service: cooking

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Murwillumbah 2025, Australia 2025, Self-Realization, Bhatta family (parivara): Venkata Bhatta; Trimalla Bhatta and Prabodhananda Sarasvati (nephew of Gopala Bhatta), service: cooking, service: vani-seva, service: vapu-seva, sleeping: dreams

02 Sep 2025 midday – Our Goal and Self-Realization (English) | Murwillumbah, Australia

September 2, 2025 12:00 PM

– About the love and affection of devotees dedicated to Sri Srimad BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja. – Vapu-seva means serving the Gurudeva by cooking, washing clothes, and massaging his feet. – Vani-seva is the service of listening to Harikatha and spreading the teachings to everyone. – All Vaisnavas aspire to become rupanugas, that is, to serve Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu under the guidance of Rupa Gosvami. – ⁠Quote from the verse composed by Narottama Dasa Thakura: śrī...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Seattle 2025, USA 2025, Bhakti's Superiority Over Other Paths, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), ghee lamp, service: cooking

20 Jul 2025 morning – What Grants Bhakti and Jnana (English) | Seattle, USA

July 20, 2025 7:00 AM

* On the seven oceans and islands. * If we associate with good people, good qualities will come; otherwise, not. Associate with a sadhu, for through their influence, their qualities will come to us. * We should reject bad associations, especially with Mayavadis and those who have no faith in the Vedas. * We must bathe before cooking and worshiping Thakuraji. * Those who eat food prepared by those who have not bathed will have a disturbed mind. * Pure water is compared to suddha-bhakti (pure...

2025, Discourses in Hindi 2025, Delhi 2025, India 2025, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), Krishna: naravat-lila, Krishna: raja-lila; devi-lila and nara-lila of Krishna, service: cooking

01 Mar 2025 morning – Transcendental Love (Hindi) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

March 1, 2025 7:07 AM

00:00:00 — Radhika says: “Krishna, please apply alta to My feet.” Krishna fulfills everything that Radha says00:02:35 — Who is Krishna? He is the one who has no anxiety, responsibility, or obligations. Example: Lord Ramachandra, who had responsibilities00:05:08 — Srila Krishnadas Kaviraj Gosvami said: Krishna performs His pastimes like a human being; there are different lilas, and the Lord manifests moods according to His devotees00:08:23 — When Krishna entered Kamsa’s arena, there were 12...

2025, Discourses Translated into English 2025, Delhi 2025, India 2025, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), Krishna: naravat-lila, Krishna: raja-lila; devi-lila and nara-lila of Krishna, service: cooking

01 Mar 2025 morning – Transcendental Love (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

March 1, 2025 7:07 AM

00:00:00 — Radhika says: “Krishna, please apply alta to My feet.” Krishna fulfills everything that Radha says00:02:35 — Who is Krishna? He is the one who has no anxiety, responsibility, or obligations. Example: Lord Ramachandra, who had responsibilities00:05:08 — Srila Krishnadas Kaviraj Goswami said: Krishna performs His pastimes like a human being; there are different lilas, and the Lord manifests moods according to His devotees00:08:23 — When Krishna entered Kamsa’s arena, there were 12...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Rio de Janeiro 2025, Brazil 2025, Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja, Bharata-varsha: sacred land of India (land where spiritual culture and devotional traditions have flourished), devotees: types, lineage: guru-parampara, service: cooking

29 Jan 2025 evening – The appearance day of Srila BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja (English) | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

January 29, 2025 8:28 PM

Today is Mauni-amavasya and the appearance day of Srila BV Narayana GM. After 144 years there is a maha kumbha-mela in India. The glories of Bharata-varsha by Srila Krishnadasa Kaviraja. Always be mentally in Vraja. Verse: tan-nāma-rūpa-caritādi-sukīrtanānu… (Upadeshamrita 8). If you find a sadhu’s heart full of vraja-rasa, hear hari-katha from him. If you are cooking, it is actually Srimati Radhika and Her sakhis and manjaris who are cooking. The definition of bhakti is given in Bhakti...

2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Bhuj 2024, Gujarat 2024, India 2024, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, samskaras, service: cooking, sound: transcendental vibrations

26 Nov 2024 morning – Vaidhi-marga and raga-marga (Hindi) | Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

November 26, 2024 8:20 AM

0:00:15 – What is bhakti? It is Srimati Radharani Herself. Example of a tree: when you water the root, all the parts are nourished. 0:03:13 – Where does shraddha (faith) come from? From Srimati Radharani. Rasa-vichar (analysis of mellows) is the mercy of Radharani; tattva-vichar (philosophical analysis) is the mercy of Baladeva Prabhu. 0:03:50 – The meaning of sadhu-sanga (association with saints) is to serve Sri Hari. A person who listens to Krishna-katha hears transcendental...

2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Bhuj 2024, Gujarat 2024, India 2024, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, samskaras, service: cooking, sound: transcendental vibrations

26 Nov 2024 morning – Vaidhi-marga and raga-marga (English translation) | Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

November 26, 2024 8:20 AM

0:00:15 – What is bhakti? It is Srimati Radharani Herself. Example of a tree: when you water the root, all the parts are nourished. 0:03:13 – Where does shraddha (faith) come from? From Srimati Radharani. Rasa-vichar (analysis of mellows) is the mercy of Radharani; tattva-vichar (philosophical analysis) is the mercy of Baladeva Prabhu. 0:03:50 – The meaning of sadhu-sanga (association with saints) is to serve Sri Hari. A person who listens to Krishna-katha hears transcendental...

2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Delhi 2024, India 2024, service: cooking

19 Nov 2024 morning – The Nature of the Soul (Hindi) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

November 19, 2024 8:36 AM

PART 1 Rukmini writes a letter to Krsna where she expresses her desires and glorifies Krsna. The queens of Dvaraka express attachments to their brothers, their parents and children. Sukadeva Gosvami described the mood of separation of Srimati Radhika in Srimad Bhagavatam. The differences in the mood of separation between the queens of Dvarka and the gopis. The nature of water is to be liquid, this is the inherent attribute of water. The inherent attribute of the nature of the gopis is...

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