Human birth is so rare.
Life processes common to humans and animals and one very important difference.
We brought nothing into this world when we were born, and we will take nothing out of it when we die.
The bazaar of harinama.
Ajamila katha.
Nobody is happy in the material world.
Krishna-nama and radha-nama.
– Discussion of the places not visited on Parikrama. – Instructions from Mahaprabhu with regards to staying in the holy dhama. – The Lord’s mercy comes like torrents of rain. – The Lord’s desire to see Gopal on top of Giriraja Govardhana. – Surya-kunda harikatha. – Jagannatha dasa Babaji Maharaja’s instruction to his disciples. – To attain gopi-bhava, we must go to the pastime places and perform austerities there. – We have to walk twenty five...
Verse: anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁjñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam (CC Madhya 19.167).
The end of the month of Kartika.
The Parikrama of Vraja Mandala sustains the devotees by revitalizing them.
Never criticize Parikrama.
The Lord wants to give everyone the opportunity to serve.
The five rules of raganuga-bhakti: sādhu-saṅga, nāma-kīrtana, bhāgavata-śravaṇamathurā-vāsa, śrī-mūrtira śraddhāya sevana (CC Madhya-lila 22.128).
The rule of param (breaking) of Kartika Vrata.
The greatest sadness in the world is the separation of devotees from bhaktas. The essence of all harikatha is association, when we listen and can have darsana. There are three types of prema in the heart: what we hear, what we see and what is spontaneous.-Srila Gurudeva Vana Maharaja tells how he met Srila Bhakti Pramoda Puri Maharaja. Sloka: tṛṇād api sunīcena taror api sahiṣṇunā amāninā mānadena kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ (Siksastakam 3). Srila Gurudeva Vana Maharaja tells stories about his time...
– The various places visited on the parikrama (pilgrimage) of Vrndavana. – The punishment for the disciple is the mercy of the Guru. – The Guru knows who will leave when punished. And the Hindi proverb that talks about mature bamboo and green bamboo. – The story of the rich brahmacari disciple who asked for service, was punished by the pujari, and talked to the clay pot. – The test that must be done when buying a clay pot. – About the punishments that Srila...
In Kali-yuga most people have faith in demigods. People do not know what is favourable or unfavourable, this discrimination is possible only through performing bhajana. The four types of people who worship Krsna, as mentioned in the Bhagavad Gita. The story of when the elephant Gajendra was pulled into the water by a crocodile. A person can do bhajana only if he has sukriti, which comes throughsadhu-sanga. Manjari-seva is the highest service, and, the sevas of the nisanta-lila period. The...
– This is the place where Baladeva Prabhu turned back. – About the postponed marriage of Radha and Krsna and the relationship with the vrajavasis. – The birth of Krsna. – Narayana sometimes enters Krsna’s body. – The reason why the marriage of Radha and Krsna was not held. – The conversation of Baladeva Prabhu and Krsna. – Baladeva Prabhu’s darsana on Choti Baithan. – Baladeva Prabhu turned black in Choti Baithan. – Bhakti...
