Hari-katha at Airports
20 Jan 2025 morning – Anugatya (English) | Sao Paulo Airport, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
0:00:00 – Anugatya means always following the desire of Krishna. 0:00:25 – Srimati Radharani manifests Her mana. Why does She do this? Because She knows Krishna’s heart. This is explained in the book Prema-samputa. 0:01:12 – An excerpt from the book: Devangana is Krishna in disguise. He came to Radhika and asked, “Why are You angry with Krishna?” Radhika replied, “Actually, I am not angry, because I know Krishna’s heart. Externally it appears as anger; internally it is prema.” 0:02:57 –...
17 Jan 2025 airport – On Attachment to Family (English) | Porto Alegre, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
A disciple asks: “What if our family members are attached to us?”
When families are attached to us, this is natural and good for our practice.
About how the middle economic class is the best for practicing bhajana and sadhana.
About how obstacles to practicing bhajana and sadhana end up strengthening us in our spiritual practice, in the same way that water tries to flow when it encounters a dam.
06 Jan 2025 morning – Three types of devotees (English) | Sao Paulo, Airport | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
0:00:01 – A kanishtha-adhikari has very firm faith (nishtha) but lacks scriptural knowledge. If problems arise, he may abandon worship of Thakuraji. He must study tattva-siddhanta.0:02:40 – Bhaktivinoda Thakur explains that such a person is not yet a pure devotee; he must develop understanding of tattva and study the shastras.0:04:03 – There are three types of devotees: kanishtha-kanishtha, kanishtha-madhyama, and kanishtha-uttama.0:05:04 – A madhyama-adhikari possesses...
25 Sep 2024 morning – Classification of Devotees (English) | Auckland, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Three reasons to reject a guru.
Kula-gurus (family gurus) adjust to the requests of their customers, give out whatever mantras they want and get paid for it.
The qualifications of kanishtha-adhikari, madhyama-adhikari and uttama-adhikari.
The 3 types of kanishtha-adhikari, madhyama-adhikari and uttama-adhikari.
The definition of a sadhaka and a siddha.
Bilvamangala Thakura is a perfect example of a vraja-raganuga sadhaka.
15 Aug 2024 airport – Preaching is very important (English) | London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Question: People don’t know anything about yoga… Answer: When you preach, people will start coming. Question: Sometimes we spend a lot of money and effort and the result is insignificant… Answer: Don’t consider aiming at the result, that is not bhakti! You should just do your duty, Krsna says so in the Bhagavad Gita. Karmis aim at their own benefit, bhaktas don’t! Jnanis want to detach themselves with the help of knowledge and merge into the brahman effulgence (brahma...
12 Aug 2024 airport – Jiva Tattva, Parikara Tattva, Svakiya and Parakiya Bhavas (English) | Guarulhos, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The jivas that manifest from Baladeva Prabhu go to Goloka Vrndavana; those that come from Karanodakasaya Visnu go to Vaikuntha; and those that manifest from tatastha-sakti can go to Vaikuntha or to the material world. The different moods of the jivas. The parikaras are manifestations of Krsna’s Sakti. The difference between Vaikuntha and Goloka Vrndavana. The difference between svakiya (conjugal mood) and parakiya (lover’s mood) bhavas. The moods of contradiction do not manifest in...