PART 1 PART 2 Our eyes were created to behold the Lord, and our tongues to glorify Him. The glories of Hari Priya didi, the host of the house. Krishna says: ‘Those who worship Me are not actually My devotees, but those who worship My devotees are.’ Shivaji explains to his wife Parvati the deity to be worshipped in our times. Vanam vanamtare: Krishna goes from forest to forest searching for the gopis. The grazing of the cows is just an external reason. When Bhagavan glorifies His...
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2025, Discourses in Hindi 2025, Houston 2025, Texas 2025, USA 2025, Chaitanya-charitamrita 2025, Holy Places of Mahaprabhu, Mahaprabhu: Mahaprabhu's five places
09 Jul 2025 midday – Mahaprabhu’s Five Places (Hindi) | Houston, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Raghava Pandita’s service to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. – The meaning of Srivasa’s three claps. – Lila: The death of Srivasa’s son. – The remembrance of Srila BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja. – We only truly understand the greatness of a Vaishnava when they are no longer in our lives. – Srila Gurudeva had a loving and informal relationship with the devotees in Houston. – In Vaikuntha, there is no laukika-sambandhuvat-priti. – Darshana of...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Houston 2025, Texas 2025, USA 2025, Chaitanya-charitamrita Madhya 22.121, Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.33.36, Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.33.39, Bhajana-rahasya 2025, Nishanta-lila, Shad-gosvami-ashtaka, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart)
09 Jul 2025 morning – Bhajana-rahasya (English) | Houston, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– We discuss the first yama sadhana, nishanta-bhajana, shraddha. – Jata-rati-sadhaka and ajata-rati-sadhaka. – The trees of Vrindavana are the witnesses of Radha and Krishna’s lilas. – Prakata-dhama-lila and aprakata-dhama-lila. – Verse: anugrahāya bhaktānāṁ mānuṣaṁ deham āsthitaḥ…(SB 10.33.36). – Verse: vikrīḍitaṁ vraja-vadhūbhir idaṁ ca viṣṇoḥ…(SB 10.33.39) – By the mercy of Nityananda Prabhu shuddha-nama will manifest on your tongue. – Sadhaka...
2025, Discourses in Hindi 2025, Houston 2025, Texas 2025, USA 2025, Sri Rupanugathya-Mahatmya, Development of Bhakti
08 Jul 2025 evening – Stages of Perfection (Hindi) | Houston, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– On Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami’s prayer to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. – Song: Sri Rupanugathya-Mahatmya. – Vaisnavas desire to serve Srimati Radhika under the guidance of Rupa Manjari. – On the five stages of siddhi (perfections) that we must achieve. – Explanation of the five categories of sakhis (friends). – On the specificity of manjaris in serving in the kunjas, and the highest bhava they possess. – Explanation of Rupa Manjari’s training...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Florida 2025, Miami 2025, USA 2025, ceto-darpana-marjanam bhava-maha-davagni-nirvapanam, mamottamasloka-janesu sakhyam samsara-cakre, na tad bhasayate suryo na sasanko na pavakah, satam prasangan mama virya-samvido, srnvatam sva-kathah krsnah punya-sravana-kirtanah, Bhagavad-gita 15.6, Chaitanya-charitamrita Antya 20.12, Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.2.17, Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.31.9, Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.25.25, Srimad-Bhagavatam 6.11.27, Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.5.23, Glories of Hari-katha
07 Jul 2025 evening – The Glories of Bhagavat-Katha (English) | Miami, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– The glories of listening to Harikatha. – Verse: śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ (SB 1.2.17). – Verse: śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ smaraṇaṁ pāda-sevanam (SB 7.5.23). – Verse: satāṁ prasaṅgān mama vīrya-saṁvido bhavanti hṛt-karṇa rasāyanāḥ kathāḥ (SB 3.25.25). – Verse: tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ kavibhir īḍitaṁ kalmaṣāpaham (SB 10.31.9). – Verse: na tad bhāsayate sūryo na śaśāṅko na pāvakaḥ (BG 15.6). – Verse: mamottamaśloka-janeṣu...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Florida 2025, Miami 2025, USA 2025, Chaitanya-charitamrita Adi 1.4, Chaitanya-charitamrita Adi 4.74, Chaitanya-charitamrita Madhya 22.105, Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.2.29, Types of Bhakti, anger: mana & mana-abhasa & krodha, bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, life goals (purusharthas): dharma (duty and religious principles) artha (material prosperity) kama (material desires) and moksha (liberation)
07 Jul 2025 midday – The Types of Bhakti (English) | Miami, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Mahaprabhu came to give the highest divine love that exists to everyone, without discrimination. – Verse: anarpita-carīṁ cirāt karuṇayāvatīrṇaḥ kalau (CC Adi-lila 1.4). – The difference between maan, maan-abhasa and kroda. – Verse: kṛṣṇa-kāntā-gaṇa dekhi tri-vidha prakāra (CC Adi-lila 4.74). – The difference between sadhana-bhakti, bhava-bhakti and prema-bhakti. – Verse: kṛti-sādhyā bhavet sādhya-bhāvā sā sādhanābhidhā (CC Madhya 22.105). – The gopis...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Florida 2025, Miami 2025, USA 2025, Madhurya-rasa, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), anuraga: deep attachment (stage of prema; intense love and constant attraction toward Krishna)
07 Jul 2025 morning – Krodha, Mana and Mana-abhasa (English) | Miami, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 Always give respect to those who took shelter of Sri Gurudeva before you, they have more knowledge about sadhana and bhajana. Krsna offered a flower to Rukmini because she is the senior Queen of Dvaraka, but Satyabhama remained in mana-abhasa. Srimati Radhika never gets really angry with Krsna, She only enters into maan for His pleasure. Two characteristics of Bhagavan: sarvagata and mugdata (knows everything and at the same time is completely innocent). The stages of bhava condense and...
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06 Jul 2025 midday – The Importance of Following the Rules and Regulations (English) | Miami, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 We must follow the rules of Caturmasya to develop our spiritual life. Caturmasya means “how to emphasize the chanting of the Holy Names.” Without chanting the Holy Names, there is no benefit, even if we follow the rules and regulations. Those who do not follow the rules and regulations and think: “I am focused on God,” render their sadhana and bhajana useless. If we are unable to perform nirjala-ekadasi, we are allowed to honor prasada, but only enough to keep the...