20 Aug 2023 midday – Harikatha for women (3G Gaudiya Girls Group) – The importance of studying the Vedas (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • Learn about the lives of sadhus, how they live.
  • The difference in the pronunciations of mantras in Sanskrit.
  • Sri Krsna accepts his humor and he sees no faults in his devotees.
  • Lila of Jiva Goswami studying Sanskrit.
  • First learn to pronounce the Guru param mantra: “Om ajñāna timirāndhasya..”
  • The importance of studying the Bhagavad Gita, scripture that leads us to Srimad Bhagavatam.
  • Description of how maya eludes us and leads us to bodily identification.
  • About karma, and about knowledge that, like fire, does not purify the heart.
  • Bhakti Devi is soft and through her the devotee is able to control Sri Krsna.
  • Gouranga Mahaprabhu teaches us through his behavior. -Purnamasi Devi encourages the gopis to glorify and cook for Durvasa Rsi.
  • “ man manā bhava mad bhakto..” Bhagavad Gita (18.65)
  • Caitanya Mahaprabu said to first learn and then preach.
  • The Gita destroys the darkness of the heart and thus all light enters.