karma: cycle of birth and death

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Sao Paulo 2025, Brazil 2025, Morning walks 2025, anugatya: following in the footsteps (submissive following of devotees; mood of guidance and service), ashta-kaliya-lila: eightfold daily pastimes (Krishna's eternal pastimes throughout the eight periods of the day), karma: cycle of birth and death, Mahabharata, samskaras, service: vani-seva

04 Jan 2025, morning walk – Questions and Answers (English) | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

January 4, 2025 7:08 AM

0:00:00 – Krishna gave the vow: “My devotee will never fall.” An example from the Mahabharata is cited: Bhishma Pitamaha and Krishna’s vow. Always think that Krishna Himself may not keep vows, but His devotees follow the vows given to them. 0:09:08 – Question: Yesterday you said that Krishna cannot repay His debt to Radhika. The debt to Sri Guru — how can a disciple repay it? One must serve; through vani-seva (serving the instructions). 0:13:50 – Why did...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2024, Guaruja 2024, Brazil 2024, Morning walks 2024, ashta-kaliya-lila: eightfold daily pastimes (Krishna's eternal pastimes throughout the eight periods of the day), bhakti: 3 stages of development (sadhana-bhakti; bhava-bhakti and prema-bhakti), bhakti: stages, karma: cycle of birth and death, samskaras

31 Dec 2024 morning walk – Hari-katha (English) | Guaruja, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 31, 2024 8:11 AM

0:00:02 – When a sadhaka ascends to the level of asakti (spontaneous attachment), free from bhava-doshas (defects in spiritual emotion), as Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami said, he realizes his svarupa (spiritual form) and can perform manasi-seva (mental service). Mahaprabhu gave the instruction: when one is completely free from material attachments and rises to the level of asakti… 0:02:39 – A story: Once, Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami fell ill. A Kaviraj (Ayurvedic doctor) said his high...

2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Bhavnagar 2024, Gujarat 2024, India 2024, bhakti: bhakti-yoga (path of devotion; the practice of connecting with Krishna through devotional service; the process of awakening love for Krishna), karma: cycle of birth and death

29 Nov 2024 evening – Bhakti-yoga and Karma-yoga (Hindi) | Bhavnagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

November 28, 2024 6:22 PM

Why do sufferings happen in life? Due to our activities in past lives. We should offer everything to the Lord and sit before the sadhu, thus we will receive mercy. Those who associate with devotees have sukrti. In order to obtain the abode of the Lord we have to practice sadhana and bhajana for Hari. Only bhakti grants intimate service to the Lord, other yogas cannot grant this. Many people in the West are wearing kanti, tilaka and following the Vedic teachings. About Isaac Newton and the law...

2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Bhavnagar 2024, Gujarat 2024, India 2024, bhakti: bhakti-yoga (path of devotion; the practice of connecting with Krishna through devotional service; the process of awakening love for Krishna), karma: cycle of birth and death

28 Nov 2024 evening – Bhakti-yoga and Karma-yoga (Hindi) | Bhavnagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

November 28, 2024 6:22 PM

Why do sufferings happen in life? Due to our activities in past lives. We should offer everything to the Lord and sit before the sadhu, thus we will receive mercy. Those who associate with devotees have sukrti. In order to obtain the abode of the Lord we have to practice sadhana and bhajana for Hari. Only bhakti grants intimate service to the Lord, other yogas cannot grant this. Many people in the West are wearing kanti, tilaka and following the Vedic teachings. About Isaac Newton and the law...

2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Delhi 2024, India 2024, karma: cycle of birth and death

22 Oct 2024 morning – Mother Yasoda’s Pastime Trying to Tie Krsna (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

October 22, 2024 8:46 AM

Pastime where Garuda doubts that Lord Rama is Bhagavam. The fruit of serving the Guru is the automatic emergence of bhakti in the heart. Three ways to acquire bhakti. Narada grants bhakti to Mrigari, the hunter. The Guru’s asana in Kali-yuga is a pure, uncontaminated asana. In Narada’s words, the hunter demonstrates his faith by breaking his weapon. The hunter begins to serve Tulasi and recite the mantra daily: On namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya. The news that the cruel hunter had become...

2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Delhi 2024, India 2024, karma: cycle of birth and death

22 Oct 2024 morning – Mother Yasoda’s Pastime Trying to Tie Krsna (Hindi) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

October 22, 2024 8:46 AM

Pastime where Garuda doubts that Lord Rama is Bhagavam. The fruit of serving the Guru is the automatic emergence of bhakti in the heart. Three ways to acquire bhakti. Narada grants bhakti to Mrigari, the hunter. The Guru’s asana in Kali-yuga is a pure, uncontaminated asana. In Narada’s words, the hunter demonstrates his faith by breaking his weapon. The hunter begins to serve Tulasi and recite the mantra daily: On namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya. The news that the cruel hunter had become...

2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Gold Coast 2024, Australia 2024, karma: cycle of birth and death, liberation

09 Sep 2024 midday – The Glorifications of the Gosvamis to Srimati Radharani (Hindi) | Gold Coast, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 9, 2024 12:20 PM

Liberation from the cycle of birth and death is possible only through the performance of bhajana in the human form of life. By accepting a bona fide Guru, the soul comes to an end of the cycle of repeated birth and death. Verse: anāradhya rādhā-padāmbhoja-reṇum… (Sankalpa Prakasa Stotra). Song: Radha Krsna Prana Mora. Three essential practices of raganuga-bhakti: one-pointed faith in the lotus feet of Srimati Radhika, living in Vrndavana (physically or mentally), and being under the guidance of...

2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Gold Coast 2024, Australia 2024, karma: cycle of birth and death, liberation

09 Sep 2024 midday – The Glorifications of the Gosvamis to Srimati Radharani (Hindi) | Gold Coast, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 9, 2024 12:20 PM

Liberation from the cycle of birth and death is possible only through the performance of bhajana in the human form of life. By accepting a bona fide Guru, the soul comes to an end of the cycle of repeated birth and death. Verse: anāradhya rādhā-padāmbhoja-reṇum… (Sankalpa Prakasa Stotra). Song: Radha Krsna Prana Mora. Three essential practices of raganuga-bhakti: one-pointed faith in the lotus feet of Srimati Radhika, living in Vrndavana (physically or mentally), and being under the guidance of...

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