anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart)

2023, Discourses in English 2023, London 2023, United Kingdom 2023, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), guru: guru-nishtha, renunciation, soul: conditioned soul

02 Sep 2023 evening – The Seed of Devotion is Watered by Hari-katha (English) – London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 2, 2023 7:26 PM

PART 1 Hari is in the harikatha. Verse: naham vasami vaikunthe yoginam hridayena ca (Padma Purana). Verse: na dhanam na janaṁ na sundarīṁ (Śrī Śikṣāṣṭakam, 4). The highest dharma is devotional service. The renunciation and devotion of Rupa and Sanatana. The separation lila of Radha and Krsna. Verse: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya (CC Madhya 20.108-109). The meaning of go-dasa: slave of the senses; and, the origin of all sufferings, the corporeal conception of life. Verse: brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, London 2023, United Kingdom 2023, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), soul: conditioned soul

02 Sep 2023 morning – The Teachings and Lilas of Baladeva Prabhu (English) – London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 2, 2023 8:18 AM

PART 1 There is no difference between Krsna and Balarama. Nityananda-tattva and Baladeva-tattva. Krsna has unlimited expansions (acintya-tattva). About the different types of anarthas present in the heart of the conditioned soul. About the birth lila of Baladeva Prabhu. The names of Balarama Prabhu and the lila on why His clothing is blue. Lila from when Baladeva Prabhu kills several demons, such as Dhenukasura, the personification of ignorance. Verse that should be chanted when performing...

2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Vraja 2023, Vrindavana 2023, India 2023, Baladeva-purnima 2023, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), guru: guru-tattva, self-realisation

31 Aug 2023 morning – Baladeva Purnima (English translation) – Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

August 31, 2023 9:26 AM

PART 1 Baladeva Prabhu is the one who gives us spiritual strength. Without Him it is impossible to walk the path of spiritual self-realisation, because He is akanda-guru-tattva. Sloka: īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ (Sri Brahma-samhita 5.1). Sat (existence)/Balarama; Cit (knowledge)/Krsna; Ananda (bliss)/Radha. In this world everyone lives in unhappiness and suffering. Baladeva serves Krsna in ten ways. Baladeva creates the platform for Krishna to appear in this world. Yogamaya transferred Baladeva...

2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Vraja 2023, Vrindavana 2023, India 2023, Baladeva-purnima 2023, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), guru: guru-tattva, self-realisation

31 Aug 2023 morning – Baladeva Purnima (Hindi) – Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

August 31, 2023 9:26 AM

Baladeva Prabhu is the one who gives us spiritual strength. Without Him it is impossible to walk the path of spiritual self-realisation, because He is akanda-guru-tattva. Sloka: īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ (Sri Brahma-samhita 5.1). Sat (existence)/Balarama; Cit (knowledge)/Krsna; Ananda (bliss)/Radha. In this world everyone lives in unhappiness and suffering. Baladeva serves Krsna in ten ways. Baladeva creates the platform for Krishna to appear in this world. Yogamaya transferred Baladeva from the...

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23 Aug 2023 midday – The Glories of Srila Rupa Gosvamipada (English) – Hong Kong | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

August 23, 2023 12:14 PM

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...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Chinese 2023, Hong Kong 2023, China 2023, Hong Kong 2023, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhakti: bhakti-lata-bija (seed of bhakti), self-realisation

22 Aug 2023 evening – The process how to develop our relationship with the Lord (English) – Hong Kong | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

August 22, 2023 6:55 PM

The transcendental predictions that the holy names will be chanted all over the world. The nature of the soul to serve Krishna. Example of the nature of water given to explain our temporary material identity. The two syllables, Gu and Ru: he who has the duty to bring the light of transcendental knowledge and our eternal identity to our hearts. Self-realisation is not easy because of the illusory potency of maya. We can stay with family members, but we have to connect with Krishna and pure...

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21 Aug 2023 morning – Encounter and Separation Nourish Devotion (English) – Hong Kong | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

August 21, 2023 9:30 AM

Krsna’s journey from Dvaraka to Kuruksetra and His meeting with the gopis. Divine love is based on encounter and separation. Yogamaya arranges the meeting and separation. Only very fortunate souls meet Guru and Krsna. Verse: brahmanda bhramite kona bhagyavan jiva (Sri Caitanya-caritamrita, Madhya-lila 19.151). Sri Guru engages the conditioned souls in the service of Krsna. Hearing harikatha and chanting the holy names is what nourishes devotion. By listening to harikatha, our heart is...

2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Jagannatha Puri 2023, India 2023, Kshetra-mandala Parikrama 2023, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), guru: guru-tattva, siddha-deha: spiritual body (eternal perfected body for serving Krishna in the spiritual realm), soul: conditioned soul, Kshetra-mandala Parikrama 2023

12 Aug 2023 evening, beach walk – The Potency of Harikatha (Hindi) – Jagannatha Puri, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

August 12, 2023 4:03 PM

Radha controls Krsna with Her maan (transcendental anger), a very high feeling in parakiya-bhava. Maan is like the goad that controls the elephant (man-ankusam). Song: Śrī Rādhā-kripa-kaṭākṣa-stava-rāja. Krsna runs after Radharani. Jayadeva Gosvami talks about the spring rasa dance. About the stimuli created in Gurudeva’s heart by seeing the sea of Jagannatha Puri. Harikatha destroys all the anarthas of the heart. It’s no use taking a bath in the waters of holy places without...

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