SIT PROPERLY WHILE CHANTING

I am not only addressing the devotees sitting here in front of me in Jagannath temple , but to all the devotees at the 428 places who are chanting with us on this conference. There is an increase in the number of participants due to the efforts of some of you. Our target is to double it. This is possible if you become an ambassador of the holy name. Those who are already chanting, get them to chant on the conference and then get some brand new people. Those who are not chanting Hare Krishna, but are singing some nonsense cinema songs, tell them to chant Hare Krishna. I was reminded of the time when we had started Padayatra from Vrindavan, Prabhupada gave the inaugural talk. That time he said , “ jare dakho tare kaho Hare Krishna upades”. That day he didn’t say – jare dakho tare kaho krsna upades. Instead he said – jare dakho tare kaho Hare Krishna upadesh. That means Prabhupada was asking us padayatris to propagate the holy name of the Lord.

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA
KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE
HARE RAMA HARE RAMA
RAMA RAMA HARE HARE

All India Padayatra devotes are in Kaundinyapur near Amaravati near the birthplace of Rukmini. They are also chanting with us. They also should pay attention to this.

So participants of the holy name conference, as I said earlier, should become the ambassadors of the holy name, propagators of the holy name. Get more and more people to chant Hare Krishna and inspire them also to join this conference. Like that we can increase our association on this conference. Strong association, big association, global devotee association to further help us to chant with speed and more concentration.

Some of Russian and Ukrainian devotees are chanting with us. This is not a favourable time for them, as they are 3 – 4 hours behind our time. They have to get up at 2.30 am. More than 40 devotees from Russia and Ukraine are chanting with us and of course Mauritius is always on top. Hardik Patel is one of the new participants He has a habit of moving around and working and chanting. We suggest to him that, ‘we need to sit down and chant. ‘ Hardik Patel from America has a problem, that if he sits and chants , he feels drowsy. If he feels drowsy, then he can stand up for few minutes and then again sit down and continue to chant. Or he can wash face.

One time during the chanting session Prabhupada had said, “ SIT PROPERLY! “ So we should sit properly. We are Japa Yogis. The way in the sixth chapter of Bhagavad-Gita Krsna had explained about Dhyana-mudra. We should sit properly and erect, which is also called sukhasan. Then sleep will go away. So that was our advice to Hardik Patel and to others also, not only to him. This is my advise, or advise of the Lord also about sitting.

I am here in ISKCON Ahmednagar today. ISKCON Ahmednagar ki Jay! I am surrounded by a lot of devotees here. I am staying in the ISKCON guest house. This ISKCON guest house is Jagannath Puri. There are Deities of Jagannatha, Baladev and Subhadraji. All glories to Them. We are getting ready for the first ever Jagannath Ratha-yatra in Ahmednagar. Devotees are preparing for months. We are looking forward to the Ratha-yatra event. I am sure devotees are remembering today while doing Japa, Jagannatha and services of Jagannath Rath-Yatra festival. Not only devotees , but thousands of citizens will have darsana of Jagannatha today and will get the opportunity to pull the chariot of Jagannatha on the streets of Ahmednagar. So this is the blessed day for the citizens of Ahmednagar. Jagannatha Ratha-Yatra in Ahmednagar ki jay! Those on the conference who are listening to this are becoming joyful hearing about Rath yatra and are expressing their joy on the chat.

So we will stop here. There are a lot of things to do. Talk less , work more. Serve more. So I will stop and get ready for Seva. Jagannatha Swami ki Jay!! Gopal ji ki Jay!! Gaur Premande Hari Hari bol!!
Hare Krishna!