The sadhaka must be firm in chanting the holy names in his spiritual journey. There are two ways to practice bhajana, in a group and alone. People are influenced by the three gunas. What to do and not to do is described in the sastras. Srila Gurudeva Vana Maharaja talks with a devotee who asks several questions. “Daivī hy esā guna-mayī mama māyā duratyayā mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etām taranti te” (Bhagavad Gita 7.14) Instructions from the Bhagavad Gita on the nature of the jiva...
maya: gunas
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Helsinki 2023, Finland 2023, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), guru: guru-tattva, habits: bad habits, impressions: bad impressions, maya: gunas, renunciation (vairagya), renunciation: yukta-vairagya
28 Jun 2023 morning walk – Q & A (English) – Helsinki, Finland | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Bhagavat-kripa-anugamini and bhakta-kripa-anugamini. What level of devotee can give mercy? Bilvamangala Thakura and Chintamani. You will realise guru-tattva by doing bhajana and sadhana. Unwavering nishtha of Haridasa Thakura. Types of non-devotee gurus. Question: How do you get rid of the 5 types of obstacles to bhajana? Laya (sleep); vikshepa (distraction); apratipatti (inability to concentrate on ishtadeva; indifference or disinterest in spiritual matters); kashaya (tendency to bad habits...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Bordeaux 2023, France 2023, animals: dogs, maya: gunas, nirguna: beyond material qualities (transcendental to the modes of material nature; free from material designations)
13 May 2023 morning – Q & A (English) – Bordeaux, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Immersing in Brahma is a punishment of Sri Hari, bhakti is above the 3 modes of nature, and what to do if your family is unfavourable to bhakti! The one who wants to immerse himself in Brahma has an inert conscience, like a spoon that sinks in water. Immersing oneself in Brahma is like committing suicide. This is the punishment that Lord Hari gives to demons (immersion in Brahma). The mayavadi tendency is against the spontaneous nature of the soul to serve the Lord eternally. Paramatma knows...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Navadvipa 2023, India 2023, Navadvipa-parikrama 2023, maya: gunas, nirguna: beyond material qualities (transcendental to the modes of material nature; free from material designations), rasa dance: rasa-lila, varnashrama-dharma, Navadvipa-parikrama 2023
03 Mar 2023 evening – Maya’s Job (English translation) – Navadvipa, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-How to get Brahma’s post-Following varnashrama-dharma without doing bhajana leads to hell-How to get Shiva’s post-The job of Yogamaya and the job of Mahamaya-Maya is one but manifests as Yogamaya and Mahamaya. Maya means ‘kripa’-Avaranatmika-vritti and vikshepatmika-vritti of maya-Jivatma and Paramatma interaction-On Proudha-maya-Yogamaya helps Krishna to perform rasa-lila in Rasoli-Sadashiva is Vishnu-tattva-The Lord is nirguna, beyond the gunas-Destruction is a very big responsibility of...
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Navadvipa 2023, India 2023, Navadvipa-parikrama 2023, maya: gunas, nirguna: beyond material qualities (transcendental to the modes of material nature; free from material designations), rasa dance: rasa-lila, varnashrama-dharma, Navadvipa-parikrama 2023
03 Mar 2023 evening – Maya’s Job (Hindi) – Navadvipa, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-How to get Brahma’s post-Following varnashrama-dharma without doing bhajana leads to hell-How to get Shiva’s post-The job of Yogamaya and the job of Mahamaya-Maya is one but manifests as Yogamaya and Mahamaya. Maya means ‘kripa’-Avaranatmika-vritti and vikshepatmika-vritti of maya-Jivatma and Paramatma interaction-On Proudha-maya-Yogamaya helps Krishna to perform rasa-lila in Rasoli-Sadashiva is Vishnu-tattva-The Lord is nirguna, beyond the gunas-Destruction is a very big responsibility of...
2023, Discourses in Bengali 2023, Koladvipa 2023, Navadvipa 2023, India 2023, Navadvipa-parikrama 2023, maya: gunas, service: vani-seva, service: vapu-seva, siddha-pranali: system of spiritual lineage (process of receiving the identity of one's spiritual form through a lineage of teachers), Navadvipa-parikrama 2023
03 Mar 2023 morning – Koladvipa (Bengali) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Yogamaya arranges all Krishna’s lilas-Avaranatmika-vritti and vikshepatmika-vritti of maya; 3 gunas-Yogamaya makes Nanda and Yashoda think that Krishna is their son and not Bhagavan-Devaki and Vasudeva have aishvarya-bhava towards Krishna-Srila Jagannatha dasa Babaji Maharaja’s instruction to the brahmacharis to water eggplants-On siddha-pranali-Go step by step to the manjari-bhava, as you cannot jump there all at once-Vani-seva and vapu-seva-Three things should never stop: printing, parikrama...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Koladvipa 2023, Navadvipa 2023, India 2023, Navadvipa-parikrama 2023, maya: gunas, service: vani-seva, service: vapu-seva, siddha-pranali: system of spiritual lineage (process of receiving the identity of one's spiritual form through a lineage of teachers), Navadvipa-parikrama 2023
03 Mar 2023 morning – Koladvipa (English translation) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Yogamaya arranges all Krishna’s lilas-Avaranatmika-vritti and vikshepatmika-vritti of maya; 3 gunas-Yogamaya makes Nanda and Yashoda think that Krishna is their son and not Bhagavan-Devaki and Vasudeva have aishvarya-bhava towards Krishna-Srila Jagannatha dasa Babaji Maharaja’s instruction to the brahmacharis to water eggplants-On siddha-pranali-Go step by step to the manjari-bhava, as you cannot jump there all at once-Vani-seva and vapu-seva-Three things should never stop: printing, parikrama...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Undisclosed, Brazil 2023, Shiva-chaturdashi (Shiva-ratri) 2023, maya: gunas, rasa dance: rasa-lila, religion: Buddhism
19 Feb 2023 evening – Maha Shiva-ratri (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Part 1 – Today is Shiva Maha-ratri-Shivalinga-puja; the meaning of linga-The influence of gunas on human beings-Sadashiva-tattva, Kailasa-Shiva tattva: when there is no jiva qualified to take Shiva’s position, the Lord takes it Himself-Vastu-parinamavada and shakti-parinamavada-Mahamorabhu explained 64 meanings of Brahma to Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya and established that the original Brahma is Krishna-The meaning of the word Shiva is beauty, auspiciousness-Shiva has 55 qualifications...