character quality: lust and anger

2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Bangalore (Bengaluru) 2023, India 2023, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), character quality: lust and anger, guru: guru-nishtha, guru: guru-tattva, mantra: gopala-mantra

03 Aug 2023 midday – Guru-tattva (Hindi) – Bangalore, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

August 3, 2023 11:59 AM

A kalpa-vrksa (desire tree) is not as auspicious as satisfying our Gurudeva through our sadhana. Fourth verse of the Guruastakam: chatur-vidha-sri-bhagavat-prasadasvadv-anna-triptan hari-bhakta-sanghan… Sloka: harau guste gurustatra gurau ruste na kascana… The difference between the nectar offered by Sukadeva Gosvami and the nectar drunk by the demigods. The beautiful song: Tava Kathamrta Tapta Jivanam (Gopi Gita). The Bhagavad-katha is a nectar drunk through the ears. The nectar of the...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Siedelsbrunn 2023, Germany 2023, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, character quality: lust and anger, karma: previous life, service: guru-seva, siddha-deha: spiritual body (eternal perfected body for serving Krishna in the spiritual realm), uttama-adhikari (highest-class devotees): 3 types of uttama-adhikari (murchita-kashaya; nirdhuta-kashaya; and bhagavata-parsada-deha-prapta)

01 Jun 2023 midday – The Sadhaka and the Spiritual Life (English) – Siedelsbrunn, Germany | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 1, 2023 12:26 PM

Krishna gives us sanga and then He turns away, so is this world, the sun rises and sets, the waves of the sea come and go. You can’t even imagine how many countless souls are born and die in this cycle, come and go. When Krishna was here, you were all here. In this path of repeated birth and death, one day the soul attains sadhu-sanga and hari-katha, and then Bhakti-devi manifests in the heart. Sloka: satāṁ prasaṅgān mama vīrya-saṁvido There are different sadhus and different bhakta...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Kuala Lumpur 2023, Malaysia 2023, Keshava-vrata 2023, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), bhajana-kriya: beginning of devotional practices (engagement in bhakti activities; stage after accepting guidance from guru), bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, character quality: lust and anger, rasa dance: rasa-lila

14 Apr 2023 evening – Sri Keshava-vrata (English) – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 14, 2023 6:07 PM

Today is a special day because it initiates Keshava-vrata and continuous watering of Tulasi. About the special importance of a few months. There are many potencies of Krsna, but three are very important: cit-sakti, maya-sakti and jiva-sakti. And other calls: samvit (knowledge – ruling Deity is Krsna), sandhini (existence – ruling Deity is Baladeva), and, hladini (pleasure – ruling Deity is Radha). There are many kinds of ananda (bliss) in this world. Difference between brahma...

2022, Discourses in English 2022, Discourses Translated into French 2022, Undisclosed, France 2022, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), character quality: lust and anger, Krishna: sarvajnata and mugdhata of Krishna

09 May 2022 midday – Vrajavasis Maddened by Love for Govinda (English) – France

May 9, 2022 12:44 PM

-If you are practising bhakti but your lust and anger are increasing, you are doing something wrong. On your own, you cannot find out where the fault lies, but a senior devotee should help you find it-Bhagavad-buddhi does not exist in the hearts of Vrajavasis-Sarvajnata and mugdhata of Krishna-Uddhava tries to persuade Nanda Maharaja that his son Krishna is Bhagavan-Whose love is higher? Dasharatha Maharaja’s or Nanda Baba’s?-Srimati Radhika cannot bear to be separated from Krishna, but...

2022, Discourses in Hindi 2022, Delhi 2022, India 2022, Rasa-lila, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), character quality: lust and anger, lilas: Indrajalika-lilas, rasa dance: rasa-lila

05 Apr 2022 evening – Stimuli for the rasa dance (Hindi) – Delhi, India

April 5, 2022 4:53 PM

-Krishna is akhila-rasamrita-sindhu, He is drowning in the deep ocean of rasa-Krishna is vishaya-vigraha, Radhaji and the gopis are ashraya-vigraha-By looking at the moon Krishna gets uppipana to perform rasa-lila and Yogamaya arranges everything-Atmaramata and aptakamata of Bhagavan-Krishna forgets about His atmaramata and aptakamata when He relishes devotees’ rasas-Krishna says: It’s not My fault that I want to perform the rasa dance. The moon gives Me stimulus-Big stones massage lotus feet...

2022, Discourses Translated into English 2022, Delhi 2022, India 2022, Rasa-lila, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), character quality: lust and anger, lilas: Indrajalika-lilas, rasa dance: rasa-lila

05 Apr 2022 evening – Stimuli for the rasa dance (English translation) – Delhi, India

April 5, 2022 4:52 PM

-Krishna is akhila-rasamrita-sindhu, He is drowning in the deep ocean of rasa-Krishna is vishaya-vigraha, Radhaji and the gopis are ashraya-vigraha-By looking at the moon Krishna gets uppipana to perform rasa-lila and Yogamaya arranges everything-Atmaramata and aptakamata of Bhagavan-Krishna forgets about His atmaramata and aptakamata when He relishes devotees’ rasas-Krishna says: It’s not My fault that I want to perform the rasa dance. The moon gives Me stimulus-Big stones massage lotus feet...

2021, Discourses in English 2021, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2021, Undisclosed, Brazil 2021, Morning walks 2021, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), association: bad association, character quality: lust and anger, renunciation (vairagya)

09 Sep 2021 morning – Lust, anger, bad association (English) – Brazil

September 9, 2021 7:00 AM

-Explanation of BG 2.62-Abhyasa and vairagya-Intelligent sober person avoids bad association-The ego of doer leads to lust and anger-If you take maha-prasada, lust and anger will not come-Question: How to avoid subtle bad associations?-Ceto darpana marjanam – control your mind by chanting the holy names-It is not your business to pay attention to what others do. Your business is to chant the holy names

2021, Discourses in English 2021, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2021, Undisclosed, Brazil 2021, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), character quality: lust and anger

28 Aug 2021 evening – The Glories of Radha and Krishna (English) – Brazil

August 28, 2021 6:05 PM

-Radhika’s prema is the topmost-Love should be reciprocal-6 limbs of love and affection-Iness and myness: which one is best-The trees of Vrindavana offer fruits to Krishna-At first there should be one-pointedness to Guru-Cobra helps Krishna to pacify Srimati Radhika’s anger-Even the sand of Vrindavana is cetana, conscious-If you listen to krishna-katha with absorption, you will achieve Goloka Vrindavana-If you listen hari-katha attentively, lust and anger will not come to you-Rupa...

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