We are here for Kartika-vrata and to glorify the disappearance of Srila Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Gosvami Maharaja. Knowing about the beautiful life, teachings and contact with Vaisnavas keeps us protected from maya. Srila Gurudeva always glorified Srila Bhakti Prajnana and cried. Guru-nistha intensifies in separation from the Guru. Vinoda Bihari Brahmacari had a strong debate with the college professors because they were impersonalists and said that the Lord has no qualities/powers. Vinoda...
guru: guru-nishtha
2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Vraja 2024, Vrindavana 2024, India 2024, Baladeva-purnima 2024, anarthas: four types, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), character quality: duplicity, guru: guru-nishtha, liberation
19 Aug 2024 morning – Sri Baladeva Purnima (Hindi) | Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Song: Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu Jive Daya Kore. The difference between nitya-lila and naimitika-lila. Verse: īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ… (Brahma Samhita). The presiding Deity over Sac, existence, is Baladeva Prabhu, Cit, spiritual knowledge, is Krsna, and ananda, bliss, is Srimati Radhika. Bhakti cannot be attained as long as anarthas predominate, and without the mercy of Baladeva Prabhu we will never be able to destroy the four types of anarthas. With His mace and plow...
2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Vraja 2024, Vrindavana 2024, India 2024, Baladeva-purnima 2024, anarthas: four types, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), character quality: duplicity, guru: guru-nishtha, liberation
19 Aug 2024 morning – Sri Baladeva Purnima (English translation) | Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Song: Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu Jive Daya Kore. The difference between nitya-lila and naimitika-lila. Verse: īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ… (Brahma Samhita). The presiding Deity over Sac, existence, is Baladeva Prabhu, Cit, spiritual knowledge, is Krsna, and ananda, bliss, is Srimati Radhika. Bhakti cannot be attained as long as anarthas predominate, and without the mercy of Baladeva Prabhu we will never be able to destroy the four types of anarthas. With His mace and plow...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Seattle 2024, USA 2024, Bhakti Rakshaka Sridhara Maharaja, guru: guru-bhakti, guru: guru-nishtha
04 Aug 2024 morning – Life of Sri Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Maharaja (English) | Seattle, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2024, Itajai 2024, Brazil 2024, bhakti: bhakti-lata-bija (seed of bhakti), devotees: types, guru: guru-nishtha
16 Jul 2024 evening – Guru-nistha (English) | Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sloka that gives evidence that Sri Krsna is the Original Personality of God: ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥ kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam indrāri-vyākulaṁ lokaṁ mṛḍayanti yuge yuge (SB 1.3.28). Why do many people worship the demigods? Because the jivas have many desires in their hearts. Krsna says that the conditioned souls do not know who God is, and they surrender to the demigods. Four types of devotees who worship Krsna: catur-vidha bhajante mam… (BG 7.16). Arto (sufferers/Gagendra); arto-jijnasu...
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, Hari-katha 2024 (Undisclosed country), Undisclosed, aparadhas (offences), guru: guru-nishtha, guru: guru-tattva, Vedavyasa, Vyasadeva
04 Jun 2024 afternoon – Guru-nishtha (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The books that were written by Vyasadeva. Devata and Asura’s katha. Deva-bhava, firm faith that the Lord is our mother, our father, our all in all. Our heart will be overjoyed when we remember Krishna. Continued explanation of the tattva of Srimad Bhagavatam written by Vyasadeva. Why does the Lord create, maintain and destroy everything? Discussion of the Lord’s three shakti’s: cit-shakti, jiva-shakti and maya-shakti. If we are fortunate to meet Guru, he will give us perfect instructions and...
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...