-Hari-katha is the food for the soul-Atma and Paramatma on the branches of the tree-Mahaprabhu brought very powerful medicine – harinama-Harer nama harer nama harer nama sloka-The glories of sadhu-sanga-Nitya-siddha krishna-prema sloka discussion-The creepers of bhakti-The importance of sambandha-jnana-Tambularpana pada mardana sloka – the service of Rupa Manjari-Define your goal and then practise to reach your destination-Vatsalya-bhava of Yashoda-maiya; sakhya-bhava of Krishna’s...
USA 2023
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Undisclosed, USA 2023, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), rasa dance: rasa-lila
08 Jan 2023 morning – Transcendental Rivalry and Anger (English) – USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Caitanya Mahaprabhu most of the time glorified Sanatana Gosvami-Sanatana Gosvami is sambahdha-acarya, Rupa Gosvami is abhidheya-tattva-acarya and Svarupa Damodara, Raya Ramananda and Raghunatha dasa Gosvami are prayojana-tattva-acaryas-Dharma, artha, kama and moksha are not our goals-Chandravali is not qualified to be the rival of Srimati Radhika. Still, without a rival prema is not relishable-Madanakhya-mahabava is the monopoly of Sri Radha-The speaker speaks according to the audience; The...
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), service: krishna-seva
07 Jan 2023 evening – Bhakti Awakening (English) – USA
-God is Isvara, the Supreme Controller, and jivas are very small-Balagra-sata-bhagasya sloka discussion-Krishna-seva-vasana is the svarupa of the jiva; krishna-seva-vasana awakens in the association of pure devotees-The Lord and jivas are sat-cid-ananda but they are not equal. They are like the fire and the sparkles of the fire-Shuddha-sadhu-sanga is the root cause of bhakti-9 limbs of bhakti-2 leaves of Bhakti-devi manifest-The story of the mouse who became a princess in the next life-Krishna...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Undisclosed, USA 2023, rasa: rasa-siddhanta, tattva-siddhanta and rasa-siddhanta: philosophical conclusions and rasa conclusions (established truths about reality; conclusions about devotional relationships and spiritual emotions)
07 Jan 2023 morning – Srimad-bhagavatamrita (English) – USA
-Sanatana Gosvami is sambandha-tattva-acarya, Rupa Gosvami is abhidheya-tattva-acharya and Raghunatha dasa Gosvami and Raya Ramananda are prayojana-tattva-acharyas-Sambandha, abhidheya and prayojana-Both tattva-siddhanta and rasa-siddhanta are important-Our goal is not to reach Krishna but krishna-prema-12 primary and secondary rasas-Mother Uttara asks Pariksit Maharaja to explain her Bhagavat-katha-Srimad-Bhagavatam is prema-sastra-Nigama kalpa taror sloka discussion-The meaning of bhavuka and...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Undisclosed, USA 2023
06 Jan 2023 evening – Vraja and Dvaraka (English) – USA
-Recollections of when Paramа-Gurudevа was here-People ask me why I do Bhagavata-saptahа for only seven days, and I say, well, because there are no more days in the week ))-The vision of uttama-bhagavata-The glories of Giriraja Govadrhana-3 Haridasas-The viraha (separation) of Mahapabhu-The Vrajavasis are always moving from one place to another-Govinda, Damodara, Madhaveti-Maya-devi punishes baddha-jivas as they forget about Krishna, but the Vrajavasis are beyond maya-Vrajendra-nandana Sri...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Undisclosed, USA 2023, Eternal Position of the Soul, rasa: rasa-siddhanta, tattva-siddhanta and rasa-siddhanta: philosophical conclusions and rasa conclusions (established truths about reality; conclusions about devotional relationships and spiritual emotions)
06 Jan 2023 morning – Importance of Sambandha-jnana (English) – USA
-Without sambandha-jnana, we cannot progress on our bhajana and sadhana-The description of shanta-rasa mood (4 Kumaras); dasya-rasa mood (Hanuman); sakhya-rasa mood (Krishna’s friends); vatsalya-rasa mood (Yashoda and Nanda); madhurya-rasa mood (svakiya and parakiya)-Samandhatmika and kamatmika bhakti-Tat-tat-bhava-ichha-mayi-bhakti and sambhoga-ichha-mayi-bhakti-Tattva-siddhanta and rasa-siddhanta are needed to have bhajana-Tribhanga-lalita dvibhuja murali-dhara Krishna is the original form of...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Undisclosed, USA 2023
04 Jan 2023 morning – Sri Krishna in Dvaraka (English) – USA
-Purna (complete), purnatara (more complete) and purnatama-dhamas (most complete) of Krishna-The beauty and skillfulness of the queens of Dvaraka-Krishna has so many family members in Dvaraka that every day is someone’s birthday there, while in Vaikuntha there are only two birthdays, Narayana’s and Lakshmi’s))-On Vaikuntha, life is dry and unhappy. There, loving quarrels do not even come up-Lila of Krishna’s joke on Rukmini-The humorous story of how the husband kept...