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...
Hari-katha at Airports
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Delhi 2023, India 2023, Hari-katha at Airports 2023, bhakti: definitions of bhakti, gopis: types
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 2023, Helsinki 2023, Finland 2023, Hari-katha at Airports 2023
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 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Trancoso 2023, Brazil 2023, Hari-katha at Airports 2023
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, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Navegantes 2023, Brazil 2023, Hari-katha at Airports 2023, consciousness: Krishna Consciousness
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...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Heathrow Airport 2023, United Kingdom 2023, Hari-katha at Airports 2023, meditation: svarasiki-upasana/spontaneous worship (meditation on Krishna's pastimes in a natural flow; contemplation of eternal lila)
23 Feb 2023 evening – Darshana at the Airport (English) – Heathrow Aiport, United Kindgom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
gopis, seeing Krishna in the guise of a sannyasi said: Oh, these are not the saffron clothes of a sannyasi. This is our kunkuma mixed with our tears-Vrindavana-lila is for siddhas only whereas Navadvipa-lila is both for sadhakas and siddhas-Jata-rati-sadhakas and ajata-rati-sadhakas-Mantra–mayi-upasana and svarasiki-upasana-Mahaprabhu’s lilas are more understandable than Radha-Krishna lilas-Sapta-sindhu-vati Srimati Radhika
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)
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Undisclosed, Brazil 2023, Hari-katha at Airports 2023
17 Feb 2023 – Darshana at the Airport (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
are created and destroyed in the blink of an eye-For us, insects live very short lives, but they experience their lives as long, although they don’t keep track of time-The definition of conscious beings-The purpose of living in a human body-In Brahmaloka, bhajan and sadhana are not usually performed-Not all Brahmas are devotees of the Lord