maya: gunas

16 Feb 2023 evening – Possessing a Human Body (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– A day when we do not associate with a sadhu or listen to a hari-katha is an inauspicious day-Human body is very rare. Living beings acquire new life forms each time, until they are given a human body-Only in human body we can get association with sadhus and practise devotional service to God-Humans and animals have processes in common, but only humans can develop spiritually-God created man in His own image-Karma-tattva: what you have in life is a consequence of your past actions...

02 Dec 2022 morning – What is Bhakti (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 1 -Sukhadev gosvami becomes immersed & speaks about Bhagavatam.-Srila Parama gurudev starting Bhagavath Saptaha first time in Gaudiya Sampradaya.-Main objective of katha is to engage the mind in Lord’s lotus feet.-To bring one to bhakti-marg is difficult.-Do Bhagavath-nama & bhajan. Read sastras.-Bhakti means seva. Do seva with mamatha & sambandha-jnana.-How Krsna receives orders from Yashoda Maiyya & Nanda baba like a small child inspite of being Supreme Person...

02 Dec 2022 morning – What is Bhakti (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Sukhadev gosvami becomes immersed & speaks about Bhagavatam.-Srila Parama gurudev starting Bhagavath Saptaha first time in Gaudiya Sampradaya.-Main objective of katha is to engage the mind in Lord’s lotus feet.-To bring one to bhakti-marg is difficult.-Do Bhagavath-nama & bhajan. Read sastras.-Bhakti means seva. Do seva with mamatha & sambandha-jnana.-How Krsna receives orders from Yashoda Maiyya & Nanda baba like a small child inspite of being Supreme Person.-Yashoda...

31 Aug 2022 evening – Our aim is Gaura’s Mercy (Hindi) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Srimati Radharani is happy with Krishna’s glorification and Krishna is happy with Srimati Radharani’s glorification-Maya-devi’s gunas make us fight. We are the slaves of this material world-Sri Radha’s body is more shiny than gold-Srimati Radhika tells Krishna about Her dream-Sri Krishna is inside and outside of Srimati Radhika-Raya Ramananda fell unconscious after seeing Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s rasaraja-mahabhava-svarupa-Krishna calls on Radharani to go to the material world-Getting...

31 Aug 2022 evening – Our aim is Gaura’s Mercy (English translation) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Srimati Radharani is happy with Krishna’s glorification and Krishna is happy with Srimati Radharani’s glorification-Maya-devi’s gunas make us fight. We are the slaves of this material world-Sri Radha’s body is more shiny than gold-Srimati Radhika tells Krishna about Her dream-Sri Krishna is inside and outside of Srimati Radhika-Raya Ramananda fell unconscious after seeing Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s rasaraja-mahabhava-svarupa-Krishna calls on Radharani to go to the material world-Getting...

27 Aug 2022 evening – Releasing from the Cycle of Rebirth (Hindi) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-The 3 modes of nature: tamo-guna (iron rope), rajo-guna (silver rope) and sattva-guna (golden rope)-All three gunas bind us and keep us in a repetitive cycle of rebirth-The story of how 3 dogs tried to get to the feast-One should first serve Guru and then Bhagavan, for only through guru-kripa one can understand Bhagavan-Attachment is the cause of bondage

27 Aug 2022 evening – Releasing from the Cycle of Rebirth (English translation) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-The 3 modes of nature: tamo-guna (iron rope), rajo-guna (silver rope) and sattva-guna (golden rope)-All three gunas bind us and keep us in a repetitive cycle of rebirth-The story of how 3 dogs tried to get to the feast-One should first serve Guru and then Bhagavan, for only through guru-kripa one can understand Bhagavan-Attachment is the cause of bondage