What perfection do you want to achieve? Without sadhana and bhajana the goal cannot be reached. The process is bhakti yoga, that is, mood of service, as the manjaris serve Srimati Radhika. In raghanuga-bhakti, the most important thing is utkanta/greed and avesa/absorption. Vritrasura Prayers: …ahaṁ hare tava pādaika-mūla… (SB 6.11.24); na nāka-pṛṣṭhaṁ na ca pārameṣṭhyaṁ… (SB 6.11.25); mamottamaśloka-janeṣu sakhyaṁ… (SB 6.11.27). If there is attachment to material life, there will be...
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2024, envy, Mantra: gopala-mantra, Discourses in English, Undisclosed, Germany, Germany 2024, ananyas cintayanto mam, gopyah kamad bhayat kamso, kamad dvesad bhayat snehad, yuyam nr-loke bata bhuri-bhaga, Bhagavad-gita 9.22, Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.1.30, Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.1.31, Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.1.32, Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.15.75, Krishna-tattva
02 May 2024 evening – How to Reach Krishna (English) – Germany | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
In the process of cleaning the heart, when the heart becomes soft: anartha-nvrtti. Simplicity, when the heart becomes simple it is possible to understand Mahaprabhu’s instructions. Lila from Narada Muni and the hunter Mrgari. Whatever you need, Krsna will provide. Sloka: ananyāś cintayanto māṁ… (Bhagavad Gita 9.22). Lila of Krsna with Sudama Vipra. Bhakti does not depend on money, knowledge or beauty, it only depends on: how much love you have to give! Lila of Mahaprabhu and Kesava...
2024, conditioned soul, envy, Discourses in English, Undisclosed, Germany, Germany 2024
02 May 2024 midday – Bhakti Yoga (English) – Germany | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
You reach your goal according to your mood, and Krsna responds. Mahaprabhu teaches how to cleanse the temple of the heart (hrdaya-mandira) through cleaning the Temple of Gundica. Sloka: ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇaṁ… ( CC Antya-lila 20.12). Cleanse the temple of the heart by chanting nama-sankirtana and remembering Krsna’s pastimes. Four defects of the conditioned soul: bhrama — error;pramāda — illusion;vipralipsā — tendency to deceive; karaṇapāṭava—inefficiency...
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02 May 2024 morning – Questions and Answers (English) – Germany | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Krsna is brhad-caitanya (immense) and Jiva is anu-caitanya (diminutive). The power of the jivas is equal to that of Krsna, but it is small. Just as there is fire in wood, which can only be seen when the great fire touches it, the jiva needs to practice devotional service to awaken its potency. Sat and cite are present in Radha but ananda is in greater proportion. Meaning of prana-pratistha (deity installation), but, separating the words, prana is “vital air”, and pratista is “fame or...
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01 May 2024 evening – Srimati Radhika is the divine love expert (English) – Germany | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Radha-dasyam is our perfection goal but we have to perform sadhana first. The gopis’ separation from Krishna seems endless to them (kanardhe kalpata, kalpate kanardha). Only Srimati Radhika can control Krishna (Kripa-kataksha). Number of colours of moon and sun. Srimati Radhiks is the divine love expert. Radha and Krishna are one. Types of material anandas. When you love someone, you want to serve them. Vigrahas made of different materials. The lila of Makhanchor and the miserly servant...
2024, anuraga, two symptoms of anuraga, Discourses in English, Undisclosed, Germany, Germany 2024
01 May 2024 midday – Sri Radha’s Anuraga for Krishna (English) – Germany | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The glories of bhakti. Bhakti-devi is svatantra. The fruits of bhakti. Do not disturb those who perform karma, jnana, tapasya because they have nishtha to their activities. Radha-dasyam is our perfection goal. 7 oceans of divine love of Srimati Radhika. Krishna is dhira-lalita-nayaka and Radharani is svadhina-bhartrika-nayika. Two symptoms of anuraga. Srimati Radhika is one-pointed to get darshana of Krishna’s limbs. Hantāyam adrir abalā hari-dāsa-varyo (SB 10.21.18). The glories of Giriraja...
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01 May 2024 morning – Anarthas (English) – Germany | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
All distress and unhappiness will disappear at the stage of asakti-dasha. Anarthas removal; smell of vaishnava-aparadhas. The story of Bharata Maharaja. Sadhana-siddha gopis and nitya-siddha gopis. Durgata-seva (from afar) of the gopis; tambula-seva, camphor-seva. Vatsalya-bhava of Drona and Dhara, Nanda and Yashoda. 5 obstacles to bhajana: laya, vikshepa, apratipatti, kashaya, rasasvada. Other obstacles to bhajana: karma, money, etc. The story about Danchana. Types of anarthas. Read Madhurya...