The internal symptoms of bhava and rati. The example of Paraksit Maharaja. Sri Bhajana-Rahasya: the meaning of jata and ajata-rati-sadhaka, their external and internal symptoms. The meaning of nisanta-bhajana. Symptoms of those who practice devotional service, bhakti. Verse: tasmin mahan-mukharitā madhubhic-caritra (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 4.29.39-40). The symptoms of raganuga-bhaki and vaidhi-bhakti. The process from sraddha to prema. The difference between vidhi-marga and raga-marga. Story of...
Christchurch 2023
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Christchurch 2023, New Zealand 2023
17 Oct 2023 morning – Bhakti-rasayana chapter of Brhad-bhagavatamrta (English) – Christchurch, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sanatana Gosvamipada collected all verses of Srimad Bhagavatam and he explained the highest moods in Vraja. Krishna is called akhila-rasamrta-sindhu, the ocean of mellows. Krishna relishes all the moods in the hearts of His devotees, He is visaya-vigraha, the object of Divine love. How will we serve Krishna? Under the guidance of Srimati Radhika who is asraya-vigraha, the shelter of Divine love. When the forty nine ingredients manifest in our heart then we can taste the mellows, rasas. First...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Christchurch 2023, New Zealand 2023, samskaras
17 Oct 2023 evening – When will we give up material attachments? (English) – Christchurch, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
If you want to depart from this world of samsara, then you have to associate with sadhu and listen to harikatha. Our Acaryas express harikatha again and again to make the samskaras, impressions on the heart. Two things we forget: our birth and our death. It is not so easy to give up the body, so much attachment is coming. Papa-karma and punya-karma are both going with us into the next body. God is calling us, but we are not listening due to samsara-basana, the tendency to enjoy sense...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Christchurch 2023, New Zealand 2023, aparadhas (offences), bhakti: 3 stages of development (sadhana-bhakti; bhava-bhakti and prema-bhakti), bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, bhakti: stages, maya: two functions, self-realisation
16 Oct 2023 evening – Where the Jivas Come From (English) – Christchurch, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The jivas manifest out of Krsna’s marginal potency, tatastha-sakti. The two functions of Maya-devi that cover the jiva: viksepa-atmika-vrtti and avarana-atmika-vrtti. The three bodies of the jiva and the three modes of the nature of the material world. Through sadhu-sanga we get the opportunity to come out of this cycle of repeated birth and death. Two verses: brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān; mālī hañā kare sei bīja āropaṇa (CC Madhya-lila 19.151-152). The nine limbs of bhakti. Verse:...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Christchurch 2023, New Zealand 2023, Krishna-tattva, liberation, renunciation, renunciation (vairagya)
16 Oct 2023 morning – Yasoda and Nanda’s Love for Krishna (English translation) – Christchurch, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The Lord is self-manifest, svayam-prakasa, and everything manifests from Him. One of the meanings of Brahma is Bhagavan, He who has six opulences (Caitanya Caritamrta). Verse: aiśvaryasya samagrasya (Visnu Purana 6.5.47). Question from Pariksit Maharaja: “What pious activities or austerities did Yasoda and Nanda do to be the parents of Krsna in the material world?” The benefits of giving birth to a Vaisnava. The meanings of the names Hari and Bhagavan. Yasoda and Nanda are the...
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Christchurch 2023, New Zealand 2023, Krishna-tattva, liberation, renunciation, renunciation (vairagya)
16 Oct 2023 morning – Yasoda and Nanda’s Love for Krishna (Hindi) – Christchurch, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The Lord is self-manifest, svayam-prakasa, and everything manifests from Him. One of the meanings of Brahma is Bhagavan, He who has six opulences (Caitanya Caritamrta). Verse: aiśvaryasya samagrasya (Visnu Purana 6.5.47). Question from Pariksit Maharaja: “What pious activities or austerities did Yasoda and Nanda do to be the parents of Krsna in the material world?” The benefits of giving birth to a Vaisnava. The meanings of the names Hari and Bhagavan. Yasoda and Nanda are the...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Christchurch 2023, New Zealand 2023, self-realisation, soul: conditioned soul
15 Oct 2023 midday – Bhakti Develops Through Sadhu-sanga (English translation) – Christchurch, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Story of a brahmachari who, at the request of his Guru, went from house to house looking for a Vaisnava. We can only develop our spiritual life in sadhu-sanga. Verse: sādhu-saṅga’, ‘sādhu-saṅga’ — sarva-śāstre kaya (CC Madhya-lila 22.54). Living entities forget Sri Krsna and therefore experience the three forms of material suffering. Sloka: mamaivāṁśo jīva-loke (Bhagavad Gita 15.7). This material world is like a desert. Nama-sankirtana removes all obstacles and makes us reach Sri Krsna. Sloka:...
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Christchurch 2023, New Zealand 2023, self-realisation, soul: conditioned soul
15 Oct 2023 midday – Bhakti Develops Through Sadhu-sanga (Hindi) – Christchurch, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Story of a brahmachari who, at the request of his Guru, went from house to house looking for a Vaisnava. We can only develop our spiritual life in sadhu-sanga. Verse: sādhu-saṅga’, ‘sādhu-saṅga’ — sarva-śāstre kaya (CC Madhya-lila 22.54). Living entities forget Sri Krsna and therefore experience the three forms of material suffering. Sloka: mamaivāṁśo jīva-loke (Bhagavad Gita 15.7). This material world is like a desert. Nama-sankirtana removes all obstacles and makes us reach Sri Krsna. Sloka:...