Mahabharata

2022, Discourses in Hindi 2022, Delhi 2022, India 2022, Bhagavata-saptaha in Delhi 2022, Krishna Asks Yudhishthira Maharaja to Say That Ashvatthama Is Dead, karma: previous life, lineage: guru-parampara, Mahabharata, Radha: radha-nama, Bhagavata-saptaha in Delhi 2022

29 Sep 2022 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 2 (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 29, 2022 6:34 PM

-Srimad Bhagavatam is self-manifest like sun & topmost among all Puranas.-Srimad Bhagavatam is prema-katha & sinful people will be uplifted by sravanam.-Lila of Krsna making Yuddhisthira to tell a lie that Asvatthama died in Mahabharata.-Atmadeva brahmana,his wife Dhunduli & his 2 sons Gokarna & Dhundukari katha.-Bhagavath-katha has to be heard with Sraddha. This katha is sabda-brahma.-Srila BhaktiSiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada says how Gaudiya Mutt treats baddha-jivas who are...

2022, Discourses in English 2022, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2022, Undisclosed, Brazil 2022, character quality: envy, Mahabharata

19 Jul 2022 morning – Types of Prema, Rati & Harinama effects (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

July 19, 2022 9:04 AM

-Bhakti should be uninterrupted & without any cause.-Prema manifests in 3 ways: sravana-jata-prema (Rukmini-devi), darshana-jata-prema (Kubja) & sahaja-jata-prema (gopis).-Lila of Krsna kidnapping Rukmini after she hears His glories from Naradaji & writes a letter to Krsna to take Her.-Lila of Krsna straightening Kubja in Mathura.-About sadharana-rati (Kubja), samanjasa-rati (Dvaraka queens) & samartha-rati (gopis).-Why gopis prema is samartha-rati & Yogamaya’s...

2022, Discourses in English 2022, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2022, Undisclosed, Brazil 2022, Vyasadeva, Mahabharata, Vedavyasa, Vyasadeva

10 Jul 2022 midday – The Glories of Vedavyasa (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

July 10, 2022 12:29 PM

-The day we speak or listen to hari-katha is a good day-Vedavyasa manifested many granthas including Fifth Veda, Mahabharata-The meaning of Dvaipayana and Vedavyasa names-The appearance of Vedavyasa (the apsara’s miscarriage, a baby swallowed by a fish)-The meaning of Parashara name-King Kalmashapada is cursed by Shakti Muni to be a demon who eats the flesh of human beings-Demons are needed to glorify sadhus-Gautama Rishi had a green garden with crops in his ashramа in times of drought through...

2022, Discourses in Hindi 2022, Delhi 2022, India 2022, Mahabharata, mind: manasika-seva, nirguna: beyond material qualities (transcendental to the modes of material nature; free from material designations), rasa dance: rasa-lila, service: guru-seva, service: vani-seva, service: vapu-seva

27 May 2022 morning – Krishna Intebted to Gopis (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 27, 2022 9:34 AM

-Krishna considers Himself as indebted to gopis due to their prema.-In Gita Krsna says the way one does bhajana He will show prema.-Bhagavan is bahu-nishtha & bhakta is eka-nishta.-apicet su-durācāro bhajate mām ananya-bhāk sloka discussion-5 chaste ladies mentioned in sastras & Sati Savitri katha.-Chaste ladies mentioned in sastra also want to attain dust of lotus feet of gopis.-Types of rini & When we surrender everything & submit ourselves to Sri Hari one will get cleared of...

2022, Discourses Translated into English 2022, Delhi 2022, India 2022, Mahabharata, mind: manasika-seva, nirguna: beyond material qualities (transcendental to the modes of material nature; free from material designations), rasa dance: rasa-lila, service: guru-seva, service: vani-seva, service: vapu-seva

27 May 2022 morning – Krishna Intebted to Gopis (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 27, 2022 9:33 AM

-Krishna considers Himself as indebted to gopis due to their prema.-In Gita Krsna says the way one does bhajana He will show prema.-Bhagavan is bahu-nishtha & bhakta is eka-nishta.-apicet su-durācāro bhajate mām ananya-bhāk sloka discussion-5 chaste ladies mentioned in sastras & Sati Savitri katha.-Chaste ladies mentioned in sastra also want to attain dust of lotus feet of gopis.-Types of rini & When we surrender everything & submit ourselves to Sri Hari one will get cleared of...

2022, Discourses in English 2022, Undisclosed, United Kingdom 2022, Akshaya-tritiya 2022, Bhagavad-gita: 18 names of Bhagavad-gita, Mahabharata, Vyasadeva

03 May 2022 morning – Akshaya Tritiya Significant Events (English) – United Kingdom

May 3, 2022 9:29 AM

-Mahabharata was manifested by Vyasadeva on Akshaya-tritiya-25-29 Chapters of Bhagavad-gita (Bhishma-parvata) were manifested on the day of Akshaya-tritiya-18 names of Bhagavad-gita. Gita’s first name is Ganga-Ganga appeared on Akshaya-tritiya day-Lila of Krishna meeting with Virоja (Ganga-devi). Srimati Radhika cursed Krishna that he would not marry and be attracted to many girls, and Krishna cursed Srimati Radhika that Her husband would be impotent-Lila of Krishna in the form of a serpent and...

2022, Discourses in English 2022, Undisclosed, United Kingdom 2022, Shyamananda Prabhu, Mahabharata

16 Apr 2022 evening – Shyamananda Prabhu’s Appearance (English) – United Kingdom

April 16, 2022 6:18 PM

-Shyamananda Prabhu was born in Orissa and named by his parents Dukhi-krishnadasa-Only the one who chants the holy names is happy-People suffer from threefold miseries of maya because they forgot Krishna-Narottama, Srinivasa and Shyamananda take shiksha from Jiva Gosvami-Prabodhananda Sarasvati’s desire to become a broomstick of a broom that sweeps Srimati Radhika’s kunda-Dukhi-krishnadasa finds the ankle bells of Sri Radha and then returns it to Her by Jiva Gosvami’s advice-Meaning of Shyama...

2022, Discourses Translated into English 2022, Undisclosed, India 2022, Mahabharata, self-realisation, Svayam Bhagavan

05 Apr 2022 morning – Inconceivable Bhagavan realised by His Kripa (English translation) – India

April 5, 2022 9:19 AM

-Supreme Truth is Svayam Bhagavan.-Vikara (transformations) in material world vs Bhagavan’s avikara.-About describing spiritual things.-Bhagavan is known by self-realisation but not by logic, intelligence.-Dvibhuja Muralidhara Shyamasundara is actual Svarupa.-Only when Bhagavan shows kripa & makes one to know, one will know Him.-Bhagavan is brihad but still shows Himself as anu.-In this world everything transforms, changeable.-Spiritual world is known by self-realisation.-Lila of...

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