aparadhas: offenses (obstacles in devotional service; offenses against Krishna, devotees, holy name, dhama and other aspects of bhakti)

12 Feb 2023 evening – The Temple of the Heart (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

one can stay in Vrindavana without the mercy of Srimati Radhika-Vrndavanam sakhi bhuvo vitanoti kirtim sloka discussion-The signs on Radha-Krishna’s feet-The power of Krishna’s darshana and His flute’s sound-Clean the temple of your heart so that Krishna can stay there-Anyera hrdaya — mana, mora mana — vrndavana sloka discussion-Ceto darpana marjanam sloka discussion-Only bhakti-yoga can clean our heart-The limbs of bhakti-The holy names are the process and the goal at hte same time-The 4...

11 Feb 2023 evening – Build Relations with Srimati Radhika (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-00:08:00 -Dance for Krishna and He will be happy-If tears do not run and the heart does not melt while chanting the holy names, then there is a lot of aparadhas in the heart-Mahaprabhu asked His guru why He was so maddened by the maha-mantra-The kirtans glorifying Srimati Radhika’s supremacy-Lalita-devi, seeing your desire to become a servant of Srimati Radhika, will immediately grab you and bring you to Srimati Radhika-The story of how a young widower lamented for his wife Kishori and Srimati...

09 Feb 2023 evening – Appearance of Srila BS Sarasvati Prabhupada (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Part 1 Part 1: 2: Bhaktivinoda Thakura received his son Bimala-prasada by the mercy of Bimala-devi, the consort of Lord Jagannatha-Maha-purusha divine signs on the body of Srila BS Sarasvati Prabhupada-Katha of why Ratha kart not moving for 3 days outside Bhaktivinoda Bhavana-At age of 5, Srila Prabhupada learned all the shastra-Katha of Astrology chair at Kolkata University-Lila about how Sita-devi suffered separation from Rama for sharing a pair of parrots as a child-Lila about how Dasharatha...

28 Jan 2023 evening – The Pastimes of Advaita Acharya (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Link: enthusiasm in bhakti-Bhakti-devi tolerates everything except aparadhas-You have bhakti because you gave up your laziness and craziness and chase after Guru and Vaishnavas. You are always in the warning walk, mangala-arati, etc-Asat-sanga destroys enthusiasm in bhakti-All you are the recipients of Gurudeva’s mercy-Mahaprabhu had great respect for Advaita Acharya because Madhavendra Puri was the guru of Advaita and the guru of Ishvara Puri who was the guru of Mahaprabhu-Lila about how...

25 Jan 2023 evening – Sri Vasanta-panchami/Srimati Vishnupriya-devi Appearance (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Part 1 -Today, without consulting an astrologer, any activity started will be auspicious-Today is also Raghunatha dasa Gosvami’s disappearance day and other Vaishnava days-Vishnupriya-devi, the wife of Mahaprabhu is an ideal example of the perfect wife-The brahmana’s curse on Mahaprabhu’s unhappy family life and taking sannyasa-Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is the worshipped deity of Kali-yuga (SB 11.5.34)-Mahaprabhu abandoned His scholarship, name, reputation, wife and aged mother to take...

19 Dec 2022 morning – Bhakti-tattva-viveka [1] (English) – USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-6 symptoms of suddha-bhakti: Kleshagni,Subhada,Moksha Laghutartik,Sudurlabhatha,Sandaratma Viseshatma, Krsna akarshini and when do they manifest.-Types of sins & karma(Prarabdha & Aprarabdha) & jivas suffering due to them.-Suddha-bhakti destroys both types of karma whereas jnanis have to experience prarabdha karma.-Just by darshan of Mahaprabhu during His travel in South India all got freed from sins & attained prema.-By touching Ganges all sins are removed & by Vaishnava...

09 Dec 2022 morning – Laukika-sadbandhu-priti vs Bhagavat-buddhi (English) – United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Importance of tattva-siddhanta as a foundation for rasa-siddhanta & how the mind gets fixed by it.-Story of guru-sevak throwing away cabbage levaes one after another seeing nothing in it to signify how jnanis deal with sastras.-Jnanis attain fruits only after they take shelter of bhakti-devi.-Story of a mother who gives her heart to son for his lover.-Transcendental love never manifests in the world with example of gold forming from Jamuna fruits after dropping on a bank & going to...

08 Dec 2022 morning – Endeavours and Mercy (English) – United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Engage even your faults in krishna-seva. Only matsarya (envy) cannot be applied-Glorify Vrajavasis and you will get Krishna’s mercy-First cheshta (endeavour), then mercy-Dama-bandhana-lila-Haridasa Thakura’s preaching to Muslims-Types of anartas and aparadhas-The meaning of the name Kamala-The story of how one factory owner refused to listen to Srila BS Saraswati Prabhupada for lack of time, and then, impoverished and available to listen-Madhavendra Puri katha-Reject lava, puja, pratishtha...