Meaning of the name Sita. Janaka Maharaja was plowing the land and Sita Devi manifested on the earth, next to the plow. Srimati Radhika manifested in Ayodya as Sita Devi, for where there is Krishna there is also Radha. The katha of Vedavati. Ramacandra wished to taste the separation rasa of Sita Devi and at the same time kill the demons. About the conversation between Agnideva and Ramacandra. Rama asked Hanuman if Sita was alive, for His father had abandoned the body out of longing. Just as the...
karma: fate
2025, Discourses Translated into English 2025, West Bengal 2025, India 2025, Bengal Prachar 2025, karma: fate, Bengal Prachar 2025
07 Mar 2025 – Bengal Prachar Harikatha (English translation) – West Bengal, India
Family Relationship and Ritual SignificanceThe video narrates events taking place during “জামাই ষষ্ঠি” (Jamaishasthi), a traditional Bengali festival where the son-in-law is treated like a deity by the mother-in-law. This ritual and its cultural significance play a key role in the unfolding story. Fate and Predestination (প্রিডেস্টিনেশন)Discussions emphasize fate’s role in life’s events, particularly noting that whether food is available or one’s fortune is good is a matter of...
2025, Discourses in Bengali 2025, West Bengal 2025, India 2025, Bengal Prachar 2025, karma: fate, Bengal Prachar 2025
07 Mar 2025 morning – Bengal Prachar Harikatha (Bengali)
Family Relationship and Ritual SignificanceThe video narrates events taking place during “জামাই ষষ্ঠি” (Jamaishasthi), a traditional Bengali festival where the son-in-law is treated like a deity by the mother-in-law. This ritual and its cultural significance play a key role in the unfolding story. Fate and Predestination (প্রিডেস্টিনেশন)Discussions emphasize fate’s role in life’s events, particularly noting that whether food is available or one’s fortune is good is a matter of...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2023, Callus 2023, Spain 2023, karma: fate, liberation, liberation: brahma-sayujya, Vedavyasa, Vyasadeva
27 Apr 2023 morning – Q&A (English) – Callus, Spain | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The difference between advaitavadis and mayavadis. Two ways of understanding sastra: indirect (laksana-vrtti) and direct (abhidha-vrtti). All the bodily members of the Lord are transcendental. Example of Devadata, who ate without anyone seeing and became fat. About the phrase Aham Brahmasmi (I am Brahma): Krishna spoke this phrase, Vyasadeva wrote it. No one can equal the Lord, He is brhad (great) and ananta (unlimited). But the jivas are small. Lord Krishna orders Shankaracarya to preach the...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Kashinagar 2023, West Bengal 2023, India 2023, karma: fate, liberation
26 Mar 2023 evening – House program (English translation) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Many types of sadhus these days-The deep meaning of the word ‘guru’-Do not listen to hari-katha from non-Vaishnavas-Nama-sankirtana is the solution for the people of Kali-yuga-These three things, marriage, birth and death, are in the hands of the Lord, and no one can predict them-The story of the cruel king who wanted to die at Kashi for liberation, but could not cheat fate-The story of how a wife accepted diksha-initiation and became a princess in the next life, but her husband did not and...
2023, Discourses in Bengali 2023, Kashinagar 2023, West Bengal 2023, India 2023, karma: fate
25 Mar 2023 morning – Karma-kanda (Bengali) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-The story of how Gautama Rishi cursed the sages to have their memory weakened for deceiving him by putting up a fake cow made of straw-On Smriti and Shruti-Karma-kanda, jnana-kanda, bhakti-kanda and upasana of the Vedas-How holy names changed the fate of a disciple of Srila BS Sarasvati Thakura, Bhakti Sarvasa Giri Gosvami Maharaja-There is no need to go to an astrologer if you have faith in the almighty holy names-CC Madhya 19: Mahaprabhu and Raghupati Upadhyaya-Lila on how Radharani was...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Kashinagar 2023, West Bengal 2023, India 2023, karma: fate
25 Mar 2023 morning – Karma-kanda (English) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-The story of how Gautama Rishi cursed the sages to have their memory weakened for deceiving him by putting up a fake cow made of straw-On Smriti and Shruti-Karma-kanda, jnana-kanda, bhakti-kanda and upasana of the Vedas-How holy names changed the fate of a disciple of Srila BS Sarasvati Thakura, Bhakti Sarvasa Giri Gosvami Maharaja-There is no need to go to an astrologer if you have faith in the almighty holy names-CC Madhya 19: Mahaprabhu and Raghupati Upadhyaya-Lila on how Radharani was...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Kashinagar 2023, West Bengal 2023, India 2023, karma: fate
25 Mar 2023 morning – Karma-kanda (English translation) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-The story of how Gautama Rishi cursed the sages to have their memory weakened for deceiving him by putting up a fake cow made of straw-On Smriti and Shruti-Karma-kanda, jnana-kanda, bhakti-kanda and upasana of the Vedas-How holy names changed the fate of a disciple of Srila BS Sarasvati Thakura, Bhakti Sarvasa Giri Gosvami Maharaja-There is no need to go to an astrologer if you have faith in the almighty holy names-CC Madhya 19: Mahaprabhu and Raghupati Upadhyaya-Lila on how Radharani was...