10 Oct 2023 evening – Ekadasi Tithi (Hindi) – Brisbane, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • If we follow Ekadasi Tithi, krishna-bhakti will manifest in our heart.
  • People follow Ekadasi, they receive punya and attain svargaloka to enjoy.
  • Vaishnavas follow Ekadasi for bhakti.
  • There is heaviness in the body on Ekadasi, it becomes a little unhealthy because of the closeness of the moon to the Earth, and if we take grains, the body will become diseased because they contain sins.
  • Some people argue about the sins on Ekadasi, saying why not sins on the tenth day?
  • We have to follow and accept the rules of sastra with faith or we will have to bear the consequences.
  • Harikatha of King Rukmandaga asking Valkaila Rsi how he came to his good fortune by observing nirjala Ekadasi unknowingly.
  • Harikatha of Ravana collecting taxes or blood from sadhus’.
  • A house is Goloka Vrindavana if everyone there is performing bhajana.
  • In the home the husband should be like Ramachandra and the wife like Sita-Devi.
  • In this life we are getting the fruits of our last life and we are to tolerate them.
  • By doing bhagavat-bhajana, all past sins will be destroyed and we will go back home.
  • The objective of your life is to follow Ekadasi: in any circumstances you should not compromise with Ekadasi.
  • Don’t hear from smartha brahmanas who will tell you not to follow Ekadasi.
  • Ekadasi is bhakti-janani, the mother of devotion and Sri Bhagavan Himself in the form of potency of the Lord.
  • Harikatha of the demon named Maul who received the boon from Lord Siva that Lord Visnu could not kill him and the manifestation of Ekadasi.
  • Chant more holy names on Hari-vasa-tithi.
  • Srimad Bhagavatam is written in the samadhi language, transcendental.
  • Story of one santa-mahatma leaving his body and requesting to go to the place of Yamaraja.
  • If you read the chapter in Brhad-Bhagavatamrta glorifying sadhu-sanga, it will increase your faith.

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