We should observe Ekadashi from the age of 8 to 80, otherwise it is optional according to the scriptures. Ekadashi is the mother of bhakti. Five types of food should not be eaten on Ekadashi; types of products that can be taken on Ekadashi. Ekadashi means upavasa – we should stay very close to the Lord and chant the maha-mantra. If you observe Ekadashi (Hari-vasari tithi), money will come. Lakshmi-devi is happy to see someone worshipping her husband. If Radharani (original Lakshmi-devi)...
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14 Jun 2023 midday – Darshana at the Airport (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
We are all eternal servants of Krsna. Verse: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya — kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’ kṛṣṇera ‘taṭasthā-śakti’ ‘bhedābheda-prakāśa’. “All living entities are My integral parts, souls are eternal and transcendental” (Sri Krsna tells Arjuna, in Bhagavad Gita). The soul is invisible to material eyes. By Krsna’s mercy, through the practice of sadhana and bhajana, one can see the form of the soul. The body is the house, and the...
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12 Jun 2023 evening – Atma-tattva (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
We are all eternal servants of Krsna. Verse: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya — kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’ kṛṣṇera ‘taṭasthā-śakti’ ‘bhedābheda-prakāśa’. “All living entities are My integral parts, souls are eternal and transcendental” (Sri Krsna tells Arjuna, in Bhagavad Gita). The soul is invisible to material eyes. By Krsna’s mercy, through the practice of sadhana and bhajana, one can see the form of the soul. The body is the house, and the...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Trancoso 2023, Brazil 2023, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), aparadhas: offenses (obstacles in devotional service; offenses against Krishna, devotees, holy name, dhama and other aspects of bhakti), atmarama: self-satisfied souls (those who are satisfied in the self; liberated persons absorbed in spiritual realization), bhajana-kriya: beginning of devotional practices (engagement in bhakti activities; stage after accepting guidance from guru)
12 Jun 2023 midday – How to Develop Our Sadhana and Bhajana (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The conditioned souls, baddha-jivas, are contaminated by maya, so they do not see their true identity. Some people are influenced by ghosts. Jada-abhimana (false identity) is the ghost of false-ego. Verse by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu: nāhaṁ vipro na ca nara-patir nāpi vaiśyo na śūdro (Cc, Madhya-lila, 13.80) The real cause of fear is attachment to maya. The 3 modes of nature (gunas) of maya, goodness (sattva), passion (raja) and ignorance (tama). Verse from Bhagavad Gita: śrī-bhagavān uvāca kāma...
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12 Jun 2023 morning – Relationship and Service to the Guru (English) – Trancoso, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Without suffering, humility does not reach the hearts of sadhakas. Song: Amara Jivana by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura. When humility comes, you will pray to Krsna, just as Kunti prayed (Kunti-stuti). Verse from the Bhagavad-gita: catur-vidhā bhajante māṁ janāḥ su-kṛtino ’rjuna ārto jijñāsur arthārthī jñānī ca bharatarṣabha. The four types of people who attain the Supreme Lord if they have sukriti. Everyone invokes the name of the Lord when they are suffering. Those who are pure devotees have no...
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11 Jun 2023 evening – The Way to the Direct Perception of the Soul (English) – Trancoso, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Without Krishna’s desire, nothing happens. Krishna is the Supreme Controller. mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥsūyate sa-carācaramhetunānena kaunteyajagad viparivartate(Bhagavad-gita 9.10). G.O.D. Today we are here, tomorrow no more. He who is born will surely die. The soul is eternal and transcendental. The body is like a tree with two birds sitting on two branches: the soul and the Supersoul. How to reach/see the Lord. Karma is very complex to understand. The gross body and the subtle body. The...