The highest education is to study about Krsna. Examples of devotees who achieved perfection by following only one of the members of bhakti. Obtaining the association of pure devotees and hearing harikatha is the highest thing in this world. The greatest pain there is is being distant from the Vaishnavas. When this happens Maya comes and catches us. Explanation of the song radha-krsna-keli: which expresses the loving exchanges between Radha and Krsna. The problem is not mukti (liberation) but...
Delhi 2024
2024, duplicity, Liberation, Mantra: gopala-mantra, Mantra: Kama-gayatri, self-realisation, Discourses translated into English, Delhi, Delhi 2024, India, India 2024
01 Jun 2024 morning – About Spiritual Self-Realisation (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The highest education is to study about Krsna. Examples of devotees who achieved perfection by following only one of the members of bhakti. Obtaining the association of pure devotees and hearing harikatha is the highest thing in this world. The greatest pain there is is being distant from the Vaishnavas. When this happens Maya comes and catches us. Explanation of the song radha-krsna-keli: which expresses the loving exchanges between Radha and Krsna. The problem is not mukti (liberation) but...
2024, Discourses in Hindi, Delhi, Delhi 2024, India, India 2024
29 Apr 2024 morning – Identification with the Divine (Hindi) – Delhi, India| Srila BV Vana Maharaja
0:00 – Krishna and prema (divine love) in Goloka; why Krishna plays the flute; different manifestations of Krishna for His various associates. 6:00 – Transcendental things vs. material things. 8:00 – The difference between our world and the transcendental world. 12:00 – Attaining transcendental feelings – tadatma (identification with the divine); the ability to see the Deity in a stone – seva-unmukhi-vritti vs. bhoga-unmukhi-vritti; chit-buddhi (spiritual intelligence) and bhagavat-buddhi (God...
2024, atma-nivedana, avidya, eleven senses, meaning of aparadha, tattva-jnana, vaidhi-bhakti, Discourses in Hindi, Delhi, Delhi 2024, India, India 2024, trnad api sunicena taror api sahisnuna, Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.2.7, A devotee who asks Yamaraja what is the benefit of listening to twenty-four minutes of harikatha, A person trying to find the exit in a dark room, Yamaraja going to pick up a lady who didn't want to go with him
28 Apr 2024 evening – Inspiration and Power (Hindi) – Delhi, India| Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Ambarisa Maharaja engaged his eleven senses when doing bhajana. We must serve Bhagavan with body, mind and words. This human body is very rare and we obtain it to serve God. Story of a person trying to find the exit in a dark room. Our false ego binds us to this material world. Story of when Brahmaji wanted to resign from his position. In each part of our body a Deity presides. God gives us everything, without Him we wouldn’t even be able to raise our hands. Sloka: tṛṇād api sunīcena...