Gurudeva prays for the couple to continue serving the Lord. Ramananda Raya tells Mahaprabhu about the goal of life, starting with following varnasana-dharma. Animals and birds do not follow any rules. According to their stage of life, follow their social functions. Sukadeva Gosvami spoke to Pariksit Maharaja about the glories of Vrndavana. Analogy between trees, creepers, fruits and flowers with a family. There is no sadness in the family in which all members practise one-pointed service to the...
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2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Delhi 2024, India 2024, karma: cycle of birth and death
22 Oct 2024 morning – Mother Yasoda’s Pastime Trying to Tie Krsna (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Pastime where Garuda doubts that Lord Rama is Bhagavam. The fruit of serving the Guru is the automatic emergence of bhakti in the heart. Three ways to acquire bhakti. Narada grants bhakti to Mrigari, the hunter. The Guru’s asana in Kali-yuga is a pure, uncontaminated asana. In Narada’s words, the hunter demonstrates his faith by breaking his weapon. The hunter begins to serve Tulasi and recite the mantra daily: On namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya. The news that the cruel hunter had become...
2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Vraja 2024, Vrindavana 2024, India 2024, Bhagavata-saptaha in Delhi 2024, Bhagavata-saptaha in Delhi 2024
21 Oct 2024 evening – Sri Bhagavata-saptaha, day 1 (English translation) | Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The 12 Cantos of the Bhagavatam correspond to all the limbs of the Lord’s body.
Srila Suta Gosvami heard this katha from Srila Paraksit Maharaja, who in turn heard it from Srila Sukadeva Gosvamipada.
Different lilas of Avatars of the Lord on Earth.
The fruit of listening to the Bhagavatam for 7 days is to have all sins destroyed and to obtain gopi-prema.
The importance of asana-siddhi.
The story of Atmadeva Brahmana, his wife Dunduli and their sons, Gokarna and Dundukari.
2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Delhi 2024, India 2024, liberation, Vedavyasa, Vyasadeva
21 Oct 2024 morning – Sri Damodarastakam (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
00:01:34 – Mother Yashoda and the Milk: The Desire to Serve Krishna. Engaging Everything in Service.00:07:11 – The Selfish Desire for Liberation is Egoistic00:09:09 – Mother Yashoda Sprinkles Water: Ensuring the Milk Serves Krishna00:14:12 – Rupa Gosvamipada’s Definition of Bhakti. Types of Mamata (Possessiveness) and Bhava (Spiritual Emotions).00:21:26 – Subal and Krishna: Friendships in Vraja. The Pastime of the Cowherd Boys by the Yamuna.00:32:00 –...
2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Delhi 2024, India 2024, Srimad-Bhagavatam 2024, Kartika-vrata 2024, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, rasa dance: rasa-lila
20 Oct 2024 evening – The Glories of the Bhagavat Saptaha in the Month of Kartika (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Kartik-vrata and Damodara-vrata destroy all anarthas. The presiding Deity of the month of Kartika is Srimati Radharani Herself, the internal potency of Sri Krsna. She is the embodiment of prema. Wherever Srimati Radhika looks, She only sees Sri Krsna. The essence of all prema is bhava, of all bhava is maha-bhava, and the essence of everything is maha-bhava-svarupini Srimati Radhika. The mahamantra is mentioned in the Kali Upanisad. Sri Krsna incarnated in the form of Srimad Bhagavatam. Lord...
2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Delhi 2024, India 2024, guru: guru-nishtha, pure heart
20 Oct 2024 evening – Guru-nistha (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Through the bhaktas, Sri Krsna distributes His mercy. Lila of Narada Muni and Dhruva Maharaja. Take shelter of a pure devotee of the Lord. The Guru is looking for the disciple. We must know what kind of Guru we want to accept. The Lord inspires everyone, Guru and disciple. The Guru wants to give everything to the disciple and therefore prepares the disciple until he is ready to receive. Story of Vyasa Deva and Sukadeva Gosvami. In Vrndavana, on a road leading to the forest, Vyasa Deva sat and...
2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Delhi 2024, India 2024, bhakti: stages
20 Oct 2024 morning – Sadhana Bhakti, Bhava Bhakti and Prema Bhakti (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Lila of mother Yasoda breastfeeding Sri Krsna and the milk boiling in the pot. One who has sradha is qualified to practice bhakti. The stages of bhakti, 81 types in total. The kanistha-adhikari has as its main quality faith in the Deity and in the words of Sri Guru. Our soul is the servant of Sri Krsna, not of demigods. Verse: jivera svarupa haya… (CC Madhya 20.108). We must develop exclusive loyalty because one cannot cross a river with one foot in each boat. Song: Damodarastakam. Sri Krsna...
2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Aligaon 2024, India 2024, Kartika-vrata 2024, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), rasa dance: rasa-lila
19 Oct 2024 midday – The Month of Srimati Radhika: Kartika (English translation) | Ali Gao, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The meaning of human life. The presiding Deity of the month of kartika, Urjesvari Srimati Radhika. Rasa-lila is the highest pastime of Sri Krsna. The Lord does not accept one who does not surrender to Him (saranagati). The story of the cow and the lion stuck in the mud. Guru and Vaisnavas have the duty to lift us out of the mud of material existence. The benefit of hearing bhagavat-katha and practicing what you hear. In this month we should think of Srimati Radhika. Srimati Radhika’s lila...