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
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,
Mataji: What is your view of Matajis doing full dandavats? HH BVPS Maharaja: Ahh, if they want, they can... Problem is is, see, Gaudiyas generally don't. Others do, but the Gaudiyas generally are not so... See, there is Vaishnavas in general, then you have your peculiarities of the group, or
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
http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/sc/year1/bg101/2011-03-31-BVPS-BG-18.71-77-Mayas-job-and-way-of-dealing.mp3 This course is part of Sastra-Caksus, Year 1 and consists of 91 lectures, available on: http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/classes/bhagavad-gita-seriatim/ Given in Bhaktivedanta Academy, Sridham Mayapur, September 2010-April 2011 The following are lecture notes briefly delineating its contents. Even those people who do not plan to attain pure devotion will be elevated by
http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/sc/year1/bg101/2011-03-14-BVPS-BG-18.42-18.48-Varnasrama-details-brahmacaries-presidents-begging.-Feminine-and-masculine-NF.mp3 This course is part of Sastra-Caksus, Year 1 and consists of 91 lectures, available on: http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/classes/bhagavad-gita-seriatim/ Given in Bhaktivedanta Academy, Sridham Mayapur, September 2010-April 2011 The following are lecture notes briefly delineating its contents. Ishvara-bhava means protection of the citizens. One who does not protect is not a kshatriya
PHILOSOPHICAL DEFINITIONS LECTURE #1, 18th Sep 2008, Bhaktivedanta Academy, Sridham Mayapur http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/2015/03/20080918_Philosophical_Definitions.mp3 HH BVPS Maharaja: So now we will begin our study of the basic scriptures that Srila Prabhupada had mentioned, what’s known generally in ISKCON in giving a Bhakti-sastri degree. In the Academy here that will give you a
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rudlurn3pD8&w=536&h=397] QUESTIONS Q.1: It is said that a woman should serve Krishna through husband, and only in this way she will return to the spiritual world. What to do if due to various circumstances woman is alone, without a husband? HH BVPS Maharaja: Means, the devotee is serving Krishna.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMnlIzH09_Y&w=536&h=397] FAMILY RELATIONSHIP SEMINAR, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, 20TH AUGUST 2007, PART 2 QUESTIONS Q.1: Is there any meaning in talking about demoniac influence on Grihastha Ashram? Is it the reason for most of the divorces? HH BVPS Maharaja: Basically the Grihastha Ashram not working is just lack of knowledge of