-Question: Is it a characteristic of a real disciple to be submissive to his guru?-To surrender to a guru is to consider that you cannot survive without him-Vaishnav and guru wants to give you good samskaras: adhuniki samskaras, praptaniki samskaras-Sukriti’s duty is to bring one to sadhu, guru, vaishnava-Question: You have said that sukriti will lead a person to a guru, but what will make him take further action? What if he does not want to proceed?-5 limbs of raganuga-bhakti: bhava-mayi...
Discourses in English 2022
2022, Discourses in English 2022, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2022, Undisclosed, Brazil 2022, Ekadashi-vrata 2022, character quality: criticism
28 Jan 2022 evening – Observe Ekadashi (English) – Brazil
-Observe Sat-tila Ekadashi with sesame seeds.-Different ways of using sesame seeds in Sat-tila Ekadashi.-Example of Yudhisthira Maharaja desiring everything & Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvatipada desiring aeroplane for Krishna’s service.-In Kali-yuga you cannot perform hard austerities, so just observe ekadashi.-How ekadashi is observed in all 4 yugas with Ambarisha Maharaja example in Satya-yuga.-Lila of Sita-devi asking Vasishtha Rishi as to why she is feeling distress in this life...
2022, Discourses in English 2022, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2022, Undisclosed, Brazil 2022, relatives
28 Jan 2022 midday – Being born into a family of devotees (English) – Brazil
Part 1 -How to know who sadhu is and who Bhagavan is-It’s better to born into a not rich family of devotees than a rich family of non devotees-19 signs on the lotus feet of Bhagavan-Sarvasva tomara carana sampiya bhajana-Clever sober persons want to be in Krishna’s consciousness and foolish do not want-Karmi vs devotee-How many bones people have-Story of a poor man with only part of his skull left and kapalika sadhu took this skull-Srila BV Svami Maharaj: You have to be gentleman, shave your...
2022, Discourses in English 2022, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2022, Undisclosed, Brazil 2022, anuraga: deep attachment (stage of prema; intense love and constant attraction toward Krishna), aparadhas (offences), eating and sleeeping: regulations, spiritual paths: vidhi-marga
28 Jan 2022 morning – Eating and sleeping regulation for devotees (English) – Brazil
Part 1 -Question: Have all jivas been to hell?-Aparadha is much more dangerous than the sin-Question: What is the right way to meditate?-A incident of a disciple of Gurudevа who sang the same bhajanа every day – Gurudev, kripa bindu diya-Vidhi-marga, raga-marga-Srimati Radhika, looking at Krishna’s lips, thinks, “How deep is His anuraga to Me,” while Krishna thinks, “Oh, Radhika wants to taste the remnants of My betel nut.”-Pray to Baladeva Prabhu, Nityananda...
2022, Discourses in English 2022, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2022, Undisclosed, Brazil 2022, mind: manasika-seva, sadhu-sanga: importance, vegetarianism
27 Jan 2022 evening – Importance of sadhu-sanga for other limbs of bhakti (English) – Brazil
-Meaning of Krishna’s name Acyuta.-All the holy rivers manifest where there is hari-katha & all listeners take bath in them.-Srila Vamana Gosvami Maharaja on ajnanis not desiring to listen to hari-katha.-Except butchers everyone wants to listen to hari-katha & who is a butcher.-Meaning of Krishna & Vasudeva.-Effects of listening to hari-katha on listeners.-5 main limbs of bhakti.-Story of an old brahmana doing manasika-seva to Lord & attaining Vaikuntha.-Nama-sankirtana is...
2022, Discourses in English 2022, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2022, Undisclosed, Brazil 2022, Lochana dasa Thakura
26 Jan 2022 evening – Disappearance day of Sri Locana dasa Thakura (English) – Brazil
-Locana dasа Тhakurа wrote Chaitanya-mangala.-Glories of Narahari Sarakara, guru of Locana dasа Тhakurа.-Before Mahaprabhu none discussed about Srimati Radhika’s madanakhya-mahabhava.-Transcendental things you may understand when you surrender completely at lotus feet of guru.-Locana dasа Тhakurа’s surrendered completely at guru’s feet.-Krishna-lila & gaura-lila is simultaneously going on.-Conversation between sakhis in aprakrita Goloka Vrindavana at the time of Mahaprabhu...
2022, Discourses in English 2022, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2022, Undisclosed, Brazil 2022, Mahabharata
26 Jan 2022 midday – Krishna’s desire is best (English) – Brazil
-Tumi sarve sareshvara-Mahabharata: Bhishma Pitamah blesses Draupadi with an unconquerable husband, mistaking her for Duryodhana’s wife, Vanamati-Story of a sadhu who helped the waves flood the boat during the storm-Namabhasa’s four attitudes: sanketa (example: Ajamila), parihasa, stobha and hela-Attachment is a cause of our death: Story of a pair of pigeons caught in a hunter’s net-Joke story of a brahmana teaching a boy of a died father to make pinda-dana
2022, Discourses in English 2022, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2022, Undisclosed, Brazil 2022, anugatya: following in the footsteps (submissive following of devotees; mood of guidance and service)
26 Jan 2022 morning – Krishna’s form will make you stunned (English) – Brazil
-Always remember Krishna’s sweet names-When you have taste in harinama the holy names will dance on the tip of your tongue. You will ask God give you thousands of eyes to take His darshana-A young daughter-in-law took darshana of Krishna and her mind was stolen: she churned mustard seeds instead of yogurt and put rope on a baby placing him in the well instead of a bucket-Gopis see Krishna coming back after grazing the cows and curse Brahma who created only two eyes-You got Krishna in the form...