Hari-katha at Airports
28 Feb 2025 morning – Questions and Answers (English) | London Airport, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The Lord grants shakti to a jiva who is qualified to assume an important post. How a jiva becomes Brahma.
About Siva-tattva: The Sastras also say that he is jiva-tattva and visnu-tattva; the Lord personally assumes the post of Brahma and Siva when no jiva is qualified.
About the difference between Mayavadis and Brahmavadis.
About the samadhi attained by the practice of Patanjali’s Astanga Yoga and the samadhi attained by the practice of Vaisnavas.
The definition of brahma-jnanis.
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.