Some lilas of Krsna manifest themselves in different ways and in different sequences, they do not always happen exactly the same in all kalpas and yugas. In one Brahmanda, one type of lila happens and, in another Brahmanda, another lila happens. Nitya-lila is in Goloka Vrndavana. Jatila and Kutila are not in Goloka Vrndavana because there is no mood of opposition to Radha and Krsna there, but Yogamaya arranges it. Krsna is independent, He does not need His lilas to happen in the same way in...
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04 Jul 2024 midday – Krishna-lila and Goura-lila (English) | London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Krsna-lila and Goura-lila happen simultaneously. Dhira-lalita-nayaka Krsna stays in Vrndavana; Mathuradish Krsna is in Mathura; Dvarakadish Krsna is in Dvaraka. Krsna appears once every kalpa (one day of Brahma), a period of time that corresponds to a thousand times the four yugas). Mahaprabhu distributed prema to everyone, whether qualified or not. In this Dhanya-Kali-yuga (special yuga), He promised to liberate all living entities. Krsna gave prema only in Vrndavana, and Putana is an...
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03 Jul 2024 evening – The Power of Sadhu-sanga (English) | London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Shloka: sādhu-saṅga’, ‘sādhu-saṅga’ — sarva-śāstre kaya (CC MAdhya 22.54).
Sadhu-sanga means listening to hari-katha.
Shloka: tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ kavibhir īḍitaṁ kalmaṣāpaham (SB 10.31.9).
My slogan is ‘hari-katha, then maha-prasada, Maha-prasada, then hari-katha.’
The lila of Vasishtha and Vishvamitra.
Those who chant the holy names are called sadhus.
Srimati Radhika is the topmost sadhu.
2024, Discourses in English 2024, London 2024, United Kingdom 2024, anartha-nivritti: removal of unwanted things (cleansing of the heart; stage of bhakti development), bhajana-kriya: beginning of devotional practices (engagement in bhakti activities; stage after accepting guidance from guru), bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, karma: cycle of birth and death
03 Jul 2024 midday – Sadhana-bhakti and Bhava-bhakti (English) | London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Time and tide wait for no one. Remember 5 Tattvas: Ishvara, jiva, prakriti, kala and karma. Endless cycle of birth and death. Krishna says, ‘One who attains My Abode will not return to the material world. Sadhana-bhakti, bhava-bhakti and prema-bhakti. The stages of saddhana-bhakti: shraddha, sadhu-sanga, bhajana-kriya, anartha-nivritti, nishtha, ruchi and asakti. Kleshagni and subhada, the two leaves of sadhana-bhakti. Moksha-laghutakrit and sudurlabha, the two leaves of bhava-bhakti...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, London 2024, United Kingdom 2024, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), mood: dakshina-bhava, mood: vamya-bhava
03 Jul 2024 morning – Rasas and Their Qualities (English) – London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Qualifications and the prominent sevakas in shanta, dasya, sakhya, vatsalya and madhurya-rasas. Shloka: itthaṁ satāṁ brahma-sukhānubhūtyā dāsyaṁ gatānāṁ para-daivatena (SB 10.12.11). Impersonalists do not believe that Krishna has a form and the qualities. Lila of Durvasa Rishi who became speechless as he was taking darshana of Krishna in Ramana-reti. Shloka: kṛṣṇa bhuli’ sei jīva anādi-bahirmukha (CC Madhya 20.117). We are here, in maya-karagara, the jail of maya, because we forgot Krishna...
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02 Jul 2024 morning – The Process of Attaining Mercy (English) | London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Question: In the comments, Narayana Goswami Maharaja, in the book Manah-Siksha, there is this expression: “Vishnu mana-seva” (serving Vishnu in the mind); serve the Guru and then sadhana. At what stage does this happen, or can a devotee simulate it? Perhaps qualification is needed to understand whom to serve and how. Three types of a Sadhu’s mercy: Brahmaji (Hardika): To accept instructions in the heart; austerities; tapasya. The creation of Brahmaji; Narayana conveyed to him...