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01 Oct 2023 morning – How to Progress in Bhakti (Hindi) – Sydney, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Chant the holy names and do not criticize anyone. The importance of sadhu-sanga. The three times of the day and the appropriate bhajana. Anisthita-bhajana: unstable practice has six stages. The jiva wanders erratically in this prison of maya. Detailed explanation of the verse: “bhavāpavargo bhramato yadā bhavej…” (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.51.53). About material relationships, death and reincarnation. Samsara (cycle of births and deaths) is the attachment to the corporeal conception (me...

01 Oct 2023 morning – How to Progress in Bhakti (English translation) – Sydney, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Chant the holy names and do not criticize anyone. The importance of sadhu-sanga. The three times of the day and the appropriate bhajana. Anisthita-bhajana: unstable practice has six stages. The jiva wanders erratically in this prison of maya. Detailed explanation of the verse: “bhavāpavargo bhramato yadā bhavej…” (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.51.53). About material relationships, death and reincarnation. Samsara (cycle of births and deaths) is the attachment to the corporeal conception (me...

30 Sep 2023 evening – Sing The Holy Names On Any Occasion (Hindi) – Sydney, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

The associates of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared in East Bengal. The human body is beautiful and very rare, but at the time of death we will not take a single cent with us. There are eight million four hundred thousand species of life in the material world. Take shelter at the lotus feet of a trustworthy guru and do bhajana. The story of the hardworking man who chanted the holy names of Lord Rama while relieving himself in the bush, he did so following the instructions of Narada Rsi. There is...

30 Sep 2023 evening – Sing The Holy Names On Any Occasion (English translation) – Sydney, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

The associates of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared in East Bengal. The human body is beautiful and very rare, but at the time of death we will not take a single cent with us. There are eight million four hundred thousand species of life in the material world. Take shelter at the lotus feet of a trustworthy guru and do bhajana. The story of the hardworking man who chanted the holy names of Lord Rama while relieving himself in the bush, he did so following the instructions of Narada Rsi. There is...

30 Sep 2023 morning – Nama and Mantra (English translation) – Sydney, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Krishna-mantra is the sadhana (the process) and sadhya (the goal).

On Sanskrit grammar.

Mantra is sampradana karaka & it gives sambandha-jnana.

Discussion of Manu-samhita scriptures with a devotee.

The definition of atma-nikshepa and atma-nivedana.

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