Rijswijk 2024

06 Dec 2024 evening – The Taste for Chanting the Holy Names (Hindi) | Rijswijk, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Three things are in the hands of the Lord: birth, marriage and death.

About how at the end of your life you should remember the name of the Lord.

About how to get the taste for chanting the Holy Names.

About how we should listen to Harikatha.

The mahamantra is the essence of all the Vedas.

About how birth in this world is based on an illusion.

06 Dec 2024 evening – The Taste for Chanting the Holy Names (English translation) | Rijswijk, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Three things are in the hands of the Lord: birth, marriage and death.

About how at the end of your life you should remember the name of the Lord.

About how to get the taste for chanting the Holy Names.

About how we should listen to Harikatha.

The mahamantra is the essence of all the Vedas.

About how birth in this world is based on an illusion.

23 May 2024 midday – The Pure Devotees (Hindi) – Rijswijk, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– Prahlada Maharaja is a great devotee because he is completely surrendered to Visnu, his Adorable Deity. – ⁠Story of Prahlada Maharaja’s past life. – ⁠In the past life, he was attached to a prostitute who became his mother, Kayadhu, in the next life. – ⁠Vasudeva had eighteen wives. – ⁠Pure devotees are the personification of holy places. With their presence, they purify the sacred sites of the impurities left by pilgrims (SB 1.13.10). – ⁠Rules from the...

22 May 2024 evening – Nrisimha-chaturdashi (Hindi) – Rijswijk, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

This material world is painful. Devatas (demigods) and daityas (demons): two types of human nature. Shloka kaumāra ācaret prājño dharmān bhāgavatān iha (SB 10.16.36). Prahlada Maharaja goes to gurukula and preaches there. Shanda and Amarka are Prahlada’s teachers. Kayadhu, Prahlada’s mother had 4 children. Hiranyakashipu’s intention to fight with Krishna. Nrisimhadeva Bhagavan comes to save Prahlada from Hiranyakashipu’s attacks. 7 generations of kanishtha-adhikari get liberation, 14...