India 2020

16 Dec 2020 – Ceremony + Renounce One’s Ego When Going to Visit Saintly Personality (Hindi) – Mathura, India

– Yuddhisthira Maharaja wants to perform rajasuya yagña;- Good things, do them promptly; bad things, postpone them;- Ravana wanted to do a stairway to heaven;- Call your enemies to do good things together (Yuddhisthir called Kauravas to help in the rajasuya yajña);- Duryodhana and Duhshasana were in charge of giving the donations, Bhima and Draupadi were in charge of the cooking;- The “victory bell” of the raja suya yajña was not ringing because still one saint was left to...

16 Dec 2020 morning – Mahaprabhu meets nabadwip-vasis in the house of Advaita Acarya in Santipur (English translation) – Mathura, India

Part 1 – Chaitanya Charitamrta, Madhya-lila, Chapter 3; – Chaitanya Mahaprabhu takes sannyasa, and Nityananda Prabhu tricks Him and brings Him to Shantipur; – Preparations that Sita Thakurani devi (wife of Advaita Acarya) cooked for Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Part 2 – Chaitanya Charitamrta, Madhya-lila, Chapter 3; – Chaitanya Mahaprabhu takes sannyasa, and Nityananda Prabhu tricks Him and brings Him to Shantipur; – Preparations that Sita Thakurani devi (wife...

16 Dec 2020 morning – Mahaprabhu meets nabadwip-vasis in the house of Advaita Acarya in Shantipur (Hindi) – Mathura, India

16 Dec 2020 am – Mahaprabhu meets nabadwip-vasis in the house of Advaita Acarya in Shantipur (Hindi)– Chaitanya Charitamrta, Madhya-lila, Chapter 3;- Chaitanya Mahaprabhu takes sannyasa, and Nityananda Prabhu tricks Him and brings Him to Shantipur;- Preparations that Sita Thakurani devi (wife of Advaita Acarya) cooked for Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu;- Everyone should eat the sandesha and sweet yoghurt of Nabadwip;- We should wash our hands before taking prasada;- Bengalis always...

15 Dec 2020 evening – All living beings in Vrndavana are favorable to krishna-lila (English translation) – Mathura, India

Srimad Bhagavatam Tenth Canto Continued– Srimad Bhagavatam, 10th Canto, Chapter 28th;- Krishna shows Vaikuntha-loka and Brahmaloka to the vrajavasis;- Opulence of Vrndavana is superior to Vaikuntha;- All living entities of Vrndavana are favorable to Krsna’s pastimes;- The lion in Goloka Vrndavana is a manifestation of Yogamaya;- Srimati Radhika in krishna paksa abhisara listens to a lion roaring;- Srimati Radhika puts cotton in Her ears, and Yogamaya manifests as a snake to pacify...

15 Dec 2020 evening – All living beings in Vrndavana are favorable to krishna-lila (Hindi) – Mathura, India

Srimad Bhagavatam Tenth Canto Continued – Srimad Bhagavatam, 10th Canto, Chapter 28th; – Krishna shows Vaikuntha-loka and Brahmaloka to the vrajavasis; – Opulence of Vrndavana is superior to Vaikuntha; – All living entities of Vrndavana are favorable to Krsna’s pastimes; – The lion in Goloka Vrndavana is a manifestation of Yogamaya; – Srimati Radhika in krishna paksa abhisara listens to a lion roaring; – Srimati Radhika puts cotton in Her ears...

15 Dec 2020 evening – Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya Lila Continued (Hindi) – Mathura, India

Radha wants to embrace Krsna completely (Hindi) Location: Keshavaji Gaudiya math, Mathura, India – Chaitanya Charitamrta, Madhya-lila, Chapter 2 (verse 64 onwards); – Meaning of the verse “he deva he dayita he bhuvanaika-bandho”; – Love is to give completely and yet to think you didn’t give at all; – First sloka of Bhagavad Gita: dharmaksetra kurukshetra (the difference of mine and yours is the cause of dispute); – Radha asks something to Krsna:...