-Gopis meet Krishna in Kurukshetra-Externally the gopis were very angry with Krishna, but internally they were happy-Meeting without separation is not fully relishable-The Gopis have no bodily conception-Krishna never leaves Vrndavana.-Why people come into the material world; jiva-tattva-Maya’s two functions: avaranatmika-vritti and vikshepatmika-vritti-Always remember: Krishna is not cruel and He is not a liar. He simply relishes different mellows from the hearts of the gopis. He is a...
Discourses in English 2023
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Kashinagar 2023, West Bengal 2023, India 2023, karma: fate
25 Mar 2023 morning – Karma-kanda (English) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-The story of how Gautama Rishi cursed the sages to have their memory weakened for deceiving him by putting up a fake cow made of straw-On Smriti and Shruti-Karma-kanda, jnana-kanda, bhakti-kanda and upasana of the Vedas-How holy names changed the fate of a disciple of Srila BS Sarasvati Thakura, Bhakti Sarvasa Giri Gosvami Maharaja-There is no need to go to an astrologer if you have faith in the almighty holy names-CC Madhya 19: Mahaprabhu and Raghupati Upadhyaya-Lila on how Radharani was...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Kashinagar 2023, West Bengal 2023, India 2023
21 Mar 2023 morning – The Relation of Gaura-lila and Krishna-lila (English) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-CC Madhya 25-The essence of nectar is krishna-lila-Krishna-lila and goura-lila are equally important-Anugrahaya bhaktanam shloka-Gaura-lila is compared to sweet rice and krishna-lila is compared to camphor-Gaura-lila is a sarovara-Sarovara means pond, not lake, because a pond has sweet water and a lake has salty water-Mahaprabhu’s devotees are like swans (can separate milk from water)-Why do we first chant gaura-mantras and gaura-gayatri and then krishna-mantra?-Gaurasundara strictly follows...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Kashinagar 2023, West Bengal 2023, India 2023, Chaitanya-charitamrita 2023, bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, liberation (mukti): types, Radha: radha-nishtha
18 Mar 2023 morning – CC Madhya, Chapters 9,10 (English) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-The objective of sadhana-bhakti-The mind of the Vrajavasis is always immersed in Krishna-The two symptoms of true Vrajavasis-On ragatmika-janas-The six stages of unstable bhajana-Pure devotees reject four types of mukti-Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami’s radha-nishtha-Symptoms of bhava and prema-Sthayibava and its components. Primary and secondary rasas-Different devotee moods and example of Murari Gupta-Madhurya of Nanda and Yashoda compared to aishvarya of Devaki and Vasudeva-Madhurya of the...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Kashinagar 2023, West Bengal 2023, India 2023, ashta-kaliya-lila: eightfold daily pastimes (Krishna's eternal pastimes throughout the eight periods of the day), mantra: Kama-gayatri, rasa dance: rasa-lila
17 Mar 2023 morning – Chakravarti-lila of Kama-vijaya Krishna (English+English translation) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 (English) -Rasa-lila’s other name is chakravarti-lila, which means that all other lilas are included in rasa-lila (example of chakravarti king)-Krishna’s lilas of ashta-kaliya-lila-Vrinda-devi arranges ashta-kaliya-lila-Subala-milana-lila-Characteristics of shanta-rasa, dasya-rasa, sakhya-rasa, vatsalya-rasa and madhurya-rasa-The story of how one man hired a lawyer and then when the lawyer helped him to be declared insane, did not pay him for his services-The Lord’s dhama can...
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12 Mar 2023 morning – Siddha Bokul (English) – Puri, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Pujari once offered Mahaprabhu a toothpick; Mahaprabhu planted it and a bokul tree very quickly grew from it. Later Haridasa Thakura used to perform his bhajana under this tree-Rupa and Sanatana stayed there and did not go to Jagannatha temple as they thought that their bodies were contaminated after serving the Muslim king Hussain Shah-Yah kaumara-harah sloka (CC Madhya 1.58) was recited by Mahaprabhu and understood only by Svarupa Damodara-Sei ta parana-natha painu sloka (CC Madhya 13.113)...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Champahati, India 2023, Navadvipa-parikrama 2023, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), Navadvipa-parikrama 2023
05 Mar 2023 morning – Champahata (English) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-The place of beautiful champaka flowers, where all the sakhis collect them-Beautiful pastimes of Caitanya Mahaprabhu happened here-The mood of separation described in Gita-govinda-Jayadeva Gosvami is completely renounced yet experiencing these deep moods-Krishna is controlled by his lovers-About Gita-govinda and the 4 types of roles played by Krsna, 8 played by Radharani-We must listen about Gita-govinda from uttama-maha-bhagavata, and the heart must be very soft and pure to understand these...