In sadhu-sanga we do not see time passing. Definition of kama and prema. Prema-samputa. How to understand tattva-siddhanta. The story of the deep, dark, waterless well. The conditioned soul is the slave of maya. Chewing the chewed. What is our only hope? Not even Krishna understands what prema is, says Radha. Only She knows. In the next life She will be Krishna and Krishna will be Radha. Gour Govinda Maharaja says there are 2 viraha-murtis of Puri: Krishna viraha-vidura Radha (Mahaprabhu) and...
Mirepoix 2023
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Mirepoix 2023, France 2023, anartha-nivritti: removal of unwanted things (cleansing of the heart; stage of bhakti development), consciousness: Krishna Consciousness, Mahaprabhu: rasaraja mahabhava svarupa, morning: brahma-muhurta, sleeping: dreams
21 May 2023 morning – Rasa-raja-mahabhava-svarupa (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
How the sadhu creates desire in our hearts. About the care to be taken in speaking too high katha. From the stage of anartha-nivritti it is possible to understand about transcendental things. This body cannot stand the stage of prema. Mahaprabhu asks Srivasa how he came to be in Krishna consciousness, his life story. A sannyasi brahmana appears in Srivasa’s dream. About dreams during brahma-muhurta. The sloka harer nama harer nama that Srivasa read in the Purana. Srivasa goes to Devananda...
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21 May 2023 morning – Miracles Happen When We Practise Bhakti (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Our bhajana/sadhana should always be one-pointed. On the Vedic marriage ceremony. Devi Bhagavata or Devi Bhagavati? Why did Srivasa Thakura not tell Mahaprabhu during the nama-sankirtana that his son had left the body? The soul never dies. We should bathe in the Ganges after touching/seeing a dead body. The rules for cleaning/purifying in the Archana Dipika for worshipping the Deity. Why don’t women wear sacred thread/sing brahma-gayatri? About the urine/dung of cows. About accepting what...
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21 May 2023 morning – Morning Walk (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 Question: Should we take part in war? Participation in war is karma-marga. Those who have sukriti do not participate. Better do bhajana and sadhana. Question: Is it normal for a devotee to begin by worshipping the deity and then stop worshipping the deity and start chanting the holy names? Question: Is it true that only pure devotees can install deities? On protection of cows. You have no right to inflict pain on any living being. Even if the cow has been mistreated by someone else...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Mirepoix 2023, France 2023, association: bad association, dharma: adharma, karma: cycle of birth and death
20 May 2023 evening – The Glories of Sadhu-sanga (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 Our final destination is to serve the Divine Couple, Radha and Krishna. Only through sadhu-sanga and hari-katha can we realise this destiny. Association with the sadhu, even for a moment, brings about the perfection of the spiritual goal. The person manifests what is in accordance with his association. The story of the king and his 2 parrots, the most expensive one that sang glorifying the Lord and the cheapest one that kept cursing. Though they were brothers, one lived with a sadhu and...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Mirepoix 2023, France 2023, Srimad-Bhagavatam 2023, guru: guru-bhakti, guru: guru-nishtha, lineage: guru-parampara, service: guru-seva, service: vani-seva, service: vapu-seva
20 May 2023 morning – How to Know the Real Meaning of Srimad-Bhagavatam (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Two meanings of vyasakuta. Perfect knowledge is that which has been realised. Reading Srimad-Bhagavatam without knowing its real meaning leads to hell. How to know the real meaning of Srimad-Bhagavatam (surrender to Hari, Guru and Vaishnavas). When you serve Guru and Vaishnavas, all tattva-siddhanta manifests in your heart. Story of Shankaracharya and his disciple Giri. Guru-seva brings the perfect realisation of the scriptures. Guru-nistha and guru-bhakti are the backbone of our spiritual life...
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19 May 2023 evening – The Essence of Our Spiritual Life (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About what gives us perfect happiness. Not even Ravana with all his immense opulence was happy. Whoever practices devotion to the Lord attains eternal happiness, because this is the spontaneous nature of the soul. In relation to the Supreme Lord, the jiva is considered to be the spark of a great fire. Sloka:jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya — kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’kṛṣṇera ‘taṭasthā-śakti’ ‘bhedābheda-prakāśa’sūryāṁśa-kiraṇa, yaiche agni-jvālā-cayasvābhāvika...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Mirepoix 2023, France 2023, atmarama: self-satisfied souls (those who are satisfied in the self; liberated persons absorbed in spiritual realization), energy: achintya-shakti, mood: aishvarya (majesty; opulence; divine greatness), rasa: rasa-siddhanta, Vedavyasa, Vyasadeva
19 May 2023 morning – The Difference Between Bhagavan, Jiva and Maya (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Jnanis want to merge with Brahman’s effulgence, and yogis want to merge with Paramatma. But devotees want to relate to Bhagavan. There are devotees who are inclined towards aisvarya and those who are inclined towards madhurya. The Vrajavasis do not believe that Krishna is Bhagavan. Devaki and Vasudeva see Krsna as Bhagavan. Nanda and Yasoda see Krsna only as their beloved son.-The Lord is one, but He has innumerable powers. About Vyasadeva and Ganesha. Sanskrit words have many synonyms...