Why do sufferings happen in life? Due to our activities in past lives. We should offer everything to the Lord and sit before the sadhu, thus we will receive mercy. Those who associate with devotees have sukrti. In order to obtain the abode of the Lord we have to practice sadhana and bhajana for Hari. Only bhakti grants intimate service to the Lord, other yogas cannot grant this. Many people in the West are wearing kanti, tilaka and following the Vedic teachings. About Isaac Newton and the law...
India 2024
2024, diseases, vegetarianism, Discourses translated into English, Gujarat, Rajkot, India, India 2024
28 Nov 2024 midday – Practise Spiritual Life (English translation) | Rajkot, Gujarat, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Good fortune materializes in a person’s life when he or she associates with a devotee. Ramacandra blesses the person so that he or she may attain Krsna. Compared to other yugas, life span is short in Kali-yuga. God gave us the human body so that we can take our place in our spiritual, transcendental home. Before leaving this body, ask yourself: “Who am I?” About having the vision of the Lord. About how to call the Lord. To protect herself from Durvasa Rsi, Draupadi calls Krsna for help...
2024, diseases, vegetarianism, Discourses in Hindi, Gujarat, Rajkot, India, India 2024
28 Nov 2024 midday – Practise Spiritual Life (Hindi) | Rajkot, Gujarat, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Good fortune materializes in a person’s life when he or she associates with a devotee. Ramacandra blesses the person so that he or she may attain Krsna. Compared to other yugas, life span is short in Kali-yuga. God gave us the human body so that we can take our place in our spiritual, transcendental home. Before leaving this body, ask yourself: “Who am I?” About having the vision of the Lord. About how to call the Lord. To protect herself from Durvasa Rsi, Draupadi calls Krsna for help...
2024, japa-mala, Svananda-sukhada kunja, Discourses translated into English, Gujarat, Rajkot, India, India 2024
27 Nov 2024 evening – Kundas and Kunjas of Vrindavana (English translation) | Rajkot, Gujarat, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 PART 2 The definition of devatas and asuras. Shloka: ahaṁ hare tava pādaika-mūla-dāsānudāso bhavitāsmi bhūyaḥ (ŚB 6.11.24). Vritrasura-katha: the attachment of a baby bird to its mother, the attachment of a calf to its mother. In happiness and sadness always remember God. The prayers of Kunti. Bhajana of Mirabai. Primary and secondary rasas. Different colours represent different rasas and each rasa has its presiding deity. Krishna is a presiding deity of sringara-rasa. Shloka: anāradhya...
2024, japa-mala, Svananda-sukhada kunja, Discourses in Hindi, Gujarat, Rajkot, India, India 2024
27 Nov 2024 evening – Kundas and Kunjas of Vrindavana (Hindi) | Rajkot, Gujarat, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The definition of devatas and asuras. Shloka: ahaṁ hare tava pādaika-mūla-dāsānudāso bhavitāsmi bhūyaḥ (ŚB 6.11.24). Vritrasura-katha: the attachment of a baby bird to its mother, the attachment of a calf to its mother. In happiness and sadness always remember God. The prayers of Kunti. Bhajana of Mirabai. Primary and secondary rasas. Different colours represent different rasas and each rasa has its presiding deity. Krishna is a presiding deity of sringara-rasa. Shloka: anāradhya rādhā...
2024, anukula-abhilasha, bhagavat-prapti-abhilasha, Discourses translated into English, Bhuj, Gujarat, India, India 2024, Krishna-tattva
27 Nov 2024 morning – Preparation of Radha and Krishna’s pastimes (English translation) | Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
3 kinds of abhilasha: anukula-abhilasha, bhagavat-prapti-abhilasha, suhrida-abhilasha. Srimati Radhika opens Her heart to Her close friends, Lalita and Vishakha. On Jagannatha-vallabha-nataka. Relations between Mahaprabhu, Raya Ramananda and Svarupa Damodara. Swimming competition between Radha and Krishna. Only the devotees in madhurya-rasa can understand Radha-Krishna’s intimate lilas. The process of decorating a kunja. The fans in the kunjas are supplied by Subal from afar. Lila in...
2024, anukula-abhilasha, bhagavat-prapti-abhilasha, Discourses in Hindi, Bhuj, Gujarat, India, India 2024, Krishna-tattva
27 Nov 2024 morning – Preparation of Radha and Krishna’s pastimes (Hindi) | Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
3 kinds of abhilasha: anukula-abhilasha, bhagavat-prapti-abhilasha, suhrida-abhilasha. Srimati Radhika opens Her heart to Her close friends, Lalita and Vishakha. On Jagannatha-vallabha-nataka. Relations between Mahaprabhu, Raya Ramananda and Svarupa Damodara. Swimming competition between Radha and Krishna. Only the devotees in madhurya-rasa can understand Radha-Krishna’s intimate lilas. The process of decorating a kunja. The fans in the kunjas are supplied by Subal from afar. Lila in...
2024, rasa-lila, Bhagavata-saptaha in Bhuj 2024, Discourses translated into English, Bhuj, Gujarat, India, India 2024
26 Nov 2024 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 7: Nistha, the Spine of Spiritual Life (English translation) | Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Krsna is received as a dear friend by the trees and creepers of Vrndavana. Trees and creepers cry out to Krsna not to be forgotten. Visvanatha Cakravarti Pada describes Vrndavana with the humor of a family man, where the trunks of the trees are fathers, the branches are mothers, the leaves are sons and the fruits are daughters. Family life is happy where all members are serving Gurudeva and Krsna, all tied by the thread of prema. Srila Sukadeva Gosvami Pada, in Venu Madhuryam, describes the...