Part 1 – Story of the lion killed by the hunter that listened holy names from the mouth of sadhu; – Be careful with listening bad things about others; – Chant holy names with sadhu; – It’s so hard to concenter our minds; – Exception of Kali Yuga about taking bath; – Story of the 4 sons and the yugas; – About the bhutas in your house and you have faith in fire sacrifice; – Story about “kapara chapara”, the “exquisite...
Discourses in Hindi 2020
2020, Discourses in Hindi 2020, Delhi 2020, India 2020
20 Dec 2020 evening (room) – Hari-katha (Hindi) – Delhi, India
– Be grateful to Lord: He always protects us;
– Story of the Sethji in Varsana and the bangles for Srimati Radhika.
2020, Discourses in Hindi 2020, Mathura 2020, India 2020, bhakti: definitions of bhakti
18 Dec 2020 evening – Rasa Lila’s Phala Sruti Bhakti Comes, Then Only Lust Goes Away (Hindi) – Mathura, India
– How hard it is to conquer the lust (the root of our bondage in maya); – Sloka of the result of hearing (phala sruti) of rasa lila (10.33.39, vikriditam vraja-vadhubhir idam ca vishnoh); – “Anusrnuyat”, anu means: under guidance, incessantly, listen from mouth of guru etc; – Definitions of bhakti; – Sambandhatmika bhakti (first relationship, then service) and kamatmika bhakti (first service, relationship doesn’t matter); – Gopis never think...
2020, Discourses in Hindi 2020, Undisclosed, India 2020, Madhavendra Puri
18 Dec 2020 morning – Glories of Madhavendra Puripada (Hindi)
– Chaitanya Charitamrta, Madhya-lila, chapter 4; – Chaitanya Mahaprabhu told this harikatha when He was at Ksira Chora Gopinatha’s temple; – Krishna comes in disguise to Madhavaendra Puri pada at Govinda kunda and gives him milk; – Gopal appears in his dream and instructs to be rediscovered; – Establishment of Gopal on the top of Giriraj and Annakut mahotsava for the Deity; – Eating after bathing; – How did Gopinath kept the kheer for Madhavendra...
2020, Discourses in Hindi 2020, Mathura 2020, India 2020, Rasa-lila
17 Dec 2020 evening – Glories of listening rasa lila katha + All are guru sevakas (Hindi) – Mathura, India
– Phala sruti (fruits) of listening to rasa lila katha; – Everyone is interested in the fruits (example what you will get by having a cow); – Krishna becomes intoxicated with the fragrance of Srimati Radhika; – Krsna glorifies the wind (Pavana deva) for touching Srimati Radhika’s clothes; – Krsna’s infallible weapon: the sound of His flute; – The three greeds of Krsna: Krishna becomes amazed and wants to know what is the glory of Srimati...
2020, Discourses in Hindi 2020, Mathura 2020, India 2020, institution: ISKCON
17 Dec 2020 morning – Saci Mata Orders Mahaprabhu to Stay in Puri (Hindi) – Mathura, India
– Chaitanya Charitamrta, Madhya-lila chapter 3; – Shaci devi’s meeting Mahaprabhu in Shantipur; – Saci devi told to Mahaparabhu to stay in Jagannath Puri, not in Vrindavana (after sannyasa); – All nabadwip vasis went to see Mahaprabhu except for Visnupriya devi; – Visnupriya suffers in separation and serves Mahaprabhu’s vigraha; – How Rama did the Deity of Gopinath; – Rama remembers Krsna lila and Gaura lila in Mamagacchi; – Kirtan of...
2020, Discourses in Hindi 2020, Mathura 2020, India 2020, Rasa-lila, Svayam Bhagavan, Vyasadeva
16 Dec 2020 evening – Preface to Rasa Lila Katha (Hindi) – Mathura, India
– Qualifications of Sukadeva Gosvami;- Why was Vyasadeva chasing Sukadeva when he went to the forest? Vyasadeva didn’t have attachments!- Slokas taught by Vyasadeva to the hunters to be able to “catch” Sukadev in the forest (about the qualities and beauty of Krsna);- Purana katha: Vyasadeva wanted to test Sukadeva to see if he was qualified to speak rasa lila katha, Sukadeva had to go to the assembly of Sirodaj Janak Maharaja;- Not so easy to digest rasa lila katha;...
2020, Discourses in Hindi 2020, Mathura 2020, India 2020, lineage: Achyuta gotra, service: cooking
16 Dec 2020 – Ceremony + Renounce One’s Ego When Going to Visit Saintly Personality (Hindi) – Mathura, India
– Yuddhisthira Maharaja wants to perform rajasuya yagña;- Good things, do them promptly; bad things, postpone them;- Ravana wanted to do a stairway to heaven;- Call your enemies to do good things together (Yuddhisthir called Kauravas to help in the rajasuya yajña);- Duryodhana and Duhshasana were in charge of giving the donations, Bhima and Draupadi were in charge of the cooking;- The “victory bell” of the raja suya yajña was not ringing because still one saint was left to...