character quality: duplicity

08 Dec 2024 evening – The Glories of Bhagavad Gita (English translation) | New Jersey, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– When we glorify the Bhagavad Gita, Sri Krsna and Srimati Radhika appear before you.

– Lila of Caitanya Mahaprabhu traveling to South India and meeting a very simple boy reading the Bhagavad Gita.

– We should read the Gita with a simple heart, free from hypocrisy and duplicity.

– Whether you can understand the Bhagavad Gita or not is not the point, just read it with faith.

08 Dec 2024 evening – The Glories of Bhagavad Gita (Hindi) | New Jersey, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– When we glorify the Bhagavad Gita, Sri Krsna and Srimati Radhika appear before you.

– Lila of Caitanya Mahaprabhu traveling to South India and meeting a very simple boy reading the Bhagavad Gita.

– We should read the Gita with a simple heart, free from hypocrisy and duplicity.

– Whether you can understand the Bhagavad Gita or not is not the point, just read it with faith.

24 Nov 2024 evening – Sri Bhagavad-saptaha, day 5 (Hindi) | Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 1 0:03:06 – The presiding deity of the Gaudiya Vaishnavas is Srimati Radhika; this is established in the Brahma-samhita from the perspective of rasa-vichara (analysis of spiritual mellows); Krishna says, “I am alone,” and They manifest in various forms; this is stated in the First Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam; dharma, dasya (adi-rasa and sringara-rasa); everything is manifest in sringara-rasa (conjugal love); there are 5 primary and 7 secondary rasas; all rasas are manifest...

24 Nov 2024 evening – Sri Bhagavad-saptaha, day 5 (English translation) | Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

0:03:06 – The presiding deity of the Gaudiya Vaishnavas is Srimati Radhika; this is established in the Brahma-samhita from the perspective of rasa-vichara (analysis of spiritual mellows); Krishna says, “I am alone,” and They manifest in various forms; this is stated in the First Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam; dharma, dasya (adi-rasa and sringara-rasa); everything is manifest in sringara-rasa (conjugal love); there are 5 primary and 7 secondary rasas; all rasas are manifest in...

21 Aug 2024 afternoon – A Sadhaka’s Faith and God’s Mercy (Hindi) | Narela, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

What is a bad day and what is a good day. Only sadhu-sanga can help to attain God. Good food makes a good mind. Many of you eat onion and garlic but you do not admit. The story of the boy who brought an umbrella with him because he believed the Lord would send rain. Surrender to the lotus feet of Srimati Radhika. You are not in Narela now, you are in Vrindavana. The story of how the king made 100 copies of himself so that after his death Yamarajа could not find the king and take him away. Even...

21 Aug 2024 afternoon – A Sadhaka’s Faith and God’s Mercy (English translation) | Narela, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

What is a bad day and what is a good day. Only sadhu-sanga can help to attain God. Good food makes a good mind. Many of you eat onion and garlic but you do not admit. The story of the boy who brought an umbrella with him because he believed the Lord would send rain. Surrender to the lotus feet of Srimati Radhika. You are not in Narela now, you are in Vrindavana. The story of how the king made 100 copies of himself so that after his death Yamarajа could not find the king and take him away. Even...

19 Aug 2024 morning – Sri Baladeva Purnima (Hindi) | Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Song: Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu Jive Daya Kore. The difference between nitya-lila and naimitika-lila. Verse: īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ… (Brahma Samhita). The presiding Deity over Sac, existence, is Baladeva Prabhu, Cit, spiritual knowledge, is Krsna, and ananda, bliss, is Srimati Radhika. Bhakti cannot be attained as long as anarthas predominate, and without the mercy of Baladeva Prabhu we will never be able to destroy the four types of anarthas. With His mace and plow...

19 Aug 2024 morning – Sri Baladeva Purnima (English translation) | Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Song: Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu Jive Daya Kore. The difference between nitya-lila and naimitika-lila. Verse: īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ… (Brahma Samhita). The presiding Deity over Sac, existence, is Baladeva Prabhu, Cit, spiritual knowledge, is Krsna, and ananda, bliss, is Srimati Radhika. Bhakti cannot be attained as long as anarthas predominate, and without the mercy of Baladeva Prabhu we will never be able to destroy the four types of anarthas. With His mace and plow...