Sloka: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya — kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’ (CC Madhya-lila 20.108-109). A surprising effect of Kali-yuga: it is easier to sell alcoholic drinks than milk. The song Jiv Jago Jiv Jago says: jīv jāgo, jīv jāgo, gauracānda bole kota nidrā jāo māyā-piśācīra kole — “Lord Gauranga is calling: Wake up, sleeping souls! Wake up, sleeping souls! How long will you sleep in the lap of the witch called Maya?” Sloka: nāma cintāmaṇiḥ kṛṣṇaś (CC Madhya-lila 17.133). Story of the two brahmanas, one poor...
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05 Apr 2024 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 4 (Bengali) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About Bharata Maharaja and Ambarisa Maharaja; by hearing about the lives of pure devotees we attain Bhakti. What you think at the moment of death will be your destiny in the next life. Bharata Maharaja was a high devotee, he lost everything due to attachment. The activities of Vaisnavas are beyond the understanding of materialists. Jada Bharata was an Uttama-uttama-maha-bhagavata, always absorbed in transcendental moods. The rules and etiquettes of Vedic culture contrast with the degradation of...
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05 Apr 2024 morning – Under No Circumstances Abandon Ekadasi (Bengali) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Today is a very high day, Ekadasi tithi, Madhava tithi, Hari Vasara tithi etc. To follow Ekadasi, do not eat any grains on this day, if possible, do nirjala, do not eat anything, nor drink water. The Scriptures indicate that everyone should follow Ekadasi (from 8 to 80 years old), twice a month. One of the seeds in the grains on the day of Ekadasi is the sin of killing father and mother. Speculating about how and when sin enters the grain is mere logic without spirituality. Understand...
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04 Apr 2024 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 3 (Bengali) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The Bhagavad katha was uttered on three occasions: between Narada Muni and Vyasadeva (Narada-Vyasa-Samvada); between Sukadeva Gosvami and Pariksit Maharaja (Suka-Pariksit-Samvada); between Suta Gosvami and Saunaka Rsi (Suta-Saunaka-Samvada). One should not hear about Bhagavatam from a non-devotee. Sloka: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya — kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’ (CC Madhya-lila 20.108–109). There is only one process for us to understand God: complete surrender. Sloka: nāyam ātmā pravacanena labhyo (Katha...
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04 Apr 2024 midday – What Is Jiva’s Good Fortune? (Bengali) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The jiva’s good fortune happens when he manages to associate with the sadhu. Not everyone has the fortune to recognize the sadhu and associate with him. There are those jivas/people who associate with the sadhu just like mosquitoes do. We must learn to associate properly with the sadhu. Three powerful substances: Bhakta-pada-dhūli – taking the dust from the pure devotee’s lotus feet: inner meaning = following the Guru’s instructions; bhakta-pada-jala – drinking...
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04 Apr 2024 morning – Hari-katha (Bengali) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
0:10 – The significance of bhakta-pada-dhuli (the dust from the feet of devotees) 1:40 – A story about a disciple and four rasagullas 7:40 – The nature of the mind; Krishna speaks in the Bhagavad-gita about practice and renunciation — everything depends on our mind. Otherwise, one cannot perform bhajana 15:33 – A story about an elderly woman who lost a needle in the dark while threading garlands 19:00 – To receive darshan of the Lord, one must serve His devotees — vaishnava-seva 21:10 – A story...
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03 Apr 2024 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 2 (Bengali) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Gokarna-Dundukari hari-katha. Always do pranamas to the Lord, then you will not come back to this material world. Dharmaḥ projjhita-kaitavo ‘tra paramo nirmatsarāṇāṁ satāṁ (SB 1.1.2). Svarupa-bhrama and krishna-bahirmukhata are removed by bhagavata-katha. If one has the desire in his heart to listen to bhagavat-katha, the Lord sits in his heart. If a person is devoid of ego then his every step towards a sadhu is equal to millions of sacrifices. Demigods take the form of humans to come and...
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03 Apr 2024 midday – Krishna is Attained Only Through Prema (Bengali) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Maya cannot be where Krishna is. The qualities of Bhagavan Krishna and His incarnations. The disciple should tolerate his guru’s punishment for spiritual development. The best way to invest and purify money. Knowledge is the way to donate, because it never diminishes when you donate it. The best knowledge to acquire is the knowledge of how to attain the lotus feet of Bhagavan. The story of a mouse who became a princess in her next life after she tasted the gheewick offered to the deity...