The gopis tell Sukadeva Gosvami not to pronounce their names at the recitation of Srimad-Bhagavatam because there were people in that assembly who were not qualified to hear madhurya-katha. What we call ‘love’ here is actually lust (that which has self-interest). Sloka: akaitava kṛṣṇa-prema, yena jāmbūnada-hema, (CC Madhya-lila 2.43). In the transcendental world, love is eternal and indestructible. Sukadeva Gosvami’s conflict: The scriptures say we must speak the name of Guru...
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2023, jnana and vairagya, sat-cit-ananda, self-realisation, vairagya, Discourses in Hindi, Brisbane, Australia, Australia 2023
12 Oct 2023 midday – About Mahabhava (Hindi) – Brisbane, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The gopis tell Sukadeva Gosvami not to pronounce their names at the recitation of Srimad-Bhagavatam because there were people in that assembly who were not qualified to hear madhurya-katha. What we call ‘love’ here is actually lust (that which has self-interest). Sloka: akaitava kṛṣṇa-prema, yena jāmbūnada-hema, (CC Madhya-lila 2.43). In the transcendental world, love is eternal and indestructible. Sukadeva Gosvami’s conflict: The scriptures say we must speak the name of Guru...
2023, Discourses translated into English, Brisbane, Australia, Australia 2023
12 Oct 2023 morning – Be Aware of Your Actions (English translation) – Brisbane, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About Nriga Maharaja and the curse of the brahmanas. Give donations to those who are not greedy, otherwise you will suffer unfavorable reactions. Whatever you do, do it as a service to Bhagavan, for then you will be free from all sins. Krsna’s lila and the chameleon (Nriga Maharaja) who lived in a well in Dvaraka. Krsna protects Dvaraka with His own arms. Not even the curse of the brahmanas can enter Dvaraka. Abandon everything that is unfavorable and even what is neutral to bhakti. The...
2023, Discourses in Hindi, Brisbane, Australia, Australia 2023
12 Oct 2023 morning – Be Aware of Your Actions (Hindi) – Brisbane, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About Nriga Maharaja and the curse of the brahmanas. Give donations to those who are not greedy, otherwise you will suffer unfavorable reactions. Whatever you do, do it as a service to Bhagavan, for then you will be free from all sins. Krsna’s lila and the chameleon (Nriga Maharaja) who lived in a well in Dvaraka. Krsna protects Dvaraka with His own arms. Not even the curse of the brahmanas can enter Dvaraka. Abandon everything that is unfavorable and even what is neutral to bhakti. The...
2023, Discourses translated into English, Brisbane, Australia, Australia 2023, Morning walks 2023
12 Oct 2023 morning walk – Free Will, Bhakti and Karma (English translation) – Brisbane, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The story of the man whose boat was stranded on an island in the middle of the ocean, and how he was saved by the mercy of the Lord because his hut had burned down. Everything happens according to karma and according to God’s control over maya. If we misuse our free will, Maya punishes us. How free will works. The practice of bhakti or karma depends on the choice of the person. How does it happen that Bhagavan wants to liberate a person? For example, in the story of the stranded boatman...
2023, Discourses translated into English, Brisbane, Australia, Australia 2023
11 Oct 2023 evening – The Treasure of Hari-katha (English translation) – Brisbane, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The non-devotees are like camels who eat thorns and like it, or like donkeys who like useless hard work. Ravana’s enormous power, wealth and knowledge were useless because he did not worship Krishna. Story of Narada Rishi coming to urge a king of his approaching death (mosquito net) Hari-katha is the food for the soul. We decorate the cage (our body) but do not give food to the bird (our soul). Lila on how Nimai begs His mum to give Him butter. The soul is crying for hari-katha. Shuka is...
2023, Discourses in Hindi, Brisbane, Australia, Australia 2023
11 Oct 2023 evening – The Treasure of Hari-katha (Hindi) – Brisbane, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The non-devotees are like camels who eat thorns and like it, or like donkeys who like useless hard work. Ravana’s enormous power, wealth and knowledge were useless because he did not worship Krishna. Story of Narada Rishi coming to urge a king of his approaching death (mosquito net) Hari-katha is the food for the soul. We decorate the cage (our body) but do not give food to the bird (our soul). Lila on how Nimai begs His mum to give Him butter. The soul is crying for hari-katha. Shuka is...
2023, anuraga, Krishna's flute, nitya-siddha, radha-nishtha, rasa-lila, samskaras, Discourses in Hindi, Brisbane, Australia, Australia 2023
11 Oct 2023 morning – Venu-gita. Govinda’s Irresistible Darshana (Hindi) – Brisbane, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The sound of the flute affecting the gopis in rasa-lila. Sadhana-siddha-gopis had strong anuraga for Krishna, but those of the sadhana-siddha-gopis who did not have full anuraga for Krishna and did not get association of nitya-siddha-gopis were left at home and this situation strengthened their separation. The rishis and munis became gopis born in Vrindavana and joined the rasa dance by the mercy of Lord Ramachandra. Samskaras are everything: the short story of the beggar to whom nobody gave...