– Vatsalya-bhava (parental love) of Mother Yasoda and Saci Mata for Krsna. – When Putana entered Krsna’s room to attack Him, He acted like a defenceless baby. – Krsna is Bhagavan, He knows everything and at the same time is completely innocent. – Krsna thinks about the promise He made to Prahlada Maharaja. And, what type of release to grant to Putana. – Putana is sent to Goloka as a servant of Mother Yasoda. – Jagannatha Misra and Saci Mata never think...
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2023, nitya-siddha, renunciation, vairagya, yukta-vairagya, Discourses in English, London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom 2023, Gita-jayanti
25 Dec 2023 midday – Gita Jayanti (English) – London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The book Srimad Bhagavad Gita presents instructions on how to surrender to the lotus feet of the Lord. Verse: mamaivāṁśo jīva-loke — jīva-bhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ (Bhagavad Gita 15.7). Verse: yadā yadā hi dharmasya — glānir bhavati bhārata (Bhagavad Gita 4.7 –8). Verse: ananyāś cintayanto māṁ ye janāḥ paryupāsate (Bhagavad Gita 9.22). The material corporeal conception is the cause of all types of miseries. Verse: ādau śraddhā tataḥ sādhu-saṅgo ’tha bhajana-kriyā (CC Madhya-lila 23.14-15). The dangers...
2023, anarthas, Buddhism, Discourses in English, London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom 2023, Christmas
24 Dec 2023 evening – Establish a Relationship With Your Isthadeva (English) – London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Christmas is like Dipavali. – The five prominent religions and the five different rasas contained within them. – Description of Buddhism as santa-rasa, neutrality. – Description of dasya-rasa (with and without opulence), and how Hanuman serves Ramacandra. – How to transform your seva that is now for Maya into seva for Sri Krsna. – Description of sakha-bhava, friendship mood. – Stories of Sri Krsna manifesting His opulence mixed with madhurya in Vraja...
2023, guru's mercy, Discourses in English, London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom 2023
24 Dec 2023 midday – Guru Nistha and Guru Bhakti (English) – London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Krsna consciousness is learning to give love and affection. The names and glories of the Bhagavad Gita. The importance of following the Guru’s instructions. With the Guru’s mercy, all achievements happen in the heart. Story of a boy who thought he had no bhakti and said so to his guru. Sri Krsna says to first glorify our master, and then Him. Sri Krsna says that He will respond according to the person’s surrender. The six stages of surrender, saranagati. Laksmidevi was unable to...
2023, Discourses in English, London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom 2023
24 Dec 2023 morning – The Original Form of Lord Jagannatha (English) – London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Lord Jagannatha is the manifestation of mahabhava-prakasa. – Caitanya Mahaprabhu looked at the Deity of Lord Jagannatha and saw directly the son of Nanda Maharaja. – Caitanya Mahaprabhu cried day and night, totally absorbed in the mood of Srimati Radhika in separation from Sri Krsna. – Indradyumna Maharaja during the festival of Lord Jagannatha. – Originally the form of Lord Jagannatha has no eyes, arms or any member of his body. Its members are added to the...
2023, conscious being, previous life, Discourses in English, London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom 2023
23 Dec 2023 evening – The Bhagavad Gita is Powerful! (English) – London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– The Bhagavad Gita is known as “The Sound Incarnation of the Lord”. – If you recite the verses of Bhagavad Gita, you will be protected from Maya. – The nature of the human body’s senses is to go towards objects that attract them. – The three sections of the Bhagavad Gita: karma yoga, bhakti yoga and jnana yoga. – Verse: īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ (Brahma-samhita, 5.1). – The jivas are tiny and the Lord is grand, this is the main...
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23 Dec 2023 morning – How to Surrender to Krsna (English) – London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About the Bhagavad Gita, when Arjuna sees his loved ones in the battle of Kuruksetra. Srimad Bhagavad Gita talks about truth, and has the duty to establish varnasrama-dharma. The five types of knowledge contained in the Bhagavad Gita. About the elements that make up the material body. The story of Indra and Virocana. The story of the man who wanted to kill himself and met a sadhu on the way. He who is born has to die, but the soul is eternal and transcendental. He who merges into brahman feels...
2023, anarthas, conditioned soul, guru-nistha, renunciation, Discourses in English, London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom 2023
02 Sep 2023 evening – The Seed of Devotion is Watered by Hari-katha (English) – London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 Hari is in the harikatha. Verse: naham vasami vaikunthe yoginam hridayena ca (Padma Purana). Verse: na dhanam na janaṁ na sundarīṁ (Śrī Śikṣāṣṭakam, 4). The highest dharma is devotional service. The renunciation and devotion of Rupa and Sanatana. The separation lila of Radha and Krsna. Verse: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya (CC Madhya 20.108-109). The meaning of go-dasa: slave of the senses; and, the origin of all sufferings, the corporeal conception of life. Verse: brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona...