gopis: nitya-siddha

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Gaia Vrindavana 2025, Viamao 2025, Brazil 2025, gopis: nitya-siddha, lineage: guru-parampara, siddha-pranali: system of spiritual lineage (process of receiving the identity of one's spiritual form through a lineage of teachers)

15 Jan 2025 evening – Guru-parampara and siddha-pranali (English) | Gaia Vrindavana, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

January 15, 2025 6:41 PM

Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu danced in the Ratha-yatra as a 16-year-old boy. Stupid people say that Gaudiya Vaishnavas have no guru-parampara. The description of our guru-parampara. Siddha-pranali is a perfect process to achieve a goal. Siddha-pranali of Mahaprabhu and Srila Rupa Gosvami. Your potential is within you, it cannot be changed, but it can be developed to appear (examples with different seeds, Pandavas and the disciples Vijaya Kumara and Vrajanatha). Verse: nitya-siddha kṛṣṇa-prema...

2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Bhuj 2024, Gujarat 2024, India 2024, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), anuraga: deep attachment (stage of prema; intense love and constant attraction toward Krishna), bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, gopis: nitya-siddha, relatives

25 Nov 2024 morning – Attaining Perfection (English translation) | Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

November 25, 2024 8:05 AM

0:01:54 – How a sadhaka progresses in bhajan and sadhana: until we have realization of the atma, we cannot see our transcendental body. When we serve our inner ishtadeva (chosen Deity), it is called bhajan. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur says that during sadhana, by performing the practice, the sadaka attains perfection. 0:03:45 – The 28 tattvas (truths). Baladeva Vidyabhushana Prabhu describes the 28 tattvas. Some acharyas say there are 27 tattvas. The book Siddhanta-tattva describes 28...

2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Vraja 2024, Vrindavana 2024, India 2024, Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2024, gopis: nitya-siddha, Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2024

07 Nov 2024 – Chir Ghata (Hindi) | Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

November 7, 2024 1:21 PM

Chir means clothing, this place is called Chir Ghata because here Krsna stole the clothes of the gopis. ⁠Deva-lila, Nara-lila and aprakrta-lila. ⁠In Bengal people and cows are small and thin, in eastern India people are strong and tall. ⁠Krsna was 6 years old when he stole the clothes of the gopis. ⁠The nitya-siddha-gopis do not practise Katyayani-vrata. ⁠Description of the sweet lila of Krsna stealing the clothes of the gopis who were bathing in the Yamuna. ⁠Krsna warns the gopis never to...

2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Vraja 2024, Vrindavana 2024, India 2024, Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2024, gopis: nitya-siddha, Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2024

07 Nov 2024 – Chir Ghata (English translation) | Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

November 7, 2024 1:21 PM

Chir means clothing, this place is called Chir Ghata because here Krsna stole the clothes of the gopis. ⁠Deva-lila, Nara-lila and aprakrta-lila. ⁠In Bengal people and cows are small and thin, in eastern India people are strong and tall. ⁠Krsna was 6 years old when he stole the clothes of the gopis. ⁠The nitya-siddha-gopis do not practise Katyayani-vrata. ⁠Description of the sweet lila of Krsna stealing the clothes of the gopis who were bathing in the Yamuna. ⁠Krsna warns the gopis never to...

2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Delhi 2024, India 2024, anarthas: four types, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), gopis: nitya-siddha, mood: aishvarya (majesty; opulence; divine greatness)

24 Oct 2024 morning – Different Bhaktas (Hindi) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

October 24, 2024 8:31 AM

Krsna is sat-cid-ananda. ⁠Bhagavan is in the hearts of all, aisvarya-bhaktas and madhurya-bhaktas. ⁠The vrajavasis rejoice and grieve according to Krsna’s satisfaction. ⁠Jatila and Kutila say that Radha is unchaste, but the only man She touches is Vrajendra-nandana Krsna. ⁠Krsna’s lila with fever proving Radha’s chastity when She carries a leaky pot full of water. ⁠Krsna is Yogesvara. ⁠The manjaris are maidservants who serve the Divine Couple very closely. Mahaprabhu revealed...

2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Delhi 2024, India 2024, anarthas: four types, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), gopis: nitya-siddha, mood: aishvarya (majesty; opulence; divine greatness)

24 Oct 2024 morning – Different Bhaktas (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

October 24, 2024 8:31 AM

Krsna is sat-cid-ananda. ⁠Bhagavan is in the hearts of all, aisvarya-bhaktas and madhurya-bhaktas. ⁠The vrajavasis rejoice and grieve according to Krsna’s satisfaction. ⁠Jatila and Kutila say that Radha is unchaste, but the only man She touches is Vrajendra-nandana Krsna. ⁠Krsna’s lila with fever proving Radha’s chastity when She carries a leaky pot full of water. ⁠Krsna is Yogesvara. ⁠The manjaris are maidservants who serve the Divine Couple very closely. Mahaprabhu revealed...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Penang 2024, Malaysia 2024, gopis: nitya-siddha, guru: guru-tattva

31 Aug 2024 evening – The Mercy of Sri Guru (English) | Penang, Malaysia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

August 31, 2024 6:41 PM

Srila Gurudeva talks about the house of devotee Paramesvara Prabhu where the harikatha is taking place. The place where Param Gurudeva Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja stayed for three months, writing books. The place where the Vaisnava goes becomes a Maha Tirtha, due to sadhu-sanga and Harikatha. Lila of when Devaki and Vasudeva interrupted a fire sacrifice. Sloka: “sādhu-saṅga’, ‘sādhu-saṅga’ — sarva-śāstre kaya”… (CC Madhya 22.54). The presence of one maha-bhagavata is superior to thousands...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Hari-katha 2024 (Undisclosed country), Undisclosed, gopis: nitya-siddha

06 Jun 2024 evening – Sadhana (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 6, 2024 6:00 PM

The word love melts our heart. ⁠Love is a transcendental feeling. ⁠Love and lust are not the same thing. ⁠When all desires are to give satisfaction to Krsna, that is love. ⁠Hear about the sweet pastimes of the Lord and your heart will be clean and tidy. ⁠Krsna-prema (love for Krsna) is an inherent potentiality of the heart: nitya-siddha kṛṣṇa-prema ‘sādhya’ kabhu naya … (CC Madhya-lila 22.107). ⁠Sraddha is fundamental, faith in the Guru and the Vaisnavas. ⁠Sadhu-sanga. ⁠Anisthita-bhakti...

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