Discourses in English 2023

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Helsinki 2023, Finland 2023, Chaturmasya-vrata 2023, Ekadashi-vrata 2023, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, harinama: japa-mala, institution: ISKCON, siddha-deha: spiritual body (eternal perfected body for serving Krishna in the spiritual realm), Vilapa-kusumanjali

29 Jun 2023 darshana – Ekadashi, Chaturmasya and Sadhana (English) – Helsinki, Finland | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 29, 2023 4:39 PM

Ekadasi and Lord Jagannatha. The four months of Chaturmasya. Vaishnava calendar rules. We must follow the rules of Chaturmasya. Today is the appearance of Srila Bhakti Vijnana Bharati Gosvami Maharaja and Lokanatha Dasa Gosvami. About ISKCON devotees who followed Srila Gurudeva Narayana Gosvami Maharaja. Srila Gurudeva Narayana Gosvami Maharaja and the Vraja-mandala parikrama. Srila Gurudeva Narayana Gosvami Maharaja beautifully taught Vilapa-kusumanjali. What did Srila Gurudeva give us? We...

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29 Jun 2023 afternoon – Soul and Material Body (English) – Tampere, Finland | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 29, 2023 12:35 PM

What do we love, this body or the soul? We all know this body, but we don’t know the soul. The body functions because the soul is in it. The body is like a cage. Story of how the soul and the Supersoul are inside the body. Music: Tava Kathamrta Tapta Jivanam. The best giver is he who speaks of Krishna’s lilas. Sloka: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya – kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’… (Cc Madhya-lila 20.108-109). Story of the king asking his minister: Who has seen God, where...

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29 Jun 2023 morning – The Appearance Day of Srila Bhakti Vijnana Bharati Gosvami Maharaja (English) – Helsinki, Finland | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 29, 2023 9:24 AM

About Chaturmasya vrata. The celebration of Vyasa-puja began with Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Nityananda Prabhu received diksha from Laksmipati Tirtha. Lila of Nityananda Prabhu placing the Vyasa-puja garland on Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Music: Krsna Hoite Chaturmukha. Sloka: ahaṁ vedmi śuko vetti… (Cc. Madhya-lila 24.313). One can understand the Vedic scriptures only after receiving the mercy of the Lord. If the sun does not rise, nothing is seen. The mercy of the bhakta and the mercy of Bhagavan...

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28 Jun 2023 evening – Sadhu-sanga Mahima (English) – Helsinki, Finland | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 28, 2023 6:12 PM

If you remember Hari, Guru and Vaishnavas, all obstacles will disappear. On Hera-panchami in brief. The power and glory of sadhu-sanga. One gets it by the mercy of the Lord. Brihan-naradiya Purana 4.33: bhaktis tu bhagavad-bhakta sangena parijayate. Guru-mukha-padma-vākya, cittete koriyā aikya. Bhaktir evainam nayati bhaktir evainam pashyati. Sri Brahma-samhita 5.38: premanjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilochanena. The story of a black bee and a dung beetle in the Mana-sarovara. SB 10.51.53:...

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28 Jun 2023 morning – Hera-panchami (English) – Helsinki, Finland | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 28, 2023 10:00 AM

PART 1 Jagannathadevа goes to the Gundicha temple. Yudhishthira Maharaja curses women so that they will no longer be able to keep secrets. In this material world there is no love, only sense gratification. The anger of Lakshmi-devi when she met the servants of Jagannathadeva returning from Gundicha temple. Why did Jagannathadeva not take Lakshmi-devi with Him? The lila of Krishna giving a parijata flower to Rukmini. You can’t hold the deities with your bare left hand, you have to hold...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Helsinki 2023, Finland 2023, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), guru: guru-tattva, habits: bad habits, impressions: bad impressions, maya: gunas, renunciation (vairagya), renunciation: yukta-vairagya

28 Jun 2023 morning walk – Q & A (English) – Helsinki, Finland | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 28, 2023 7:18 AM

Bhagavat-kripa-anugamini and bhakta-kripa-anugamini. What level of devotee can give mercy? Bilvamangala Thakura and Chintamani. You will realise guru-tattva by doing bhajana and sadhana. Unwavering nishtha of Haridasa Thakura. Types of non-devotee gurus. Question: How do you get rid of the 5 types of obstacles to bhajana? Laya (sleep); vikshepa (distraction); apratipatti (inability to concentrate on ishtadeva; indifference or disinterest in spiritual matters); kashaya (tendency to bad habits...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Lisbon 2023, Portugal 2023, Ratha-yatra 2023, Kurukshetra-milana Lila, aparadhas (offences), institution: Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti, jiva: jiva-tattva

26 Jun 2023 evening – Kurukshetra Milana and the Inner Meaning of Ratha Yatra (English) – Lisbon, Portugal | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 26, 2023 6:04 PM

The inner mood of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The story of Srila Gurudeva’s arrival at the Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti at the Sri Devananda Gaudiya Matha in Navadwipa. At that time Srila BV Narayana Goswami Maharaja preached the Kurukshetra-milana-katha. The Ratha Yatra is Lord Jagannatha’s journey from Kuruksetra to Vrndavana. This is the mood of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. All our sins and offences are destroyed by having darshan (vision) and offering obeisances to Lord Jagannatha in the...

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26 Jun 2023 morning – Mahaprabhu’s Mood of Separation in the Ratha Yatra (English) – Lisbon, Portugal | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 26, 2023 7:59 AM

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s mood in Gambhira is the same as Viyogini-Radha, in Ratha Yatra His mood is like Samyogini-Radha. Sudirgha-vipralambha-bhava: mood after long separation Srimati Radhika meets Sri Krishna in Kurukshetra. Three types of meeting and separation: bhavi (future), bhavan (continuous present) and bhavia (past). Prema-vaichittya: a kind of love that gopis feel when they meet Krishna and think that He is not there. In the Ratha Yatra, Mahaprabhu thinks he is Radha and meets...

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