19 Feb 2023 p.m. – Maha Shiva-ratri (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Part 1

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-00:18:00 – Today is Shiva Maha-ratri
-Shivalinga-puja; the meaning of linga
-The influence of gunas on human beings
-Sadashiva-tattva, Kailasa-Shiva tattva: when there is no jiva qualified to take Shiva’s position, the Lord takes it Himself
-Vastu-parinamavada and shakti-parinamavada
-Mahamorabhu explained 64 meanings of Brahma to Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya and established that the original Brahma is Krishna
-The meaning of the word Shiva is beauty, auspiciousness
-Shiva has 55 qualifications
-Mrityunjaya mantra
-Never imitate Krishna who performed rasa-lila and never imitate Shiva who drunk the poison from the ocean and was called Nilakanta
-Shiva and Citraketu Maharaja both received mantra from Sankarshana
-4 sampradayas. Shiva is the original acharya of Rudra Sampradaya
-The lila on how Parvati-devi doubted Ramachandra and for that Shiva rejected her
-Shiva is called Ashutosha (can be easily pleased)
-The story of how, with Shiva’s blessing, a poor thief became Kuvera, the guardian of heaven’s treasure
-00:25:00 – The story of how a blind boy asked for a sophisticated blessing from Shiva
-Bhakta is more clever than the Lord
-Bhaktivinoda Thakur said that Shankara set the base for Vaishnava philosophy by fighting atheism and Buddhism

PART 2

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