Time and tide wait for no one. Human life is very rare. Surrender to Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Read Srimad-Bhagavatam under the guidance of shuddha-vaishnavas. Nigama-kalpa-taror galitam sloka. Shukadeva Gosvami, as Srimati Radhika’s parrot, kissed Her lotus lips, and that is why his hari-katha became so nectarean. The gopis did not allow Shukadeva Gosvami to put their names in Srimad-Bhagavatam. Shukadeva Gosvami did not mention the names of the gopis directly in Srimad-Bhagavatam...
Dijon 2023
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Dijon 2023, France 2023, rasas: sakhya-bhava
23 May 2023 morning – Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s Magnanimity & Nectar (English) – Dijon, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
How the bhakta gets unconscious due to Bhagavan’s qualities of saundarya, saurabhya, sausvarya, saukumarya, saurasya, audarya and karunya & Bhagavan makes bhakta to taste the nectar. Bhakta’s dainya (humility). Prema is ice and fire at the same time. The more prema is, the more humility is. The nectar in the material and transcendental world (jadamrita, svargamrita, mokshamrita, vaikunthamrita, goloka vrindavanamrita). Goloka vrindavanamrita types are sakhya-bhava amrita, vatsalya-bhava...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Dijon 2023, France 2023
23 May 2023 morning – Sri Radha and Her Sakhis (English) – Dijon, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Krishna is the best cheater and Srimati Radhika is the best of the best. Hide-and-seek of Krishna and Srimati Radhika. Sri Radha’s interaction with Citra-devi, Lalita-devi and Vishakha-devi. The character of Lalita-devi and Vishakha-devi. The age of Srimati Radhika and the ages of some of Her sakhis. The lila of Krishna as a black swan and Sri Radha as a white swan; this is sadharanikarana-lila. The meaning of sadharanikarana. Question: Should we realise our karma before we start...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Dijon 2023, France 2023, bhakti: bhakti-yoga (path of devotion; the practice of connecting with Krishna through devotional service; the process of awakening love for Krishna), liberation
22 May 2023 evening – How to Free Yourself From the Influence of Maya (English) – Dijon, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The spontaneous nature of the soul of every living entity is the practice of bhakti, serving Sri Krishna (Sri Caitanya Bhagavata). Through karma, yoga, tapasya, no one can reach the Lord (Srimad Bhagavatam, 11th canto). The demigods, Brahma, Shiva, Narada, all seek the devotional service of the Lord. Souls are trapped in the cycle of innumerable births and deaths, forgetting their true identity and wandering through different planetary systems. There are 7 levels of higher and 7 lower planetary...