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