13 Oct 24 midday – The Glory of Vijaya-dashami (Hindi) | Lucknow, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

00:50 – Ramayana: the main reason why Lakshmana cut off Shurpanakha’s nose and ears; Rama-navami — the day when Ramachandra went into exile; the day He married Sita; the day Ramachandra appeared
10:42 – The anger of a woman, the stubbornness of a child and of a king; the power and strength of a woman
13:25 – Shurpanakha’s realization that Ramachandra was not ordinary, that he would help kill Ravana; her revenge for the killing of her husband; reasons why she deceitfully claimed her ears and nose were cut off
18:30 – If you want advice, bow to the feet of that personality; Ravana wanted to make the ocean sweet and build a staircase to heaven; scriptures say if you want to do something good, do it immediately; if something bad, delay it
26:30 – The day of Vijaya-dashami: whatever you do on this day will be successful; descriptions of the days — Ekadashi, Amavasya, Navami, etc.
32:00 – Definition of the four sampradayas; scriptures say you must receive mantras only within a Vaishnava sampradaya
39:20 – No difference between the incarnations of Narayana and Krishna, just as there is no difference between the gopis and Radha; Radha manifests forms of the gopis to please Krishna
44:40 – Vishnu-tattva: Lakshmi-devi on Vaikuntha massages the feet of Narayana; Krishna massages the feet of Radha in Seva-kunja — this is very confidential
55:30 – Definition of Radhika’s anger; transcendental anger, the reason being Krishna’s dissatisfaction; mana exists only in Vraja, not elsewhere; Radhika desires only to please Krishna; all that she does is for Krishna’s happiness
1:00:44 – Stages of bhakti — all of these are experienced by Radhika; the origin of shraddha; without Radhika’s mercy, one cannot pass through the stages; example of the root of a tree nourishing the leaves
1:04:12 – The source of shraddha; example of sugarcane juice and the various forms of sugar; no difference between the object of energy and the energy itself
1:10:29 – Madhava-sampradaya: the two-finger difference between the jiva and Bhagavan; reasons why Mahaprabhu accepted this sampradaya, as He had the eagerness to know rasa

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