Incorrect ways of following ekadasi. We should follow all ekadasis from eight to eighty years of age. The names for Ekadasi: Madhavi Tithi, Bhakti Janani, Harivasara Tithi. The two meanings of upavasa: to sit and be close to God during the fast. There is no difference between God Himself and His name. One should not eat the night before and eat only once during the day before ekadasi and do nirjala on the day of ekadasi. The rules that should be followed on the day of ekadasi. The importance of...
Murwillumbah 2024
2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Murwillumbah 2024, Australia 2024, Pareshananda Brahmachari to Whom a Ghost Requested the Foot-Washing Water of Srila BV Vamana Gosvami Maharaja
14 Sep 2024 evening – Ekadasi Tithi (English translation) | Murwillumbah, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Incorrect ways of following ekadasi. We should follow all ekadasis from eight to eighty years of age. The names for Ekadasi: Madhavi Tithi, Bhakti Janani, Harivasara Tithi. The two meanings of upavasa: to sit and be close to God during the fast. There is no difference between God Himself and His name. One should not eat the night before and eat only once during the day before ekadasi and do nirjala on the day of ekadasi. The rules that should be followed on the day of ekadasi. The importance of...
2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Murwillumbah 2024, Australia 2024, Rasa-lila, rasa dance: rasa-lila
14 Sep 2024 midday – Rasa Lila Katha (Hindi) | Murwillumbah, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The nature of divine love. Radhaji compares prema to a bright lamp, description of Prema Samputa. The story of the gold that emerges from the substance of the jamelon in the Yamuna River and is captured by the demigods. Difference between love and lust. Sloka: ātmendriya-prīti-vāñchā — tāre bali ‘kāma’… (CC Ādi 4.165). Planet Earth is blessed because Vrndavana Dhama is present on it. The different origins of the gopis and the Golden Sitas. Sloka: śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvāca… (ŚB 10.29.1). The...
2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Murwillumbah 2024, Australia 2024, Rasa-lila, rasa dance: rasa-lila
14 Sep 2024 midday – Rasa Lila Katha (English translation) | Murwillumbah, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The nature of divine love. Radhaji compares prema to a bright lamp, description of Prema Samputa. The story of the gold that emerges from the substance of the jamelon in the Yamuna River and is captured by the demigods. Difference between love and lust. Sloka: ātmendriya-prīti-vāñchā — tāre bali ‘kāma’… (CC Ādi 4.165). Planet Earth is blessed because Vrndavana Dhama is present on it. The different origins of the gopis and the Golden Sitas. Sloka: śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvāca… (ŚB 10.29.1). The...
2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Murwillumbah 2024, Australia 2024, Bhagavan: sach-chid-ananda (sat-chid-ananda), habits: bad habits, impressions: bad impressions
13 Sep 2024 evening – What Is Service (Hindi) | Murwillumbah, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Those who have no love for Vaisnava commit aparadha. Love is service. Radha is the only one who fulfills all of Krsna’s desires. Krsna is sat-cit-ananda-vigraha. This material world is an inverted reflection of the spiritual world. Pleasure in the material world results in misery. Bali, Sugriva’s brother, holds Ravana under his armpit. Dialogue between Ramacandra and Bali, Sugriva’s brother. We should ask/pray for the sidelong glance of Srimati Radhika: Radha Krpa...
2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Murwillumbah 2024, Australia 2024, Bhagavan: sach-chid-ananda (sat-chid-ananda), habits: bad habits, impressions: bad impressions
13 Sep 2024 evening – What Is Service (English translation) | Murwillumbah, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Those who have no love for Vaisnava commit aparadha. Love is service. Radha is the only one who fulfills all of Krsna’s desires. Krsna is sat-cit-ananda-vigraha. This material world is an inverted reflection of the spiritual world. Pleasure in the material world results in misery. Bali, Sugriva’s brother, holds Ravana under his armpit. Dialogue between Ramacandra and Bali, Sugriva’s brother. We should ask/pray for the sidelong glance of Srimati Radhika: Radha Krpa...
