Discourses in Hindi 2020
28 Nov 2020 – Q&A + Sri Damodarashtakam. Sloka 6, 7 (Hindi) – India
– Meaning of “deva”;- Our meeting and separation is according to the influence of time (example of the islands, the bundle of grass, the birds in the tree)- The restlessness of Krsna in the rasa lila;- Krsna coming as a peace messenger to the Kauravas;- You need to cross the river of material existence but you have no “money”;- Harikatha makes you renounce;- Krsna manifests different forms depending on the devotee;- The speciality of the service that women can do;...
28 Nov 2020 – Narada-kunda (Hindi) – Vraja-mandala parikrama – India
– Original Svarupa: Naradiya gopi;- Narada doesn’t create quarrel, he increases the love;- Service in gaura-lila as a grhastha Srivas Thakur;- Son of Srivas gives up his body in the middle of the kirtan;- 5 places in which Mahaprabhu is always present;- Srivas’ mother-in-law and the brahmachari who used to drink only milk who wanted to see the nama-sankirtan lila in Srivas Thakur’s house;- What is the purpose of renunciation and mauna-vrat (ārādhito yadi haris tapasā...
27 Nov 2020 – Raval – The appearance of Srimati Radhika (Hindi) – Vraja mandala parikrama – India
– Srimati Radhika in Her beautiful form as a baby when She appears in this world;- “Vraja” means that vrajavasis are always moving (Raval was a place where Vrsabhanu Maharaja resided);- Shiva and Parvati afraid that their son and bull might be carried away with the donations of Nanda Maharaja;- Srimati Radhika appearing on a lotus in the Yamua in Raval (and the beauty of the nature at that time);- Narada comes and has the darshan of Srimati Radhika and blesses Her.
27 Nov 2020 – Raval – Appearance place of Srimati Radhika (Hindi) – India
– In different eras, Srimati Radhika appears in different ways (from egg, from fire etc);- “Vraja” means to move: Nanda Maharaja and Vrsabhanu Maharaja used to live close by no matter where (Nanda Gaon/ Varsana, Gokula/ Raval);- Parvati and Shiva concerned that Nandi and Ganesha might be carried away with all the donations that Nanda Maharaja was giving;- The beauty of the nature in the moment that Vrsabhanu Maharaja finds Srimati Radhika on a lotus in the Yamuna river;...
27 Nov 2020 – Vraja-mandala parikrama – Brahmanda Ghata (Hindi) – India
Mother Yashoda sees universes in Krsna + Krsna’s pastimes with His friends – Lila of Krsna eating mud;- Krishna shows all the universes inside His belly to Mother Yashoda, but she doesn’t believe He is Bhagavan (pure vatsalya rasa x Arjuna’s reaction seeing the universal form);- Lila of when the friends of Krsna say to Him that He is adopted (because His color is different from His parents’);- ittham satam brahma-sukhanubhutya (SB 10.12.11): the good fortune of the...
26 Nov 2020 – Kartik – Damodarastakam Sloka 5 and 6 (Hindi) – India
– Verse 5 and 6 Damodarastakam;- Gopis did their bodily activities and household chores only by habit and by the arrangement of Yogamaya (because they are completely absorbed in Krsna);- Gopis had no kids of their own;-Importance of listening to harikatha and finding a balance between chanting, serving and listening to harikatha;- Gopis curse Brahma for the creation of eyelids;- Symptom of vatsalya-rasa: kissing the cheeks and sniffing the head of the child;- Anisthita bhajana kriya...
26 Nov 2020 – Srila Raghunatha Das Gosvami Vraja Pastimes (Hindi) – India
Glories of Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami, the most prominent rupanuga acarya – Srila Dasa Gosvami did his bhajana only in Radha kunda; – Mahaprabhu offered Srila Raghunatha Das Gosvami to Svarupa Damodar (Svarupera Raghu); – After the disappearance of Mahaprabhu, Srila Das Gosvami shifted from Puri to Vrindavana (Radha-kunda); – Srimati Radhika Herself made a shade for Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami with Her veil; – Raganuga and rupanuga; – Bhakti and bhakti...