Australia 2024
05 Oct 2024 evening – The Human Body is a Rare Opportunity (English) | Perth, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sloka: ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥ… (ŚB 1.3.28). The human body is very rare. Sloka: īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ… (Śrī brahma-saṁhitā 5.1). The power of self-realisation. About Buddhism. The material world is a perverted reflection of the spiritual world. The three aspects of Bhagavan: Brahma, Paramatma and Bhagavan. The capacity of the “computers” of Yamaloka, the seat of the Lord of Death Yamaharaja. The weak memory of the souls of this world. We belong to Brahma and will never be Him. The difference...
04 Oct 2024 evening – The Material World and the Transcendental World (English) | Perth, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About atma, the soul, and the nature of this body.
About Paramatma.
The material world as a reflection of the transcendental world.
The meaning of the word yoga.
About material sounds and transcendental sounds.
04 Oct 2024 midday – Diksa (English) | Perth, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
This human life is very rare and we can leave the body at any time. That is why it is so important to practise bhajana and sadhana now. About the verse in which Radhika speaks of Krsna’s sweet Harikatha and how He makes us go to the transcendental world. About realised souls like Sukadeva Gosvami. How Krsna teaches Sukadeva Gosvami to chant the Holy Name of Radha. The importance of receiving sambandha-jnana and diksa from your Gurudeva. Definition of the word “diksa”. The...
04 Oct 2024 morning – On the Debts We Have (English) | Perth, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
How to follow Ekadasi.
Mahaprabhu meets Isvara Puri Pada.
How to destroy your sins.
The importance of greed in devotional service.
Dharma, artha, kama and moksa.
About service to the Sun in family life.
About pollution and our debt to trees.
About the debts we have and how to get rid of them.
03 Oct 2024 evening – Meeting and Separation (English) | Perth, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
What is a bad day? The day we do not hear Harikatha! A good day is the day when we associate with the sadhu to hear Harikatha. Yoga (meeting), viyoga (separation). Radha is purna-sakti. Sakti and saktiman. Gross body, subtle body and soul body. Lila of Siva (Sankaracarya) entering the body of a king. Yogis can separate the subtle body from the gross body. Devotees can separate the soul from the subtle and gross bodies. The Bhagavad Gita talks about each yoga: karma-yoga, bhakti-yoga...
03 Oct 2024 midday – Radha-dasya (English) | Perth, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 In spiritual life we need three things: sambandha, abhidheya and prayojana. Our goal is not to attain Krsna, it is to attain Krsna-prema. Everything depends on sraddha. Ajnata-sukrti and jnata-sukrti. To attain the association of a pure devotee it is necessary to collect sukrti. One must cleanse the heart. Sloka: ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ… (CC Antya-lila 20.12). Three types of knowledge: 1. tad-padārtha-jñāna, is the knowledge about God. Bhāgavata-jñāna; tvaṁ-padārtha-jñāna, is the...