02 Oct 2024 midday – Whether devotees should perform shraddha ceremony (English translation) | Perth, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
- About shraddha ceremony, pinda-dana.
- The story of a sinner who rejoiced in hell because a Vaishnav was born in his dynasty
- Pravritti-marga (the path of karma) and nivritti-marga (the path of renunciation)
- Karma is like digging a mountain and finding only a rat.
- Why Mahaprabhu went to Gaia
- Advaita Acharya offers the first plate of prasad at the shraddha ceremony to Sri Haridasa Thakura.
- Feeding one Vaishnava has the fruit of feeding a billion brahmanas.
- How to properly chant the holy name
- Chanting of harinama and gayatri-mantras will not bear fruit unless one follows the Guru’s instructions.
- Chanting the holy names and listening to hari-katha at the same time is an offence, as one cannot do both attentively.
- Chanting the holy names destroys both pious and non-pious activities, so that you do not come back to this material world.
- If you give water to a Vaishnava, you will get back millions of oceans (wealth).
- The power of bhakta-pada-dhuli, bhakta-pada-jala and bhakta-bhukta-avashesha.
- Sita Devi performs shraddha to Dasharatha Maharaja
- How Gokarna liberated his sinful brother Dundukari.
