service: krishna-seva

2022, Discourses in English 2022, Undisclosed, Iceland 2022, Gangamata Gosvamini, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), bhakti: bhakti-marga (path of devotion; the way of attaining Krishna through devotional service), Ekadashi: Pandava Nirjala Ekadashi, service: krishna-seva

11 Jun 2022 morning – Gangamata Gosvamini Appearance (English) – Iceland | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 11, 2022 8:45 AM

-Bhima could not tolerate hunger so Krishna gave him concession to have one anukalpa on Ekadashi and observe at least one Nirjala Ekadashi a year-Bhakti-marga is very simple, not by force-How to observe Ekadashi-Srimati Radhika’s ahaituki mana (causeless anger)-On the day of Ekadashi try to chant more holy names than in other days, at least 2-4 rounds more-Life history of Gangamata Gosvamini-Srila Jiva Gosvami tells about 3 types of Krishna’s lilas: raja-kumara, deva and human being lila...

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06 Mar 2022 morning – Navadvipa-dhama mahatmya (English translation) – Delhi, India

March 6, 2022 8:55 AM

-Navadvipa-dhama is nondifferent from Vrindavanа.-By staying in Navadvipa-dhama & doing smaranа of Navadvipa-dhama all sins will go away.-By Bhagavata-nama only tendency to commit sinful activities goes away.-Meaning of aparadha & different types of aparadhas.-Krishna-seva’s condensed form is Srimati Radhika.-Who can do seva actually-Bhakti 3 stages: aropha-siddha, sanga-siddha, svarupa-siddha.-How to come out of nama-aparadha, vigraha-seva aparadha, vaishnava-aparadha.-The...

2022, Discourses in Hindi 2022, Delhi 2022, India 2022, Navadvipa-dhama-mahatmya 2022, aparadhas: meaning of the word, aparadhas: offenses (obstacles in devotional service; offenses against Krishna, devotees, holy name, dhama and other aspects of bhakti), aparadhas: types, aparadhas: vaishnava-aparadha, service: krishna-seva

06 Mar 2022 morning – Navadvipa-dhama mahatmya (3) (Hindi) – Delhi, India

March 6, 2022 8:51 AM

-Navadvipa-dhama is nondifferent from Vrindavanа.-By staying in Navadvipa-dhama & doing smaranа of Navadvipa-dhama all sins will go away.-By Bhagavata-nama only tendency to commit sinful activities goes away.-Meaning of aparadha & different types of aparadhas.-Krishna-seva’s condensed form is Srimati Radhika.-Who can do seva actually-Bhakti 3 stages: aropha-siddha, sanga-siddha, svarupa-siddha.-How to come out of nama-aparadha, vigraha-seva aparadha, vaishnava-aparadha.-The...

2022, Discourses in English 2022, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2022, Undisclosed, Brazil 2022, bhakti: stages, service: krishna-seva

02 Mar 2022 morning – Morning darshan (English) – Brazil

March 2, 2022 8:52 AM

-3 stages of bhakti: aropa-siddha-bhakti, sanga-siddha-bhakti, svarupa-siddha-bhakti-26 qualities of guru’s qualification-At the stage of asakti and bhava-dasha a sadhaka slowly will begin to realise his own constitutional form-Vrajavasis are krishna-seva-bhava-murti-Saubari Rishi’s austerities and his offence to Garuda-When you are at work you have to associate with people but do not be attached to them-Preach to people 1-2 times, if they do not listen, ignore them-The Glories of Tirthanidhi...

2022, Discourses in English 2022, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2022, Undisclosed, Brazil 2022, aparadhas (offences), bhakti: bhakti-yoga (path of devotion; the practice of connecting with Krishna through devotional service; the process of awakening love for Krishna), service: krishna-seva, service: servital mood

07 Jan 2022 evening – Jiva’s inherent krishna-seva-vasana (English) – Brazil

January 7, 2022 6:04 PM

-What is the meaning of bhakti-yoga?-All jivas have spontaneous nature to serve the Lord.-How is the servital mood in conditional stage directed towards sense gratification.-Servital mood is coming from knowledge of the relationship (sambandha-jnana).-In the transcendental world all jivas serve Lord with sambandha-jnana.-Baddha-jivas spontaneous nature to serve the Lord manifests with sadhu-sanga.-Krishna & jivas are sat-cid-ananda but Krishna is infinite & jiva is minute.-Extreme...

2022, Discourses in English 2022, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2022, Undisclosed, Brazil 2022, Guru-purnima (Vyasa-puja) 2022, ceremony: guru-puja, ghee lamp, service: krishna-seva, vishvasa: faith (firm trust in Krishna; confidence in the process of bhakti)

02 Jan 2022 evening – Meaning of guru-puja (English) – Brazil

January 2, 2022 6:09 PM

How will Gurudeva be satisfied with me?Meaning of incense, ghee lamp and conch shell in guru-pujaHow Srimati Radhika manifestsAll Srimad-Bhagavatam has the name of Srimati Radhika.10 disciple qualifications.When the disciple realizes the mercy of the guru, he will cry.One who is absorbed to serve Krsna is released person.Definition of guru-vakya-vishvasa and krsna-seva-murti.Description of Narayana Maharaja’s vyasa-puja in Brazil.

2021, Discourses in English 2021, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2021, Undisclosed, Brazil 2021, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), aparadhas (offences), bhakti: bhakti-lata-bija (seed of bhakti), service: krishna-seva

07 Sep 2021 morning – Gurudeva is our protector (English) – Brazil

September 7, 2021 7:38 AM

-It’s not a problem if you have a small house. The important thing is that you have a big heart. Example of Duryodhana and Vidura/Vidurani-On dualism and Shankaracharya-Guru helps turn maya-seva-vasana into Krishna-seva-vasana-The Lord possesses acintya-shakti-Offences to lotus feet of gurus, vaishnavas and Krishna are the stony soil on which no bhakti sprouts can grow-Guru-mantra is very powerful-If you serve Krishna, Maya-devi will run away-Gurudeva has many heads because he looks in many...

2021, Discourses in Hindi 2021, Mathura 2021, India 2021, Chaitanya-charitamrita (Raya Ramananda Samvad) 2021, service: krishna-seva, varnashrama-dharma

09 Feb 2021 – Raya Ramananda Samvad 5. Jiva’s Inherent Nature (Hindi) – Mathura, India

February 9, 2021 7:30 AM

-The ultimate goal of jiva is to manifest svarupa-anubhandi-vritti. -Just as a seed has potency the jiva being manifested from Bhagavan also has a potency in his heart with one of the 5 rasas. -Just as water has liquidity jiva has svarupa-anubhandi-vritti i.e.,Krishna-seva-vasana is in all the rasas except shanta-rasa. -Those in shanta-rasa have only nishtha with no sambandha-jnana & no mamata. -Jiva svarupa-anubhandi-vritti is Krishna Das bhava. Eg in different rasas: dasyam –...

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