Mahabharata

25 Mar 2021 evening – Battle of prema (English translation) – Navadvipa

– Mantra-mayi upasana, svarasiki upasana – Тo get gopi prema is so rare. – Srimati Radhika conquers Krishna with Her eyes. Her eyebrows are the bow and the sidelong glances are the arrows – Mahabharata: Uttar, the son of the king Virat, escapes from the battlefield after seeing the archery skills of Dronacharya, Bhima, Arjuna and others – Arjuna as Brihanala – Krishna makes His devotees relish His 5 sweetnesses at a time – If Krishna is vadanya...

09 Mar 2021 morning – Mahabharata. Kauravas and Pandavas (English translation) – West Bengal

-Duryodhana didn’t even want to give the Pandavas land the size of the eye of a needle -Birth, marriage and death are not in our hands -Story of a snake who bit the girl -Siva is a topmost vaishnava -Do not think Bhagavan is ordinary and Gurudev is ordinary personality -Leave all offences and chant Bhagavan’s name -Punya vs sukriti -We should follow Ekadashi. Then all our sins will be destroyed and we will obtain shuddha-bhakti

09 Mar 2021 morning – Mahabharata. Kauravas and Pandavas (Hindi translation) – West Bengal

-Duryodhana didn’t even want to give the Pandavas land the size of the eye of a needle-Birth, marriage and death are not in our hands-Story of a snake who bit the girl-Siva is a topmost vaishnava-Do not think Bhagavan is ordinary and Gurudev is ordinary personality-Leave all offences and chant Bhagavan’s name-Punya vs sukriti-We should follow Ekadashi. Then all our sins will be destroyed and we will obtain shuddha-bhakti

09 Mar 2021 morning – Mahabharata. Kauravas and Pandavas (Bengali) – West Bengal

-Duryodhana didn’t even want to give the Pandavas land the size of the eye of a needle -Birth, marriage and death are not in our hands -Story of a snake who bit the girl -Siva is a topmost vaishnava -Do not think Bhagavan is ordinary and Gurudev is ordinary personality -Leave all offences and chant Bhagavan’s name -Punya vs sukriti -We should follow Ekadashi. Then all our sins will be destroyed and we will obtain shuddha-bhakti

14 Jan 2021 morning darshan – Makara Sankranti, Ganges Glories (English) – Brazil

-Today is called Makara Sankranti. -In India 2 types of calendar are present based on Sonar System & Lunar System. About Uttarayan , Dakshinayan. -Story of Bhishma Pitamaha laying down on arrow bed & giving instructions to all in Mahabharata. -If you eat from materialistic people, mind will be contaminated & cann’t do Bhajan. -Bhishma Pitamaha conversation with Draupadi. -Everyone bathes in Ganges on Makara Sankranti. -Manifestation of Manasi Ganga(original Ganga) from...

27 Dec 2020 morning – Understanding Guru’s affection + Baladeva prabhu’s relationship with Duryodhana (English) – Brazil

– Can we chant holy names while listening to harikatha (even recorded katha)? Can we chant holy names while reading grantha? – Pralambhasura katha; – Some people (demons) criticize guru on his back, but behave very sweetly in front of him. Guru knows this and stil (externally) gives them love and affection. Why? Because Guru has the hope to change this person’s heart by giving his love and affection. (Example of Baladeva Prabhu’s relationship with Duryodhana, and...

26 Dec 2020 evening – Krsna instructs the Pandavas to kill (English) – Brazil

– Ganges and Bhagavad Gita; – Isvara, jiva, prakrti, kala and karma (5 topics of Bhagavad Gita); – Atma anatma viveka jñana (discerning the soul from material things); – Yuddhisthira Maharaja asked Bhisma Pitamaha: “why did all these other warriors and kings also join our war if they will not get anything out of this, only death?” – Krishna tells Arjuna to fight; – Story of the body guard that slept on duty and had a nightmare; – Krishna...