The granthas are our Constitution, or our book of laws. The Guru is the one who guides us on the spiritual path. Song: Nitai Pada Kamala. When you receive the mercy of Nityananda Prabhu you will reach the spiritual abode and serve the Divine Couple directly. Nitai gives the knowledge by which we learn to serve Radha and Krsna. Gaura Sundara is very merciful, but Nitai is even more merciful! Gaura Sundara sometimes gets angry, but Nityananda Prabhu never gets angry, he is always calm and...
Hari-katha 2025 (Undisclosed country)
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Hari-katha 2025 (Undisclosed country), Undisclosed, body: bodily identification, karma: cycle of birth and death
11 Apr 2025 – On Bodily Identification and the Cycle of Birth and Death (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
On bodily designations. We are not this body but eternal servants of Krsna. On the cycles of death and birth. Association with a sadhu will lead us to know our true nature and thus we become eager to listen to Harikatha. The nature of a sadhu is to save the conditioned souls. On what the demigods are capable of giving. On Vrndavana and how Srimati Radhika Herself planted the trees of Vrndavana. On how to acquire transcendental eyes with the help of the Guru in order to see the transcendental...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Hari-katha 2025 (Undisclosed country), Undisclosed, bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, guru: guru-nishtha
11 Apr 2025 midday – The Five Limbs of Bhakti (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About the two types of bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti and raganuga-bhakti. About the different types of vaidhi-bhakti. About the five limbs of bhakti: always associate with a sadhu; always chant the Holy Names; always hear or read about Srimad Bhagavatam; always live in Vraja Mandala or Mathura Mandala; and; worship the Deity with firm faith. Always associate with devotees who are of the same mood as you, same type of nature. Srimad Bhagavatam was recited by Sukadeva Gosvami. He who drank the nectar...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Hari-katha 2025 (Undisclosed country), Undisclosed, eternal nature of the soul: svarupa of the jiva (constitutional position; identity as an eternal servant of Krishna)
11 Apr 2025 morning – Introduction to Bhakti (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About how we have all the power within us, just like a seed. And with Harikatha everything will manifest. Recommendation to read the book by Syamarani Didi called Svarupa of the Jiva. About how the vrajavasis have forgotten that Krsna is Bhagavan, they consider Him as a member of their family. Uddhava tries to explain Krsna with the mood of opulence, but Nanda Maharaja sees Krsna only as a member of his family. As an example, we can see that Narayana has no mother, but Krsna has mother Yasoda...