Discourses in English 2024

24 Feb 2024 morning – Sing Nitai Nitai Nitai! (English) – Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– Nityananda Prabhu goes from house to house dancing vehemently and performs Harinama Sankirtana. – The place where there is no Vaikuntha katha is like a snake’s hole, maya-karagar (Maya’s prison). – The place that receives the sadhu becomes Goloka Vrndavana. – Sloka: nāhaṁ tiṣṭhāmi vaikuṇṭhe yogināṁ hṛdayeṣu vā (Srimad Bhagavatam 4.30.35). – “Where My devotee is glorifying My pastimes, I am there personally”, thus said Krsna. – Harikatha means:...

23 Feb 2024 morning walk – Do Bhajana and Sadhana and Your Inner Spiritual Potency Will Manifest (English) – Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

In aropa-siddha-bhakti, the neophyte devotee (kanistha-adhikari) worships the Deity, but has no realisation, his faith is fragile and imposed, however, he is unidirectional to Radha, Krsna and Mahaprabhu. Simple faith means “I am a servant, of the servant, of the servant, of the servant of Krsna”, the Beloved of the Gopis. In the association of the sadhu, through transcendental knowledge, discernment begins, but as it has not yet been realised, meditation is required. In the madhyama-adhikari...

22 Feb 2024 evening – Glorification of Nityananda Prabhu: Akanda-Guru-Tattva (English) – Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– The heart is purified when we hear Nityananda katha, we should glorify Him every day. – ⁠Nitya means eternal, and ananda means bliss. – ⁠Nityananda Nistha Song: nitaiyera karuna habe braje radha-krsna pa’be dhara nitai-carana du’ khani (Verse 3). – When Krsna comes to the material world, He brings all His parikaras, including His Dhama. – ⁠In Goura-lila, Krsna comes as Mahaprabhu, Radha as Gadadhara, Balarama as Nityananda, Vrndavana as Svetadvipa. – ⁠Lila...

22 Feb 2024 morning – Nityananda Trayodashi (English) – Santiago, Chile | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Sloka: utsāhān niścayād dhairyāt tat-tat-karma pravartanāt (Sri Upadesamrta 3). ⁠All Scriptures glorify sadhu-sanga. ⁠Association with the sadhu happens only when our sukrti is accumulated and mature. ⁠Travelling in the cycle of births and deaths, when the time of liberation arrives, we acquire association with the sadhu, serve and develop a taste for harikatha. ⁠Krsna-nama is very powerful, why don’t we have a taste for chanting? ⁠Without Nityananda’s mercy no one attains Bhakti...

21 Feb 2024 evening – Nityananda Trayodashi (English) – Santiago, Chile | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

In his childhood, Nityananda Prabhu always took the roles of Lakshmana in rama-lila and Baladeva Prabhu in krishna-lila. Lila of how Nityananda Prabhu fainted while playing a role in a drama. Rules of etiquette: how to greet and receive sadhus. Harai Pandita gives His son Nitai to follow sadhu (probably Madhavendra Puri or Lakshmipati Tirtha). Without the mercy of Baladeva Prabhu, Bhakti-devi will not manifest in our heart. Nityananda’s search for Krishna. Nityananda Prabhu has a dream...

20 Feb 2024 evening – Sri Madhvacarya katha & Glories of Ekadasi (English) – Santiago, Chile | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– We can learn two things from Sri Sampradaya, Ramanujacarya, Guru-nishtha and seva nishtha towards our Istadeva, and the necessity of following Vaidhi-bhakti practices. – Meaning and importance of having nishtha: example of Hanumanji’s nishta towards Lord Ramachandra.  – Following the sixty four limbs of Vaidhi-bhakti. – Always remember two things: guru-nishta/guru-bhakti and following Vaidhi-bhakti. – If we never follow Sri Sanatana’s grantha, Hari-bhakti...