Prema is very confidential, cannot be destroyed and is eternal. Harinama is higher than Sri Hari. He has invested all His potency in Them. The holy names are the embodiment of prema. Faithfully chant the holy names, They are nama-cintamani and will fulfil all your desires. Gurudeva will be pleased with us if we chant holy names, chant Them with firm faith. Katha of Ajamila naming his son Narayana. Which of the Lord’s holy names will we chant? His sweet names: the maha-mantra. The ways in which...
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23 Aug 2023 midday – The Glories of Srila Rupa Gosvamipada (English) – Hong Kong | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
If we remember the six Gosvami’s, all of our anarthas will be removed. Life history of the three brothers, Rupa, Sanatana and Anupama, or Vallabha (father of Srila Jiva Gosvami). Beautiful story of how Rupa and Sanatana became ministers for the Muslim Nawab, Hussain Shah. The king’s personal secretary’s search for the unknown item. How did the personal secretary know the king’s heart? Rupa and Sanatana become the Nawab’s financial minister and prime minister. In Ramakeli-goan, Mahaprabhu tells...
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23 Aug 2023 morning (short harikatha) – Make hearing harikatha our priority (English) – Hong Kong | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Until we leave this body we have to listen to harikatha.
No one can stay in this material world, we will all die.
We have to give food for the soul, harikatha and harinama, make this our priority.
We are eternal servants of Krishna, we are not these bodies and have no national identity.
If only give food for body, soul will be weak, then the body will also be weak.
Gurudeva says if he does not give us food for the soul, Krishna will be angry with him.
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22 Aug 2023 evening – The process how to develop our relationship with the Lord (English) – Hong Kong | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The transcendental predictions that the holy names will be chanted all over the world. The nature of the soul to serve Krishna. Example of the nature of water given to explain our temporary material identity. The two syllables, Gu and Ru: he who has the duty to bring the light of transcendental knowledge and our eternal identity to our hearts. Self-realisation is not easy because of the illusory potency of maya. We can stay with family members, but we have to connect with Krishna and pure...
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22 Aug 2023 midday – The Glories of Sri Rupa Gosvamipada (English) – Hong Kong | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
How Srila Narottama das Thakura glorified Srila Rupa Gosvamipada. Rupa Gosavami receives all the treasure of Mahaprabhu’s heart. Atma-nivedana explained. Krishna tells Arjuna how to surrender to Him. The six limbs of saranagati. Gurupadpadma takes us to the shelter of Rupa Gosvamipada. The process of how Srimati Radhika is served. Everyone is to learn the verse of Srila Narrotama dasa Thakura: anyabhilasita sunyam. How we enter the moods of rasa-lila by developing our bhajana and sadhana. Only...
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22 Aug 2023 morning – Spiritual practices to follow in the morning (English) – Hong Kong | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
How to perform ahnika. Everyone has to learn Sri Gurvastakam. Everyone then sing the glorification of Srila Prabhupada, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. We then offer mangala aarti. The process to worship Tulasi-devi. Pray to Thakurji to ask for forgiveness before They take rest. Everyone is to read some shlokas of Srimad Bhagavad-gita, it is a very important grantha in our spiritual life. Everyone has to read the glorification of Srimad Bhagavad-gita, Gita-mahatmiya. Three things are...
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21 Aug 2023 evening – The Three Most Powerful Items for the Practitioner of the Spiritual Life (English) – Hong Kong | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sri Krsna honoured the water that bathed Sudama Vipra’s feet. The potency of the dust from the lotus feet of Krsna and His devotees. One who has firm faith in the potency of the remnants, the dust of the feet and the water that bathed the feet of the Vaisnavas, quickly reaches the spiritual goal. Srila Narottama dasa Thakura explains the power of water that washed the feet of a Vaisnava. The brahmanas picked up the dust from the feet of Haridasa Thakura. The symptoms of a bona fide pure...
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21 Aug 2023 morning – Encounter and Separation Nourish Devotion (English) – Hong Kong | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Krsna’s journey from Dvaraka to Kuruksetra and His meeting with the gopis. Divine love is based on encounter and separation. Yogamaya arranges the meeting and separation. Only very fortunate souls meet Guru and Krsna. Verse: brahmanda bhramite kona bhagyavan jiva (Sri Caitanya-caritamrita, Madhya-lila 19.151). Sri Guru engages the conditioned souls in the service of Krsna. Hearing harikatha and chanting the holy names is what nourishes devotion. By listening to harikatha, our heart is...