27 Mar 2026 midday – The Teachings of Lord Rama (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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Kapila Dasa said, among other recommendations, that if you become too worried, your intelligence will disappear.
“Vaco-vegam” actually means increasing how much you speak Harikatha.
Gurudeva confesses that it is a blessing that our material life is full of problems.
To receive the darshan of the Lord, we must be absorbed in Harikatha for 24 hours.
If someone wants Krishna-prema and gopi-prema, they must first seek to understand the teachings of Lord Rama.
Lord Rama speaks of the importance of honoring father and mother.
About how happy Ramacandra was to lose the throne and go to the forest.
Manthara manipulated Kaikeyi’s mind.
For fourteen years, Lakshmana neither ate, nor slept, nor looked upon the face of any woman; he only saw the lotus feet of Mother Sita.
The weapon that cut Surpanakha was sent through sound; for this reason, Lakshmana also did not see her face.
King Dasaratha, Rama’s father, was cursed to die due to the weight of the feeling of separation from his son.
Gurudeva recounted his personal pastime of watching Ramayana with Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja and how much they wept together.
Lord Rama never turned His back on anyone in battle and never looked upon any woman other than Sita.
Regarding the fulfillment of desires after many catur-yugas (various sequences of the four yugas/eras). After chanting the gopal-mantra for ten thousand years, the Rishis attained gopi-bhava.
