– The essence of human life is bhajana of God. – God created a human being after His own image. – Human life is a doorway to bhajana. – Material life is a jail but we do not realise this. – The story of how Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada failed to meet with a rich and busy factory owner. – In the beautiful play of love, God hides Himself but His devotees seek to reveal His divine glory. Simultaneously, the devotees, humble, hide themselves, yet...
morning: brahma-muhurta
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Jibantala 2023, West Bengal 2023, India 2023, morning: brahma-muhurta
13 Dec 2023 evening – The Essence of Human Life (English translation) – Jibantala, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 – The essence of human life is bhajana of God. – God created a human being after His own image. – Human life is a doorway to bhajana. – Material life is a jail but we do not realise this. – The story of how Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada failed to meet with a rich and busy factory owner. – In the beautiful play of love, God hides Himself but His devotees seek to reveal His divine glory. Simultaneously, the devotees, humble, hide themselves...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Bhuj 2023, Gujarat 2023, India 2023, Bhagavata-saptaha in Bhuj 2023, animals: dogs, morning: brahma-muhurta, Vedavyasa, Vyasadeva, Bhagavata-saptaha in Bhuj 2023
06 Dec 2023 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 7, Srimad-Bhagavatam Glorifies Nama-sankirtana (English translation) – Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Human body is given by the Lord for bhajana. Jivas of this world are compared to cows, camels, donkeys, dogs, etc. The glories of nama are there in Srimad-Bhagavatam. Grantha-bhagavata and bhakta-bhagavata. People should behave according to their ashrama. Narada Rishi recommends Vyasadeva to write Krishna’s lilas. Chitraketu Maharaja is cursed by Parvati-devi and is born as Vritrasura. The love of mother is strongest. Slowly refuse meat, eggs, onion, garlic. Our body is the temple of Krishna. 4...
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Bhuj 2023, Gujarat 2023, India 2023, Bhagavata-saptaha in Bhuj 2023, animals: dogs, morning: brahma-muhurta, Vedavyasa, Vyasadeva, Bhagavata-saptaha in Bhuj 2023
06 Dec 2023 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 7, Srimad-Bhagavatam Glorifies Nama-sankirtana (Hindi) – Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Human body is given by the Lord for bhajana. Jivas of this world are compared to cows, camels, donkeys, dogs, etc. The glories of nama are there in Srimad-Bhagavatam. Grantha-bhagavata and bhakta-bhagavata. People should behave according to their ashrama. Narada Rishi recommends Vyasadeva to write Krishna’s lilas. Chitraketu Maharaja is cursed by Parvati-devi and is born as Vritrasura. The love of mother is strongest. Slowly refuse meat, eggs, onion, garlic. Our body is the temple of Krishna. 4...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Auckland 2023, New Zealand 2023, aparadhas (offences), morning: brahma-muhurta
20 Oct 2023 evening – Sadhu-sanga and Nama Sankirtana are Very Powerful (English) – Auckland, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Human life is very rare, there is no guarantee that we will get a human body again; sadhu-sanga is our only hope. Association with the sadhu, and listening to harikatha, are the only process to conquer Maya, in this Kali-yuga. Our aim is how to serve Guru and Krsna. How to chant the holy names? Forsaking all offences. Sadhu-sanga and nama-sankirtana are very powerful. By chanting the holy names with the sadhu, potency will come. There is only one God. He has many names. The holy names are the...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Sao Paulo 2023, Brazil 2023, Morning walks 2023, character quality: envy, morning: brahma-muhurta, service: krishna-seva
21 Jun 2023 morning walk – Q & A (English) – Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Question: How can one always be humble? Whose prema is higher? Nanda Maharaja’s or Dasharatha Maharaja’s? Give respect to others. Shloka: Trinad api sunichena. Aropa-siddha-bhakti and sanga-siddha-bhakti. The qualities of a sadhu. Svarupa-siddha-bhakti. Question: How do demons like Duryodhana take part in Krishna’s lilas? By chance? Nishtha by Haridasa Thakura. Do not eat too much or too little. Use all your qualities in krishna-seva except matsarya (envy). Learn the good...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Mirepoix 2023, France 2023, anartha-nivritti: removal of unwanted things (cleansing of the heart; stage of bhakti development), consciousness: Krishna Consciousness, Mahaprabhu: rasaraja-mahabhava svarupa, morning: brahma-muhurta, sleeping: dreams
21 May 2023 morning – Rasa-raja-mahabhava-svarupa (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
How the sadhu creates desire in our hearts. About the care to be taken in speaking too high katha. From the stage of anartha-nivritti it is possible to understand about transcendental things. This body cannot stand the stage of prema. Mahaprabhu asks Srivasa how he came to be in Krishna consciousness, his life story. A sannyasi brahmana appears in Srivasa’s dream. About dreams during brahma-muhurta. The sloka harer nama harer nama that Srivasa read in the Purana. Srivasa goes to Devananda...
2023, Discourses in Bengali 2023, Kashinagar 2023, West Bengal 2023, India 2023, morning: brahma-muhurta
22 Mar 2023 evening – Mahaprabhu’s Thread of Love (Bengali) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-If we know tattva-siddhanta, the conclusion of the scriptures, we can immerse into bhakti-In Sanskrit, even letters have different meanings-Mahaprabhu gave 9+18+64 meanings of one and the same verse-Do not hear hari-katha from non-Vaishnavas-The glories of holy months and bathing in brahma-muhurta-3 types of listeners-The qualities of Krishna and His incarnations-4 extraordinary qualities of Krishna-Vrindavana welcomes Govinda-Do not keep dead bodies (meat) in your house-The story of how...