varnashrama-dharma

04 Jun 2021 morning – Narada-Yudhishthira samvad (Varnashrama-dharma) (English translation) – Mathura, India

When a baby takes birth he remembers his previous parents and when he see new parents he cries as feels completely helplessEven a person is not initiated and he chants the holy names, he is called a brahmanaStory of Jabali, her son Satyakam and Haridru Gautama GuruSimplicity is brahmanismEveryone is born as a brahmana, but as they get older, they become crooked shudrasWho can be a brahmachariAll brahmacharis should look at all women as their mothers or younger sistersUpakurvan brahmachari and...

03 Jun 2021 morning – Narada-Yudhishthira Samvad (Hindi) – Mathura, India

Varnashrama-dharma is the privilege of humans, not animals. It is the first step on the path of bhajanаReal sadhus vs false sadhusAttachment is a cause of bondageIf you lie to please Krishna, it is no longer a lie. Example of AshvathamaGood qualities of a sadhuGaudiya Vaishnavas tapasyas are the days of Ekadashi, Janmashtami, etcGrihasthas must do fire sacrifice at least once a yearDuties of varnasKings cannot collect taxes from brahmanasKshatriyas should help people in the times of...

03 Jun 2021 morning – Narada-Yudhishthira Samvad (English translation) – Mathura, India

Varnashrama-dharma is the privilege of humans, not animals. It is the first step on the path of bhajanаReal sadhus vs false sadhusAttachment is a cause of bondageIf you lie to please Krishna, it is no longer a lie. Example of AshvathamaGood qualities of a sadhuGaudiya Vaishnavas tapasyas are the days of Ekadashi, Janmashtami, etcGrihasthas must do fire sacrifice at least once a yearDuties of varnasKings cannot collect taxes from brahmanasKshatriyas should help people in the times of...

20 Feb 2021 – Realisation through shabda-brahma (morning talks) (English translation) – East Kailash

– Stay in your own varnashrama-dharma and follow your duties. Otherwise – if you follow others dharma big problem will come – On Brazilian mangos – Every jiva has its own potential (svarupa) – Guru does not cleanse a disciple’s heart directly. He makes it through hari-katha – śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ (SB 1.2.17) – martyo yadā tyakta-samasta-karmā (SB 11.29.34) – No harm if you do not know a sloka by heart but you have to know its meaning –...

20 Feb 2021 – Realisation through shabda-brahma (morning talks) (Hindi) – East Kailash

– Stay in your own varnashrama-dharma and follow your duties. Otherwise – if you follow others dharma big problem will come – On Brazilian mangos – Every jiva has its own potential (svarupa) – Guru does not cleanse a disciple’s heart directly. He makes it through hari-katha – śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ (SB 1.2.17) – martyo yadā tyakta-samasta-karmā (SB 11.29.34) – No harm if you do not know a sloka by heart but you have to know its meaning –...

13 Feb 2021 morning – Raya Ramananda Samvad 8. Destiny of the soul (English translation) – Delhi, India

– As per tattva-vichara Vrajendra Nandana Sri Krishna is our ishtadev but as per rasa-vichara Srimati Radharani is our ishtadevi – Build a solid foundation of tattva-siddhanta to build on it the palace of rasa-siddhanta – All people are born shudras, because they are constantly lamenting – 3 births of man: 1) birth in body from father and mother – shaukra-janma; 2) initiation into brahmana – savitra-janma; 3) diksha with the instructions of a spiritual...

13 Feb 2021 morning – Raya Ramananda Samvad 8. Destiny of the soul (Hindi) – Delhi, India

– As per tattva-vichara Vrajendra Nandana Sri Krishna is our ishtadev but as per rasa-vichara Srimati Radharani is our ishtadevi – Build a solid foundation of tattva-siddhanta to build on it the palace of rasa-siddhanta – All people are born shudras, because they are constantly lamenting – 3 births of man: 1) birth in body from father and mother – shaukra-janma; 2) initiation into brahmana – savitra-janma; 3) diksha with the instructions of a spiritual...

12 Feb 2021 – Raya Ramananda Samvad 7. Importance of varnashrama-dharma (Hindi) – Delhi, India

– The only way to please Lord Vishnu is to follow varnashrama-dharma. If you want to get spiritual benefit, you must follow varnashrama-dharma – Read beautiful book Chaitanya-shikshamrita by Bhaktivinod Thakur describing varnashrama-dharma – After 10 000 years of Kali-yuga varnashrama-dharma will be finished – Srila BV Narayana Maharaj told: Indians should marry to Indians, Western people to to Western people – Story of teacher telling his students to drink milk...