Krsna-lila and Goura-lila happen simultaneously. Dhira-lalita-nayaka Krsna stays in Vrndavana; Mathuradish Krsna is in Mathura; Dvarakadish Krsna is in Dvaraka. Krsna appears once every kalpa (one day of Brahma), a period of time that corresponds to a thousand times the four yugas). Mahaprabhu distributed prema to everyone, whether qualified or not. In this Dhanya-Kali-yuga (special yuga), He promised to liberate all living entities. Krsna gave prema only in Vrndavana, and Putana is an...
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03 Jul 2024 evening – The Power of Sadhu-sanga (English) | London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Shloka: sādhu-saṅga’, ‘sādhu-saṅga’ — sarva-śāstre kaya (CC MAdhya 22.54).
Sadhu-sanga means listening to hari-katha.
Shloka: tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ kavibhir īḍitaṁ kalmaṣāpaham (SB 10.31.9).
My slogan is ‘hari-katha, then maha-prasada, Maha-prasada, then hari-katha.’
The lila of Vasishtha and Vishvamitra.
Those who chant the holy names are called sadhus.
Srimati Radhika is the topmost sadhu.
2024, anartha-nivritti, bhajana-kriya, cycle of birth and death, sadhana-bhakti, Discourses in English, London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom 2024
03 Jul 2024 midday – Sadhana-bhakti and Bhava-bhakti (English) | London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Time and tide wait for no one. Remember 5 Tattvas: Ishvara, jiva, prakriti, kala and karma. Endless cycle of birth and death. Krishna says, ‘One who attains My Abode will not return to the material world. Sadhana-bhakti, bhava-bhakti and prema-bhakti. The stages of saddhana-bhakti: shraddha, sadhu-sanga, bhajana-kriya, anartha-nivritti, nishtha, ruchi and asakti. Kleshagni and subhada, the two leaves of sadhana-bhakti. Moksha-laghutakrit and sudurlabha, the two leaves of bhava-bhakti...
2024, anarthas, anger, dakshina-bhava, vamya-bhava, Discourses in English, London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom 2024
03 Jul 2024 morning – Rasas and Their Qualities (English) – London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Qualifications and the prominent sevakas in shanta, dasya, sakhya, vatsalya and madhurya-rasas. Shloka: itthaṁ satāṁ brahma-sukhānubhūtyā dāsyaṁ gatānāṁ para-daivatena (SB 10.12.11). Impersonalists do not believe that Krishna has a form and the qualities. Lila of Durvasa Rishi who became speechless as he was taking darshana of Krishna in Ramana-reti. Shloka: kṛṣṇa bhuli’ sei jīva anādi-bahirmukha (CC Madhya 20.117). We are here, in maya-karagara, the jail of maya, because we forgot Krishna...
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02 Jul 2024 morning – The Process of Attaining Mercy (English) | London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Question: In the comments, Narayana Goswami Maharaja, in the book Manah-Siksha, there is this expression: “Vishnu mana-seva” (serving Vishnu in the mind); serve the Guru and then sadhana. At what stage does this happen, or can a devotee simulate it? Perhaps qualification is needed to understand whom to serve and how. Three types of a Sadhu’s mercy: Brahmaji (Hardika): To accept instructions in the heart; austerities; tapasya. The creation of Brahmaji; Narayana conveyed to him...
