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vidura uvaca

pitr-deva-manusyanam
ayuh param idam smrtam
paresam gatim acaksva
ye syuh kalpad bahir vidah

Vidura said: I now understand the life durations of the residents of the Pita planets and heavenly planets as well as that of the human beings. Now kindly inform me of the durations of life of those greatly learned living entities who are beyond the range of a kalpa.

Purport:
The partial dissolution of the universe that takes place at the end of Brahma’s day does not affect all the planetary systems. The planets of highly learned living entities like the sages Sanaka and Bhrgu are not affected by the dissolutions of the millenniums. All the planets are of different types, and each is controlled by a different kala-cakra, or schedule of eternal time. The time of the earth planet is not applicable to other, more elevated planets. Therefore, Vidura herein inquires about the duration of life on other planets.

In this verse the words kṛtavān yāni indicate that all the different activities Kṛṣṇa performed while present on earth are beneficial to human society. If religionists, philosophers and people in general simply hear the activities of Kṛṣṇa, they will be liberated.

Srimad Bhagavatam 10.1.3

avatīrya yador vaṁśe bhagavān bhūta-bhāvanaḥ

kṛtavān yāni viśvātmā tāni no vada vistarā

The Supersoul, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the cause of the cosmic manifestation, appeared in the dynasty of Yadu. Please tell me elaborately about His glorious activities and character, from the beginning to the end of His life
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This is story of avanti Brahmana. Avanti is a place. This Brahmana he was a Businessman. A miser. greedy, angry man, all his family against him. He would spend any money but not give anything to anybody, so making more money. So gradually thief, and di…

Lord Caitanya manifested 48 years and 24 years he is stay in Puri. First 8 years He went out sometime to South India or Vrindavan. 16 years he stay longer in Puri , so that it means very important. Special mood of separation. He always went to Ratha Yatra. And all the devotees from Navadvip will come. And they would go to Ratha Yatra and stay whole of rainy season. So every body know what of Ratha Yatra was. Festival of Jagannath. When Lord Jagannath manifest like His mood, Lord Caitanya mood He came out of the temple. Of course now by Prabhupada’s potencies He is manifested that mood all the time. Temple are open for anyone and everyone all over the world, Jagannath Temple. He travel on Sankirtan bus all over the world and every days giving dharsan.

That’s quit clear. In ninth chapter of Bhagavad-gita it discribe how is he creat thing everything and doing everything than everthing is outside of everthing. Than he said none of this effect me. na ca māṁ tāni karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañ-jaya udāsīna-vad āsīnam asaktaṁ teṣu karmasu. (Bg 9.9) none of this work affect him but creation, maintenance, and destruction because he always neutural. .. Normaly someone has to create everthing, and maintance everthing and they caught up in that. Thinking about it all the time. Even we just, some small think we doing cooking. But Krishna he is just busy enjoying spiritual world althougt he is still in carge he is stiil doing. Cause everthing come from him. He created the energy and made it keep going.

sa evedaṁ sasarjāgre bhagavān ātma-māyayā
sad-asad-rūpayā cāsau guṇamayāguṇo vibhuḥ

In the beginning of the material creation, that Absolute Personality of Godhead [Vāsudeva], in His transcendental position, created the energies of cause and effect by His own internal energy.

Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.30

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na mayy anāśite bhuṅkte nāsnāte snāti mat-parā
mayi ruṣṭe susantrastā  bhartsite yata-vāg bhayāt

King Purañjana then began to think of his past dealings with his wife. He recalled that his wife would not take her dinner until he had finished his, that she would not take her bath until he had finished his, and that she was always very much attached to him, so much so that if he would sometimes become angry and chastise her, she would simply remain silent and tolerate his misbehavior.
Purport:

A wife is always supposed to be submissive to her husband. Submission, mild behavior and subservience are qualities in a wife which make a husband very thoughtful of her. For family life it is very good for a husband to be attached to his wife, but it is not very good for spiritual advancement. Thus Kṛṣṇa consciousness must be established in every home. If a husband and wife are very much attached to one another in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, they will both benefit because Kṛṣṇa is the center of their existence. Otherwise, if the husband is too much attached to his wife, he becomes a woman in his next life. The woman, being overly attached to her husband, becomes a man in her next life. Of course, it is an advantage for a woman to become a man, but it is not at all advantageous for the man to become a woman.

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Yet the supreme father has no other father. Every one of the living entities of all grades, up to Brahmā, the original creature of the universe, is begotten by a father, but He, the Lord, has no father. When He descends to the material plane, out of His causeless mercy He accepts one of His great devotees as His father to keep pace with the rules of the material world. But since He is the Lord, He is always independent in choosing who will become His father.

tvaṁ naḥ surāṇām asi sānvayānāṁ
 kūṭa-stha ādyaḥ puruṣaḥ purāṇaḥ
tvaṁ deva śaktyāṁ guṇa-karma-yonau
 retas tv ajāyāṁ kavim ādadhe ’jaḥ

You are the original personal founder of all the demigods and the orders of different gradations, yet You are the oldest and are unchanged. O Lord, You have no source or superior. You have impregnated the external energy with the semen of the total living entities, yet You are unborn. Srimad Bhagavatam 3.5.50 http://www.vedabase.com/en/sb/3/5/50

But those who always worship Me with exclusive devotion, meditating on My transcendental form – to them I carry what they lack, and I preserve what they have. Bhagavad-gita 9.22-http://www.vedabase.com/en/bg/9/22

The keyword in this verse is Exclusive Devotion, not sometime worship this, worship that, enjoy material senses then back to devotion. The promise that given by Krishna in this verse is for the one that always worship me in exclusive devotion.

the next thing is Meditating on Krishna transcendental form, thats why Krishna so kindly appear in his form as the deity. When we are worshiping the deity, dressing the deity and make offering to the deity we will automatically think about transcendental form of Krishna.

In the previous verse it is said that if we worship the demigods the can go to heavenly planet, but after the time runs out he will fall down again. Its just like you have a vacation when you have money you can have fun but after the money runs out you can’t anything.

Then Guru Maharaja describe about how devotees not attracted about heavenly planet, the analogies about how life in heavenly planet. Guru maharaja continued that devotees only goal is only Krishna and then explaining on how to achieve Krishna mercy.

Message from Guru Maharaja:

We should read this Bhagavadgita carefully, memories some its verses, keep them in our mind and gradually really trust Krishna. He’s not gonna cheat us. He is really gonna give us what his promises, if we give him what he is asking for. Its two way deal!

Please hear more from the audio or download it. Hare Krishna!

Here Lord Brahma pray to the Lord so that he can not become puff up when he given this order to created the universe. But us when given even small order we become proud, Here the proper attitude was given.

yadā tu sarva-bhūteṣu
dāruṣv agnim iva sthitam
praticakṣīta māḿ loko
jahyāt tarhy eva kaśmalam

You will see Me in all living entities as well as all over the universe, just as fire is situated in wood. Only in that state of transcendental vision will you be able to be free from all kinds of illusion.
Srimad Bhagavatam 3.9.32

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Guru Maharaja say we should be carefull of our thinking about Vaishanva, some pseudo devotee will blaspheme Junior Haridasa but what given by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu actually a mercy.

Sri Caitanya mercy sometimes hard to be seen and what happens to Junior Haridasa is he got the mercy, not otherwise.

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu chastise Junior Haridasa to give an example how an ideal Vaishnava should be. A Vaishnava should be simple and free from any sinful activity, even if its tiny sinful activity.

If we read the Lila, Junior Haridasa not actually “in” maya, he only have a glimpse of something in his mind. But, to correct him and give him a lesson and mercy Lord Caitanya chastise him.

The result of that chastisement is Junior Haridasa receive constant personal association with His subtle body. So junior haridasa personally singing for Lord Caitanya and Lord Caitainya is the only one who hear it. which is a great mercy.

Guru Maharaja gave some stories in real life, how sometime devotee get sick, have problem, have baby that unhealthy and doesn’t live long. Then Maharaja tell a story about a devotee with baby that doesn’t live long, but the soul just need it a few moment and get to higher position.

Some devotee have baby that died after birth and Prabhupada said that baby only need to be in a womb of a devotee and doesn’t need to live long to go to higher position.

Its hard to see but everything is Krishna mercy.

Please hear this lecture more, Guru Maharaja narrate a lot of interesting real life story.

The teaching of Bhisma are one of the major teaching in Mahabharata. He is one of the Mahajana.

Jnana, karma, yoga, they independently will not achieve love of Godhead. They will achieve knowledge, mystic power, wealth, so many think but can not achieve love of godhead. To be effective Bhakti should be there, Jnana misra bhakti or karma misra bhakti, it’s mixed bhakti. Bhakti is independent, automatically include knowledge and renunciation. Jnana and vairagya They came automatically.

tasmān mad-bhakti-yuktasya
 yogino vai mad-ātmanaḥ
na jñānaṁ na ca vairāgyaṁ
 prāyaḥ śreyo bhaved iha

Therefore, for a devotee engaged in My loving service, with mind fixed on Me, the cultivation of knowledge and renunciation is generally not the means of achieving the highest perfection within this world.

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This means we should have Vaishnava acara, join with the devotees and do Vaishnava activities (activities) and avoid all bad assosiation.

arthendriyārāma-sagoṣṭhy-atṛṣṇayā
 tat-sammatānām aparigraheṇa ca
vivikta-rucyā paritoṣa ātmani
 vinā harer guṇa-pīyūṣa-pānāt

One has to make progress in spiritual life by not associating with persons who are simply interested in sense gratification and making money. Not only such persons, but one who associates with such persons should be avoided. One should mold his life in such a way that he cannot live in peace without drinking the nectar of the glorification of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari. One can be thus elevated by being disgusted with the taste for sense enjoyment.

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This question put by Vidura to Maitreya Rsi. Vidura question was not mundane altough he ask about the living beings under different classifications, but because it also related with Krishna because He does all this thing.

tiryaṅ-mānuṣa-devānāṁ
 sarīsṛpa-patattriṇām
vada naḥ sarga-saṁvyūhaṁ
 gārbha-sveda-dvijodbhidām

Also please describe the living beings under different classifications: subhumans, humans, those born of the embryo, those born of perspiration, those who are twice-born [birds], and the plants and vegetables. Kindly describe their generations and subdivisions also.

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Bhagavad-gita is Raja Vidya and Raja Guhyam which means the King of Knowledge and the King of all secret. Its mean for everyone, everyone can read it and will get purified, many people will testified that Bhagavad-gita change their life completely.
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In Bhagavad Gita 6.47 its stated: And of all yogīs, the one with great faith who always abides in Me, thinks of Me within himself and renders transcendental loving service to Me – he is the most intimately united with Me in yoga and is the highest of all. That is My opinion.

Bhagavad Gita 9.27

yat karoṣi yad aśnāsi
yaj juhoṣi dadāsi yat
yat tapasyasi kaunteya
tat kuruṣva mad-arpaṇam

Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer or give away, and whatever austerities you perform – do that, O son of Kuntī, as an offering to Me.
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The Supreme is defined in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam as janmādy asya yato ’nvayād itarataś ca, or, “The origin of everything is the Supreme Brahman.” Therefore the origin of lust is also in the Supreme. If, therefore, lust is transformed into love for the Supreme, or transformed into Kṛṣṇa consciousness – or, in other words, desiring everything for Kṛṣṇa – then both lust and wrath can be spiritualized.

śrī-bhagavān uvāca
kāma eṣa krodha eṣa
rajo-guṇa-samudbhavaḥ
mahāśano mahā-pāpmā
viddhy enam iha vairiṇam

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: It is lust only, Arjuna, which is born of contact with the material mode of passion and later transformed into wrath, and which is the all-devouring sinful enemy of this world.

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Guru Maharaja narate story about life of Madhvacarya. Before Madhvacarya born, a crippled man go up his house roof and yell: “Vayudeva will appear…. Vayudeva will appear” then after that Madhvacarya was born, his parent give him name Vasudeva.

One day her mother take 5 year old Vasudeva to a place where a famous speaker of Purana gave a class. His mother and other people there quitely heard this speaker, but little Madhvacarya suddenly spoke: “Dear speaker, what Purana said is not what like you said”. Then he began to explain about the verse and explain the meaning and everyone is agree with him. In one occassion his Father explain to him about the meaning of trees mentioned in Purana. his father skip one tree because he could not give the meaning. Madhvacarya knows it and asking his father “Father why you skip one tree?” and then he explained the tree meaning.

His father love his son Vasudeva very much, and he is very glad of Vasudeva inteligence. At the age of 7 year his father sent Madhvacarya to study under Acutya Preksa. Madhvacarya is very smart he understand the lesson very quickly and then playing for a whole day. Some said Madhvacarya swim like Hanuman, and wrestle like Bhima, but his teacher was not very happy because most of the time Madhvacarya just go out playing and never study. One day his teacher become very angry and ask him to repeat all the verses that already tought in the class, Madhvacarya repeat the verses perfectly and the mention the next verses for the next class, his teacher astonished and never bother him again.

Acyuta Preksa then initiated Vasudeva and gave him name Purnaprajna at the age of 11. Then Madhvacarya took sannyasa at the age of 12. He then travel around India and visited many holy places, had discussion with various famous people and strongly refuse mayavadi.

Later Madhvacarya go to Badrinatha to met Vyasadeva. He climb the mountain by jumping like hanuman, at first some of his disciple follow him but the can’t keep up. Madhvacarya then met Vyasadeva and get teaching from Vyasadeva then Madhvacarya travel again with stronger teaching and travel all around India.

Please listen the audio for more stories of Madhvacarya.

Hare Krishna

viṣān mahāgneḥ puruṣāda-darśanād
 asat-sabhāyā vana-vāsa-kṛcchrataḥ
mṛdhe mṛdhe ’neka-mahārathāstrato
 drauṇy-astrataś cāsma hare ’bhirakṣitāḥ

My dear Kṛṣṇa, Your Lordship has protected us from a poisoned cake, from a great fire, from cannibals, from the vicious assembly, from sufferings during our exile in the forest and from the battle where great generals fought. And now You have saved us from the weapon of Aśvatthāmā.

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Amazing attitude of great devotees for always asking for trouble to come. Mostly we prayer for no trouble, our problem to be solved, our enemy to be killed, and to get rich.

vipadaḥ santu tāḥ śaśvat tatra tatra jagad-guro
bhavato darśanaṁ yat syād apunar bhava-darśanam

I wish that all those calamities would happen again and again so that we could see You again and again, for seeing You means that we will no longer see repeated births and deaths.

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Guru Maharaja give presentation and showing video about Temple of Vedic Planetarium then gave a lecture about how important is charity Giving.
Bhaktivinoda Thakur was said that by giving charity to qualified person the result will come in the next life…

Initiation by HH Kavicandra Swami Guru Maharaja in Sri-Sri Radha-Kunjabhihari Ashram, Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia.

In this occassion Guru Maharaja also distribute Srimad Bhagavatam 7th Canto in Indonesian language. He also tell a story on why Prahlada Maharaja is a devotee even before he is born, its happen because Hiranyakasipu remembering Sri Visnu.

At the time Hiranyakasipu did tapasya. Narada muni wanted to see his friend Parvata muni. Narada muni then taking a form of a little bird and start flying over the sky and singing “Visnu… Visnu… Visnu…” Hiranyakasipu heard this chanting and he became very angry. He was an Asura, he can’t tolerate this singing, so he stopped his Tapasya and try to kill the little bird. Knowing his life in danger the little bird disappear.

After the bird disappear Hiranyakasipu still very angry, the name “Visnu… Visnu… Visnu…” still lingering at his head. He decide he can’t continue tapasya and went home.

Hiranyakasipu arrived at his palace and at the time is the time of having child, and Hiranyakasipu still can’t forget about Visnu name. Thats why Prahlada Maharaja never forget about Sri Vishnu.

Initiation by HH Kavicandra Swami Guru Maharaj in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. In this section Guru Maharaja lead the Yadnya and chanting the pramanas. We have a lot of kirtan here… kirtan…

At the beginning of the creation Krishna spoken to Brahma Deva, in Brahma heart. Krishna only spoken 4 verses and Brahma become understand of everything. Brahma then told and expand this 4 verses to His son, Narada Muni, and asking Narada to spread thi…

tato vayaṁ mat-pramukhā yad-arthe  babhūvimātman karavāma
kiṁ te tvaṁ naḥ sva-cakṣuḥ paridehi śaktyā  deva kriyārthe yad-anugrahāṇām

O Supreme Self, please give us, who are created in the beginning from the mahat-tattva, the total cosmic energy, Your kind directions on how we shall act. Kindly award us Your perfect knowledge and potency so that we can render You service in the different departments of subsequent creation.

Srimad Bhagavatam 3.5.51

ṛṣir uvāca
iti tāsāṁ sva-śaktīnāṁ
satīnām asametya saḥ
prasupta-loka-tantrāṇāṁ
niśāmya gatim īśvaraḥ

The Ṛṣi Maitreya said: The Lord thus heard about the suspension of the progressive creative functions of the universe due to the noncombination of His potencies, such as the mahat-tattva. Srimad Bhagavatam 3.6.1

yadā rahitam ātmānaṁ  bhūtendriya-guṇāśayaiḥ
svarūpeṇa mayopetaṁ  paśyan svārājyam ṛcchati

When you are free from the conception of gross and subtle bodies and when your senses are free from all influences of the modes of material nature, you will realize your pure form in My association. At that time you will be situated in pure consciousness. Srimad Bhagavatam 3.9.33

ṛṣim ādyaṁ na badhnāti  pāpīyāṁs tvāṁ rajo-guṇaḥ
yan mano mayi nirbaddhaṁ  prajāḥ saṁsṛjato ’pi te

You are the original ṛṣi, and because your mind is always fixed on Me, even though you will be engaged in generating various progeny the vicious mode of passion will never encroach upon you. Srimad Bhagavatam 3.9.35

śrī-śuka uvāca śrutvehitaṁ sādhu sabhā-sabhājitaṁ  mahattamāgraṇya urukramātmanaḥ
yudhiṣṭhiro daitya-pater mudānvitaḥ  papraccha bhūyas tanayaṁ svayambhuvaḥ

Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: After hearing about the activities and character of Prahlāda Mahārāja, which are adored and discussed among great personalities like Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva, Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja, the most respectful king among exalted personalities, again inquired from the great saint Nārada Muni in a mood of great pleasure.

Srimad Bhagavatam 7.11.1

yathā hṛṣīkeśa khalena devakī  kaṁsena ruddhāticiraṁ śucārpitā
vimocitāhaṁ ca sahātmajā vibho  tvayaiva nāthena muhur vipad-gaṇāt

O Hṛṣīkeśa, master of the senses and Lord of lords, You have released Your mother, Devakī, who was long imprisoned and distressed by the envious King Kaṁsa, and me and my children from a series of constant dangers.

Srimad Bhagavatam1.8.23