Be in sadhu-sanga and give up bad association at the same time. Lila of Mahaprabhu showing His mercy on King Prataparudra after he broomed in front of Jagannatha massaged Lord’s feet glorifying rasa dance, gopi-gita. Bandhu Sange Yadi Tava Range Parihasa: If you see the beautiful form of Krishna you will not stay in your house anymore. In Vrindavana they sing ‘Radhe! Radhe!’ Krishna cleanses the heart of one who listens to hari-katha. The importance of guru’s chastisement. Example of Srila Gour...
association: bad association
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Birmingham 2023, United Kingdom 2023, Entry level discourses 2023, association: bad association, consciousness: Krishna Consciousness, rasa dance: rasa-lila
05 Sep 2023 evening – How we can stop our suffering (English) – Birmingham, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 Krishna Consciousness means how to give love and affection. The cause of our suffering in this material world. In this Kali-yuga, we can only return to our real home, Goloka Vrindavana, by nama-sankirtana. Give up bad association and take shelter of vraja-rasika Vaisnavas. Glorification of senior devotees. The difference between avirbhava and janma. Krishna-tattva siddhanta. Glorification of the gopis: When Krishna suffers a headache and footdust is the cure. Laukika-sraddha katha. The...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Sao Paulo 2023, Brazil 2023, anartha-nivritti: removal of unwanted things (cleansing of the heart; stage of bhakti development), anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), association: bad association, bhajana-kriya: beginning of devotional practices (engagement in bhakti activities; stage after accepting guidance from guru)
22 Jun 2023 afternoon – Darshana on the Balcony (English) – Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Many children are children of Vaishnavas, they receive all devotional impressions, but they become atheists. In the world all people are disturbed in mind and criticise those who wear tilaka and kanthi. Give up bad association! Have faith that Krishna is your protector and maintainer. tat te ‘nukampāṁ su-samīkṣamāṇo… Srimad Bhagavatam 10.14.8. aho bhāgyam aho bhāgyaṁ… Srimad Bhagavatam 10.14.32. Whenever there is a problem, think, “This is my karma and this is Krishna’s mercy...
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18 Jun 2023 evening – Guru-nistha is Essential in Spiritual Life (English) – Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Caitanya Mahaprabhu used to say that it is very difficult to perform kirtana in front of Lord Jagannatha’s chariot, because kirtaniyas feel pain when playing instruments for many hours. Jagannatha was very happy with the devotees in this Ratha Yatra. One of the owners of the place receives harinama during harikatha: Gaura Sundara das. Love is essential in human life. Atyantik-sraddha: do or die. We should be one-pointed to the Guru. Lila from the Mahabharata: How the Pandavas and Kauravas...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Rio de Janeiro 2023, Brazil 2023, sravanam kirtanam visnoh smaranam pada-sevanam, Chaitanya-charitamrita Madhya 20.108, Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.5.23, Gundicha-marjana 2023, Gundicha-marjana Lila, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), association: bad association
14 June 2023 evening – Gundicha-marjana-lila (English) – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Snana-yatra lila. Mahaprabhu cleaned the Gundicha temple Himself and supervised the devotees to clean it. Anarthas: (1) svarupa-bhrama (illusion about spiritual identity), (2) asat-trsna (thirst for that which is unreal; that is, material enjoyment), (3) aparadha (offences) and (4) hrdaya-daurbalya (weakness of heart). Dharma, the topmost nature of people is to serve Krishna (CC Madhya 20.108). Song: Jiva jago jiva jago. Enechi ausadhi maya nasibara lagi’: Maha-mantra is the medicine...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Mirepoix 2023, France 2023, association: bad association, dharma: adharma, karma: cycle of birth and death
20 May 2023 evening – The Glories of Sadhu-sanga (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 Our final destination is to serve the Divine Couple, Radha and Krishna. Only through sadhu-sanga and hari-katha can we realise this destiny. Association with the sadhu, even for a moment, brings about the perfection of the spiritual goal. The person manifests what is in accordance with his association. The story of the king and his 2 parrots, the most expensive one that sang glorifying the Lord and the cheapest one that kept cursing. Though they were brothers, one lived with a sadhu and...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2023, Callus 2023, Spain 2023, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), association: bad association, bhakti: bhakti-yoga (path of devotion; the practice of connecting with Krishna through devotional service; the process of awakening love for Krishna), self-realisation, soul: conditioned soul
30 Apr 2023 evening – How Can We Unite and Serve the Lord? (English) – Callus, Spain | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Yoga means union with the Lord, and bhakti-yoga teaches us how to serve the Lord. Maya punishes us because we have forgotten to serve Krsna. If we serve Krsna, Maya will stop punishing us. A baddha-jiva has no sukriti, so he has no faith in sadhu, guru and Vaishnava. The conditioned soul is always absorbed in four things: eating, sleeping, mating and defending itself.Verse:āhāra-nidra-bhaya-maithunaṁ casāmānyam etat paśubhir narāṇāmdharmo hi teṣām adhiko viśeṣodharmeṇa hīnaḥ paśubhiḥ samānaḥ...
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05 Mar 2023 evening – The Glories of the Ganges (Hindi) – Navadvipa, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Ganga destroys sins-Garuda’s struggle with the serpent and how the serpent touched the water of the Ganga-Lila on how Radharani saw Krishna meet Viraja sakhi (Ganga-devi)-2 bulls fighting each other-Yamuna is even more glorious than Ganga-The other names of the Ganges-Although the Ganges is very long, the place matters: bathing in Navadvipa’s Ganga is more powerful than anywhere else-The glories of Nirdaya ghata-The loving quarrels of Srila BV Narayana Gosvami and Srila BV...