New Zealand 2024
21 Sept 2024 – Speech at the 10th World Peace Summit (English) | Auckland, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Peace and love are essential in our lives. We are not this body, we are souls, we are all eternal servants of God. Sloka: nāhaṁ vipro na ca nara-patir nāpi vaiśyo na śūdro nāhaṁ varṇī na ca gṛha-patir no vanastho yatir vā kintu prodyan-nikhila paramānanda pūrnāmṛtābdher gopī-bhartuḥ pada-kamalayor dā sa dāsānudāsaḥ“I am not a brāhmaṇa, a kṣatriya, vaiśya or a śūdra. Neither am I a brahmacārī, a householder, a vānaprastha or a sannyāsī. I identify Myself only as the servant of the servant of the...
21 Sep 2024 evening – The Glories of Hearing Krsna-katha (English) | Auckland, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
All sufferings arise due to bodily conception, dehatma-buddhi. Maya Devi is punishing us because we do not serve Krsna. Through Harikatha, Krsna enters through our ears and cleanses our hearts. By hearing Krsna-katha, we forget our bodily identification and, little by little, we will understand our spiritual identity. Sloka: tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ… (ŚB 10.31.9). The living entities have innumerable papas (sins) in their hearts and therefore have no taste for hearing Krsna-katha. Only...
21 Sep 2024 midday – The Glories of Krsna’s Original Form (English) | Auckland, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Quote from the scripture Sata Nama Stotram, about one of the 108 names of Srimati Radhika, Jagatarini. The origin of all the feminine names of the Devis is Srimati Radhika, and of the Devas, Krsna. Description of the scripture Radha Upanisad, which glorifies Srimati Radhika and how She serves Krsna. We can control someone only through love. The six opulences of Bhagavan. The glories of Krsna’s beauty. Krsna appears as Sri Sacinandana Gaura Hari to taste the feelings of Srimati Radhika...
