When the Lord bestows His mercy, the jiva is able to enter His abode. On the importance of Caitanya Caritamrta. All who practice bhakti do so only because they have received the Lord’s mercy. Tulasi Dasa’s Ramayana says the same thing. More important than the Lord’s mercy is the Lord’s mercy: harau ruṣṭe gurus trātā gurau ruṣṭe na kaścana… (Hari Bhakti-vilasa 4.360). Preach and call devotees to hear harikatha. – One who is busy in saving only himself is selfish...
liberation
2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Gold Coast 2024, Australia 2024, karma: cycle of birth and death, liberation
09 Sep 2024 midday – The Glorifications of the Gosvamis to Srimati Radharani (Hindi) | Gold Coast, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Liberation from the cycle of birth and death is possible only through the performance of bhajana in the human form of life. By accepting a bona fide Guru, the soul comes to an end of the cycle of repeated birth and death. Verse: anāradhya rādhā-padāmbhoja-reṇum… (Sankalpa Prakasa Stotra). Song: Radha Krsna Prana Mora. Three essential practices of raganuga-bhakti: one-pointed faith in the lotus feet of Srimati Radhika, living in Vrndavana (physically or mentally), and being under the guidance of...
2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Gold Coast 2024, Australia 2024, karma: cycle of birth and death, liberation
09 Sep 2024 midday – The Glorifications of the Gosvamis to Srimati Radharani (Hindi) | Gold Coast, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Liberation from the cycle of birth and death is possible only through the performance of bhajana in the human form of life. By accepting a bona fide Guru, the soul comes to an end of the cycle of repeated birth and death. Verse: anāradhya rādhā-padāmbhoja-reṇum… (Sankalpa Prakasa Stotra). Song: Radha Krsna Prana Mora. Three essential practices of raganuga-bhakti: one-pointed faith in the lotus feet of Srimati Radhika, living in Vrndavana (physically or mentally), and being under the guidance of...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Kuala Lumpur 2024, Malaysia 2024, liberation
26 Aug 2024 morning – Guru Nistha is Essential (English) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja directly instructed Srila Gurudeva Vana Gosvami Maharaja to go to Western countries to preach Krsna Consciousness in 1997. Those who have nistha, firm faith in the Guru’s Lotus Feet, can conquer everything. Song: Sri Guru Carana Padma. Our only hope should be to fulfill Sri Guru’s desire. Mantra: dhyana mulam gurur murti puja mulam gurur padam… (Guru Gita: Skanda Purana – dialogue between Siva and Uma/Parvati). Bhakti completely depends on the disciple’s...
2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Delhi 2024, India 2024, liberation
22 Aug 2024 evening – Vaisnava, Give Me a Drop of Prema?! (Hindi) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sambandha, abhideya and prayojana. Religiosity, economic development, sense gratification, liberation and achieving pure love for God are the goals of life. Beautiful description of the lila of Bhrgu Rsi testing who among Brahma, Siva and Visnu is the Supreme Lord. Srila Gurudeva Vana Gosvami Maharaja says: “Wherever I go, I worship Tulasi Devi, but if you don’t agree with it, I worship her in my mind.” More worshipable than God Himself is to worship those who are loved by Him. Some of the...
2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Vraja 2024, Vrindavana 2024, India 2024, Baladeva-purnima 2024, anarthas: four types, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), character quality: duplicity, guru: guru-nishtha, liberation
19 Aug 2024 morning – Sri Baladeva Purnima (Hindi) | Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Song: Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu Jive Daya Kore. The difference between nitya-lila and naimitika-lila. Verse: īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ… (Brahma Samhita). The presiding Deity over Sac, existence, is Baladeva Prabhu, Cit, spiritual knowledge, is Krsna, and ananda, bliss, is Srimati Radhika. Bhakti cannot be attained as long as anarthas predominate, and without the mercy of Baladeva Prabhu we will never be able to destroy the four types of anarthas. With His mace and plow...
2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Vraja 2024, Vrindavana 2024, India 2024, Baladeva-purnima 2024, anarthas: four types, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), character quality: duplicity, guru: guru-nishtha, liberation
19 Aug 2024 morning – Sri Baladeva Purnima (English translation) | Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Song: Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu Jive Daya Kore. The difference between nitya-lila and naimitika-lila. Verse: īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ… (Brahma Samhita). The presiding Deity over Sac, existence, is Baladeva Prabhu, Cit, spiritual knowledge, is Krsna, and ananda, bliss, is Srimati Radhika. Bhakti cannot be attained as long as anarthas predominate, and without the mercy of Baladeva Prabhu we will never be able to destroy the four types of anarthas. With His mace and plow...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Seattle 2024, USA 2024, ghosts, karma: law of karma, liberation
05 Aug 2024 morning – How the Universes Are Created (English) | Seattle, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sloka: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya — kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’… (Caitanya Caritamrta 20.108-109). How all universes are created (Brahma, Siva and Visnu). One day of Brahma: The yugas and the duration of each one. The method to connect with God in Kali-yuga is the chanting of the Hare Krsna Mahamantra. Song: Hari Haraye Namah Krsna. Karma is independent of astrology, and the Holy Names destroy all sins. The types of liberation (mukti). The universal form of Visnu and his weapons. How the law of karma works...