-Sukhadev gosvami becomes immersed & speaks about Bhagavatam.-Srila Parama gurudev starting Bhagavath Saptaha first time in Gaudiya Sampradaya.-Main objective of katha is to engage the mind in Lord’s lotus feet.-To bring one to bhakti-marg is difficult.-Do Bhagavath-nama & bhajan. Read sastras.-Bhakti means seva. Do seva with mamatha & sambandha-jnana.-How Krsna receives orders from Yashoda Maiyya & Nanda baba like a small child inspite of being Supreme Person.-Yashoda...
Discourses in Hindi 2022
02 Dec 2022 morning – How to recognise bhava (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-The symptoms of bhava-Mahaprabhu used to say, ‘The essence of life is krishna-nama. Everyone, chant with Me’-Saci-mata thinks Her son has the disease of air and that’s why He could not sleep at nights-Once people tested menthol oil on my head and I had fever then because this oil is extremely cold-One cannot understand prema by the path of knowledge but through realisation-The story of how Haridasа Thakurа fell into ecstasy when a snake reminded him of Krishna’s kalya-damanа-lila, and...
02 Dec 2022 morning – Keep your house and your body clean (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Human life is meant for bhajana-Do not take onion, garlic and do not smoke-Do not make a crematorium out of your house by by eating dead flesh-Always put tilaka and keep your house clean
01 Dec 2022 evening – Sri Bhagavat saptaha, day 6 (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Paramour mood in the transcendental world is sublime-Rasa-pancha-dhyayi-Little of baby Krishna are so sweet: Krishna and sakhas; Durvasa Rishi in Vrindavana; Krishna got as dirty as a piglet; Krishna steals butter, etc-Kaliya-damana-lila-Kali-yuga will be extreme when there is no Ganga, Yamuna, Tulasi and Govardhana-The glories of Tulasi-The previous life of Kaliya-naga-On how Vrindavana welcomes Govinda-Come to parikrama with your families-Govardhana-dharana-lila-Srimati Radharani holds...
01 Dec 2022 morning – The name of Hari (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Human life is extremely rare. The meaning of that is doing bhajana and sadhana-Srila Gurudeva’s emotions while watching telecasted Ramayana-Chant harinama as you will die alone. No one will accompany you when you die-There are no rules and regulations for chanting-What names of Lord we should take while eating, sleeping, etc-The name of Hari is bigger than Hari Himself-The glories of doing pranama to the Lord-The lila of how Vishvamitra asked Lord Ramachandra to kill Hanuman but the name of...
01 Dec 2022 morning – Pratibimba-bhava-abhasa & Chaya-bhava-abhasa (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-One has to do a kirtan of a song written by vaishnava to have auspiciousness.-Mantras & songs given by abhaktas won’t have any effect.-If one doesn’t have sraddha it’s useless to give orders.-Jata-rati sadhaka will have more thirst for Bhagavath-katha & what are his characteristics.-Dhama-vasa will bear results if limbs of bhakti are done in sadhu-sanga.-In dhama if one does aparadha it will become thunderbolt.-Vrindavan’s dhama earth is chintamani & water...
30 Nov 2022 evening – Sri Bhagavat saptaha, day 5 (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-On how hari-katha was passed down through the line of succession-Krishna’s birth and appearance details-Anugrahaya bhaktanam sloka-Shivaji receives darshana of baby Krishna-Lilas of Krishna makhanchor-The story of the devotee who did not want to spend money on Thakuraji-A day without Krishna’s darshana is a bad day-Lila of the gopi who wanted to catch Krishna stealing butter (baby calf)
30 Nov 2022 morning – House program (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Bhagavan’s pure devotees are so unselfish (example of Prahlada Maharaja)-Mahaprabhu tells to His devotees, ‘Go and preach throughout the world’-The size of the soul-Lila of how Indra disrespected his Guru and was born as a pig subsequently-Lila of how Srimati Radharani passed maha-prasada to Srila BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja via Seva-kunja pujari