Classes and Bhajans

Just before Tamal Krishna Goswami left, he had given a series of lectures on the Nectar of Instruction.  These were given in Mayapur India with devotees visiting from Taiwan and China.  A devotee is also translating into (I believe) Mandarin.  There are a total of 7 lectures.

TRANSLATION Text 6

Being situated in his original Krishna conscious position, a pure devotee does not identify with the body. Such a devotee should not be seen from a materialistic point of view. Indeed, one should overlook a devotee's having a body born in a low family, a body with a bad complexion, a deformed body, or a diseased or infirm body. According to ordinary vision, such imperfections may seem prominent in the body of a pure devotee, but despite such seeming defects, the body of a pure devotee cannot be polluted. It is exactly like the waters of the Ganges, which sometimes during the rainy season are full of bubbles, foam and mud. The Ganges waters do not become polluted. Those who are advanced in spiritual understanding will bathe in the Ganges without considering the condition of the water.

TRANSLATION Text 7

The holy name, character, pastimes and activities of Krishna are all transcendentally sweet like sugar candy. Although the tongue of one afflicted by the jaundice of avidya [ignorance] cannot taste anything sweet, it is wonderful that simply by carefully chanting these sweet names every day, a natural relish awakens within his tongue, and his disease is gradually destroyed at the root.

After Keshava Bharati Dasa Goswami spoke on the Brihad Bhagavatamrita, Hari das sang a slow soulfull Hare Krishna Bhajan. 

Dallas, TX
2008-07-11

Maharaj is just finishing up a audiobook reading of the Brihad Bhagavatamrita, so having him read and discuss this book with us in person was an incredible experience.

Dallas, TX
2008-07-11

Ratna Radhika dasi sang a nice Hare Krishna bhajan at our house before Keshava Bharati Maharaj spoke.  Not so many people had arrived at this point, but you can still feel the energy of the bhajan.  Look for the kids dancing in the back partway through.

Dallas, TX
2008-07-11

I received this clip of a Kirtan at the New York temple during the New York Rathayatra.  Acyuta Gopi dasi and Gaura Vani das lead a wonderfully fantastic kirtan.  Thanks to Sri Rupa for giving me the clip.

New York
2008-06-15

Just before Tamal Krishna Goswami left, he had given a series of lectures on the Nectar of Instruction.  These were given in Mayapur India with devotees visiting from Taiwan and China.  A devotee is also translating into (I believe) Mandarin.  There are a total of 7 lectures.

This lecture is given in the middle of an initiation ceremony.

TRANSLATION Text 5

One should mentally honor the devotee who chants the holy name of Lord Krishna, one should offer humble obeisances to the devotee who has undergone spiritual initiation [diksha] and is engaged in worshiping the Deity, and one should associate with and faithfully serve that Pure devotee who is advanced in undeviated devotional service and whose heart is completely devoid of the propensity to criticize others.

The temple devotees of the Dallas temple went out and performed Harinam in Downtown Dallas.  Here are some clips from that harinam.

Dallas, TX
2008-07-19

Just before Tamal Krishna Goswami left, he had given a series of lectures on the Nectar of Instruction.  These were given in Mayapur India with devotees visiting from Taiwan and China.  A devotee is also translating into (I believe) Mandarin.  There are a total of 7 lectures.

Offering gifts in charity, accepting charitable gifts, revealing one's mind in confidence, inquiring confidentially, accepting prasada and offering prasada are the six symptoms of love shared by one devotee and another.

Download: 2002-03-XX - Lecture - Tamal Krishna Goswami - Nectar of Instruction - Text 4.mp3

Lecture by Keshava Bharati Dasa Goswami on Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 7, Chapter 11, Text 13.  He gives a quick review of some preceding verses.  The Lecture covers the Varnashram system, the qualities needed to be considered "human", and that Sankirtan (group chanting) is the religious activity for this age.

TRANSLATION

Those who have been reformed by the garbhadhana ceremony and other prescribed reformatory methods, performed with Vedic mantras and without interruption, and who have been approved by Lord Brahma, are dvijas, or twice-born. Such brahmanas, kshatriyas and vaisyas, purified by their family traditions and by their behavior, should worship the Lord, study the Vedas and give charity. In this system, they should follow the principles of the four asramas [brahmacarya, grihastha, vanaprastha and sannyasa].

2008-07-10
Dallas, TX

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Download: 2008-07-09 - SB 7.11.13 - Varnashram - Keshava Bharati Dasa Goswami.mp3