– The four Sampradayas: Sri Sampradaya (Laksmi Devi), Brahma Sampradaya (Brahma), Rudra Sampradaya (Siva), Sanaka Sampradaya (Four Kumaras). – Happiness in the material world is temporary; eternal happiness exists in Bhagavata-dhama, where the Lord resides, Goloka Vrndavana. – The realization that everything belongs to Bhagavan alleviates material pains. – Song: Suddha Bhakata Carana Renu, by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura. – Katha on Satyabhama. – Tulasi is more...
Discourses Translated into English 2023
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Gujarat 2023, Rajkot 2023, India 2023
10 Dec 2023 evening – Sadhana and Nama Sankirtana (English translation) – Rajkot, Gujarat, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The sadhana processes indicated for each of the four eras. Sukadeva explains to Pariksit Maharaja that by chanting the holy names, you obtain all the merciful fruits at once. The glories of the holy names. Ajamil’s story. The path that world society is choosing. Vedic culture is ending, Indians are forgetting their traditions. We should study Sanskrit. Sri Krsna says in the Bhagavad Gita that everyone has the right to act, but that He is the one who bears the fruits. Sins arise in three...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Gujarat 2023, Rajkot 2023, India 2023
10 Dec 2023 morning – Prema Bhakti (English translation) – Rajkot, Gujarat, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The nine limbs of bhakti. We must be in sadhusanga to reap the fruits of bhakti and jnana (knowledge). It is only through sadhusanga and practicing nama-sankirtana that Krsna-prema will manifest in the devotee’s heart. Have attachment to Sri Krsna. The glories of the holy names. In the prema stage, this material body is abandoned, and the devotee never falls again. Only through jnana-yoga it is not possible to completely free yourself from Maya (illusion). Bhaktas, very humbly, are always...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Gujarat 2023, Rajkot 2023, India 2023, Sita Ram Kahiye, maya: gunas
09 Dec 2023 evening – Sing and Serve Govinda! (English translation) – Rajkot, Gujarat, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Description of Srimad Bhagavatam: conversation between Sukadeva Gosvamipada and Pariksit Maharaja about the rarity of the human body. – Only with the human body is it possible to do bhajana and reach the Lord! – Glorification to Bharata Bhumi, the Holy Mother India. – Example of the lotus flower that blooms in the mud and how we should maintain spiritual life, regardless of the circumstances. – Sadhu-sanga is very rare in Western countries. – The material...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Bhavnagar 2023, Gujarat 2023, India 2023, body: subtle body, renunciation, renunciation (vairagya)
09 Dec 2023 morning – The Dark Well of Family Life (English translation) – Bhavanagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Story about the meeting between Srila Lokanatha Dasa Gosvami and Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura. Guru and Bhagavan are giving mercy, but many times the devotee does not want to accept it. Everyone is burning in the fire of samsara, but everyone forgets about it. The story of the man who was about to fall into a well in analogy with family life. Lila das gopis, Krsna and His flute. Control your senses, only then will your mind not be disturbed. If in one life you are brahmacari (celibate devotee)...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Bhavnagar 2023, Gujarat 2023, India 2023, karma: cycle of birth and death
08 Dec 2023 evening – Remembering Krsna at the Time of Death (English translation) – Bhavanagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Following the ekadasi fast is like executing all other vows. Ekadasi is Bhagavat-svarupa. The difference between human beings and animals lies in the possibility (and impossibility) of doing bhajana. By associating with the sadhu, the cycle of birth and death ceases. The body is like a house where the tenant lives. The contract is over, you have to leave. Wherever you are, whatever you are doing: Bhaja Govinda – chant Hare Krsna! Without harinama, it is not possible to reach Krsna. Stay in...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Bhavnagar 2023, Gujarat 2023, India 2023, body: subtle body, soul: conditioned soul
08 Dec 2023 afternoon – Leaving the Body While Singing the Holy Names (English translation) – Bhavanagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Krsna is the Supreme Enjoyer, Purusa, but the conditioned soul in the gross and subtle body thinks that he is the enjoyer. Pastime of Bharata Maharaja, in which, due to attachment, he is born as a deer. Tulasi Dasa explains that the human body exists to do bhajana to the Lord. In the Bhagavad Gita, Krsna says that a person’s thoughts at the time of death define his body in the next life. Whoever does bhajana is not deceived by happiness, sadness, birth and death, because he knows that...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Bhuj 2023, Gujarat 2023, India 2023, ghee lamp
07 Dec 2023 evening – In this Material World There is No Happiness (English translation) – Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Kunti Devi’s prayers to the Supreme Lord Sri Krsna. Everyone wants happiness, but suffering comes. Whoever says they don’t do karma is lying. Durga keeps people trapped in this material world, She is a jailor and the jivas are prisoners. The seven oceans: milk, wine, salt water, fresh water, ghee, sugar cane juice and yogurt. There is a magnetism on Earth that, when flying to a certain limit, the plane returns irresistibly. There are many mysteries that science does not know...