- Shiva means auspiciousness.
- Shiva is the original name of Krishna. Krishna and Radha gave Their names to demigods.
- Sometimes people get confused about shiva-tattva.
- Lila: Bhrigu Rishi is investigating who is the best devata: Brahma, Shiva or Vishnu.
- Song: Tumi Sarveshvareshvara.
- Bhagavan is the only one Absolute Truth.
- Don’t chant Shiva aham (I am Shiva), otherwise a big problem will come.
- 12 mahajanas. Verse: svayambhūr nāradaḥ śambhuḥ… (SB 6.3.20).
- Why the devotees of Shiva are rich, but the devotees of Vishnu Lakshmi-pati are poor.
- Lila: Vrikasura (Basmasura) was attracted by the beauty of Devi Parvati and wanted to abduct her.
- Shiva is Ashutosha because he is easily pleased.
- Mrityunjaya Mantra.
- Do not take ganja thinking it is a maha-prasada of Shivaji.
- Shiva never takes intoxicants because he is a Vaishnava.
- The highest blessing that Shiva can give is to allow you to enter the rasa dance.
- Lila: Shiva sent a man to Sanatana Gosvami for a touchstone, but finally this man threw the touchstone into a river and got harinama from Sanatana Gosvami.
- Sanatana Gosvami and Shivaji are great friends.
- A funny story about how a foreigner in India mistook the fireflies for mosquitoes that were looking for him with torches to drink his blood.
- Shiva is dhama-rakshaka. One cannot enter dhama without Shiva’s mercy.
- Lord Shiva is vishnu-tattva, so we fast on Shiva-ratri. There is no need to fast when there is a shakti-tattva.
Lectures in English, United Kingdom, United Kingdom 2025
26 Feb 2025 midday – Shiva-ratri (English) | London, UK | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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