PART 1 Akshaya means that which is never destroyed; Tritiya means three days of the new moon. Akshaya-Tritiya comes once a year and it is a super auspicious day because you can do all kinds of pious activities without consulting astrologers and there will always be benefits. For example: taking diksha; installing Thakurajis; taking harinama; moving house; getting married; etc. It will always be auspicious. The most auspicious days of the year are: appearance of Ramachandra, Akshaya-tritya...
bhava: bhava-siddhi (perfection of bhava; attainment of the stage of bhava-bhakti)
28 Aug 2022 morning – Training in the Spiritual World (English) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-The meaning of the word ‘devi’-All Srimati Radhika’s limbs of Her body are for Krishna’s pleasure-Sri Radha is the crown jewel among all Krishna’s consorts-Sarva-lakshmi-maya, Parama-devata, Sarva-kanti are the names of Srimati Radhika-Why are the devotees like cuckoos sitting on top of a mango tree; the non-devotees like camels and the impersonalists like crows sitting on top of a neem tree-Without performing bhajana and sadhana to Krishna we will not achieve our perfection goal-CC Adi 4...
19 Aug 2022 evening – Sri Krishna Janmashtami (Hindi) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Part 1 -Today is Krishna’s birthday-Sahajiya is just talking about rasa without following the principles-You must have a foundation in knowledge and follow principles (tattva-siddhanta) before entering into rasa-siddhanta-There is only one paratattva: Vrajendra-nandana Syamasundar Himself-4 rupas in which Bhagavan manifests Himself: svayam-rupa, vaibhava, shakti, and maya-Citya-vaibhava, maya-vaibhava, jiva-vaibhava-The baddha-jiva is attracted to maya-shakti, and therefore goes around in...
19 Aug 2022 evening – Sri Krishna Janmashtami (English translation) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Today is Krishna’s birthday-Sahajiya is just talking about rasa without following the principles-You must have a foundation in knowledge and follow principles (tattva-siddhanta) before entering into rasa-siddhanta-There is only one paratattva: Vrajendra-nandana Syamasundar Himself-4 rupas in which Bhagavan manifests Himself: svayam-rupa, vaibhava, shakti, and maya-Citya-vaibhava, maya-vaibhava, jiva-vaibhava-The baddha-jiva is attracted to maya-shakti, and therefore goes around in samsara, if...
04 Aug 2022 evening – Sri Rupa & Sanatana Glories (English) – Capelle aan den IJssel, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Hariyali Teej is going on in Vraja now-Benediction obtained by Kalayavana from Shivaji-Benediction given by Indra to Muchukunda-Lila of Krishna making Muchukunda to burn Kalayavana into ashes-Only Mukunda gives liberation-Bhavapavargo bhramato yada bhavej sloka discussion-Life in the material world is called pavarga because in this world we are subject to five kinds of suffering, which are represented by the Sanskrit letters pa (very hard labor), pha (foam from the mouth with heavy labor), ba...
24 Jun 2018 – Morning walk (English) – United Kingdom
Who is the bhajana-shiksha guruMantra-siddhi, sadhana-siddhi, bhava-siddhi and svarupa-siddhiA funny story from GurudevGurudev asks about football.Only Mahaprabhu can give vraja-prema and manjari-bhavaNityananda Prabhu is sometimes close and sometimes far away from Chaitanya Mahaprabhu