14 Jan 2022 midday – Glories of the Ganges (English) – Brazil

Part 1

-Story from Sagara Maharaja upto Bhagiratha bringing Ganges to Prithivi-loka.
-Durvasa Rishi cursing Mandakini (Ganges) in Svarga to go to Prithivi-loka.
-Ganges different names are Mandakini (Svarga), Bhagirathi (Prithvi-loka) & Bhagavati (Patalaloka). How did Ganges get the name Jahnavi.
-Ganga-devi stayed in Navadvipa-dhama as she realised in Kali-yuga Mahaprabhu will stay here.
-Lila of Krishna meeting with Viraja-sakhi in a kunja guarded by Sridhama who stopped Radharani & the curses that happened then.
-Ganga is the elder sister & Yamuna is the younger sister.
-What Makara Sankranti is.
-Bathing in Ganges destroys sins, Chanting maha-mantra removes offences to nama & Sri Hari but vaishnava-aparadha is very dangerous. Eg: Srila Rupa Gosvami katha with Kanja Krishna dasa for loka-shiksha.
-Just by darshana of vaishnava all sinful activities get destroyed.
-Baddha-jivas 2 kinds of eyes: kama-chakshu & prema-chakshu.
-Story of a snake attaining Vaikuntha after its death as its tail is in Ganges water when Garuda caught it.
-At Kali-yuga’s end Tulasi-devi, Ganges & Giriraja Govardhana disappear.
-Story of a boy attaining Vaikuntha due to dust of Ganga on his nose tip at the time of his death in spite of not taking bath in Ganges.
-Ganges in Navadvipa is topmost as Mahaprabhu did His pastimes there.
-Vishayi gives prasada and you get a different result than when a maha-bhagavata gives you.
-First learn vaishnava shuddha-sadachara.
-We give jaya to guru & vaishnavas as they protect us from maya.
-Don’t discriminate between shiksha & diksha-guru. Diksha-guru is sambandha pradata.
-Give respect to all but you think your guru is topmost.
-Bhakti comes from guru-seva.
-Srila Parama-Gurudeva cooked khichdi, eggplant curry on Makara Sankranti & glorified Ganges.
-Srila Gurudeva & devotees going for donations in Vraja.
-Take bath in Ganges or chant Ganga name.

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