Mahaprabhu gives instructions to Sanatana Gosvami to write ‘ Hari Bhakti Vilasa’ book (good behavior of the Vaishnavas).If you want to cross maya, you must follow the rules of the scriptures (shastra).Lila of Mahaprabhu worshipping maha-prasada in Jagannatha Puri.Importance of Ekadashi.Story of 2 brothers fighting for the coconut tree.You must chant the holy names (nama-sankirtana) and sing the kirtans of our acharyas.Ekadashi-devi manifests herself.Those who do bhajana are the best...
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2021, 18 names of Bhagavad-gita, nitya-siddha, Discourses in Bengali, West Bengal, India, India 2021, Entry level discourses, Bhagavad-gita 2021
13 Dec 2021 evening – The glories of Bhagavad-gita (Bengali) – Bengal, India
Love in this world is with cause and interest.Why the gopis love Krsna.The good fortune of the Vrajavasis.Nature of the material world and the transcendental world.Nitya-siddha and svabhava-siddha.Bhagavan said that the Gita is my heart and the essence of all knowledge.The glories of Bhagavad-gita.The 18 names of Bhagavad-gita and meaning.Different stories of how Ganga-devi manifests in this world.Story of the 2 friends (religious and irreligious).If you chant the holy names and worship the...
2021, varnashrama-dharma, Discourses in Bengali, West Bengal, India, India 2021, Entry level discourses
12 Dec 2021 evening – The ultimate absolute truth (Bengali) – Bengal, India
By the association of a saint (sadhu), one can attain bhakti.If you have eyes greased with the kajal of love, you can see God.2 types of vision (material and transcendental).-By the way of hearing you can see God.Lila of Gauttama Rishi and the rishis who could not get out of His ashrama.2 reasons of why memory is short in Kali-yuga.Mahaprabhu explained how to obtain prema by chanting the holy names.Description of trinad api sunichena & the humility of trees.If you want to do bhajana, you...
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12 Dec 2021 midday – Different stages of faith (Bengali) – audio – Bengal, India
According to our faith, we can see who is kanishtha-adhikari, madhyama-adhikari and uttama-adhikari.We must chant with faith.Definition of offenses (aparadhas).We must follow sadhu’s instructions.A person does not become a Vaishnava only by wearing Vaishnava clothes.You should just eat naha-prasada, and then your mind will become pure.The Lord manifested different living entities and different food for them.Food in the mode of goodness, passion and ignorance (satvika food, rajasika food...
2021, Discourses in Bengali, West Bengal, India, India 2021, Entry level discourses
12 Dec 2021 morning – Material desires in this world (Bengali) – Bengal, India
Everything is changeable and temporary in this world.Death is the ultimate truth.There are no limits for material desires.Lila of a beggar in Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada’s Upakhyana Upadesha.Whatever you want, the holy names will give you.The three miseries (adhyatmika, adhidaivika, adhibhautika).Glories of chanting the holy names.We have to chant the maha-mantra according to the scriptures.If you want to go to Vrindavana-dhama, you must first receive the mercy of Mahaprabhu.
2021, rasa-siddhanta, Tulasi-devi, Discourses in Bengali, West Bengal, India, India 2021
11 Dec 2021 evening – We must serve the guru with this body (Bengali) – Bengal, India
Rasa-siddhanta and tattva-siddhanta.Importance of learning siddhanta.Definition of God (Bhagavan).Lila of the atheist man who broke Tulasi-devi.If you worship Tulasi-devi prema-bhakti will appear in your heart.You must respect everyone.God is everywhere in the form of Paramatma. (Supersoul)4 qualities needed to chant the holy names.Lila from the lawyer who wanted to donate to the guru at the time of initiation (diksa).Meaning of listening to hari-katha.Description of how the Lord created human...
2021, renunciation, vairagya, Discourses in Bengali, West Bengal, India, India 2021
11 Dec 2021 morning – The process to attain hari-bhajanа (Bengali) – Bengal, India
The meaning of listening to hari-katha.Process of doing hari-bhajana.Knowledge (jñana) and renunciation (vairagya) arise when you attain bhakti.You must offer everything you have to the Lord.Lila of Sudama Vipra.According to your karma, happiness and suffering will come to you.God Himself teaches us how to serve and honour the presence of a Vaishnava.
2021, Discourses in Bengali, West Bengal, India, India 2021
10 Dec 2021 evening – Three Deities of the Gaudiya Vaishnavas (Bengali) – Bengal, India
Where there is a sadhu and a hari-katha, this place is vrindavana-dhama.Pure Vaishnavas always stay in Vrindavana.If your heart is not pure, transcendental things will not appear in it.3 main deities of Gaudiya Vaishnavas and the story of how the deities manifested themselves.The story of Radha Ramana.Lord Mahaprabhu is Radha Ramana.All stages are present in Radha Ramana (sambandha, abhidheya and prayojana).The names of the Gosvamis who manifested 3 deities.Mahaprabhu gives four instructions to...