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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

May 17, 2023 9:10 AM

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

May 16, 2023 6:07 PM

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

May 16, 2023 11:01 AM

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

May 16, 2023 8:58 AM

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...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Mirepoix 2023, France 2023, Ekadashi-vrata 2023, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart)

15 May 2023 evening – Ekadashi-tithi (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 15, 2023 6:34 PM

If Guru is pleased with you, Krsna protects you. If Guru is not pleased with you, even Krsna cannot protect you. The nature of this material world is that you can never please everyone. The sastras explain how to please Srimati Radhika. If Hari, Guru and Vaishnavas are pleased with you, everyone is pleased. Ekadasi is the mother of pure devotion, it is she who bestows suddha-bhakti on us. Upavasa means that we remain very close to the Lord on this day of ekadasi. We know we are approaching the...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Bordeaux 2023, France 2023, Krishna-tattva

14 May 2023 evening – The Meeting of Radha and Krishna (English) – Bordeaux, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 14, 2023 6:40 PM

Vaidhi bhakti and raganuga bhakti. This human life is something very rare. The location of Vaikuntha, Ayodhya and Dvaraka. Dvaraka is higher than Vaikuntha. Krishna manifests as Jagannatha. Narada Rsi asks Krishna why He manifested as Jagannatha. About Jagannatha of Rio and Santos and the Ratha-Yatra in Brazil. Difference between talking about one’s suffering to anyone and to the sadhu. Satyabhama and Lakshmi Devi. About family life. Jagannatha prasada. About Bhagavat-Saptah from 18 to 24...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Bordeaux 2023, France 2023, aparadhas (offences), aparadhas: offenses (obstacles in devotional service; offenses against Krishna, devotees, holy name, dhama and other aspects of bhakti), aparadhas: types, aparadhas: vaishnava-aparadha, atmarama: self-satisfied souls (those who are satisfied in the self; liberated persons absorbed in spiritual realization), Bhagavan: sach-chid-ananda (sat-chid-ananda), guru: guru-nishtha, guru: guru-tattva, habits: bad habits, renunciation: aptakama ((those whose desires are fulfilled)

14 May 2023 morning – Never Dishonour Guru (English) – Bordeaux, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 14, 2023 11:47 AM

Radharani fulfils all the wishes of Krishna. She is prema-mayi-murti. Radharani knows Krishna’s heart. How do we serve our Istadeva? Example of the guru asking his disciple to bring him water. What is a sevaka? Who can serve Krishna? He is atmarama and aptakama. The word Radha means priti, love. Nama-seva. Prasada-seva is the best seva. Sudha-bhakata song. Through seva one conquers maya. Maha Prasada Govinde song. Ausadi-seva – the service that is medicine. Krishna is sat-cit-ananda...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Bordeaux 2023, France 2023, atmarama: self-satisfied souls (those who are satisfied in the self; liberated persons absorbed in spiritual realization), renunciation: aptakama ((those whose desires are fulfilled)

14 May 2023 morning – Q & A (English) – Bordeaux, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 14, 2023 8:49 AM

Explanation of the verse Anyabhilasita-sunyam. On making requests to Krishna for our own benefit, several times. What to ask Krishna for? Example of Draupadi. What is bhakti and what is not? The example of Mother Yashoda when she stops suckling Krishna to save the milk from the fire, and the example of the two fighters in the Kamsa arena, Chanura and Mustika. Pravrtti and nivrtti, the favourable and the unfavourable. Cesta-rupa ( efforts ) and bhava-rupa ( feelings ). Example of Nanda and...

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