18 Jul 2024 evening – Bhagavad Gita (English) | Jaragua do Sul, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • Harikatha purifies the heart.
  • ⁠When we glorify the Lord, we are protected from Maya.
  • ⁠The Lord gave instructions to Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita.
  • ⁠Sabda-brahma, the transcendental sound, is very powerful.
  • ⁠Sabda-samana is the material sound.
  • ⁠Material sound influences gross and subtle material bodies.
  • ⁠Transcendental sound influences the gross and subtle material bodies, and also the soul.
  • ⁠The Bhagavad Gita, from the 1st to the 6th chapters, deals with karma-yoga; from the 7th to the 12th it deals with bhakti-yoga; from the 13th to the 18th it deals with jnana-yoga.
  • ⁠Karma and jnana yogas are not members of bhakti, and only bear fruit when linked to bhakti.
  • ⁠The war between the Pandavas and the Kauravas in Kuruksetra takes place so that the Dharma is established.
  • ⁠About the great warriors of the army of the Kauravas.
  • ⁠Arjuna enters a crisis of conscience in the middle of the battlefield and Krsna instructs Arjuna.
  • ⁠Duryodhana, Dusasana and their brothers are the personification of sin.
  • ⁠Krsna says that if we do a sinful activity like lying to save a life, that is dharma.
  • ⁠About the moment when Krsna orders Bhima to kill the elephant Asvathama.
  • ⁠There is general, specialized, secret, most secret and very secret knowledge.
  • ⁠Learn the twenty-five verses of the Bhagavad Gita that correspond to the five types of knowledge.
  • ⁠When we read and speak the Bhagavad Gita, Krsna and Radha appear at that place.