Everyone needs to express their feelings, so we look for friends. The three gunas (material qualities) of Maya. God creates, maintains and destroys the material world. Story of the boy who caught a fish to raise out of the water. We, souls, are outside our habitat, we want eternal love, but this love we only find in the transcendental/spiritual world. What is the process for us to return to God? Mahamantra Hare Krsna! Sloka: govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami… (Brahma Samhita). In...
maya: gunas
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Hari-katha 2024 (Undisclosed country), Undisclosed, maya: gunas
04 Jun 2024 morning – The Glories of Prema (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The process to chant the holy names: you have to listen to the sixteen names; always chant fixed number of rounds and then can develop chanting holy names. You have to listen if you are chanting the holy names or not and keep a note of how many rounds you chant a day. Harikatha of Srila Haridasa Thakura and Six Gosvami’s chanting holy names. The two meanings of laksha. The symptom of Prema. At the stage of bhava-dasya, siddha-dasya, the holy names will automatically dance on your tongue...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Kortrijk 2024, Belgium 2024, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), character quality: envy, maya: gunas
18 May 2024 afternoon – Little Harikatha after Noon (English, Hindi) – Kortrijk, Belgium | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sloka: tṛṇād api sunīcena… (Siksastaka, 3).
The devotee must always think that he is unqualified, that he is insignificant, and that he is not the best of singers, for example.
The nature of women’s false ego.
Example of Satyabhama’s jealousy.
In this material world envy, anger, jealousy are examples of sense gratification.
In this world all living entities are infected by the three gunas (qualities) of Maya.
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Undisclosed, United Kingdom 2024, Hari-katha at Airports 2014, bhava: gopi-bhava, maya: gunas, sampradayas: Madhva Sampradaya, spiritual paths: vidhi-marga
13 Mar 2024 – Gopis’ Kama (English) – Airport, UK | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 Gopis are the internal potency of Krishna. 6 ways to attain the Lord: kamat, dveshat, bhayat, snehat, bhaktya, sambahdhat. Gopis attained Krishna through kama, which is not lust but pure transcendental love. Sri Sampradaya: vidhi-marga and seva-nishtha; Brahma-madhva sampradaya: dvaitavada, pancha-bheda; Rudra Sampradaya: vatsalya-bhava, Sanaka Sampradaya: svakiya-bhava, parakiya-bhava and Madhvacharya Sampradaya: gopi-bhava. Nimitta-karana (reason) and upadana-karana (ingredients)...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2024, Sao Paulo 2024, Brazil 2024, jiva: jiva-tattva, maya: gunas
10 Mar 2024 morning – Visnu-tattva and Jiva-tattva (English) – São Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Only harikatha can purify the heart. – The nature of the Vaisnavas is to glorify the Vaisnavas. – Bhagavan can digest anything, poison or nectar. – Sri Krsna is eager to hear about Your pastimes in Vraja with Srimati Radhika and the gopis. – Verse: naham vasami vaikunte yoginam (Padma Purana): “I do not dwell in Vaikuntha nor in the hearts of yogis, but I dwell where My devotees chant My name, ó Narada.” – Original Siva is original Sri Krsna...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2024, Alto Paraiso de Goias 2024, Brazil 2024, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, ghosts, maya: gunas, sacred thread, service: vani-seva, service: vapu-seva
29 Feb 2024 evening – The Glories of Srila Gurudeva Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada (English) – Alto Paraiso, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Srila Bhaktisiddhanta used to teach by analogy between sheep and men who follow blindly; and between the half-chicken philosophy and those who accept God but not His powers. – The second birth is the one in which we receive diksa-mantras from the Guru. – The person who studies the Vedas is called “vipra”; whoever chants the Holy Names is called “brahmana”; and whoever does not sing or study, “sudra”. – Brahmana is the one who chants the Holy Names and follows the...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Gujarat 2023, Rajkot 2023, India 2023, Sita Ram Kahiye, maya: gunas
09 Dec 2023 evening – Sing and Serve Govinda! (English translation) – Rajkot, Gujarat, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Description of Srimad Bhagavatam: conversation between Sukadeva Gosvamipada and Pariksit Maharaja about the rarity of the human body. – Only with the human body is it possible to do bhajana and reach the Lord! – Glorification to Bharata Bhumi, the Holy Mother India. – Example of the lotus flower that blooms in the mud and how we should maintain spiritual life, regardless of the circumstances. – Sadhu-sanga is very rare in Western countries. – The material...
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Gujarat 2023, Rajkot 2023, India 2023, Sita Ram Kahiye, maya: gunas
09 Dec 2023 evening – Sing and Serve Govinda! (Hindi) – Rajkot, Gujarat, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Description of Srimad Bhagavatam: conversation between Sukadeva Gosvamipada and Pariksit Maharaja about the rarity of the human body. Only with the human body is it possible to do bhajana and reach the Lord! Glorification to Bharata Bhumi, the Holy Mother India. Example of the lotus flower that blooms in the mud and how we should maintain spiritual life, regardless of the circumstances. Sadhu-sanga is very rare in Western countries. The material world is like a great prison, where Devi Durga is...