Sloka: vāsudeve bhagavati… (SB 1.2.7). Life story of Sri Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Maharaja. Sloka: anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyam… (CC Madhya-lila 19.167). Memories of meeting Sri Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Maharaja. Memories of when Srila Gurudeva Vana Maharaja lived with his uncle when he was about twenty-one years old. Only he who completely surrenders himself to Sri Guru and Krsna becomes free from Maya. Srila Vana Maharaja received the blessings of Sri Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Maharaja to develop his...
guru: guru-bhakti
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Hari-katha 2024 (Undisclosed country), Undisclosed, Jagannatha-ashtaka, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, devotees: categories of devotees, disciple: true disciple, guru: guru-bhakti, samskaras, varnashrama-dharma
23 Jun 2024 midday – The Step-by-step Path of Devotion (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
00:12:35 – Jagannatha Ashtakam.00:23:45 – Jagannatha is Krishna. Shrila Shukadeva Gosvamipad calls Krishna Tridhishvara.00:27:01 – Krishna possesses inconceivable energy (Achintya-shakti). This means that you cannot understand the Lord with your logic alone; only by Krishna’s mercy can He be understood. Even if you hear 1000 lectures and read 1000 books, you will not understand until the Lord bestows His mercy. There is only one process—effort. Then kripa (grace) will come.00:32:24 – Unshakable...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Hari-katha 2024 (Undisclosed country), Undisclosed, bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, guru: guru-bhakti, guru: guru-nishtha, mood: aishvarya (majesty; opulence; divine greatness), vishvasa: faith (firm trust in Krishna; confidence in the process of bhakti)
11 Jun 2024 morning – How to develop Guru-nishtha (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The differences between Krishna’s aisvarya mood and His madhurya mood. Krishna accepts each devotee’s service mood. Krishna reveals His huge forms to Arjuna, and to Subhal and Sridhama and the different moods herein. Katha of Krishna’s different forms and moods in Vaikuntha, Ayodhya, Mathura and Vrindavana. Symptoms of kanistha-adhikari Guru’s duty is to give the transcendental things, not the material things: you will receive these things through our karma. First we need to understand how to...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Undisclosed, Germany 2024, Vrindavana dasa Thakura, guru: guru-bhakti, guru: guru-nishtha, liberation
03 May 2024 evening – Disappearance of Vrndavana Dasa Thakura (English) – Germany | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Vrndavana Dasa Thakura is the literary incarnation, Vyasa Avatara, of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. – Vrndavana Dasa Thakura wrote the Caitanya Bhagavata, and Krsnadasa Kaviraji Gosvami wrote the Caitanya Caritamrta. – Vrndavana Dasa Thakura became totally absorbed in Sri Nityananda Prabhu. Without Nityananda’s mercy one cannot reach Caitanya Mahaprabhu. – Always meditate on the lotus feet of Guru, by his causeless mercy one can obtain liberation: dhyāna-mūlaṃ guror...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2024, Santiago 2024, Chile 2024, Madhvacharya, Ekadashi-vrata 2024, bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, book: Hari-bhakti-vilasa, guru: guru-bhakti
20 Feb 2024 evening – Sri Madhvacarya katha & Glories of Ekadasi (English) – Santiago, Chile | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– We can learn two things from Sri Sampradaya, Ramanujacarya, Guru-nishtha and seva nishtha towards our Istadeva, and the necessity of following Vaidhi-bhakti practices. – Meaning and importance of having nishtha: example of Hanumanji’s nishta towards Lord Ramachandra. – Following the sixty four limbs of Vaidhi-bhakti. – Always remember two things: guru-nishta/guru-bhakti and following Vaidhi-bhakti. – If we never follow Sri Sanatana’s grantha, Hari-bhakti...
2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Houston 2024, Texas 2024, USA 2024, guru: guru-bhakti, guru: guru-nishtha, renunciation
21 Jan 2024 midday – The Glories of Lord Ramacandra (English translation) – Houston, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– The human body is very rare and it is even rarer to obtain sadhusanga. – Rama-katha is very sweet. – Rama-raja-lila. – Story in Valmik’s Ramayana: Lord Ramacandra received His people at court to resolve and sentence disagreements, including those of animals, for example, He listened to a dog. – Sri Bhagavan knows the language of all living beings. – Story in which Lord Ramacandra receives in His court a crow and an eagle who were fighting for a nest...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2024, Cuernavaca 2024, Mexico 2024, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), anuraga: deep attachment (stage of prema; intense love and constant attraction toward Krishna), aparadhas (offences), bhakti: bhakti-yoga (path of devotion; the practice of connecting with Krishna through devotional service; the process of awakening love for Krishna), bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, guru: guru-bhakti, guru: guru-nishtha, kamatmika bhakti type: tat-tad-bhava-iccha-mayi, spiritual paths: vidhi-marga
18 Jan 2024 morning – Bhakti Marga – The Path of Devotion (English) – Cuernavaca, Mexico | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Everyone who practises bhakti-yoga must be careful not to commit vaisnava-aparadha. Whoever commits offences becomes unfit to receive Krsna’s mercy. Only see your own flaws. He who follows the rules of the Scriptures, little by little, reaches the highest spiritual destiny. In the sadhana stage, the sadhaka must follow vaidhi-bhakti. Sloka: sevā sādhaka-rūpeṇa siddha-rūpeṇa cātra hi tad-bhāva-lipsunā kāryā vraja-lokānusārataḥ (CC Madhya-lila 22.158). About vidhi-marga and raga-marga...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Caraguatatuba 2023, Brazil 2023, Chaitanya-charitamrita Madhya 22.54, anarthas: four types, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhakti: stages, guru: guru-bhakti, guru: guru-nishtha, renunciation, renunciation (vairagya), soul: conditioned soul
30 Dec 2023 evening – Chant the Holy Names and Listen to Harikatha (English) – Caraguatatuba, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada took diksa from Srila Gaura Kisora Dasa Babaji Maharaja. – Verse: tasmād guruṁ prapadyeta jijñāsuḥ śreya uttamam (ŚB 11.3.21). – Pranama-mantra of Srila Gaura Kisora Dasa Babaji Maharaja: namo gaura-kisoraya saksad vairagya-murtaye vipralambha-rasambudhe padambujaya te namah. – Srila Gaura Kisora Dasa Babaji Maharaja is the direct manifestation of renunciation and he savors vipralambha-rasa (higher mood of...