He who has firm faith in the Guru, all power will manifest in his heart. All the Vedas and Puranas glorify guru-nistha (unwavering faith in Guru). Srila Bhaktivedanta Svami Maharaja (Srila Prabhupada) had surrender and unwavering faith in his guru, so he preached all over the world. When we hear about the character of a Vaishnava, it inspires us to serve like them. Srila Sukadeva Gosvami Pada glorifies the devotees of the Lord in Srimad Bhagavatam. Bhakta Bhagavat, the devotees of the Lord, are...
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13 May 2023 morning – How to Develop Our Sadhana and Bhajana (English) – Bordeaux, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sadhana means practice. Bhajana means direct service to your istadeva (your lovable deity). Siddha is the mature, perfect stage of sadhana. The stages of sadhana (sraddha). 5 stages of siddhi (mantra siddhi, sadhana siddhi, bhava siddhi, svarupa siddhi, vastu siddhi). Sadhana is the control of the senses. Concentrate the mind on the object of love. That is the practitioner, the sadhaka. How do you control the mind? Engage it in service to Hari, the Guru and the Vaishnavas. Read Sri Manah-siksa...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Bordeaux 2023, France 2023, animals: dogs, maya: gunas, nirguna: beyond material qualities (transcendental to the modes of material nature; free from material designations)
13 May 2023 morning – Q & A (English) – Bordeaux, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Immersing in Brahma is a punishment of Sri Hari, bhakti is above the 3 modes of nature, and what to do if your family is unfavourable to bhakti! The one who wants to immerse himself in Brahma has an inert conscience, like a spoon that sinks in water. Immersing oneself in Brahma is like committing suicide. This is the punishment that Lord Hari gives to demons (immersion in Brahma). The mayavadi tendency is against the spontaneous nature of the soul to serve the Lord eternally. Paramatma knows...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Bordeaux 2023, France 2023, Chaitanya-charitamrita (Raya Ramananda Samvad) 2023, bhajana-kriya: beginning of devotional practices (engagement in bhakti activities; stage after accepting guidance from guru), bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, guru: Chaitya-guru, rasa dance: rasa-lila, rasa: rasa-siddhanta, spiritual progress
12 May 2023 evening – Raya Ramananda Samvada (English) – Bordeaux, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 Caitanya Mahaprabhu asks a question: “Which of the instructions is most important for the soul?” Hearing about the amorous pastimes of Radha and Krishna is like a medicinal tonic for the ears. Conditioned souls only want to hear about worldly things. Anyone who wants to hear about Krishna’s pastimes faces many obstacles: headaches, sleep, etc. At the beginning of sadhana-bhakti, two leaves of bhakti appear: klesagni and subadha – all afflictions disappear and the...
2022, Discourses in English 2022, Discourses Translated into French 2022, Undisclosed, France 2022, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), character quality: lust and anger, Krishna: sarvajnata and mugdhata of Krishna
09 May 2022 midday – Vrajavasis Maddened by Love for Govinda (English) – France
-If you are practising bhakti but your lust and anger are increasing, you are doing something wrong. On your own, you cannot find out where the fault lies, but a senior devotee should help you find it-Bhagavad-buddhi does not exist in the hearts of Vrajavasis-Sarvajnata and mugdhata of Krishna-Uddhava tries to persuade Nanda Maharaja that his son Krishna is Bhagavan-Whose love is higher? Dasharatha Maharaja’s or Nanda Baba’s?-Srimati Radhika cannot bear to be separated from Krishna, but...
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09 May 2022 morning – Lilas of baby Krishna and Nimai (English) – France
-Conditioned soul’s biggest offence is that it forgot about Krishna-Avaranatmika-vritti and vikshepatmika-vritti of maya-Raghupati Upadhyaya’s conversation with Mahaprabhu-Lila of baby Krishna who’s soaked in cow dung-Cow dung in Goloka Vrindavana has a wonderful smell-Mother Yashoda chastises Krishna but Nanda Maharaja never chastises Krishna-Mother Saci-devi never chastises Nimai but Jagannatha Mishra chastises Nimai-Damodarashtaka-Lila of baby Nimai who was taking offerings from...
2022, Discourses in English 2022, Discourses Translated into French 2022, Undisclosed, France 2022, Sita Devi Dasi, guru: guru-bhakti, liberation, siddha-pranali: system of spiritual lineage (process of receiving the identity of one's spiritual form through a lineage of teachers)
08 May 2022 evening – Viraha-tithi of Sita devi dasi (English) – France
-Remembering Sita devi dasi-All living entities are vaishnavas since all of them are eternal servants of Krishna-Devi Parvati gets very angry when people chant Shiva aham-Not everyone gets to meet a sadhu-Our aim and object is to serve Srimati Radhika under the guidance of Rupa Manjari or Ananga Manjari-Mahaprabhu explains that trinad api sunicena is a siddha-pranali-Liberation of vaishnavas’ ancestors-Prithivi-devi is very happy when a Vaishnava is born because only pure Vaishnava can purify...
2022, Discourses in English 2022, Discourses Translated into French 2022, Undisclosed, France 2022, anuraga: deep attachment (stage of prema; intense love and constant attraction toward Krishna), aparadhas: vaishnava-aparadha, bhakti: bhakti-yoga (path of devotion; the practice of connecting with Krishna through devotional service; the process of awakening love for Krishna), mantra: gopala-mantra, rasa dance: rasa-lila
08 May 2022 midday – Bhakti has no side effects (English) – France
-The fruit of listening to rasa-lila-katha-Bhakti-yoga has no side effects-If a devotee who is one-pointed to Krishna accidentally slips, Krishna will take him on His lap again-Karma, jnana will give fruit only if they accompany bhakti-Lakshahira prostitute took shelter of Haridasa Thakura-Karma, yoga is not independent, but bhakti is independent, it can manifest everywhere-Ajamila was very fallen person but bhakti manifested in his heart-The story of how a Muslim attained Vaikuntha by saying...