* Parikrama, publications, and preaching cannot stop. * During the month of Damodara, one should lead a life of celibacy and use financial resources in the service of the Guru and Vaisnavas. * Following varnasrama-dharma but not developing a taste for Harikatha leads to hell. * How to develop a taste for Harikatha. * Harikatha is spoken according to the listeners. * During the month of Kartika, Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja suggested reading the Raya Ramananda Samvada. * Personal...
Kartika-vrata
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27 Oct 2025 evening – How to Benefit from the Month of Kartika (English translation) – Vrindavana, India
* Parikrama, publications, and preaching cannot stop. * During the month of Damodara, one should lead a life of celibacy and use financial resources in the service of the Guru and Vaisnavas. * Following varnasrama-dharma but not developing a taste for Harikatha leads to hell. * How to develop a taste for Harikatha. * Harikatha is spoken according to the listeners. * During the month of Kartika, Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja suggested reading the Raya Ramananda Samvada. * Personal...
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07 Oct 2025 morning – First Day of Kartika (English translation) | Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– First day of Kartika, the day of taking sankalpa (vow). – About the many names given to the month of Kartika. – About Krsna’s various activities: at age six, He stole the gopis’ clothes; at age seven, He lifted the Giriraja Govardhana mountain; at age eight, He performed the rasa dance with the gopis. – About the sankalpa (vow) of Kartika, the importance of setting our goal to achieve our cherished desire. – The goal of remaining for a month in the...
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07 Oct 2025 morning – First Day of Kartika (Hindi) | Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– First day of Kartika, the day of taking sankalpa (vow). – About the many names given to the month of Kartika. – About Krsna’s various activities: at age six, He stole the gopis’ clothes; at age seven, He lifted the Giriraja Govardhana mountain; at age eight, He performed the rasa dance with the gopis. – About the sankalpa (vow) of Kartika, the importance of setting our goal to achieve our cherished desire. – The goal of remaining for a month in the...
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05 Oct 2025 evening – Damodara and the Beginning of the Month of Kartika (English) | Kenang, Malaysia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– The two fingers Mother Yasoda was missing to bind Krsna represent our sadhana and bhajana, which require two things: effort and mercy. – Isvara, the Supreme Controller, cannot be bound by anyone except divine love. – Mother Yasoda binds Krsna with her vatsalya-bhava. – Only the gopis bind Krsna completely. – Radha and Krsna are one, but to perform sweet lilas, They separate and become two. – Krsna’s sweetest lilas manifest in the month of Kartika...
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02 Oct 2025 morning – Guidelines for the Month of Kartika (English) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
– Confidential conversation between Narayana and Narada Rsi about the month of Kartika. – On the exceptional importance of reading Srimad-Bhagavatam in the month of Kartika. – In the month of Kartika, it is essential to maintain a fixed number of recitations of the Mahamantra. Chant aloud and then only in your mind without moving your tongue. – In the month of Kartika, it is very favorable to chant the mantra: Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya. – Explanation of how to...
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20 Oct 2024 evening – The Glories of the Bhagavat Saptaha in the Month of Kartika (Hindi) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Kartik-vrata and Damodara-vrata destroy all anarthas. The presiding Deity of the month of Kartika is Srimati Radharani Herself, the internal potency of Sri Krsna. She is the embodiment of prema. Wherever Srimati Radhika looks, She only sees Sri Krsna. The essence of all prema is bhava, of all bhava is maha-bhava, and the essence of everything is maha-bhava-svarupini Srimati Radhika. The mahamantra is mentioned in the Kali Upanisad. Sri Krsna incarnated in the form of Srimad Bhagavatam. Lord...
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20 Oct 2024 evening – The Glories of the Bhagavat Saptaha in the Month of Kartika (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Kartik-vrata and Damodara-vrata destroy all anarthas. The presiding Deity of the month of Kartika is Srimati Radharani Herself, the internal potency of Sri Krsna. She is the embodiment of prema. Wherever Srimati Radhika looks, She only sees Sri Krsna. The essence of all prema is bhava, of all bhava is maha-bhava, and the essence of everything is maha-bhava-svarupini Srimati Radhika. The mahamantra is mentioned in the Kali Upanisad. Sri Krsna incarnated in the form of Srimad Bhagavatam. Lord...