Vrindavana dasa Thakura is chaitanya-vyasa avatara. Srila Krishnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami glorifies Vrindavana dasa Thakura. Vrindavana dasa Thakura wrote the grantha Chaitanya-bhagavata. Narayani didi, the nephew of Srivasa Thakura and the dearest servant of Mahaprabhu, was the mother of Vrindavana dasa Thakura. Surrender to the lotus feet of Lord Nityananda. Whose prema is higher? Dasharatha Maharaja’s or Nanda Maharaja’s? Absolute shuddha-bhakti manifests only in the heart of...
Mirepoix 2023
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Mirepoix 2023, France 2023, prema: viveka-shunya-prema, rasa dance: rasa-lila, service: guru-seva
16 May 2023 morning – Q & A (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 Vishrambha-prema and vishrambhena-guru-seva are different. Viveka-shunya-prema, vishrambha-prema and utkahtha-mayi-prema. Bhavi-viraha, bhavva-viraha and bhavana-viraha. Prakata-prakasha, aprakata-prakasha and drishyamana-prakasha of Vrindavana; three dhamas (Dvaraka, Mathura and Vrindavana). Krishna remains invisible to watch and relish the viraha of the gopis. Sva-samvedya dasha. Yogamaya arranges for all Krishna’s wishes to be fulfilled. Krishna chases after Srimati Radhika...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Mirepoix 2023, France 2023, Ekadashi-vrata 2023, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart)
15 May 2023 evening – Ekadashi-tithi (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
If Guru is pleased with you, Krsna protects you. If Guru is not pleased with you, even Krsna cannot protect you. The nature of this material world is that you can never please everyone. The sastras explain how to please Srimati Radhika. If Hari, Guru and Vaishnavas are pleased with you, everyone is pleased. Ekadasi is the mother of pure devotion, it is she who bestows suddha-bhakti on us. Upavasa means that we remain very close to the Lord on this day of ekadasi. We know we are approaching the...