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2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, New York 2024, USA 2024, Gita-jayanti 2024, bhakti: bhakti-yoga (path of devotion; the practice of connecting with Krishna through devotional service; the process of awakening love for Krishna), kamatmika bhakti type: sambhoga-iccha-mayi

12 Dec 2024 afternoon – Gita Jayanti (English translation) | New York, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 11, 2024 12:55 PM

Today is Gita Jayanti and Ekadashi. On Mokshada Ekadashi Krishna told Bhagavad-gita to Arjuna. Greed and attachment are destroyed when we read Bhagavad-gita. Everything about the soul is described in Bhagavad-gita. If we read Gita every day, our self-confidence will increase. A message from Gita: Whatever you eat, first offer it to God. Krishna and Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. There are 18 chapters in Gita. It consists of karma-yoga, bhakti-yoga and jnana-yoga. Where Bhagavat-gita...

2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, New Jersey 2024, USA 2024, Bhagavad-gita 2024, character quality: duplicity

08 Dec 2024 evening – The Glories of Bhagavad Gita (English translation) | New Jersey, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 8, 2024 8:20 PM

– When we glorify the Bhagavad Gita, Sri Krsna and Srimati Radhika appear before you.

– Lila of Caitanya Mahaprabhu traveling to South India and meeting a very simple boy reading the Bhagavad Gita.

– We should read the Gita with a simple heart, free from hypocrisy and duplicity.

– Whether you can understand the Bhagavad Gita or not is not the point, just read it with faith.

2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Philadelphia 2024, USA 2024, Bhagavad-gita 2024

08 Dec 2024 morning – The meaning of Bhagavad Gita (English translation) | Philadelphia, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 8, 2024 8:10 AM

Through Bhagavad Gita prema will arise in the heart of the devotee. Sri Krsna tells Arjuna that the Gita is His heart. The 18 names of the Bhagavad Gita. The story of Citraketu Maharaja. This material world is not bad, but there is an art to living here. The Supreme Lord controls matter, not even a leaf moves without His will. Vamana Maharaja defeated many Mayavada scholars just by reciting the Bhagavad Gita, because everyone accepts the words of the Bhagavad Gita. Song: Ke Jabi Ke Bhai Bhava...

2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Rijswijk 2024, Netherlands 2024

06 Dec 2024 evening – The Taste for Chanting the Holy Names (English translation) | Rijswijk, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 6, 2024 6:13 PM

Three things are in the hands of the Lord: birth, marriage and death.

About how at the end of your life you should remember the name of the Lord.

About how to get the taste for chanting the Holy Names.

About how we should listen to Harikatha.

The mahamantra is the essence of all the Vedas.

About how birth in this world is based on an illusion.

2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Zoetermeer 2024, Netherlands 2024

05 Dec 2024 evening – Human Life Is Very Rare (English translation) | Zoetermeer, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 5, 2024 6:02 PM

To have the vision of the Lord’s associates is very rare. One must have sukrti to recognize them. ⁠Sloka: tat te ‘nukampāṁ susamīkṣamāṇo… (SB 10.14.8). ⁠One must have mercy on the Guru and Krsna to be able to understand Bhakti and Krsna-katha. ⁠Pariksiti Maharaja asks Sukadeva Gosvami about the gopis in separation from Krsna. ⁠Do not remain at the same level, try to develop in spiritual life. ⁠In material life we go through much suffering. ⁠Dharma, artha, kama and moksa serve and...

2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, The Hague 2024, Netherlands 2024, kunja: Svananda-sukhada kunja

04 Dec 2024 evening – The Rare Gift of Hari-katha (English translation) | The Hague, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 4, 2024 6:10 PM

Bhajana: Suddha-bhakata- carana-renu. A house with hari-katha and seva is Goloka Vrindavana. To hear hari-katha is rare even for demigods, but we don’t think it’s worth listening to because it’s free. Hari-katha is food for the soul. Types of suffering: adhyatmika, adhibhautika and adhidaivika + lack of hari-katha. Shloka: tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ… (SB 10.31.9). Srimati Radhika says: Krishna, Your katha is a nectar”. Bindu Madhava is a darshana of the Lord, who...

2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Zoetermeer 2024, Netherlands 2024, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart)

03 Dec 2024 evening – Complete Surrender to the Sadhu (English translation) | Zoetermeer, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 3, 2024 6:07 PM

We need to surrender completely to the sadhu so that the anarthas, imperfections, are removed, this is the first step to enter the devotional realm. The Lord has love for all living entities, He has no friends or enemies. There is no one on the same level as the Lord or on a higher level than Him. The example of the elephant that goes to the market and the dog that keeps barking and running after the elephant. The story of the scholar who meets another scholar, they will talk on the same level...

2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Delhi 2024, India 2024, bhakti: bhakti-lata-bija (seed of bhakti)

02 Dec 2024 morning – Remembering the Lilas of Mahaprabhu (English translationi) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 2, 2024 8:03 AM

00:00 The importance of associating with sadhus;05:00 On the development of bhajana, darshan of Krishna for the birds;16:00 The transformations of Mahaprabhu’s body, a fisherman retrieves Mahaprabhu’s body;20:00 The moods of Srimati Radhika in the scriptures, about the efforts in practice and when the seed of bhakti sprouts;26:00 Where the Maha-mantra appeared from;30:00 About the separation as described by Raghunatha Dasa Goswami, the gopis in separation stop glorifying Giriraj...

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