Discourses in English 2024
13 Dec 2024 midday – Introduction to the Process of Bhakti (English) | Seattle, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1
About the process of Bhakti.
About how we are eternal servants of Krsna.
About our physical and subtle bodies.
The example of Dhruva Maharaja’s practice.
About who Bhagavan is.
About what Maya does.
About how the Guru gives the mantra, and how the devotee does his practice.
PART 2
13 Dec 2024 morning – Who is Bhagavan (English) | Seattle, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About who Bhagavan is and His opulences.
About how He is the Supreme Controller of all jivas and all material worlds.
About how He is the creator, the maintainer and the destroyer.
His names: Yasodanandana and Syamsundara.
About His original form and His beauty “Sri”.
The example of the mother frog who due to her vanity ended up exploding.
About the tilaka.
About Bhagavan’s unparalleled qualities.
About the Universal form that Krsna manifests to Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita.
13 Dec 2024 morning – Who is Bhagavan (English) | Seattle, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About who Bhagavan is and His opulences.
About how He is the Supreme Controller of all jivas and all material worlds.
About how He is the creator, the maintainer and the destroyer.
His names: Yasodanandana and Syamsundara.
About His original form and His beauty “Sri”.
The example of the mother frog who due to her vanity ended up exploding.
About the tilaka.
About Bhagavan’s unparalleled qualities.
About the Universal form that Krsna manifests to Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita.
12 Dec 2024 morning evening – The Essence of Bhagavad Gita (English) | Seattle, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Dhrtarastra listens to Sanjaya’s narrations. Thirta-bhumi, a place of pilgrimage. Dhrtarastra’s mental disturbances regarding the social position of his children. The conditioned soul is attached to the material world (me and mine). When we understand that what we have does not belong to us and serve Krsna, our mind will become calm and peaceful. We are neither the doers nor the owners. The material elements. The body has 5 doors. Vastu-sastra. Ask yourself, “Who am I?” Try to...
11 Dec 2024 evening – Bhagavad-tattva (English) | Bronx, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Today is Giya Jayanti and Mokshada Ekadashi.
Different chapters of Bhagavad-gita are about different types of yoga.
Atma-tattva from Bhagavad-gita.
Anu-chaitanya (jiva) and brihad-chaitanya (God).
Three aspects of the Lord.
Sloka: vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvaṁ yaj jñānam advayam… (SB 1.2.11).
6 opulences of Bhagavan.
Everyone is enchanted with Krishna’s beauty, His glance, His garments, His flute.
Absorption and greed of the gopis.
Lila: the new bride took darshana of Krishna and went mad.
10 Dec 2024 morning evening – Srimad Bhagavad Gita (English) | New York, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The different knowledge contained in the Srimad Bhagavad Gita. Knowledge of the soul, of matter and the special knowledge of transcendence. The three aspects of God: Brahma, Paramatma and Bhagavan. Brahma is the effulgence of the Lord. Paramatma is the Supersoul that dwells in the hearts of living beings. Bhagavan is the one who possesses six opulences Lord Ramacandra attends to a dog in the court of Ayodhya. A brahma-jnana does not identify with the body, his mind is never disturbed and does...
07 Dec 2024 morning evening – The Glory of Srimad Bhagavad-gita (English) | Philadelphia, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
0:01:33 – Gita means that if you recite all the verses from the Bhagavad-gita, you will be protected from maya. 0:03:43 – The story of a 6-7 year old boy who tried to read the Bhagavad-gita and cried because he didn’t know Sanskrit; he was seen by Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. 0:10:13 – Bhajan: ‘Sri Guru Charana Padma’. 0:11:20 – Guru-nishtha (steadfast faith in the guru), guru-bhakti—this is the backbone of sadhana and bhajan. You must have faith in the...