When harinama dances on the tongue, the devotee longs to have thousands of tongues and ears to chant and hear the holy names. Logicians only accept things according to their brains. Three labels are needed: pranipatena/pranipata (surrender), pariprasnena (submissive questioning) and savaya (tendency to serve). We hear harikatha a thousand times and don’t understand, we teach and don’t understand. One understands transcendental things only when the Lord manifests them in our hearts...
Discourses Translated into French 2023
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Mirepoix 2023, France 2023, lilas: Indrajalika-lilas
17 May 2023 evening – Dhruva Maharaja and Prahlada Maharaja Charitra (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Do not associate with karmis and jnanis: The activities of karmis are useless; the activities of jnanis are dangerous because they want to merge with Brahma. Dhruva Maharaja performed austerities to have darshana of Narayana. Srivasa Thakura did not complain to Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu when his son died. Dhruva Maharaja defeated Yamaraja and did not go to Mritya-loka. The Lord protected Prahlada Maharaja; no one could kill him. Arjuna wanted to kill Jayadratha, the murderer of his son...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Mirepoix 2023, France 2023, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), relatives
18 May 2023 morning – Srimati Radhika’s Level of Sharanagati (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 Krishna surrenders completely to Srimati Radhika. Radha calls Krsna a lampata (debauchee), but keeps Him in Her heart. Saranagati-akincana, total surrender, is fundamental. Saranagati in this world is temporary, but in the transcendental world it is eternal. Six symptoms of saranagati/surrender, sloka:ānukūlyasya saṅkalpaḥprātikūlyasya varjanamrakṣiṣyatīti viśvāsogoptṛtve varaṇaṁ tathāātma-nikṣepa-kārpaṇyeṣaḍ-vidhā śaraṇāgatiḥ Six debts: to the demigods, to the sadhus, to the parents, to...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Mirepoix 2023, France 2023, Radha: radha-nishtha, rasa dance: rasa-lila
17 May 2023 morning – Radharani is Our Svamini (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The Bhagavata-katha is so attractive. Only a butcher refuses to hear it.
Radha-dasyam; radha-nishtha.
Sharadiya-rasa-lila katha, vasantika-rasa-lila katha.
Palya-dasi mood.
Chandravali is not a perfect rival of Srimati Radhika.
Three principles for becoming the servant of Srimati Radhika.
Raghunatha dasa Gosvami chastised a Vrajavasi for bringing him food from Sakhi-sthali, Chandravali’s place.
Read Sva-niyama-dashakam for more details.
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Mirepoix 2023, France 2023, bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, ghosts, liberation, Ramachandra: Rama-nama, vishvasa: faith (firm trust in Krishna; confidence in the process of bhakti)
17 May 2023 morning – Q & A (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 The importance of vaidhi-bhakti for the novice devotees. Question: What is the significance of applying tilaka, gopi chandana? The material body is a temple of disease. Tilaka in different sampradayas. Ghosts do not come to those who follow the four principles and wear kanthimala, tulasi. If they come, it is only to get liberation through the pure devotees. The places where ghosts usually come. Srila Svami Maharaja’s sayings on Vrindavana and Radha-kunda. Pure sadhus make...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Mirepoix 2023, France 2023, Vrindavana dasa Thakura, mantras: diksha-mantras
16 May 2023 evening – Vrindavana dasa Thakura Appearance (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Hari-katha is about a qualified speaker and a qualified audience. Vrindavana dasa Thakura is chaitanya-vyasa avatara. Vrndavana dasa Thakura wrote the grantha Chaitanya-bhagavata. He wanted to call it Chaitanya-mangala, but the other Vaishnava had already written such a grantha. Narayani didi, the nephew of Srivasa Thakura and the dearest servant of Mahaprabhu, was the mother of Vrindavana dasa Thakura. Krishnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami said that he took the remnants of Vrindavana dasa Thakura...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Mirepoix 2023, France 2023, Vrindavana dasa Thakura
16 May 2023 morning – Vrindavana dasa Thakura Appearance (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Vrindavana dasa Thakura is chaitanya-vyasa avatara. Srila Krishnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami glorifies Vrindavana dasa Thakura. Vrindavana dasa Thakura wrote the grantha Chaitanya-bhagavata. Narayani didi, the nephew of Srivasa Thakura and the dearest servant of Mahaprabhu, was the mother of Vrindavana dasa Thakura. Surrender to the lotus feet of Lord Nityananda. Whose prema is higher? Dasharatha Maharaja’s or Nanda Maharaja’s? Absolute shuddha-bhakti manifests only in the heart of...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Mirepoix 2023, France 2023, prema: viveka-shunya-prema, rasa dance: rasa-lila, service: guru-seva
16 May 2023 morning – Q & A (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 Vishrambha-prema and vishrambhena-guru-seva are different. Viveka-shunya-prema, vishrambha-prema and utkahtha-mayi-prema. Bhavi-viraha, bhavva-viraha and bhavana-viraha. Prakata-prakasha, aprakata-prakasha and drishyamana-prakasha of Vrindavana; three dhamas (Dvaraka, Mathura and Vrindavana). Krishna remains invisible to watch and relish the viraha of the gopis. Sva-samvedya dasha. Yogamaya arranges for all Krishna’s wishes to be fulfilled. Krishna chases after Srimati Radhika...