Delhi 2024

29 Jun 2024 evening darshana – Listening to Harikatha is Very Important! (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

About the five goals of human life: dharma, artha, kama and moksa and, the best of all, prema-bhakti. About karma-kanda. About mukti and how prema-bhaktas think about the subject. Self-realization is the best realization. Abandon dry logic and listen to harikatha from a bona fide rasika-prema-bhakta saint. Do bhajana in the asram you are in. There is no need to change asrams. Do not practice bhajana only in old age, you need to practice at whatever age you are. ⁠The importance of hearing...

29 Jun 2024 evening darshana – Listening to Harikatha is Very Important! (Hindi) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

About the five goals of human life: dharma, artha, kama and moksa and, the best of all, prema-bhakti. About karma-kanda. About mukti and how prema-bhaktas think about the subject. Self-realization is the best realization. Abandon dry logic and listen to harikatha from a bona fide rasika-prema-bhakta saint. Do bhajana in the asram you are in. There is no need to change asrams. Do not practice bhajana only in old age, you need to practice at whatever age you are. ⁠The importance of hearing...

29 Jun 2024 midday (at the bedroom door) – The Importance of Practising Bhajana (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

The meaning of prema. If you have debts with someone you must pay that person. The sadhu pays someone through Harikatha. The sadhu’s duty is to practise bhajana and teach others how to practise it too. A true sadhu wants his disciples to preach and encourage people to chant the Holy Names, just as Mahaprabhu did. The soul conditioned in Kali-yuga has no faith. We should insist three times for someone to chant Hare Krsna, and if the person does not chant the third time, we can engage him...

29 Jun 2024 midday (at the bedroom door) – The Importance of Practising Bhajana (Hindi) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 1 The meaning of prema. If you have debts with someone you must pay that person. The sadhu pays someone through Harikatha. The sadhu’s duty is to practise bhajana and teach others how to practise it too. A true sadhu wants his disciples to preach and encourage people to chant the Holy Names, just as Mahaprabhu did. The soul conditioned in Kali-yuga has no faith. We should insist three times for someone to chant Hare Krsna, and if the person does not chant the third time, we can...

01 Jun 2024 evening – The Parikrama of Vrindavana and Govardhana (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Lord Ramacandra uses only a very special arrow called rama bana. The different types of disciples that are not useful. We must always be connected with the Guru. If you do not follow the Guru’s instructions, then it is not guru-seva. About vani-seva (brha-mridanga-seva), the highest service. Posting slokas and the Hare Krsna maha-mantra on Facebook is very good! In this Dhanya Kali-yuga, Kalki Avatara does not come due to the emergence of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. About the effects of the...

01 Jun 2024 evening – The Parikrama of Vrindavana and Govardhana (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Lord Ramacandra uses only a very special arrow called rama bana. The different types of disciples that are not useful. We must always be connected with the Guru. If you do not follow the Guru’s instructions, then it is not guru-seva. About vani-seva (brha-mridanga-seva), the highest service. Posting slokas and the Hare Krsna maha-mantra on Facebook is very good! In this Dhanya Kali-yuga, Kalki Avatara does not come due to the emergence of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. About the effects of the...

01 Jun 2024 midday – The Glories of Humor of Vraja (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Srila Gurudeva glorifies the kirtana of Tamal Krsna Dasa Prabhu. The glories of the sound of Krsna’s flute. God wants to accept our mood. Prema is not something possible to obtain in this world, here the sadhaka only reaches bhava. The four types of Vrajavasis. Description of Vrndavana locations. The different types of dhama. Sloka: sādhu-saṅga’, ‘sādhu-saṅga’ — sarva-śāstre kaya… (CC Madhya 22.54). The glories of association with the sadhu. We should be absorbed in the bhava of Vrndanava...

01 Jun 2024 midday – The Glories of Humor of Vraja (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Srila Gurudeva glorifies the kirtana of Tamal Krsna Dasa Prabhu. The glories of the sound of Krsna’s flute. God wants to accept our mood. Prema is not something possible to obtain in this world, here the sadhaka only reaches bhava. The four types of Vrajavasis. Description of Vrndavana locations. The different types of dhama. Sloka: sādhu-saṅga’, ‘sādhu-saṅga’ — sarva-śāstre kaya… (CC Madhya 22.54). The glories of association with the sadhu. We should be absorbed in the bhava of Vrndanava...