Only hari-katha purifies the tongue (example: the frogs in the pond). Chaitanya-charitamrita, Chaitanya-bhagavata, Chaitanya-mangala and other granthas ki jaya! About Vrindavana dasa Thakura. Baby Nimai’s lilas. Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya receiving the mercy of Mahaprabhu. Disproving the Brahmavada philosophy. Sloka na tasya kāryaṁ karaṇaṁ ca vidyate. Bhagavan’s energies and creations. The 6 opulences of Bhagavan. Krishna surprised by His own beauty. Mahaprabhu’s conversion of...
lilas: Indrajalika-lilas
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Alto Paraiso de Goias 2023, Brazil 2023, Krishna-tattva, lilas: Indrajalika-lilas
07 Jun 2023 evening – Krishna’s Human Being Lilas (English) – Alto Paraiso de Goias, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
A short list of Krishna’s naravata-lilas: snana-yatra-lila, indrajalika-lilas, sakhya-lilas, vatsalya-lilas, etc.
The story of how Saubari Rishi, by committing an offence, lost the fruit of severe austerities and married 50 daughters of King Mandata.
Perform bhajana and sadhana to Krishna while you are young.
The Lord has no beard; He never grows old.
The story of the woodcutter who lost his axe and his wife.
The power of krishna-katha.
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Mirepoix 2023, France 2023, lilas: Indrajalika-lilas
17 May 2023 evening – Dhruva Maharaja and Prahlada Maharaja Charitra (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Do not associate with karmis and jnanis: The activities of karmis are useless; the activities of jnanis are dangerous because they want to merge with Brahma. Dhruva Maharaja performed austerities to have darshana of Narayana. Srivasa Thakura did not complain to Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu when his son died. Dhruva Maharaja defeated Yamaraja and did not go to Mritya-loka. The Lord protected Prahlada Maharaja; no one could kill him. Arjuna wanted to kill Jayadratha, the murderer of his son...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Kashinagar 2023, West Bengal 2023, India 2023, Kalidasa, lilas: Indrajalika-lilas
26 Mar 2023 evening – The Inimitable God (English translation) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Karma and lila are not the same-We cannot imitate the Lord, as we cannot reproduce His deeds-You can’t watch a film over and over again, but you want to watch the Lord’s lilas endlessly-Indrajalika-lilas of the God. The story of a family of magicians who died because of a necklace but then came back to life-Various illusionist tricks-Satrajit and Syamantaka stone-The story of the foolish Kalidasa, who was looking for a door in the mosquito net-If Krishna is happy with you then all...
2023, Discourses in Bengali 2023, Kashinagar 2023, West Bengal 2023, India 2023, Kalidasa, lilas: Indrajalika-lilas
26 Mar 2023 evening – The Inimitable God (Bengali) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 -Karma and lila are not the same-We cannot imitate the Lord, as we cannot reproduce His deeds-You can’t watch a film over and over again, but you want to watch the Lord’s lilas endlessly-Indrajalika-lilas of the God. The story of a family of magicians who died because of a necklace but then came back to life-Various illusionist tricks-Satrajit and Syamantaka stone-The story of the foolish Kalidasa, who was looking for a door in the mosquito net-If Krishna is happy with you...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Jagannatha Puri 2023, India 2023, Rasa-lila, bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, lilas: Indrajalika-lilas, rasa dance: rasa-lila
14 Mar 2023 morning – The Glories of Rasa-lila (English translation) – Puri, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 -The Lord performs human-like lilas-Anugrahaya bhaktanam sloka discussion-Indrajalika-lilas (illusionary) lilas of Bhagavan-Lila of Krishna giving His flute to Madhumangala-The rasa-lila description-The effects of listening to rasa-lila, kama-vijaya-lila-Narada Rishi and Lord Shiva could not defeat lust-Do not even think of copying God-Immersion in Krishna. Examples of Kamsa, Shishupala-The Lord cannot be controlled with vaidhi-bhakti-The gopis are so much absorbed in krishna-lila and...
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Jagannatha Puri 2023, India 2023, Rasa-lila, bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, lilas: Indrajalika-lilas, rasa dance: rasa-lila
14 Mar 2023 morning – The Glories of Rasa-lila (Hindi) – Puri, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-The Lord performs human-like lilas-Anugrahaya bhaktanam sloka discussion-Indrajalika-lilas (illusionary) lilas of Bhagavan-Lila of Krishna giving His flute to Madhumangala-The rasa-lila description-The effects of listening to rasa-lila, kama-vijaya-lila-Narada Rishi and Lord Shiva could not defeat lust-Do not even think of copying God-Immersion in Krishna. Examples of Kamsa, Shishupala-The Lord cannot be controlled with vaidhi-bhakti-The gopis are so much absorbed in krishna-lila and krishna...
2022, Discourses Translated into English 2022, Bhuj 2022, Gujarat 2022, India 2022, Bhagavata-saptaha in Bhuj 2022, Govardhana-dharana Lila, ghosts, lilas: Indrajalika-lilas
22 Nov 2022 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 6 (English translation) – Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 -Srila Sukadeva Gosvami hides the name of his Guru, Srimati Radhika and Her sakhis in Srimad-Bhagavatam-Srimati Radhika does not want to descend to this material world-Description of Vrindavana-Birth and appearance lilas of Krishna-Indrajalika-lilas: the lila of how one family of illusionists faked their death-How to recognise ghosts-Karma-tattva-The story of how one friend poisoned another for winning the lottery-Lilas of baby Krishna stealing the butter-Kaliya-damana-lila (briefly)...