Discourses Translated into English 2024
29 Jul 2024 midday – Three Essential Instructions for Spiritual Practice (English translation) | Houston, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
After 8,400,000 species we received the human form by the mercy of the Lord. Only when sukrti is accumulated and ripe do we receive the association of pure devotees of the Lord. Wherever the pure devotees are, that place becomes Goloka Vrndavana. Verse: ‘sādhu-saṅga’, ‘sādhu-saṅga’ — sarva-śāstre kaya… (CC Mdhya-lila 22.54). Kapiladeva gives instructions to his mother Devahuti. Verse: satāṁ prasaṅgān mama vīrya-saṁvido — bhavanti hṛt-karṇa-rasāyanāḥ kathāḥ… (SB 3.25.25). Suka and Sari, a pair...
28 Jul 2024 midday – Loving Devotion (English translation) | Houston, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The blessing of having the darsana of a pure devotee. We are all servants of the Lord and are here to serve Him. The sadhu carries Goloka Vrndavana with him wherever he goes. Sloka: sādhu-saṅga sādhu-saṅga sarva… (CC Madhya-lila 22.54). Instructions of Kapila Deva to His mother. The most powerful katha is the Bhagavata-katha. We understand transcendental subjects only by the mercy of Sri Guru. The devotee’s surrender. The beauty of Vrndavana decorated by Srimati Radhika. The glories of Vraja...
27 Jul 2024 evening – Harikathamrtam: The Nectar of Harikatha (English translation) | Houston, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
A bad day is a day without sadhu-sanga and without harikatha. True seva is to hear harikatha! Sloka: tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ… (ŚB 10.31.9). The four types of nectar that exist. The miseries of the material world and how much people do not want to grow old. A person who hears harikatha is like a snake that sheds its skin. The glories of hearing bhagavat-katha. The constitutional position of the soul is to perform bhajana for the Lord. The symptoms of a true sadhu. Sloka: titikṣavaḥ...
27 Jul 2024 afternoon – Human Life is for Serving the Lord (English translation) | Houston, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Everyone forgets their previous lives. About the marriage ceremony. The life in which one accepts a bona fide spiritual master corresponds to the last birth in the material world. The human form of life is very rare. One should take advantage of this life to chant the Holy Names. The sufferings of those who live in the material world. Only those who chant the glories of the Lord are happy. What one sows, one reaps. Example of someone who sows a mango seed and reaps mangoes. About the mantra “Om...
27 Jul 2024 midday – The Importance of Faith (English translation) | Houston, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Story of the boy who cried while reading the Bhagavad Gita with faith in his guru’s instructions, and was questioned by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The sastras say that the first gurus we have at birth are the mother and father and after, the spiritual master. Sloka: tasmāc chāstraṁ pramāṇaṁ te… (Bhagavad Gita 16.24). The material world is full of sadness and joy and they are temporary. The poorest thinks that the richest is happy, the king thinks that the king of heaven is happier, and so...
