Part 1 – Vani-seva is higher than vapu-seva – Those who doubt the authenticity of holy places and the Lord’s pastimes are atheists and offenders – Importance of book distribution – If in doubt, ask Gurudeva – The elders should show love and concern for the younger ones, and the younger ones should respect the older ones – 5 elements of raganuga bhakti – You should not meditate on your svarupa without proper qualifications – Ambarisha Maharaj...
Discourses in English 2020
24 Dec 2020 evening – Dvivida Vanara Katha (English) – Brazil
Part 1 – About our anarthas; – Story of the old lady who was looking for her needle (only with bhakti we can find this prema which is inside ourselves); – Sreyah and preyah; – Srimati Radhika performs the highest seva and bhakti to Krsna; – A person bound by maya cannot see who is a real sadhu, but still dares to criticize a sadhu; – Dvivida Vanar katha (criticizing Laksman in rama lila, and then being killed by Baladeva prabhu); – Demons disturb to...
24 Dec 2020 morning – Importance of Giving and Receiving + Types of Heroines (English) – Brazil
– Importance of giving and receiving in the love exchange; – Gopis feed to Krsna, and Krsna gives His remnants to the gopis; – Counting the 360 types of heroines.
24 Dec 2020 morning – Baladeva Arranges Subhadra’s Marriage (English) – Brazil
– Yogamaya, Vrinda devi and Purnamasi devi; – Vrinda devi wants to wake up Radha and Krsna, but manjaris want them to continue sleeping (example of mother and grandmother); – Jagannath’s arms are artificial; – About the verse to Yogamaya “pati me kuru te namah”; – Gopis with svakiya bhava for Krsna; – Types of marriage and the best kind of marriage; – Baladeva almost promised Subhadra’s hand to Duryodhana; – Good...
24 Dec 2020 morning walk – The Market of Holy Names (English) – Brazil
– Offenses to the holy names; – Kabe habe bolo bhajan; – Different mahajanas; – Market of holy names; – Bada sukher khabor gay; – What is the comission taken? Your love and affection, your gratitude; – Raghunatha Das Gosvami glorifies Yadunandana Acarya (nama-srestham manum api saci-putram, everyone should learn this sloka); – hantāyam adrir abalā hari-dāsa-varyo (SB 10.21.18), everyone should learn this sloka in glorification of Giriraja; –...
23 Dec 2020 evening – Srila BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja meets Narottamananda Brahmachari (English) – Brazil
Part 1 – Day of Srila Bhakti Kamala Madhusudana Maharaja (Narottamananda brahmachari); – How Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja was inspired to do krsna-bhajana after meeting him; – How rare is the human birth, and our duty before death: labdhvā sudurlabham idam (SB 11.9.29); – Importance of vaisanava-seva: on special occasions, distribute prasada to the vaisnavas even before offering it to the Deity; – First worship to Guru, then worship to Krsna; – Utmost...
23 Dec 2020 morning – From Sadhana to Bhajana (English) – Brazil
– Definition of sadhana and bhajana;- Definition of sadhaka;- Did Bharata Maharaja really fall down?- Why do sadhus travel all over the world? To purify us with their harikatha;- Importance of listening to harikatha (but maya gives us two holes in our ears);- Krsna thinks: “those who are listening to my katha are the friends of my friend” (Śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ – SB 1.2.17);- Atma dhyana (meditation in your soul);- Siddha pranali;- If we...
22 Dec 2020 evening – Jesus Tattva + Avataras Eager for Krishna’s Darshan (English) – Brazil
– First day 🇧🇷 – About traveling again after the COVID -19 pandemic started; – Importance of preaching the message of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (example of the politicians who are also preaching their own philosophy); – Absolute Truth: you are not the resident of this material world; – To go to Goloka, we need someone who knows how to get there (example of the program in Pinda, Brazil, with Kunja Bihari prabhu); – Jesus tattva: he is jiva tattva and a shaktyavesha...