service: cooking

2022, Discourses in English 2022, Capelle aan den IJssel 2022, Netherlands 2022, Rupa Gosvami, Sanatana Gosvami, bhava: bhava-siddhi (perfection of bhava; attainment of the stage of bhava-bhakti), liberation, perfection: vastu-siddhi/perfection of the self (attainment of one's eternal spiritual identity; realization of one's true nature), sadhana: sadhana-siddhi, service: cooking, svarupa-siddhi: realization of one's spiritual identity (attainment of the eternal constitutional position of the soul; perfection of one's true nature)

04 Aug 2022 evening – Sri Rupa & Sanatana Glories (English) – Capelle aan den IJssel, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

August 4, 2022 6:27 PM

-Hariyali Teej is going on in Vraja now-Benediction obtained by Kalayavana from Shivaji-Benediction given by Indra to Muchukunda-Lila of Krishna making Muchukunda to burn Kalayavana into ashes-Only Mukunda gives liberation-Bhavapavargo bhramato yada bhavej sloka discussion-Life in the material world is called pavarga because in this world we are subject to five kinds of suffering, which are represented by the Sanskrit letters pa (very hard labor), pha (foam from the mouth with heavy labor), ba...

2022, Discourses in English 2022, Undisclosed, United Kingdom 2022, Vraja-bhava, book: Hari-bhakti-vilasa, liberation (mukti): types, service: cooking, varnashrama-dharma

15 Apr 2022 evening – Vraja-lila difference to Ayodhya-lila (English) – United Kingdom

April 15, 2022 6:47 PM

-Without following rules & regulations one cannot develop spiritual life.-About Hari-bhakti-vilasa.-Mahaprabhu making devotees in Sri Rangam change their mood from worshipping of Lakshmi-Narayana to Radha-Krishna.-Raya Ramananda about varnashrama-dharma to Mahaprabhu.-Your heart will be dry if you don’t speak vraja-katha.-About different types of mukti.-Servitor mood is dependent on 2 things: sambandha-jnana & mamata.-About 3 main deities in Gaudiya Vaishnavism.-Lakshmi-devi...

2022, Discourses Translated into English 2022, Delhi 2022, India 2022, Navadvipa-dhama-mahatmya 2022, Bhakti Dayita Vishnu Maharaja, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), aparadhas (offences), liberation, service: cooking

05 Mar 2022 evening – Navadvipa-dhama mahatmya (2) (English translation) – Delhi, India

March 5, 2022 6:37 PM

-Vrindavana is for siddha-mahatmas but Navadvipa-dhama is for everyone, for the people of Kali-yuga with wicked mind and full of offences-Gaurasundara gives prema even to those who have anarthas-Navadvipa-dhama is a mukuta-mani of all pilgrimage places-If one goes to Navadvipa-dhama for any reason, say, for a business trip, he will be delivered from the cycle of repeated births and deaths-Those who want to get liberation can get it without hard austerities just by going to Navadvipa-dhama...

2022, Discourses in Hindi 2022, Delhi 2022, India 2022, Navadvipa-dhama-mahatmya 2022, Bhakti Dayita Vishnu Maharaja, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), aparadhas (offences), liberation, service: cooking

05 Mar 2022 evening – Navadvipa-dhama mahatmya (2) (Hindi) – Delhi, India

March 5, 2022 6:35 PM

-Vrindavana is for siddha-mahatmas but Navadvipa-dhama is for everyone, for the people of Kali-yuga with wicked mind and full of offences-Gaurasundara gives prema even to those who have anarthas-Navadvipa-dhama is a mukuta-mani of all pilgrimage places-If one goes to Navadvipa-dhama for any reason, say, for a business trip, he will be delivered from the cycle of repeated births and deaths-Those who want to get liberation can get it without hard austerities just by going to Navadvipa-dhama...

2022, Discourses in English 2022, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2022, Undisclosed, Brazil 2022, anartha-nivritti: removal of unwanted things (cleansing of the heart; stage of bhakti development), guru: diksha-guru, guru: shiksha-guru, habits: bad habits, service: cooking

28 Feb 2022 morning – Questions and answers (English) – Brazil

February 28, 2022 9:26 AM

-Question: How to give up all bad habits and surrender to Guru?-Question: Why is the process of anartha-nivritti so slow?-Question: How to attain greed to hari-katha?-3 symptoms of spiritual greed-Gurudev is a boatman who helps living entities cross the material ocean-Duties of diksha-guru and shiksha-guru-Story of Kunti’s son Karna-Palya-dasi kori Lalita Sundari nourishes living entities. She is very merciful-Srila Trivikrama Gosvami Maharaja did everything on his own: serving the Deities...

2022, Discourses in English 2022, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2022, Undisclosed, Brazil 2022, anartha-nivritti: removal of unwanted things (cleansing of the heart; stage of bhakti development), guru: diksha-guru, guru: shiksha-guru, habits: bad habits, service: cooking

28 Feb 2022 morning – Questions and answers (English) – Brazil

February 28, 2022 9:10 AM

-Question: How to give up all bad habits and surrender to Guru?-Question: Why is the process of anartha-nivritti so slow?-Question: How to attain greed to hari-katha?-3 symptoms of spiritual greed-Gurudev is a boatman who helps living entities cross the material ocean-Duties of diksha-guru and shiksha-guru-Story of Kunti’s son Karna-Palya-dasi kori Lalita Sundari nourishes living entities. She is very merciful-Srila Trivikrama Gosvami Maharaja did everything on his own: serving the Deities...

2022, Discourses in English 2022, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2022, Undisclosed, Brazil 2022, Cultivating and Perfecting Seva, Sadhana-bhakti, bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, samskaras, service: cooking

27 Feb 2022 morning – Food offering, bathing (English) – Brazil

February 27, 2022 9:13 AM

-Question: What’s the right way to take the dust of the lotus feet of a vaishnava?-Bhakta-pada-dhuli, bhakta-pada-jala, bhakta-bhukta-shesha-Story of a pandita and his not clever servant-In vaidhi-bhakti you are not even allowed to smell what you are cooking, because if you smell it, you are considered to have eaten half of it-Bathing after passing stool and urine-Keep silence in 3 places as much as possible: hari-katha, Thakuraji and kitchen, especially during hari-katha!-Adhunika-samskaras...

2022, Discourses in English 2022, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2022, Undisclosed, Brazil 2022, Discourses with transcripts in English 2021, Discourses with transcripts in English 2022, Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja, Vraja-bhava, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), animals: dogs, aparadhas (offences), bhakti: bhakti-yoga (path of devotion; the practice of connecting with Krishna through devotional service; the process of awakening love for Krishna), guru: guru-tattva, institution: Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti, institution: ISKCON, Krishna: krishna-nama, Mahabharata, Radha: radha-nama, self-realisation, service: cooking, soul: conditioned soul, spiritual paths: vidhi-marga, Svayam Bhagavan, television

02 Feb 2022 evening – Glories of Srila BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja (English) – Brazil

February 2, 2022 6:09 PM

-3 main pillars of Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti.-Srila Parama-Gurudeva is like chintamani.-By uttama-bhagavata’s darshana krishna-prema will manifest.-Srila Parama-Gurudeva is uttama-bhagavata.-One can know about guru, vaishnava & Bhagavan only by their mercy.-Conversation between Gopinatha Acharya & Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya on Mahaprabhu being Bhagavan.-Lila of Mahaprabhu showing shatbhuja rupa to Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya after he spoke about Vedanta Sutra & still doubted on...

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