Song Vraje Prasiddham Navanita: Corastakam. The difference in the presence of ornaments in the spiritual world and the material world. In the spiritual world everything is alive and conscious, absorbed in the service of Krishna. In the spiritual world, water is amrta (nectar) and houses are made of cintamani (desire stones). Song: Govindam Adi Purusam. Every gesture is a beautiful dance, every sound an elaborate music, and what is higher in the transcendental world is lower in the material...
Delhi 2023
27 Jul 2023 evening – The Material World is the Opposite of the Spiritual World (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Song Vraje Prasiddham Navanita: Corastakam. The difference in the presence of ornaments in the spiritual world and the material world. In the spiritual world everything is alive and conscious, absorbed in the service of Krishna. In the spiritual world, water is amrta (nectar) and houses are made of cintamani (desire stones). Song: Govindam Adi Purusam. Every gesture is a beautiful dance, every sound an elaborate music, and what is higher in the transcendental world is lower in the material...
27 Jul 2023 midday – Questions and Answers About the Holy Names (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Dialogue between Siva and Parvati on the holy names. Repent of your aparadhas (offences) and papas (sins) and chant the holy names. Bhakti-lata-bija (seed of bhakti) means the desire to serve Krsna. The mantra is very powerful, surrender to the Lord. Difference between punya and sukrti. Through the mantra, the Guru awakens the sleeping soul in the body. Don’t worry about anything, just chant the holy names, try not to commit any aparadhas, the process will develop little by little. About...
27 Jul 2023 midday – Questions and Answers About the Holy Names (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Dialogue between Siva and Parvati on the holy names. Repent of your aparadhas (offences) and papas (sins) and chant the holy names. Bhakti-lata-bija (seed of bhakti) means the desire to serve Krsna. The mantra is very powerful, surrender to the Lord. Difference between punya and sukrti. Through the mantra, the Guru awakens the sleeping soul in the body. Don’t worry about anything, just chant the holy names, try not to commit any aparadhas, the process will develop little by little. About...
27 Jul 2023 morning – Caitanya-caritamrita, Madhya lila (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Krishna is the possessor of all the potencies and Srimati Radhika is potency itself. The different moods are manifested from the potencies and each of them has a name. Antaranga-sakti (svarupa-sakti), bahiranga-sakti (maya-sakti), and tatastha-sakti (jiva-sakti). Sloka: ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥkṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam (SB 1.3.28). On hladini, sandini, and samvit. Through hladini-sakti Krsna tastes the sweets and offers them to His devotees. The root of all types of bliss/hladini-sakti is Srimati...
27 Jul 2023 morning – Caitanya-caritamrita, Madhya lila (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Krishna is the possessor of all the potencies and Srimati Radhika is potency itself. The different moods are manifested from the potencies and each of them has a name. Antaranga-sakti (svarupa-sakti), bahiranga-sakti (maya-sakti), and tatastha-sakti (jiva-sakti). Sloka: ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥkṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam (SB 1.3.28). On hladini, sandini, and samvit. Through hladini-sakti Krsna tastes the sweets and offers them to His devotees. The root of all types of bliss/hladini-sakti is Srimati...
15 Jul 2023 morning – Chaitanya-charitamrita, Madhya 9 (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Mahaprabhu meets Raya Ramananda. By having Mahaprabhu’s darshan, everyone became a Vaishnava. Srimati Uma Didi and her mother cooked beautifully. And Srimati Uma Didi made Jagannatha’s favourite sweet pitha pana very well. Mahaprabhu’s favourite sweet, dudh lauki lauki. Lila of Mahaprabhu and Sridhara. Mahaprabhu and Sri Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya. At this age it is best to hear, remember (read the scriptures – smaranakhya-bhakti) and chant the holy names. At the stage of...
15 Jul 2023 morning – Chaitanya-charitamrita, Madhya 9 (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Mahaprabhu meets Raya Ramananda. By having Mahaprabhu’s darshan, everyone became a Vaishnava. Srimati Uma Didi and her mother cooked beautifully. And Srimati Uma Didi made Jagannatha’s favourite sweet pitha pana very well. Mahaprabhu’s favourite sweet, dudh lauki lauki. Lila of Mahaprabhu and Sridhara. Mahaprabhu and Sri Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya. At this age it is best to hear, remember (read the scriptures – smaranakhya-bhakti) and chant the holy names. At the stage of...