Gratitude to devotees for their seva during the festival in Spain.
If we offer something to Krishna, He will sell Himself completely to us.
Atma-tattva.
The process of realising one’s transcendental body.
Processes common to man and animal. Human advantage over animals.
The story of a princess who lost her necklace.
A play about Krishna and a fruit seller.
The lila of Krishna and the fruit seller.
PART 1 Madhurya-kadambini (tattva-siddhanta) and bhajana-rahasya (rasa-siddhanta). The importance of sukriti. Jnata-sukriti and ajnata-sukriti. Lakshahira, a prostitute, surrendered to Haridasa Thakura. Narada Rishi changed the life of the hunter Mrigari. Bhagavat-kripa is very rare. 6 opulences of Bhagavan. Srimati Radhika holding Govardhana with Her gaze. The sakhas of Krishna do not allow Him to look at Srimati Radhika while holding Govardhana so as not to drop it. The lilas of baby Krishna...
Mantra siddhi, sadhana siddhi. Krishna never leaves Vrindavana. But Yogamaya makes the gopis suffer in separation from Krishna. 4 types of separation. Srimati Radhika’s lila: She feels separation from Krishna while She is with Him when She hears that Madhusudana has gone (black bee). All of Krishna’s incarnations except Krishna Himself are absorbed in Their supremacy. The qualities of dhira-lalita-nayaka. Krishna is a prince and has no duties or responsibilities. His mind is never...
Yoga means union with the Lord, and bhakti-yoga teaches us how to serve the Lord. Maya punishes us because we have forgotten to serve Krsna. If we serve Krsna, Maya will stop punishing us. A baddha-jiva has no sukriti, so he has no faith in sadhu, guru and Vaishnava. The conditioned soul is always absorbed in four things: eating, sleeping, mating and defending itself.Verse:āhāra-nidra-bhaya-maithunaṁ casāmānyam etat paśubhir narāṇāmdharmo hi teṣām adhiko viśeṣodharmeṇa hīnaḥ paśubhiḥ samānaḥ...
When mature bhakti is manifested in the heart of the sadhaka, it is called prema-bhakti. The nine external symptoms of attaining bhava (rati). The first of these is shanti (calm and peaceful mind). The mind of rsis and munis is never disturbed. Svabhava (intrinsic nature). Prakriti creates everything and time is very powerful. Always remember the philosophy of the five tattvas: isvara-tattva, jiva-tattva, prakriti, kala (time), karma. The types of karma (major, minor – gauna karma). The...
PART 1 Yamuna Devi is Vishaka Devi. Reciting the Yamunastakam is the same as remembering Vishaka Devī. All yugas (ages) have a fixed duration), Kali yuga (present age) is 432,000 years in duration. When Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu appears in any age (like the present one), it is said that all the avatars, like Kalki Avatara, are also in Him. Vrajendra-nandana Shyamasundara Sri Krishna appears in Dvapara yuga and when this age ends, Kali yuga begins. This Kali Yuga is Dhanya Kali Yuga...
The beautiful lila of Rama and the boatman. The story of Tulasi dasa, the ghost and Hanuman. Rama goes into exile for 14 years. Bharata and Satrugna return from their journey and learn of the sad events. Satrugna punishes Manthara by beating her, and Bharata restrains him. Bharata is very disappointed with his mother and vows never to call her again. He refuses to be king in Rama’s place. Bharata goes in search of Rama with all the family and subjects of Ayodya. Bharata’s prema is...
The story of Ahilya and Gautama Rsi. And the exchange of places of Treta and Dvapara Yugas. The story of Vedavati, daughter of Queen Malavati. Vedavati and Ravana. Vedavati enters the body of Sita-devi. Janaka Maharaja ploughs the earth and digs up a pot of gold with a beautiful baby girl in it and gives it to his queen Sunayana. The story of Siva, Parashurama, Janaka Maharaja, Ravana, Sita and Rama. Ravana did not appear at Sita’s wedding ceremony because he knew he could not lift...