atma-nivedana: full surrender of the self (complete dedication of oneself to Krishna; one of the nine processes of bhakti)

23 Jul 2022 morning – Physical and spiritual purity (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Bhakti is very powerful as Lord has so much love and affection for His devotees-Karmis are compared to camels, jnanis to crows and bhaktas to cuckoo birds-Hare Krishna maha-mantra is invocation mantra-If you are observed in krishna-nama 24/7, then your mind will be neat and clean-Dronacharya tests his disciples as they learn archery skills to hit the pupil of the bird’s eye-The soul, like the body, needs to be cleansed-The ways to purify money, house-At least once a year make a fire...

06 Jun 2022 midday – Meeting and Separation in Japa-mala (English) – Germany | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Part 1 -Sleepness in smarana, shravana and kirtana-Not general meaning of kirtana-Sravana, kirtana, smarana, pada-sevana, archana, vandana, dasya, sakhya, atma-nivedana with examples-A devotee needs steadiness, nishtha-Everyday chant fixed number of rounds-Types of meeting and separation-64 rounds of japa is the number because there are 32 types of meeting and 32 types of separation-Sambandha, prayojana and abhidheya-Shower of tears for Krishna-Nitai will give His mercy-Description of japa...

13 Mar 2022 morning – Yogapitha (English translation) – India

-Antardvipa is a place of atma-nivedana-Appearance of Brahma as Haridasa Thakura-Shvetadvipa-dhama is Navadvipa-dhama which is non different from Vrindavana-dhama-Mahaprabhu did beautiful pastimes here

04 Dec 2021 evening – The path of atma-nivedana (Bengali) – Bengal, India

Mahaprabhu said, “My name must be preached everywhere”.Mahaprabhu is distributing prema-bhakti.The first step of atma-nivedana (self surrender)The topmost sloka of the Bhagavad-gita.We must want to get Rupa and Raghunatha’s philosophy.The path of our previous acaryas.

04 Dec 2021 evening – The path of atma-nivedana (English translation) – Bengal, India

Mahaprabhu said, “My name must be preached everywhere”.Mahaprabhu is distributing prema-bhakti.The first step of atma-nivedana (self surrender)The topmost sloka of the Bhagavad-gita.We must want to get Rupa and Raghunatha’s philosophy.The path of our previous acaryas.

02 Sep 2021 morning – Devotees’ Relatives (English) – Brazil

-A small head should not think about big things. Do not think about svarupa until your sadhana and bhajana are small-Iness and myness. Myness is higher than iness as madhurya bhava is higher than aishvarya bhava-If you think everybody belongs to your Gurudeva, then naturally will serve Vaishnavas-Ananga Mohan brahmachari, the disciple of Srila Bhakti Prajnana Keshava Gosvami Maharaja’s disciple got sick with TB and Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja took care of him-Kaliya got mercy from Krishna...