Location: Giridhari Gaudiya Math, Govardhan – Hemant season and the hemantik rasa lila; – What is rasa lila and its different types; – Yogamaya and the moon inspire Krsna to perform rasa; – Glories of listening to rasa lila katha and how to do that; – Krsna can do the rasa lila, He is Svayam Bhagavan; – Story of the donkey and the dog (do things according to your eligibility); – Don`t imitate your guru (nor Krsna), follow his instructions (anusarana...
anugatya: following in the footsteps (submissive following of devotees; mood of guidance and service)
30 Nov 2020 evening – Hemantika rasa lila (English translation) – Govardhana, India
– Hemant season and the hemantik rasa lila;- What is rasa lila and its different types;- Yogamaya and the moon inspire Krsna to perform rasa;- Glories of listening to rasa lila katha and how to do that;- Krsna can do the rasa lila, He is Svayam Bhagavan;- Story of the donkey and the dog (do things according to your eligibility);- Don’t imitate your guru (nor Krsna), follow his instructions (anusarana, anugatya) and follow the step-by-step development.
28 Nov 2020 – Q&A + Sri Damodarashtakam. Sloka 6, 7 (Hindi) – India
– Meaning of “deva”;- Our meeting and separation is according to the influence of time (example of the islands, the bundle of grass, the birds in the tree)- The restlessness of Krsna in the rasa lila;- Krsna coming as a peace messenger to the Kauravas;- You need to cross the river of material existence but you have no “money”;- Harikatha makes you renounce;- Krsna manifests different forms depending on the devotee;- The speciality of the service that women can do;...
25 Nov 2020 – Damodarastakam 4: Developing taste for vraja-raganuga-bhakti only (English translation) – India
4th sloka Damodarastakam;Children are very restless, but when we grow up, we get more serious (we see this in Krsna as well);In the Bhagavatam, Shukadeva Gosvami described the lilas of only one single day of Krsna.- Sukadeva using the word “etah” means that he is directly seeing all those lilas he’s described;This material body cannot tolerate prema (when one attains bhava, one dies);Uddhava glorifies the rudha-bhava of the gopis: what is the use of being Lord Brahma if we...
25 Nov 2020 (room class) – Damodarastakam 4: Developing taste for vraja-raganuga-bhakti only (Hindi) – India
4th sloka Damodarastakam;Children are very restless, but when we grow up, we get more serious (we see this in Krsna as well);In the Bhagavatam, Shukadeva Gosvami described the lilas of only one single day of Krsna.- Sukadeva using the word “etah” means that he is directly seeing all those lilas he’s described;This material body cannot tolerate prema (when one attains bhava, one dies);Uddhava glorifies the rudha-bhava of the gopis: what is the use of being Lord Brahma if we...
10 Dec 2017 morning – Glories of Srila BV Vamana and BV Narayana Maharaj (Hindi) – Skype
What is the essence of Life? Bhagavat-seva.sāksād-dharitvena samasta-śāstrairuktas tathā bhāvyata eva sadbhikintu prabhor ya priya eva tasyavande guro śrī-caranāravindam(Śrī Gurvāṣṭakam 7, Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravarti Ṭhākura)Scriptures unanimously proclaim śrī guru to be sākṣāt-hari, directly Śrī Hari. This is a fact jointly corroborated by all saintly persons. Yet at the same time, śrī guru is very dear to Bhagavān. I adore the lotus feet of that śrī gurudeva...