In this material world everyone wants to enjoy more and more sense pleasures, but they always receive suffering and unhappiness. Maya is very powerful. Sloka: daivī hy eṣā guṇa-mayī mama māyā duratyayā (Bhagavad Gita 7.14). Our only hope is to receive the Guru’s mercy. In Maya, the person becomes a slave to anger, envy, etc. Who is happy? Everyone thinks that the one who is the richest is happy, but no one is happy in this world. About Vrtasura. Sloka: mamottamaśloka-janeṣu...
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2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Sao Paulo 2023, Brazil 2023, Morning walks 2023, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti
28 Dec 2023 morning walk – How To Practise Sadhana (English) – Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– The difference between sadhaka-rupena and siddha-rupena. – Stayibhava is the fixed mood of the devotee, that mood that never changes, example: Vrajanatha and Vijay Kumara of Jaiva Dharma. – The difference between sadhaka and parikara. – Everyone wants the mood vraja-parakiya-bhava, because just as all rivers are in the sea, all moods are found in parakiya. – Sloka: anarpita-carīṁ cirāt karuṇayāvatīrṇaḥ kalau (CC Adi-lila 1.4). – Not everyone has the...
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27 Dec 2023 evening – Types of Disciples (English) – Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
If you read Srimad Bhagavad-gita, Krishna will manifest in your heart. The story of how Mahaprabhu met an illiterate brahmana boy reading Bhagavad-gita in a temple. Arjuna’s seva to Krishna. The top process to reach the Lord is guru-seva (SB 7.7.30). Vani-seva and vapu-seva. Tamasika disciple: Ekalavya katha with his guru Dronacharya. Ekalavya is an example of a bad disciple since did not follow guru’s instructions and was against the devotee (Arjuna). Rajasika disciple: Karna-katha with his...
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27 Dec 2023 morning – About Raganuga-bhakti (English) – Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Devotees in different moods (rasas).
Another name for raganuga-bhakti is lobha-mayi bhakti.
Vaidhi-bhakti is compared to the rough side of a leaf and raganuga-bhakti to the smooth side of a leaf.
Vaishnava-shuddha-sadachara.
Sarvajnata and mugdhata of Krishna.
Dama-bandhana-lila.
The story of the old woman gathering brushwood who met Yamaraja.
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27 Dec 2023 morning walk – Who Can Serve Srimati Radhika (English) – Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Krishna loves it when the Vrajavasis are glorified.- Lila of the Parijata tree and the killing of Narakasura.- Within Satyabhama is Prithvi-devi.- Perfect mana (loving anger) is only in Vraja.- Various rasas with examples (Hanuman, sakhas, Arjuna).- Lila of a peacock ashamed of Srimati Radhika’s beautiful braid.- Lila of Krishna offering the remnants of His betel nut to Srimati Radharani. – Only Srimati Radhika’s parikaras, Her kaya-vyuha, can serve Her directly.
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26 Dec 2023 evening – Why we should read Srimad Bhagavad-gita (English) – Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Dhritarashtra’s confusion at the beginning of the Bhagavad-gita. – Why, after visiting pilgrimage places and taking Darshan of pure sadhus, is our heart not purified? – Again and again, chant holy names and serve Guru and Vaishnavas with firm faith. – The lamentation and bewilderment of Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. – Krishna instructs Arjuna to carry out his duty and to establish the truth. – The nature of the soul. – The illusory potency...
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25 Dec 2023 evening – Darshana at the airport (English) – London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Vatsalya-bhava (parental love) of Mother Yasoda and Saci Mata for Krsna. – When Putana entered Krsna’s room to attack Him, He acted like a defenceless baby. – Krsna is Bhagavan, He knows everything and at the same time is completely innocent. – Krsna thinks about the promise He made to Prahlada Maharaja. And, what type of release to grant to Putana. – Putana is sent to Goloka as a servant of Mother Yasoda. – Jagannatha Misra and Saci Mata never think...
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25 Dec 2023 midday – Gita Jayanti (English) – London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The book Srimad Bhagavad Gita presents instructions on how to surrender to the lotus feet of the Lord. Verse: mamaivāṁśo jīva-loke — jīva-bhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ (Bhagavad Gita 15.7). Verse: yadā yadā hi dharmasya — glānir bhavati bhārata (Bhagavad Gita 4.7 –8). Verse: ananyāś cintayanto māṁ ye janāḥ paryupāsate (Bhagavad Gita 9.22). The material corporeal conception is the cause of all types of miseries. Verse: ādau śraddhā tataḥ sādhu-saṅgo ’tha bhajana-kriyā (CC Madhya-lila 23.14-15). The dangers...