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

29 Sep 2022 morning – Raya Ramananda Samvada (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Mahaprabhu embracing RayaRamananda & vedic brahmins getting surprised.-How different varnas & ashramas manifested from limbs of Lord.-RayaRamananda is Mahabhagavath.-Srila Rupa gosvami , Srila Sanatana gosvami didn’t enter Jagannatha temple as they worked with Muslim king & they stayed in Siddha-bakul with Haridas thakur.-Mahaprabhu daily takes Jagannatha darshan & gives His darshan to Haridas thakur.-About Daiva-varnashrama dharma.-RayaRamananda expressing his humility...

15 Sep 2022 morning – Srimati Radhika Controls Krsna (English) – Australia

-About time in material world & spiritual world.-How life is temporary.-Difference between sadhana and bhajan.-When senses become tadatma with Lord’s potency by His causeless mercy one can serve Lord & hari-nama.-Sadhana-bhakti 2 goals are getting rid of anarthas & attaining a sprinkle of mood of Vrajavasis.-Sadhana-bhakti , bhava-bhakti & Prema-bhakti characteristics.-Without the mercy of guru & Krsna you can’t practise sadhan.-Did Yashoda Maiya bind Krsna &...

15 Sep 2022 morning – Morning walk: Q&A (English) – Australia

-Types of anarthas-The story of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada’s encounter with a wealthy factory owner who refused to give an offering and subsequently lost everything-On managing temples-Stages of getting rid of anarthas (example of Bharata Maharaja on bhava-dasha)-Question: How should we pray to Maha-maya?-Yogamaya and Mahamaya-Abheda-bdeda-tattva: shakti and shaktiman-Happiness comes from Srimati Radhika-Dhana and dhanavan: wealth and the possessor of wealth-Bhagavan has 6...

23 Aug 2022 morning – The Source of Krishna’s Power (Hindi) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Krishna tells about Paratattva Himself: Everything comes from Krishna and will get back to Krishna-There is no spirituality in the pursuit of mystical perfection, black magic. These things are temporary-The practice of reciting mantras to bring people bitten by snakes back to life no longer works in Kali-yuga-Shastras prescribe that those who have been killed by a snake bite should not be cremated, but thrown into the river-Saranga Murari katha-We cannot violate the laws of nature: He who is...

23 Aug 2022 morning – The Source of Krishna’s Power (English translation) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Krishna tells about Paratattva Himself: Everything comes from Krishna and will get back to Krishna-There is no spirituality in the pursuit of mystical perfection, black magic. These things are temporary-The practice of reciting mantras to bring people bitten by snakes back to life no longer works in Kali-yuga-Shastras prescribe that those who have been killed by a snake bite should not be cremated, but thrown into the river-Saranga Murari katha-We cannot violate the laws of nature: He who is...

13 Aug 2022 evening – Akhanda Guru-tattva (Hindi) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Significance of taking shelter of the lotus feet of Govinda, doing sravana & kirtana of Jhulana-yatra, taking shelter of akhanda-guru-tattva to come out of samsara.-Cid-bala obtained from Baladeva Prabhu is necessary to enter into bhakti-rajya.-About sat, cid, ananda & their predominating deities.-Who is akhanda-guru-tattva in tattva-vichara & rasa-vichara.-Srimati Radharani’s kripa is needed for the jiva’s upliftment & liberation.-Lila of Srimati Radharani awarding...

12 Aug 2022 evening – Sri Baladeva-tattva (Hindi) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-We need power to make things and we need cit-bala (transcendental power) to achieve paramartha-6 stages of unstable bhajana: utsaha-mayi, ghana-tarala, vyudha-vikalpa, visaya-sangara, niyamaksama, taranga-rangini-We can get transcendental power only from Baladeva Prabhu-Bhagavan’s 3 aspects: samvit, sandhini, hladini-We need to understand our anarthas to get rid of them-All jivas anarthas can be destroyed by Baladeva Prabhu’s mercy-The meaning of Raksha-bandhana-Lila of Balarama killing the...

12 Aug 2022 evening – Sri Baladeva-tattva (English translation) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-We need power to make things and we need cit-bala (transcendental power) to achieve paramartha-6 stages of unstable bhajana: utsaha-mayi, ghana-tarala, vyudha-vikalpa, visaya-sangara, niyamaksama, taranga-rangini-We can get transcendental power only from Baladeva Prabhu-Bhagavan’s 3 aspects: samvit, sandhini, hladini-We need to understand our anarthas to get rid of them-All jivas anarthas can be destroyed by Baladeva Prabhu’s mercy-The meaning of Raksha-bandhana-Lila of Balarama killing the...