Bhuj 2022

24 Nov 2022 morning – Controlling restless mind (English translation) – Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Due to poor hearing of hari-katha one feels materialistic problems.-First read Manah-siksha.-Srila Raghunath das gosvami said in Manah-siksha to pacify the mind.-First hear hari-katha from gurudev.-Mind gets restless due to attachment to material things.-How to control the mind.-First one has to get suddha-bhakti at the lotus feet of guru.-One should get rati in mantra & nama.-One should have one-pointedness towards Krsna.-Give up ahankara that you are the doer.-You are the servant of the...

24 Nov 2022 morning – Controlling restless mind (Hindi) – Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Due to poor hearing of hari-katha one feels materialistic problems.-First read Manah-siksha.-Srila Raghunath das gosvami said in Manah-siksha to pacify the mind.-First hear hari-katha from gurudev.-Mind gets restless due to attachment to material things.-How to control the mind.-First one has to get suddha-bhakti at the lotus feet of guru.-One should get rati in mantra & nama.-One should have one-pointedness towards Krsna.-Give up ahankara that you are the doer.-You are the servant of the...

23 Nov 2022 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 7 (Hindi) – Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-The meaning of yoga; bhakti-yoga-Uddhava in Vraja-Rama-nishtha of Hanuman-Damodara-lila-The gopis are envious of Krishna’s flute-Rasa-lila-Lila of how Krishna put kajal on the second eye of the gopi-We do not hear the sound of Krishna’s flute due to our anarthas-The gopis and Krishna discuss love; the gopis joke and tease Krishna-Janaka Maharaja is aptarama and aptakama but he cried when Sita-devi left home to marry-Sudama-vipra katha-Krishna’s lilas in Mathura, Vrindavana and Dvaraka-Mausala...

23 Nov 2022 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 7 (English translation) – Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 1 -The meaning of yoga; bhakti-yoga-Uddhava in Vraja-Rama-nishtha of Hanuman-Damodara-lila-The gopis are envious of Krishna’s flute-Rasa-lila-Lila of how Krishna put kajal on the second eye of the gopi-We do not hear the sound of Krishna’s flute due to our anarthas-The gopis and Krishna discuss love; the gopis joke and tease Krishna-Janaka Maharaja is aptarama and aptakama but he cried when Sita-devi left home to marry-Sudama-vipra katha-Krishna’s lilas in Mathura, Vrindavana and Dvaraka...

22 Nov 2022 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 6 (English translation) – Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 1 -Srila Sukadeva Gosvami hides the name of his Guru, Srimati Radhika and Her sakhis in Srimad-Bhagavatam-Srimati Radhika does not want to descend to this material world-Description of Vrindavana-Birth and appearance lilas of Krishna-Indrajalika-lilas: the lila of how one family of illusionists faked their death-How to recognise ghosts-Karma-tattva-The story of how one friend poisoned another for winning the lottery-Lilas of baby Krishna stealing the butter-Kaliya-damana-lila (briefly)...

22 Nov 2022 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 6 (Hindi) – Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 1 -Srila Sukadeva Gosvami hides the name of his Guru, Srimati Radhika and Her sakhis in Srimad-Bhagavatam-Srimati Radhika does not want to descend to this material world-Description of Vrindavana-Birth and appearance lilas of Krishna-Indrajalika-lilas: the lila of how one family of illusionists faked their death-How to recognise ghosts-Karma-tattva-The story of how one friend poisoned another for winning the lottery-Lilas of baby Krishna stealing the butter-Kaliya-damana-lila (briefly)...

21 Nov 2022 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 5 (Hindi) – Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 1 -Rama-katha-Characteristics of Kali-yuga-The Lord shows Arjuna His universal form-Vritrasura’s prayers to Lord Krishna; Citraketu Maharaja’s story-No one is happy in this world: The story of a man who was beaten in a tent at an amusement park-Everyone cannot become Mirabai-Mother is considered to be successful if she gives birth to a Vaishnava-Nrisimha-Prаhlada katha-The story about the pond of stool-On how Sita-devi observed wrong Ekadashi-Krishna-janma-lila-Radhashtami-katha Part 2...

21 Nov 2022 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 5 (English translation) – Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 1 -Rama-katha-Characteristics of Kali-yuga-The Lord shows Arjuna His universal form-Vritrasura’s prayers to Lord Krishna; Citraketu Maharaja’s story-No one is happy in this world: The story of a man who was beaten in a tent at an amusement park-Everyone cannot become Mirabai-Mother is considered to be successful if she gives birth to a Vaishnava-Nrisimha-Prаhlada katha-The story about the pond of stool-On how Sita-devi observed wrong Ekadashi-Krishna-janma-lila-Radhashtami-katha Part 2...