Discourses in English 2023

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Baguio 2023, Philippines 2023, bhakti: bhakti-lata-bija (seed of bhakti), bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti

21 Jul 2023 morning – Saranagati and the Humor of the Vrajavasis (English) – Baguio, Philippines | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

July 21, 2023 9:04 AM

Bhajana-rahasya: An ordinary sadhaka can attain the platform of bhajana. Jata-rati-sadhaka and ajata-rati-sadhaka. Song: Sri Krishna-Caitanya Prabhu Doya Koro More, by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura. The six parts of surrender (saranagati). First surrender to the guru and the Vaisnavas, then to Krishna. How to surrender to Krishna? The advent of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Dhanya Kali-yuga and manjari-bhava. The transcendental boat of the holy names. The definition of sraddha (faith). If you...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Baguio 2023, Philippines 2023, harinama: japa-mala, self-realisation, service: vani-seva, service: vapu-seva

20 Jul 2023 evening – Self-realisation is the Best Realisation (English) – Baguio, Philippines | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

July 20, 2023 6:00 PM

Srila Gurudeva BV Vana Gosvami Maharaja is in the Philippines for the same reason Srila Svami Prabhupada preached all over the world. The conditioned souls are constantly wandering through the fourteen planetary systems, rising and falling. It’s not so easy to come out of the clutches of Maya. Chanting the mahamantra is the medicine. The result of doing material charity is temporary, the best charity is to give the mahamantra, because this mantra can liberate us from the material world...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Baguio 2023, Philippines 2023, Dama-bandhana Lila, liberation: brahma-sayujya, liberation: ishvara-sayujya, liberation: sayujya-mukti

20 Jul 2023 morning – Sri Bhajana-rahasya (English) – Baguio, Philippines | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

July 20, 2023 8:55 AM

Nishanta means the end of the night: nisa (night) + anta (end). The end of the night of the soul occurs when the desire to enjoy the senses ends. Those with jaundice taste sugar as something bitter. Song: Emona Durmati. When sukrti is ripe and accumulated, one attains sadhu-sanga and enjoys hearing hari-katha, then Bhakti-devi awakens in the heart. Jnata-sukrti and ajnata-sukrti. Karma-unmukhi-sukrti, jnana-unmukhi-sukrti and bhakti-unmukhi-sukrti. Sayujya-mukti, isvara-sayujya and brahma...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Baguio 2023, Philippines 2023, guru: guru-bhakti

19 Jul 2023 evening – Narada Rishi and Mrigari (English) – Baguio, Philippines | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

July 19, 2023 6:52 PM

Only hari-katha can protect you from maya.

Guru-bhakti and guru-nishtha are the backbone of our spiritual life.

SB 7.6.1.

The story of Narada Rishi and Mrigari hunter.

3 principles to become a maidservant of Srimati Radhika.

Dhruva performs austerities.

One who has shraddha is qualified to practise bhakti.

Where Krishna is, there Radha is and vice versa.

If we observe purushottama vrata, Srimati Radhika will be very pleased.

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Baguio 2023, Philippines 2023, siddha-deha: spiritual body (eternal perfected body for serving Krishna in the spiritual realm)

19 Jul 2023 morning – Sri Bhajana-rahasya (English) – Baguio, Philippines | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

July 19, 2023 8:49 AM

The meaning of the words ‘bhajana’ and ‘rahasya’. Bhajana: to realise one’s own siddha-deha (transcendental constitutional form) and then to serve the Lord in it. Sadhana: to practise oneself and teach others. Jata-rati-sadhaka and ajata-rati-sadhaka. 6 limbs of sharanagati. Upadeshamrita 3. The Lord is the cause of all causes, the Supreme, and He has a transcendental form. Impersonalists do not believe that the Lord has a form. The original meaning of Brahma is...