Shloka: dhyāna-mūlaṃ guror mūrtiḥ (Sri Guru Stotra). Sri Gurvashtakam. There is no happiness here. Everyone thinks someone else is happy. The importance of guru-seva. Fragrance from the body of a sadhu opened the gate in the hell planet and people from hell came to Vaikuntha. Shloka: sādhu-saṅga’, ‘sādhu-saṅga’ — sarva-śāstre kaya (CC Madhya 22.54). Gurudev inspired us to come today. My Gurudev Srila BV Vamana Gosvami Maharaja was the personification of trinad api sunicena. The liberated...
Houston 2024
2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Houston 2024, Texas 2024, USA 2024, guru: guru-bhakti, guru: guru-nishtha, renunciation
21 Jan 2024 midday – The Glories of Lord Ramacandra (English translation) – Houston, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– The human body is very rare and it is even rarer to obtain sadhusanga. – Rama-katha is very sweet. – Rama-raja-lila. – Story in Valmik’s Ramayana: Lord Ramacandra received His people at court to resolve and sentence disagreements, including those of animals, for example, He listened to a dog. – Sri Bhagavan knows the language of all living beings. – Story in which Lord Ramacandra receives in His court a crow and an eagle who were fighting for a nest...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Houston 2024, Texas 2024, USA 2024, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), atma-nivedana: full surrender of the self (complete dedication of oneself to Krishna; one of the nine processes of bhakti), sakhis: eight sakhis
20 Jan 2024 evening – Navadvipa Mahima: The Glories of Navadvipa Dhama (English) – Houston, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– About the lila of the appearance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in the present Era and the self-realization of Lord Brahma. – About the bhava-darsana stage. – Bengali song and its beautiful explanation: Kabe Gaura Vane. – The benefit of performing the pilgrimage of Navadvipa Dhama, also known as Gupta Vrndavana and Gaura Vane. – The sadhana and bhajana of the Six Gosvamis. – Lila when Radha is in maan (transcendental anger) and covers Her ears. – Sri...
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20 Jan 2024 midday – The Glories of Lord Ramacandra and His Beautiful Scriptures (English translation) – Houston, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sadhus are indifferent to karma, all they want is for us to practise sadhana and bhajana. The story of Narada Rsi on meeting Kamadeva. Rama Carita Manasa by Tulasi Dasa and Ramayana by Valmiki are very important Scriptures. The Pandits rejected the Rama Carita Manasa Scripture because only Sanskrit was considered reliable, and this grantha was in Hindi. The story of the Holy Scripture in the Temple of Lord Sivaji: Sri Rama Carita Manasa, by Tulasi Dasa. Rama Carita Manasa is the heart of all...
2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Houston 2024, Texas 2024, USA 2024, Vedavati
20 Jan 2024 midday – The Glories of Lord Ramacandra and His Beautiful Scriptures (Hindi) – Houston, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Sadhus are indifferent to karma, all they want is for us to practise sadhana and bhajana. – The story of Narada Rsi on meeting Kamadeva. – Rama Carita Manasa by Tulasi Dasa and Ramayana by Valmiki are very important Scriptures. – The Pandits rejected the Rama Carita Manasa Scripture because only Sanskrit was considered reliable, and this grantha was in Hindi. – The story of the Holy Scripture in the Temple of Lord Sivaji: Sri Rama Carita Manasa, by Tulasi Dasa...
2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Houston 2024, Texas 2024, USA 2024, character quality: duplicity, liberation, renunciation (vairagya)
19 Jan 2024 evening – The Glories of Bhagavan Ramacandra Are Unattainable (English translation) – Houston, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The main point of Vedic culture comes from Ayodya, a place of liberation, extremely beautiful. Valmiki Rsi has beautifully manifested the Ramayana in Sanskrit. Without studying the Ramayna it is not possible to enter into bhakti. Sita was not kidnapped by Ravana, it was Chaya-Sita in Sita’s shadow, Mahaprabhu gave this evidence. Every syllable of this grantha destroys all sins. Whoever speaks the name of Rama, who is very powerful, obtains liberation. Srila Gurudeva said that by family...