PART 1
Evidence that manjaris are present in rasa-lila with excerpts from Bhagavat Arka Marichi Mala by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura.
Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s kirtanas.
Gurudeva spoke Hindi.
The definition of parakiya.
Abhimanyu is the manifestation of Krishna’s anger. In Sanskrit Abhimanyu means ‘anger’.
Lalita, Vishakha, Chandravali, Rupa Manjari, Rati Manjari are the manifestations of Radha’s bhavas.
PART 2
The six types of aparadhas. How can we receive a Vaisnava at home. Story of Citrakuta Maharaja, his queens, and his only son who was killed out of jealousy and envy. The specialty of the mantra is the attainment of siddhis (mystical powers). Lila from when Citrakuta Maharaja went to visit Sivaji. Enraged Parvati curses Citrakuta Maharaja. Anger is like the fire that burns everything. The story of the mongoose that killed a snake and saved the baby. The lila of when Mahaprabhu as a child broke...
The six types of aparadhas. How can we receive a Vaisnava at home. Story of Citrakuta Maharaja, his queens, and his only son who was killed out of jealousy and envy. The specialty of the mantra is the attainment of siddhis (mystical powers). Lila from when Citrakuta Maharaja went to visit Sivaji. Enraged Parvati curses Citrakuta Maharaja. Anger is like the fire that burns everything. The story of the mongoose that killed a snake and saved the baby. The lila of when Mahaprabhu as a child broke...
Radha controls Krsna with Her maan (transcendental anger), a very high feeling in parakiya-bhava. Maan is like the goad that controls the elephant (man-ankusam). Song: Śrī Rādhā-kripa-kaṭākṣa-stava-rāja. Krsna runs after Radharani. Jayadeva Gosvami talks about the spring rasa dance. About the stimuli created in Gurudeva’s heart by seeing the sea of Jagannatha Puri. Harikatha destroys all the anarthas of the heart. It’s no use taking a bath in the waters of holy places without...
Radha controls Krsna with Her maan (transcendental anger), a very high feeling in parakiya-bhava. Maan is like the goad that controls the elephant (man-ankusam). Song: Śrī Rādhā-kripa-kaṭākṣa-stava-rāja. Krsna runs after Radharani. Jayadeva Gosvami talks about the spring rasa dance. About the stimuli created in Gurudeva’s heart by seeing the sea of Jagannatha Puri. Harikatha destroys all the anarthas of the heart. It’s no use taking a bath in the waters of holy places without...
A kalpa-vrksa (desire tree) is not as auspicious as satisfying our Gurudeva through our sadhana. Fourth verse of the Guruastakam: chatur-vidha-sri-bhagavat-prasadasvadv-anna-triptan hari-bhakta-sanghan… Sloka: harau guste gurustatra gurau ruste na kascana… The difference between the nectar offered by Sukadeva Gosvami and the nectar drunk by the demigods. The beautiful song: Tava Kathamrta Tapta Jivanam (Gopi Gita). The Bhagavad-katha is a nectar drunk through the ears. The nectar of the...
A kalpa-vrksa (desire tree) is not as auspicious as satisfying our Gurudeva through our sadhana. Fourth verse of the Guruastakam: chatur-vidha-sri-bhagavat-prasadasvadv-anna-triptan hari-bhakta-sanghan… Sloka: harau guste gurustatra gurau ruste na kascana… The difference between the nectar offered by Sukadeva Gosvami and the nectar drunk by the demigods. The beautiful song: Tava Kathamrta Tapta Jivanam (Gopi Gita). The Bhagavad-katha is a nectar drunk through the ears. The nectar of the...
Krishna is the possessor of all the potencies and Srimati Radhika is potency itself. The different moods are manifested from the potencies and each of them has a name. Antaranga-sakti (svarupa-sakti), bahiranga-sakti (maya-sakti), and tatastha-sakti (jiva-sakti). Sloka: ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥkṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam (SB 1.3.28). On hladini, sandini, and samvit. Through hladini-sakti Krsna tastes the sweets and offers them to His devotees. The root of all types of bliss/hladini-sakti is Srimati...