-Due to poor hearing of hari-katha one feels materialistic problems.-First read Manah-siksha.-Srila Raghunath das gosvami said in Manah-siksha to pacify the mind.-First hear hari-katha from gurudev.-Mind gets restless due to attachment to material things.-How to control the mind.-First one has to get suddha-bhakti at the lotus feet of guru.-One should get rati in mantra & nama.-One should have one-pointedness towards Krsna.-Give up ahankara that you are the doer.-You are the servant of the...
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24 Nov 2022 morning – Controlling restless mind (Hindi) – Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Due to poor hearing of hari-katha one feels materialistic problems.-First read Manah-siksha.-Srila Raghunath das gosvami said in Manah-siksha to pacify the mind.-First hear hari-katha from gurudev.-Mind gets restless due to attachment to material things.-How to control the mind.-First one has to get suddha-bhakti at the lotus feet of guru.-One should get rati in mantra & nama.-One should have one-pointedness towards Krsna.-Give up ahankara that you are the doer.-You are the servant of the...
2022, Discourses in Hindi 2022, Bhuj 2022, Gujarat 2022, India 2022, Bhagavata-saptaha in Bhuj 2022, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhakti: bhakti-yoga (path of devotion; the practice of connecting with Krishna through devotional service; the process of awakening love for Krishna), rasa dance: rasa-lila, renunciation: aptakama ((those whose desires are fulfilled)
23 Nov 2022 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 7 (Hindi) – Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-The meaning of yoga; bhakti-yoga-Uddhava in Vraja-Rama-nishtha of Hanuman-Damodara-lila-The gopis are envious of Krishna’s flute-Rasa-lila-Lila of how Krishna put kajal on the second eye of the gopi-We do not hear the sound of Krishna’s flute due to our anarthas-The gopis and Krishna discuss love; the gopis joke and tease Krishna-Janaka Maharaja is aptarama and aptakama but he cried when Sita-devi left home to marry-Sudama-vipra katha-Krishna’s lilas in Mathura, Vrindavana and Dvaraka-Mausala...
2022, Discourses Translated into English 2022, Bhuj 2022, Gujarat 2022, India 2022, Bhagavata-saptaha in Bhuj 2022, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhakti: bhakti-yoga (path of devotion; the practice of connecting with Krishna through devotional service; the process of awakening love for Krishna), rasa dance: rasa-lila, renunciation: aptakama ((those whose desires are fulfilled)
23 Nov 2022 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 7 (English translation) – Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 -The meaning of yoga; bhakti-yoga-Uddhava in Vraja-Rama-nishtha of Hanuman-Damodara-lila-The gopis are envious of Krishna’s flute-Rasa-lila-Lila of how Krishna put kajal on the second eye of the gopi-We do not hear the sound of Krishna’s flute due to our anarthas-The gopis and Krishna discuss love; the gopis joke and tease Krishna-Janaka Maharaja is aptarama and aptakama but he cried when Sita-devi left home to marry-Sudama-vipra katha-Krishna’s lilas in Mathura, Vrindavana and Dvaraka...
2022, Discourses Translated into English 2022, Bhuj 2022, Gujarat 2022, India 2022, Bhagavata-saptaha in Bhuj 2022, Govardhana-dharana Lila, ghosts, lilas: Indrajalika-lilas
22 Nov 2022 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 6 (English translation) – Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 -Srila Sukadeva Gosvami hides the name of his Guru, Srimati Radhika and Her sakhis in Srimad-Bhagavatam-Srimati Radhika does not want to descend to this material world-Description of Vrindavana-Birth and appearance lilas of Krishna-Indrajalika-lilas: the lila of how one family of illusionists faked their death-How to recognise ghosts-Karma-tattva-The story of how one friend poisoned another for winning the lottery-Lilas of baby Krishna stealing the butter-Kaliya-damana-lila (briefly)...
2022, Discourses in Hindi 2022, Bhuj 2022, Gujarat 2022, India 2022, Bhagavata-saptaha in Bhuj 2022, Govardhana-dharana Lila, ghosts, lilas: Indrajalika-lilas
22 Nov 2022 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 6 (Hindi) – Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 -Srila Sukadeva Gosvami hides the name of his Guru, Srimati Radhika and Her sakhis in Srimad-Bhagavatam-Srimati Radhika does not want to descend to this material world-Description of Vrindavana-Birth and appearance lilas of Krishna-Indrajalika-lilas: the lila of how one family of illusionists faked their death-How to recognise ghosts-Karma-tattva-The story of how one friend poisoned another for winning the lottery-Lilas of baby Krishna stealing the butter-Kaliya-damana-lila (briefly)...
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21 Nov 2022 morning – Have Guru-Nishtha (English translation) – Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Which is the heaviest thing in the universe.-Ravana considers Shivaji as guru but never pays obeisances to Shivaji & lifts Kailash instead.-Bali placing Ravana in his armpit.-Bhakta-sanga is sadhu-sanga.-Bhakta always should put faith in the words of the guru.-Sabhari katha of staying in Mathanga Rishi’s ashram & on his order kept waiting for Lord Rama & Lakshmana to arrive at ashrama.-Sabhari’s explanation as why she decorates ashrama with flowers-Rama & Lakshmana...
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21 Nov 2022 morning – Have Guru-Nishtha (Hindi) – Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Which is the heaviest thing in the universe.-Ravana considers Shivaji as guru but never pays obeisances to Shivaji & lifts Kailash instead.-Bali placing Ravana in his armpit.-Bhakta-sanga is sadhu-sanga.-Bhakta always should put faith in the words of the guru.-Sabhari katha of staying in Mathanga Rishi’s ashram & on his order kept waiting for Lord Rama & Lakshmana to arrive at ashrama.-Sabhari’s explanation as why she decorates ashrama with flowers-Rama & Lakshmana...