Two types of Bhagavat: Grantha-bhagavat and Bhakta-bhagavat. Srimad Bhagavatam is written in the language of samadhi, meditation. To know this language, one must take shelter of Bhakta-bhagavat. Pastime of the scholar and the boatman. Two types of knowledge: material and transcendental. To obtain transcendental knowledge, one only needs to have simple faith in Guru and Vaisnavas. If you completely surrender to the Lord, He will mercifully manifest Himself in your heart. Sloka: śrī-prahrāda...
India 2025
2025, Radha-tattva, rasa-lila, Bhagavata-saptaha in Kashinagar 2025, Tattva: Radha-tattva, Hindi, Kashinagar, West Bengal, India, India 2025
28 Mar 2025 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 6 (Hindi) | Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About the glories of Srila Tirtha Maharaja who built the Temple where the Harikatha is happening at the moment. Krsna explains to Uddhava how to talk about the rasas. About how the activities of the material and spiritual worlds are contrary. About rasa-lila-katha. The glories of Srimati Radhika. Higher than Vrndavana, we have Giriraja Govardana where Krsna calls all the gopis to do the rasa-lila. About the reaction of the gopis when they hear the sound of Krsna’s flute. About how...
2025, Svayam Bhagavan, Hindi, Kashinagar, West Bengal, India, India 2025
28 Mar 2025 midday – The Sadhu Qualifies the Devotee (Hindi) | Kashinagar, South India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About when one becomes qualified to do service and associate with a sadhu. The lila of Sanatana Gosvami Pada and the touchstone, cintamani. About the ten offenses to the Holy Name, and the first offense is never to criticize a sadhu who chants the Holy Names. The story of a Guru and his disciple when they traveling, and when the disciple goes to buy food, everything is the same price. The moral of the story: we should not give equal value to the demigods and Svayam Bhagavan, or to the different...
2025, gopi-bhava, jiva-tattva, vaidhi-bhakti, Bhagavata-saptaha in Kashinagar 2025, Hindi, Kashinagar, West Bengal, India, India 2025, Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.33.36
27 Mar 2025 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 5 (Hindi) | Kashinagar, South India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Fortunate jivas have the opportunity to hear Bhagavd-katha. Pariksiti Maharaja heard the Bhagavatam from Sukadeva Gosvami, the parrot of Srimati Radhika, but Pariksiti attained gopi-bhava. The listener is not always inferior to the speaker: Srila Gurudeva exalts the audience. Harikatha is spoken according to the qualification of the listeners. Candidasa and Vidyapati performed wonderful kirtans and they took shelter of Mahaprabhu. Narottama Dasa Thakura wrote the Prema Bhakti Candrika, a...