14 Jan 2025 midday – Behavior of Vaisnavas (English) | Gaia Vrindavana, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

January 14, 2025 12:19 PM

Without a taste for Harikatha and chanting the Holy Names, even following varnasrama-dharma, it will not be enough to free us.
Yamaraja gives us a subtle body to be punished for our sins.
Knowledge and even birth into a high family are no guarantees for reaching the highest goal.
Example of milk, yogurt, butter and ghee: where they all have the same origin, but have different qualities, and consequently different values.
Example of the lotus that is born in the mud and yet is very beautiful and fragrant.
The celebrations of January 14, Makara-sankranti, its meaning and how it is celebrated.
Astrologically, leaving Sagittarius to enter Capricorn, it will be under the protection of Saturn.
Gurudeva lovingly recounts memories of Sri Kesavaji Gaudiya Matha: the mood of the vrajavasis; the great variety of preparations that were offered; how the tasks were distributed in the Temple, etc.
Gurudeva invites everyone to Gangasagara, to visit places where Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu left His footprints.
Description of the highest form of liberation.
The beginning of the Kumba Mela, its significance.
The story of King Sagar Maharaja’s horse sacrifice, where Indra Deva hides the hundredth horse, katha described in Srimad Bhagavatam.

22 Oct 2020 evening – Hari-katha (English translation) – Bangalore, India