Krishna says, ‘Nature is the Mother, but I am the Father’; the glory of a devotee is the praises given to the guru; Dasganu and his singing of Shirdi Sai’s glory.
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- 2024-03-12
Madhurakavi Alvar - Part 2
The devotee isn’t interested in Vaikuntha, but rather is only interested in serving the guru on Earth; gratitude to his guru who has taken him and sheltered him; deep confidence that by taking shelter at the feet of the Master, all his sins have been forgiven. -
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- 2024-03-12
Madhurakavi Alvar - Part 2
The devotee isn’t interested in Vaikuntha, but rather is only interested in serving the guru on Earth; gratitude to his guru who has taken him and sheltered him; deep confidence that by taking shelter at the feet of the Master, all his sins have been forgiven. -
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- 2023-10-14
Narada Bhakti Sutra Commentary - Day 1 - Part 1
Sutra: Introduction to the Narada Bhakti SutrasHighlights: Highlights: Why Narada was compelled to wander the universe; bhakti vs. business; the 9 forms of bhakti; para-bhakti and apara-bhakti; the story of Saint Dnyaneshwar and the buffalo…and much more. -
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- 2023-10-14
Narada Bhakti Sutra Commentary - Day 1 - Part 2
Sutra: Introduction to the Narada Bhakti Sutras (continued)Highlights: Atmanivedana: a state all devotees should strive for; the 64 aparadhas (offenses); what is a bjia mantra; the meaning and power of a sutra; four aspects of Krishna; why you should never consider Tulsi a mere plant…and more -
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- 2023-10-14
Narada Bhakti Sutra Commentary - Day 1 - Part 3
Sutras: 1 & 2Highlights: The meaning of Narada; Narada meeting Bhakti Devi; Bhagavan wants only love, not material things; personal deity: ishtadev; devotees talk about the lila of God in their lives, inspiring others to grow; distinction between what is ‘love’ and what is ‘like’… and more -
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- 2023-10-14
Narada Bhakti Sutra Commentary - Day 3 - Part 1
Sutras: 14 & 15Highlights: Health of mind and body allows you to serve the Divine; overthinking, overeating, to fulfill desire; work and worship; majority of people don’t know why they are living; Samarth Ramdas and St. Tukaram; Narayana-seva: serving the Lord present inside of everyone, every animal, and nature…and more -
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- 2023-10-14
Narada-Bhakti-Sutras - Day 3 - Part 2
Sutras: 16, 17 & 18Highlights: Not an idol, but the essence of the Supreme Lord; external worship becomes internal; Manasa-puja; Ramakrishna slapping queen Rani Rasmani; listening to the glory of the Lord; Gita Ch. 10, v 9; Parikshit listening to Sukadeva Goswami; Ratnakar transformed into sage Valmiki; Tulsidas…and more -
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- 2023-10-14
Narada-Bhakti-Sutras - Day 3 - Part 3
Sutras: 19 & 20
Highlights: Eknath’s wife giving up her body after hearing her husband is dead; Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10, C.19, v.16, when the gopis saw Krishna returning home; living a state of para-bhakti: complete surrender and service to the Supreme Lord; story of Bhakti Devi from Puri…and more -
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- 2023-10-14
Narada-Bhakti-Sutras - Day 4 - Part 1
Sutra 37Highlights: Incarnated here for a reason, you can’t run away from that duty; Bhagavan said, ‘I dwell in the heart of My devotees…those who sing My glory’; when you are singing the Name of the Lord all your karma gets burned naturally; when you are fully absorbed into that bhajan, wherever you are, He is with you; work is worship -
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- 2023-10-14
Narada-Bhakti-Sutras - Day 4 - Part 2
Sutra 38Highlights: the guru's duty is to remind you continuously all of the Names of the Lord; more than being near to the Master, it's more important to listen to what the Master teaches you; without challenging you, you will not change; Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10, verse 11, ‘Out of pure compassion for them, dwelling within their self, I destroy the ignorance born darkness by shining the light of wisdom.’ -
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- 2023-10-14
Narada-Bhakti-Sutras - Day 4 - Part 3
Sutra 39Highlights: In this time, we see this world is full of hypocrisy; ‘One in a thousand struggle for Self-realisation. And even among such aspirants, only one in thousand attains Self-realisation’; the benefit of association; Shreemad Bhagavatam, Canto 1, Chapter 18, verse 13: sage Vishwamitra and sage Vashishta discussing the glory of a devotee. -
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- 2023-10-14
Narada-Bhakti-Sutras - Day 5 - Part 1
Sutras: 49, 50, 51Highlights: Ritual helps you to purify yourself, but when you have reached that excelled state of devotion, all of this disappears; that love which awakens is a love which can't be satisfied. There is only that yearning for more of it; the greatness of love; Shabari; Sudama; words become inadequate in describing what bhakti is. It can't be explained by words. -
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- 2023-10-14
Narada-Bhakti-Sutras - Day 5 - Part 2
Sutras: 52, 53, 54Highlights: Story of Champa; Guruji talks about his childhood; the saints have a different shine in their eyes; that love manifests, that love is given, that grace is easily attained to those which are truly worthy of receiving it; love vs lust; conceptualising, analysing love; when you absorb into that divine ecstasy, it is impossible to describe; Pundalik, Savatamali. -
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- 2023-10-14
Narada-Bhakti-Sutras - Day 5 - Part 3
Sutras: 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60Highlights: Guruji saying: that effort that you have put the tilak on your forehead itself is beautiful; where there is love, that becomes home. In your heart is your home; gopis - the topmost of bhakti; secondary bhakti; devotion: sattvic, rajasic, tamasic; doing spiritual practice with a certain aim; saints who feel that love inside of them, become silent. -
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- 2023-10-17
Narada Bhakti Sutra Commentary - Day 2 - Part 1
Sutra: 6Highlights: Bhakti saints often appear to be mad; Chaitanya Mahaprabhu; when a test comes, you can see how much one has truly surrendered; Guruji drinking liquor in a monastery; devotees start to look like their guru; Bhagavad Gita Ch.5, v. 22; yoga is not gymnastics; bhajan: Aisi Lāgi Lagan -
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- 2023-10-17
Narada Bhakti Sutra Commentary - Day 2 - Part 2
Sutras: 7 & 8Highlights: lust vs. love; Chintamani, the courtesan; Bilva Mangal; when sexual energy transforms into spiritual energy, it becomes the energy of divine contemplation; Bhagavad Gita Ch. 3, verse 39-40; the power of discrimination ; ‘Whatever you do, offer it all unto Me.’…and more -
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- 2023-10-17
Narada Bhakti Sutra Commentary - Day 2 - Part 3
Sutras: 9 & 10Highlights: Bhagavad Gita Ch. 8, verse 14; bringing the mind back; fasting and focusing upon the Lord Himself, for whom you are fasting; You can’t serve two masters; Gajendra; depend on the Lord Himself and he will send the right person to help you…and more -
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- 2023-10-17
Narada Bhakti Sutra Commentary - Day 6 - Part 1
Sutras: 61Highlights: Those who have surrendered should not feel any anxiety for worldly concerns, nor thoughts of worry or public criticism; complete trust in God, even if things don't go the way you think it should go; Rukmini’s letter to Krishna; the wives of great saints were against Krishna, Vitthala; be concerned only about your relationship and your love for Him. -
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- 2023-10-17
Narada Bhakti Sutra Commentary - Day 6 - Part 2
Sutras: 62, 63, 64Highlights: Transform the work you do into a state of selfless work; great saints work for the betterment of mankind; Samarth Ramdas and his disciple Amba Das; Krishna Arpanamastu’, at night when you go to sleep; avoid three things: lust, anger and greed; when you perceive your qualities of egoism, hypocrisy or other negative qualities, focus on the opposite quality. -
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- 2023-10-17
Narada Bhakti Sutra Commentary - Day 6 - Part 3
Sutras: 65, 66Highlights: The prayer that Vidya sent to Guruji; one can also become angry with Him – like gopis, Radaharani were; in bhakti you offer everything. This is the privilege of being a devotee of the Supreme Lord; Ravana, Kamsa constantly dwelled on Him, but having such anger towards God is not meant for everybody; devotees find joy to serve without motive. -
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- 2023-10-17
Narada Bhakti Sutra Commentary - Day 7 - Part 1
Sutras: 69, 70Highlights: Exalted devotees purify their family, their ancestors, their surroundings. They are a blessing, not only for this world, but for this universe; a holy place by itself is not holy, but by the presence of saints and Maha-Purusha these places are transformed; Ganga went to Trailanga Swami to be purified; Pundalika; Bhu Vaikuntha, Pandharpur; pilgrimage places -
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- 2023-10-17
Narada Bhakti Sutra Commentary - Day 7 - Part 2
Sutras: 71, 72, 73Highlights: Mother Earth gets strength by the presence of devotees; the body of a devotee is not just made of matter, it is love that vibrates; anyone taking on devotee initiation is purifying 21 generations back of their ancestors; you being on the path of Hari Bhakta Sampradaya is not random; the true devotees belong to Him, and their actions reflect Him. -
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- 2023-10-17
Narada Bhakti Sutra Commentary - Day 7 - Part 3
Sutras: 74, 75, 76Highlights: Do something so that you will attract the grace of guru and God in your life; know that your path is right, even while being criticised; devotees absorbed in the divine Love of God don't go into debates and intellectual gymnastics; study things that will promote the awakening of bhakti in your actions; all the scriptures help in awakening bhakti in the heart of those who practice. -
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- 2023-10-17
Narada Bhakti Sutra Commentary - Day 8 - Part 1
Sutras: 77Highlights: How much time one wastes in feeling pity for oneself; story of Raja Janak; people spend their whole lives slaving away for the wealth they give to doctors at the end; better to spend your time among devotees who remind you of your relationship with God; if you have not practiced chanting His Name, your mind will not remember Him when passing from this life. -
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- 2023-10-17
Narada Bhakti Sutra Commentary - Day 8 - Part 2
Sutras: 78, 79, 80, 81Highlights: Discipline on spiritual path; instead of gossiping, sharing something inspiring you have experienced; on the spiritual path, everybody climbs their own ladder, so there is no need for competition; ‘the devotee is ‘yuktatama’, the best and the highest among those who are united to Him’; para-bhakti means the highest form of devotion -
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- 2023-10-17
Narada Bhakti Sutra Commentary - Day 8 - Part 3
Sutras: 82, 83, 84Highlights: When you have that attitude of serving Him as a servant, then He comes nearer and nearer to you; story of Narada and mother Yashoda; Chaitanya Mahaprabhu; Mirabai carried Giridhar Gopal for 80 years, wherever she went; if you want to have Darshan of Bhagavan, it’s possible only by bhakti. -
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MOVIE
- 2024-03-12
Madhurakavi Alvar - Part 2
The devotee isn’t interested in Vaikuntha, but rather is only interested in serving the guru on Earth; gratitude to his guru who has taken him and sheltered him; deep confidence that by taking shelter at the feet of the Master, all his sins have been forgiven. -
TEST - Zone 5 Movies by categories
Madhurakavi Alvar - Part 1
Krishna says, ‘Nature is the Mother, but I am the Father’; the glory of a devotee is the praises given to the guru; Dasganu and his singing of Shirdi Sai’s glory.
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