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2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2024, Rio de Janeiro 2024, Brazil 2024, book: Hari-bhakti-vilasa, festival: adhivasa, Westerners

08 Feb 2024 morning – Adhivasa: Preparatory Organization of a Vedic Celebration (English) – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 8, 2024 8:22 AM

– The Vedic Scripture explains that for a celebration to be successful, we must pray to our Istadeva and all obstacles are removed. – ⁠Whenever you do something good, many obstacles appear, including in relation to bhajana and sadhana. – ⁠The demigods disturb a person’s bhajana because they do not want him to let go of Maya. These difficulties come from the family too, that is nature. – ⁠Mother Sati did not want her son Nimai to accept sannyasi. – ⁠Do Mangala...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2024, Rio de Janeiro 2024, Brazil 2024, Bhaktivedanta Trivikrama Gosvami Maharaja, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), mantras: diksha-mantras, renunciation (vairagya)

07 Feb 2024 evening – Srila BV Trivikrama Gosvami Maharaja Appearance (English) – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 7, 2024 8:20 PM

When you glorify Vaishnavas you are protected from maya. Bhajana is possible only in the human body. Labdhva su-durlabham idam bahu-sambhavante (Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.9.29). Nobody is happy in this material world. Srila BV Trivikrama Gosvami Maharaja’s hari-katha was about Ravana who was very successful but not happy because he did not do bhajana and sadhana and disturbed the devotees. Srila BV Trivikrama Gosvami Maharaja was so hard outside but so soft inside. Srila BV Trivikrama Gosvami...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2024, Rio de Janeiro 2024, Brazil 2024, Bhaktivedanta Trivikrama Gosvami Maharaja, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), aparadhas (offences), association: bad association, institution: Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti

07 Feb 2024 morning – Srila BV Trivikrama Gosvami Maharaja Appearance (English) – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 7, 2024 8:11 AM

Three pillars of Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti. Appearance and disappearance of Vaishnavas are super excellent, auspicious days. Srila BV Trivikrama Gosvami Maharaja was so hard outside but so soft inside. The story of how a frog burst trying to get bigger than an elephant. If guru glorifies you, it means you are being cheated, but if guru chastises you, it means you are getting mercy from him. Anarthas are destroyed by hari-katha. Such was the hari-katha of Srila BV Trivikrama Gosvami Maharaja. Srila...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2024, Rio de Janeiro 2024, Brazil 2024, Guru-purnima (Vyasa-puja) 2024, Ekadashi-vrata 2024, lineage: disciplic succession

06 Feb 2024 evening – Significance of Vyasa-puja and Ekadasi observance (English) – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 6, 2024 8:02 PM

Description of who is Vyasa. Deep meanings of Puja and the articles offered. Bhakti is uninterrupted and spontaneous. The teaching of Hanuman, the topmost kinkara, eternal servant, serving Lord Ramachandra’s lotus feet. The nature of the soul: jivera svarupa hoya. Harikatha of the Vyasa-puja to be performed in Srivasa-angana. The Pushpanjali offered by Nityananda Prabhu. First we have to learn Guruparampara, disciplic succession, otherwise we can not perform proper Vyasa-puja. Observations for...

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06 Feb 2024 morning – How to Observe Vyasa-puja – (English) – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 6, 2024 9:41 AM

Vyasa-puja means to spread the glories of Guru and Vaisnavas. Every year, all have to gather to worship Sri Guru’s Vyasa-puja. Every day we are to worship Gurupadapadma. The process of morning worship. Vyasa-puja has been going on since ancient times. Caitanya Mahaprabhu established the Vyaspuja of Krishna Dvaipayana Veda Vyasa. Krishna Dvaipayana Veda Vyasa manifested all Vedas and Vedanta philosophy. Advaita-vadis observe Vyasa-puja but they do not follow the Lords instructions. All should...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Florida 2024, Miami 2024, USA 2024, Nishanta-lila

05 Feb 2024 morning – The Perfect Bhajana Step by Step (English) – Miami, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 5, 2024 7:38 AM

Vaisnava-sadacara: Vaisnava etiquette, the rules and regulations described by Srila Sanatana Gosvami in the book Hari-bhakti-vilasa. The difference between sadhaka-rupena and siddha-rupena, and the qualifications of the Vaisnavas: kanistha, madhyama and uttama adhikaris. Verse: yena jaṅṃa-śataiḥ pūrvaṁ — vāsudevaḥ samarcitaḥ (Hari-bhakti-vilāsa 11.454). Verse: śruti-smṛti-purāṇādi — pañcarātra-vidhiṁ vinā (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.2.101). Arcana, worship, is part of vidhi-marga, the path of...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Florida 2024, Miami 2024, USA 2024, anaradhya radha-padambhoja-renum, Sva-sankalpa-prakasha-stotra 1, rasa dance: rasa-lila

04 Feb 2024 evening – Sadhu Sanga in Kali-yuga (English) – Miami, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 4, 2024 7:36 PM

Yamaraja said that whoever does not chant the Holy Names goes to his home. Katha of the visnudutas protecting Ajamil. Verse: kṛṣṇa-bhakti-janma-mūla haya ‘sādhu-saṅga’ (CC Madhya-lila 22.83). Different types of sadhu. The humor of Sacinandana Goura Hari. Verse: namo mahā-vadānyāya kṛṣṇa-prema-pradāya te (CC Madhya-lila 19.53). Goura katha means Radha-Krsna katha. Verse: anaradha radha-padambhoja-renum (Sva-sankalpa-prakasa-stotra 1). Sanskaras are very powerful, realizations happen in our...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, South Florida 2024, USA 2024, service: vaishnava-seva

04 Feb 2024 afternoon – Vaishnava Seva (English) – South Florida, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 4, 2024 2:34 PM

Those who are born and are in Krsna consciousness are devotees who have worshipped Vasudeva Krsna-vigraha for at least 100 lives in a row. Devotees think they are ordinary people, but they are not. Verse: tṛṇād api sunīcenataror api sahiṣṇunāamāninā (Śrī Śikṣāṣṭakam, 3) The devotee must practise or he will fall. It only takes two fingers to reach Goloka Vrndavana: vaisnava-seva and nama-sankirtana. Verse: prabhu kahe, — “vaiṣṇava-sevā, nāma-saṅkīrtana (CC Madhya-lila 16.70) A Vaisnava never...

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