– Mirabai did not accept Srimati Radhika, so she can only reach Dvaraka.– Mirabai’s inner nature is to be a servant of the queens of Dvaraka.– Laksmi Devi did not achieve the position of a gopi because she did not surrender to the sakhis of Srimati Radhika.– People who worship Krsna but do not worship Radha together with Him can only reach Dvaraka.– There are conditions for entering the rasa dance, just as to obtain any position, we must have the necessary...
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2025, Discourses in Hindi 2025, Brisbane 2025, Australia 2025, Worship of Radha-Krishna, Bhagavan: Lord's qualities, demigods: demigods' qualities, gopis: nitya-siddha, guru: guru-tattva, Krishna: Krishna's qualities, Ramachandra: Rama's qualities, rasa dance: conditions to enter rasa dance
05 Sep 2025 midday – Importance of Worshiping the Divine Couple Concurrently (Hindi) | Brisbane, Australia
– Mirabai did not accept Srimati Radhika, so she can only reach Dvaraka. – Mirabai’s inner nature is to be a servant of the queens of Dvaraka. – Laksmi Devi did not achieve the position of a gopi because she did not surrender to the sakhis of Srimati Radhika. – People who worship Krsna but do not worship Radha together with Him can only reach Dvaraka. – There are conditions for entering the rasa dance, just as to obtain any position, we must have the...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses in Hindi 2025, Discourses Translated into English 2025, Brisbane 2025, Australia 2025, Rama-lila, Rama-tattva, bhava: gopi-bhava, guru: guru-nishtha
05 Sep 2025 morning – The Glories of Rama-lila (English), (Hindi), (English translation) | Brisbane, Australia
– There is no point in performing severe austerities for years just to obtain mystical powers with the intention of deceiving people. – The abode of the Lord is reached only through the practice of bhakti, loving devotional service. – Hanuman once used a mystical power that consists of becoming very small while crossing the ocean and a demon fought against him. – Like Hanuman, those who are pure devotees also possess mystical powers, but they do not want to display their...
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04 Sep 2025 evening – Ekadashi (English) | Brisbane, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– The meaning of Parsva Ekadasi relates to when the Lord sleeps, and Uttana Ekadasi to when the Lord awakens. – The house of a person who practices sadhana becomes Goloka Vrndavana. – When a pure sadhu goes to your house, the house becomes a maha-tirtha, a place of pilgrimage; it is purified. – A house whose inhabitants do not practice sadhana is like a snake’s den; Ravana’s house is an example. – The five chaste women: Kunti, Draupadi, Mandodari...
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04 Sep 2025 midday – About Ekadasi and the Seva of Vrnda Devi (English) | Brisbane, Australia
– Today is Parsva Ekadasi (ekadasi, which refers to the moment when the Lord turns sideways while sleeping), and today is the appearance day of Jiva Gosvami. – The Lord performs sweet lilas. – When we sleep, we do not remember the body, but the Lord performs yoga-nidra. – Srimati Radhika curses Her brother Sridhama to be born as a demon, and he curses Radha to be born in the material world. – Encounter and separation. – Sridhama is born as the demon Jalandhar...
2025, Discourses Translated into English 2025, Brisbane 2025, Australia 2025, atmaramas ca munayo, Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.7.10, Morning walks 2025, Glories of Hari-katha, Importance of Listening to Hari-katha, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhakti: stages, bhava: bhava-siddhi (perfection of bhava; attainment of the stage of bhava-bhakti), parents: good parents, perfection: vastu-siddhi/perfection of the self (attainment of one's eternal spiritual identity; realization of one's true nature), renunciation, sadhana: sadhana-siddhi, spiritual progress, svarupa-siddhi: realization of one's spiritual identity (attainment of the eternal constitutional position of the soul; perfection of one's true nature)
04 Sep 2025 morning walk – Harikatha Purifies Hearts (English translation) | Brisbane, Australia
– On the power of sadhana.– Harikatha has the power to remove all our anarthas.– Who doesn’t cry when hearing the Harikatha of Sita and Rama? People filled with anarthas in their hearts.– Signs of spiritual development: realization of the Lord, knowledge, and renunciation of what is not favorable to the Lord.– Devotion arises, and in the same proportion, renunciation of material things occurs. More renunciation, in the same percentage, more knowledge...