life: cycle of birth and death

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Christchurch 2025, New Zealand 2025, Atma-tattva, Self-Realization, book: Bible, book: Quran, life: cycle of birth and death, self-realisation, soul: size of the soul

12 Sep 2025 evening – Self-Realization Is the Best Realization (English) | Christchurch, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 12, 2025 6:00 PM

The Bible reveals that God created man in His image and His likeness. This human body enables us to perform devotional service. We must have an inquisitive attitude and humor, just as scientists do. It is not possible to conquer death and become immortal; thus, we go through a cycle of birth and death. We are not the body; we are the soul, and it is the soul that makes this body function. Everything that exists has an intrinsic nature; in the case of the soul, its nature is to serve the Lord...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Christchurch 2025, New Zealand 2025, Entry level discourses 2025, Chaitanya-charitamrita Madhya 20.102, Chaitanya-charitamrita Madhya 22.54, Hitopadesha 25, A Sadhu Who Liberated All the Suffering Souls in the Hell Solely by the Aroma of His Body, Purpose of Human Life, karma: law of karma, liberation, life: cycle of birth and death

11 Sep 2025 evening – The Meaning of Life (English) | Christchurch, New Zealand

September 11, 2025 6:00 PM

– In Kali-yuga, people only want to enjoy pleasures and it is very difficult for them to sit down to hear Harikatha. – In Kali-yuga, people are completely atheistic; they have no faith in the Lord or in the existence of reincarnation. This atheistic philosophy is completely false. – ⁠On Yamaraja, the law of karma, and Citragupta (Yamaraja’s servant who records all the acts of all human beings). – Scientific discoveries, such as the computer, are discovered because...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Christchurch 2025, New Zealand 2025, api cet su-duracaro, satam prasangan mama virya-samvido, Bhagavad-gita 9.30, Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.25.25, Maila Lage Tan Mem, The Conditioned Soul, body: gross body, body: subtle body, book: Bible, character quality: criticism, Kala Krishnadasa, knowledge: jnana and vijnana, life: cycle of birth and death, sambandha; abhidheya and prayojana, self-realisation, vegetarianism

10 Sep 2025 evening – Do Not Criticise Anyone (English) | Christchurch, New Zealand

September 10, 2025 6:00 PM

– In the Kali Yuga, people do not ask themselves what their lives are for. – Krishna tells Arjuna that all living entities are His part and parcel. – Self-realisation is the best realisation. – Ask yourself: where will you go after you die? – The relationships in this world mean nothing. – We are caught in the cycle of birth and death. We must return to God, as the material world is not our permanent home. – Kapiladeva instructs Devahuti: ‘satāṁ...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Christchurch 2025, New Zealand 2025, Bhagavad-gita 2025, Bhagavan: sach-chid-ananda (sat-chid-ananda), life: cycle of birth and death

09 Sep 2025 evening – Instructions From Krsna in Bhagavad-gita (English) | Christchurch, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 9, 2025 7:14 PM

PART 1 PART 2 – On the dedication of the devotees present at the Harikatha. – Supreme instructions given by Krsna in the Bhagavad Gita. – Externally: Krsna instructs His dear friend Arjuna. – Internally: Krsna instructs everyone to surrender at His lotus feet. – On the cause of the sufferings of living entities in this material world. – On the cessation of the cycle of birth and death, and the karma of previous lives. – Explanations from different...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Brisbane 2025, Australia 2025, Beginning of Bhakti, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, liberation, life: cycle of birth and death

29 Aug 2025 evening – The Bhakti Creeper and Its Leaves (English) | Brisbane, Australia

August 29, 2025 6:00 PM

– We should listen to Harikatha, but not from an avaisnava (non-Vaisnava), even though Krsna katha is very powerful. – By listening to Harikatha, all undesirable things (anarthas) are removed from our hearts. – Sadhana-bhakti goes from the stage of sradha to asakti. – Those who practice sadhana will see bhakti-lata-bija (the seed of devotion) manifest in their hearts. – The first two leaves of the bhakti creeper that sprout represent that all sorrows, sufferings...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Brighton 2025, United Kingdom 2025, Guru-nishtha, bhakti: bhakti-yoga (path of devotion; the practice of connecting with Krishna through devotional service; the process of awakening love for Krishna), character quality: duplicity, liberation, life: cycle of birth and death

01 Aug 2025 evening – The Wonders of Firm Faith in the Guru’s Words (English) | Brighton, UK

August 1, 2025 6:00 PM

– What I hear from my Gurudeva is the absolute truth. – Many people have different opinions, but you should neither listen to nor accept anything that does not come from Sri Guru. – If you are single-pointed to the Guru, your spiritual life will be successful; otherwise, it will be ruined. – We must have firm faith in the Guru’s words so that our minds do not become confused and disturbed. – Our husband is Krsna, and by being single-pointed to Him, we can...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Washington 2025, USA 2025, Entry level discourses 2025, body: gross body, body: subtle body, book: Bible, life: cycle of birth and death, sound: transcendental sound

22 Jul 2025 midday – Questions and Answers (English) | Washington, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

July 22, 2025 12:18 PM

Explanation of our eternal function: service to Krsna. The meaning of GOD, Generator, Operator, Destroyer, and that God is one. Quote from the Bible: “Man was created in the likeness of God,” to understand that we are not the body, but the soul, and that God has form. About the soul and the cause of our identification with the gross body. The subtle body is formed by the mind, intelligence, and the false ego. How to end the cycle of birth and death. About the suffering of the body...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Houston 2025, Texas 2025, USA 2025, Narada instructs Vyasadeva after Vyasadeva feels dissatisfied, liberation, life: cycle of birth and death, lineage: disciplic succession, Vedavyasa, Vyasadeva

11 Jul 2025 morning – Narada Rsi’s Mercy to Vyasadeva (English) | Houston, USA

July 11, 2025 7:00 AM

– Nityananda Prabhu first offered the garland to Caitanya Mahaprabhu, not to Vyasa, to explain that the original Guru is Krsna. – Caitanya is not an ordinary human being; He is Krsna Himself. – Through disciplic succession, Krsna gave all the potency of His heart to Brahmaji, and Brahma passed this potency to Narada Rsi. – Vyasa was feeling discomfort in his mind, even though he had accomplished the great work of manifesting many Scriptures. – Narada Rsi explained...

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