15 Jun 2023 midday – Kali-yuga Worship Method (English) – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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In Kali-yuga it is not possible to see the demigods in the fire sacrifice. The only method of self-realisation is the chanting of the holy names.
About the problem of chanting mantras with wrong pronunciation, which led to the appearance of Vritrasura.
In Kali-yuga there are many compromises. God accepts your mood, your sincere feelings at the time of offering. -Indradyumna Maharaja, his wife Gundica on the day of the fire ceremony, and her caste queen Abhimana.
Gundica throws her nose ring into the sacred fire.
After the snana yatra, Lord Jagannatha will rest in Gundica temple.
Funny story of the wife preparing her husband’s suitcase.
The sadhaka begins his practice in the mood of aisvarya and gradually enters the mood of sweetness.
First take shelter at the lotus feet of the guru, receive diksa and siksa, and then serve the guru closely.
Atma-visvasa = self-confidence.
From time to time it becomes difficult to reconcile what the diksa-guru and the siksa-guru say. In these cases, although both are correct, we must give emphasis to what our Guru says.
The different answer given by the sadhus and Sukadeva Gosvami to Pariksit Maharaja.
Abandon all kinds of offences.
Top 5 angas of bhakti.
Kirtana is the movement of the lips by chanting or giving hari-katha.
The mood of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
The devotee must move from the mood of opulence to the mood of sweetness.
We must follow the rules and restrictions to achieve raganuga-marga.
Sloka: sevā sādhaka-rūpeṇa siddha-rūpeṇa cātra hi tad-bhāva-lipsunā kāryā vraja-lokānusārata
Lord Jagannatha is going from Kuruksetra to Vrndavana, that is the mood of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. And it is the gopis who are carrying Lord Jagannatha.
Mahaprabhu thinks that He is Radha and that Jagannatha is Krsna, and in that mood He understands that Krsna was sitting in the chariot of the gopis’ minds.
The mahamantra has 16 holy names: meeting and separation; separation and meeting; meeting in separation; and separation in meeting.
