– 4 types of speakers: uttama, madhyama, kanistha and adhama – Navadvipa is the place of nine limbs of bhakti – Krishna is a little bit miser. He gives prema only to His associates. But Mahaprabhu is very generous. He gives both prema and the container to keep this prema – Offences of Lord Brahma, Lord Shiva and Indra – Haridas Thakur and ananta sesa snake – Indra comes as King Prataparudra – Apasampradayas vs genuine Vaishnava sampradaya – If you...
aparadhas (offences)
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
16 Jan 2020 morning – Morning darshan (English) – Brazil
Harikatha is Krishna HimselfKrishna is very happy when someone glorifies VrajavasisMind is like ghost, one must engage itVaidhi bhakti & raganuga bhaktiAparadhas 00:00 question (why Hari katha is most powerful), 00:28 lila (when Krsna went to Kurukshetra and answered the risis and munis), 12:05 question (is there a sequence to learn slokas?), 31:46 lila (Duryodhana offers to Krsna many preparations in Hastinapura), 50:43 question (what means hunger and thirst in this sloka?), 56:18 upakhyan...
06 Jan 2020 morning – Ekadashi Maha Tithi (English) – Brazil
On Ekadashi control 11 sensesLust and anger comes from the mindLesson from the hunter on how to achieve avesha (observed)SB 9.4.18-20 – Every Ekadashi recite this mantra to control your sensesHow Param-Gurudev spent EkadashiKing Rukmangad from Padma PuranaDo not commit offences to the lotus feet of vaishnavas
04 May 2017 – Practical devotional life. How to perform archana (Hindi) – Suriname
[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...