You reach your goal according to your mood, and Krsna responds. Mahaprabhu teaches how to cleanse the temple of the heart (hrdaya-mandira) through cleaning the Temple of Gundica. Sloka: ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇaṁ… ( CC Antya-lila 20.12). Cleanse the temple of the heart by chanting nama-sankirtana and remembering Krsna’s pastimes. Four defects of the conditioned soul: bhrama — error;pramāda — illusion;vipralipsā — tendency to deceive; karaṇapāṭava—inefficiency...
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2024, Discourses in English 2024, Undisclosed, Germany 2024
02 May 2024 morning – Questions and Answers (English) – Germany | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Krsna is brhad-caitanya (immense) and Jiva is anu-caitanya (diminutive). The power of the jivas is equal to that of Krsna, but it is small. Just as there is fire in wood, which can only be seen when the great fire touches it, the jiva needs to practice devotional service to awaken its potency. Sat and cite are present in Radha but ananda is in greater proportion. Meaning of prana-pratistha (deity installation), but, separating the words, prana is “vital air”, and pratista is “fame or...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Undisclosed, Germany 2024, Supreme Position of Srimati Radharani, bhakti: sadhana-bhakti
01 May 2024 evening – Srimati Radhika is the divine love expert (English) – Germany | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Radha-dasyam is our perfection goal but we have to perform sadhana first. The gopis’ separation from Krishna seems endless to them (kanardhe kalpata, kalpate kanardha). Only Srimati Radhika can control Krishna (Kripa-kataksha). Number of colours of moon and sun. Srimati Radhiks is the divine love expert. Radha and Krishna are one. Types of material anandas. When you love someone, you want to serve them. Vigrahas made of different materials. The lila of Makhanchor and the miserly servant...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Undisclosed, Germany 2024, anuraga: deep attachment (stage of prema; intense love and constant attraction toward Krishna), anuraga: two symptoms
01 May 2024 midday – Sri Radha’s Anuraga for Krishna (English) – Germany | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The glories of bhakti. Bhakti-devi is svatantra. The fruits of bhakti. Do not disturb those who perform karma, jnana, tapasya because they have nishtha to their activities. Radha-dasyam is our perfection goal. 7 oceans of divine love of Srimati Radhika. Krishna is dhira-lalita-nayaka and Radharani is svadhina-bhartrika-nayika. Two symptoms of anuraga. Srimati Radhika is one-pointed to get darshana of Krishna’s limbs. Hantāyam adrir abalā hari-dāsa-varyo (SB 10.21.18). The glories of Giriraja...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Undisclosed, Germany 2024, 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), gopis: nitya-siddha
01 May 2024 morning – Anarthas (English) – Germany | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
All distress and unhappiness will disappear at the stage of asakti-dasha. Anarthas removal; smell of vaishnava-aparadhas. The story of Bharata Maharaja. Sadhana-siddha gopis and nitya-siddha gopis. Durgata-seva (from afar) of the gopis; tambula-seva, camphor-seva. Vatsalya-bhava of Drona and Dhara, Nanda and Yashoda. 5 obstacles to bhajana: laya, vikshepa, apratipatti, kashaya, rasasvada. Other obstacles to bhajana: karma, money, etc. The story about Danchana. Types of anarthas. Read Madhurya...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Undisclosed, United Kingdom 2024, Hari-katha at Airports 2014, bhava: gopi-bhava, maya: gunas, sampradayas: Madhva Sampradaya, spiritual paths: vidhi-marga
13 Mar 2024 – Gopis’ Kama (English) – Airport, UK | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 Gopis are the internal potency of Krishna. 6 ways to attain the Lord: kamat, dveshat, bhayat, snehat, bhaktya, sambahdhat. Gopis attained Krishna through kama, which is not lust but pure transcendental love. Sri Sampradaya: vidhi-marga and seva-nishtha; Brahma-madhva sampradaya: dvaitavada, pancha-bheda; Rudra Sampradaya: vatsalya-bhava, Sanaka Sampradaya: svakiya-bhava, parakiya-bhava and Madhvacharya Sampradaya: gopi-bhava. Nimitta-karana (reason) and upadana-karana (ingredients)...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Undisclosed, Brazil 2023, Hari-katha at Airports 2023, bhakti: bhakti-yoga (path of devotion; the practice of connecting with Krishna through devotional service; the process of awakening love for Krishna)
20 Feb 2023 morning – Darshana at the Airport (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
came in 24th chatur-yuga and Krishna came in 28th chatur-yuga-00:05:00 – Question: Does it matter in what sequence to practice karma-yoga, jnana-yoga and bhakti-yoga?-00:06:00 – Question: What is the difference between karma-yoga and karma-mishra-bhakti? (examples of Ekalavya, Karna and Bhishma Pitamah)