0:00:27 – When a sadhu speaks Hari-katha, all sins are destroyed; an example from Sadhana-bhakti is Subal and Sridam. However, one must not think, “I am Subal”; that is called impersonalism. 0:07:10 – The second stage of bhakti; the 9 external and 3 internal moods of bhakti. 0:16:12 – The third stage, Prema-bhakti; Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami tells Krishna, “I pray only for the mercy of Radharani.” This is one-pointed focus. 0:20:35 – You will possess...
Gujarat 2024
2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Bhuj 2024, Gujarat 2024, India 2024, bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, bhava: gopi-bhava
26 Nov 2024 midday – Gopi-bhava (English translation) | Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
0:00:27 – When a sadhu speaks Hari-katha, all sins are destroyed; an example from Sadhana-bhakti is Subal and Sridam. However, one must not think, “I am Subal”; that is called impersonalism. 0:07:10 – The second stage of bhakti; the 9 external and 3 internal moods of bhakti. 0:16:12 – The third stage, Prema-bhakti; Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami tells Krishna, “I pray only for the mercy of Radharani.” This is one-pointed focus. 0:20:35 – You will possess...
2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Bhuj 2024, Gujarat 2024, India 2024, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, samskaras, service: cooking, sound: transcendental vibrations
26 Nov 2024 morning – Vaidhi-marga and raga-marga (Hindi) | Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
0:00:15 – What is bhakti? It is Srimati Radharani Herself. Example of a tree: when you water the root, all the parts are nourished. 0:03:13 – Where does shraddha (faith) come from? From Srimati Radharani. Rasa-vichar (analysis of mellows) is the mercy of Radharani; tattva-vichar (philosophical analysis) is the mercy of Baladeva Prabhu. 0:03:50 – The meaning of sadhu-sanga (association with saints) is to serve Sri Hari. A person who listens to Krishna-katha hears transcendental...
2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Bhuj 2024, Gujarat 2024, India 2024, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, samskaras, service: cooking, sound: transcendental vibrations
26 Nov 2024 morning – Vaidhi-marga and raga-marga (English translation) | Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
0:00:15 – What is bhakti? It is Srimati Radharani Herself. Example of a tree: when you water the root, all the parts are nourished. 0:03:13 – Where does shraddha (faith) come from? From Srimati Radharani. Rasa-vichar (analysis of mellows) is the mercy of Radharani; tattva-vichar (philosophical analysis) is the mercy of Baladeva Prabhu. 0:03:50 – The meaning of sadhu-sanga (association with saints) is to serve Sri Hari. A person who listens to Krishna-katha hears transcendental...
2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Bhuj 2024, Gujarat 2024, India 2024, gopyah kamad bhayat kamso, A Gopi Leaves Her Roti Preparation and Runs to Krishna Upon Hearing His Flute, Krishna and Narada Rishi Go Begging as Sadhus and Krishna Takes Away an Old Woman’s Cow, Krishna Kills Shishupala, Yogamaya Manifests a Black Serpent to Help Krishna Break Srimati Radhika’s Mana, anuraga: first signs of anuraga (deep attachment): darshan (seeing), anuraga: signs, astrology: planets that are positioned behind, atriptata: insatiable longing, Bhagavan: sach-chid-ananda (sat-chid-ananda), darshana: darshan-atriptata (insatiable longing for sight), parasparana (mutual exchange), rasa dance: gopis that did not enter rasa dance, tattva: 28 tattvas (categories of reality described in Vaishnava philosophy), Yajnapatnis, Yogamaya: Yogamaya stoppes some gopis
25 Nov 2024 morning – Attaining Perfection (Hindi) | Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
0:01:54 – How a sadhaka progresses in bhajan and sadhana: until we have realization of the atma, we cannot see our transcendental body. When we serve our inner ishtadeva (chosen Deity), it is called bhajan. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur says that during sadhana, by performing the practice, the sadaka attains perfection. 0:03:45 – The 28 tattvas (truths). Baladeva Vidyabhushana Prabhu describes the 28 tattvas. Some acharyas say there are 27 tattvas. The book Siddhanta-tattva describes 28...
2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Bhuj 2024, Gujarat 2024, India 2024, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), anuraga: deep attachment (stage of prema; intense love and constant attraction toward Krishna), bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, gopis: nitya-siddha, relatives
25 Nov 2024 morning – Attaining Perfection (English translation) | Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
0:01:54 – How a sadhaka progresses in bhajan and sadhana: until we have realization of the atma, we cannot see our transcendental body. When we serve our inner ishtadeva (chosen Deity), it is called bhajan. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur says that during sadhana, by performing the practice, the sadaka attains perfection. 0:03:45 – The 28 tattvas (truths). Baladeva Vidyabhushana Prabhu describes the 28 tattvas. Some acharyas say there are 27 tattvas. The book Siddhanta-tattva describes 28...
2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Bhuj 2024, Gujarat 2024, India 2024, Bhagavata-saptaha in Bhuj 2024, age: old age, character quality: duplicity, liberation, samskaras, Vedavyasa, Vyasadeva, Bhagavata-saptaha in Bhuj 2024
24 Nov 2024 evening – Sri Bhagavad-saptaha, day 5 (Hindi) | Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 0:03:06 – The presiding deity of the Gaudiya Vaishnavas is Srimati Radhika; this is established in the Brahma-samhita from the perspective of rasa-vichara (analysis of spiritual mellows); Krishna says, “I am alone,” and They manifest in various forms; this is stated in the First Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam; dharma, dasya (adi-rasa and sringara-rasa); everything is manifest in sringara-rasa (conjugal love); there are 5 primary and 7 secondary rasas; all rasas are manifest...