http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/sc/year2/ms102/2012-03-20-Brihad-Manu-Siksa-2.48-82.mp3 Full lecture transcription [Link not active yet] The rules of begging. Brahmana starts begging with bhavati - first respect, then activity, then result. Kshatriya first states the activity, then respect, then result. Vaishya fist states the benefit, then activity, then respect. Within upanayanam samskara first alms are given by
http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/sc/year2/ms102/2012-03-19-Brihad-Manu-Siksa-2.16-47.mp3 Full lecture transcription [Link not active yet] Sarasvata Brahmanas migrated from North West of India to various other parts. Rupa and Sanatana belonged to Sarasvata Brahmanas. Our qualification to access the Vedic is through Pancaratra. People coming from specific areas in India as delineated were actually exposed to proper
http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/sc/year2/ms102/2012-03-16-Brihad-Manu-Siksa-1.92-2.16.mp3 Full lecture transcription [Link not active yet] The glory of brahminical order. The purest part of the body is the mouth. Brahmanas are the best among men. One who is learned is best. Of those who are learned, those who understand the necessity of the performance of duties. Of
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 =
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
Dvaraka was not a village, neither was Indraprastha, neither was Mathura, neither was Hastinapura. So Varnashrama also includes cities. The main point is Krishna consciousness.
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
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,
NECTAR OF DEVOTION THEMATIC STUDY, SASTRA CAKSUS YEAR 2, LECTURE #1, 15th Sep 2011 http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/sc/year2/nod102/2011-09-15-NOD.mp3 Chronological and thematic study. Vedic education and theology is always practiced. Academic and practical always go together. Formerly in the West the church had to authorize teachers, even for secular subjects. The rank of a
Managing it's not the big thing. Having the vision of Krishna consciousness, knowing how to apply it in your life and teach others to apply it in theirs, that's the higher element, that's the element that you'll always have a job. Being a temple president, after a time it gets