body: gross body

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2025, Puebla 2025, Mexico 2025, Eternal Position of the Soul, Identity of the Soul, Jiva-tattva, body: gross body, body: subtle body, jiva: jiva-tattva, soul: conditioned soul

21 Dec 2025 morning – Jiva-tattva (English) – Puebla, Mexico | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 21, 2025 7:00 AM

* Sanatana Gosvamipada asks Caitanya Mahaprabhu: “Who am I?” * Living entities are integral parts of the Lord. * The difference and similarity between the Lord and the jivas. * The Lord is the Supreme Enjoyer and the jivas enjoy serving the Lord (seva-sukha). * From service to the Lord arises bliss (seva-ananda). * The Lord is also called rasa-ananda, the personification of all rasas. * If any substance manifests, it possesses its intrinsic nature. This nature can also be called its...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Perth 2025, Australia 2025, sravanam kirtanam visnoh smaranam pada-sevanam, Hitopadesha 25, Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.7.4, Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.5.23, Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.5.24, Identity of the Soul, Purpose of Human Life, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), bhakti: bhakti-yoga (path of devotion; the practice of connecting with Krishna through devotional service; the process of awakening love for Krishna), body: gross body, body: subtle body, character quality: envy, sound: material sound, sound: transcendental sound

25 Sep 2025 evening – Practice Bhakti Yoga (English) | Perth, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 25, 2025 6:00 PM

Yoga Centre, Perth, Australia – On the meaning of the word body. – Within the gross body there is the subtle body formed of mind, intelligence, and false ego; and within the subtle body there is the soul. – The spontaneous nature of the soul is to serve the Lord: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya — kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’… (CC Madhya-lila 108-109). – There are different philosophies, but the best is Bhakti-yoga: bhakti-yogena manasi samyak praṇihite ’male… (SB 1.7.4). – ⁠The word...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Christchurch 2025, New Zealand 2025, api cet su-duracaro, satam prasangan mama virya-samvido, Bhagavad-gita 9.30, Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.25.25, Maila Lage Tan Mem, The Conditioned Soul, body: gross body, body: subtle body, book: Bible, character quality: criticism, Kala Krishnadasa, karma: cycle of birth and death, knowledge: jnana and vijnana, sambandha; abhidheya and prayojana, self-realisation, vegetarianism

10 Sep 2025 evening – Do Not Criticise Anyone (English) | Christchurch, New Zealand

September 10, 2025 6:00 PM

– In the Kali Yuga, people do not ask themselves what their lives are for. – Krishna tells Arjuna that all living entities are His part and parcel. – Self-realisation is the best realisation. – Ask yourself: where will you go after you die? – The relationships in this world mean nothing. – We are caught in the cycle of birth and death. We must return to God, as the material world is not our permanent home. – Kapiladeva instructs Devahuti: ‘satāṁ...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Washington 2025, USA 2025, Entry level discourses 2025, body: gross body, body: subtle body, book: Bible, karma: cycle of birth and death, sound: transcendental sound

22 Jul 2025 midday – Questions and Answers (English) | Washington, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

July 22, 2025 12:18 PM

Explanation of our eternal function: service to Krsna. The meaning of GOD, Generator, Operator, Destroyer, and that God is one. Quote from the Bible: “Man was created in the likeness of God,” to understand that we are not the body, but the soul, and that God has form. About the soul and the cause of our identification with the gross body. The subtle body is formed by the mind, intelligence, and the false ego. How to end the cycle of birth and death. About the suffering of the body...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Italian 2025, Bari 2025, Puglia 2025, Italy 2025, Bhakti's Superiority Over Other Paths, body: gross body, karma: cycle of birth and death, service: vani-seva, service: vapu-seva, soul: conditioned soul

29 May 2025 evening – The Meaning of the Word Yoga (English) | Bari, Puglia, Italy

May 29, 2025 6:00 PM

– Srila Gurudeva BV Vana Gosvami Maharaja expresses his joy at being with the Italian devotees and praises their dedication to Srila Gurudeva BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja. – Only by the mercy of Gurudeva, Nitai and Gouranga is it possible to organize a Festival. – Difference between vapu-seva and vani-seva to the Guru. – Srila Gurudeva comments in detail on how the Italian devotees did vani-seva with excellence. – Yoga means to unite and viyoga means to separate...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into French 2025, Mirepoix 2025, France 2025, api cet su-duracaro, Bhagavad-gita 9.30, body: gross body, body: subtle body, maya: two functions, samskaras, sleeping: dreams

28 May 2025 morning – Questions and Answers (English) | Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 28, 2025 8:05 AM

– Question: Is it true that our soul is sleeping somewhere else? – Two functions of maya: avaranatmika-vritti and vikshepatmika-vritti. – The subtle body (sukshma-sharira) and the gross body (sthula-sharira). – At the stage of bhava-dasha, a sadhaka gives up their gross and subtle bodies, and their atma-sharira manifests. – The soul is very minute: ‘bālāgra-śata-bhāgya-śatadhā kalpitaḥ ca…’ (Shvetashvatara Upanishad 5.9). – You will realise...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Hari-katha 2025 (Undisclosed country), Undisclosed, Akshaya-tritiya 2025, body: gross body, institution: Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti, soul: size of the soul

30 Apr 2025 evening – The glories of Akshaya-tritiya (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 30, 2025 9:27 PM

The meanings of kshaya and akshaya. Soul is not perishable and body is perishable. Brihad chaitanya (God) and anu chaitanya (jivas). The nature of the soul is to serve Krishna. The structure of the gross body. The size of the soul. About love, how we express it to each other. The holy name is very powerful. It will stop your soul from wandering Sri Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti is established today by Srila Bhakti Prajnana Keshava Gosvami Maharaja. Jagannatha chariot starts to be built today, today is...

2025, Discourses in Hindi 2025, Kashinagar 2025, West Bengal 2025, India 2025, body: gross body, maya: gunas, service: guru-seva

26 Mar 2025 midday – Guru-Nishtha Is Our Everything (Hindi) | Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

March 26, 2025 12:22 PM

The fruit of listening to hari-katha is a taste of the chanting of the holy names. The description of the gross body and the soul. The three gunas of maya. When we do service to Maya, she is never satisfied. We have to do krishna-bhajana. Have guru-nishtha. Guru will take you out of the prison of this material world. The exemplary guru-seva of Arunik and Upamanyu. Ekalavya is the example of incorrect guru-seva. Verse: dhyāna-mūlaṃ guror mūrtiḥ… (Sri Guru Stotra). The story of how a disciple...

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