People want trivarga: dharma, artha and kama. The responsibilities of the brahmanas. The sufferings of a baby in the womb. How to get liberation. The perfect meaning of mukti. Indradyumna Maharaja hearing about Nila-madhava from a brahmana & wishing to have darshana & sending his men in 4 directions to find Nila-madhava. Vidyapati takes darshana of Nila-madhava with the help of his wife Lalita & father-in-law Visvavasu. Vidyapati contemplating suicide after seeing a crow reach...
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2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Bangalore (Bengaluru) 2023, India 2023, Bhagavata-saptaha in Bangalore 2023, character quality: duplicity, consciousness: material consciousness, liberation, rasas: sakhya-bhava, Bhagavata-saptaha in Bangalore 2023
06 Aug 2023 evening – Sri Bhagavata-saptaha, day 6 (Hindi) – Bangalore, India
PART 1 PART 2 Just to give mercy to the conditioned souls, God manifests His pastimes in this world. Lila of the rsis who wanted to serve Ramacandra in madhurya-rasa. Putana is the personification of duplicity and hypocrisy. We must abandon all kinds of duplicity and hypocrisy. The story of Nalakuvara and Manigriva. Those people who are completely absorbed in material consciousness do not believe in Guru and Vaisnavas. The story of the devotee who studied Sanskrit. The heart of the sadhu is...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Bangalore (Bengaluru) 2023, India 2023, Bhagavata-saptaha in Bangalore 2023, character quality: duplicity, consciousness: material consciousness, liberation, rasas: sakhya-bhava, Bhagavata-saptaha in Bangalore 2023
06 Aug 2023 evening – Sri Bhagavata-saptaha (day 6) (English translation) – Bangalore, India
PART 1 PART 2 Just to give mercy to the conditioned souls, God manifests His pastimes in this world. Lila of the rsis who wanted to serve Ramacandra in madhurya-rasa. Putana is the personification of duplicity and hypocrisy. We must abandon all kinds of duplicity and hypocrisy. The story of Nalakuvara and Manigriva. Those people who are completely absorbed in material consciousness do not believe in Guru and Vaisnavas. The story of the devotee who studied Sanskrit. The heart of the sadhu is...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Bangalore (Bengaluru) 2023, India 2023, liberation, renunciation, self-realisation, service: guru-seva, service: vani-seva, service: vapu-seva
06 Aug 2023 morning – Renunciation That Comes Through Self-Realisation (English translation) – Bangalore, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Bhajananandi and gosthanandi. Lokanatha Dasa Gosvami’s service to his deity. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta opens the first Gaudiya Matha temple in Kolkata. The three things that are necessary for us to practise spiritual life. We should speak according to what the scriptures say. To satisfy God, it is first necessary to follow varnasrama-dharma. Explanation of the verse: dhyāna-mūlaṃ guror mūrtiḥ Our purpose in life is to fulfil Gurudeva’s heart and follow his instructions. The highest...
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Bangalore (Bengaluru) 2023, India 2023, liberation, renunciation, self-realisation, service: guru-seva, service: vani-seva, service: vapu-seva
06 Aug 2023 morning – Renunciation That Comes Through Self-Realisation (Hindi) – Bangalore, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Bhajananandi and gosthanandi. Lokanatha Dasa Gosvami’s service to his deity. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta opens the first Gaudiya Matha temple in Kolkata. The three things that are necessary for us to practise spiritual life. We should speak according to what the scriptures say. To satisfy God, it is first necessary to follow varnasrama-dharma. Explanation of the verse: dhyāna-mūlaṃ guror mūrtiḥ Our purpose in life is to fulfil Gurudeva’s heart and follow his instructions. The highest...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Bhuj 2023, Gujarat 2023, India 2023, liberation, Vedavyasa, Vyasadeva
31 Jul 2023 evening – The Prophecy of Sriman Mahaprabhu (English translation) – Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The glories of the dust of the feet of the saints. Prophecy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. In Kali-yuga, only the holy names give the soul liberation from the material world (SB 10 canto, last verse). Each Kali-yuga has a mahamantra. Vyasadeva explains that the mahamantra of this age has 16 names and 32 syllables. In Satya-yuga people meditated, but in Kali-yuga this is not possible. To be considered a Hindu, one must have the custom of wearing a tilaka. There are no rules for chanting the holy...
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Bhuj 2023, Gujarat 2023, India 2023, liberation, Vedavyasa, Vyasadeva
31 Jul 2023 evening – The Prophecy of Sriman Mahaprabhu (Hindi) – Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The glories of the dust of the feet of the saints. Prophecy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. In Kali-yuga, only the holy names give the soul liberation from the material world (SB 10 canto, last verse). Each Kali-yuga has a mahamantra. Vyasadeva explains that the mahamantra of this age has 16 names and 32 syllables. In Satya-yuga people meditated, but in Kali-yuga this is not possible. To be considered a Hindu, one must have the custom of wearing a tilaka. There are no rules for chanting the holy...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Bhuj 2023, Gujarat 2023, India 2023, liberation
31 Jul 2023 morning – The Glories of Obtaining Bhagavan’s Darshana (English translation) – Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The 6 leaves (stages) of bhakti. The various types of liberation, and the ultimate meaning of liberation. How Sarvabhauma Battacarya rejected mukti (liberation). Story of a devotee who asked Srila Narayana Maharaja if he had darshan of Bhagavan. The 9 members of bhakti. The 3 rules for diving in the ocean of syama-rasa. If not physically, live in Vraja mentally. How to develop greed (lobha) for hearing the harikatha of the Supreme Lord. The main meaning of Brahma is Bhagavan. What is Mayavada...