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Transcription : Hari Kantha Dasi, Ranga Radhika Dasi, Syama Mohini Dasi, Prema Lila Dasi, Ramananda Raya Dasa

Editing : Ramananda Raya Dasa

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17 October 2010 Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 25 Text46

His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami sings Jaya Radha Madhava :

Jaya Radha Madhava Kunj-Bihari
Gopi-Jana-Vallabha, Giri-var dhari
Yasoda-Nandana, Braja-jana Ranjana
Yamuna-tira-vana-cari

Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Krishna, Krishna, Hare Hare
Hare Rama, Hare R

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Transcription : Lalitamadhava Dasi, Krishna Dasa, Premalila Dasi, Kalindi Dasi

Editing : Hemavati Radhika Dasi

THE FOLLOWING IS A CLASS GIVEN BY HIS HOLINESS BHAKTI CHARU SWAMI IN 2009, AT VAIL, COLORADO US SEMINAR BHAGAVAD GITA DAY 4

From today, I thought of conducting the seminar in a special way. Ithought, for say about half an hour I will discuss the 7th chapter andthen I will divide you all into different groups and then I will speakto all, to discu

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The Art Of Dying, Part 1 THE FOLLOWING IS A CLASS GIVEN BY HIS HOLINESS BHAKTI CHARU SWAMI ON THE ART OF DYING ON 29 MAY 2003.

Transcription : Lalitamadhava Dasi Editing : Hemavati Radhika Dasi

 

Thank you all for coming here very much, this evening. Actually the seminar, I originally thought of giving this time was on Srimad Bhagavatam and the other day in New Vrindavan. When we were in New Vrindavan, I was discussing with mother Krsna Priya about the seminar, then I realized to cover or to do jus

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Transcription & Editing: Vinod-Bihari Dasa (our Webmaster)
 
The topic for seminar is sensitive, but it is important that we have aproper understanding of what brahmacarya actually is because spirituallife rests on it.

The word itself will clarify:

Brahman means spiritual reality, and acaran means to practice, toact upon.  To act in order to be situated on the spiritual platform isbrahmacarya. The Greek definition is not really brahmacarya

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Transcription Bhagavad-gita Day 2, US Retreat 2009. by His Holiness Bhakti Caru SwamiTranscription : Syama Mohini Dasi, Prema Lila Dasi, Ashim Krishna Dasa.Editing : Ramananda Raya DasaHis Holiness Bhakti Caru Swami : Hare Krishna. Devotees : Hare Krishna His Holiness Bhakti Caru Swami : So should we start? Is everyone in? Ok. So now I will go to the sixth chapter and sixth chapter is known as Dhyana Yoga. I just read this summary and then this chapter I will discuss a little more elaborately. W
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Transcription Disappearance Day Lecture HH Tamal Krishna Maharaja (Sridhama Mayapur February 2010)Transcription: Godavari Dasi, Nimesh, Premalila Dasi, Kalindi Dasi, Ranga Radhika Dasi, Madanmohan Krishna Dasa, Kartik Agarwal.Editing: Ramananda Raya DasaHis Holiness Bhakti Caru Swami: For this occasion we are going to sing a very special song which actually expresses the lamentation due to separation from the Lord and His assoociates. It’s written by Srila Narottama Dasa Thakur. We sang this son
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Transcription Srimad-Bhagavatam Canto 4, Ch.25, T.4 – Iskcon Juhu, Mumbai, 15 October 2010.Lecture Given By His Holiness Bhakti Caru Swami On 15 October 2010 In Juhu Beach Mumbai On Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4, Chapter 25 Text 44.Transcription : Lalitamadhava DasiEditing : Ramananda Raya DasaHis Holiness Bhakti Caru Swami sings :Jaya radha-madhava kunja-bihariGopi-jana-vallabha giri-bara-dhariYasoda-nandana vraja-jana-ranjanaYamuna-tira-vana-cariHare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare HareH
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Transcription : Sacikumara Dasa
Editing : Ramananda Raya Dasa

 

Hare Krishna! So did everybody get the summary of the first sixchapters? So today I will cover all the six chapters in one go. Are youall ready for that?  With rapt attention? What is Bhagavad-Gita?Bhagavad-Gita is the essence of the Vedas. The Vedas are vast,therefore Vyasadeva considered, or Krishna actually considered, thatthe essence of the Vedas should be giv

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Hare Krishna !

The wood-cutter and the axe

 

Once upon a time a strong wood-cutter asked a timber merchant for a job.  The timber merchant was happy to oblige.  The pay was good and so were the work-conditions.  Therefore, the wood-cutter was determined to do his best.

The timber merchant presented the wood-cutter with an axe and showed him where to work.  The first day, the wood-cutter brought eighteen trees.

“Congratulations !” the boss said.  “Go on working like that.”

Motivated by the boss’s words

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Transcription & Editing : Syama-Mohini Dasi, Sacikumara Dasa, Atul Krishna Dasa, Premalila Dasi, Ramananda Raya Dasa

 

THE FOL LOW ING IS A CLASS GIVEN BY HIS HOLINESS BHAKTI CHARU SWAMI ON TURSDAY SEPTEMBER 16TH 2010, AT ISKCON UJJAIN.

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Six limbs of saranagati are humility, surrender of the self,accepting Krsna as the Lord and Master, only shelter and having thefull faith that Krsna will always protect. This one we have not done.In the last three classes, we discusse

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Transcription & Editing : Atul Krishna Dasa, Ashim Krishna Dasa, Nimesh, Ranga Radhika Dasi and Ramananda Raya Dasa

 

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THE FOLLOWING IS A CLASS GIVEN BY HIS HOLINESS BHAKTI CHARU SWAMI ON WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 15TH 2010, AT ISKCON UJJAIN
What is today topic? Who remembers? How many we have covered so far?Out of six we covered only two – dainya and atmanivedan. So, what isthe third one? Third one is, very good, goptritve varan.  Saranagati,surrender to Krishna has six an

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Transcription and Editing  :  Bhakta Nimesh, Bhaktin Ramola,Sacikumara Dasa, Haripriya Dasi, Ashim Krishna Dasa, Ramananda RayaDasa

So, going back to our Sharanagati, Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu came toteach us the process of sharanagati, do you remember the first line, orfirst four lines of the song that we sang, the first day? How many ofyou remember that? [devotees reply] Ok, what about others? Ok, let’srecite. Shri

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Transcription and Editing : Nimesh, Ranga Radhika Dasi, Ramananda Raya Dasa

Hare Krishna, so now we are having theseminar, and so we have some special classes. In the morning, we arehaving the classes on “Saranagati,” instead of Bhagavatam class.Actually, this is also Bhagavatam class, because the ultimate goal ofBhagavatam is sharanagati, surrender to Krishna.  Bhagavatam has tenaspects, dasha lakshanam, ten symptoms,

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SARANAGATI DAY 1 BY H.H. BHAKTI CARU SWAMI – ISKCON UJJAIN SEPTEMBER 12TH 2010.Transcription: His Grace Sacikumara Dasa, Her Grace Ranga Radhika DasiEditing : Her Grace Hemavati Radhika DasiTHE FOLLOWING IS A CLASS GIVEN BY HIS HOLINESS BHAKTI CHARU SWAMI ON SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 12TH 2010, AT ISKCON UJJAIN – SARANAGATI DAY 1Hare Krishna. So today we will discuss from Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s “Saranagati”. The essence of Srimad Bhagavatam is actually Saranagati. Bhaktivinoda Thakura wrote songs o
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Transcription : Bhaktin Ramola

Editing : Hemavati Radhika Dasi

Prabhupada Realizations by HH Bhakti Charu Swami – Friday Morning- HH Bhakti Caru Swami -Drakenberg Seminar South Africa

 

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Ramayana means the glorious activities of Lord Ramacandra.But to understand the glories of the Sri Ramachandra, we have tounderstand the glory of Srila Prabhupada. Rather to understand the –Themore we recognize and appreciate the glory of Srila

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Transcription :  Ranga Radhika Dasi, Bhaktin Ramola, Shyama-Mohini Dasi, Sacikumar Dasa, Ramananda Raya Dasa

Editing : Hemavati Radhika Dasi

 

THE FOLLOWING IS A CLASS GIVEN BY HIS HOLINESS BHAKTI CHARU SWAMI ON THURSDAY JULY 1ST 2010, AT THE NORTH AMERICAN RETREAT, VRAJ, PENNSYLVANIA (RAMAYAN DAY 5)

Paramahamsa Parivrajakacarya Asatotara  Sri SrimanAbhayaCaranaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada ki Jaya! Ananta kotiVaisnava Vrinda ki Jaya! Namacarya Srila H

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THE FOLLOWING IS A CLASS GIVEN BY HIS HOLINESS BHAKTI CHARUSWAMI ON THURSDAY JULY 1ST 2010, AT THE NORTH AMERICAN RETREAT, VRAJ,PENNSYLVANIA (RAMAYAN DAY 4)

Transcription  : Suvarna Manjari Dasi

Editing : Hemavati Radhika Dasi

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HH Bhakti Charu Swami leads a sweet, melodious kirtan, thereafterstarts the class. Hare Krishna So out of seven kandas we have coveredup to five, until yesterday. We did up to Sundara kanda. Hanumanbringing the message of Sita Devi from

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THE FOLLOWING IS A SPECIAL PRABHUPADA KATHA GIVEN BY HIS HOLINESS BHAKTI CHARU SWAMI ON JULY 2010, AT ISKCON NEW YORK MANHATTEN

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Transcribers : Sacikumar Dasa, Shyama Mohini Dasi, Bhaktin Ramola, Ranga Radhika Dasi, Ramananda Raya Dasa

Editing : Hemavati Radhika Dasi

 

Welcome to the Sri Sri Radha-Murlidhara here at the Bhakti-centre.Thank you very much for coming. This evening we have a very greatspeaker, we are very fortunate, one of the intima

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Speaker:   HH Bhakti Charu Swami
Venue:     Sri Sri Nitai Gaura-Hari Mandir, Johannesburg, South Africa
Occasion:  Evening program on the eve of Randburg Ratha Yatra
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[The class continued after chanting Madhurastakam.]

 

Hare Krishna. I am sorry that this is a little complicated tune butyou did very well. Generally the way we sing it, we sing first twolines together and then the third line single. O

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Guru Maharaja’s Transcribed Janmastami Morning Lecture Ujjain 2010Transcription : Archana DasiEditing : Ramananda Raya DasaOkay, that is some austerity that you perform for Krishna’s pleasure. When you perform some austerity then Krishna becomes pleased and you derive some benefit. And what is the spiritual benefit ? The spiritual benefit is that Krishna becomes pleased and you make spiritual advancement.I am very happy that you all came and I hope that you are enjoying your stay here. Are you e
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