United Kingdom 2023

05 Sep 2023 morning darshana – The glories of the Bhagavat-krpa (English) – Coventry, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Stages to reach manjari-bhava.

Bhagavat-krpa is very rare.

The Lord is equal to all jivas. He is our real mother and father.

How the Lord gives mercy through the pure devotee, and the pure devotee gives mercy through the Lord.

Aham bhakta-paradhino: Bhagavan is bound by the love of His devotees. (Sri Slokamrtam-bindu, pg 60)

The Lord has no independence.

When sukrti is mature, He will arrange for your mercy through chaita-guru.

05 Sep 2023 evening – How we can stop our suffering (English) – Birmingham, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 1 Krishna Consciousness means how to give love and affection. The cause of our suffering in this material world. In this Kali-yuga, we can only return to our real home, Goloka Vrindavana, by nama-sankirtana. Give up bad association and take shelter of vraja-rasika Vaisnavas. Glorification of senior devotees. The difference between avirbhava and janma. Krishna-tattva siddhanta. Glorification of the gopis: When Krishna suffers a headache and footdust is the cure. Laukika-sraddha katha. The...

05 Sep 2023 morning – Krishna Janmastami Hari-katha (English/Hindi) – Coventry, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Krishna is sarva-avatari, source of all incarnations. First establish tattva-siddhanta. Which Krishna do we celebrate on Janmastami? Purna (complete), purna-tara (more complete) and purna-tama (most complete: relating to Dvarakadhisha Krishna, Mathuradhisha Krishna and Vrindavana Krishna. Aradhyo bhagavan vrajesa-tanayas: very important shloka. (Sri Slokamrtam-bindu, pg 14) Srimad-Bhagavatam is the spotless purana, paran-samrat. Material world as the perverted reflection of the spiritual world...

02 Sep 2023 evening – The Seed of Devotion is Watered by Hari-katha (English) – London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 1 Hari is in the harikatha. Verse: naham vasami vaikunthe yoginam hridayena ca (Padma Purana). Verse: na dhanam na janaṁ na sundarīṁ (Śrī Śikṣāṣṭakam, 4). The highest dharma is devotional service. The renunciation and devotion of Rupa and Sanatana. The separation lila of Radha and Krsna. Verse: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya (CC Madhya 20.108-109). The meaning of go-dasa: slave of the senses; and, the origin of all sufferings, the corporeal conception of life. Verse: brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona...

02 Sep 2023 morning – The Teachings and Lilas of Baladeva Prabhu (English) – London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 1 There is no difference between Krsna and Balarama. Nityananda-tattva and Baladeva-tattva. Krsna has unlimited expansions (acintya-tattva). About the different types of anarthas present in the heart of the conditioned soul. About the birth lila of Baladeva Prabhu. The names of Balarama Prabhu and the lila on why His clothing is blue. Lila from when Baladeva Prabhu kills several demons, such as Dhenukasura, the personification of ignorance. Verse that should be chanted when performing...

01 Sep 2023 morning – The Glories of Baladeva Prabhu (English) – London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Baladeva Prabhu protects suddha-bhakti. Raksa-bandhana starts with Bali Maharaja. Mother Yasoda bound Krsna with her love. Hari-katha is our only protection. Krsna-katha is Krsna Himself. Hari-katha is the food of the soul. Baladeva Prabhu is the direct expansion of Krsna. Devotees glorify Baladeva Prabhu. The lila of Dhenukasura. Explanation of the name of Balarama Prabhu. The birth of Balarama Prabhu. Explanation of the name “Sankarshana”. Srimati Radhika is purna-sakti and Krsna...

11 May 2023 evening – Raya Ramananda Samvada (English) – Brighton, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

About the transcendental madness of Srimati Radhika. About the gopis’ pathetic feeling of separation, they cry and cry. Krsna promised the gopis that He would return in two days, but He has not returned, yet the gopis believe that He will return. On Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s feeling of separation. All knowledge is useless if the mind is not concentrated on Krsna. Story of the supposedly intelligent guru and his supposedly ignorant disciple who walk through a forest and meet a tiger...

11 May 2023 morning – Q & A (English) – Brighton, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

About santa-rasa. But in Vrndavana everything is conscious. Although the elements of nature are in santa-rasa, everything in the nature of Vrndavana is serving, seva-vrtti. Everything and everyone has love and affection for Krsna in Vrndavana. The importance of Dhruva and Prahlada katha for common people, because if we speak very high kathas they don’t understand. Explanation of how santa-rasa works in Vaikuntha. What happens to souls that merge into brahma. Sukadeva Gosvami is not a...