Disappearance of Srila Rupa Gosvamipada. Glorification of the festival of Jhulana Yatra in the month of sravana. Jhulana Yatra is full of rasa. Rasa-lila is meeting in the mood of parakhiya-bhava, the mood of Vraja and the gopis. How to properly hear about these lilas? Description of the Jhulana Yatra. In this month, the married girls of Vrndavana, usually return to their parents’ house. Lila of Srimati Radhika waiting for Her brother Sridama on the roof of Her house. For Vaisnavas it is...
Rupa Gosvami
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26 Aug 2023 morning – Contributions of Srila Rupa Gosvami (English) – Hong Kong | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Difference between vraja-raganuga-sadhaka and vraja-rupanuga-sadhaka. We should learn the terminology of the words of Vaisnava philosophy. Knowledge is not everything, because God accepts the mood (bhava) of His devotee. About the nicknames we give to the names of close friends. Lord Krishna’s instructions to Uddhava: Uddhava Sandesh. The example given by Uddhava of Krsna playing in human form, compared to fish playing with the reflection of the moon in the river. The prema in the heart...
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25 Aug 2023 midday – The Glories of Srila Rupa Gosvami (English) – Hong Kong | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Mahaprabhu instructed the Six Gosvamis to manifest four things in Vrndavana. Mahaprabhu does not tolerate anyone who disrespects Vaisnavas. The three types of Vaisnavas. The Guru delivers all the wealth of his heart to the surrendered disciple. Caitanya Mahaprabhu does not save the hypocrites, but the fallen ones. With duplicity and hypocrisy it is impossible to receive Krsna’s mercy. In Krsna Consciousness we don’t want crazy or lazy people. We should hear about the life of Rupa...
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24 Aug 2023 midday – Rupa Siksa (English) – Hong Kong | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Caitanya Mahaprabhu meets with Rupa Gosvami in Prayaga, and gives various institutions to instruct us all. Mahaprabhu invested all His potency (sakti) in the heart of Rupa Gosvami. Everyone who completely surrenders to Guru and Krsna receives complete mercy. We learn subjects according to our spiritual maturity. Mahaprabhu said that bhakti-rasa is a very confidential matter. When bhakti is mature and fully manifested, it is called prema. The process of bhakti begins with saranagati, surrender...
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23 Aug 2023 midday – The Glories of Srila Rupa Gosvamipada (English) – Hong Kong | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
If we remember the six Gosvami’s, all of our anarthas will be removed. Life history of the three brothers, Rupa, Sanatana and Anupama, or Vallabha (father of Srila Jiva Gosvami). Beautiful story of how Rupa and Sanatana became ministers for the Muslim Nawab, Hussain Shah. The king’s personal secretary’s search for the unknown item. How did the personal secretary know the king’s heart? Rupa and Sanatana become the Nawab’s financial minister and prime minister. In Ramakeli-goan, Mahaprabhu tells...
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22 Aug 2023 midday – The Glories of Sri Rupa Gosvamipada (English) – Hong Kong | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
How Srila Narottama das Thakura glorified Srila Rupa Gosvamipada. Rupa Gosavami receives all the treasure of Mahaprabhu’s heart. Atma-nivedana explained. Krishna tells Arjuna how to surrender to Him. The six limbs of saranagati. Gurupadpadma takes us to the shelter of Rupa Gosvamipada. The process of how Srimati Radhika is served. Everyone is to learn the verse of Srila Narrotama dasa Thakura: anyabhilasita sunyam. How we enter the moods of rasa-lila by developing our bhajana and sadhana. Only...
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11 Aug 2022 – The Glories of Sri Rupa Gosvami (Hindi) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Material sound and transcendental sound (shabda-brahman)-Analogy of the atomic bomb destroying the world; the atomic bomb is shabda-brahman which destroys all anarthas in jiva’s heart-64 limbs of bhakti start from guru-sanga-9 limbs of bhakti (navada-bhakti)-5 more prominent limbs of bhakti-All limbs of bhakti should be done in sadhu-sanga-Sanatana Gosvamipada used to come from Pavana-sarovara to Ter-kadamba to meet Rupa Gosvamipada to discuss hari-katha-Srimati Radhika under the guise of...
2022, Discourses Translated into English 2022, Undisclosed, India 2022, Rupa Gosvami, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), character quality: duplicity, service: cooking, sound: material sound, sound: shabda-brahman, sound: transcendental sound
11 Aug 2022 – The Glories of Sri Rupa Gosvami (English translation) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Part 1 -Material sound and transcendental sound (shabda-brahman)-Analogy of the atomic bomb destroying the world; the atomic bomb is shabda-brahman which destroys all anarthas in jiva’s heart-64 limbs of bhakti start from guru-sanga-9 limbs of bhakti (navada-bhakti)-5 more prominent limbs of bhakti-All limbs of bhakti should be done in sadhu-sanga-Sanatana Gosvamipada used to come from Pavana-sarovara to Ter-kadamba to meet Rupa Gosvamipada to discuss hari-katha-Srimati Radhika under the guise...