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video: PRABHUPADA ENGLAND 1974 – LONDON RATHA YATRA
Montreal, Quebec
24 August, 1968
My Dear Dayananda, and Nandarani,
Please accept my blessings. I received your letter dated July 18, after the mail strike as well as Nandarani’s letter, along with it. And I thank you very much for them.
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Krishna means Himself and all His expansions, different expansions. So sometimes, Krishna appears as Vasudeva, sometimes as Sankarsana, sometimes as Jagannatha, sometimes as Lord Caitanya, sometimes as Rama, so all such different incarnations includes the Name Krishna. So Jagannatha is another feature of Krishna, and He is especially favorable to the people who are not strictly advanced to the Brahminical culture of Vedic rituals. Lord Jagannatha is situated in India, at Puri; this place is one of the towns of Orissa province.
And the people of Orissa and Bengal, they are sometimes fish-eaters, why sometimes–about 90% population they are fish-eaters. But Jagannatha Swami in Puri, He accepts service from these people although they are sometimes fish-eaters. So in the Kali yuga, the people are supposed to be not so clean, and therefore, service to Jagannatha Swami is preferred. So far service to Laksmi-Narayana, and Radha Krishna, it requires highly elevated position, transcendental to Brahmins.
But still, either we serve Jagannatha or Radha Krishna, the effect is the same. But to facilitate the worship of the Lord in the Form of Jagannatha is more congenial than others. But when anything is offered to Jagannatha, it does not mean that it is not taken by Krishna. So in the temple, although we offer to Jagannatha, it is also accepted by Krishna. Be rest assured of this fact.
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Your ever well-wisher,
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
*That the people of Orissa and Bengal eat fish in their private homes is a fact. But they do not offer anything like that to the Lord Jagannatha. The Lord is offered all nice foodstuffs as we are striving to do in our all our temples here.
The news of the Car festival of Lord Jagannatha of S.F. was published not only in the local papers but also in India as in the Yugavtar A.B. Patrik, Truth, and many others on 10th July 1968.
pamho agtACBSP, is it not that LORD JAGANNATHA is situated in Jagannatha Puri because sankha ksetra is the best place to receive the blessing of SRI JAGANNATHA?
HIS brother and sister as well, Lord Jagannatha is blessing the devotees with HIS sankha even if they are not able to follow all the rules and regulations of spiritual life but they must have firm faith and steady devotion even if they are still trapped in temporary anarthas.
Everybody can become perfect by the causeless mercy of LORD CAKA DOLA JAGANNATHA. Lord Jagannatha looks only at the good side of bhakti and not the temporary unwanted habits destined to disappear through daily determination of sadhana bhakti which purifies everything guna karma anarthas etc…
LORD JAGANNATHA will save us! SRILA PRABHUPADA mercifully introduced the festival of chariots with LORD JAGANNATHA BALADEVA SUBHADRA.
(San Francisco, July 5, 1970)
Special mercy of LORD JAGANNATHA and SRILA PRABHUPADA will be always there! I’m sure to reach pure state at the end of this journey in bhumi-loka, adau sraddha ki jai!
agtSP ys
haribol