Sadhana and bhajana are not the same thing. The three manifestations of bhakti, sadhana, bhava and prema. Sloka: kṛti-sādhyā bhavet sādhya… (CC Madhya 19.177). The heart will only become truly clean in association with the sadhu, sadhu-sanga. Sloka: kṛṣṇa-bhakti-janma-mūla haya… (CC Madhya 22.83). The main symptoms of a sadhu. Sloka: titikṣavaḥ kāruṇikāḥ suhṛdaḥ… (SB 3.25.21). Srimati Radhika spends day and night thinking about how to please Sri Krsna. Lila of Radha and Krsna in a swimming...
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2024, types of nectar, Discourses in Hindi, Houston, Texas, USA, USA 2024
27 Jul 2024 evening – Harikathamrtam: The Nectar of Harikatha (Hindi) | Houston, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
A bad day is a day without sadhu-sanga and without harikatha. True seva is to hear harikatha! Sloka: tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ… (ŚB 10.31.9). The four types of nectar that exist. The miseries of the material world and how much people do not want to grow old. A person who hears harikatha is like a snake that sheds its skin. The glories of hearing bhagavat-katha. The constitutional position of the soul is to perform bhajana for the Lord. The symptoms of a true sadhu. Sloka: titikṣavaḥ...
2024, types of nectar, Discourses translated into English, Houston, Texas, USA, USA 2024
27 Jul 2024 evening – Harikathamrtam: The Nectar of Harikatha (English translation) | Houston, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
A bad day is a day without sadhu-sanga and without harikatha. True seva is to hear harikatha! Sloka: tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ… (ŚB 10.31.9). The four types of nectar that exist. The miseries of the material world and how much people do not want to grow old. A person who hears harikatha is like a snake that sheds its skin. The glories of hearing bhagavat-katha. The constitutional position of the soul is to perform bhajana for the Lord. The symptoms of a true sadhu. Sloka: titikṣavaḥ...
2024, Discourses translated into English, Houston, Texas, USA, USA 2024
27 Jul 2024 afternoon – Human Life is for Serving the Lord (English translation) | Houston, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Everyone forgets their previous lives. About the marriage ceremony. The life in which one accepts a bona fide spiritual master corresponds to the last birth in the material world. The human form of life is very rare. One should take advantage of this life to chant the Holy Names. The sufferings of those who live in the material world. Only those who chant the glories of the Lord are happy. What one sows, one reaps. Example of someone who sows a mango seed and reaps mangoes. About the mantra “Om...
2024, Discourses in Hindi, Houston, Texas, USA, USA 2024
27 Jul 2024 afternoon – Human Life is for Serving the Lord (Hindi) | Houston, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Everyone forgets their previous lives. About the marriage ceremony. The life in which one accepts a bona fide spiritual master corresponds to the last birth in the material world. The human form of life is very rare. One should take advantage of this life to chant the Holy Names. The sufferings of those who live in the material world. Only those who chant the glories of the Lord are happy. What one sows, one reaps. Example of someone who sows a mango seed and reaps mangoes. About the mantra “Om...
2024, Discourses in Hindi, Houston, Texas, USA, USA 2024
27 Jul 2024 midday – The Importance of Faith (Hindi) | Houston, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Story of the boy who cried while reading the Bhagavad Gita with faith in his guru’s instructions, and was questioned by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The sastras say that the first gurus we have at birth are the mother and father and after, the spiritual master. Sloka: tasmāc chāstraṁ pramāṇaṁ te… (Bhagavad Gita 16.24). The material world is full of sadness and joy and they are temporary. The poorest thinks that the richest is happy, the king thinks that the king of heaven is happier, and so...
2024, Discourses translated into English, Houston, Texas, USA, USA 2024
27 Jul 2024 midday – The Importance of Faith (English translation) | Houston, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Story of the boy who cried while reading the Bhagavad Gita with faith in his guru’s instructions, and was questioned by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The sastras say that the first gurus we have at birth are the mother and father and after, the spiritual master. Sloka: tasmāc chāstraṁ pramāṇaṁ te… (Bhagavad Gita 16.24). The material world is full of sadness and joy and they are temporary. The poorest thinks that the richest is happy, the king thinks that the king of heaven is happier, and so...
2024, anarthas, anugatya, cooking, sadhana-bhakti, vaidhi-bhakti, Discourses in Hindi, Houston, Texas, USA, USA 2024
27 Jul 2024 morning – Sadhana-bhakti and Bhava-bhakti (Hindi) | Houston, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About the Bhajana Rahasya Grantha. Bhajana means to serve. The two functions of sadhana-bhakti: to practice to remove the anarthas and to attain the mood of the vrajavasis. Sadhana and bhajana are different things. The first symptom of bhava-bhakti is santi (peace). The instructions that Pariksit Maharaja received from the various classes of sadhus upon learning that he would die after seven days. Sloka: harer nāma harer nāma… (CC Madhya 6.242). Doing seva, bhajana and sadhana without chanting...