When harinama dances on the tongue, the devotee longs to have thousands of tongues and ears to chant and hear the holy names. Logicians only accept things according to their brains. Three labels are needed: pranipatena/pranipata (surrender), pariprasnena (submissive questioning) and savaya (tendency to serve). We hear harikatha a thousand times and don’t understand, we teach and don’t understand. One understands transcendental things only when the Lord manifests them in our hearts...
character quality: duplicity
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Jagannatha Puri 2023, India 2023, character quality: duplicity
13 Mar 2023 (room) – Hari-katha (English translation) – Puri, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Knowledge and happiness stay together: you love when you know (example of rasagulla’s taste)-Samvit, sandhini and hladini-When our activity is not connected to Krishna, then it’s not bhakti-Give up hypocrisy and duplicity
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Undisclosed, Brazil 2023, Shiva-chaturdashi (Shiva-ratri) 2023, character quality: duplicity, jiva: jiva-tattva
19 Feb 2023 morning – Sri Shiva-ratri (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Part 1 duty of Shivaji is to destroy-Krishna is shaktiman-The lila on how Bhrigu Rishi established the conclusion of who Bhagavan is-Never criticise Lord Shiva-Danger emanating from the index finger ))-The number of qualities jivas and Shiva possess-Shiva is not perfect jiva-tattva and not perfect shiva-tattva. He is somewhere in the middle and that’s why called Shankara (‘mixed’)-Inner heart and outer heart should be the same with no duplicity-Shiva can be pleased easily-When someone repeats...
2022, Discourses in English 2022, Undisclosed, USA 2022, character quality: duplicity, karma: previous life
30 Dec 2022 evening – Uttama Maha-bhagavata Types & Vraja-rasa (English) – USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Root cause of bhakti is sadhu-sanga.-About bhagavata-parsahada-deha-prapta (Narada Rishi)-Srila Svami Maharaja says he has mystic power as he changed hippies to happies.-Lila of Narada Rishi changing a hunter into a sadhu.-Lord is our maintainer & protector.-Bhakti’s first stage is surrender & no duplicity & hypocrisy.-Krsna saying Srimati Radhika is His guru & makes Him dance.-About nirdhuta-kashayi (Shukadeva Gosvami).-Who is uttama-bhagavata?-By Mahaprabhu’s...
2022, Discourses in Hindi 2022, Khadiravana 2022, Vraja 2022, India 2022, Vraja-mandala parikrama 2022, character quality: duplicity, Vraja-mandala parikrama 2022
27 Oct 2022 morning – Khadiravana (Hindi) – India
-Lokanatha dasa Gosvami used to do his bhajana here-Sangama-kunda (not Kishori-kunda) is located here-Lokanatha dasa Gosvami and Bhugarbha Gosvami were first to be sent to Vraja by Mahaprabhu-Goshthanandi and bhajananandi Vaishnavas-Narottama dasa Thakura is the only disciple of Lokanatha dasa Gosvami-Lila of Lokanatha dasa Gosvami and his deity Vinodi-lala-Luchi is the name for puri (fried bread) in Bengali-You should meditate like a crane, sleep like a dog, make effort like a crow-The...
2022, Discourses Translated into English 2022, Khadiravana 2022, Vraja 2022, India 2022, Vraja-mandala parikrama 2022, character quality: duplicity, Vraja-mandala parikrama 2022
27 Oct 2022 morning – Khadiravana (English translation) – India
-Lokanatha dasa Gosvami used to do his bhajana here-Sangama-kunda (not Kishori-kunda) is located here-Lokanatha dasa Gosvami and Bhugarbha Gosvami were first to be sent to Vraja by Mahaprabhu-Goshthanandi and bhajananandi Vaishnavas-Narottama dasa Thakura is the only disciple of Lokanatha dasa Gosvami-Lila of Lokanatha dasa Gosvami and his deity Vinodi-lala-Luchi is the name for puri (fried bread) in Bengali-You should meditate like a crane, sleep like a dog, make effort like a crow-The...
2022, Discourses Translated into English 2022, Delhi 2022, India 2022, character quality: duplicity
20 Aug 2022 morning – Lilas of Bala Gopala (English translation) – Delhi, India
-Paritranaya sadhanam sloka discussion-Bhagavan fulfils the desires of Ratnavali and Shurpanakha in their personifications as Putana and Kubja-As long as we have duplicity, we will not attain bhakti-The most prominent brahmana is Vaishnava-Simplicity is vaishnavata-Putana-mokshana-lila-The importance of sattvic food-Lila of baby Krishna killing Shakatasura, the son of Hiranyaksha-Lila of baby Krishna killing Trinavarta-The moral of brahma-vimohana-lila
2022, Discourses in Hindi 2022, Delhi 2022, India 2022, character quality: duplicity
20 Aug 2022 morning – Lilas of Bala Gopala (Hindi) – Delhi, India
-Paritranaya sadhanam sloka discussion-Bhagavan fulfils the desires of Ratnavali and Shurpanakha in their personifications as Putana and Kubja-As long as we have duplicity, we will not attain bhakti-The most prominent brahmana is Vaishnava-Simplicity is vaishnavata-Putana-mokshana-lila-The importance of sattvic food-Lila of baby Krishna killing Shakatasura, the son of Hiranyaksha-Lila of baby Krishna killing Trinavarta-The moral of brahma-vimohana-lila