The aim of life is Goura-bhajana, otherwise we will be serving Maya. This world is full of sorrows, Maya is always applying the three types of miseries. Maya is never happy with our service and she always punishes us severely. When we serve God, Maya liberates us. Story of the sinner who, in hell, told the Yamadutas that they would worship his feet. Everyone, including animals, sleeps, mates, eats and defends themselves. What is the difference between humans and animals? Story of Ajamila...
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28 Mar 2024 morning – Have Firm Faith in Sri Guru’s Words (English translation) – Contai, West Bengal, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
We made a beautiful nagara-sankirtana! Caitanya and Nitai traveled through all the villages absorbed in nama-sankirtana. Sloja: harer nāma harer nāma (CC Madhya-lila 6.242). God cannot be reached through knowledge and riches. In Kali-yuga, the process to reach God is the chanting of the Holy Names. You should start spiritual practice as long as your intelligence allows it. Druva started at 5 years old. Without sadhu-sanga it is not possible to achieve the Lord’s mercy. Agastya Rsi...
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27 Mar 2024 evening – Introduction to Sri Bhagavat-saptaha (English translation) – Contai, Bengal, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Greetings to the assembled devotees. Narada Rishi questions Vishnu about where He resides. About how many years people spend on various activities in their lives and how many years are left for spiritual practice. Sanatana Gosvami asked Mahaprabhu: ke āmi’ – “who am I?” (CC Madhya-lila 20.102). Are vā atma draṣṭavyaḥ śrotavyaḥ mantavyah nididhyāsitavyah (Sama-samhita). Try to understand your soul. The human body is the temple of diseases. The story of how a sinner went to heaven for 24 minutes...
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27 Mar 2024 evening – Introduction to Sri Bhagavat-saptaha (Bengali) – Contai, Bengal, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Greetings to the assembled devotees. Narada Rishi questions Vishnu about where He resides. About how many years people spend on various activities in their lives and how many years are left for spiritual practice. Sanatana Gosvami asked Mahaprabhu: ke āmi’ – “who am I?” (CC Madhya-lila 20.102). Are vā atma draṣṭavyaḥ śrotavyaḥ mantavyah nididhyāsitavyah (Sama-samhita). Try to understand your soul. The human body is the temple of diseases. The story of how a sinner went to heaven for 24 minutes...
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25 Mar 2024 afternoon – From Avatāras to Utkaṇṭhā: The Heart of Divine Love in Gaura-līlā (English translation) – Navadvipa, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 PART 2 0:00 – Types of incarnations and avatāras, and their original source. 6:00 – A comparison of the mercy of Śrīmatī Rādhikā, Kṛṣṇa, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. 11:00 – The joy of union is incomplete without separation—examples from līlās; a unique quality of Śrīmatī Rādhikā’s heart. 16:00 – About Gaura-līlās and the childhood pastimes of Mahāprabhu. 20:00 – The special mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. 24:00 – Why Mahāprabhu appeared during a lunar eclipse and the unique features...
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25 Mar 2024 afternoon – From Avatāras to Utkaṇṭhā: The Heart of Divine Love in Gaura-līlā (Hindi) – Navadvipa, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 PART 2 0:00 – Types of incarnations and avatāras, and their original source. 6:00 – A comparison of the mercy of Śrīmatī Rādhikā, Kṛṣṇa, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. 11:00 – The joy of union is incomplete without separation—examples from līlās; a unique quality of Śrīmatī Rādhikā’s heart. 16:00 – About Gaura-līlās and the childhood pastimes of Mahāprabhu. 20:00 – The special mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. 24:00 – Why Mahāprabhu appeared during a lunar eclipse and the unique features...
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24 Mar 2024 afternoon – Nityananda Temple (Hindi) – Ekachakra, India| Srila BV Vana Maharaja
0:10-Rules and regulations on how to see off and meet a sadhu; 2:18-Tulasi das wrote that if you are going to meet a sadhu and follow him step by step it equates to 100,000 horse sacrifices; 4: 50-the story of how Lakshmipati Tirtha asked for the donation of Hadai Pandit’s son, Nityananda Prabhu and went with Him to the holy places; 6: 05-the appearance of the place of Sanyasi dal; 8: 05-Bankima Rai (temple)-the place where Nityananda Prabhu called all the tirthas, taking achaman there...