– The meaning of the day of Makar Sankranti, the day the River Ganges arrived on this planet.
– Chanting of the Holy Names destroys all sins in Kali-yuga.
– Krsna explains to Uddhava, in the eleventh canto of Srimad Bhagavatam, about the pious activities that make a person able to chant the Holy Names due to purification.
– Premananda Thakura: “Oh mind, why don’t you have a taste for chanting the Holy Names?”
– Due to his sinful activities, papa karma, a person has no taste for chanting the Holy Names.
– Bathing in pilgrimage sites (tirthas) causes sins to be purified. This is why these places end up becoming contaminated.
– When a pure devotee goes to a place of pilgrimage, he purifies the place completely, due to his bhajana, as the Lord resides in his heart.
– Verse: na dhanam na janam na sundarim (Sri Siksastakam).
– Song: Kabe Ha’be Bolo, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura.
– By practicing bhakti, automatically dharma, artha, kama and moksa will come.
– Dialogue between Srivasa Thakura and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu on the sustenance of material life.
– Verse: ananyāś cintayanto māṁ (Bhagavad Gita, 9.22).
– Atyantik-sraddha, unbreakable faith.
– Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami’s bhajana at Radha Kunda.
– Today is marked by the preparation of kitchari and the large collection of donations for the Temples of Srila Gurudeva Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja.