Yamaraja said that whoever does not chant the Holy Names goes to his home. Katha of the visnudutas protecting Ajamil. Verse: kṛṣṇa-bhakti-janma-mūla haya ‘sādhu-saṅga’ (CC Madhya-lila 22.83). Different types of sadhu. The humor of Sacinandana Goura Hari. Verse: namo mahā-vadānyāya kṛṣṇa-prema-pradāya te (CC Madhya-lila 19.53). Goura katha means Radha-Krsna katha. Verse: anaradha radha-padambhoja-renum (Sva-sankalpa-prakasa-stotra 1). Sanskaras are very powerful, realizations happen in our...
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04 Feb 2024 morning – The Sadhaka Bilvamangala Thakura (English) – Miami, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The five types of sadhaka. One who performs sadhana and bhajana for God is a sadhaka. Bilvamangala Thakura is an example of a sadhaka. Life story of Bilvamangala Thakura. He was a rasika-vaisnava and obtained qualification to see the Lord. There are many different types of brahmana. Verse: aho Bata śva-paco ’to garīyān (Srimad Bhagavatam 3.33.7). We are not brahmanas just because we were born into a family of brahmanas and have a sacred thread. Chant the Gayatri mantras. Give all your...
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03 Feb 2024 evening – Sadhu Sanga Mahima (English) – Miami, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sadhu Sanga Mahima: the glories of association with the sadhu. Sloka: sādhu-saṅga’, ‘sādhu-saṅga’ — sarva-śāstre kaya (CC Madhya-lila 22.54). Sloka: kṛṣṇa-bhakti-janma-mūla haya ‘sādhu-saṅga’ kṛṣṇa-prema janme, teṅho punaḥ mukhya aṅga (CC Madhya-lila 22.83). The different types of sadhus: jnani-sadhus, karmi-sadhus, bhakta-sadhus. Sambandhatmika-bhakti and kamatmika-bhakti. What is better? Feeling that “I belong to Krsna” or that “Krsna belongs to me?” Krsna belongs to me is better, this is...
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03 Feb 2024 midday – The Power of Nrisimhadeva and the Maha Mantra (English) – Miami, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Human life is very rare! Sloka: durlabho mānuṣo deho dehināṁ kṣaṇa-bhaṅguraḥ (ŚB 11.2.29). – People do karma for two reasons: to try to remove sadness; and to try to obtain more happiness and joy. However, the opposite happens. – All karma will be destroyed for one who practises bhakti (devotional service to the Lord). – Offer everything to Govinda and you will no longer be born in this material world. – Song: Sri Nrsimha Pranama, by Vyasadeva. – Always...
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02 Feb 2024 evening – Manifestation of the Constitutional Form of the Soul (English) – Miami, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
In this Kali-yuga, an era of fights and arguments, the spiritual process is just nama-sankirtana. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu invested all His potency in the Holy Names, which is superior to Hari Himself. It is necessary to avoid the ten offences in chanting the Holy Names, nama-sankirtana The three most dangerous offences: never criticising the sadhu, not thinking that Krsna’s name is the same as Siva’s name, never dishonouring the Guru. If Krsna is dissatisfied, the Guru can help. If...