03/05/22pm – Glories of Akshaya-tritiya (English) – England

-Akshaya-tritiya meaning & 4 auspicious days in a year.
-About jnana-marga & bhakti-marga.
-Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti established on the day of Akshaya-tritiya.
-Ganga-devi descended from Satyaloka on this day.
-Satya-yuga & Treta-yuga manifested on this day.
-Lord Parashurama appeared on this day.
-Draupadi got akshaya patra from Suryadeva.
-Lila of Krsna saving Draupadi & Pandavas from Durvasa Rishi’s anger by eating a small piece of food in akshaya patra.
-Krsna as vastra-avatara sent the cloth to Draupadi during disrobing.
-Lila of Sudama meeting Krsna.
-Lila of gopis teasing Krsna from where He got cloth to give Draupadi.
-Draupadi gave cloth to Krsna to stop blood from His wound.
-Draupadi giving cloth to Durvasa Rishi after he lost his clothes in a storm in Mandakini river in Svarga & Durvasa Rishi’s blessings.
-Badarikashrama & Banki-bihari temple was opened on this day.
-Lila of Krsna as a boatman taking gopis on Manasi Ganga.
-Today is Chandana-yatra.
-Lila of Krsna giving milk to Madhavendra Puripada & Madhavendra Puripada doing annakuta festival & applying chandana on Thakuraji.
-Same verse recited by Srimati Radhika in viraha, Madhavendra Puripada & Mahaprabhu.
-Story of how Dhana Kuvera became rich by Shivaji’s mercy & how his sons became Snigdha-kanta & Madhu-kanta by Krsna’s mercy.
-Lord Shivaji asked for some rice from Sati-devi today.
-Read Vishnu Sahasaranama, Bhagavad-gita today.
-Bhakti will never get destroyed but just gets covered.
-Story of a mouse catching a ghee lamp in a temple & rolling in front of Thakuraji & becoming a princess in the next life.
-Srila Parama-Gurudeva says always glorify guru & vaishnava.