jiva: jiva-tattva
27 Mar 2025 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 5 (Hindi) | Kashinagar, South India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Fortunate jivas have the opportunity to hear Bhagavd-katha. Pariksiti Maharaja heard the Bhagavatam from Sukadeva Gosvami, the parrot of Srimati Radhika, but Pariksiti attained gopi-bhava. The listener is not always inferior to the speaker: Srila Gurudeva exalts the audience. Harikatha is spoken according to the qualification of the listeners. Candidasa and Vidyapati performed wonderful kirtans and they took shelter of Mahaprabhu. Narottama Dasa Thakura wrote the Prema Bhakti Candrika, a...
28 Feb 2025 morning – Questions and Answers (English) | London Airport, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The Lord grants shakti to a jiva who is qualified to assume an important post. How a jiva becomes Brahma.
About Siva-tattva: The Sastras also say that he is jiva-tattva and visnu-tattva; the Lord personally assumes the post of Brahma and Siva when no jiva is qualified.
About the difference between Mayavadis and Brahmavadis.
About the samadhi attained by the practice of Patanjali’s Astanga Yoga and the samadhi attained by the practice of Vaisnavas.
The definition of brahma-jnanis.
27 Feb 2025 morning – Shiva-tattva (English) | London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 The Madhurya Kadambini sheds light on Siva-tattva. Explanation of two types of Brahma: Vairaja Brahma (jiva-koti-brahma/jiva-tattva) and Hiranyagarbha Brahma (Isvara-koti-brahma/Isvara-tattva). When a jiva attains the qualification for the Brahma position, he receives sakti from the Lord to be able to assume the function of creation. A funny story of how the proud Brahma sent a letter of resignation to Lord Visnu. The jiva who performs perfectly in the Brahma position attains the Siva...
26 Feb 2025 evening – Shiva-ratri (English) | London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The qualification to get the position of Brahma and Shiva. Number of qualities of a jiva, Shiva, Vishnu, Rama and Krishna. A funny story about how a foreigner in India mistook the fireflies for mosquitoes that were looking for him with torches to drink his blood. Shiva is called Shankara because his tattva is mixed (not fully jiva-tattva and not fully vishnu-tattva). Lila of a small boy standing on shiva-lingam and getting the position of Kuvera by Shiva. Shiva is easily pleased and easily gets...
11 Feb 2025 morning – Who Is Nityananda Prabhu (English) | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 Gurudeva instructs how we should glorify Nityananda Prabhu. A pastime where Jagai and Madhai injure Nityananda Prabhu’s head, and Caitanya Mahaprabhu becomes angry. Nityananda Prabhu reminds us that in this incarnation of Gaura Avatar the Lord would not hold any weapon and would not kill anyone. Just by having darsana, (vision) of Mahaprabhu, He grants Krsna-prema, even to those who see Him from afar. Explanation about offenses, offenses not accepted, and offenses accepted by...
26 Sep 2024 morning – Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Guru Katha (English) | Christchurch, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Goura-krpa is essential for entry into madhurya-rasa. Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the combined form of Radha and Krsna. We should merge into Goura-prema. The parikaras (eternal associates) do not belong to the category of jiva-tattva, they manifest from antaranga-sakti. Jiva-sakti and vibhinansa-sakti (marginal potency) are synonymous. The jivas manifest from jiva-sakti. Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami is an associate of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He used to hear Harikatha from Svarupa Damodara. A beautiful poem...
20 Sep 2024 morning – Contradictory Nature of Radha and Krishna (Hindi) | Brisbane, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
00:00 Adi-lila, discussion of shlokas 128-130, contradictory nature of Krishna in examples and commentaries; 7:00 contradictory nature of Srimati Radhika, nature of prema, mahabhava-dasha; 12:00 explanaiton of when do we get understanding of hari-katha 15:00 humbleness of Srimati Radhika in Her position as a queen of Vrindavana; 18:00 the duties of sakhis, necessity of remembering what has been heard; 23:00 transcendental nature of Vrindavana, the nature of Yogamaya; 29:0 difference between...