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04 Apr 2024 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 3 (English translation) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 4, 2024 6:10 PM

PART 1 PART 2 The Bhagavad katha was uttered on three occasions: between Narada Muni and Vyasadeva (Narada-Vyasa-Samvada); between Sukadeva Gosvami and Pariksit Maharaja (Suka-Pariksit-Samvada); between Suta Gosvami and Saunaka Rsi (Suta-Saunaka-Samvada). ⁠One should not hear about Bhagavatam from a non-devotee. ⁠Sloka: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya — kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’ (CC Madhya-lila 20.108–109). ⁠There is only one process for us to understand God: complete surrender. ⁠Sloka: nāyam ātmā pravacanena...

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04 Apr 2024 midday – What Is Jiva’s Good Fortune? (English translation) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 4, 2024 12:03 PM

The jiva’s good fortune happens when he manages to associate with the sadhu. ⁠Not everyone has the fortune to recognize the sadhu and associate with him. ⁠There are those jivas/people who associate with the sadhu just like mosquitoes do. ⁠We must learn to associate properly with the sadhu. ⁠Three powerful substances: Bhakta-pada-dhūli – taking the dust from the pure devotee’s lotus feet: inner meaning = following the Guru’s instructions; bhakta-pada-jala – drinking...

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03 Apr 2024 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 2 (English translation) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 3, 2024 6:41 PM

PART 1 Gokarna-Dundukari hari-katha. Always do pranamas to the Lord, then you will not come back to this material world. Dharmaḥ projjhita-kaitavo ‘tra paramo nirmatsarāṇāṁ satāṁ (SB 1.1.2). Svarupa-bhrama and krishna-bahirmukhata are removed by bhagavata-katha. If one has the desire in his heart to listen to bhagavat-katha, the Lord sits in his heart. If a person is devoid of ego then his every step towards a sadhu is equal to millions of sacrifices. Demigods take the form of humans to...

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03 Apr 2024 midday – Krishna is Attained Only Through Prema (English translation) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 3, 2024 12:46 PM

Maya cannot be where Krishna is. The qualities of Bhagavan Krishna and His incarnations. The disciple should tolerate his guru’s punishment for spiritual development. The best way to invest and purify money. Knowledge is the way to donate, because it never diminishes when you donate it. The best knowledge to acquire is the knowledge of how to attain the lotus feet of Bhagavan. The story of a mouse who became a princess in her next life after she tasted the gheewick offered to the deity...

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03 Apr 2024 morning – Srila BV Tirtha Gosvami Gaudiya Matha’s (English translation) – West Bengal, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 3, 2024 9:35 AM

Srila BV Tirtha Maharaja manifested many temples.

Listen to hari-katha only from pure Vaishnavas, then the mirror of your heart will be purified.

Whatever we get, we get according to our karma.

The story of how a thief dropped gold coins through a hole in the roof of a ploughman’s house.

Gokarna-Dundukari katha.

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02 Apr 2024 evening – Bhagavat Saptaha, day 1 (English translation) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 2, 2024 6:29 PM

Srimad-Bhagavatam is called the king of all scriptures, samraja. How did the topmost Purana Srimad Bhagavatam manifest? The auspicious effects of hearing the glories of Srimad Bhagavatam. The twelve Cantos of Srimad-Bhagavatam are the limbs and body of the Lord, His manifestation in Grantha form. The auspicious benefits of hearing Srimad-Bhagavatam. How to know when Prema manifests in our hearts. How God so kindly takes care of us. The teachings of Srimad Bhagavatam for the benefit of the...

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02 Apr 2024 midday – The Teaching of Having Faith in Thakurji (English translation) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 2, 2024 12:49 PM

Description of the classes of Brahmans, highest being the catur-vedhi-brahman. Katha of the two Brahmans, the older who offered kanya-dhana, the greatest charitable act of giving a daughter in marriage, to the younger. Harikatha of Rukmini sending a letter to Krishna. That women will have predominant views in Kali-yuga is written in shastra. Harikatha of Bhisma Pitamah taking Ambika, Amba and Ambalika. How pindadan was given to the forefathers in ancient times and the process that still occurs...

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01 Apr 2024 evening – Bhagavata Katha (English translation) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 1, 2024 6:37 PM

Srimad Bhagavatam is the essence of all Vedas, Puranas and Upanisads. Maya Devi’s three punishments: adhidaivika, adhibhautika and adhyatmika. The different manifestations of Krsna. Verse: tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.31.9). When you reach the abode of the Lord, you never return to the material world. The different moods of worship (sakhya, dasya, vatsalya and madhurya) lead to different abodes. Lila by Nrsimhadeva Bhagavan. Subhal and Sridama’s friendly mood...

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