Los Angeles 2024
22 Dec 2024 morning morning – Appearance and Disappearance of Pure Vaisnavas (English) | Los Angeles, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Those who are pure devotees of the Lord have the same appearance and disappearance, for they are always with us, like the rising and setting of the Sun. Self-realization is the best realization. Meeting and separation. There is only one reason why a Vaisnava Guru comes to this world, to liberate the souls from the material world. The mood of the gopis, manjaris and sakhas. There are two types of upasana. The mood of parakiya means four things. Description of the two duties of Maya Devi in...
22 Jan 2024 evening – Human Birth Is Very Rare (Hindi) – Los Angeles, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
How do we know that human birth is rare? Verse: labdhvā su-durlabham idaṁ bahu-sambhavānte (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.9.29). Human birth is extremely rare, as it is only granted after the soul has passed through eight million and four hundred thousand species of life. Verse: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya — kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’ (CC Madhya-lila 20.108-109). Verse: ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥ — kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.3.28). Accepting the shelter of a trustworthy Guru is the only way to get...