A Jackal and a Crow

17 Aug 2023 evening – The Guru’s Love Is Unconditional (Hindi) – Jagannatha Puri, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 1 PART 2 The difference between kama (desire) and prema (love). The story of the servant who agreed with everything the king said because he had his interests. Conditioned souls are like this. The guru’s love is unconditional because prema is not of this world, it is divine and transcendental. The story of the crow and the jackal. The prema of the gopis is the lust of the gopis and vice versa. Don’t hear harikatha from non-Vaisnavas, hear it from pure devotees. People in this...

23 May 2019 morning darshan – Hari-katha (English) – United Kingdom

Chaturmasya month – how should we follow it?How to know my position in varnashrama-dharma?“Brahmachari life is the best life”How to control your senses and your mindManah Siksha, verse 1 (enphasis in “catubhir abhiyace”, sweet and flattering words to pacify your mind)The crow and the jackal’s pastimeThe pastime of the hunter who was sharpening his spear when a marriage party passed by himShastra jñanaWhat is the meaning of the grhastha life?Prahlada Maharaja’s verse (SB 7.5.5)...