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...
Gita-jayanti
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