Story of a brahmana who received the gopal-mantra in a dream. The power of mantra. Story that Sivaji tells a poor brahmana to go and meet Sanatana Gosvami who was rich. All material things cause pain. Only krsna-prema (pure love for God) meets all our needs. Holy rivers destroy our sins and bless us. The blessings of pilgrimage sites. Maha-mantra: śrī kṛṣṇa gopāla hare mukunda… (Bṛhad- bhāgavatāmṛtam 2.4.7). The instruction is that we should not say to anyone the mantra that Sri Guru gave us...
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28 Apr 2024 morning – The Kingdom of Prema (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Loving lilies, jokes and cuteness between Sri Krsna as dhira-lalita-nayka (a type of hero) and the sakhis. Description of prema-vivartha, the whirlpool of love between beloved and lover. The difference between advaita-siddhi (all becomes one) and prema-vivartha (two appear to be one/absorption). Explanation of feelings of meeting and separation. Srimati Radhika’s Lila alone, absorbed in separation from Sri Krsna. In the transcendental world, everyone has their individual existence...
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25 Apr 2024 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 7 (Hindi) – Somnath, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 Everyone must listen to Harikatha for the rest of eternity: Bhagavat-seva! Grantha-bhagavat and bhakta-bhagavat, both are lovely and necessary! Detailed description of Krsna’s lila with Sudama Vipra. About how Krsna treated Sudama with all affection; He even ate the remnants of Sudama and gave it to His wives to eat as well. Wonderful Sloka: api cet su-durācāro… (Bhagavad Gita 9.30) and (Subjective Evolution of Consciousness – Chapter: Pure Devotion). In Dvaraka, Krsna...
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24 Apr 2024 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 6 (Hindi) – Somnath, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Krishna is the heart of Radharani.
Krishna gets the desire to perform rasa-lila.
Kamsa’s attempts to kill Krishna.
The killing of demon Keshi.
3 types of separation: bhavi-viraha, bhavana-viraha and bhavya-viraha.
Jarasandha’s multiple attacks on Mathura.
Krishna’s duties in Mathura and His separation from Vraja.
Bhramara-lila of Radha and Krishna.
Abduction of Rukmini.
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23 Apr 2024 morning – The Rasa-lila of Baladeva Prabhu (Hindi) – Somnath, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
How Krishna seeing the Rakhi-purnima stimulates Him to remember the moon-like face of the gopis and His desire to perform the rasa-dance. Discussion of Brhad-Vrindavana. If you combine the beauty of millions of forms of Kamadeva, cupid, they will never touch the beauty of Krishna. Katha of Kamadeva thinking he will defeat Krishna with his five cupid arrows. Important questions are asked: Which scripture explains that Baladeva Prabhu performs rasa? And with which gopis? Tamburi Rsi, the musical...
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22 Apr 2024 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 4: Prahlada Katha and Krishna Janmastami (Hindi) – Somnath, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
How Sri Krsna was born from Nanda Baba and Mother Yasoda, even though He is the eternal and unborn Lord. The difference between the appearance and the birth of the Lord. Because the Lord treats the demigods, children of Aditi, differently from the demons, children of Diti. The Four Kumaras asked Brahma which is the highest asram. The four varnasramas: ghrhasta, brahmacari, vanaprasta and sannyasi, and the types of sannyasis. The types of castes and their functions: sudra, vaisya, ksatriya and...