Discourses Translated into English 2024
25 Aug 2024 morning – The Sweet Guidance of Sakhis (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
00:00 About anuraga, the three types of prema, gopi-prema as sahajiya-prema being the highest, and the symptoms of love05:00 Transcendental love in the spiritual world11:00 Two qualities of anuraga, competition of beauty15:00 Functions of separation, sahajiya (spontaneous) prema, example with messengers (dutas), examples of dutas19:00 The 15 arrows of Cupid, a shloka from Radha-rasa-sudha-nidhi, description22:00 The flute as a means of controlling the gopis, and gopis’ mana as a means of...
24 Aug 2024 evening – God is Transcendental (English translation) | Ghaziabad, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The proper way to celebrate a birthday according to Vedic culture. The story of when Parvati asked Lord Siva at Kailash which Deity she should worship. The proper etiquette of asking a question. All demigods are servants of Krsna and follow His instructions. In this universe, Lord Brahma has four heads, catur-mukha, and Siva has five heads, panca-mukha. We are in the smallest brahmanda of all. Everything that exists is created, maintained and destroyed by the will of the Lord. Janma-lila...
24 Aug 2024 morning – The Nature of Love: Separation and Encounter (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Lila of Srimati Radhika suffering from separation from Sri Krsna and asking the sakhis to place Her body under a tamal tree. The nature of love is encounter and separation. Lila of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s mood of separation. In the spiritual world it is impossible to forget one’s beloved. The description of prema, as the combination of poison and nectar simultaneously, heat and cold. Story of the two brothers who were in Vrndavana meditating on the banks of Radha-kunda for fifteen...
21 Aug 2024 afternoon – A Sadhaka’s Faith and God’s Mercy (English translation) | Narela, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
What is a bad day and what is a good day. Only sadhu-sanga can help to attain God. Good food makes a good mind. Many of you eat onion and garlic but you do not admit. The story of the boy who brought an umbrella with him because he believed the Lord would send rain. Surrender to the lotus feet of Srimati Radhika. You are not in Narela now, you are in Vrindavana. The story of how the king made 100 copies of himself so that after his death Yamarajа could not find the king and take him away. Even...