First we must have a fixed mind and be one-pointed towards Guru and Krsna. Story of Arjuna when he stared at the bird he needed to aim to shoot the arrow. The nature of the mind is to always be restless and it is not easy to control it. How to control it then? Through devotional practices and the renunciation of material things. First we must read the Bhagavad Gita. About aropa-siddha-bhakti, “aropa” means imposition. Gurudeva says to serve Thakuraji as our own son. We must achieve perfection...
Discourses in English 2024
01 Mar 2024 evening – We Are Servants of Krsna: How to Understand This? (English) – Alto Paraiso, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 In Kali-yuga people do not have time to listen to hari-katha and harinama, they are always busy with material matters. Human beings have forgotten the Lord, and their true identity: eternal servants of Krsna. You are not this body, you are the soul. You are not a resident of this world, but of the spiritual world. What is your real home address? Who are your real father, mother, friends? Spiritual science explains, but how to understand? Chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. If I sing...
01 Mar 2024 morning – Celebration of 150 Years of the Appearance of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura (English) – Alto Paraiso, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Bhaktivinoda Thakura manifested Goura Dhama, the pastime places of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and preached suddha-bhakti. – He prayed to Srimati Radhika for help from one Nayana Manjari, who was born as her son. – Bhaktivinoda Thakura instructed his son to follow his mission. Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati prayed to Srimati Radhika, who sent Vinoda Manjari, Bhakti Prajnana Kesava. – Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura was like a refulgent Moon, whose rays were followers of him...
29 Feb 2024 evening – The Glories of Srila Gurudeva Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada (English) – Alto Paraiso, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Srila Bhaktisiddhanta used to teach by analogy between sheep and men who follow blindly; and between the half-chicken philosophy and those who accept God but not His powers. – The second birth is the one in which we receive diksa-mantras from the Guru. – The person who studies the Vedas is called “vipra”; whoever chants the Holy Names is called “brahmana”; and whoever does not sing or study, “sudra”. – Brahmana is the one who chants the Holy Names and follows the...
28 Feb 2024 evening – Types of Knowledge by Srila BS Sarasvati Prabhupada (English) – Brasilia, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– The Lord has 64 qualities and 4 of them are unique and unparalleled.
– The size of svarupa.
– Number of qualities by Shiva, Vishnu, Rama and jivas.
– The Lord is sat-cid-ananda vigraha.
– The Lord has a beautiful form. Everything is manifested from Him.
– God creates, maintains and destroys everything.
– 5 types of knowledge by Srila BS Sarasvati Prabhupada.
– Bodily conception of human beings.
28 Feb 2024 midday – Srila Bhakti Prajnana Keshava Gosvami Maharaja Appearance (English) – Gaia Vrindavana, Viamao, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Srila Bhakti Prajnana Keshava Gosvami Maharaja fulfilled all the desires of Srila BS Sarasvati Prabhupada and he was given a title kriti-ratri. – Srila Bhakti Prajnana Keshava Gosvami Maharaja cut babaji philosophy and wrote many articles against them. – Srila Bhakti Prajnana Keshava Gosvami Maharaja could not tolerate anyone speaking against his guru. – Saffron clothes symbolise anuraga, deep attachment to Srimati Radhika. – Srila Bhakti Prajnana Keshava Gosvami...
27 Feb 2024 evening – Hari-katha (English) – Porto Alegre, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Transcendental world is continuous, present time. – Krishna manifests His own Dhama, His eternal associates, nitya-parikara and His lilas in this world to give mercy to the conditioned souls. – The message is that we are not residents of this world. – Srila Bhakti Prajnana Keshava Gosvami Maharaja is coming from the transcendental world, he is Vinoda Manjari. – One who realises the Lord’s birth and His transcendental pastimes attains His abode. – Only by...
27 Feb 2024 midday – Glorification of Srila Bhakti Prajnana Keshava Gosvami Maharaja (English) – Gaia Vrindavana, Viamao, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Srila Bhakti Prajnana Keshava Gosvami Maharaja early life pastimes. Story of Lord Ramachandra and the frog who could not bear the weight of His Bow and Arrow. How karma affects our life. If we practise Bhakti, all kinds of facilities will come. Stages of the progress of Bhakti. We are searching for Krishna, but He is searching for the gopis. How we accumulate other peoples’ pap (sinful) and punya (pious) karmas (karma-marga). If we practise Bhakti, all sins and pious deeds are destroyed. Karma...