– 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 cloth”;...
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20 Dec 2020 evening (room) – Hari-katha (English translation) – Delhi, India
– Be grateful to Lord: He always protects us; – Story of the Sethji in Varsana and the bangles for Srimati Radhika.
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20 Dec 2020 morning – Saksi Gopal katha (English translation) – Delhi, India
– Chaitanya Charitamrta, Madhya-lila, 5th chapter; – Story of the boatman and how Ramji lal came to testify; – Mahaprabhu goes to Saksi Gopal temple; – Story of the daughter-in-law married to a rich family who couldn’t give donation to sadhu because her father-in-law was only “eating the old, and not the new”; – Importance of speaking after thinking: in Kali Yuga people don’t give importance to words (promises made); -You have money in this...
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19 Dec 2020 evening – How to increase our taste in chanting (English translation) – Delhi, India
– Why is our nama ruci decreasing instead of increasing? Because we are not listening to the glories of holy names as much as we should; – How did Srivas Thakura came to the path of bhakti, his life history; – Srivas was thinking: “Prahlad was protected by Lord, but I’m not a devotee”; – Mahaprabhu saved Srivas Thakur from death; – Story of the detective who disguised as a sadhu; – Sadhu who saw the “oil mine” under the earth;...
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18 Dec 2020 evening – Rasa Lila’s Phala Sruti: Bhakti Comes, Then Only Lust Goes Away (English translation) – 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...
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17 Dec 2020 evening – Glories of listening rasa lila katha + All are guru sevakas (English translation) – Mathura, India
Part 1 – Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 10, chapter 28; – 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 Srima 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...
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17 Dec 2020 morning – Saci Mata Orders Mahaprabhu to Stay in Puri (English translation) – 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...
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16 Dec 2020 – Preface to Rasa Lila Katha (English Translation) – Mathura, India
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 – 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...