It is very rare to reach the association of saints. Verse: kṛṣṇa-bhakti-janma-mūla haya ‘sādhu-saṅga’ (CC Madhya-lila 22.83). Verse: sādhu saṅga sādhu saṅga sarva śāstra (CC Madhya-lila 22.54). Sadhu-sanga means hearing about Sri Hari and practicing instructions His throughout life. Food for the soul is Sri Krsna katha. Worldly conversations leave our minds disturbed. Verse: tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ (CC Madhya-lila 10.31.9). Verse: ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ (Siksastaka 1). We are in the cycle...
book: Bible
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Santos 2023, Brazil 2023, Snana-yatra 2023, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), book: Bible, ghosts
02 Jun 2023 evening – Snana-yatra (English) – Santos, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Human life, sadhu-sanga and hari-katha are very rare. The human body is the door that leads us to the Supreme Lord.-The Bible says that the Lord created man in His own image and likeness. Human life has the power of discrimination. Spiritual life is the path of light, material life is the path of darkness. Ghosts dance in the dark at night. Purnima means full moon. Beautiful lila of Srimati Radhika coming out on a full moon night dressed in white. About the Snana Yatra of Lord Jagannatha...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Undisclosed, USA 2023, Brihad-bhagavatamrita 2023, anuraga: deep attachment (stage of prema; intense love and constant attraction toward Krishna), book: Bible, food: Jagannatha maha-prasada, Jesus Christ
01 Jan 2023 morning – Brihad-bhagavatamrita (English) – USA
-Gopa-kumara meets his Gurudeva after a long separation-The feeling of meeting after separation (example of a widow whose son died and then turned out to be alive)-When Gopa-kumarа looked at Jagannatha, he saw him as his Gurudevа-Thakuraji takes all your preparations if you have bhakti-Never forget to offer the Tulasi leaf along with food to the deity-Vaishnava attitudes towards military conflicts-Puranjana and Puranjani-Jivera svarupa haya sloka discussion-The two symptoms of deep anuraga: you...
2022, Discourses in English 2022, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2022, Undisclosed, Brazil 2022, Entry level discourses 2022, book: Bible, religion: Buddhism
12 Jul 2022 evening – The Science of God (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-You are not this body, you are the soul and servant of Krishna. -Milk transforms into yoghurt, but yoghurt cannot become milk again. Also the Supreme God creates His incarnations, which cannot become the Supreme God -The material world has a changeable nature. Everything in it is subject to destruction -People need to question the nature of their existence and God -The Lord resides everywhere -Soul and Supersoul -No one can be God except God Himself. The Bible and Srimad-Bhagavatam prove that ...
2022, Discourses in English 2022, Undisclosed, Iceland 2022, book: Bible
08 Jun 2022 evening – Rare Human Life for Bhajana (English) – Iceland | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Baddha-jivas wandering in the same cycle of repeated birth & death.-We are suffering 3 folds of maya.-Human life is to enquire about spiritual life.-Common things in animal & human life.-Spiritual life means inquiring about soul & Supersoul.-Bible says God created man after His own image.-Krsna says, I will give you intelligence by which you can attain Me.-Krsna says, one who attains My abode will not come again to this material world.-All of you are sons & daughters of the...
2021, Discourses Translated into English 2021, Delhi 2021, India 2021, book: Bible
04 Oct 2021 evening – Types of guru, sukriti, sharanagati (English translation) – Delhi, India
-About World Religious Assembly in Brazil.-About God’s creation in Bible & in Vedic sastras.-By Bhagavan’s order holy books manifested & some concoct on them.-Srila Gurudev spoke about Sarva Sukhinam bhavanthu.-How Jiva is influenced by maya in 3 modes.-Paramatma is there in everyones heart & stays as witness.-When you submit yourself or surrender to Paramatma He will give.-Chaitya guru , varta paradarsakha guru , siksha guru & diksha guru.-To that extent one has...
2021, Discourses in Hindi 2021, Delhi 2021, India 2021, book: Bible
04 Oct 2021 evening – Types of guru, sukriti, sharanagati (Hindi) – Delhi, India
-About World Religious Assembly in Brazil.-About God’s creation in Bible & in Vedic sastras.-By Bhagavan’s order holy books manifested & some concoct on them.-Srila Gurudev spoke about Sarva Sukhinam bhavanthu.-How Jiva is influenced by maya in 3 modes.-Paramatma is there in everyones heart & stays as witness.-When you submit yourself or surrender to Paramatma He will give.-Chaitya guru , varta paradarsakha guru , siksha guru & diksha guru.-To that extent one has...