Gundicha-marjana Lila

2025, Discourses in Hindi 2025, Christchurch 2025, New Zealand 2025, Gundicha-marjana Lila, The Conditioned Soul, anarthas: four types, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), bhaktas: how to respect Vaishnavas, body: bodily conception, character quality: lust and anger, maya: two functions, soul: conditioned soul

14 Sep 2025 morning – Anger and Lust Are Never Satisfied (Hindi) | Christchurch, New Zealand

September 14, 2025 7:00 AM

* Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu teaches us how to honor and respect Vaisnavas. * The reason Mahaprabhu collected stones and threw them away from the Gundica Temple. * First, the sadhaka must cleanse his heart. * Lust and anger will never be satisfied, no matter how much we serve them. * The conditioned soul has become a slave to lust and anger, hence wandering in this cycle of repeated birth and death. * The good fortune of associating with a sadhu and following his instructions eliminates lust and...

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25 Jun 2025 midday – Gundicha-marjana, Bhaktivinoda Thakura Glories (English) | Cavalcante, Brazil

June 25, 2025 12:00 PM

– Mahaprabhu cried while cleaning the Gundicha Marjana Temple because He was absorbed in Srimati Radhika’s mood. – Purva-raga, mana, pravasa and prema-vaichittya. – In viraha-dasha, there is no ‘servitor’ mood because a devotee is always crying. – Love does not display unhappiness to others. – Sri Radha calls Her sakhis to decorate the kunja for Krishna. – Only Svarupa Damodara understood the heart of Sriman Mahaprabhu. – Ishvara...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Alto Paraiso de Goias 2025, Brazil 2025, Gundicha-marjana 2025, Gundicha-marjana Lila, Ratha-yatra Pastimes

25 Jun 2025 morning – The Story of Gundicha Temple (English) | Alto Paraiso, Brazil

June 25, 2025 7:00 AM

– The Gundicha-marjana temple was built by Indradyumna Maharaja in memory of his wife, Gundicha Devi. – Indradyumna Maharaja was concerned that the yagna-adhishthatra-devata did not appear in his fire sacrifice. – Ramachandra’s fire sacrifice was not possible without His wife, Sita-devi, so His guru, Vasishtha, allowed Him to use a golden statue of Her instead. – Dasharatha Maharaja had 360 queens, three of whom were the most prominent: Kaushalya, Kaikeyi and...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Alto Paraiso de Goias 2025, Brazil 2025, Gundicha-marjana 2025, Gundicha-marjana Lila, Ratha-yatra Pastimes, liberation

24 Jun 2025 evening – Cleaning of the Gundica Temple (English) | Alto Paraiso de Goias, Brazil

June 24, 2025 6:00 PM

– Significance of the cleaning of the Gundica Temple. – Explanation of the procession that takes Lord Jagannatha from His Temple to the Gundica Temple. – About the mercy granted by Lord Jagannatha to all living beings without any distinction. – The liberation from birth from a mother’s womb obtained by darsana, vision, of Lord Jagannatha. – Kapila Muni answers the questions of His mother Devahuti, Third Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam about not wanting to be born...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Sao Paulo 2023, Brazil 2023, Gundicha-marjana 2023, Gundicha-marjana Lila, anuraga: deep attachment (stage of prema; intense love and constant attraction toward Krishna), atma-nivedana: full surrender of the self (complete dedication of oneself to Krishna; one of the nine processes of bhakti), service: vani-seva, service: vapu-seva, sound: shabda-brahman

19 Jun 2023 evening – Gundica Marjana and The Inner Mood of Mahaprabhu (English) – Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 19, 2023 6:50 PM

PART 1 Gundicha Mandira marjana-lila, the pastime of cleaning the Gundicha temple. Lord Jagannatha is patita-pavana (the Saviour of fallen souls). Once a year He comes out of the temple and grants darshana to all living beings indiscriminately. Lord Jagannatha goes from Puri to Gundicha. If you see Lord Jagannatha in the chariot, all your sins will be destroyed. If you dance and chant in front of Lord Jagannatha, you will attain gopi-prema. Lord Brahma tried to reach the dust from the lotus...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Rio de Janeiro 2023, Brazil 2023, sravanam kirtanam visnoh smaranam pada-sevanam, Chaitanya-charitamrita Madhya 20.108, Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.5.23, Gundicha-marjana 2023, Gundicha-marjana Lila, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), association: bad association

14 June 2023 evening – Gundicha-marjana-lila (English) – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 14, 2023 6:14 PM

Snana-yatra lila. Mahaprabhu cleaned the Gundicha temple Himself and supervised the devotees to clean it. Anarthas: (1) svarupa-bhrama (illusion about spiritual identity), (2) asat-trsna (thirst for that which is unreal; that is, material enjoyment), (3) aparadha (offences) and (4) hrdaya-daurbalya (weakness of heart). Dharma, the topmost nature of people is to serve Krishna (CC Madhya 20.108). Song: Jiva jago jiva jago. Enechi ausadhi maya nasibara lagi’: Maha-mantra is the medicine...

2022, Discourses in English 2022, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2022, Undisclosed, Brazil 2022, Gundicha-marjana 2022, Gundicha-marjana Lila

30 Jun 2022 midday – Jagannatha’s Journey to Gundicha (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 30, 2022 12:42 PM

-Lakshmi-devi wants to come along with the Lord Jagannatha to Gundicha but fails-Baladeva Prabhu and Subhadra-devi accompany Lord Jagannatha on the way to Gundicha mandira-Yudhishthira Maharaja’s curse to Kunti-devi & women for hiding details about Karna-During Ratha-yatra Lord Jagannatha accepts coconuts-Why Jagannatha did not take His wife Lakshmi-devi with Him but took His brother and sister-Subhadra-devi is a spy of Lakshmi-devi

2022, Discourses Translated into English 2022, Online discourses 2022, Gundicha-marjana 2022, Gundicha-marjana Lila, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), service: guru-seva, service: vaishnava-seva

30 Jun 2022 – Gundicha-marjana-lila (English translation) – Zoom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 30, 2022 10:39 AM

-Mahaprabhu after returning from a South India tour expressing His desire about Gundicha-mandira-marjana before Ratha-yatra.-Mahaprabhu getting all articles needed for cleaning of Gundicha mandira.-Mahaprabhu going to Gundicha mandira with all devotees doing nama-sankirtana.-By taking all bhaktas Mahaprabhu started sweeping with all devotees.-Why did Mahaprabhu cry while sweeping?-Srimati Radhika hides Her dukha of viraha & with gopis decorating kunja for Krsna’s pleasure...

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