When we hear Harikatha, our minds are stimulated and our hearts melt. The first step is to purify the heart. The real meaning of prema is that it never ends. When Ramacandra went into exile, Dasaratha Maharaja, His father, abandoned his body. The definition of prema is “how can I make this person happy?”. Example of a father who sacrifices himself for the good of his family, that is love. Difference between kama and prema. Happiness is in serving Sri Krsna. There is no word opposite...
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18 Aug 2024 afternoon – Definition of Prema (English translation) | Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
When we hear Harikatha, our minds are stimulated and our hearts melt. The first step is to purify the heart. The real meaning of prema is that it never ends. When Ramacandra went into exile, Dasaratha Maharaja, His father, abandoned his body. The definition of prema is “how can I make this person happy?”. Example of a father who sacrifices himself for the good of his family, that is love. Difference between kama and prema. Happiness is in serving Sri Krsna. There is no word opposite...
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18 Aug 2024 morning – God is One (Hindi) | Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Paramatma-tattva, jiva-tattva and bhagavat-tattva. Abandon everything, but never abandon Govinda. The mood of the vrajavasis. The relationship with Sri Krsna happens naturally. With a clean heart, stayibhava manifests. Be fixed, one-pointed. Stayibhava means that a mood becomes prominent, fixed, and will manifest. One should chant the appropriate mantras according to the mood. Applying tilaka on the body is a meditation. Tilaka is like a kunja for the meetings of Srimati Radhika and Sri Krsna...
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18 Aug 2024 morning – God is One (English translation) | Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Paramatma-tattva, jiva-tattva and bhagavat-tattva. Abandon everything, but never abandon Govinda. The mood of the vrajavasis. The relationship with Sri Krsna happens naturally. With a clean heart, stayibhava manifests. Be fixed, one-pointed. Stayibhava means that a mood becomes prominent, fixed, and will manifest. One should chant the appropriate mantras according to the mood. Applying tilaka on the body is a meditation. Tilaka is like a kunja for the meetings of Srimati Radhika and Sri Krsna...
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17 Aug 2024 evening – Srila Rupa Gosvami Pada Tirobhava Mahotsava (Hindi) | Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The specialties of the Six Gosvamis. Srila Rupa Gosvami satisfied the heart of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Raganuga and rupanuga. Every rupanuga is a raganuga, but not every raganuga is a rupanuga. Srila Rupa Gosvami taught everyone the way to achieve the desired goal. The importance of surrender. One who surrenders at the lotus feet of Sri Guru, Krsna simultaneously accepts that devotee. Sloka: brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva… (CC Madhya 19.151). The jivas of this world are always absorbed...
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17 Aug 2024 evening – Srila Rupa Gosvami Pada Tirobhava Mahotsava (English translation) | Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The specialties of the Six Gosvamis. Srila Rupa Gosvami satisfied the heart of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Raganuga and rupanuga. Every rupanuga is a raganuga, but not every raganuga is a rupanuga. Srila Rupa Gosvami taught everyone the way to achieve the desired goal. The importance of surrender. One who surrenders at the lotus feet of Sri Guru, Krsna simultaneously accepts that devotee. Sloka: brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva… (CC Madhya 19.151). The jivas of this world are always absorbed...
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17 Aug 2024 afternoon (in the room) – Pure Love (Hindi) | Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Prema Mayi Bhagavan: God is the embodiment of divine love. If you love God, you love everyone, because love depends on connection with Krsna. A symptom of a maha-bhagavata is that it connects everything to Krsna. The four verses that present the four definitions of prema. The various reasons that make ordinary people cry. When bhava arises, the heart melts. The nine external symptoms that arise when the bud of bhava arises in the heart of the sadhaka. Lila of when Krsna dressed Subal in Srimati...
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17 Aug 2024 midday – Srila Rupa Gosvami Pada (Hindi) | Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu invested all His potency in the heart of Srila Rupa Gosvamipada. – Sloka: śrī-caitanya-mano-‘bhīṣṭaṁ… (CC Antya 4.217, Purport). – Rupa Gosvamipada fulfilled all the desires of Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s heart. – The gopis are only happy with the tribhanga-lalita form of Krsna. – About the form of Krsna in Kuruksetra. – Dhira-lalita-nayaka Sri Krsna. – The stages of bhakti. ...