-Be far from the place of Chandravali-Give up your ego and pride and feel affection for Vrajavasis-Nature of brahmanas is to always ask for offerings. Lakshmi devi cursed them for that-Principal and secondary names of the Lord-Atma-rati, apurva-rati-If you desire anything other than bhakti then this is hypocrisy-Gurudev chastises Param-Gurudev’s disciples who speak babaji katha-Don’t be lazy to chant holy names. Example of Narottama Prabhu, who could not find time to chant because of the large...
Mathura 2021
05 Jun 2021 morning – Narada-Yudhishthira samvad (Sannyasi dharma, SB 7.13) (English translation) – Mathura, India
-Be far from the place of Chandravali-Give up your ego and pride and feel affection for Vrajavasis-Nature of brahmanas is to always ask for offerings. Lakshmi devi cursed them for that-Principal and secondary names of the Lord-Atma-rati, apurva-rati-If you desire anything other than bhakti then this is hypocrisy-Gurudev chastises Param-Gurudev’s disciples who speak babaji katha-Don’t be lazy to chant holy names. Example of Narottama Prabhu, who could not find time to chant because of the large...
04 Jun 2021 evening – Manah-shiksha (Hindi) – Mathura, India
-Mind is flickering(chanchal).-How can the mind be controlled?-Manah shiksha tells to engage the mind at the lotus feet of Radha Krishna.-Bhakti unmukha sukriti helps in getting sadhu sanga & then bhakti.-Story of a fox taking paneer from a crow with sweet words.-Always think of gurudev’s lotus feet as Gurudev is sambandha pradata.-By guru’s mercy all anarthas go away.-Stay in Vraja & do bhajan.-Everything in Vrindavan is favourable for Radha Krishna seva.-In Manasa-sarovara...
04 Jun 2021 evening – Manah-shiksha (English translation) – Mathura, India
-Mind is flickering(chanchal).-How can the mind be controlled?-Manah shiksha tells to engage the mind at the lotus feet of Radha Krishna.-Bhakti unmukha sukriti helps in getting sadhu sanga & then bhakti.-Story of a fox taking paneer from a crow with sweet words.-Always think of gurudev’s lotus feet as Gurudev is sambandha pradata.-By guru’s mercy all anarthas go away.-Stay in Vraja & do bhajan.-Everything in Vrindavan is favourable for Radha Krishna seva.-In Manasa-sarovara...
04 Jun 2021 morning – Narada-Yudhishthira samvad (Varnashrama-dharma) (Hindi) – Mathura, India
When a baby takes birth he remembers his previous parents and when he see new parents he cries as feels completely helplessEven a person is not initiated and he chants the holy names, he is called a brahmanaStory of Jabali, her son Satyakam and Haridru Gautama GuruSimplicity is brahmanismEveryone is born as a brahmana, but as they get older, they become crooked shudrasWho can be a brahmachariAll brahmacharis should look at all women as their mothers or younger sistersUpakurvan brahmachari and...
04 Jun 2021 morning – Narada-Yudhishthira samvad (Varnashrama-dharma) (English translation) – Mathura, India
When a baby takes birth he remembers his previous parents and when he see new parents he cries as feels completely helplessEven a person is not initiated and he chants the holy names, he is called a brahmanaStory of Jabali, her son Satyakam and Haridru Gautama GuruSimplicity is brahmanismEveryone is born as a brahmana, but as they get older, they become crooked shudrasWho can be a brahmachariAll brahmacharis should look at all women as their mothers or younger sistersUpakurvan brahmachari and...
03 Jun 2021 evening – Glories of Raghunatha dasa Gosvami and his Manah-shiksha (Hindi) – Mathura, India
Arjuna complains to Krishna about the restlessness of his mindAbhyasa and vairagya are two processes that help to condition the mindWealth is lost nothing is lost, health is lost something is lost, character is lost everything is lostMind is compared to mustard seed, which grows very quicklyPanca-karmendriya, -gyanendriya, -tanmatraStory of the goat who couldn’t stop eatingGlories of Raghunatha dasa Gosvami and his nishtha to Srimati RadhikaMaharabhu gave different instructions to His...
03 Jun 2021 evening – Glories of Raghunatha das Gosvami and his Manah-shiksha (English translation) – Mathura, India
Arjuna complains to Krishna about the restlessness of his mindAbhyasa and vairagya are two processes that help to condition the mindWealth is lost nothing is lost, health is lost something is lost, character is lost everything is lostMind is compared to mustard seed, which grows very quicklyPanca-karmendriya, -gyanendriya, -tanmatraStory of the goat who couldn’t stop eatingGlories of Raghunatha dasa Gosvami and his nishtha to Srimati RadhikaMaharabhu gave different instructions to His...