All of you served so well by mind, body and speech. The heart is cleansed only through hari-katha. Use all your faults in krishna-seva except envy. The double meanings of the invocations to Krishna used by Indra. Giriraja Govardhana is the best Haridasa as per Srimati Radhika. The vraja-sundaris are the most fortunate. Uddhava has the association of gopis in Vraja. Prema is not about this world. The more we listen to hari-katha the sooner we realise our spiritual form. The example with a...
Vraja-mandala parikrama 2023
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14 Nov 2023 midday darshana – Giriraja katha (English translation) – Govardhana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
We have to clean the soul by hari-katha. Chanting the holy names destroys the roots of sins. Lila: Pulastya Rishi bringing Govardhana to Vraja. Parikrama to Giriraja Govardhana is very powerful. One immobile man started walking when he came to Govardhanа with a desire to perform parikrama for him. Ramachandra and Giriraja Govardhana katha. Krishna created Giriraja with the help of Yogamaya. Put a glass of water and tulasi before going to bed and you will dream of Radha and Krishna all night. In...
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14 Nov 2023 midday darshana – Giriraja katha (Hindi) – Govardhana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
We have to clean the soul by hari-katha. Chanting the holy names destroys the roots of sins. Lila: Pulastya Rishi bringing Govardhana to Vraja. Parikrama to Giriraja Govardhana is very powerful. One immobile man started walking when he came to Govardhanа with a desire to perform parikrama for him. Ramachandra and Giriraja Govardhana katha. Krishna created Giriraja with the help of Yogamaya. Put a glass of water and tulasi before going to bed and you will dream of Radha and Krishna all night. In...
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14 Nov 2023 morning darshana – Giriraja katha (Hindi) – Govardhana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– We have to clean the soul by hari-katha.
– Chanting the holy names destroys the roots of sins.
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13 Nov 2023 evening – The Meaning of Dipavali (Bengali) – Govardhana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– The material and spiritual perspective of Dipavali. – The lila between Vamana Deva Bhagavan and Bali Maharaja (Skanda Purana). – Naraka Caturdasy (the demon Naraka who was defeated by Krsna). – The symbolism of the ghee lamp destroying the anarthas in our heart. – Seva-vrtti comes naturally to jivas who understand the inherent nature of the soul. – Devotional service purifies the heart. – Depending on your mood, Giriraja Govardhana is Krsna’s...
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13 Nov 2023 evening – The Meaning of Dipavali (English translation) – Govardhana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– The material and spiritual perspective of Dipavali. – The lila between Vamana Deva Bhagavan and Bali Maharaja (Skanda Purana). – Naraka Caturdasy (the demon Naraka who was defeated by Krsna). – The symbolism of the ghee lamp destroying the anarthas in our heart. – Seva-vrtti comes naturally to jivas who understand the inherent nature of the soul. – Devotional service purifies the heart. – Depending on your mood, Giriraja Govardhana is Krsna’s...
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13 Nov 2023 afternoon – Jiva Tattva, Parikara Tattva and Dipavali (English translation) – Govardhana
Bhajana-kriya, the purification of the sadhaka, happens by continually listening to harikatha. Upon reaching the stage of rati (attachment to Krsna) the heart becomes completely purified. The jivas manifest from Baladeva Prabhu. The Lord and His cit-sakti, maya-sakti and jiva-sakti powers. Manifestations of the Lord’s potency: svarupa sakti, are His parikaras (eternal companions). When the jiva is freed and goes to Goloka Vrndavana, it resembles the parikaras, as if it were visuddha...