Gita-jayanti

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...

25 Dec 2023 midday – Gita Jayanti (English) – London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

The book Srimad Bhagavad Gita presents instructions on how to surrender to the lotus feet of the Lord. Verse: mamaivāṁśo jīva-loke — jīva-bhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ (Bhagavad Gita 15.7). Verse: yadā yadā hi dharmasya — glānir bhavati bhārata (Bhagavad Gita 4.7 –8). Verse: ananyāś cintayanto māṁ ye janāḥ paryupāsate (Bhagavad Gita 9.22). The material corporeal conception is the cause of all types of miseries. Verse: ādau śraddhā tataḥ sādhu-saṅgo ’tha bhajana-kriyā (CC Madhya-lila 23.14-15). The dangers...

05 Dec 2022 evening – Gita Jayanti (English) – United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Without the knowledge of Bhagavad-gita we cannot enter spiritual life-Where Gita ends, there Srimad-Bhagavatam begins-Krishna is a milkman, BG is milk, and Arjuna is a baby calf-The content of Bhagavad-gita-Everyone is suffering in this material world-There are 7 types of oceans-We are staying in maya-karagara, the jail of maya and she beats us every day-Please go back to Goloka Vrindavana-We suffer from threefold miseries of maya: adhibhautika, adhidaivika, adhyatmika-CC Madhya 22.16...

01 Jul 2021 evening – Gita mahatmya (Hindi) – Mathura, India

-18 names of Bhagavad-gita-Knowledge of the soul is the main topic of Bhagavad-gita-Story of Anusuya-Gita is the essence of all the shastras-If you properly study Bhagavad-gita, then Bhagavan will give darshana to you-Story of a boy who could not properly read Bhagavad-gita and met Mahaprabhu-Real definition of mukti-The worst illusion is to think of yourself as of a body

01 Jul 2021 evening – Gita mahatmya (English translation) – Mathura, India

-18 names of Bhagavad-gita-Knowledge of the soul is the main topic of Bhagavad-gita-Story of Anusuya-Gita is the essence of all the shastras-If you properly study Bhagavad-gita, then Bhagavan will give darshana to you-Story of a boy who could not properly read Bhagavad-gita and met Mahaprabhu-Real definition of mukti-The worst illusion is to think of yourself as of a body

30 Jun 2021 evening – Gita Mahatmya (Hindi) – Mathura, India

-In Gita Mahatmya there are 18 names for Bhagavad Gita.-Effect of reciting 18 names & studying Bhagavad Gita.-In Bhishma Parva Bhagavad Gita is there.-All names of Gita aare feminine.-Devi Bhagavath isn’t written by Vyasadev.-Bhagavad Gita is compared to Ganga in purifying baddha jivas.-Gita & Ganga are sakhis of Krishna.-All 18 names of Bhagavad Gita.-Lila of Radhika cursing Sridhama , Viraja sakhi-Pastime of Bhagirath bringing Ganga to earth.-Sri Krishna along with Srimati...

30 Jun 2021 evening – Gita Mahatmya (English translation) – Mathura, India

-In Gita Mahatmya there are 18 names for Bhagavad Gita.-Effect of reciting 18 names & studying Bhagavad Gita.-In Bhishma Parva Bhagavad Gita is there.-All names of Gita aare feminine.-Devi Bhagavath isn’t written by Vyasadev.-Bhagavad Gita is compared to Ganga in purifying baddha jivas.-Gita & Ganga are sakhis of Krishna.-All 18 names of Bhagavad Gita.-Lila of Radhika cursing Sridhama , Viraja sakhi-Pastime of Bhagirath bringing Ganga to earth.-Sri Krishna along with Srimati...

25 Dec 2020 midday – Gita Jayanti (English) – Brazil

– Krishna gives instructions to Arjuna – Krishna cannot do anything without Srimati Radhika – Story of how Mahaprabhu met a boy in a temple who was crying while reading Bhagavad-gita – What is dharma – We are all servants of Sri Krsna – Why Krishna’s position in the chariot is lower than Arjuna’s – Mahabharata: nobody could kill Bhisma Pitamaha