sesa at our new temple project site. We will be praying and begging Lord Ananta Sesa to hold the whole project on his transcendental hoods.

Okay, we stop here. Hare Krishna!