16 Jun 2023 evening – How Krishna Manifested the Form of Jagannatha (English) – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • Krishna comes into the material world to protect dharma and devotees.
  • Story of villagers gathering at the temple to pray to God for rain.
  • Krishna’s three abode and His life in Dvaraka.
  • Story of Varunadeva and the woodcutter who lost his axe in the lake.
  • We come to this material world to do bhajana and sadhana.
  • Hearing about Krishna’s pastimes destroys all impurities in the heart.
  • Krishna’s children are not ordinary people, their bodies are sat-cit-ananda-vigraha.
  • Krishna is not lustful, Krishna is Bhagavan.
  • Narada Muni’s Lila of meeting Krsna in the wooden form with the big eyes of Jagannatha, without arms or legs. Krsna says this is due to family problems.
  • Laksmi (money) never stops in one place.
  • Satyabhama talks too much.
  • Hear, see, but do not speak. If you speak, the discussion begins.
  • Krishna manifests in the transcendental wooden form of Jagannatha because He is very tired of family life, so He sees, hears, but does not speak.
  • Jagannatha teaches that if you want peace in family life, you must behave like Jagannatha.
  • Lord Krishna gives two blessings to Narada Muni.
  • Those who criticise the Vaisnavas will go to hell for millions of lives, and when they reincarnate they will suffer from leprosy and have to accept animal forms of life.
  • Come to the Ratha Yatra!

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