Ekadasi is also known as bhakti-janane, the mother of Bhakti. The process to ask the speaker of harikatha, a question. Kesava Kashmiri katha. Knowledge and scholarship alone will not bring realisation. Always observe Ekadasi and invite others to follow. Gurudeva is pleased if disciples learn shlokas. Apply teachings of sastra and good behaviours from scripture. Encourage others to wake up and seek their spiritual life. The power of the holy names. We have to hear the Glories of Ekadasi. King...
Discourses in Hindi 2023
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Vraja 2023, Vrindavana 2023, India 2023
25 Oct 2023 morning – Ekadasi Tithi (Hindi) – Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Why we are encouraged to take shelter in Gaurasundara. Discussion about a plant that cleanses the body and makes it shine. The glories of the Prema-Samputa grantha. The speaker is happy if the listener studies. Discussion on Srimati Radhika’s tears. Tapta-kanchana-gaurangi katha. The difference between krsna-krpa-kataksa and radha-krpa-kataksa. Explanation of the difference between true yoga and material yoga. The two types of samadhi. Everything is difficult in Kali-yuga. Ajamila’s...
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Delhi 2023, India 2023, sampradaya: Brahma Madhva Gaudiya Sampradaya, sampradayas: Madhva Sampradaya
24 Oct 2023 evening – Sri Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya Sampradaya (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About Ramayana. About how Bharata ruled during Ramacandra’s exile. The true meaning of Rama Navami. Vijaya-dasami is the day that Ramacandra leaves for Lanka. Prema means to serve. My salary is prema, to serve. We must serve according to our qualifications. There are many types of service. Only he who He accepts can serve Bhagavan. It is only possible to serve adequately when you understand the heart of those you serve. Service to Bhagavan happens only when the servant attains the quality...
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Christchurch 2023, New Zealand 2023, Bhajana-rahasya 2023, Nishanta-lila, bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, sakhis: types, spiritual paths: vidhi-marga
23 Oct 2023 morning – Commentary on Sri Bhajana-Rahasya (Hindi) – Christchurch, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The internal symptoms of bhava and rati. The example of Paraksit Maharaja. Sri Bhajana-Rahasya: the meaning of jata and ajata-rati-sadhaka, their external and internal symptoms. The meaning of nisanta-bhajana. Symptoms of those who practice devotional service, bhakti. Verse: tasmin mahan-mukharitā madhubhic-caritra (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 4.29.39-40). The symptoms of raganuga-bhaki and vaidhi-bhakti. The process from sraddha to prema. The difference between vidhi-marga and raga-marga. Story of...
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Auckland 2023, New Zealand 2023, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), sakhis: types
21 Oct 2023 morning – The Importance of Sravana and Kirtana (Hindi) – Auckland, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 About krsna-seva-vasana (the desire to serve Krsna). Sravana and kirtana (listening and chanting) is the cultivation of the seed of the vine of devotion, bhakti-lata-bija. Goloka Vrndavana is like a flower, and Vrndavana consists of the center of it. The different moods and the most prominent of them, madhurya. The five different types of sakhis, including manjari-bhava. The devotee should listen to harikatha, in sadhu-sanga, according to his bhava (mood). Offenses are like a mad...
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20 Oct 2023 morning – The Measure of Sadhana is Faith (Hindi) – Auckland, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
In sadhu-sanga (in the company of the sadhu) and, listening to harikatha, little by little, sraddha (faith) will manifest itself. Through knowledge of the scriptures (siddhanta) we come to know God. Haridasa Thakura said: “Even if my body is cut into a thousand pieces, I will not abandon Harinama.” Faith in the words of the Guru and the sastras (the light of knowledge), dispels the darkness of ignorance. Spiritual knowledge is like a jewel that shines in all directions. Three types of...
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Auckland 2023, New Zealand 2023, Gita-Govinda 2023, bhakti: bhakti-marga (path of devotion; the way of attaining Krishna through devotional service), devotees: types, mood: aishvarya (majesty; opulence; divine greatness)
19 Oct 2023 evening – An Incomparable Grantha Gita Govinda (Hindi) – Auckland, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Caitanya Mahaprabhu speaks to Sanatana Gosvami about the forms and potencies of Vrajendra-nandana. Krsna manifests in three different forms for the devotees: Brahman, Paramatma, and Bhagavan. Two types of devotees: aisvarya-marga and bhakti-marga. What’s the use of having eyes if you can’t have Govinda’s darsana? Funny lila of Krsna sending Garuda to call Hanuman. Bhagavan is only one, but He has innumerable forms. His highest form is that of Krsna bent in three places. The...
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Auckland 2023, New Zealand 2023, Sanatana Gosvami and Emperor Akbar Who Wanted to Perform Service in Vrindavana, disciple: true disciple, meeting: four types, prema: stages, separation: four types, Vedavyasa, Vyasadeva
19 Oct 2023 midday – Venu-gita (Hindi) – Auckland, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Only Krsna has four special qualities: rupa-madhurya, venu-madhurya, lila-madhurya, and prema-madhurya. Vaisnavas never take credit for writing a book; they always give credit to Radha and Krsna. Lila of Jayadeva Gosvami fails to write a verse from the Gita Govinda and Krsna comes to write the verse for him: “Oh, Radha, place Your feet on My head!” Lila of how Vyasadeva included Her name, Sri, in the Bhagavatam and thus Radha, satisfied, agreed to sign the authorship of the Srimad...