Verse: anyabilasita sunyam (Caitanya-Caritamrta, Madhya-lila 19.167). Pritti Samdarbha (book) by Srila Jiva Gosvami. Pure bhakti is always being absorbed in Krsna and serving Him, just like the vraja-gopis. Verse: ajāta-pakṣā iva mātaraṁ khagāḥ (Srimad Bhagavatam, 6.11.26). The prayer that Vrtasura made to Krsna with gopi-bhava feeling. Example of sakam-bhakti: Druva Maharaja. Verse: akāmaḥ sarva-kāmo vā mokṣa-kāma udāra-dhīḥ ( Srimad Bhagavatam, 2.3.10). Two fundamental elements for raganuga...
bhava: gopi-bhava
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Delhi 2023, India 2023, bhava: gopi-bhava
28 Nov 2023 evening – Holy Dhama Parikrama (English translation) – Delhi temple, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Discussion of the places not visited on Parikrama. – Instructions from Mahaprabhu with regards to staying in the holy dhama. – The Lord’s mercy comes like torrents of rain. – The Lord’s desire to see Gopal on top of Giriraja Govardhana. – Surya-kunda harikatha. – Jagannatha dasa Babaji Maharaja’s instruction to his disciples. – To attain gopi-bhava, we must go to the pastime places and perform austerities there. – We have to walk twenty five...
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Delhi 2023, India 2023, bhava: gopi-bhava
28 Nov 2023 evening – Holy Dhama Parikrama (Hindi) – Delhi temple, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Discussion of the places not visited on Parikrama. – Instructions from Mahaprabhu with regards to staying in the holy dhama. – The Lord’s mercy comes like torrents of rain. – The Lord’s desire to see Gopal on top of Giriraja Govardhana. – Surya-kunda harikatha. – Jagannatha dasa Babaji Maharaja’s instruction to his disciples. – To attain gopi-bhava, we must go to the pastime places and perform austerities there. – We have to walk twenty five...
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Vraja 2023, Vrindavana 2023, India 2023, bhava: gopi-bhava
05 Nov 2023 morning room hk – Love and Devotion: Glorification of the Nature of Prema (Hindi) – Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Comparison between Bharata Maharaja’s lila and the deer, and Sukadeva Gosvami seeing the footprints of Sri Krsna.
Sukadeva Gosvami is in gopi-bhava glorifying the footprints of Sri Krsna.
The Earth is blessed with the footprints of Sri Krsna.
How the Gopis glorify Sri Krsna.
Sri Krsna is called “Kamala Nayana” by the Gopis.
The Gopis worship Sri Krsna only with their gaze.
The lover glorifies the beloved.
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Vraja 2023, Vrindavana 2023, India 2023, bhava: gopi-bhava
05 Nov 2023 morning (room) – Love and Devotion: Glorification of the Nature of Prema (English translation) – Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Comparison between Bharata Maharaja’s lila and the deer, and Sukadeva Gosvami seeing the footprints of Sri Krsna.
Sukadeva Gosvami is in gopi-bhava glorifying the footprints of Sri Krsna.
The Earth is blessed with the footprints of Sri Krsna.
How the Gopis glorify Sri Krsna.
Sri Krsna is called “Kamala Nayana” by the Gopis.
The Gopis worship Sri Krsna only with their gaze.
The lover glorifies the beloved.
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Paris 2023, France 2023, bhava: gopi-bhava, Pradyumna Misra
26 May 2023 evening – Hari-katha is Our Life and Soul (English) – Paris, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 Hari-katha is our life and our soul. A crying baby is happy only when the mother comes, it does not accept anyone. So is the soul in relation to the hari-katha, because the hari-katha is not different from the Lord. Rohini-devi talks about the time when Krishna lived in Vrndavana. The hari-katha protects our lives. Sukadeva Gosvami tells Pariksit Maharaja to get absorbed in Krsna-katha because he will reach Goloka Vrndavana before Taksaka (the snake) arrives. He has gopi-bhava. Pradyumna...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2023, Callus 2023, Spain 2023, bhava: gopi-bhava, jiva: jiva-tattva, Vilapa-kusumanjali
30 Apr 2023 morning – Bhava and Karma (English) – Callus, Spain | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
When mature bhakti is manifested in the heart of the sadhaka, it is called prema-bhakti. The nine external symptoms of attaining bhava (rati). The first of these is shanti (calm and peaceful mind). The mind of rsis and munis is never disturbed. Svabhava (intrinsic nature). Prakriti creates everything and time is very powerful. Always remember the philosophy of the five tattvas: isvara-tattva, jiva-tattva, prakriti, kala (time), karma. The types of karma (major, minor – gauna karma). The...
2022, Discourses Translated into English 2022, Undisclosed, USA 2022, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, bhava: gopi-bhava, rasa: rasa-siddhanta
18 Dec 2022 evening – Sadhu-sanga & Jiva’s Svarupa (English translation) – USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Kapiladeva speaking to Devahuti regarding jivas wandering in the material world enters into mother’s womb & suffers after coming out.-Srila BhaktiVinoda thakura wrote a kirtan on the above aspect.-Jiva’s prayers to Bhagavan that he will do bhajan in mother’s womb.-Forgetfullness of Bhagavan is the main reason for jivas suffering & one will have smaran of Bhagavan in dukh.-Satāṁ prasaṅgān mama vīrya-samvido bhavanty hṛtkārṇa-rasāyana-kathāḥ, satāṁ prasaṅgāt (SB 3.25.25) sloka discussion...