Hari-katha 2024 (Undisclosed country)

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Hari-katha 2024 (Undisclosed country), Undisclosed, Eternal Position of the Soul, bhakti: seed of bhakti, eternal nature of the soul: svarupa of the jiva (constitutional position; identity as an eternal servant of Krishna)

28 Jun 2024 morning – About Svarupa of the Jiva (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 28, 2024 8:23 AM

0:20:35 – Kathā pierces the heart; relationship with Krishna develops while material attachments break; love means both pain and joy—separation and meeting. Meeting Krishna brings happiness; separation brings tears. Viraha: vi – special, raha – meeting. 0:26:03 – Example: if you lose something valuable, you will always remember it; remembrance is like meeting in the heart. 0:27:05 – Story of Bharata Maharaja and the deer; Krishna says in the Bhagavad-gita that the next birth depends on what or...

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27 Jun 2024 evening – Sadhana and Krsna’s Mercy (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 27, 2024 6:14 PM

Human life is very rare. ⁠The spiritual world is clean, tidy and full of sweetness, all rasas are present in Goloka Vrndavana, beyond to maya. ⁠The material world is made up of the three gunas and the three miseries. ⁠Description of is the illusion. ⁠Association with the sadhu awakens faith. ⁠You are fortunate because you have come to Krsna consciousness, Krsna arranged this for you! ⁠Be respectful towards others, otherwise how will you respect Guru and Krsna ⁠Krsna’s beautiful lila...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Hari-katha 2024 (Undisclosed country), Undisclosed, mantra: gayatri-mantras, Sakshi-gopala

26 Jun 2024 evening – Installation of the deities (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 26, 2024 6:11 PM

Today we have established the temple and installed the deities Gaura-Nitai. The meaning of the name Govinda. Radhika covers Krishna’s black body with Her golden complexion. In Kali-yuga, the only way to attain perfection is by chanting the holy names. God created man in His own image. So man has his own form and Krishna has His own beautiful sat-chid-ananda form. G_O_D is Generator, Operator and Destroyer. The story of how the wolf blamed the lamb for contaminating the water. Sadhana is...

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26 Jun 2024 morning – Specialities of Kali-yuga (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 26, 2024 9:08 AM

In Kali-yuga it’s impossible to do bhajana-sadhana just by sitting under a tree. In Kali-yuga, people have physical or mental problems, so it’s difficult for them to worship the deities properly. Chanting the holy names combines all kinds of spiritual practices in Kali-yuga. Ashrama, books and guru are needed for practice and preaching. Always give respect to acharya and guru as to the Lord. Shloka: tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ kavibhir īḍitaṁ kalmaṣāpaham (SB 10.31.9) Come to...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Hari-katha 2024 (Undisclosed country), Undisclosed, Sakshi-gopala

25 Jun 2024 evening – The Things Needed for Spiritual Development (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 25, 2024 6:07 PM

12:00 How the Vrajavasis spend their leisure time; what they think about Krishna19:00 Vatsalya-prema of Krishna’s parents, compared with the aishvarya-prema of Devaki and Vasudeva26:00 Mother Yashoda sees the universes in Krishna’s mouth; the Vrajavasis do not believe Krishna is Bhagavan36:00 Types of manifestations of Bhagavan in the material world39:00–58:00 Story of Sakshi Gopala

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25 Jun 2024 morning – The Sublime Love of Srimati Radhika (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 25, 2024 9:04 AM

16:00 Importance of bathing in Prema-sarovara18:00 How to serve Radha and Krishna; revelations of Raghunatha dasa Gosvami; brief on manjari-seva-bhava21:00 Forming the original goal of spiritual practice; limitations of soft and weak faith; adhyantiki shraddha26:00 Three types of sadhus; eternal associates of Krishna; Narada Rishi; Shukadeva Gosvami37:00 On the stages of bhajana from anishthita to rati and bhava-dasha; example of Maharaja Parikshit51:00 Three internal and external symptoms of...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Hari-katha 2024 (Undisclosed country), Undisclosed, rasa: rasa-siddhanta

24 Jun 2024 evening – The Internal Meaning of Snana-yatra (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 24, 2024 6:01 PM

0:00 – 11:00 Glorification of Vaishnava Prema Prayojana Prabhu11:00 Rasa-siddhanta and tattva-siddhanta15:00 Who is Putana in nitya-lila; who can behold the lilas23:00 Gaura and Krishna lilas for the sadhaka27:00 Who is the worshipable Deity in Kali-yuga29:00 Shloka of worship to Gaurahari; description of Snana Yatra Maho Mahotsava41:00 Internal mood of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu; remembrance of Gaura-lilas – our goal51:00 The heat of separation of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu53:00 Example of uddipana...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Hari-katha 2024 (Undisclosed country), Undisclosed, anarthas: four types, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhajana-kriya: beginning of devotional practices (engagement in bhakti activities; stage after accepting guidance from guru), faith: types, guru-varga, knowledge: jnana and vijnana, mantra: gopala-mantra, pure heart, rasa: rasa-siddhanta

24 June 2024 midday – The Form of Lord Jagannatha is The Manifestation of Mahabhava (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 24, 2024 12:58 PM

0:18:30 – Mahabhava-prakash of Lord Jagannatha; Srila Gour Goswami Maharaja explains that this is viraha (separation). Day and night Chaitanya Mahaprabhu experiences separation; there are two types of moods – outwardly separation, inwardly meeting with one’s Ishtadeva. In this way Mahaprabhu shows the sadhaka how to perform sadhana. 0:24:16 – Jagannatha is mahabhava-prakash; to understand this one must go through and know the stages of developing prema. 0:29:00 – Shraddha – the concept and...

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