Lalita Sakhi is the foremost sakhi. How Srimati Radhika fulfils all the desires of Krishna. Lalita Sakhi’s eternal identification. The Eight sakhi’s individual services to the Divine Couple. The age difference between Lalita Sakhi and Srimati Radhika reconciled. How Lalita Devi will help our desires will help our desires from the inner court of our heart. The different gana, groups of sakhi’s, with Lalita Sakhi’s group being topmost. Katha of Lalita Devi’s instructions to Srimati Radhika. The...
Australia 2024
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Murwillumbah 2024, Australia 2024, Discourses with transcripts in English 2021, Discourses with transcripts in English 2024, Lochana dasa Thakura, Svarupa Damodara, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), body: bodily conception, body: bodily identification, Krishna: krishna-nama, mood: vamya-bhava, sakhis: eight sakhis, spiritual paths: vidhi-marga, Svayam Bhagavan, Vrajendra-nandana Shyamasundara
10 Sep 2024 midday – Svarupa Damodara Katha (English) | Murwillumbah, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Reasons why Svarupa Damodara is very prominent in Mahaprabhu’s lila. Yamuna-puline and Palya-dasi kori bhajana’s (Sri Gaudiya Giti-Guccha pages 115 & 130). Lalita Sakhi will give palya-dasi bhava. All katha regarding palya-dasi bhava and Ekadasa-bhavas are in Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s Jaiva-Dharma. Dekhite Dekhite bhajana (Sri Gaudiya Giti-Guccha page 114). First give up bodily conception then we can desire to be born in Yavat. The compassion of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, setting His...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Murwillumbah 2024, Australia 2024, Lalita-saptami 2024, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), rasa dance: rasa-lila, self-realisation
10 Sep 2024 morning – Lalita Devi’s instructions to Srimati Radhika (English) | Murwillumbah, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Srila Bhaktivinoda states whomever comes in the group of Lalita Sakhi is extremely fortunate. We have to visit the prominent sakhi’s birthplaces. The four anarthas to be removed from the heart: duskriti-uttanartha, sukrti-uttanartha, bhakti-uttanartha and aparadha-uttanartha. Sakhi-tattva will come after obstacles are removed. How to realise the mercy of Lalita Sakhi. We have to give up samsara-sukha and develop one-pointedness to Srimati Radhika. Lalita Sakhi teaches Srimati Radhika how to...
2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Gold Coast 2024, Australia 2024, Lalita-saptami 2024, sakhis: eight sakhis, sakhis: types
09 Sep 2024 evening – The Glories of Lalita Sakhi (Hindi) | Gold Coast, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Types of sakhis: sakhis, priya-sakhis, prana-sakhis, nitya-sakhis and parama-prestha-sakhis. Nitya-sakhi and prana-sakhi are the manjaris. Parama-prestha-sakhis are the eight prominent sakhis of Srimati Radhika. Lalita Devi is sakhi pradana, the commanding sakhi. Song: Sri Lalitastakam. Krsna Dasa Kaviraja Gosvami describes the beautiful form of Srimati Radhika as maha-bhava-cintamani. Srimati Radhika manifested all the sakhis to serve Krsna, which is Her sole purpose. Sloka: rasika-śekhara...
2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Gold Coast 2024, Australia 2024, karma: cycle of birth and death, liberation
09 Sep 2024 midday – The Glorifications of the Gosvamis to Srimati Radharani (Hindi) | Gold Coast, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Liberation from the cycle of birth and death is possible only through the performance of bhajana in the human form of life. By accepting a bona fide Guru, the soul comes to an end of the cycle of repeated birth and death. Verse: anāradhya rādhā-padāmbhoja-reṇum… (Sankalpa Prakasa Stotra). Song: Radha Krsna Prana Mora. Three essential practices of raganuga-bhakti: one-pointed faith in the lotus feet of Srimati Radhika, living in Vrndavana (physically or mentally), and being under the guidance of...
2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Gold Coast 2024, Australia 2024, karma: cycle of birth and death, liberation
09 Sep 2024 midday – The Glorifications of the Gosvamis to Srimati Radharani (Hindi) | Gold Coast, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Liberation from the cycle of birth and death is possible only through the performance of bhajana in the human form of life. By accepting a bona fide Guru, the soul comes to an end of the cycle of repeated birth and death. Verse: anāradhya rādhā-padāmbhoja-reṇum… (Sankalpa Prakasa Stotra). Song: Radha Krsna Prana Mora. Three essential practices of raganuga-bhakti: one-pointed faith in the lotus feet of Srimati Radhika, living in Vrndavana (physically or mentally), and being under the guidance of...
2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Brisbane 2024, Australia 2024
09 Sep 2024 morning – The Glorifications of the Gosvamis to Srimati Radharani (English translation) | Brisbane, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The lilas of Sriman Mahaprabhu’s eternal associates in Jagannatha Puri. The granthas that the Six Gosvamis wrote after Mahaprabhu’s departure from this world. Verse: anāradhya rādhā-padāmbhoja-reṇum anāśritya vṛndāṭavīḿ tat-padāńkam… (Sankalpa Prakasa Stotra). Verse: bhajami radham aravinda-netram smarami radham madhura-smitasyam (Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami). Raganuga Bhakti emphasizes smarana, the remembrance of Krsna’s pastimes. There are two main types of practices in...
2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Brisbane 2024, Australia 2024
09 Sep 2024 morning – The Glorifications of the Gosvamis to Srimati Radharani (Hindi) | Brisbane, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The lilas of Sriman Mahaprabhu’s eternal associates in Jagannatha Puri. The granthas that the Six Gosvamis wrote after Mahaprabhu’s departure from this world. Verse: anāradhya rādhā-padāmbhoja-reṇum anāśritya vṛndāṭavīḿ tat-padāńkam… (Sankalpa Prakasa Stotra). Verse: bhajami radham aravinda-netram smarami radham madhura-smitasyam (Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami). Raganuga Bhakti emphasizes smarana, the remembrance of Krsna’s pastimes. There are two main types of practices in...