New York 2024

12 Dec 2024 afternoon – Gita Jayanti (Hindi) | New York, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Today is Gita Jayanti and Ekadashi. On Mokshada Ekadashi Krishna told Bhagavad-gita to Arjuna. Greed and attachment are destroyed when we read Bhagavad-gita. Everything about the soul is described in Bhagavad-gita. If we read Gita every day, our self-confidence will increase. A message from Gita: Whatever you eat, first offer it to God. Krishna and Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. There are 18 chapters in Gita. It consists of karma-yoga, bhakti-yoga and jnana-yoga. Where Bhagavat-gita...

11 Dec 2024 evening – Bhagavad-tattva (English) | Bronx, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Today is Giya Jayanti and Mokshada Ekadashi.

Different chapters of Bhagavad-gita are about different types of yoga.

Atma-tattva from Bhagavad-gita.

Anu-chaitanya (jiva) and brihad-chaitanya (God).

Three aspects of the Lord.

Sloka: vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvaṁ yaj jñānam advayam… (SB 1.2.11).

6 opulences of Bhagavan.

Everyone is enchanted with Krishna’s beauty, His glance, His garments, His flute.

Absorption and greed of the gopis.

Lila: the new bride took darshana of Krishna and went mad.

12 Dec 2024 afternoon – Gita Jayanti (English translation) | New York, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Today is Gita Jayanti and Ekadashi. On Mokshada Ekadashi Krishna told Bhagavad-gita to Arjuna. Greed and attachment are destroyed when we read Bhagavad-gita. Everything about the soul is described in Bhagavad-gita. If we read Gita every day, our self-confidence will increase. A message from Gita: Whatever you eat, first offer it to God. Krishna and Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. There are 18 chapters in Gita. It consists of karma-yoga, bhakti-yoga and jnana-yoga. Where Bhagavat-gita...

10 Dec 2024 morning evening – Srimad Bhagavad Gita (English) | New York, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

The different knowledge contained in the Srimad Bhagavad Gita. Knowledge of the soul, of matter and the special knowledge of transcendence. The three aspects of God: Brahma, Paramatma and Bhagavan. Brahma is the effulgence of the Lord. Paramatma is the Supersoul that dwells in the hearts of living beings. Bhagavan is the one who possesses six opulences Lord Ramacandra attends to a dog in the court of Ayodhya. A brahma-jnana does not identify with the body, his mind is never disturbed and does...