Gita-jayanti 2024

12 Dec 2024 afternoon – Gita Jayanti (Hindi) | New York, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Today is Gita Jayanti and Ekadashi. On Mokshada Ekadashi Krishna told Bhagavad-gita to Arjuna. Greed and attachment are destroyed when we read Bhagavad-gita. Everything about the soul is described in Bhagavad-gita. If we read Gita every day, our self-confidence will increase. A message from Gita: Whatever you eat, first offer it to God. Krishna and Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. There are 18 chapters in Gita. It consists of karma-yoga, bhakti-yoga and jnana-yoga. Where Bhagavat-gita...

11 Dec 2024 evening – Bhagavad-tattva (English) | Bronx, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Today is Giya Jayanti and Mokshada Ekadashi.

Different chapters of Bhagavad-gita are about different types of yoga.

Atma-tattva from Bhagavad-gita.

Anu-chaitanya (jiva) and brihad-chaitanya (God).

Three aspects of the Lord.

Sloka: vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvaṁ yaj jñānam advayam… (SB 1.2.11).

6 opulences of Bhagavan.

Everyone is enchanted with Krishna’s beauty, His glance, His garments, His flute.

Absorption and greed of the gopis.

Lila: the new bride took darshana of Krishna and went mad.

12 Dec 2024 afternoon – Gita Jayanti (English translation) | New York, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Today is Gita Jayanti and Ekadashi. On Mokshada Ekadashi Krishna told Bhagavad-gita to Arjuna. Greed and attachment are destroyed when we read Bhagavad-gita. Everything about the soul is described in Bhagavad-gita. If we read Gita every day, our self-confidence will increase. A message from Gita: Whatever you eat, first offer it to God. Krishna and Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. There are 18 chapters in Gita. It consists of karma-yoga, bhakti-yoga and jnana-yoga. Where Bhagavat-gita...

18 Jul 2024 evening – Bhagavad Gita (English) | Jaragua do Sul, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Harikatha purifies the heart. ⁠When we glorify the Lord, we are protected from Maya. ⁠The Lord gave instructions to Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita. ⁠Sabda-brahma, the transcendental sound, is very powerful. ⁠Sabda-samana is the material sound. ⁠Material sound influences gross and subtle material bodies. ⁠Transcendental sound influences the gross and subtle material bodies, and also the soul. ⁠The Bhagavad Gita, from the 1st to the 6th chapters, deals with karma-yoga; from the 7th to the 12th it...