Full lecture transcription [link not active yet] http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/sc/year2/ms102/2012-04-09-Brihad-Manu-SIksa-3.124-4.5.mp3 Respectful treatment of those invited to the sraddha rite is of utmost importance. The problem of smartas is not their following the rules and regulations, but not knowing what the rules and regulations are for. What devotee should do if his family
Full lecture transcription [link not active yet] http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/sc/year2/ms102/2012-04-05-Brihad-Manu-Siksa-3.73-127.mp3 5 types of sacrifice: ahuta, prahuta (to living entities), huta (burnt oblations), brahmanya huta, scripture study. Householders who are Krishna conscious do not have the ordinary obligations, but they perform all their household duties to please Krishna. To not have duties towards
Full lecture transcription [link not active yet] http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/sc/year2/ms102/2012-04-03-Brihad-Manu-Siksa-3.62-74.mp3 When wife is radiant with beauty, house will be bright. That means, she is happy. One should not connect, through marriage, to low class families. Low means they do not perform sacred rites, do not study scriptures and do not honor brahmanas.
Full lecture transcription [link not active yet] http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/sc/year2/ms102/2012-04-02-Brihad-Manu-Siksa-3.04-35.mp3 The Law of Marriage Student should preferably have completed both his study and his vow. The nature of the family takes on the quality of the woman, because she manages then home environment. If both man and woman are untrained, it is
Full lecture transcription [link not active yet] http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/sc/year2/ms102/2012-03-30-Brihad-Manu-Siksa-2.218-3.4.mp3 One can only understand things properly through submission. While giving a class people who have come are showing interest, so we speak to them. Otherwise we should not speak if there is no one interested. Sandhis are always used for spiritual life.
http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/sc/year2/ms102/2012-03-29-Brihad-Manu-Siksa-2.208-217.mp3 Full lecture transcription [link not active yet] Honoring the wife and son of the teacher. Senior students in the Gurukula should also be honored. Teachers who teach great number of students, teach 10 of them, and they teach younger students. It is generally not recommended to take more than
http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/sc/year2/ms102/2012-03-27-Brihad-Manu-Siksa-2.172-207.mp3 Full lecture transcription [link not active yet] One who is not up to a particular standard and properly initiation, should not pronounce the Vedic mantras. We should be wearing whatever is the prescribed dress of our sampradaya. DUTIES OF BRAHMACHARYA Maximum rules on purity is described in the section dealing
ttp://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/sc/year2/ms102/2012-03-26-Brihad-Manu-Siksa-2.140-171.mp3 Full Lecture Transcription [Link not active yet] ACARYA Acarya is one who is teaching the practical application and philosophical significance. Subteacher who teaches a particular portion or aspect of the Veda is called upadhyaya (Jyotisha, music etc). Modern teachers are all upadhyayis because acarya means one who knows the
http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/sc/year2/ms102/2012-03-23-Brihad-Manu-Siksa-2.100-140.mp3 Full lecture transcription [Link not active yet] Savitri = Gayatri Rules for chanting Gayatri During sandhyas mind is more easily controlled, or it becomes more disturbed. Facing east vs facing Srila Prabhupada There are times when Vedas should not be studied, but this does not apply to repetition, recitation
http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/sc/year2/ms102/2012-03-22-Brihad-Manu-Siksa-2.83-99.mp3 Full lecture transcription [link not active yet] The results of all activities will ultimately be finished, but the chanting of transcendental sound is eternal. Truth means that the activity must be in connection to the Lord. The chanting of the Holy Name is the best of all activities. Prayers