bhava: gopi-bhava

18 Dec 2022 evening – Sadhu-sanga & Jiva’s Svarupa (Hindi) – USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Kapila deva 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...

13 Nov 2022 morning – Bhagavan in different spiritual planets (English translation)- India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Bhagavan manifests in 3 forms: nama,vigraha & svarupa.-About the vigraha manifested by Uttama MahaBhagavath.-Bhagavan shows anugraha to suddh-bhakta who can see Bhagavan & not the stone in vigraha.-Krsna’s avatars & Himself also likes to have darshan of Krsna.-Bhagavan all forms are sat-cid-ananda & nondifferent from Krsna but varies as per rasa-madhurya.-About santa-pradhan-dasya in Vaikunta & bhaktas dealings with Lord Narayana in Vaikunta.-In Vaikunta demons...

13 Nov 2022 morning – Bhagavan in different spiritual planets (Hindi) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Bhagavan manifests in 3 forms: nama,vigraha & svarupa.-About the vigraha manifested by Uttama MahaBhagavath.-Bhagavan shows anugraha to suddh-bhakta who can see Bhagavan & not the stone in vigraha.-Krsna’s avatars & Himself also likes to have darshan of Krsna.-Bhagavan all forms are sat-cid-ananda & nondifferent from Krsna but varies as per rasa-madhurya.-About santa-pradhan-dasya in Vaikunta & bhaktas dealings with Lord Narayana in Vaikunta.-In Vaikunta demons...

22 Oct 2022 evening – Surya-kunda (English translation) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Jagannatha dasa Babaji used to do bhajana here.-Lila of Jagannatha dasa Babaji Maharaj making the disciples to plant brinjals & offer them to Thakuraji.-Topmost bhajana is to do smarana of ashta-kalina lila with gopi-bhava but only for qualified.-Lord Shivaji ordering Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura to preach about Gaura-nama & Gaura-dhama.-How to get nama-ruchi & jiva-daya.-To the degree you serve guru, Vaishnavas, you will get the ruci.-Jagannatha dasa Babaji Maharaja jumping from...

22 Oct 2022 evening – Surya-kunda (Hindi) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Jagannatha dasa Babaji used to do bhajana here.-Lila of Jagannatha dasa Babaji Maharaj making the disciples to plant brinjals & offer them to Thakuraji.-Topmost bhajana is to do smarana of ashta-kalina lila with gopi-bhava but only for qualified.-Lord Shivaji ordering Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura to preach about Gaura-nama & Gaura-dhama.-How to get nama-ruchi & jiva-daya.-To the degree you serve guru, Vaishnavas, you will get the ruci.-Jagannatha dasa Babaji Maharaja jumping from...

21 Oct 2022 morning – Uddhava-kunda (English translation) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Among the devotees other than Vrajavasis Uddhava is the topmost-Uddhava was the great scholar in Mathura-Three types of separation in Vraja-After leaving the ashrama of Sandipani Muni Krishna moved to Mathura but His mind was always in Vrindavana-Krishna, though omnipotent, always consults with Uddhava-Brihaspati is the guru of Uddhava-The gopis and Nanda Maharaja are not interested in Uddhava’s bag of knowledge-Uddava is not qualified to obtain gopi-bhava but he still wants to and thus takes...

21 Oct 2022 morning – Uddhava-kunda (Bengali)- India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Among the devotees other than Vrajavasis Uddhava is the topmost-Uddhava was the great scholar in Mathura-Three types of separation in Vraja-After leaving the ashrama of Sandipani Muni Krishna moved to Mathura but His mind was always in Vrindavana-Krishna, though omnipotent, always consults with Uddhava-Brihaspati is the guru of Uddhava-The gopis and Nanda Maharaja are not interested in Uddhava’s bag of knowledge-Uddava is not qualified to obtain gopi-bhava but he still wants to and thus takes...

16 Oct 2022 morning – Bhatrol (Hindi) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Here Krishna eats rice mixed with yoghurt-Krishna’s itinerary according to Laghu-bhagavatamrita-The brahmanas told Krishna’s friends to go away without any food but yagna-patnis, the wife of the brahmanas fed them-No one can enter rasa-lila with the purusha mood (mood of a man)-If women chant brahma-gayatri-mantras they will never get gopi-bhava