26/09/23 midday – Be Careful Not to Commit Vaishnava Aparadha (English translation) – Perth, Australia
- Ajamila, although he was a sinner, did not commit Vaishnava aparadha.
- Bhakti Devi will not tolerate Vaishnava aparadha.
- Ajamila katha is the glorification of the holy name.
- If no tears come when chanting harinama, then we are to understand there is aparadha in our heart.
- Sins will be destroyed by chanting harinama, but we have to be very careful not to commit aparadha.
- We are to rectify ourselves. When we learn to see faults in ourselves, we have no time to see others faults.
- If you see faults in others, these faults will come to you.
- Amara jivana, bhajana by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura (Sri Gaudiya Giti-Guccha, page 202)
- Who is Ekadasi?
- We are to follow what the shastra says. It gives the evidence.
- Mahaprabhu asked His mother Sacimata to always follow Ekadasi.
- Like Bhima, we cannot tolerate hunger. So there are items, concessions for Ekadasi.
- If we do things by our own mental speculation, this is not bhakti.
- The only leaf you can take on Ekadasi is Tulasi.
- A disciple is one who follows the Guru’s instructions.
- In Bhagavad-gita, Arjuna, as a disciple, says to Krishna, “I will follow all of Your instructions.”
- Those who do not follow the Guru’s instructions will pay lip-service to him, and will do things only for their own benefit.
- The katha of Madhavendra Puri and his two disciples, Ramachandra Puri and Isvara Puri.
- Those whose nature is to criticise others are from the Kutila and Jatila dynasty.
- Katha to show that a thief’s mind is always absorbed in stealing.
- Chitragupta watches all we do and records everything. Chitra means picture, gupta means hidden.
