– The glories of listening to Harikatha. – Verse: śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ (SB 1.2.17). – Verse: śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ smaraṇaṁ pāda-sevanam (SB 7.5.23). – Verse: satāṁ prasaṅgān mama vīrya-saṁvido bhavanti hṛt-karṇa rasāyanāḥ kathāḥ (SB 3.25.25). – Verse: tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ kavibhir īḍitaṁ kalmaṣāpaham (SB 10.31.9). – Verse: na tad bhāsayate sūryo na śaśāṅko na pāvakaḥ (BG 15.6). – Verse: mamottamaśloka-janeṣu...
Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.25.25
03 Jan 2024 evening – Food for the Soul (English) – Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Conditioned souls do not want to listen to hari-katha, they prefer gramya-katha. – Krishna-katha is very powerful. – The greed of Parikshit Maharaja for hari-katha. – Atma (soul) cries for hari-katha. – Ranganatha dasa Babaji Maharaja was old, but he walked from Mathura to Navadvipa. – When there is hari-katha, you have to give up all other services and just listen. – nivṛtta-tarṣair upagīyamānād… (SB 10.1.4). – Hari-katha purifies our...
08 Jan 2021 morning darshan – Class (English) – Brazil
– How did our previous acaryas and nitya-parikars of Panca-tattva used to chant Hare Krishna maha-mantra? – How conditioned souls can choose their guru if they are not qualified to recognize who uttama-mahabhagavata is? – SB 1.2.6 – Sa vai pumsam paro dharmo – Why is it said in SB 11.2.46 that madhyama-adhikari has prema for Bhagavan, although a devotee of this category cannot have prema – 3 types of uttama-bhagavatas: 1) bhagavat-parsata-deha-prapta; 2)...