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1. The Vaishnava society is very meticulously structured, where the juniors always respect seniors and juniors always receive affection and blessings from the seniors. 2. The Vaishnava society is structured according to varnasrama, brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya and sudra; and sannyasi, vanaprastha, grhastha and brahmacari. 3. There are considerations of seniority according to initiation among Godbrothers. Devotees who have received initiation earlier are considered senior. 4. The Guru's… Continue

Today I will try to make the class a little more interesting by telling a story. I will get into the story of Brhad Bhagavatamrita. This is a book by Sanatana Goswami. In a way, this is the summary of Srimad Bhagavatam. What has been taught in Srimad Bhagavatam, Sanatana Goswami is presenting that through a story. First, Brhad Bhagavatamrita is presented in two parts, the initial part and the latter part. Literally it means the eastern and northern parts. The initial part describes Narada…

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Nama Om Visnu Padaya Krsna Presthaya Bhutale Srimate Bhaktivedanta Swamin Iti Namine

Namaste Sarasvate Deve Gaura Vani Pracarine Nirvisesha Sunyavadi Pascatya Desa Tarine

Hare Krishna! Let me take the attendance first. We handed out some outlines of our study course. Some of you didn’t get. Who all didn’t get? So, what I’ll do is I will just leave them here. After the class you can please collect it from here. There will be three lessons.

Lesson 1 was the first day’s course. Then…

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Regarding your question about the dancing, the dancing should be done enthusiastically by raising the hands like Panca-tattva. You can also dance enthusiastically by raising hands. All of Lord Caitanya's followers used to dance with raised ...hands. If someone dances with ecstasy, that is all right, but it is better to dance with raised hands. SP letter to Kirtanananda (November 10, 1975) 01. Kirtana means glorification of Sri Hari by means of singing. (When only one devotee sings, it is…

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