Entry level discourses 2023

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Birmingham 2023, United Kingdom 2023, Entry level discourses 2023, association: bad association, consciousness: Krishna Consciousness, rasa dance: rasa-lila

05 Sep 2023 evening – How we can stop our suffering (English) – Birmingham, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 5, 2023 6:43 PM

PART 1 Krishna Consciousness means how to give love and affection. The cause of our suffering in this material world. In this Kali-yuga, we can only return to our real home, Goloka Vrindavana, by nama-sankirtana. Give up bad association and take shelter of vraja-rasika Vaisnavas. Glorification of senior devotees. The difference between avirbhava and janma. Krishna-tattva siddhanta. Glorification of the gopis: When Krishna suffers a headache and footdust is the cure. Laukika-sraddha katha. The...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Viseu 2023, Portugal 2023, Entry level discourses 2023, body: bodily conception, life: cycle of birth and death

23 Jun 2023 evening – Primary Issues of the Spiritual Life (English) – Viseu, Portugal | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 23, 2023 6:13 PM

This world is not our home. We are travellers, moving from one body to another. In each body we have a different bodily conception and identity: man, woman, animal, and so on. Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. GOD = Generator/Operator/Destroyer. God has many names and He is always with you. We are in this material world because we have forgotten God. The material world is a prison. The three miseries of Maya: adhyātmika, adhibhautika and adhidaivika. In this world happiness is...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Alto Paraiso de Goias 2023, Brazil 2023, Entry level discourses 2023

09 Jun 2023 evening – The Essence of Human Life (English) – Alto Paraiso, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 9, 2023 6:00 PM

Without spiritual practice, life is useless. The meaning of spiritual life is that you should practise, not just talk. Verse: āpani ācāra prabhu jīvera śikhāinu, means you should practise yourself. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu came to give an example of how to practise and teach spiritual life. Do not be lazy when entering into tattva-siddhanta. Verse: siddhānta baliyā citte nā kara alasa ihā haite kṛṣṇe lāge sudṛḍha mānasa (Cc. Ādi 2.117). Differences between kanistha-bhakta (beginner), madhyama...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Alto Paraiso de Goias 2023, Brazil 2023, Entry level discourses 2023, guru: guru-bhakti, guru: guru-nishtha, soul: conditioned soul

08 Jun 2023 evening – Human Life Is Very Rare (English) – Alto Paraiso, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 8, 2023 7:32 PM

PART 1 God gives us the human form of life after 8,400,000 lower forms. Four undesirable things that are in the heart of the conditioned soul: svarupa-bhrama (incorrect understanding that the material body is the true identity), hrdaya-daurbalya (weakness of heart), asat-trsna (lust for material pleasure) and aparadha (offense). Don’t waste time, this is not your first life. Story of the blind man who was in a stadium and couldn’t find the exit. Sloka:ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ bhava...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Lithuanian 2023, Kaunas 2023, Lithuania 2023, Entry level discourses 2023, bhakti: bhakti-yoga (path of devotion; the practice of connecting with Krishna through devotional service; the process of awakening love for Krishna), body: gross body, body: subtle body, mantra: Om mantra, renunciation, renunciation (vairagya), self-realisation

22 Apr 2023 evening – How to Achieve Peace, Love and Affection (English) – Kaunas, Lithuania | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 22, 2023 6:02 PM

Peace comes from the core of the heart and then comes love and affection for all living beings. God is love and love is God. When you love God, you love all living beings. Our spiritual science talks about how to get peace and love. Peace comes from the heart of Narayana, the Supreme Lord. He has many names in different languages, but He is one. God is in everyone and everywhere. To see God, one must follow the process of bhakti-yoga. (Comparison with the process of seeing ghee in milk )-About...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Lithuanian 2023, Kaunas 2023, Lithuania 2023, Entry level discourses 2023, bhakti: bhakti-yoga (path of devotion; the practice of connecting with Krishna through devotional service; the process of awakening love for Krishna), soul: conditioned soul

21 Apr 2023 evening – What is the Soul (English) – Kaunas, Lithuania | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 21, 2023 6:50 PM

In the material world time is very short, but in the transcendental world it is unlimited. When we talk about spiritual things, time takes a long time, but when we talk about mundane things, time passes so fast that we don’t even notice it. Whoever is born in this material world will surely die one day, and again and again we are born from the womb. It is necessary to ask about the soul that is in the body. Spiritual science speaks of the soul. The soul is an integral part of the Supreme...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Undisclosed, Brazil 2023, Entry level discourses 2023, maya: gunas

16 Feb 2023 evening – Possessing a Human Body (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 16, 2023 12:37 PM

– A day when we do not associate with a sadhu or listen to a hari-katha is an inauspicious day-Human body is very rare. Living beings acquire new life forms each time, until they are given a human body-Only in human body we can get association with sadhus and practise devotional service to God-Humans and animals have processes in common, but only humans can develop spiritually-God created man in His own image-Karma-tattva: what you have in life is a consequence of your past actions...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Undisclosed, Brazil 2023, Entry level discourses 2023, bhakti: bhakti-yoga (path of devotion; the practice of connecting with Krishna through devotional service; the process of awakening love for Krishna), guru: bonafide guru

15 Feb 2023 evening – The Embodiment of Divine Love (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 15, 2023 6:07 PM

Who takes birth, will one day die – teachings from the Bhagavad-gita-God loves everyone in different ways-God is calling to everyone, playing His flute, but they are not listening-God spends time loving his internal potency, Srimati Radhika-God is the embodiment of Divine Love-Who will give real love in this material world? Only God-Example of the street dog who becomes faithful and loves you after you feed it-We are all searching for love-By taking shelter of bonafide Guru, spiritual...

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