soul: conditioned soul

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Caraguatatuba 2023, Brazil 2023, Chaitanya-charitamrita Madhya 22.54, anarthas: four types, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhakti: stages, guru: guru-bhakti, guru: guru-nishtha, renunciation, renunciation (vairagya), soul: conditioned soul

30 Dec 2023 evening – Chant the Holy Names and Listen to Harikatha (English) – Caraguatatuba, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 30, 2023 6:13 PM

– Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada took diksa from Srila Gaura Kisora Dasa Babaji Maharaja. – Verse: tasmād guruṁ prapadyeta jijñāsuḥ śreya uttamam (ŚB 11.3.21). – Pranama-mantra of Srila Gaura Kisora Dasa Babaji Maharaja: namo gaura-kisoraya saksad vairagya-murtaye vipralambha-rasambudhe padambujaya te namah. – Srila Gaura Kisora Dasa Babaji Maharaja is the direct manifestation of renunciation and he savors vipralambha-rasa (higher mood of...

2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Delhi 2023, India 2023, anuraga: deep attachment (stage of prema; intense love and constant attraction toward Krishna), aparadhas (offences), liberation, prema: stages, self-realisation, soul: conditioned soul

21 Dec 2023 evening – Seva, Harikatha and Surrender (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 21, 2023 6:35 PM

Trees live for dozens of years, but there is no benefit in assuming a tree body. ⁠There is only benefit when we listen to harikatha. ⁠Different stages of prema: sneha, mana, pranaya, raga, anuraga, bhava, mahabhava. ⁠To cleanse the heart you need to do seva, listen to harikatha and surrender. ⁠The conditioned soul has a tendency to deceive, so everyone is being deceived. ⁠There are many ways to enjoy in Svargaloka. ⁠Story of the king, the envious barber and a man called Birbal. ⁠What does...

2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Delhi 2023, India 2023, anuraga: deep attachment (stage of prema; intense love and constant attraction toward Krishna), aparadhas (offences), liberation, prema: stages, self-realisation, soul: conditioned soul

21 Dec 2023 evening – Seva, Harikatha and Surrender (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 21, 2023 6:35 PM

Trees live for dozens of years, but there is no benefit in assuming a tree body. ⁠There is only benefit when we listen to harikatha. ⁠Different stages of prema: sneha, mana, pranaya, raga, anuraga, bhava, mahabhava. ⁠To cleanse the heart you need to do seva, listen to harikatha and surrender. ⁠The conditioned soul has a tendency to deceive, so everyone is being deceived. ⁠There are many ways to enjoy in Svargaloka. ⁠Story of the king, the envious barber and a man called Birbal. ⁠What does...

2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Delhi 2023, India 2023, anuraga: deep attachment (stage of prema; intense love and constant attraction toward Krishna), bhava: bhava-siddhi (perfection of bhava; attainment of the stage of bhava-bhakti), body: gross body, body: subtle body, perfection: vastu-siddhi/perfection of the self (attainment of one's eternal spiritual identity; realization of one's true nature), rasas: twelve rasas, sadhana: sadhana-siddhi, soul: conditioned soul, svarupa-siddhi: realization of one's spiritual identity (attainment of the eternal constitutional position of the soul; perfection of one's true nature)

21 Dec 2023 morning – You Must Study (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 21, 2023 8:27 AM

ananyāś cintayanto māṁye janāḥ paryupāsateteṣāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁyoga-kṣemaṁ vahāmy aham (Bhagavad-gītā 9.22). Radha’s lila with the calf. ⁠The conditioned soul is like deer and hinds that run after mirages in the desert. ⁠The three daily baths of Sri Radha and their meanings. Read the Jaiva Dharma! ⁠Radha’s blue clothes are the colour of Krishna’s skin. It is Krsna Himself covering Her body. What a beautiful bhava! ⁠All the Gosvamis wrote in the Bengali language. ⁠About Advaita...

2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Delhi 2023, India 2023, anuraga: deep attachment (stage of prema; intense love and constant attraction toward Krishna), bhava: bhava-siddhi (perfection of bhava; attainment of the stage of bhava-bhakti), body: gross body, body: subtle body, perfection: vastu-siddhi/perfection of the self (attainment of one's eternal spiritual identity; realization of one's true nature), rasas: twelve rasas, sadhana: sadhana-siddhi, soul: conditioned soul, svarupa-siddhi: realization of one's spiritual identity (attainment of the eternal constitutional position of the soul; perfection of one's true nature)

21 Dec 2023 morning – You Must Study (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 21, 2023 8:27 AM

ananyāś cintayanto māṁye janāḥ paryupāsateteṣāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁyoga-kṣemaṁ vahāmy aham (Bhagavad-gītā 9.22). Radha’s lila with the calf. ⁠The conditioned soul is like deer and hinds that run after mirages in the desert. ⁠The three daily baths of Sri Radha and their meanings. Read the Jaiva Dharma! ⁠Radha’s blue clothes are the colour of Krishna’s skin. It is Krsna Himself covering Her body. What a beautiful bhava! ⁠All the Gosvamis wrote in the Bengali language. ⁠About Advaita...

2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Bhavnagar 2023, Gujarat 2023, India 2023, body: subtle body, soul: conditioned soul

08 Dec 2023 afternoon – Leaving the Body While Singing the Holy Names (English translation) – Bhavanagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 8, 2023 12:06 PM

Krsna is the Supreme Enjoyer, Purusa, but the conditioned soul in the gross and subtle body thinks that he is the enjoyer. Pastime of Bharata Maharaja, in which, due to attachment, he is born as a deer. Tulasi Dasa explains that the human body exists to do bhajana to the Lord. In the Bhagavad Gita, Krsna says that a person’s thoughts at the time of death define his body in the next life. Whoever does bhajana is not deceived by happiness, sadness, birth and death, because he knows that...

2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Bhavnagar 2023, Gujarat 2023, India 2023, body: subtle body, soul: conditioned soul

08 Dec 2023 afternoon – Leaving the Body While Singing the Holy Names (Hindi) – Bhavanagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 8, 2023 12:06 PM

Krsna is the Supreme Enjoyer, Purusa, but the conditioned soul in the gross and subtle body thinks that he is the enjoyer. Pastime of Bharata Maharaja, in which, due to attachment, he is born as a deer. Tulasi Dasa explains that the human body exists to do bhajana to the Lord. In the Bhagavad Gita, Krsna says that a person’s thoughts at the time of death define his body in the next life. Whoever does bhajana is not deceived by happiness, sadness, birth and death, because he knows that...

2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Christchurch 2023, New Zealand 2023, self-realisation, soul: conditioned soul

15 Oct 2023 midday – Bhakti Develops Through Sadhu-sanga (English translation) – Christchurch, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

October 15, 2023 12:29 PM

Story of a brahmachari who, at the request of his Guru, went from house to house looking for a Vaisnava. We can only develop our spiritual life in sadhu-sanga. Verse: sādhu-saṅga’, ‘sādhu-saṅga’ — sarva-śāstre kaya (CC Madhya-lila 22.54). Living entities forget Sri Krsna and therefore experience the three forms of material suffering. Sloka: mamaivāṁśo jīva-loke (Bhagavad Gita 15.7). This material world is like a desert. Nama-sankirtana removes all obstacles and makes us reach Sri Krsna. Sloka:...

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