00:01:34 – Mother Yashoda and the Milk: The Desire to Serve Krishna. Engaging Everything in Service.00:07:11 – The Selfish Desire for Liberation is Egoistic00:09:09 – Mother Yashoda Sprinkles Water: Ensuring the Milk Serves Krishna00:14:12 – Rupa Gosvamipada’s Definition of Bhakti. Types of Mamata (Possessiveness) and Bhava (Spiritual Emotions).00:21:26 – Subal and Krishna: Friendships in Vraja. The Pastime of the Cowherd Boys by the Yamuna.00:32:00 –...
Delhi 2024
21 Oct 2024 morning – Sri Damodarastakam (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
00:01:34 – Mother Yashoda and the Milk: The Desire to Serve Krishna. Engaging Everything in Service.00:07:11 – The Selfish Desire for Liberation is Egoistic00:09:09 – Mother Yashoda Sprinkles Water: Ensuring the Milk Serves Krishna00:14:12 – Rupa Gosvamipada’s Definition of Bhakti. Types of Mamata (Possessiveness) and Bhava (Spiritual Emotions).00:21:26 – Subal and Krishna: Friendships in Vraja. The Pastime of the Cowherd Boys by the Yamuna.00:32:00 –...
20 Oct 2024 evening – The Glories of the Bhagavat Saptaha in the Month of Kartika (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Kartik-vrata and Damodara-vrata destroy all anarthas. The presiding Deity of the month of Kartika is Srimati Radharani Herself, the internal potency of Sri Krsna. She is the embodiment of prema. Wherever Srimati Radhika looks, She only sees Sri Krsna. The essence of all prema is bhava, of all bhava is maha-bhava, and the essence of everything is maha-bhava-svarupini Srimati Radhika. The mahamantra is mentioned in the Kali Upanisad. Sri Krsna incarnated in the form of Srimad Bhagavatam. Lord...
20 Oct 2024 evening – The Glories of the Bhagavat Saptaha in the Month of Kartika (Hindi) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Kartik-vrata and Damodara-vrata destroy all anarthas. The presiding Deity of the month of Kartika is Srimati Radharani Herself, the internal potency of Sri Krsna. She is the embodiment of prema. Wherever Srimati Radhika looks, She only sees Sri Krsna. The essence of all prema is bhava, of all bhava is maha-bhava, and the essence of everything is maha-bhava-svarupini Srimati Radhika. The mahamantra is mentioned in the Kali Upanisad. Sri Krsna incarnated in the form of Srimad Bhagavatam. Lord...
20 Oct 2024 evening – Guru-nistha (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Through the bhaktas, Sri Krsna distributes His mercy. Lila of Narada Muni and Dhruva Maharaja. Take shelter of a pure devotee of the Lord. The Guru is looking for the disciple. We must know what kind of Guru we want to accept. The Lord inspires everyone, Guru and disciple. The Guru wants to give everything to the disciple and therefore prepares the disciple until he is ready to receive. Story of Vyasa Deva and Sukadeva Gosvami. In Vrndavana, on a road leading to the forest, Vyasa Deva sat and...
20 Oct 2024 evening – Guru-nistha (Hindi) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Through the bhaktas, Sri Krsna distributes His mercy. Lila of Narada Muni and Dhruva Maharaja. Take shelter of a pure devotee of the Lord. The Guru is looking for the disciple. We must know what kind of Guru we want to accept. The Lord inspires everyone, Guru and disciple. The Guru wants to give everything to the disciple and therefore prepares the disciple until he is ready to receive. Story of Vyasa Deva and Sukadeva Gosvami. In Vrndavana, on a road leading to the forest, Vyasa Deva sat and...
20 Oct 2024 morning – Sadhana Bhakti, Bhava Bhakti and Prema Bhakti (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Lila of mother Yasoda breastfeeding Sri Krsna and the milk boiling in the pot. One who has sradha is qualified to practice bhakti. The stages of bhakti, 81 types in total. The kanistha-adhikari has as its main quality faith in the Deity and in the words of Sri Guru. Our soul is the servant of Sri Krsna, not of demigods. Verse: jivera svarupa haya… (CC Madhya 20.108). We must develop exclusive loyalty because one cannot cross a river with one foot in each boat. Song: Damodarastakam. Sri Krsna...
20 Oct 2024 morning – Sadhana Bhakti, Bhava Bhakti and Prema Bhakti (Hindi) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Lila of mother Yasoda breastfeeding Sri Krsna and the milk boiling in the pot. One who has sradha is qualified to practice bhakti. The stages of bhakti, 81 types in total. The kanistha-adhikari has as its main quality faith in the Deity and in the words of Sri Guru. Our soul is the servant of Sri Krsna, not of demigods. Verse: jivera svarupa haya… (CC Madhya 20.108). We must develop exclusive loyalty because one cannot cross a river with one foot in each boat. Song: Damodarastakam. Sri Krsna...