On Ekadashi do not eat 5 kinds of grains as all sins remain there. Sri Vishnu glorifies sadhu-sanga in front of Narada Rishi (a black bee, a cuckoo bird, a newborn baby) Shloka: āhāra-nidrā-bhaya-maithunaṁ (Hitopadesha 25). Sukriti will bring you before a sadhu. Worldly people will not solve your problems, they will only create more. Only a bona fide guru can solve all your problems. Shloka: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya – kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’ (CC Madhya 20.108). The soul...
Ekadashi-vrata
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Hari-katha 2024 (Undisclosed country), Undisclosed, Ekadashi-vrata 2024, bhakti: enthusiasm in bhakti
18 Jun 2024 evening – How to Follow Ekadashi (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
00:04:00 – A brief story of Pāṇḍava Nirjalā Ekādaśī 00:14:00 – A story from Param Gurudeva about a girl who was making a garland for the Deities and said that if the Deities didn’t come, she would make sabjī out of the edible flowers — but this attitude is incorrect; there should be enthusiasm in bhakti, like in the example of Dhruva 00:24:00 – On following Ekādaśī 00:38:00 – Observing Ekādaśī for Kṛṣṇa 00:40:00 – A brief story of Mahāprabhu’s instruction to His mother about Ekādaśī; Śacī-devī...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Siedelsbrunn 2024, Germany 2024, Nishanta-lila, Ekadashi-vrata 2024, age: old age, bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti
04 May 2024 evening – Ekadasi-tithi (English) – Siedelsbrunn, Germany| Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Ekadasi-tithi is the mother of suddha-bhakti. How vaidhi-bhakti devotees follow ekadasi. From eight to eighty years of age, everyone must follow ekadasi. The correct way to follow ekadasi. Story of when Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Gosvami Maharaja made several preparations for his spiritual brother on the day of ekadasi. Krsna is our maintainer and our protector. Story of the disciple who pretended to chant the Holy Names so as not to do other sevas. Lila from when Srimati Radhika goes to Nandagaon...
2024, Discourses in Bengali 2024, Kashinagar 2024, West Bengal 2024, India 2024, Ekadashi-vrata 2024
05 Apr 2024 morning – Under No Circumstances Abandon Ekadasi (Bengali) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Today is a very high day, Ekadasi tithi, Madhava tithi, Hari Vasara tithi etc. To follow Ekadasi, do not eat any grains on this day, if possible, do nirjala, do not eat anything, nor drink water. The Scriptures indicate that everyone should follow Ekadasi (from 8 to 80 years old), twice a month. One of the seeds in the grains on the day of Ekadasi is the sin of killing father and mother. Speculating about how and when sin enters the grain is mere logic without spirituality. Understand...
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05 Apr 2024 morning – Under No Circumstances Abandon Ekadasi (English translation) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Today is a very high day, Ekadasi tithi, Madhava tithi, Hari Vasara tithi etc. To follow Ekadasi, do not eat any grains on this day, if possible, do nirjala, do not eat anything, nor drink water. The Scriptures indicate that everyone should follow Ekadasi (from 8 to 80 years old), twice a month. One of the seeds in the grains on the day of Ekadasi is the sin of killing father and mother. Speculating about how and when sin enters the grain is mere logic without spirituality. Understand...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2024, Pipa 2024, Brazil 2024, Ekadashi-vrata 2024, ghosts
06 Mar 2024 evening – Everyone Observe Ekadashi (English) – Pipa, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Everyone from 8 to 80 should observe Ekadashi. – Different religions’ view of ahimsa, non-violence. – Offer to God what you eat. – The meaning of the word ‘meat’. – Topics of reincarnation. – The meaning of the name Rukmangada. – The glories of Ekadashi in the story of King Rukmangada. – Karma-tattva. – You can give the fruits of Ekadashi to bhutas, ghosts, to help them get human bodies. – Everyone please observe...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2024, Pipa 2024, Brazil 2024, Ekadashi-vrata 2024
06 Mar 2024 morning – The Glories of Ekadashi (English) – Pipa, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The sun comes and goes in Brazil. It’s like a meeting and a separation. On ekadashi, dvadashi, trayodashi. Ambarisha Maharaja engaged all his limbs in the service of Krishna. Always remember the lotus feet of Krishna. Think of them as soon as you wake up. Yat-pāda-paṅkaja-palāśa-vilāsa-bhaktyā… (sb 4.22.39). Lila of Durvasa Rishi and the gopis when the waters of the Yamuna parted. Ambarisha Maharaja and Durvasa Rishi ekadashi-katha. Tṛṇād api sunīcena taror iva sahiṣṇunā… (Shikshashtaka...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2024, Pipa 2024, Brazil 2024, Ekadashi-vrata 2024, sampradayas: Vaishnava sampradayas, senses: eleven senses, vishvasa: faith (firm trust in Krishna; confidence in the process of bhakti)
05 Mar 2024 evening – Ekadasi Tithi Observance (English) – Pipa, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Why do we observe Ekadasi Tithi? Because pap, sins, remain the five types of grains on Ekadasi. – For spiritual things we have to follow instructions of sastra, who are like our mother and father whom we have faith in. – Discussion of the four Vaisnava Sampradayas: Sri, Rudra, Brahma and Sanaka. – We belong to Vishnu and we are all His eternal servants: jivera ‘svarupa’ haya (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila, 20:108). – Spiritual life will start when we have...