Those who are born and are in Krsna consciousness are devotees who have worshipped Vasudeva Krsna-vigraha for at least 100 lives in a row. Devotees think they are ordinary people, but they are not. Verse: tṛṇād api sunīcenataror api sahiṣṇunāamāninā (Śrī Śikṣāṣṭakam, 3) The devotee must practise or he will fall. It only takes two fingers to reach Goloka Vrndavana: vaisnava-seva and nama-sankirtana. Verse: prabhu kahe, — “vaiṣṇava-sevā, nāma-saṅkīrtana (CC Madhya-lila 16.70) A Vaisnava never...
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04 Feb 2024 midday – Sanatana Dharma (English) – South Florida, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Sanatana-dharma is the eternal, eternally transcendental and ever-flourishing religion. – All culture came from the Lord, since Creation. – When the ages turn upside down and people forget the dharma, Sri Krsna comes to reestablish it. – Verse: ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥ kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam (SB 4.30.24). – The different avatars of Sri Krsna. – Verse: govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi (Śrī Brahma-saṁhitā 34). – In this way, Lord Brahma shows that...
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04 Feb 2024 morning – The Sadhaka Bilvamangala Thakura (English) – Miami, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The five types of sadhaka. One who performs sadhana and bhajana for God is a sadhaka. Bilvamangala Thakura is an example of a sadhaka. Life story of Bilvamangala Thakura. He was a rasika-vaisnava and obtained qualification to see the Lord. There are many different types of brahmana. Verse: aho Bata śva-paco ’to garīyān (Srimad Bhagavatam 3.33.7). We are not brahmanas just because we were born into a family of brahmanas and have a sacred thread. Chant the Gayatri mantras. Give all your...
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03 Feb 2024 evening – Sadhu Sanga Mahima (English) – Miami, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sadhu Sanga Mahima: the glories of association with the sadhu. Sloka: sādhu-saṅga’, ‘sādhu-saṅga’ — sarva-śāstre kaya (CC Madhya-lila 22.54). Sloka: kṛṣṇa-bhakti-janma-mūla haya ‘sādhu-saṅga’ kṛṣṇa-prema janme, teṅho punaḥ mukhya aṅga (CC Madhya-lila 22.83). The different types of sadhus: jnani-sadhus, karmi-sadhus, bhakta-sadhus. Sambandhatmika-bhakti and kamatmika-bhakti. What is better? Feeling that “I belong to Krsna” or that “Krsna belongs to me?” Krsna belongs to me is better, this is...
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03 Feb 2024 midday – The Power of Nrisimhadeva and the Maha Mantra (English) – Miami, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Human life is very rare! Sloka: durlabho mānuṣo deho dehināṁ kṣaṇa-bhaṅguraḥ (ŚB 11.2.29). – People do karma for two reasons: to try to remove sadness; and to try to obtain more happiness and joy. However, the opposite happens. – All karma will be destroyed for one who practises bhakti (devotional service to the Lord). – Offer everything to Govinda and you will no longer be born in this material world. – Song: Sri Nrsimha Pranama, by Vyasadeva. – Always...
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02 Feb 2024 evening – Manifestation of the Constitutional Form of the Soul (English) – Miami, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
In this Kali-yuga, an era of fights and arguments, the spiritual process is just nama-sankirtana. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu invested all His potency in the Holy Names, which is superior to Hari Himself. It is necessary to avoid the ten offences in chanting the Holy Names, nama-sankirtana The three most dangerous offences: never criticising the sadhu, not thinking that Krsna’s name is the same as Siva’s name, never dishonouring the Guru. If Krsna is dissatisfied, the Guru can help. If...
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01 Feb 2024 evening – The Dedication of the Guru and Guru-Seva (English) – Seattle, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada said that it is not at all easy to bring a person to Krsna Consciousness. – It is necessary to spend five hundred gallons of blood to bring a person to Krishna consciousness. Each gallon contains more than four liters. – Example of the worm that lives in feces and sometimes returns when removed. the souls conditioned to the material world are like this. – Teachings contained in Uddhava Samvada. – It is only possible to reach...
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01 Feb 2024 midday – Guru Tattva (English) – Seattle, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Brahma created the material world. The Guru is called Brahma because he creates suddha-bhakti in the hearts of his disciples. Visnu nourishes the entire Universe. The Guru is called Visnu because he sustains and protects his disciples with suddha-bhakti. Siva destroys the entire material world. The Guru is called Mahesvara because he destroys all the anarthas in the hearts of his disciples. Guru: “gu” means darkness, “ru” means light. The Guru is the one who eliminates the darkness from the...