– The difference between honey-like love (madhu-sneha) and ghee-like love (ghrita-sneha). – Madhu-sneha means: He belongs to me. Ghrita-sneha means: I belong to Him. – Madhu-sneha is Radha’s love for Krsna. Ghrita-sneha is Candravali’s love for Krsna. – Ghee needs seasoning to become tasty, but honey keeps its sweet flavour constantly delicious. – The sadhaka who reaches the stages of asakti, bhava and prema, realises sweetness and develops mamata...
Airport
2023, Discourses in English, London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom 2023, Airport
25 Dec 2023 evening – Darshana at the airport (English) – London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Vatsalya-bhava (parental love) of Mother Yasoda and Saci Mata for Krsna. – When Putana entered Krsna’s room to attack Him, He acted like a defenceless baby. – Krsna is Bhagavan, He knows everything and at the same time is completely innocent. – Krsna thinks about the promise He made to Prahlada Maharaja. And, what type of release to grant to Putana. – Putana is sent to Goloka as a servant of Mother Yasoda. – Jagannatha Misra and Saci Mata never think...
2023, definitions of bhakti, types of gopis, Discourses in Hindi, Delhi, Delhi 2023, India, India 2023, Airport
25 Sep 2023 morning – Airport Darshana (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Srila BV Svami Maharaja is the divine empowered incarnation of Mahaprabhu’s nama-sankirtana. Does Rupa Manjari know everything, does she know even more than Mahaprabhu? The soul is pure, it knows everything, but when it comes to the material world, this knowledge is covered. Who is siddha, who are eternal associates? The types of gopis. Recollections on the National Credit Corps Bengal 42 and being a member of it. Question: Have you studied any grantha in your college time? Rupa Gosvami’s...
2023, definitions of bhakti, types of gopis, Discourses translated into English, Delhi, Delhi 2023, India, India 2023, Airport
25 Sep 2023 morning – Airport Darshana (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Srila BV Svami Maharaja is the divine empowered incarnation of Mahaprabhu’s nama-sankirtana. Does Rupa Manjari know everything, does she know even more than Mahaprabhu? The soul is pure, it knows everything, but when it comes to the material world, this knowledge is covered. Who is siddha, who are eternal associates? The types of gopis. Recollections on the National Credit Corps Bengal 42 and being a member of it. Question: Have you studied any grantha in your college time? Rupa Gosvami’s...
2023, Discourses in English, Helsinki, Finland, Finland 2023, Airport
01 Jul 2023 afternoon – Darshana at the Airport (English) – Helsinki, Finland | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the original Vyasa, He is Krishna. Krishna vande jagat guru: The first guru is Krishna (in the guru parampara). Vyasa puja means guru puja.-Without offering flowers at the lotus feet of Guru Krishna, bhakti does not manifest in his heart. First we should worship the guru, then we should worship Krishna. Nityananda Prabhu is guru tattva, is Baladeva Prabhu. He is no different from Krishna, he is akanda guru tattva. Mahaprabhu is showing us how to serve Nityananda...
2023, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Portuguese, Trancoso, Brazil, Brazil 2023, Airport
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...
2023, Krishna Consciousness, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Portuguese, Navegantes, Brazil, Brazil 2023, Airport
07 Jun 2023 morning – Darshana at the Airport (English) – Navegantes, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sri Radha and Sri Krishna give names to demigods and demigoddesses. Krishna is the Absolute Truth. The meaning of Srimati Radhika’s name Shyama. Wash Tulasi leaves before offering them. The previous lives of Haridasa Thakura. The meaning of the word ‘Shvetadvipa’. On real Vrajavasis. Question: Is it true that all the demigods enter the body of one who reads Bhagavad-gita every day? Sukriti’s duty is to bring a person in front of a sadhu. If people come to Krishna consciousness not by sukriti...