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...
Gita-jayanti 2024
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...