bhakti: bhakti-yoga (path of devotion; the practice of connecting with Krishna through devotional service; the process of awakening love for Krishna)

2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, New York 2024, USA 2024, Gita-jayanti 2024, bhakti: bhakti-yoga (path of devotion; the practice of connecting with Krishna through devotional service; the process of awakening love for Krishna), kamatmika bhakti type: sambhoga-iccha-mayi

12 Dec 2024 afternoon – Gita Jayanti (Hindi) | New York, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 12, 2024 12:55 PM

Today is Gita Jayanti and Ekadashi. On Mokshada Ekadashi Krishna told Bhagavad-gita to Arjuna. Greed and attachment are destroyed when we read Bhagavad-gita. Everything about the soul is described in Bhagavad-gita. If we read Gita every day, our self-confidence will increase. A message from Gita: Whatever you eat, first offer it to God. Krishna and Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. There are 18 chapters in Gita. It consists of karma-yoga, bhakti-yoga and jnana-yoga. Where Bhagavat-gita...

2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, New York 2024, USA 2024, Gita-jayanti 2024, bhakti: bhakti-yoga (path of devotion; the practice of connecting with Krishna through devotional service; the process of awakening love for Krishna), kamatmika bhakti type: sambhoga-iccha-mayi

12 Dec 2024 afternoon – Gita Jayanti (English translation) | New York, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 11, 2024 12:55 PM

Today is Gita Jayanti and Ekadashi. On Mokshada Ekadashi Krishna told Bhagavad-gita to Arjuna. Greed and attachment are destroyed when we read Bhagavad-gita. Everything about the soul is described in Bhagavad-gita. If we read Gita every day, our self-confidence will increase. A message from Gita: Whatever you eat, first offer it to God. Krishna and Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. There are 18 chapters in Gita. It consists of karma-yoga, bhakti-yoga and jnana-yoga. Where Bhagavat-gita...

2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Bhavnagar 2024, Gujarat 2024, India 2024, bhakti: bhakti-yoga (path of devotion; the practice of connecting with Krishna through devotional service; the process of awakening love for Krishna), karma: cycle of birth and death

28 Nov 2024 evening – Bhakti-yoga and Karma-yoga (Hindi) | Bhavnagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

November 28, 2024 6:22 PM

Why do sufferings happen in life? Due to our activities in past lives. We should offer everything to the Lord and sit before the sadhu, thus we will receive mercy. Those who associate with devotees have sukrti. In order to obtain the abode of the Lord we have to practice sadhana and bhajana for Hari. Only bhakti grants intimate service to the Lord, other yogas cannot grant this. Many people in the West are wearing kanti, tilaka and following the Vedic teachings. About Isaac Newton and the law...

2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Bhavnagar 2024, Gujarat 2024, India 2024, bhakti: bhakti-yoga (path of devotion; the practice of connecting with Krishna through devotional service; the process of awakening love for Krishna), karma: cycle of birth and death

29 Nov 2024 evening – Bhakti-yoga and Karma-yoga (Hindi) | Bhavnagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

November 28, 2024 6:22 PM

Why do sufferings happen in life? Due to our activities in past lives. We should offer everything to the Lord and sit before the sadhu, thus we will receive mercy. Those who associate with devotees have sukrti. In order to obtain the abode of the Lord we have to practice sadhana and bhajana for Hari. Only bhakti grants intimate service to the Lord, other yogas cannot grant this. Many people in the West are wearing kanti, tilaka and following the Vedic teachings. About Isaac Newton and the law...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Perth 2024, Australia 2024, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), bhakti: bhakti-yoga (path of devotion; the practice of connecting with Krishna through devotional service; the process of awakening love for Krishna), body: gross body, body: subtle body, character quality: lust and anger

03 Oct 2024 evening – Meeting and Separation (English) | Perth, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

October 3, 2024 6:03 PM

What is a bad day? The day we do not hear Harikatha! ⁠A good day is the day when we associate with the sadhu to hear Harikatha. ⁠Yoga (meeting), viyoga (separation). ⁠Radha is purna-sakti. Sakti and saktiman. ⁠Gross body, subtle body and soul body. ⁠Lila of Siva (Sankaracarya) entering the body of a king. ⁠Yogis can separate the subtle body from the gross body. ⁠Devotees can separate the soul from the subtle and gross bodies. ⁠The Bhagavad Gita talks about each yoga: karma-yoga, bhakti-yoga...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Seattle 2024, USA 2024, bhakti: bhakti-yoga (path of devotion; the practice of connecting with Krishna through devotional service; the process of awakening love for Krishna), self-realisation

02 Aug 2024 evening – Clean the mirror of your heart (English) | Seattle, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

August 2, 2024 6:40 PM

PART 1 PART 2 It has been a long journey to get here. 4 processes common to animals and humans. Human life is a life of self-realisation. God created man in His own image. Terms: body and soul. The name of the body and the name of the soul. Ghi is in the milk, it takes a process to see it. In the same way bhakti-yoga is the way to see God. The power of transcendental vibration. The explanation of Kali-yuga and maha-mantra. Shloka: ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇaṁ (Sri...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Badger 2024, USA 2024, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhakti: bhakti-yoga (path of devotion; the practice of connecting with Krishna through devotional service; the process of awakening love for Krishna), sound: material sound, sound: transcendental sound

30 Jul 2024 evening – Ekadasi Tithi Katha (English) | Badger, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

July 30, 2024 6:27 PM

Bhakti comes by Sadhu-sanga, association with high class devotee of the Lord. By kama, jnana, tapasya and yoga, we cannot attain Lord, only by the practice of Bhakti-yoga will bring us to Him. Material sound only acts in the body and mind; transcendental sound vibration, shabda-brahma, goes to the heart and cleans all our anarthas and pap. Sadhu-sanga means harikatha-sravana. Ohe! Vaisnava Thakura bhajana (Sri Gaudiya Giti-guccha page 39). We can perform sadhana and bhajana when Hari, Guru and...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2024, Jaragua do Sul 2024, Brazil 2024, Bhagavad-gita 2024, Gita-jayanti 2024, bhakti: bhakti-yoga (path of devotion; the practice of connecting with Krishna through devotional service; the process of awakening love for Krishna), sound: material sound, sound: shabda-brahman, sound: transcendental sound

18 Jul 2024 evening – Bhagavad Gita (English) | Jaragua do Sul, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

July 18, 2024 6:01 PM

Harikatha purifies the heart. ⁠When we glorify the Lord, we are protected from Maya. ⁠The Lord gave instructions to Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita. ⁠Sabda-brahma, the transcendental sound, is very powerful. ⁠Sabda-samana is the material sound. ⁠Material sound influences gross and subtle material bodies. ⁠Transcendental sound influences the gross and subtle material bodies, and also the soul. ⁠The Bhagavad Gita, from the 1st to the 6th chapters, deals with karma-yoga; from the 7th to the 12th it...

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