liberation

31 Mar 2023 evening – House Program (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Radharani is the sethani (rich person’s wife) of Vrindavana. She has the key to all the treasuries-The trees of Vrindavana welcome Krishna-00.35.00 – The story of how a great sinner in a pond of stool in hell was proud of his position because he saw in his vision that a pure devotee would be born in his lineage-If there is a devotee in the family, all the members of his family get liberation-Whose house is Goloka Vrindavana?-The story of how a wife accepted diksha-initiation and became a...

30 Mar 2023 morning – Sri Rama-navami (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-The curse of Vishnu by Narada Rishi; Vedavati appeared as Sita-devi afterwards-12 types of rasas-Shabari did not give her food remnants to Ramachandra-Description of the rasas and their characteristics-Lila on how the turtle, who longed to touch the lotus feet of the Lord, became a boatman who ferried Lord Ramachandra across the river in a rama-lila-Shabari story-Respect for women-Lila on how Lord Ramachandra granted liberation to the stone-embedded soul of Ahilya-Krishna-samsara, surrender to...

30 Mar 2023 morning – Sri Rama-navami (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-The curse of Vishnu by Narada Rishi; Vedavati appeared as Sita-devi afterwards-12 types of rasas-Shabari did not give her food remnants to Ramachandra-Description of the rasas and their characteristics-Lila on how the turtle, who longed to touch the lotus feet of the Lord, became a boatman who ferried Lord Ramachandra across the river in a rama-lila-Shabari story-Respect for women-Lila on how Lord Ramachandra granted liberation to the stone-embedded soul of Ahilya-Krishna-samsara, surrender to...

26 Mar 2023 evening – House program (English translation) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Many types of sadhus these days-The deep meaning of the word ‘guru’-Do not listen to hari-katha from non-Vaishnavas-Nama-sankirtana is the solution for the people of Kali-yuga-These three things, marriage, birth and death, are in the hands of the Lord, and no one can predict them-The story of the cruel king who wanted to die at Kashi for liberation, but could not cheat fate-The story of how a wife accepted diksha-initiation and became a princess in the next life, but her husband did not and...

16 Mar 2023 morning – The Mood of Palya-dasi (Bengali) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-This place is called Chakra-tirtha because the Sudarshana chakra that was chasing Durvasa Rishi fell in this place-Durvasa Rishi escapes from Vishnu’s Sudarshana chakra; Ambarisha Maharaja’s humbleness-4 types of liberation-Pure devotees reject all types of liberation-Lalita and Vishakha may compete with Radharani, but they do not want to, so Yogamaya appoints Chandravali to be Sri Radha’s rival, although she is not qualified to be Her rival-Even with the mood of the left wing (vamya...

16 Mar 2023 morning – The Mood of Palya-dasi (English translation) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-This place is called Chakra-tirtha because the Sudarshana chakra that was chasing Durvasa Rishi fell in this place-Durvasa Rishi escapes from Vishnu’s Sudarshana chakra; Ambarisha Maharaja’s humbleness-4 types of liberation-Pure devotees reject all types of liberation-Lalita and Vishakha may compete with Radharani, but they do not want to, so Yogamaya appoints Chandravali to be Sri Radha’s rival, although she is not qualified to be Her rival-Even with the mood of the left wing (vamya...

22 Dec 2022 morning – Bhakti-tattva-viveka [4] (English) – USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-3 types of bhakti-Kleshagni and subhada-Hari-bhakti-sudurlabha: devotional service to Krishna is very rare, even more rare than mukti (liberation)-Krishna is attracted by Sri Radha and the gopis because they have bhakti in their hearts. Krishna-akarshani: Bhakti in one’s heart attracts people and even Krishna to him-Krishna hides bhakti giving artha, kama, and moksha instead-Pure bhaktas do not want anything from God-People make up a silly excuse that they are not ready to receive harinama or...

29 Nov 2022 morning – Govinda’s Darshana (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Categories of sadhus: bhagavata-parsada-deha-prapta, nirdhuta-kashaya, and murchita-kashaya-The story of the king who wanted to die in Kashi to obtain liberation but died after falling from a horse outside Kashi-The glories of the dust of Vrindavana; instruction on how to take it-The case of a girl who touched the dust of Vrindavana and got prema-The story of a young wife who received Govinda’s darshanа despite her mother-in-law’s warnings