When Mahaprabhu came, Manjari-bhava’s mood manifested through Rupa Gosvami. Sloka: anarpita-carīṁ cirāt karuṇayāvatīrṇaḥ kalau (CC Adi-lila 1.4). The four types of sakhis: sakhi, nitya-sakhi, prana-sakhi, priya-sakhi, parama-presta-sakhi. Krsna’s duty is to taste rasa. Mahaprabhu’s duty is to savor and bestow rasa. In Western countries people don’t even know who Krsna is. Before Mahaprabhu, the Vaisnavas gave katha on the other moods, not manjari-bhava. Difference...
sleeping: dreams
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Delhi 2023, India 2023, sleeping: dreams
12 Jul 2023 evening – Stages of separation moods (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja/Room harikatha
Harikatha of mahishis of Dvaraka in separation mood from Krishna, prema-vaichitya. The rudha and adhirudha-mahabhava, feeling of separation although Krishna is present. Lila of queens of Dvaraka speaking to the kurari birds. The nature of dreams. Humans worry so much, this manifests in dreams. Srimati Radhika’s letter of love to Krishna. Symbols and signs of love in Srimati Radhika and the gopis. Beautiful shloka Srimad-Bhagavatam Canto 10.90.15 In meeting we do not think so much. In separation...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Delhi 2023, India 2023, sleeping: dreams
12 Jul 2023 evening – Stages of separation moods (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja/Room harikatha
Harikatha of mahishis of Dvaraka in separation mood from Krishna, prema-vaichitya. The rudha and adhirudha-mahabhava, feeling of separation although Krishna is present. Lila of queens of Dvaraka speaking to the kurari birds. The nature of dreams. Humans worry so much, this manifests in dreams. Srimati Radhika’s letter of love to Krishna. Symbols and signs of love in Srimati Radhika and the gopis. Beautiful shloka Srimad-Bhagavatam Canto 10.90.15 In meeting we do not think so much. In separation...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Mirepoix 2023, France 2023, anartha-nivritti: removal of unwanted things (cleansing of the heart; stage of bhakti development), consciousness: Krishna Consciousness, Mahaprabhu: rasaraja-mahabhava svarupa, morning: brahma-muhurta, sleeping: dreams
21 May 2023 morning – Rasa-raja-mahabhava-svarupa (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
How the sadhu creates desire in our hearts. About the care to be taken in speaking too high katha. From the stage of anartha-nivritti it is possible to understand about transcendental things. This body cannot stand the stage of prema. Mahaprabhu asks Srivasa how he came to be in Krishna consciousness, his life story. A sannyasi brahmana appears in Srivasa’s dream. About dreams during brahma-muhurta. The sloka harer nama harer nama that Srivasa read in the Purana. Srivasa goes to Devananda...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, West Bengal 2023, India 2023, sleeping: dreams
27 Feb 2023 evening – Soul and Consciousness (English translation) – West Bengal, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Bengali: translation: body lives as long as the soul is in it-Birth and death are laws of the body but not of the soul as the soul never takes birth and never dies-3 stages of consciousness: jagrata-vasta (waking state), sushupti-vasta (deep slumber) and svapnika-vasta (sleep and dreams state)-Why we have dreams-When we are awake the soul is in our eyes, when we sleep with dreams the soul is in our throat and when we are in a deep sleep then our soul is in our heart-00:26:00 – The story...
2023, Discourses in Bengali 2023, West Bengal 2023, India 2023, sleeping: dreams
27 Feb 2023 evening – Soul and Consciousness (Bengali) – West Bengal, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Bengali: translation: body lives as long as the soul is in it-Birth and death are laws of the body but not of the soul as the soul never takes birth and never dies-3 stages of consciousness: jagrata-vasta (waking state), sushupti-vasta (deep slumber) and svapnika-vasta (sleep and dreams state)-Why we have dreams-When we are awake the soul is in our eyes, when we sleep with dreams the soul is in our throat and when we are in a deep sleep then our soul is in our heart-00:26:00 – The story...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Undisclosed, Brazil 2023, Brihad-bhagavatamrita 2023, sleeping: dreams
11 Feb 2023 evening – Brihad-bhagavatamrita (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Brhad-bhagavatamrta, by Sanatana Gosvami Maharaja, katha.-Karmis, jnanis, yogis, advaita-vadis, mayavadis, they read Srimad Bhagavatam, but without association of saddhu, Vaisnava, very difficult to understand inner meaning.-Krsnadasa Kaviraja gives definition of love in Caitanya Caritamrta.-Prema in the heart of jivas, but very minute amount – our hearts start to dance when we hear prema.-Jalanandana- we think we are enjoying material bliss, but it is full of unhappiness.-material bliss...
2022, Discourses Translated into English 2022, Delhi 2022, India 2022, Bhagavata-saptaha in Delhi 2022, rasa dance: rasa-lila, sleeping: dreams, Bhagavata-saptaha in Delhi 2022
04 Oct 2022 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 7 (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Rasayana of Srimad-Bhagavatam-How Ganesha lost his head-Initially some devotees are very enthusiastic to worship Thakuraji but then leave them in the temple-The Lord is hungry for your mood-Thakurajis used to appear in my Gurudeva’s dreams and complain about pujaris who do not serve them properly-Gopa-kumara tells his story and realisations to Mathura brahmana-Jagannatha takes only 3 hours of rest as always gives darshana to the visitors of the temple-Spiritual master reveals his heart to his...