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Brihad Manu Siksha #3 Lecture Notes

http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/sc/year2/ms102/2012-03-15-Brihad-Manu-Siksa-1.60-91.mp3 Full lecture transcription [link not active yet] Bhrigu takes up the recitation.. The laws of Manu are composed by Vishnu Himself. Then they are given to Brahma, then to Manu. Measurements of time: 1 nimisha  18 nimishas = 1 kashta = 3.2 seconds 30 kashtas = 1 kala = 96 seconds 30 kalas = […]

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Audio Bhaktivedanta Theological Seminary Lecture Notes sastra-caksus Sridham Mayapur Varnashrama

Brihad Manu Siksha #2 Lecture Notes

http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/sc/year2/ms102/2012-03-13-Brihad-Manu-Siksa-1.51-59.mp3 Full lecture transcription [link not active yet] ​When the Lord sleeps, all the living entities sleep also. During the night of Lord Brahma there is dissolution up to Brahmaloka. Brahma re-creates the whole universe every morning. After the long sleep during the night of Lord Brahma living entities again obtain enthusiasm to be very […]

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Brihad Manu Siksha #1 Lecture Notes

Brihad Manu Siksha #1 Full lecture transcription [link not active yet] Manu Samhita is the main dharma-shastra. There are about 20 different-dharma shastras, their details apply in different ages and situations. Varnashrama is rarely looked at as a complete social system. We think rules don’t apply because we have lost understanding of them. Perverted reflection […]

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Holocaust Explained

Reading from Nectar of Instruction Study Guide: The devotee’s duty is to practice forgiveness and show mercy. HH BVPS Maharaja: Because forgiveness, it’s one of the, you could say, the shastras will talk that it’s one of the prominent qualities of the brahmana, if not the most important, is forgiveness. Because it’s harder when you […]

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Difficult Versus Unfavorable Family Life

Reading from Nectar of Instruction Study Guide (based on the essays of Bhaktivinoda Thakura): “But, when the home becomes unfavorable for his service, he then becomes eligible to leave home.” HH BVPS Maharaja: So it’s an eligibility, to leave home. Not just you don’t like it in the home. Your wife drives you nuts, your […]

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Nectar of Instruction Thematic Lecture #15

http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/sc/year2/noi102/2011-11-25-NOI-35-37.mp3 This course is part of Sastra-Caksus, Year 2 and consists of 25 lectures, available on: http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/classes/noi-thematic/ Given in Bhaktivedanta Academy, Sridham Mayapur November-December 2011 The following are lecture notes briefly delineating its contents One must accept proximity with both bad and good people throughout one’s life, but giving food and charity should not be […]

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YOU DON’T KNOW THE NATURE, YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT’S EQUAL

Lecture audio, this passage starting about 19:20 http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/sc/year2/noi102/2011-11-25-NOI-37.mp3 HH BVPS Maharaja: Men there is sanyasa, women there is reclusion. Because it’s just a matter of, you just kind-of fade into the background. Because the point is is, the woman is prominent when all the facility is there, the emotions, the senses, all these things are engaged, […]

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Nectar of Instruction Thematic Lecture #14

http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/sc/year2/noi102/2011-11-24-NOI-32-35.mp3 This course is part of Sastra-Caksus, Year 2 and consists of 25 lectures, available on: http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/classes/noi-thematic/ Given in Bhaktivedanta Academy, Sridham Mayapur November-December 2011 The following are lecture notes briefly delineating its contents Only very powerful, very cultured and very rich people might get involved with several women, but still if they are intelligent […]

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Nectar of Instruction Thematic Lecture #13

http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/sc/year2/noi102/2011-11-24-NOI-32-33-masculine-feminine-principle.mp3 This course is part of Sastra-Caksus, Year 2 and consists of 25 lectures, available on: http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/classes/noi-thematic/ Given in Bhaktivedanta Academy, Sridham Mayapur November-December 2011 The following are lecture notes briefly delineating its contents One should not be excessively attached to association with women, even with one’s own wife. Improper association is given up. If […]

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Nectar of Instruction Thematic Lecture #12

http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/sc/year2/noi102/2011-11-22-NOI-27-32.mp3 This course is part of Sastra-Caksus, Year 2 and consists of 25 lectures, available on: http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/classes/noi-thematic/ Given in Bhaktivedanta Academy, Sridham Mayapur November-December 2011 The following are lecture notes briefly delineating its contents One should always be patient in devotional service and confident that Krishna will be merciful to us today or after one […]

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