Today is Ekadasi, very pure day. We should not abandon Ekadasi even at the time of death. Story of King Rukmangada and his faith in Ekadasi. The difference between King Rukmangada and King Ravana. About the activities of kings. Different types of marriage. The second wife of King Rukmangada. The terrible test of faith faced by King Rukmangada and his family. There is a concession of some food on Ekadasi for people who need to eat something on this day. About Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s...
Delhi 2023
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Delhi 2023, India 2023, devotion: 3 aspects of devotion (bhaki; bhakta; Bhagavan), jiva-tattva and parikara-tattva: difference, jiva: jiva-tattva, renunciation
13 Jul 2023 afternoon – Q & A (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja/Room katha
Dhira Krishna Prabhu. Questions about Vaikuntha. Gurudeva: Tell me about Goloka Vrindavana. I am not interested in Vaikuntha. Explanation of shuddha-sattva vishesha-atma. Verses from Bhakta Bhakti Bhagavan. Renunciation is best when it comes naturally. Explanation of aprakrita-sahajiya. Manifestation of love by the gopis. Difference between jiva-tattva and parikara-tattva. Ways in which love manifests: shravana, darshana, etc. Gopis have love for Krishna naturally from birth. Importance of sat...
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Delhi 2023, India 2023, devotion: 3 aspects of devotion (bhaki; bhakta; Bhagavan), jiva-tattva and parikara-tattva: difference, jiva: jiva-tattva, renunciation
13 Jul 2023 afternoon – Q & A (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja/Room katha
Dhira Krishna Prabhu. Questions about Vaikuntha. Gurudeva: Tell me about Goloka Vrindavana. I am not interested in Vaikuntha. Explanation of shuddha-sattva vishesha-atma. Verses from Bhakta Bhakti Bhagavan. Renunciation is best when it comes naturally. Explanation of aprakrita-sahajiya. Manifestation of love by the gopis. Difference between jiva-tattva and parikara-tattva. Ways in which love manifests: shravana, darshana, etc. Gopis have love for Krishna naturally from birth. Importance of sat...
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Delhi 2023, India 2023
12 Jul 2023 evening – By Bhakti We Can Attain God (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Mahaprabhu asked the Tattva-vadi’s what is the sadhana and sadhya? Sravana and kirtana are the saddhana and krishna-prema is the goal. Each limb of bhakti is signified by one devotee of the Lord. Reasons why tears are not coming whilst chanting holy names. We are indebted to God for everything. There should be gratitude in the heart for Him. Story of the minister and his barber who helped the lion. When there is ruci in harikatha, slowly the sadhaka enters the path of bhakti. In Kali-yuga...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Delhi 2023, India 2023
12 Jul 2023 evening – By Bhakti We Can Attain God (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 PART 2 Mahaprabhu asked the Tattva-vadi’s what is the sadhana and sadhya? Sravana and kirtana are the saddhana and krishna-prema is the goal. Each limb of bhakti is signified by one devotee of the Lord. Reasons why tears are not coming whilst chanting holy names. We are indebted to God for everything. There should be gratitude in the heart for Him. Story of the minister and his barber who helped the lion. When there is ruci in harikatha, slowly the sadhaka enters the path of bhakti. In...
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Delhi 2023, India 2023, sleeping: dreams
12 Jul 2023 evening – Stages of separation moods (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja/Room harikatha
Harikatha of mahishis of Dvaraka in separation mood from Krishna, prema-vaichitya. The rudha and adhirudha-mahabhava, feeling of separation although Krishna is present. Lila of queens of Dvaraka speaking to the kurari birds. The nature of dreams. Humans worry so much, this manifests in dreams. Srimati Radhika’s letter of love to Krishna. Symbols and signs of love in Srimati Radhika and the gopis. Beautiful shloka Srimad-Bhagavatam Canto 10.90.15 In meeting we do not think so much. In separation...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Delhi 2023, India 2023, sleeping: dreams
12 Jul 2023 evening – Stages of separation moods (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja/Room harikatha
Harikatha of mahishis of Dvaraka in separation mood from Krishna, prema-vaichitya. The rudha and adhirudha-mahabhava, feeling of separation although Krishna is present. Lila of queens of Dvaraka speaking to the kurari birds. The nature of dreams. Humans worry so much, this manifests in dreams. Srimati Radhika’s letter of love to Krishna. Symbols and signs of love in Srimati Radhika and the gopis. Beautiful shloka Srimad-Bhagavatam Canto 10.90.15 In meeting we do not think so much. In separation...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Delhi 2023, India 2023
12 Jul 2023 morning – How to purify our spiritual practices (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Mahaprabhu tells the Tattvavadi’s, the ultimate goal is to attain krishna-prema. Discussion of the four varnas and of the fifth, sukra-varna or hamsa-varna, at the time of creation, when all are brahmana. Activities we carry out, day and night. How to purify money. The different karmas explained and give up karma, slowly, slowly. Story of the senses going on strike. All parts of our body have presiding deities. When we worship Krishna, all demigods and demigoddesses are happy. How to gain ruci...