I have lost all of my notes of 7th canto lecture that was given by Amarendra Dasa Prabhu, and now im confused whether i should re-watch all lectures (30+) and again make notes or just leave it
Again watching all the lectures would be very troublesome as i have to attend upcoming lectures in the month of Kartik
I have a fear of missing out if i just leave it and start with notes of new lectures
Dear devotees please give me some suggestions, i feel very morose and bewildered because of this. 😢
Hare Krishna
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Hare Krishna,
Sri Krishna is the cause of all causes. Maybe Krishna felt this devotee Priyanashu needs more study. He made you lose the notes. Btw? How can anyone lose the notes that too Bhakti notes.
If it was not academic notes people who are jealous can steal them. Bhakti notes kaun churake le jata..? sirf Kanha ji.
aur aisa kyon kiya hoga? so that you want to listen again and this time not only be busy busy making notes but to listen to content more whole heartedly and experience the bliss when the nectar passes thru the ears.
waise, prabhu rains mein kho gaye kya notes bah gayi?
notes are sirf in the book the real content should be imprinted on the heart. So, this time just listen to the lecture of amerendra das prabhu ji with body, mind and soul involved. Sometimes we are so busy in making notes we forget to relish the katha.
Hari Katha shravanam means to listen think back go into detail of the katha in the mind.
When Shukadev goswami ji told katha of SB Parikshit maharaj listened to it making his whole body ears. What does it mean.. it literally means that his body each cell was involved into the katha shravanam.
A story-
One time there was this katha pandal and vyas peet was occupied and katha started by a Vaishnava saint. Many people came to listen to the katha.
One among them was a robber. he came there with an intention that............okay this katha will keep the people busy let me meanwhile sit here at one corner and when the katha is over........when people get up gather things become busy I will rob their bags and gold. With this intention this fellow came there. It was almost 9 pm and katha was not over.. This robber at the start was not interested so much in the katha was sitting at one corner waiting for the right time. Then the guru ji started to tell .. Oh you know the Nand Maharaj he is was very rich.. he had 9 lakh gaai.. He has so and so big bhavan..so much of wealth even kubera cannot count.. Yashoda maiyya his wife used to daily decorate her son Kanha with so much gold. She puts kaustub mani necklace in the neck of Kanha and then puts Makar Kundal as earrings to Kanha.. then pearl necklace then Kangan and then baju bandh all made of God then golden mor mukut with lots of jewels.. then payal made of gold and precious stones ... This was seen by mother Rohini she also decorated Balaram the elder brother of Kanha same way ... now both Krishna and Balarama ran out.. Yashoda maiyya and Rohini said take care lala and the two brother ran towards the Vrindavana the forest with their friends to play.
This whole thing was so interesting to the robber.. his eyes started to imagine.. woah .. I have wasted my whole life looting this people.. all i get is max. 50-100 rupees or max. one gold chain.. if I am caught I get beatings.. If I somehow catch hold of the two kids.. who went to forest without any elders .. I can easily get so much maal that my whole life I can sit and eat. This chor has chor thoughts afterall but look he was totally into the katha. He was all the while imagining..how big the makar kundal would be..
How big the mor mukut could be.. How many tolas it would be.. studded with precious gems.. that this.. he kept on thinking and even thought.. Oh how foolish these mothers are to send such little kids out in jungle with all these ornaments on. I will do one thing.. let me catch hold of this Pandit ji to get the address where to get these two kids Knd Balarama and then after looting them.. I will go to Yashoda maiyya and Revati maiyya and hand over the kids safely to them back and give a peice of advice also.. that the kids are very tender take care of them .. and don't let them go to jungles as these days theives are roaming around.. I brought your sons back safely .... though they were all looted of the gold jewels etc. the kids are safe.. take care.. this chor thought all this and planned everything what to do..
Waited for the katha to end went straight ahead to the guru ji and caught him from behind and asked .. woh jo aap katha mein bol rahe the.. woh balak kahan milenge? jaldi se batao nahi toh maar daalunga.
The guru maharaj was frightened and said oh achha woh do balak yamuna kinare roj aate hai.. Vrindavan mein .. mujhe chhod do bhaiyya humko ghar jaana hai. Thank you guru ji now I am going to be rich thinking so.. the chor took immediately a train to Vrindavan and .. went to the Yamuna river and sat there on a tree branch waiting for Krishna and Balaram.. 2 days passed no one came.. this chor has not even eaten a morsel not even moved whole time he kept watch on the roads leading to Yamuna river.. he forgot to eat food nor drink water waited and waited for Krishna and balarama.
after 2 days in the midnight suddenly these two kids Krishna and balaram smiling and giggling came there. Jhat se chor khud padha aur un dono ko pakad liya.. and he started to shout in joy .. I caught you I caught you. The theif of all theives is caught HHAHA!!!
But as soon as he touched the Lord's his body shook and he felt down in and lost his senses... next day when he got up.. he was madly searching for Kanha and balaram where are you where are you and with that madness he roam across the streets of Vrindavan and became a great devotee of Lord thereafter.
Look that katha sharvanam should be like that with 100% involvement. We all listen to katha.. with intention of gaining knowledge.. but we don't get involved into the katha so much.
If we are focussed into writing busily we miss our notes.. if the katha itself gets imprinted on the heart then we become pagal. Krishna Premi like that thief.
Hare Krishna
Thank you mataji for such a wonderful story. In the beginning when i used to listen to krishna katha it used to get imprinted on my heart but later when i started to put more emphasis on making notes then it was becoming a havoc for me
Now my primary motive would be to become rapt in the Hari katha
Shukriya mataji once again 🙏🙇♂️
Hare Krsna
Everything that we hear is stored in our heart/mind. Good, bad and spiritual. We may not remember everything all the time. But we don't need to. It is not easy to erase what we have heard also. Sri Krsna in our heart will remind us of whatever is needed at appropriate time.
Please continue to hear Krsna Katha, new or old as inspired by Krsna. Whether u have notes or not doesn't / shouldn't matter much.
Hare Krsna
yes prabhu, notes doesnt matter much, krishna will embark remembrance and also forgetfullness when needed 😃🙏