Gurudeva meets many devotees who first received him in London in 1997. Gurudeva declares that his heart is filled with joy at the memory of the meetings where he was always received with great kindness and affection. About Isvari Puri Pada, a prominent disciple of Madravendra Puri Pada. Sri Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami, in the Caitanya Caritamrta, explains that the first sprout of prema manifested in the heart of Madravendra Puri Pada and that this prema actually comes from Srimati Radhika...
lineage: disciplic succession
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2024, Rio de Janeiro 2024, Brazil 2024, Guru-purnima (Vyasa-puja) 2024, Ekadashi-vrata 2024, lineage: disciplic succession
06 Feb 2024 evening – Significance of Vyasa-puja and Ekadasi observance (English) – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Description of who is Vyasa. Deep meanings of Puja and the articles offered. Bhakti is uninterrupted and spontaneous. The teaching of Hanuman, the topmost kinkara, eternal servant, serving Lord Ramachandra’s lotus feet. The nature of the soul: jivera svarupa hoya. Harikatha of the Vyasa-puja to be performed in Srivasa-angana. The Pushpanjali offered by Nityananda Prabhu. First we have to learn Guruparampara, disciplic succession, otherwise we can not perform proper Vyasa-puja. Observations for...
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Punjab 2023, India 2023, bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, lineage: disciplic succession, nirguna: beyond material qualities (transcendental to the modes of material nature; free from material designations), sampradayas: four sampradayas, samskaras
08 Apr 2023 morning – Following the Guidelines of the Scriptures (Hindi) – Punjab, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 -Vaidhi-bhakti and raganuga-bhakti.-Raganuga-bhakti is practised when one has samskaras from other lives.-The spontaneous mood that is at the heart of the Vrajavasis is known as raganuga-bhakti.-On the days of Ekadashi, all kinds of sins fall into the five kinds of grains… If you need to eat, you can eat fruit.-Whoever comes to me, I never let him go empty-handed.-Prasada is nirguna, but, we should not honour grain prasada on Ekadashi because that is the scriptural rule and we have to...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Punjab 2023, India 2023, bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, lineage: disciplic succession, nirguna: beyond material qualities (transcendental to the modes of material nature; free from material designations), sampradayas: four sampradayas, samskaras
08 Apr 2023 morning – Following the Guidelines of the Scriptures (English translation) – Punjab, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 -Vaidhi-bhakti and raganuga-bhakti.-Raganuga-bhakti is practised when one has samskaras from other lives.-The spontaneous mood that is at the heart of the Vrajavasis is known as raganuga-bhakti.-On the days of Ekadashi, all kinds of sins fall into the five kinds of grains… If you need to eat, you can eat fruit.-Whoever comes to me, I never let him go empty-handed.-Prasada is nirguna, but, we should not honour grain prasada on Ekadashi because that is the scriptural rule and we have to...
2022, Discourses in English 2022, Undisclosed, Australia 2022, guru: bonafide guru, guru: guru-tattva, liberation, lineage: disciplic succession, service: vaishnava-seva, vision: transcendental vision
15 Sep 2022 evening – Tattva Behind Attaining Sadhu-sanga & its Effects (English) – Australia
-Beyond liberation is Krsna-prema.-Krsna-bhakti root cause is sadhu-sanga.-Story of a cheater sadhu saying to a householder that an oil well is present in her house & can’t identify the ghee under rice in his meals.-When your sukriti matures, then you will get a perfect sadhu.-Effects of sadhu’s association & what is bhakti-latha bheej.-What is sadhu-sanga & how sabda-brahman purifies one’s heart.-Paramatma is always there as chaitya-guru.-Without chanting holy-names you...
2022, Discourses in English 2022, Discourses Translated into French 2022, Undisclosed, France 2022, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), character quality: criticism, lineage: disciplic succession, Vedavyasa, Vyasadeva
07 May 2022 evening – Srimati Radhika nourishing Shuka pakshi (English) – France
-Maha-prasada & maha-maha-prasada is very powerful.-Srimad-Bhagavatam is the ripened fruit of Vedas & coming from Goloka Vrindavana in disciplic succession.-Srimati Radhika nourishing Shuka pakshi & teaching to chant krsna-nama.-Shuka pakshi took Srimati Radhika’s nectar from Her lips.-Shriya Shuka book by Srila Parama-Gurudeva on Shuka pakshi.-Shukadeva Gosvami’s birth, running into the forest, brought back by Vyasadeva & giving him a treasure of heart.-Essence of...
2022, Discourses in English 2022, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2022, Undisclosed, Brazil 2022, lineage: disciplic succession
08 Jan 2022 evening – Absolute Truth vs Speculative philosophies (English) – Brazil
-Spiritual things completely depend upon simple faith in guru & sastra.-Absolute Truth you have to realize by practicing devotional service to the Lord.-Spiritual things are beyond our material mundane conceptions.-When Lord Himself mercifully manifests in our heart then we realize.-Story of a baby lamb killed by a wolf with illogical reasons.-Everything you may understand by disciplic succession.-3 things needed for spiritual life 1.Sad-guru 2.shastra 3.mandira.-Baddha-jivas have 4 faults...
2021, Discourses in English 2021, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2021, Undisclosed, Brazil 2021, bhakti: bhakti-marga (path of devotion; the way of attaining Krishna through devotional service), karma: karma-marga, lineage: disciplic succession, lineage: guru-parampara
10 Jan 2021 – House program at Mangala Nilay’s (English) – Brazil
– Guru-parampara – the line of disciplic succession – Types of guru-parampra: bhagavatiya-parampara, pancaratrika-parampara – Difference between karma-marga and bhakti-marga. Example of Citraketu Maharaj