-Mahaprabhu is matri-bhakta-shiromani. He teaches us how to love mother-When you love someone you worry about him always and get angry if he neglects you-Why Lakshman did not take his wife Urmila to the forest-Story of a donkey and a dog who decide to swap lives with each other. Do your duties according to your eligibility-Еveryone reaps the fruits of their previous karma-Yudhishthira Maharaj cursed Kunti that all women would not be able to keep secrets (the example of mercury, which the body...
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2021, bonafide guru, guru-tattva, Discourses in Bengali, West Bengal, India, India 2021
16 Jul 2021 evening – Significance of Guru and Acharya (Bengali) – Bengal
-Meaning of guru & why should we accept guru?-Guru is the manifestation of Baladev prabhu.-Srila Visvanath Chakravartipad Gurvashtakam.-About 3 folds of suffering.-By Gurudev’s Mercy all suffering will go away.-By the mercy of guru you get the mercy of Bhagavan.-Acharya means non different from Krishna.-First serve guru & then serve Bhagavan.-Only guru makes us to have darshan of Bhagavan thru ears.-About sabda brahman, diksha & siksha gurus.-Practise,follow & preach...
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16 Jul 2021 morning – Hera Panchami (Bengali) – Bengal
-The beauty and happiness of a house depends on a woman-Mahaprabhu loved the plays that were staged by the devotees-Gurudeva talks on the importance of the plays staged by the devotees-When a husband does some punya-karma, he should share this activity with his wife-Lord Jagannatha did not want to take Lakshni-devi with Himself because He was going from aishvarya-bhumi to madhurya-bhumi-Mahaprabhu listen to hari-katha on Hera Panchami-Importance of svajatiya asraya-snigdha. If you want to...
2021, Discourses in Bengali, West Bengal, India, India 2021
15 Jul 2021 evening – Krishna in Dvaraka (Bengali) – Bengal
-3 dhamas of Krishna: purna (complete) – Dvaraka; purnatara (more complete) – Mathura and purnatama (most complete) – Vrindavan-Big Krishna’s family in Dvaraka-Jagannatha-deva is Daru Brahma Bhagavan-Krishna is unhappy in family life-Garuda and Shesha are also always quarelling-The mother and motherland are higher than heaven-If a son dies, his father will cry for him for 3 months, his wife – for 3 days and mother will cry for him the whole life-Narada Rishi asks Krishna...
2021, Discourses in Bengali, Navadvipa, India, India 2021
30 Mar 2021 evening – Carvaka and mayavada philosophy (Bengali) – Navadvipa
– Mahaprabhu is a propagator of nama-sankirtana – Carvaka philosophy: do whatever you want – On mayavada – ‘Brahma’ originates from the word ‘brihan’, i.e. big – No difference between shakti and shaktiman – Real meaning of ‘nirakara’ is that God does not have material form – Kapat chapad: seller sold clothes that did not exist – Bhagavan is beyond material modes of nature – Holy names are sadhana and sadhya (process and goal)
2021, Discourses in Bengali, Navadvipa, India, India 2021
29 Mar 2021 evening – Mahaprabhu and His nama sankirtana (Bengali) – Navadvipa
– Recap of Navadvipa parikrama – Appearance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu – Nama-sankirtana is the religion of this age – What to do during an eclipse – Chant only Hare Krishna maha-mantra, not any other mantra as it gives all the perfection – Primary elements and layers of the body – Types of false ego – Process of cleansing the heart with holy names – Nama ache – Don’t turn your mouth into a sewage gutter – What is kirtana...
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27 Mar 2021 evening – Glories of Srila BV Tirtha Maharaja (Bengali) – Navadvipa
– When Srila Tirtha Maharaja was in this world nobody could understand his transcendental mood – Srila Tirtha Maharaja’s seva-vritti was incomparable. I’ve never seen him sleep – Srila Tirtha Maharaja was very generous. He established so many temples
2021, gopi-bhava, Discourses in Bengali, Navadvipa, Nirdaya-ghata, India, India 2021, Navadvipa-parikrama 2021
25 Mar 2021 morning – Nirdaya-ghat (Bengali) – Navadvipa, India
– Finding happiness in this world is like a mirage – Mahaprabhu gave up everything to deliver living entities – Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s favourite foods – Caitanya Mahaprabhu takes sannyasa – Shakti-paranamavada and achintýa-bheda-abheda-tattva of Mahaprabhu – Mahaprabhu honored 4 sampradayas but accepted Madhava-sampradaya for 2 reasons: for dualism of Madhava and a little bit gopi-bhava in this sampradaya