soul: conditioned soul

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into French 2025, Paris 2025, France 2025, Ke Jabi Ke Jabi Bhai, Sadhana-bhakti, Self-Realization, character quality: envy, devotees: categories of devotees, kamatmika bhakti type: sambhoga-iccha-mayi, kamatmika bhakti type: tat-tad-bhava-iccha-mayi, soul: conditioned soul

22 May 2025 evening – The Development of Sadhana and Realization in Bhakti (English) | Paris, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 22, 2025 7:28 PM

A boat is made of wood suitable for it not to sink, in the same way, the Guru gives everything to the disciple whose heart is clean and tidy. ⁠The song Amara Jivana explains that the conditioned soul has no good qualities, but the devotee who recognizes his disqualification is sincere. ⁠The heart cannot be cleaned with soap and water; one must chant Harinama: harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalam… (CC Madhya-lila 6.242). ⁠The duration of life in each of the four yugas is different. ⁠The...

2025, Discourses Translated into English 2025, Zoetermeer 2025, Netherlands 2025, Guru-nishtha, Shraddha/Faith, sampradaya: Brahma Madhva Gaudiya Sampradaya, soul: conditioned soul, spiritual progress

15 May 2025 evening – Sraddha and Nistha in Srila Gurudeva Are the Foundation of Spiritual Progress (English translation) | Zoetermeer, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 15, 2025 6:45 PM

It is written in the sastra that by only five days of sadhu-sanga and Harikatha life becomes successful, it is not enough to have a long life. ⁠Since time immemorial the jivas spend their lives repeating the same behavior. ⁠It is necessary to be in sadhu-sanga. ⁠Surrender to the Guru and Bhagavan, then your sadhana and memory will be fine. ⁠The conditioned soul, whether male or female, has purusa-abhimana, the conception of being the enjoyer. The Three Deities of Vrndavana and what They...

2025, Discourses in Hindi 2025, Zoetermeer 2025, Netherlands 2025, sampradaya: Brahma Madhva Gaudiya Sampradaya, soul: conditioned soul, spiritual progress

15 May 2025 evening – Sraddha and Nistha in Srila Gurudeva Are the Foundation of Spiritual Progress (Hindi) | Zoetermeer, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 15, 2025 6:45 PM

It is written in the sastra that by only five days of sadhu-sanga and Harikatha life becomes successful, it is not enough to have a long life. ⁠Since time immemorial the jivas spend their lives repeating the same behavior. ⁠It is necessary to be in sadhu-sanga. ⁠Surrender to the Guru and Bhagavan, then your sadhana and memory will be fine. ⁠The conditioned soul, whether male or female, has purusa-abhimana, the conception of being the enjoyer. The Three Deities of Vrndavana and what They...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Hari-katha 2025 (Undisclosed country), Undisclosed, A Brahmana Who Imitated Ecstatic Symptoms Due to Jealousy of Haridasa Thakura, soul: conditioned soul

06 May 2025 morning – Questions and Answers (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 6, 2025 8:55 AM

The pastime of the appearance of Sita Devi. About Putana, the demon who personifies falsehood and hypocrisy. Examples of situations where we notice that there is a lot of falsehood and hypocrisy. Bhaktivinoda Thakura says that a Vaisnava does not act externally differently from what is happening in his heart. In Harikatha, the truth is always told, what is in the Scriptures, even if it does not please those who hear it. The different types of knowledge that we should have: knowledge about the...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Hari-katha 2025 (Undisclosed country), Undisclosed, A Sadhu Repeatedly Saves a Scorpion Despite Being Stung, Markandeya Rishi and the Prophecy of His Death at the Age of Eleven, Sadhus Living in a Leaf Hut Try to Escape Death During a Heavy Rain, Life Span, soul: conditioned soul, Vedavyasa, Vyasadeva

29 Apr 2025 evening – Life Span (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 29, 2025 8:29 PM

The time we stay in this body is defined by our past karma. In this material world, whoever is born will have to die. Dhrtarastra asks Vyasadeva why his 100 sons had already died before him (Bhagavad Gita). Exposition of the reasons for the Battle of Kuruksetra. Krsna is the controller of birth and death, and according to karma everything is arranged. Surprising katha of Markandeya Rsi that takes place in Satya-yuga, in which his mother hears from an astrologer that her son would die at the age...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Hari-katha 2025 (Undisclosed country), Undisclosed, adau sraddha tato sadhu-sanga atha bhajana-kriya, sri-radhayah pranaya-mahima, Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.4.15-16, Chaitanya-charitamrita Adi 1.6, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), aparadhas: offenses (obstacles in devotional service; offenses against Krishna, devotees, holy name, dhama and other aspects of bhakti), Gaura: meaning of name, Krishna: meaning of the name Hari, rasa dance: rasa-lila, siddha-pranali: system of spiritual lineage (process of receiving the identity of one's spiritual form through a lineage of teachers), soul: conditioned soul

27 Apr 2025 morning – The Siddha Pranali established by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 27, 2025 8:12 AM

Gaura means “fair skin”, and Hari means “thief”, therefore Gaurahari means the one who steals someone’s fair skin, that is, Krsna steals the fair skin of Srimati Radharani. Love does not use direct words, it acts in zigzag. “Gau” means Govinda and “Ra” means Radharani, so Gaura is Krsna who comes in the combined form of Radha and Govinda. Verse: śrī-rādhāyāḥ praṇaya-mahimā…(Śrī CC Ādi-līlā 1.6). Krsna and His potency are always together, but sometimes it is in manifest form and sometimes...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Sao Paulo 2025, Brazil 2025, Mahaprabhu: rasaraja-mahabhava svarupa, soul: conditioned soul

24 Feb 2025 morning – The Rasa Raja Mahabhava Svarupa of Sriman Mahaprabhu (English) | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 24, 2025 9:19 AM

Prema-bhakti can be obtained only by the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Sloka: śrī-caitanya-mano-‘bhīṣṭaṁ… (CC Antya-lila 1.117). About the forms of Rupa Manjari and Srila Rupa Gosvamipada. Rupa Gosvamipada glorified the moods of the manjaris in his books and also glorified suddha-bhakti. Sloka: anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ… (CC Madhya 19.167). Bhakti means devotional service to the Lord, seva-vrtti, the tendency to serve the Lord. The mind is restless and very difficult to...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2025, Punta Arenas 2025, Chile 2025, soul: conditioned soul

22 Feb 2025 morning – Instructions for the Mind (English) | Punta Arenas, Chile | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 22, 2025 9:51 AM

Prema-bhakti can be obtained only by the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Sloka: śrī-caitanya-mano-‘bhīṣṭaṁ… (CC Antya-lila 1.117). About the forms of Rupa Manjari and Srila Rupa Gosvamipada. Rupa Gosvamipada glorified the moods of the manjaris in his books and also glorified suddha-bhakti. Sloka: anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ… (CC Madhya 19.167). Bhakti means devotional service to the Lord, seva-vrtti, the tendency to serve the Lord. The mind is restless and very difficult to...

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