-Rupa Gosvami fulfilled the desires of Lord Caitanya-What is the definition of rupanuga-Desire a sprinkle of mercy & mood from Srila Rupa Gosvami & Rupa Manjari. Receive this and you will easily attain service to Srimati Radhika-Very expert connoisseurs can relish rasa-madhurya, like Rupa & Sanatana-Pastime of Srimati Radhika coming to make sweet rice for Rupa & Sanatana in order to listen to their hari-katha-Lord Caitanya gave the treasures of his heart to Srila Rupa Gosvami...
Capelle aan den IJssel 2022
2022, Discourses in English 2022, Capelle aan den IJssel 2022, Netherlands 2022, Rupa Gosvami, Sanatana Gosvami, bhava: bhava-siddhi (perfection of bhava; attainment of the stage of bhava-bhakti), liberation, perfection: vastu-siddhi/perfection of the self (attainment of one's eternal spiritual identity; realization of one's true nature), sadhana: sadhana-siddhi, service: cooking, svarupa-siddhi: realization of one's spiritual identity (attainment of the eternal constitutional position of the soul; perfection of one's true nature)
04 Aug 2022 evening – Sri Rupa & Sanatana Glories (English) – Capelle aan den IJssel, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Hariyali Teej is going on in Vraja now-Benediction obtained by Kalayavana from Shivaji-Benediction given by Indra to Muchukunda-Lila of Krishna making Muchukunda to burn Kalayavana into ashes-Only Mukunda gives liberation-Bhavapavargo bhramato yada bhavej sloka discussion-Life in the material world is called pavarga because in this world we are subject to five kinds of suffering, which are represented by the Sanskrit letters pa (very hard labor), pha (foam from the mouth with heavy labor), ba...
2022, Discourses in English 2022, Capelle aan den IJssel 2022, Netherlands 2022, atma-nivedana: full surrender of the self (complete dedication of oneself to Krishna; one of the nine processes of bhakti), universe: brahmanda
02 Aug 2022 evening – Sadhus’ Care for Baddha-jivas (English) – Capelle aan den IJssel, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Brahmanda bhramite kona bhagyavan jiva sloka discussion-Doing spiritual practice and continuing to commit offenses is like treating a cough with medicine, but continuing to perform activities that make the cough worse (like eating ice cream and dairy products).-Daksha Prajapati and Shiva katha (shortly)-The story of Lord Indra becoming a pig and not willing to return back to his heavenly kingdom-Krsna bhuli’ sei jiva anadi-bahirmukha: Guru and Vaishnavas again and again remind us that we are...
2022, Discourses in English 2022, Capelle aan den IJssel 2022, Netherlands 2022, Importance of Vaishnava Association, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), association: bad association, character quality: criticism, mantras: diksha-mantras, rasa dance: rasa-lila
31 Jul 2022 evening – The Beauty of Sadhu-sanga (English) – Capelle aan den IJssel, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-The purpose of the human tongue, limbs, and eyes-If we do not use this human body in proper service, next birth we could be born in a nonhuman body, or blind/dumb-The gopis say their eyes should be burned in fire if they cannot take darshana of Govinda-The gopis chastise Krsna for not playing the flute at proper times and say its bamboo should be burned to ashes-Mauna vow (vow of silence) is not possible in Kali-yuga: speaking krsna-katha is the true mauna vow-The nature of the mind is to...
2022, Discourses in English 2022, Capelle aan den IJssel 2022, Netherlands 2022, samskaras
14 May 2022 evening – Sadhu-sanga mahima (English) – Capelle aan den IJssel, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Importance of giving samskaras to children.-Different samskaras mentioned in Sat-kriya-saradipika.-Naradaji giving advice to Hiranyakasipu to do tapasya to avenge his brother’s death.-Yogamaya manifesting as parrot & making Hiranyakasipu divert from chanting Brahma-mantra to Vishnu-mantra.-Hiranyakasipu returning back home & met with his wife Kayadhu.-When the baby comes into the womb of the mother she should be neat & clean reading Bhagavad-gita & Srimad-Bhagavatam.-Lila...