Srimad Bhagavatam [Bhagwat Katha] - Part 2

In "Bhagavatam in English - Part 2 by Swami Mukundananda- How to get wisdom and detachment" Swamiji says, "many of you has been to holy places in India. When you go to the holy place, the pandit ji informs you of the Mahatmaya. So, when somebody has the mahatmaya in the mind, one realizes the importance and derives more devotional, spiritual benefit out of that entity."
 

Srimad Bhagavatam [Bhagwat Katha] - Part 1

In this lecture Swami Mukundananda says that Srimad Bhagavatam Mahapuran is like the essence of the Vedic teachings, written by Ved Vyas himself.  Knowledge of Vedas and Upanishads is presented in such a blissful manner, with all the Divine pastimes of God and his devotees, that listening to the Bhagavat Katha becomes an experience in itself.  Not only does it illuminate our intellect with Divine Wisdom, it also moves our hearts and fills them with the nectar of Divine Love.  That is why it is said that this Srimad Bhagavatam has something that even the Vedas do not have.

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First of all surrender to a Guru before starting sadhana (spiritual practice). Swami Vivekananda said, "The living secrets must be passed down through the master to a disciple in every science much more so in spiritual science."

Swamiji in this episode explains following lines from the kirtan "Sadhana Karu Pyare" (साधना करु प्यारे) by Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj:

प्रथम श्रद्धा युक्त हो जा, शरण गुरु पद प्यारे |
गुरु की बुधि में जोड़ निज बुधि, है शरण यह प्यारे |

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Devotion is dynamic thing. The worldly nectars are such that they are constantly decreasing and then they finish. Whatever appears to be very blissful to you right now, if you keep savoring it the bliss keeps on decreasing. This is the nature of worldly bliss.

Swami Mukundananda in this episode explains following lines from the kirtan "Sadhana Karu Pyare" (साधना करु प्यारे) by Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj:

ना भरे ना खालि हो अस, रस की प्याली प्यारे ।
तुम अकारण करुण करुणा, करहु मो पर प्यारे |
कृपा कि नित बाट जोहो, कृपा होगी प्यारे ।
कबहुँ तो लैहैं कृपा करी, सुधि 'कृपालुहुँ' प्यारे ।

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Is there any difference between Radha and Durga? If yes, then what is the difference and if no, how? Swami Mukundananda in this episode of "Secrets of Spiritual Practice" gives a clear answer to this.

Swami Mukundananda in this episode explains following lines:

ग्रन्थ पढ़ु जनि बहुत सुनु जनि, संत मत बहु प्यारे ।
गौर रस अरु श्याम रस दोउ, एक करि पिउ प्यारे ।
रस की शीशी में युगल रस, भर के पि नित प्यारे ।

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Swami Mukundananda in this episode explains following lines:
हरि दरस दे या न दे तुम, रोते जाओ प्यारे ।
एक दिन अइहैं इहै, विस्वास राखहु प्यारे ।
जितनो तू कर प्यार तितनो, प्यार कर तोहिं प्यारे ।
प्यार ही प्यार सों कर पिय, प्यार चाकर प्यारे ।

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"Swami Mukundananda in this episode explains following lines:
जग में कतहूँ राग जनि करू, द्धेष जनि करू प्यारे ।
हरि में गुरु में ही रहे नित, रक्त तव मन प्यारे ।
सदा सोचहु जाने कब छिन, जाय तनु यह प्यारे ।
मन को मनु शत्रु उसकी, सुनहु जनि कछु प्यारे ।

The mind should be attached to the divine realm alone, nowhere else in the world. Neither to the family nor to the worldly object nor to prestige or material situation. Shree Krishna has repeatedly said in Bhagavad Gita that if a person engages in single minded devotion of God, He will take full care of that person. He further says, "I am easily attained by those who practices single-minded devotion.

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तृणादपि सुनिचेन तरोरपि सहिस्नुन अमानिन मानदेन कीर्तनीय सदा हरि

1. Consider yourself to be more insignificant than a blade of grass and become more tolerant than a tree.
2. Give respect to others but do not seek respect for yourself.
3. Always chant God's name.

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in his "Shikshashtaka" stated these 3 points as basic principles for a devotee.

तृण से बढ़ कर दीनता उर, राख नित ही प्यारे ।
वृक्ष से बढ़ कर सहिष्णु, भाव भी हो प्यारे ।
सब को दो सम्मान आपुन, मान जनि चहु प्यारे ।

Now, five hundred years later, Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj repeats the same principles in these lines of "Sadhana Karu Pyare" (साधना करु प्यारे).

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It is not that God is watching us sometimes, He is watching us all the time. Bring this thought into your conscious awareness. At present we have the awareness of "I am" but we escape the thought of "God and Guru are with me". We need to practice thinking "God is with me". As a result, our mind will be attached to God-Guru while we do our daily chores and we will automatically start offering our works to Him. This is the state of Karmyoga.

Sadhana Karu Pyare Part-8

In this episode of the series of discourses on Kripaluji Maharaj's kirtan "Sadhana Karu Pyare"(साधना करु प्यारे), Swami Mukundananda says covers these lines:
दरस हित लग एक पलहूँ, कलप सम तोहिं प्यारे ।
चर अचर में लखहु अपनो, इष्ट कहँ नित प्यारे ।
As you keep these principles (explained in previous episodes of the series), your longing for Sri Krishna will keep increasing. It should increase to the point where one moment seems like an age. Such longing will take you to Sri Krishna. In other words, deep longing for God will unite you with God. Swamiji further explains how deep should be the longing.