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:...
soul: conditioned soul
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Murwillumbah 2023, Australia 2023, service: vani-seva, service: vapu-seva, soul: conditioned soul
05 Oct 2023 evening – True Sadhu-sanga (English) – Murwillumbah, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sadhu-sanga is serving and listening to harikatha with love and affection, realising the Guru’s heart, and preaching. About vapu-seva and vani-seva (brhad-mrdanga-seva).-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His servant Kala Krsna Dasa who got involved with the gypsies and gave work to Mahaprabhu. Sloka: daivī hy eṣā guṇa-mayī (Bg 7.14). Without surrender, bhakti does not manifest in the heart; and the nine limbs of bhakti. Sloka: śravaṇa, kīrtana, smaraṇa, pūjana, vandanaparicaryā, dāsya, sakhya...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Capelle aan den IJssel 2023, Netherlands 2023, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), guru: guru-nishtha, renunciation, soul: conditioned soul
04 Sep 2023 evening – The glories of Krsna-katha (English) – Capelle aan den IJssel, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Hari is in the harikatha. Verse: naham vasami vaikunthe yoginam hridayena ca (Padma Purana). Verse: na dhanam na janaṁ na sundarīṁ (Śrī Śikṣāṣṭakam, 4). The highest dharma is devotional service. The renunciation and devotion of Rupa and Sanatana. The separation lila of Radha and Krsna. Verse: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya (CC Madhya 20.108-109). The meaning of go-dasa: slave of the senses; and, the origin of all sufferings, the corporeal conception of life. Verse: brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān (CC...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, London 2023, United Kingdom 2023, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), guru: guru-nishtha, renunciation, soul: conditioned soul
02 Sep 2023 evening – The Seed of Devotion is Watered by Hari-katha (English) – London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 Hari is in the harikatha. Verse: naham vasami vaikunthe yoginam hridayena ca (Padma Purana). Verse: na dhanam na janaṁ na sundarīṁ (Śrī Śikṣāṣṭakam, 4). The highest dharma is devotional service. The renunciation and devotion of Rupa and Sanatana. The separation lila of Radha and Krsna. Verse: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya (CC Madhya 20.108-109). The meaning of go-dasa: slave of the senses; and, the origin of all sufferings, the corporeal conception of life. Verse: brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, London 2023, United Kingdom 2023, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), soul: conditioned soul
02 Sep 2023 morning – The Teachings and Lilas of Baladeva Prabhu (English) – London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 There is no difference between Krsna and Balarama. Nityananda-tattva and Baladeva-tattva. Krsna has unlimited expansions (acintya-tattva). About the different types of anarthas present in the heart of the conditioned soul. About the birth lila of Baladeva Prabhu. The names of Balarama Prabhu and the lila on why His clothing is blue. Lila from when Baladeva Prabhu kills several demons, such as Dhenukasura, the personification of ignorance. Verse that should be chanted when performing...
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Alarnatha 2023, India 2023, Kshetra-mandala Parikrama 2023, eternal nature of the soul: svarupa of the jiva (constitutional position; identity as an eternal servant of Krishna), soul: conditioned soul, Kshetra-mandala Parikrama 2023
13 Aug 2023 morning – Sri Ksetra Mandala Parikrama: The Glories of Alarnatha (Hindi) – Jagannatha Puri, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About how Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada established all the gaudiya-mathas and spoke about the svarupa of the jiva. The story told in Jaiva Dharma about the different moods present in the svarupa of Vijay Kumara and Vrajanatha, although both received diksa from the same guru. Syamarani Didi fulfilled the heart of Srila Gurudeva BV Narayana Maharaja by manifesting Svarupa of the Jiva book Anyone can chant verses, but the meaning you give to them is the most important thing. The two...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Alarnatha 2023, India 2023, Kshetra-mandala Parikrama 2023, eternal nature of the soul: svarupa of the jiva (constitutional position; identity as an eternal servant of Krishna), soul: conditioned soul, Kshetra-mandala Parikrama 2023
13 Aug 2023 morning – Sri Ksetra Mandala Parikrama: The Glories of Alarnatha (English translation) – Jagannatha Puri, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About how Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada established all the gaudiya-mathas and spoke about the svarupa of the jiva. The story told in Jaiva Dharma about the different moods present in the svarupa of Vijay Kumara and Vrajanatha, although both received diksa from the same guru. Syamarani Didi fulfilled the heart of Srila Gurudeva BV Narayana Maharaja by manifesting Svarupa of the Jiva book Anyone can chant verses, but the meaning you give to them is the most important thing. The two...
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Jagannatha Puri 2023, India 2023, Kshetra-mandala Parikrama 2023, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), guru: guru-tattva, siddha-deha: spiritual body (eternal perfected body for serving Krishna in the spiritual realm), soul: conditioned soul, Kshetra-mandala Parikrama 2023
12 Aug 2023 evening, beach walk – The Potency of Harikatha (Hindi) – Jagannatha Puri, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Radha controls Krsna with Her maan (transcendental anger), a very high feeling in parakiya-bhava. Maan is like the goad that controls the elephant (man-ankusam). Song: Śrī Rādhā-kripa-kaṭākṣa-stava-rāja. Krsna runs after Radharani. Jayadeva Gosvami talks about the spring rasa dance. About the stimuli created in Gurudeva’s heart by seeing the sea of Jagannatha Puri. Harikatha destroys all the anarthas of the heart. It’s no use taking a bath in the waters of holy places without...