00:00Â Who is Makhancor? About the Ashta-kaliya-lila.10:00Â Krishna is completely controlled by the gopis’ love.19:00Â What is Goshapali? About the Govardhana-lila; what kind of devotion can control Krishna.26:00Â Explanation of the verse where Krishna begs to be let into the kunja.35:00Â About the education of the gopis in Vraja; explanation of the verse from Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu 1.3.3.3.44:00Â Comparison of rasas in the context of controlling Krishna; how Krishna cries and sobs trying to...
Damodarashtaka 2024
27 Oct 2024 morning – Sri Damodarashtaka 8 (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
00:00 Who is Makhancor? About the Ashta-kaliya-lila.10:00 Krishna is completely controlled by the gopis’ love.19:00 What is Goshapali? About the Govardhana-lila; what kind of devotion can control Krishna.26:00 Explanation of the verse where Krishna begs to be let into the kunja.35:00 About the education of the gopis in Vraja; explanation of the verse from Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu 1.3.3.3.44:00 Comparison of rasas in the context of controlling Krishna; how Krishna cries and sobs trying to...
26 Oct 2024 morning – Damodarashtaka 7 (Hindi) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
00:00 Overview of Damodarashtaka; discussion of who broke Mother Yashoda’s pot; Krishna’s pretending. 09:00 The most important thing in bhakti; about the purpose and goal of the material body. 23:00 How to achieve love for Krishna; the concept of apavarga; the binding of Krishna; the logic of the kitten and the monkey. 30:00 On the difficulty of chanting the Holy Name at the moment of death. 45:00 The bliss of the Vrajavasis (residents of Vraja). 50:00 The gopis’ complaints...
26 Oct 2024 morning – Damodarashtaka 7 (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
00:00 Overview of Damodarashtaka; discussion of who broke Mother Yashoda’s pot; Krishna’s pretending. 09:00 The most important thing in bhakti; about the purpose and goal of the material body. 23:00 How to achieve love for Krishna; the concept of apavarga; the binding of Krishna; the logic of the kitten and the monkey. 30:00 On the difficulty of chanting the Holy Name at the moment of death. 45:00 The bliss of the Vrajavasis (residents of Vraja). 50:00 The gopis’ complaints...
19 Oct 2024 morning – Damodarashtaka (Hindi) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Song Damodarastakam. Lila of Mother Yasoda churning yogurt to serve Gopala. The best milk of Vrndavana: the milk of the Padmaganda cow with the aroma of the lotus flower that only exists in the houses of Nanda Maharaja and Vrsabhanu Maharaja. The glory of offering ghee lamp in the month of kartika, considered something very auspicious. When there is possessiveness, the devotee does the seva personally. Only with a feeling of sambandha-jnana or possessiveness (mamata) is service possible. Grta...
19 Oct 2024 morning – Damodarashtaka (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Song Damodarastakam. Lila of Mother Yasoda churning yogurt to serve Gopala. The best milk of Vrndavana: the milk of the Padmaganda cow with the aroma of the lotus flower that only exists in the houses of Nanda Maharaja and Vrsabhanu Maharaja. The glory of offering ghee lamp in the month of kartika, considered something very auspicious. When there is possessiveness, the devotee does the seva personally. Only with a feeling of sambandha-jnana or possessiveness (mamata) is service possible. Grta...