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...
Delhi 2024
28 Apr 2024 midday – The Power of Mantra (English translation) – Delhi, India| Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Story of a brahmana who received the gopal-mantra in a dream. The power of mantra. Story that Sivaji tells a poor brahmana to go and meet Sanatana Gosvami who was rich. All material things cause pain. Only krsna-prema (pure love for God) meets all our needs. Holy rivers destroy our sins and bless us. The blessings of pilgrimage sites. Maha-mantra: śrī kṛṣṇa gopāla hare mukunda… (Bṛhad- bhāgavatāmṛtam 2.4.7). The instruction is that we should not say to anyone the mantra that Sri Guru gave us...
28 Apr 2024 midday – The Power of Mantra (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Story of a brahmana who received the gopal-mantra in a dream. The power of mantra. Story that Sivaji tells a poor brahmana to go and meet Sanatana Gosvami who was rich. All material things cause pain. Only krsna-prema (pure love for God) meets all our needs. Holy rivers destroy our sins and bless us. The blessings of pilgrimage sites. Maha-mantra: śrī kṛṣṇa gopāla hare mukunda… (Bṛhad- bhāgavatāmṛtam 2.4.7). The instruction is that we should not say to anyone the mantra that Sri Guru gave us...
28 Apr 2024 morning – The Kingdom of Prema (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Loving lilies, jokes and cuteness between Sri Krsna as dhira-lalita-nayka (a type of hero) and the sakhis. Description of prema-vivartha, the whirlpool of love between beloved and lover. The difference between advaita-siddhi (all becomes one) and prema-vivartha (two appear to be one/absorption). Explanation of feelings of meeting and separation. Srimati Radhika’s Lila alone, absorbed in separation from Sri Krsna. In the transcendental world, everyone has their individual existence...
28 Apr 2024 morning – The Kingdom of Prema (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Loving lilies, jokes and cuteness between Sri Krsna as dhira-lalita-nayka (a type of hero) and the sakhis. Description of prema-vivartha, the whirlpool of love between beloved and lover. The difference between advaita-siddhi (all becomes one) and prema-vivartha (two appear to be one/absorption). Explanation of feelings of meeting and separation. Srimati Radhika’s Lila alone, absorbed in separation from Sri Krsna. In the transcendental world, everyone has their individual existence...
18 Apr 2024 midday – Highest Sadhu-sanga (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sadhu-sanga is very rare and so is the human body. There are many types of sadhu, but the sadhu who leads us to Vraja is the best of all. About Mangala Maharaja, disciple of Srila Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Gosvami Maharaja, who was a yoga practitioner and was censured by the vrajavasis. Sukadeva Gosvami explains to Pariksit Maharaja what kind of feelings vrajavasis have in their hearts. Beautiful description of Krsna: barhāpīḍaṁ naṭa-vara-vapuḥ karṇayoḥ karṇikāraṁ (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.21.5)...
18 Apr 2024 midday – Highest Sadhu-sanga (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sadhu-sanga is very rare and so is the human body. There are many types of sadhu, but the sadhu who leads us to Vraja is the best of all. About Mangala Maharaja, disciple of Srila Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Gosvami Maharaja, who was a yoga practitioner and was censured by the vrajavasis. Sukadeva Gosvami explains to Pariksit Maharaja what kind of feelings vrajavasis have in their hearts. Beautiful description of Krsna: barhāpīḍaṁ naṭa-vara-vapuḥ karṇayoḥ karṇikāraṁ (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.21.5)...
18 Apr 2024 morning – Ramachandra katha (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The original Ramayana was written in Sanskrit by Valmiki and is very erudite. Rama Carita Manas by Tulasi Dasa was written in Hindi in a very simple language so that all the people could read it. The demigods yearn for the human body because the enjoyment in that body is limited. The person mainly needs to know their own name, their father’s name and their grandfather’s name. Story of King Aja, father of Dasaratha Maharaja and grandfather of Ramacandra. He was very powerful...