Mirepoix 2023

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Mirepoix 2023, France 2023, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), guru: guru-nishtha

19 May 2023 morning – Guru-nistha is the Backbone of Our Life (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 19, 2023 9:41 AM

“Hunger and anger, two brothers”. – Laughter. A house in which the Vaisnava does not go is like the mouse hole that a snake has killed and taken over. And, the house where the Vaisnava goes is called Goloka Vrndavana. Music: Suddha Bhakata. The house where you have an altar, photographs of Guru Parampara is called Goloka Vrndavana! In such a house, only Ananta Sesa snake comes! — Cheers. Saints go to places of pilgrimage to purify the sinful activities that people leave there. Srila...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Mirepoix 2023, France 2023, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), renunciation

18 May 2023 evening – How to Progress in Sadhana (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 18, 2023 6:49 PM

The Lord protects the devotees. Sloka:ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥkṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayamindrāri-vyākulaṁ lokaṁmṛḍayanti yuge yuge The Lord liberates the devotees. Sloka:paritranaya sadhunamvinasaya ca duskrtamDharma-samsthapanarthayasambhavami yuge yuge The Lord takes a human form. Sloka:anugrahāya bhaktānāṁmānuṣaṁ deham āsthitaḥbhajate tādṛśīḥ krīḍayāḥ śrutvā tat-paro bhavet Hearing harikatha frees us from all problems. The three afflictions of maya: adhibhautika, adhidaivika and adhyatmika. The...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Mirepoix 2023, France 2023, animals: dogs, character quality: duplicity, gopis: nitya-siddha, rasa: rasa-siddhanta

18 May 2023 morning – The Glories of Harinama (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 18, 2023 11:37 AM

When harinama dances on the tongue, the devotee longs to have thousands of tongues and ears to chant and hear the holy names. Logicians only accept things according to their brains. Three labels are needed: pranipatena/pranipata (surrender), pariprasnena (submissive questioning) and savaya (tendency to serve). We hear harikatha a thousand times and don’t understand, we teach and don’t understand. One understands transcendental things only when the Lord manifests them in our hearts...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Mirepoix 2023, France 2023, lilas: Indrajalika-lilas

17 May 2023 evening – Dhruva Maharaja and Prahlada Maharaja Charitra (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 18, 2023 9:21 AM

Do not associate with karmis and jnanis: The activities of karmis are useless; the activities of jnanis are dangerous because they want to merge with Brahma. Dhruva Maharaja performed austerities to have darshana of Narayana. Srivasa Thakura did not complain to Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu when his son died. Dhruva Maharaja defeated Yamaraja and did not go to Mritya-loka. The Lord protected Prahlada Maharaja; no one could kill him. Arjuna wanted to kill Jayadratha, the murderer of his son...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Mirepoix 2023, France 2023, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), relatives

18 May 2023 morning – Srimati Radhika’s Level of Sharanagati (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 18, 2023 9:18 AM

PART 1 Krishna surrenders completely to Srimati Radhika. Radha calls Krsna a lampata (debauchee), but keeps Him in Her heart. Saranagati-akincana, total surrender, is fundamental. Saranagati in this world is temporary, but in the transcendental world it is eternal. Six symptoms of saranagati/surrender, sloka:ānukūlyasya saṅkalpaḥprātikūlyasya varjanamrakṣiṣyatīti viśvāsogoptṛtve varaṇaṁ tathāātma-nikṣepa-kārpaṇyeṣaḍ-vidhā śaraṇāgatiḥ Six debts: to the demigods, to the sadhus, to the parents, to...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Mirepoix 2023, France 2023, Radha: radha-nishtha, rasa dance: rasa-lila

17 May 2023 morning – Radharani is Our Svamini (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 17, 2023 11:17 AM

The Bhagavata-katha is so attractive. Only a butcher refuses to hear it.

Radha-dasyam; radha-nishtha.

Sharadiya-rasa-lila katha, vasantika-rasa-lila katha.

Palya-dasi mood.

Chandravali is not a perfect rival of Srimati Radhika.

Three principles for becoming the servant of Srimati Radhika.

Raghunatha dasa Gosvami chastised a Vrajavasi for bringing him food from Sakhi-sthali, Chandravali’s place.

Read Sva-niyama-dashakam for more details.

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Mirepoix 2023, France 2023, bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, ghosts, liberation, Ramachandra: Rama-nama, vishvasa: faith (firm trust in Krishna; confidence in the process of bhakti)

17 May 2023 morning – Q & A (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 17, 2023 9:10 AM

PART 1 The importance of vaidhi-bhakti for the novice devotees. Question: What is the significance of applying tilaka, gopi chandana? The material body is a temple of disease. Tilaka in different sampradayas. Ghosts do not come to those who follow the four principles and wear kanthimala, tulasi. If they come, it is only to get liberation through the pure devotees. The places where ghosts usually come. Srila Svami Maharaja’s sayings on Vrindavana and Radha-kunda. Pure sadhus make...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Mirepoix 2023, France 2023, Vrindavana dasa Thakura, mantras: diksha-mantras

16 May 2023 evening – Vrindavana dasa Thakura Appearance (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 16, 2023 6:07 PM

Hari-katha is about a qualified speaker and a qualified audience. Vrindavana dasa Thakura is chaitanya-vyasa avatara. Vrndavana dasa Thakura wrote the grantha Chaitanya-bhagavata. He wanted to call it Chaitanya-mangala, but the other Vaishnava had already written such a grantha. Narayani didi, the nephew of Srivasa Thakura and the dearest servant of Mahaprabhu, was the mother of Vrindavana dasa Thakura. Krishnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami said that he took the remnants of Vrindavana dasa Thakura...

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