*3 KNOTS OF THE HEART*

_Taming DESIRE, ANGER & GREED through Bhagavad Gita_

A 6-Session Course for Teens and Youth by Gauranga Darshan Das

*Highlights:*

🪢 _Kama: Desire_

✨ The Spark Within: Understanding Desire

3 levels of desire – bodily, emotional, and aspirational – and their role in driving both growth and downfall

✨ From Want to Wisdom: Transforming Desires

Channelling desires in constructive directions through self-awareness and higher purpose.

🪢 _Krodha: Anger_

🔥 The Fire Within: Decoding Anger

Causes and consequences of anger, its subtle forms, and impact on relationships, decisions, and peace of mind.

🔥 Power, Not Poison: Transforming Anger

Navigating justifiable anger, and converting frustration into purposeful energy.

🪢 _Lobha: Greed_

🌀 The Grip Within: Understanding Greed

Causes of greed, its deceptive nature, and its effects on contentment, gratitude, and joy.

🌀Abundance Mindset: Overcoming Greed

Learning the art of satisfaction, simplicity, and generosity — the true wealth taught in the Bhagavad-gītā

Dates - November 10, 14, 17, 21, 24, 28 (Mon & Fri)

Time - 7:30 to 8:30 PM IST

Speaker - HG Gauranga Darshan Das

Language - English

Platform - Live sessions on Zoom

Recordings will be available.

Fees - 600 INR

Registration Link - https://www.vidyapitha.in/p/3-knots-of-the-heart

For queries - https://wa.me/+918320075033

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Bhaktivedanta Vidyapitha

*ŚB 4.30.8* 

_śrī-bhagavān uvāca_

_varaṁ vṛṇīdhvaṁ bhadraṁ vo_

_yūyaṁ me nṛpa-nandanāḥ_

_sauhārdenāpṛthag-dharmās_

_tuṣṭo ’haṁ sauhṛdena vaḥ_ 

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear sons of the King, I am very much pleased by the friendly relationships among you. All of you are engaged in one occupation — devotional service. I am so pleased with your mutual friendship that I wish you all good fortune. Now you may ask a benediction of Me.

SUCH A BEAUTIFUL 😍 STATEMENT 

The Lord’s feet act like thunderbolts hurled to shatter the mountain of sin stored in the mind of the meditating devotee 

~ SB 3.28.22

Samadhi Mandir of Raghunath Das Goswami at Govardhan Ecovillage 🙏

Wherever Lord Krishna's name is chanted, darkness fades, and miseries transform into divine strength 🙏💫. 

Let His holy name fill our heart and illuminate our life 💡Hare Krishna,

Among all the twelve months, the month of Kartik is the best. The scriptures inform us that “if Lord Krishna is worshipped—even with meager offerings—during this month, He rewards the worshipper with residence in His own abode.” (Hari-bhakti-vilasa 16.41)

What are those small offerings? Believe it or not, only a ghee lamp! The scriptures state:

“Offering a ghee lamp before the Lord during the month of Kartik ensures one transfer to the eternal spiritual world, which is free from all kinds of material obstacles.” (Hari-bhakti-vilasa 16.114)

If you wish to increase your spiritual activities a little more, here are the five traditional limbs of a kartik vrata:

1. Rise early for the pleasure of Lord Hari

2. Take a morning bath

3. Serve Tulasi (a sacred plant)

4. Offer a ghee lamp (there it is again)

And when it is over, celebrate a festival where you serve a feast to your guests.

(Hari-bhakti-vilasa 16.92)

In the month of Kartik the quantity of your observances don’t count as much as the regularity by which you do or offer them. It’s clearly regularity over quantity that is desired!

“Residing in Vrindavana during the month of Kartik is most beneficial, gives pleasure to Krishna and bestows the ultimate goal of life.” (Hari-bhakti-vilasa 16.153-154)

akṣṇoḥ phalaṁ tvādṛśa-darśanaṁ hi

tanoḥ phalaṁ tvādṛśa-gātra-saṅgaḥ

jihvā-phalaṁ tvādṛśa-kīrtanaṁ hi

su-durlabhā bhāgavatā hi loke

My dear Vaiṣṇava, seeing a person like you is the perfection of one’s eyesight, touching your lotus feet is the perfection of the sense of touch, and glorifying your good qualities is the tongue’s real activity, for in the material world it is very difficult to find a pure devotee of the Lord. - (Cc Madhya 20.61)

A New Sadhu Varta Podcast coming soon with His Holiness Chandramauli Swami Maharaj and Gauranga Darshan Das at Govardhan Ecovillage 

https://www.youtube.com/@GaurangaDarshanDas/

What keeps us going on the spiritual path? – It’s our conviction or firm faith (śraddhā) in the Lord and His words. It saves us from distractions and deviations in spiritual life, and help us rise up during the grueling passages of life.

Reading from "*Disapproved but not Disowned* by HG Gauranga Darshan Prabhuji 🩷

When everything else feels uncertain, Krishna’s wisdom reminds us to trust the journey and have faith.✨😇

When a devotee glorifies Kṛṣṇa, another devotee who hears him or her understand how much that devotee appreciates Kṛṣṇa. Thus devotees appreciate each other, which brings them closer to each other and collectively closer to Kṛṣṇa.

~ from the book The Secrets of bhakti

https://gaurangadarshandas.com/Books/Detail/59