CHAPTER 18 started 14th Apr 2016 Lecture 1 starting at about 00:41:48 http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/2016/04/20160414_SB205_3.27-3.35_Scientists.mp3 Understanding of the Lord only comes when He reveals Himself. Any level of understanding of the Lord is because He has revealed it. God is a person, He already has what He likes to do. Rhetorical questions are
- April 14, 2016
CHAPTER 17 started on 12th Apr 2016 Lecture 2 at about 47:25 http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/2016/04/20160412_SB205_3.12-3.23_Ganga.mp3 Verses 1-10 Everywhere in the Holy Dhama there is the water of the Ganges, but still bathing directly in her brings out a more personal aspect. Ganga skips most varshas in her descent, so we are very fortunate to
- April 12, 2016
CHAPTER 16 started on 11th Apr 2016 Lecture 3 at about 01:08:15 http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/2016/05/20160411_SB205_2.99-2.110_Gaya.mp3 Geographical knowledge of the universe only has value if we discuss it as an expansion of the energy of the Lord. Vedic speakers and listeners can remember things without taking any notes. There is the gross form how
- April 11, 2016
"We have to learn from the Founder what it means by 'We chant Hare Krishna, we don't care for the rules.' Because the point is is all the rules that we don't care about Prabhupada has already removed. [Laughter] So what's left is what he expects us to follow. And
- March 22, 2016
"In dealing with the Lord, the mode of goodness is the recommended element that the time factor is establishing because that's the present, that's acting in an appropriate way in the present moment. So that's what's going to get results done. Why the present? Why not past and future? Because
- January 31, 2016
It is not based on spiritual values. No one should fool themselves on this. It is based purely on social values, modern social values, that the women should be dīkṣā-gurus.
- June 11, 2015
"It's taken that, oh, we are down on women, but no, it's actually the opposite. It's that because of the value they have to be dealt with in a different way. But unscrupulous men who don't understand the culture, but they've been raised by women who don't understand the culture
- June 11, 2015
"In the contemporary environment, due to the neophyte mentality, there isn’t a proper respect for siksa-guru. Because to have respect for siksa-guru, means, you have to have respect for the principle of authority and that knowledge is the highest. (..) If siksa-guru is respected, that means all senior Vaishnavas, and
- June 11, 2015
"In the contemporary environment, due to the neophyte mentality, there isn’t a proper respect for siksa-guru. Because to have respect for siksa-guru, means, you have to have respect for the principle of authority and that knowledge is the highest. (..) If siksa-guru is respected, that means all senior Vaishnavas, and
- June 11, 2015
http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/2015/01/20150123_SB203_4.23-4.26_Kardama_Devahuti_Marriage_Match-making.mp3 23rd January 2015, Bhaktivedanta Academy, Sri Mayapur Dhama Reading from Srimad Bhagavatam Study Guide: 23. The Supreme Lord continued: "The Emperor Svāyambhuva Manu, the son of Lord Brahmā, who is well known for his righteous acts, has his seat in Brahmāvarta and rules over the earth with its seven
- January 23, 2015