About Bharata Maharaja and Ambarisa Maharaja; by hearing about the lives of pure devotees we attain Bhakti. What you think at the moment of death will be your destiny in the next life. Bharata Maharaja was a high devotee, he lost everything due to attachment. The activities of Vaisnavas are beyond the understanding of materialists. Jada Bharata was an Uttama-uttama-maha-bhagavata, always absorbed in transcendental moods. The rules and etiquettes of Vedic culture contrast with the degradation of...
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05 Apr 2024 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 4 (English translation) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About Bharata Maharaja and Ambarisa Maharaja; by hearing about the lives of pure devotees we attain Bhakti. What you think at the moment of death will be your destiny in the next life. Bharata Maharaja was a high devotee, he lost everything due to attachment. The activities of Vaisnavas are beyond the understanding of materialists. Jada Bharata was an Uttama-uttama-maha-bhagavata, always absorbed in transcendental moods. The rules and etiquettes of Vedic culture contrast with the degradation of...
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05 Apr 2024 morning – Under No Circumstances Abandon Ekadasi (Bengali) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Today is a very high day, Ekadasi tithi, Madhava tithi, Hari Vasara tithi etc. To follow Ekadasi, do not eat any grains on this day, if possible, do nirjala, do not eat anything, nor drink water. The Scriptures indicate that everyone should follow Ekadasi (from 8 to 80 years old), twice a month. One of the seeds in the grains on the day of Ekadasi is the sin of killing father and mother. Speculating about how and when sin enters the grain is mere logic without spirituality. Understand...
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05 Apr 2024 morning – Under No Circumstances Abandon Ekadasi (English translation) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Today is a very high day, Ekadasi tithi, Madhava tithi, Hari Vasara tithi etc. To follow Ekadasi, do not eat any grains on this day, if possible, do nirjala, do not eat anything, nor drink water. The Scriptures indicate that everyone should follow Ekadasi (from 8 to 80 years old), twice a month. One of the seeds in the grains on the day of Ekadasi is the sin of killing father and mother. Speculating about how and when sin enters the grain is mere logic without spirituality. Understand...
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04 Apr 2024 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 3 (Bengali) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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 labhyo (Katha...
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04 Apr 2024 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 3 (English translation) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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? (Bengali) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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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04 Apr 2024 midday – What Is Jiva’s Good Fortune? (English translation) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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...