29/07/23 evening – Ekadasi-tithi and the Importance of Devotional Practices (Hindi) – Rajkot, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

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The different types of nectar (amrta) and the highest nectar of Goloka Vrndavana.
On ekadasi, spiritual practices must be intensified.
How to do nirjala (complete fasting) on ekadasi day.
The shell of Krsna (Pancajanya) and Arjuna (Devadatta).
Mahaprabhu’s lila and Jagannatha-prasada on the day of ekadasi.
Verse: mahā-prasāde govinde (Mahābhārata, Skandha Purana).
Lila of Ambarisa Maharaja and Durvasa Rsi: on the importance of following the ekadasi breaking interval (param).
Verse: tṛṇād api sunīcena (CC Adi 17.31).
In the month of Purusottama one should do Bhagavan’s kirtana by singing the song of Bilvamangala Thakura, called Vraje Prasiddham Navanita, also known as Sri Caugraganya-Purusastakam.
The devotee binds Krsna with the love-rope of devotion.
The devotee’s altar is inside the heart.
We are in the material world because we have love and affection for the things here.
Mahaprabhu gives an example of how we should respect everyone.
Story of the pujari who kicked the dog and the dog went to talk to Lord Ramacandra.
If a person disrespects someone, he will receive the punishment.
Never misuse Bhagavan’s money, for in the next life you will have to be born as a dog.