Greetings to the assembled devotees. Narada Rishi questions Vishnu about where He resides. About how many years people spend on various activities in their lives and how many years are left for spiritual practice. Sanatana Gosvami asked Mahaprabhu: ke āmi’ – “who am I?” (CC Madhya-lila 20.102). Are vā atma draṣṭavyaḥ śrotavyaḥ mantavyah nididhyāsitavyah (Sama-samhita). Try to understand your soul. The human body is the temple of diseases. The story of how a sinner went to heaven for 24 minutes...
disease: diseases
02 Mar 2024 morning – The Power of the Holy Names (English) – Alto Paraiso, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 2 The acarya founder of our Gaudiya mission is Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada. Preaching without practicing bhajana and sadhana is useless, fruitless. Therefore we must practice and then preach. To defeat the Mayavadi philosophy, one must understand it. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu established the acintya-bheda-abheda-tattva philosophy. The jivas (souls) are eternal, minute, portions of the Lord, and will never be transformed into Brahma. Meaning of BODY (body) in English: b (birth:...
30 Sep 2023 evening – Sing The Holy Names On Any Occasion (Hindi) – Sydney, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The associates of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared in East Bengal. The human body is beautiful and very rare, but at the time of death we will not take a single cent with us. There are eight million four hundred thousand species of life in the material world. Take shelter at the lotus feet of a trustworthy guru and do bhajana. The story of the hardworking man who chanted the holy names of Lord Rama while relieving himself in the bush, he did so following the instructions of Narada Rsi. There is...
30 Sep 2023 evening – Sing The Holy Names On Any Occasion (English translation) – Sydney, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The associates of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared in East Bengal. The human body is beautiful and very rare, but at the time of death we will not take a single cent with us. There are eight million four hundred thousand species of life in the material world. Take shelter at the lotus feet of a trustworthy guru and do bhajana. The story of the hardworking man who chanted the holy names of Lord Rama while relieving himself in the bush, he did so following the instructions of Narada Rsi. There is...
23 Aug 2023 evening – The Glories of Harinama (English) – Hong Kong | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Prema is very confidential, cannot be destroyed and is eternal. Harinama is higher than Sri Hari. He has invested all His potency in Them. The holy names are the embodiment of prema. Faithfully chant the holy names, They are nama-cintamani and will fulfil all your desires. Gurudeva will be pleased with us if we chant holy names, chant Them with firm faith. Katha of Ajamila naming his son Narayana. Which of the Lord’s holy names will we chant? His sweet names: the maha-mantra. The ways in which...
24 Jun 2023 evening – How to Control the Senses and the Mind (English) – Coelhosa, Portugal | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 Bhakti-yoga is the devotional service that connects you to the Lord. We are residents of Goloka Vrndavana – back to God, back home. We are not the body, we are the soul. The soul is eternal and transcendental and travels in different bodies. There are 5 elements in the gross body: earth, water, fire, air and ether. The soul will complete its journey when it reaches the abode of the Lord. All souls suffer the three kinds of miseries in this material world: adhidaivika (caused by...
20 Nov 2022 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 4 (English translation) – Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-The characteristics of Kali-yuga: People’s memory is weak, life expectancy is short, there are many diseases-The katha about Bharata Maharaja-The glories of Bharata Varsha-The story about the king who jumped in the water to save his son-The katha about Ajamila-If you cannot create life, you have no right to take it away from anyone-The story of Nriga Maharaja who was cursed to be a giant chameleon-How to observe Ekadashi-Ambarisha Maharaja and Durvasa Rishi
20 Nov 2022 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 4 (Hindi) – Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1
-The characteristics of Kali-yuga: People’s memory is weak, life expectancy is short, there are many diseases-The katha about Bharata Maharaja-The glories of Bharata Varsha-The story about the king who jumped in the water to save his son-The katha about Ajamila-If you cannot create life, you have no right to take it away from anyone-The story of Nriga Maharaja who was cursed to be a giant chameleon-How to observe Ekadashi-Ambarisha Maharaja and Durvasa Rishi
Part 2