Without sadhana, perfection cannot be achievedHow to get sadhu-sangaTypes of sukriti3 types of siddha-mahapurushas: 1) bhagavat-parsata-deha-prapta; 2) nirdhuta-kashaya; 3) murcchita-kashayaImportance of samskaras. Past (praktaniki) and present (adhunika) impressionsLaukika sadhu-sanga, paramarthika sadhu-sangaAtyantiki-shraddha. Hanuman and his ishtadeva Lord RamacandraLord Vishnu sent Garuda to Kishkinda to call HanumanSrinathe janaki-nathe abhedah paramatmani tathapi mama sarvasvam ramah...
samskaras
2021, Discourses in Hindi 2021, Undisclosed, India 2021, samskaras, sleeping: dreams, Yamadutas
02 Feb 2021 morning – Materialistic Life (Hindi) – India
Part 1 -Ajamila was a brahmin initially & after he met the prostitute his old brahmana samskaras got covered & he started committing sinful activities. -He kept his son’s name as Narayana & by calling his son’s name he got sukriti & got the association with Vishnudutas & Yamadutas. -Ajamila’s sukriti only changed him. Many people don’t go towards God in spite of difficulties as they don’t have sukriti. -Materialistic life is temporary &...
2021, Discourses in Hindi 2021, Delhi 2021, India 2021, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), aparadhas: offenses (obstacles in devotional service; offenses against Krishna, devotees, holy name, dhama and other aspects of bhakti), samskaras
02 Feb 2021 morning – Harinama is Our Sadhana & Sadhya (Hindi) – Delhi, India
-Baddha-jivas wander in the material world due to lust, anger,enviousness etc which they cannot leave. -How jivas get entangled in the materialistic world by karma. -In Bhagavad-gita Arjuna asks Krishna by what is one impelled to sinful acts, even unwillingly, as if engaged by force? -Krishna says His daivi maya is difficult to overcome. One who completely surrenders unto Him will conquer maya. -By Nama Prabhu’s slightest inspiration (spoorthi) will make us leave our samsara vasanas just...
2021, Discourses in English 2021, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2021, Undisclosed, Brazil 2021, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), samskaras
10 Jan 2021 morning darshan – Greed to submerge into sringara-rasa (English) – Brazil
– Before we incarnated in a human body, we took various forms of life – The human body is like a boat to cross the ocean of material existence. And Gurudev is the captain of that boat. Favourable wind is a sadhu-sanga – Sva-jati-asaya-snigdha sato-bare – If you do not associate with like-minded sadhu, your bhajana will never develop – Аnаradhya rаdhа-padаmbhoja-renum. If you want to submerge into sringara-rasa you must follow 3 principles: 1) to be one-pointed to...
2020, Discourses in Hindi 2020, Undisclosed, India 2020, Damodarashtaka 6, Damodarashtaka 7, Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2020, Damodarashtaka 2020, anugatya: following in the footsteps (submissive following of devotees; mood of guidance and service), samskaras, Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2020
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;...
2020, Discourses Translated into English 2020, Mathura 2020, India 2020, Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2020, Bhagavata-saptaha in Mathura 2020, samskaras, Yamadutas, Bhagavata-saptaha in Mathura 2020, Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2020
14 Nov 2020 – Bhagavat-saptah day 3 – Story of Ajamila (English translation) – Mathura, India
– Description of hell and consideration about pious and sinful karma; – Every action has a consequence; – Atonement – If a cow is given in donation, one should also arrange for its food; – Glories of holy names; – Story of Ajamila; – Who is a true brahmana; – Story of Srila Svami Maharaja and his godbrother who had dishonored the maha-prasada offered by Western devotees; – Importance of samskaras; – Importance of receiving harinama...
2020, Discourses in Hindi 2020, Mathura 2020, India 2020, Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2020, Bhagavata-saptaha in Mathura 2020, samskaras, Bhagavata-saptaha in Mathura 2020, Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2020
14 Nov 2020 – Bhagavat-saptah day 3 – Story of Ajamila (Hindi) – Mathura, India
– Description of hell and consideration about pious and sinful karma; – Every action has a consequence; – Atonement – If a cow is given in donation, one should also arrange for its food; – Glories of holy names; – Story of Ajamila; – Who is a true brahmana; – Story of Srila Svami Maharaja and his godbrother who had dishonored the maha-prasada offered by Western devotees; – Importance of samskaras; – Importance of receiving harinama...
2020, Discourses in English 2020, Online discourses 2020, Discourses with transcripts in English 2020, Gundicha-marjana 2020, Gundicha-marjana Lila, anartha-nivritti: removal of unwanted things (cleansing of the heart; stage of bhakti development), anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), association: bad association, bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, Bhatta family (parivara): Venkata Bhatta; Trimalla Bhatta and Prabodhananda Sarasvati (nephew of Gopala Bhatta), body: subtle body, character quality: duplicity, consciousness: Krishna Consciousness, dharma: adharma, ghosts, impressions: bad impressions, karma: cycle of birth and death, karma: karma-marga, liberation, liberation (mukti): types, liberation: sayujya-mukti, love: laukika-sad-bandhuvat-priti, samskaras, service: guru-seva, service: krishna-seva, service: vaishnava-seva
17 Jun 2020 – Gundica marjana lila 3 (English) – Zoom
TRANSCRIPT So continue, I also discuss about gundicha-marjana lila, cleaning the temple of Gundicha. Just I remind few words, previous class. Day before Ratha-yatra, Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu manifested one lila, that is called clean the temple of Gundicha. Lord Jagannatha is going Jagannatha temple to Gundicha temple. Just Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu just little bit changed the mood, but same tradition is going on that means Lord Jagannatha once a year He comes out of the temple and He goes from...