Story of the boy who cried while reading the Bhagavad Gita with faith in his guru’s instructions, and was questioned by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The sastras say that the first gurus we have at birth are the mother and father and after, the spiritual master. Sloka: tasmāc chāstraṁ pramāṇaṁ te… (Bhagavad Gita 16.24). The material world is full of sadness and joy and they are temporary. The poorest thinks that the richest is happy, the king thinks that the king of heaven is happier, and so...
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2024, Discourses translated into English, Houston, Texas, USA, USA 2024
27 Jul 2024 midday – The Importance of Faith (English translation) | Houston, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Story of the boy who cried while reading the Bhagavad Gita with faith in his guru’s instructions, and was questioned by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The sastras say that the first gurus we have at birth are the mother and father and after, the spiritual master. Sloka: tasmāc chāstraṁ pramāṇaṁ te… (Bhagavad Gita 16.24). The material world is full of sadness and joy and they are temporary. The poorest thinks that the richest is happy, the king thinks that the king of heaven is happier, and so...
2024, anarthas, anugatya, cooking, sadhana-bhakti, vaidhi-bhakti, Discourses in Hindi, Houston, Texas, USA, USA 2024
27 Jul 2024 morning – Sadhana-bhakti and Bhava-bhakti (Hindi) | Houston, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About the Bhajana Rahasya Grantha. Bhajana means to serve. The two functions of sadhana-bhakti: to practice to remove the anarthas and to attain the mood of the vrajavasis. Sadhana and bhajana are different things. The first symptom of bhava-bhakti is santi (peace). The instructions that Pariksit Maharaja received from the various classes of sadhus upon learning that he would die after seven days. Sloka: harer nāma harer nāma… (CC Madhya 6.242). Doing seva, bhajana and sadhana without chanting...
2024, guru-seva, Discourses in Hindi, Houston, Texas, USA, USA 2024
26 Jul 2024 evening – Guru-seva and Sadhu-sanga (Hindi) | Houston, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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...
2024, guru-bhakti, guru-nistha, renunciation, Discourses translated into English, Houston, Texas, USA, USA 2024
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, anger, atma-nivedana, eight sakhis, Discourses in English, Houston, Texas, USA, USA 2024
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...