In this material world everyone wants to enjoy more and more sense pleasures, but they always receive suffering and unhappiness. Maya is very powerful. Sloka: daivī hy eṣā guṇa-mayī mama māyā duratyayā (Bhagavad Gita 7.14). Our only hope is to receive the Guru’s mercy. In Maya, the person becomes a slave to anger, envy, etc. Who is happy? Everyone thinks that the one who is the richest is happy, but no one is happy in this world. About Vrtasura. Sloka: mamottamaśloka-janeṣu...
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2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Sao Paulo 2023, Brazil 2023, Morning walks 2023, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti
28 Dec 2023 morning walk – How To Practise Sadhana (English) – Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– The difference between sadhaka-rupena and siddha-rupena. – Stayibhava is the fixed mood of the devotee, that mood that never changes, example: Vrajanatha and Vijay Kumara of Jaiva Dharma. – The difference between sadhaka and parikara. – Everyone wants the mood vraja-parakiya-bhava, because just as all rivers are in the sea, all moods are found in parakiya. – Sloka: anarpita-carīṁ cirāt karuṇayāvatīrṇaḥ kalau (CC Adi-lila 1.4). – Not everyone has the...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Sao Paulo 2023, Brazil 2023, disciples: types, nirguna: beyond material qualities (transcendental to the modes of material nature; free from material designations), service: guru-seva, service: vani-seva, service: vapu-seva
27 Dec 2023 evening – Types of Disciples (English) – Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
If you read Srimad Bhagavad-gita, Krishna will manifest in your heart. The story of how Mahaprabhu met an illiterate brahmana boy reading Bhagavad-gita in a temple. Arjuna’s seva to Krishna. The top process to reach the Lord is guru-seva (SB 7.7.30). Vani-seva and vapu-seva. Tamasika disciple: Ekalavya katha with his guru Dronacharya. Ekalavya is an example of a bad disciple since did not follow guru’s instructions and was against the devotee (Arjuna). Rajasika disciple: Karna-katha with his...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Sao Paulo 2023, Brazil 2023, Dama-bandhana Lila, bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, Krishna: sarvajnata and mugdhata of Krishna
27 Dec 2023 morning – About Raganuga-bhakti (English) – Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Devotees in different moods (rasas).
Another name for raganuga-bhakti is lobha-mayi bhakti.
Vaidhi-bhakti is compared to the rough side of a leaf and raganuga-bhakti to the smooth side of a leaf.
Vaishnava-shuddha-sadachara.
Sarvajnata and mugdhata of Krishna.
Dama-bandhana-lila.
The story of the old woman gathering brushwood who met Yamaraja.
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Sao Paulo 2023, Brazil 2023, Morning walks 2023, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage)
27 Dec 2023 morning walk – Who Can Serve Srimati Radhika (English) – Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Krishna loves it when the Vrajavasis are glorified.- Lila of the Parijata tree and the killing of Narakasura.- Within Satyabhama is Prithvi-devi.- Perfect mana (loving anger) is only in Vraja.- Various rasas with examples (Hanuman, sakhas, Arjuna).- Lila of a peacock ashamed of Srimati Radhika’s beautiful braid.- Lila of Krishna offering the remnants of His betel nut to Srimati Radharani. – Only Srimati Radhika’s parikaras, Her kaya-vyuha, can serve Her directly.
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26 Dec 2023 evening – Why we should read Srimad Bhagavad-gita (English) – Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Dhritarashtra’s confusion at the beginning of the Bhagavad-gita. – Why, after visiting pilgrimage places and taking Darshan of pure sadhus, is our heart not purified? – Again and again, chant holy names and serve Guru and Vaishnavas with firm faith. – The lamentation and bewilderment of Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. – Krishna instructs Arjuna to carry out his duty and to establish the truth. – The nature of the soul. – The illusory potency...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Lisbon 2023, Portugal 2023, Ratha-yatra 2023, Kurukshetra-milana Lila, aparadhas (offences), institution: Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti, jiva: jiva-tattva
26 Jun 2023 evening – Kurukshetra Milana and the Inner Meaning of Ratha Yatra (English) – Lisbon, Portugal | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The inner mood of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The story of Srila Gurudeva’s arrival at the Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti at the Sri Devananda Gaudiya Matha in Navadwipa. At that time Srila BV Narayana Goswami Maharaja preached the Kurukshetra-milana-katha. The Ratha Yatra is Lord Jagannatha’s journey from Kuruksetra to Vrndavana. This is the mood of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. All our sins and offences are destroyed by having darshan (vision) and offering obeisances to Lord Jagannatha in the...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Lisbon 2023, Portugal 2023, Ratha-yatra 2023, bhaktas: sadhaka and siddha, Samyogini-Radha, Viyogini-Radha
26 Jun 2023 morning – Mahaprabhu’s Mood of Separation in the Ratha Yatra (English) – Lisbon, Portugal | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s mood in Gambhira is the same as Viyogini-Radha, in Ratha Yatra His mood is like Samyogini-Radha. Sudirgha-vipralambha-bhava: mood after long separation Srimati Radhika meets Sri Krishna in Kurukshetra. Three types of meeting and separation: bhavi (future), bhavan (continuous present) and bhavia (past). Prema-vaichittya: a kind of love that gopis feel when they meet Krishna and think that He is not there. In the Ratha Yatra, Mahaprabhu thinks he is Radha and meets...