20241004 - Three types of festival

Sam.

That's it. Hare Krishna. Dear devotees, today we will continue with the reading from Sri chaitanya Sikshamrita or Sha Sachitananda Bhakti Vinod Thakur Number 2, Cleaning Road Ghat, gut, cowshed shop, personal house and deity temple. Santa deity temple. Sanctification should be achieved by cleaning road ghat, cowshed shop, personal house and deity temples. It is the duty of every person to keep his house, ghat, road, cowshed temple and premises clean. Besides, it's everyone's duty to clean all common paths, ghats, markets, temples, etc. Within a village, the village is large. Villagers should gather together and collect money voluntarily or with the help of the emperor. Completing all those common tasks is a piety of generating act for all the villagers. Should I continue.

Telling us.

So? Srila Prabhupada was telling us if one wants to be a Brahmana, the policy should be cleanliness. So this verse tells us the duty of the village residents cleansing the forest. Old forests that are in that are in one's residence should be kept clean. It is the duty to keep the forest in the common land clear by the means previously mentioned.

I don't know if anyone cleans the forest.

I don't know if anyone cleans the forest.

But here it said cleaning the forest clean. And also so here it says keeping.

The forest clean is also a duty. And.

So so is your d.

So this is the area that we should look at. Pilgrimage. Humans gain a lot of purity through pilgrimage. Even though the association of Sadhu is the ultimate object of pilgrimage. Yet all the pilgrims consider themselves pure in their hearts. Since by it in the past sins are greatly eradicated. So.

One of the activities one and one of.

So one of the activity that one in the Vanaprastha Ashram does is as husband and wife. They visit some holy place.

Built a big temple and all around.

So since now they have built a big temple and have a lot Ram deity in Ayodhya.

So many people go there to have Darshan.

So many people go there to have Darshan.

So behind some place of pilgrimage there's a way to get purified.

Cleaning some places of pilgrimage is a way to purify.

So Mayapur is also a place of pilgrimage.

So Mayapur is also a place of pilgrimage. So few days ago we had this Mahalaya holiday.

We had almost 57,000 visitors.

We had almost 57,000 visitors.

Yesterday we had organized.

22. So yesterday it was just an ordinary day, just 22,000.

I saw when I visit all the.

Dog.

Tell them some past times.

So so many visits the dam. So you can tell them some pastimes of Lord Go Rang.

Saying that we want to make Mayapur vegetables.

So Brazil was saying that we want to make Mayapur as the place of festivals. So here we have. Okay. Three types of festivals. There are three types of festivals. Namely festivals on the occasion of deity worship, Yagya etc. On the occasion of big family events. A festival for increasing the happiness of the general people. All the festivals on the occasion of deity worship are always observed. There is any doubt all those great festivals produce piety. There should not be doubt that the activities produce piety that are auspicious to the world. When many people get together to meet each other mutually to eat meals, play musical instruments, advancement of arts and idols, feed the poor, give money to the scholars and revive the society. Those who are able to perform all those festivals are guilty of offence if they neglect their duty of being inattentive. By being inattentive. Especially when all those great festivals are mixed with godliness, they are not in any way to be abundant. There are various family events. There are various festivals in family Yajna such as birth of a son and a daughter, Annaprasna, giving the first grain to the baby, Samskara, reformatory performances, marriage, Shradha of father and mother etc. Would you like to say anything? Okay. As far as possible, it is the duty to perform this function. Village people get together and do all the activities to that increase the happiness of common people like Yagya, deity worship and organization of fais. So in those works everyone learns to do great work by giving some help. Many social festivals such as worship of brethren in law, Aradhana Otsava, A festival of not cooking. The last day in the month of Badra on which cooking is not done. Arandana literally means that the day in which A.A. randana. Okay, got it. Means which cooking is prohibited which is traditional Hindu festival. It is mainly celebrated in special regions of West Bengal. The custom of cooking the stale food the night before the puja is ritually eating it. Eating it in the next day is Arandana worship of brothers by sisters. Navan not Sava Harvest festival where the family eats food cooked with the new rice. Navanna Pistokotsava, eating of various cakes on the last day of the month of Portia. Wow, Peter. Wow. Sounds great. The worship of Sitala Devi are scheduled. So Sitalaotsava is meant for avoiding snake bites.

Sitala.

So in some villages they have the deity of Demigoded sitala.

Some of these vessels. I don't think we do any more. Concentrate on.

So many special things. We focus on badra purnima. We focus on the bhagavatam. Doing the badra purnima. That day you're not supposed to cook. I just learned now you cook on the day before.

Cakes.

Cakes. Some very good cake cookers over here.

Anyway.

Oh. Anyway. Can I have muruku? So many South Indians are here. They can make it also. So.

I don't know what versions lost.

You have to cook something from Raghav Pandit's preps.

He has provisions. I saw.

So in Nadira I saw a special prasad. It lasts for a month.

This prasad lasts two months.

This prasad lasts for two months.

I want to yogurt.

So I pointed at some yogurt in raita and I asked what's the expiry.

Date is three hours.

He said three hours. You can have it. Okay. Three types.

We observe mainly the deity.

So we observe mainly the deity. Festivals.

Different kind of festivals.

There are different kinds of festivals.

And.

Prasadam. So people get coupons for the prasadam. What was the last thing you said? They get coupons for the prasadam and then. Oh, okay. You didn't say anything else, are you? So we'll end the class here. Three types of reta. There are three types of vow namely bodily vows, social vows and spiritual vows. Paramartikavrata. Bodily vows are related to bathing in the morning, circumambulation, shastanga dandavat related to exercise etc. Physical disturbances of illness appear. When any Dhatu kapha pitta v is excited to remove this illness. There are vows on days such as full moon, Monday etc. The best remedy of remembrance of God is prescribed on that particular day by change of habits related to eating and recreation and abstinence of the senses such as fasting. In the case of necessity, by adapting these conditions, piety happens according to the caste system. There is a social system of vows for each caste and a system of vows for the common people. For the vrata such as upanayana, judakarana, marriage etc. Are all social. Marriage is prescribed for all castes. Okay. A man will marry a girl of the same caste. Monogamy is mandatory. Despite monogamy, desiring a second marriage is only kamya scripturally prescribed. Action performed with the desire for sense gratification that is the work of a low natured person. In special cases, there is no child with one wife. There is an arrangement. There is arrangement for another marriage. Those monthly vows mentioned in the Mahabharata and similar vows of the spiritual practitioners are all spiritual Paramatika vows. 24 Ekadasi and 6 Jayanti vratas such as Janmashtami etc. Are monthly vratas. Only striving for spiritual perfection is the main purpose of all these vows. This will be discussed in detail later while discussing about Bhakti. All these vows are described in Sri Haribhakti Vilasa. So every ecadasy.

Observe minimum, no eating of grains, cereals or pulses.

So we observe minimum, no eating of grains, cereals and pulses.

Some people do.

Vigor fast, some people they do weaker fast.

At the time of initiation, one takes the balls to chance 16 rounds per day. And also.

At the time of initiation, one takes the vow to chant 16 rounds minimum per day and observe the four regulative principles. So these are for the whole life.

Sound disciples don't adhere to their vows.

I'm getting some news that some disciples don't adhere to their vows.

They invite to chant this is our Yuga Dharma.

So it's very important to chant this is the Yuga Dharma.

And to avoid sinful idealities and to.

Avoid the sinful activities.

Calling us refuge.

Where Kali Yuga has taken refuge. So he asked Parikshit Maharaj for some places to leave leave. So Parishit Maharaj told him, you can stay in the place of meat, fish, egg eating, intoxication, gambling, illicit sex and illicit sex.

So holy sad. None of these places exist in your kingdom.

And Kali said, none of these places exist in your kingdom. So like.

So these are vows we take as initiation. We should.

Like that. These are the vows that you take during your initiation that we that you are supposed to follow. And this is a part of our Bhakti Yoga. Hi Krishna. I'll announce. I'll announce. So Hare Krishna. Dear devotees, so as usual tomorrow is Saturday. I hope you all are anticipating Guru Maharaj satrate Bhagavatam class. And yeah, Guru Mahaj will be giving his satire Bhagavatam class tomorrow morning in the Panchitatva temple hall. So in order to come for the class, so you all have to go and take rest. Guru Mahaj also has to take rest so that so that we can meet each other tomorrow morning in the temple hall. Hare Krishna, see you all tomorrow. Haribo. Guru Maharaj is blessing all all of.

You.

Hare Krishna.

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