13 Mar 2025 – Navadvipa-parikrama Day 5: Places Visited on This Day (Hindi) | Navadvipa, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
- About Bhagiratha and Jahnu Rsi.
- The glories of the Ganges River.
- Everyone should have Ganges water, Bhagavad Gita and Tulasi at home.
- The Ganges purifies, but seeing a Vaisnava purifies more, however, hearing Harikatha promotes complete purification.
- It is not enough to follow varna-asrama, you must practice sadhana-bhajana, otherwise you will go to hell.
- The story of Indra who shared the sin of killing a brahmana with the trees, women, water and Earth.
- Take a little water and sand from the Ganges to your home.
- Mahaprabhu advises Saranga to accept a disciple.
- Story of Upamanyu, the perfect disciple of his Guru.
- By serving the Guru perfectly, tattva-jnana will come, but without it, only fame and pride will appear in your heart.
- By serving the Guru, the heart is purified.
- Story of Murari who was resurrected after Saranga sang the Mahamantra in his ear. And he came to be called Saranga Murari.
- Sisya, the disciple, is the one who accepts the Guru’s punishment.
- The mantra should be chanted following the rules and having faith in the Guru.
- The body becomes transcendental and the knowledge of the relationship unfolds.
- About Narayani, niece of Srinivasa Thakura and mother of Vrndavana Dasa Thakura.
- The symptoms of ecstasy and the feeling of separation.
- Apart from the Holy Names, nothing else can help us.
