Definitions of bhakti. How we can stay in Vraja by mind and heart. The six Gosvamis, as sadhaka’s, guide us how to perform bhajana. Why we should not think, “I am Nanda Maharaja”. The results of sadhana-bhakti and bhava-bhakti. The five processes of raganuga-bhakti. The potential is in our heart, like ghee is in milk. Sidhi will not come without sadhana. Nama Sankirtana is the topmost limb of bhakti. The forty nine ingredients leading to prema. The garland prasad of the Vaisnavas is very potent...
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05 Dec 2023 morning – How to advance on the path of Bhakti (English translation) – Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Definitions of bhakti. How we can stay in Vraja by mind and heart. The six Gosvamis, as sadhaka’s, guide us how to perform bhajana. Why we should not think, “I am Nanda Maharaja”. The results of sadhana-bhakti and bhava-bhakti. The five processes of raganuga-bhakti. The potential is in our heart, like ghee is in milk. Sidhi will not come without sadhana. Nama Sankirtana is the topmost limb of bhakti. The forty nine ingredients leading to prema. The garland prasad of the Vaisnavas is very potent...
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04 Dec 2023 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 5 (Hindi) – Bhuj, Gujarat, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Sakti (Radha) and Saktiman (Krsna). – Story of the avaricious brahmana. – Sri Damodarastakam. – The different moods of worship: sakhya, dasya, vatsalya and madhurya. – The birth of Srimati Radhika in Raval and the blessing of Narada Rsi. – How Baladeva Prabhu defeated Dhenukasura, in Talavana. – The tribhanga-lalita form of Sri Krsna manifests Himself only in Vrndavana. – Only in sadhu-sanga is it possible to have the true darsan of Vrndavana...
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04 Dec 2023 midday – How to Reach the Transcendental World (English translation) – Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– The material world cannot provide real happiness. – The three qualities of Maya: sattva, raja and tama gunas. – The transcendental world is ananda-mayi-dhama: the place of bliss. -The Brahma-samhita glorifies and describes the transcendental abode of the Lord and His form. – It is only possible to see God through His mercy, and with transcendental eyes. – Drtarastra asks Sanjaya what is happening on the Kuruksetra battlefield. – Ramanujacarya granted his...
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04 Dec 2023 midday – How to Reach the Transcendental World (Hindi) – Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– The material world cannot provide real happiness. – The three qualities of Maya: sattva, raja and tama gunas. – The transcendental world is ananda-mayi-dhama: the place of bliss. -The Brahma-samhita glorifies and describes the transcendental abode of the Lord and His form. – It is only possible to see God through His mercy, and with transcendental eyes. – Drtarastra asks Sanjaya what is happening on the Kuruksetra battlefield. – Ramanujacarya granted his...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Bhuj 2023, Gujarat 2023, India 2023
04 Dec 2023 morning – Raganuga Bhaktas (English translation) – Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Raga-vartma-candrika, by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, talks about the five types of bhajana. – The five types of moods: santa, dasya, sakhya, vatsalya and madhurya. – Verse: gurau goṣṭhe goṣṭhālayiṣu sujane bhū-sura-gaṇe (Manah-Siksa, verse 1). – Srila Sukadeva Gosvami explains to Paraksit Maharaja the difference between serving a brahmana and a Vaisnava. – Story of when Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was traveling and had a fever, so He asked for water that...
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04 Dec 2023 morning – Raganuga Bhaktas (Hindi) – Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Raga-vartma-candrika, by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, talks about the five types of bhajana. – The five types of moods: santa, dasya, sakhya, vatsalya and madhurya. – Verse: gurau goṣṭhe goṣṭhālayiṣu sujane bhū-sura-gaṇe (Manah-Siksa, verse 1). – Srila Sukadeva Gosvami explains to Paraksit Maharaja the difference between serving a brahmana and a Vaisnava. – Story of when Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was traveling and had a fever, so He asked for water that...