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2024, Discourses in English 2024, Auckland 2024, New Zealand 2024, body: bodily conception, body: bodily identification, body: dehatma-buddhi, sadhu-sanga: importance, service: guru-seva, service: vani-seva, service: vapu-seva

21 Sep 2024 evening – The Glories of Hearing Krsna-katha (English) | Auckland, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 21, 2024 6:20 PM

All sufferings arise due to bodily conception, dehatma-buddhi. Maya Devi is punishing us because we do not serve Krsna. Through Harikatha, Krsna enters through our ears and cleanses our hearts. By hearing Krsna-katha, we forget our bodily identification and, little by little, we will understand our spiritual identity. Sloka: tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ… (ŚB 10.31.9). The living entities have innumerable papas (sins) in their hearts and therefore have no taste for hearing Krsna-katha. Only...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Auckland 2024, New Zealand 2024, mood: vamya-bhava

21 Sep 2024 midday – The Glories of Krsna’s Original Form (English) | Auckland, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 21, 2024 12:18 PM

Quote from the scripture Sata Nama Stotram, about one of the 108 names of Srimati Radhika, Jagatarini. The origin of all the feminine names of the Devis is Srimati Radhika, and of the Devas, Krsna. Description of the scripture Radha Upanisad, which glorifies Srimati Radhika and how She serves Krsna. We can control someone only through love. The six opulences of Bhagavan. The glories of Krsna’s beauty. Krsna appears as Sri Sacinandana Gaura Hari to taste the feelings of Srimati Radhika...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Murwillumbah 2024, Australia 2024

12 Sep 2024 evening – The Glories of Srimati Radhika (English) | Murwillumbah, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 12, 2024 6:05 PM

Krsna is Isvara and Radha is Isvari, They are one. ⁠The manifestations of Krsna and Radha. ⁠Sukadeva Gosvami would faint for 180 days just by uttering the name Radha. ⁠Lilas of Sukadeva Gosvami with Radha and Krsna. ⁠Radha orders Sukadeva to come to the material world to help the badha-jivas. ⁠Lila of the beautiful friendship between Sudama Vipra and Krsna in the asram of Sandipani Muni. ⁠Radha’s Lila, as a child, saving Her mother Kirtida Devi from the attack of a huge crocodile. The...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Murwillumbah 2024, Australia 2024, Radha: Gauri, Radha: Radha-tattva

12 Sep 2024 midday – Radha Tattva (English) | Murwillumbah, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 12, 2024 12:01 PM

Yesterday we celebrated Sri Radhe’s birthday very well! Song: Radha Krpa Kataksa Stava Raja. When we glorify Radha, Krsna becomes happy and vice versa. Story from the Brahma Vivarta Purana in which Brghu Rsi tells Brahma that he wants to understand about Radha-tattva. The nature of love is to be tortuous, zigzagging. Verse that glorifies Sri Radha: anayārādhito nūnaṁ… (SB 10.30.28). When we speak the name of our Guru, our tongue becomes purified. Therefore Sukadeva spoke Radha’s...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Murwillumbah 2024, Australia 2024, Morning walks 2024

12 Sep 2024 morning walk – Radha-Krsna Tattva and Association with the Pure Devotee (English) | Murwillumbah, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 12, 2024 8:56 AM

The word mother is very sweet. In Bengal, daughters and even maids are called mother. ⁠About the philosophy of Sankaracarya. ⁠Bhagavan can do anything with each of the parts of His body, for example, He can eat with His eyes, etc., as explained in the Brahma Samhita. ⁠Four defects of badha-jiva: bhrama — error; pramāda — illusion; vipralipsā — tendency to deceive; karaṇapāṭava — inefficiency of the material senses. Hero and Heroine: dhira-lalita-nayaka matches svadhinabhartrka-nayika, they have...

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