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2021, Discourses in English 2021, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2021, Undisclosed, Brazil 2021, Putana-mokshana Lila, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), avidya: ignorance (illusion about the self and reality; lack of spiritual knowledge), character quality: duplicity, karma: previous life

18 Jan 2021 evening – Putana Mokshana Lila (English) – Brazil

January 18, 2021 7:34 PM

-Putana is Ratnavali, daughter of Bali Maharaj in previous life. -How can a demon like Putana come to Transcendental Goloka? -Putana represents duplicity & hypocrisy. Guru & Krishna are antaryami & you cann’t hide in front of them. -Why did Krishna kill Putana, a lady first? -Krishna has to destroy all kinds of anarthas in our heart. Putana is the personification of avidya. Avidya means to forget your own transcendental form. -Why did Baby Krishna closed His eyes on seeing...

2017, Discourses in Hindi 2017, Undisclosed, Suriname 2017, Hari-katha at Airports 2017, Entry level discourses 2017, Workshops, Workshops on Archana, Cultivating and Perfecting Seva, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), aparadhas (offences), avidya: ignorance (illusion about the self and reality; lack of spiritual knowledge), book: Hari-bhakti-vilasa, character qualitiy: laziness, character quality: envy, ghee lamp, ghosts, lineage: guru-parampara, mantra: Klim, perfection: vastu-siddhi/perfection of the self (attainment of one's eternal spiritual identity; realization of one's true nature), sacred thread, sakhis: types, sampradayas: four sampradayas, spiritual progress, universe

04 May 2017 – Practical devotional life. How to perform archana (Hindi) – Suriname

May 4, 2017 11:45 AM

[By request of the devotees, Srila Bhaktivedanta Vana Maharaja gave this special introductory class in Surinam on 2017/05/04 about the process and meaning of archana – worship. He is presenting the history and context of the process of archana to the new devotee not familiar with the ancient Vedic system of worship.] Success in this process cannot be achieved by following any ‘mechanical methodology’. In order to practice archana in its pure form and awaken pure devotional service...