-The glories of a moment of association with a pure devotee-Our goal is radha-dasyam, the highest perfection-Associate with bhakta-sadhu only. Not all devotees are the same. So, associate with the one who has the same mood as you-Seek association with a rasika-vaishnava whose heart is full of vraja-kathamrita and listen to him with greed-Bhakta-bhagavata, grantha-bhagavata-Be one-pointed to the lotus feet of Srimati Radhika-Do not go to Chandravali’s place. Stay in radha-adhipatta Vrindavana-If...
USA 2023
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Undisclosed, USA 2023
12 Jan 2023 morning – The Immersion of Raganuga-bhaktas (English) – USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-The story of his guru’s foolish disciple (pick up anything that falls off the horse)-There are 81 types of bhakti. Even tamasika-bhakti exists-Avyapti-dasha, ativyapti-dasha (Baby Krishna sucking mother Yashoda’s breast; Krishna wrestling with Chanura and Mushtika)-We observe Ekadashi not because we are afraid of hell but because Krishna loves Ekadashi-As materialistic people 24 hours are observed to collect money, so pure devotees of the Lord are always observed in Him-The story of a...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Undisclosed, USA 2023, devotees: types, eternal nature of the soul: svarupa of the jiva (constitutional position; identity as an eternal servant of Krishna), uttama-adhikari (highest-class devotees): 3 types of uttama-adhikari (murchita-kashaya; nirdhuta-kashaya; and bhagavata-parsada-deha-prapta)
11 Jan 2023 morning – The Glories of Narahari Seva-vigraha Prabhu (English) – USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Guests: Syamarani Didi and Sripad BV Siddhanti Maharaja-When I speak hari-katha I purify my tongue-The glories of the association with sadhus-Save yourself, then you can save others-5 types of devotees; the Vrajavasis-3 categories of sadhus: bhagavata-parsada-deha-prapta, nirdhuta-kashaya, and murchita-kashaya-The glories of Svarupa of the Jiva Syamarani Didi’s book-Iness and myness in the material and the transcendental world-The duty of shikha-guru-The glories of Narahari Seva-vigraha Prabhu...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Undisclosed, USA 2023
11 Jan 2023 morning – Gita-samsara (English) – USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Human body is very rare and is meant for krishna-bhajana-Sashu-sanga leads to krishna-prema-Gita-samsara story-Maha-prasada, hari-katha and vice versa )
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Undisclosed, USA 2023, service: guru-seva, service: vani-seva, service: vapu-seva
09 Jan 2023 evening – Gaura-parivara (English) – USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Part 1 -Serve a Vaishnava and chant the holy names and the Lord will be very pleased-You are only two fingers away from the Lord. These fingers are your sadhana and Krishna’s mercy-Grantha-bhagavata and bhakta-bhagavata-Guru-seva is the best way to please Lord-Vapu-seva and vani-seva-The importance of book-seva-When you think that everything belongs to God, no quarrel will arise-Krishna-bhajana is very rare-We are all Gaura-parivara (ISCKON and others)-Mahaprabhu gives mercy to 6 types of...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Undisclosed, USA 2023, mantra: gopala-mantra, rasa dance: rasa-lila
09 Jan 2023 midday – Yogamaya’s Arrangements (English) – USA
-Love is spontaneous-The gopis love Krishna for no reason-The gopis who meet with Krishna in rasa-lila have no children-Without the gopi-sharira Krishna will not accept-Abhimanyu is the so-called husband of Srimati Radhika. Actually he is not Her husband-Gopala-mantra is very powerful
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Undisclosed, USA 2023, Bhatta family (parivara): Venkata Bhatta; Trimalla Bhatta and Prabodhananda Sarasvati (nephew of Gopala Bhatta), Pradyumna Misra
09 Jan 2023 morning – Vraja University (English) – USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Pradyumna Mishra’s mind is disturbed when he sees Raya Ramananda with the young girls in a secluded place giving them training on how to act drama-Raya Ramananda was a very elevated Vaishnava and used to give high-level katha-Jagannatha-vallabha-nataka is Raya Ramananda’s granta-Mahaprabhu lived for four months at Bhattas’ family-Svarupa Damodara used to sing the kirtanas of Vidyapati and Chandidasa-The potential of your svarupa is in your heart (comparing the state of jiva conditioning with...