India 2024
26 Oct 2024 midday – The Blessing of Spiritual Life (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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3:00 min Ritual for the protection of Gopal, 1108 lamps for Mother Yashoda; 9:00 min The difference between a Grihastha and a Grihamedhi
26 Oct 2024 midday – The Blessing of Spiritual Life (Hindi) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
3:00 min Ritual for the protection of Gopal, 1108 lamps for Mother Yashoda; 9:00 min The difference between a Grihastha and a Grihamedhi
26 Oct 2024 morning – Damodarashtaka 7 (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
00:00 Overview of Damodarashtaka; discussion of who broke Mother Yashoda’s pot; Krishna’s pretending. 09:00 The most important thing in bhakti; about the purpose and goal of the material body. 23:00 How to achieve love for Krishna; the concept of apavarga; the binding of Krishna; the logic of the kitten and the monkey. 30:00 On the difficulty of chanting the Holy Name at the moment of death. 45:00 The bliss of the Vrajavasis (residents of Vraja). 50:00 The gopis’ complaints...
26 Oct 2024 morning – Damodarashtaka 7 (Hindi) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
00:00 Overview of Damodarashtaka; discussion of who broke Mother Yashoda’s pot; Krishna’s pretending. 09:00 The most important thing in bhakti; about the purpose and goal of the material body. 23:00 How to achieve love for Krishna; the concept of apavarga; the binding of Krishna; the logic of the kitten and the monkey. 30:00 On the difficulty of chanting the Holy Name at the moment of death. 45:00 The bliss of the Vrajavasis (residents of Vraja). 50:00 The gopis’ complaints...
25 Oct 2024 evening – Bhagavad Saptaha Day 5 (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About the appearance of Sri Krsna. About how Sri Krsna, despite being one, He is also many at the same time. About how it is very easy for Bhagavan to kill demons, and what would be the reasons for His appearance. About how many things in Srimad Bhagavatam are spoken indirectly to be more docile. The ninety chapters of the Tenth Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam. About how one can receive diksa just by contact with the dust of Vrndavana. Transcendental lila of Putana and newborn Krsna. The reason why...
25 Oct 2024 evening – Bhagavad Saptaha Day 5 (Hindi) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About the appearance of Sri Krsna. About how Sri Krsna, despite being one, He is also many at the same time. About how it is very easy for Bhagavan to kill demons, and what would be the reasons for His appearance. About how many things in Srimad Bhagavatam are spoken indirectly to be more docile. The ninety chapters of the Tenth Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam. About how one can receive diksa just by contact with the dust of Vrndavana. Transcendental lila of Putana and newborn Krsna. The reason why...
25 Oct 2024 morning – Gopala’s Lilas (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About when one should start doing bhajan. About the dangers of having money. About how to achieve prema. About how everything seen from afar is attractive and seems easy. The conceptions of the newborn kitten and monkey. About how children are an impediment to doing bhajan and how marriage ties us more and more to material life. About the countless lilas of baby Gopal. The more Gopal grew, the more agitated he became, making an art. The lila of a gopi who tried to catch Gopal in the act of...