A bad day is a day without sadhu-sanga and without harikatha. True seva is to hear harikatha! Sloka: tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ… (ŚB 10.31.9). The four types of nectar that exist. The miseries of the material world and how much people do not want to grow old. A person who hears harikatha is like a snake that sheds its skin. The glories of hearing bhagavat-katha. The constitutional position of the soul is to perform bhajana for the Lord. The symptoms of a true sadhu. Sloka: titikṣavaḥ...
Discourses in Hindi 2024
2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Houston 2024, Texas 2024, USA 2024
27 Jul 2024 afternoon – Human Life is for Serving the Lord (Hindi) | Houston, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Everyone forgets their previous lives. About the marriage ceremony. The life in which one accepts a bona fide spiritual master corresponds to the last birth in the material world. The human form of life is very rare. One should take advantage of this life to chant the Holy Names. The sufferings of those who live in the material world. Only those who chant the glories of the Lord are happy. What one sows, one reaps. Example of someone who sows a mango seed and reaps mangoes. About the mantra “Om...
2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Houston 2024, Texas 2024, USA 2024
27 Jul 2024 midday – The Importance of Faith (Hindi) | Houston, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Story of the boy who cried while reading the Bhagavad Gita with faith in his guru’s instructions, and was questioned by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The sastras say that the first gurus we have at birth are the mother and father and after, the spiritual master. Sloka: tasmāc chāstraṁ pramāṇaṁ te… (Bhagavad Gita 16.24). The material world is full of sadness and joy and they are temporary. The poorest thinks that the richest is happy, the king thinks that the king of heaven is happier, and so...
2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Houston 2024, Texas 2024, USA 2024, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), anugatya: following in the footsteps (submissive following of devotees; mood of guidance and service), bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, service: cooking
27 Jul 2024 morning – Sadhana-bhakti and Bhava-bhakti (Hindi) | Houston, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About the Bhajana Rahasya Grantha. Bhajana means to serve. The two functions of sadhana-bhakti: to practice to remove the anarthas and to attain the mood of the vrajavasis. Sadhana and bhajana are different things. The first symptom of bhava-bhakti is santi (peace). The instructions that Pariksit Maharaja received from the various classes of sadhus upon learning that he would die after seven days. Sloka: harer nāma harer nāma… (CC Madhya 6.242). Doing seva, bhajana and sadhana without chanting...
2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Houston 2024, Texas 2024, USA 2024, service: guru-seva
26 Jul 2024 evening – Guru-seva and Sadhu-sanga (Hindi) | Houston, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Shloka: dhyāna-mūlaṃ guror mūrtiḥ (Sri Guru Stotra). Sri Gurvashtakam. There is no happiness here. Everyone thinks someone else is happy. The importance of guru-seva. Fragrance from the body of a sadhu opened the gate in the hell planet and people from hell came to Vaikuntha. Shloka: sādhu-saṅga’, ‘sādhu-saṅga’ — sarva-śāstre kaya (CC Madhya 22.54). Gurudev inspired us to come today. My Gurudev Srila BV Vamana Gosvami Maharaja was the personification of trinad api sunicena. The liberated...
2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Delhi 2024, India 2024, Chaitanya-charitamrita (Raya Ramananda Samvad) 2024, meeting: four types
01 Jul 2024 morning – Sri Raya Ramananda Samvada (Hindi) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Dhira-lalita-nayaka and His four qualifications. The difference between darsan-jata-prema (Kubja), sravana-jata-prema and saha-jata-prema (Radha). The gopis’ love for Krsna is innate, saha-jata-prema. Bhagavan accepts only the food offered by Tulasi. Vrnda Devi’s pastime with Srimati Radhika and the gopis seeking Krsna. Prema does not allow separation from the object of love. Lila of the meeting between Hanuman and Lord Ramacandra about the appearance of Sita Devi. The separation of...
