Question: How to learn to love yourself and how to do it right?Question: How to develop love for God?Krishna bhakti janma mula hoi sadhu-sangaAlways associate with exalted Vraja-rasika sadhuRipen seedless fruit of Srimad-BhagavatamQuestion: Why Sukadeva Gosvami perform at the beginning the lila that he was an impersonalist?Question: How can we know our svarupa?Question: Is there any evidence in the scriptures that Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati took sannyas before his Gurudev’s photo...
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2021, Discourses in English 2021, Hari-katha 2021 (Undisclosed Country), Undisclosed, Balarama Rasa-yatra 2021, Shyamananda Prabhu, guru: diksha-guru, guru: shiksha-guru
28 Apr 2021 evening – Baladeva rasa-yatra. Shyamananda Prabhu (English)
All power is emanated from Baladeva PrabhuTranscendental world is ananda mayi jagatTypes of mundane ananda: eating, sleeping, knowledge acquiringLord is sac-cid-anandaBaladeva Prabhu serves Krishna in ten ways and manifests as Shesha NagaGuru is manjariKrishna in Vrindavan and DvarakaBaladeva rasa-yatra. People condemn Baladeva Prabhu for sinful activityBaladeva Prabhu pulled not the Vishakha-sakhi manifestation of Yamuna devi but the river, the wife of the ocean. Otherwise there will be rasa...
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28 Apr 2021 – Morning darshan (English)
Question: It is said that Srivas Thakur’s son went to a place auspicious for bhajan after his death. But what could be more auspicious than Mahaprabhu’s nama-sankirtana?Question: Sometimes acaryas create some new conceptions. When is there such a need?Question: When one’s guru is in nitya-lila, is it important to seek guidance from another guru?Question: You told about atma-anubhuti (self-realisation). How to truly realise? What is the process?Story “Guru is always with you”...
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27 Apr 2021 – Darshan at the airport (English)
Question: Оne of my acquaintances experienced brahma-ananda and soon afterwards became even more immersed in sense gratification. Why did this happen?Story of Arjuna trying to save a brahmana whose children were all dyingWhat paramatma sayujya or ishvara sayujya is. Comparison with dead skin cells Skin has 7 layers. Every 24 hours, one layer of skin dies off and another builds upQuestion: Why jiva cannot come out of paramatma sayujya?Question: Why do we need jagna during diksha ceremony...
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26 Apr 2021 evening – Try to realise guru’s heart (English)
Uttama guru-sevak, madhyama guru-sevak and kanishtha guru-sevakAdhama guru-sevaks: ali (honeybee), jyotishak (astrologist), kimekaki (Am I alone to do this?), bana (arrow)Name ache storyTwo disciples of Madhavendra Puripad: Ishvara Puripad and Ramacandra PuriMahaprabhu quotes the poetry of a mundane poetSrila Rupa Gosvami realized the heart of Sriman MahaprabhuSrimati Radhika meets Krishna at KurukshetraGrantha seva is topmost sevaGuru, temple and granthas are most important for spiritual...
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26 Apr 2021 – Morning darshan (English)
Before performing bhajana and sadhana we have to determine sadhya (goal)Without sadhu-sanga you will not be able to understand what is your sadhya (goal)Shastra, sadhu-vakhya and guru-vakhya are very important for us and we need to reconcile themSrimati Radhika’s shraddha is incomparable and incredibleWithout Radha-kripa-kataksha our life is uselessThe residents of the material world have no idea about the material world and the three fold maya sufferingsSambandha-jnana. Keep chanting gayatri...
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25 Apr 2021 – Give up svatantra while serving guru (English)
Guru-seva should be nishkapatTamasika guru-sevaka (Ekalavya), rajasika guru-sevaka (Karna), and sattvika guru-sevka (Bhishma Pitamaha), nirguna guru-sevakaStory of Ekalavya (a dog with a mouth full of arrows)Story of Karna and ParashuramaAmba, Ambika, and AmbalikaStory of a disciple bringing a glass of water to his guruStory of a disciple bringing rasagullas to his guruDrama from devotees. Gajendra-mokshana-lilaWhy in the Gajendra-mokshana-lila did the Lord release the crocodile before the...
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25 Apr 2021 – Morning class (English)
Without sadhana, perfection cannot be achievedHow to get sadhu-sangaTypes of sukriti3 types of siddha-mahapurushas: 1) bhagavat-parsata-deha-prapta; 2) nirdhuta-kashaya; 3) murcchita-kashayaImportance of samskaras. Past (praktaniki) and present (adhunika) impressionsLaukika sadhu-sanga, paramarthika sadhu-sangaAtyantiki-shraddha. Hanuman and his ishtadeva Lord RamacandraLord Vishnu sent Garuda to Kishkinda to call HanumanSrinathe janaki-nathe abhedah paramatmani tathapi mama sarvasvam ramah...