When the lotus blooms, the bees come to collect the nectar. Story of an intelligent person who followed varnasrama-dharma. Material life is impermanent. Learning to serve the Lord with Bhakti Yoga liberates us. Sloka: tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ… (Gopi Gita 9). He who hears Krsna-katha is drinking nectar and will never die. Harikatha liberates us from the three miseries of Maya. Problems with our mind are very dangerous and 99% of people have problems in the mind. Take medicine and follow the...
Discourses in English 2024
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Seattle 2024, USA 2024, Bhakti Rakshaka Sridhara Maharaja, guru: guru-bhakti, guru: guru-nishtha
04 Aug 2024 morning – Life of Sri Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Maharaja (English) | Seattle, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sloka: vāsudeve bhagavati… (SB 1.2.7). Life story of Sri Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Maharaja. Sloka: anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyam… (CC Madhya-lila 19.167). Memories of meeting Sri Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Maharaja. Memories of when Srila Gurudeva Vana Maharaja lived with his uncle when he was about twenty-one years old. Only he who completely surrenders himself to Sri Guru and Krsna becomes free from Maya. Srila Vana Maharaja received the blessings of Sri Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Maharaja to develop his...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Badger 2024, USA 2024, aparadhas (offences), aparadhas: offenses (obstacles in devotional service; offenses against Krishna, devotees, holy name, dhama and other aspects of bhakti), aparadhas: types, bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, character quality: criticism, faith: types
03 Aug 2024 morning – Types of Faith (English) | Badger, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
On Vaisnava suddha sadacara: good Vaisnava behaviour. Bhajana and sadhana are useless for one who commits offences. Only constant hearing of Harikatha can protect us from Maya. On nama-aparadha. In Kali-yuga people’s minds are contaminated by tama-guna, so it is difficult to meditate on the Lord. Even if your pronunciation is bad, the Lord accepts the chanting of the Holy Names anyway in Kali-yuga. The souls of Kali-yuga have innumerable defects and the Lord has invested all His potency...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Seattle 2024, USA 2024, bhakti: bhakti-yoga (path of devotion; the practice of connecting with Krishna through devotional service; the process of awakening love for Krishna), self-realisation
02 Aug 2024 evening – Clean the mirror of your heart (English) | Seattle, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 PART 2 It has been a long journey to get here. 4 processes common to animals and humans. Human life is a life of self-realisation. God created man in His own image. Terms: body and soul. The name of the body and the name of the soul. Ghi is in the milk, it takes a process to see it. In the same way bhakti-yoga is the way to see God. The power of transcendental vibration. The explanation of Kali-yuga and maha-mantra. Shloka: ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇaṁ (Sri...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Badger 2024, USA 2024, bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, bhakti: sadhana-bhakti; bhava-bhakti; prema-bhakti, bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, gopis: types, samskaras
01 Aug 2024 evening – How to Develop Spiritual Life in Sadhu-sanga (English) | Badger, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sadhu-sanga and Harikatha are eternal! The devotee accepts what the sadhu says according to his capacity and moves forward. The process must be followed step by step: sadhana-bhakti; bhava-bhakti; prema-bhakti. Radha’s Lila writing a letter to Krsna whose content is Her tears. The different types of gopis: not all of them reveal themselves as manjaris. The forty-nine ingredients that come together in staybhava for the sadhaka to be able to taste love, everything happens step by step...
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01 Aug 2024 morning – The Process of Bhakti (English) | Badger, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
All of you are elevated sadhakas due to the mercy of Srila Gurudeva, you have all grown. Without sadhana it is not possible to achieve the perfection of the spiritual goal. Those who follow varnasrama-dharma attain Svarga and Brahma-loka. Devotees practise varnasrama-dharma along with sadhana aiming at the supreme goal. One practises sadhana through sambandha-jnana and, thus, one attains service to Krsna. Kamatmika are those who have spontaneous love for Krsna, divine love. Difference...