mantra: gopala-mantra

2025, Discourses in Hindi 2025, ISCKON Temple in Trivandrum 2025, Trivandrum 2025, India 2025, South India Tour 2025, Brihad-bhagavatamrita 2025, institution: ISKCON, mantra: gopala-mantra, South India Tour 2025

24 Mar 2025 midday – Visit to Ananta Padmanabha Temple: Story of Gopa-kumara (Hindi) | Iskcon Temple in Trivandrum, South India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

March 24, 2025 12:12 PM

The tour ends with sweetness – obtaining darshana of Ananta Padmanabha The story of Gopa-kumara, as narrated by Sanatana Gosvami in Brihad-bhagavatamrita The Guru reveals his heart, and all philosophical truths awaken in the disciple of pure and immaculate character Bhagavan does not need anything; He accepts our service only to bestow His mercy The gopala-mantra is the mantra of perfection – if chanted properly, it grants all desires Verse: nāma-cintāmaṇi-kṛṣṇaś caitanya-rasa-vigrahaḥ (CC...

2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Bhavnagar 2024, Gujarat 2024, India 2024, Brihad-bhagavatamrita 2024, mantra: gopala-mantra

30 Nov 2024 morning – The Story of Gopa Kumara (Hindi) | Bhavnagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

November 30, 2024 8:39 PM

00:00 – Beginning of the story: A brahmana from Mathura goes to the Kamaksha Mandir and receives instructions from Kamaksha Devi. 09:00 – Gopi Kumara tells the brahmana about himself. 23:00 – Why Gopi Kumara chanted the Gopala-mantra (“Krishna Gopala Hare Mukunda”). 28:00 – The episode with the Shalagrama-shila. 30:00 – The brahmana tells Gopa Kumara about the service to Ananta Padmanabha and about serving there in the present day. 45:00 – About...

2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Bhavnagar 2024, Gujarat 2024, India 2024, Brihad-bhagavatamrita 2024, mantra: gopala-mantra

30 Nov 2024 morning – The Story of Gopa Kumara (English translation) | Bhavnagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

November 30, 2024 8:39 PM

00:00 – Beginning of the story: A brahmana from Mathura goes to the Kamaksha Mandir and receives instructions from Kamaksha Devi. 09:00 – Gopi Kumara tells the brahmana about himself. 23:00 – Why Gopi Kumara chanted the Gopala-mantra (“Krishna Gopala Hare Mukunda”). 28:00 – The episode with the Shalagrama-shila. 30:00 – The brahmana tells Gopa Kumara about the service to Ananta Padmanabha and about serving there in the present day. 45:00 – About...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Kuala Lumpur 2024, Malaysia 2024, Krishna-tattva, institution: ISKCON, jiva: jiva-tattva, mantra: gopala-mantra, mantras: diksha-mantras, rasa dance: rasa-lila, vishvasa: faith (firm trust in Krishna; confidence in the process of bhakti)

28 Aug 2024 midday – Krishna’s Descent and Mercy (English) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

August 28, 2024 12:21 PM

Srila BV Svami Maharaja was asked why he called his society a name ISKCON. Shloka: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya (CC Madhya 20.108). Krishna is very happy when you celebrate His birthday and He is ready to fulfil all your wishes. Shloka: prema-rasa-niryāsa karite āsvādana (CC Ādi 4.15). – Krishna wants to relish the essence of prema from the hearts of the vraja-gopis and He wants to preach raga-marga bhakti. Ragatmika-janas (parikara-tattva) and raganuga-janas (jiva-tattva). Shloka: anugrahāya...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Hari-katha 2024 (Undisclosed country), Undisclosed, anarthas: four types, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhajana-kriya: beginning of devotional practices (engagement in bhakti activities; stage after accepting guidance from guru), faith: types, guru-varga, knowledge: jnana and vijnana, mantra: gopala-mantra, pure heart, rasa: rasa-siddhanta

24 June 2024 midday – The Form of Lord Jagannatha is The Manifestation of Mahabhava (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 24, 2024 12:58 PM

0:18:30 – Mahabhava-prakash of Lord Jagannatha; Srila Gour Goswami Maharaja explains that this is viraha (separation). Day and night Chaitanya Mahaprabhu experiences separation; there are two types of moods – outwardly separation, inwardly meeting with one’s Ishtadeva. In this way Mahaprabhu shows the sadhaka how to perform sadhana. 0:24:16 – Jagannatha is mahabhava-prakash; to understand this one must go through and know the stages of developing prema. 0:29:00 – Shraddha – the concept and...

2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Delhi 2024, India 2024, character quality: duplicity, liberation, mantra: gopala-mantra, mantra: Kama-gayatri, self-realisation

01 Jun 2024 morning – About Spiritual Self-Realisation (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 1, 2024 9:17 AM

The highest education is to study about Krsna. Examples of devotees who achieved perfection by following only one of the members of bhakti. Obtaining the association of pure devotees and hearing harikatha is the highest thing in this world. The greatest pain there is is being distant from the Vaishnavas. When this happens Maya comes and catches us. Explanation of the song radha-krsna-keli: which expresses the loving exchanges between Radha and Krsna. The problem is not mukti (liberation) but...

2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Delhi 2024, India 2024, character quality: duplicity, liberation, mantra: gopala-mantra, mantra: Kama-gayatri, self-realisation

01 Jun 2024 morning – About Spiritual Self-Realisation (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 1, 2024 9:17 AM

The highest education is to study about Krsna. Examples of devotees who achieved perfection by following only one of the members of bhakti. Obtaining the association of pure devotees and hearing harikatha is the highest thing in this world. The greatest pain there is is being distant from the Vaishnavas. When this happens Maya comes and catches us. Explanation of the song radha-krsna-keli: which expresses the loving exchanges between Radha and Krsna. The problem is not mukti (liberation) but...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Undisclosed, Germany 2024, ananyas cintayanto mam, gopyah kamad bhayat kamso, kamad dvesad bhayat snehad, yuyam nr-loke bata bhuri-bhaga, Bhagavad-gita 9.22, Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.1.30, Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.1.31, Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.1.32, Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.15.75, Krishna-tattva, character quality: envy, mantra: gopala-mantra

02 May 2024 evening – How to Reach Krishna (English) – Germany | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 2, 2024 6:42 PM

In the process of cleaning the heart, when the heart becomes soft: anartha-nvrtti. ⁠Simplicity, when the heart becomes simple it is possible to understand Mahaprabhu’s instructions. ⁠Lila from Narada Muni and the hunter Mrgari. ⁠Whatever you need, Krsna will provide. ⁠Sloka: ananyāś cintayanto māṁ… (Bhagavad Gita 9.22). ⁠Lila of Krsna with Sudama Vipra. ⁠Bhakti does not depend on money, knowledge or beauty, it only depends on: how much love you have to give! ⁠Lila of Mahaprabhu and Kesava...

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