The superior quality of service that Bengalis have, with love and affection. The glories of one’s birthplace are understood when one leaves this place. Not in any language can words explain the mood of separation, it requires self-realization. Srimati Radhika tells Krsna that in His next life He will cry when experiencing the mood of separation. About Tirtha Maharaja’s preaching in various parts of Bengal and his favorite katha. The greatness of the mood of separation, viraha, which...
age: old age
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Itajai 2025, Brazil 2025, age: old age, book: Bible
09 Jan 2025 evening – The Material Body and the Soul (English) | Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
God created human beings in His image and likeness. Human beings and animals eat, sleep, mate, and defend themselves. Spiritual science explains the difference between animals and human beings. Human beings have the ability to discriminate between right and wrong. We are not the body, we are the soul, integral parts of the Lord. The Bible speaks of vatsalya-bhava, that we are children of the Lord. God is one but has different names. Try to understand the meaning of God and the soul. Birth, old...
2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Bhuj 2024, Gujarat 2024, India 2024, Bhagavata-saptaha in Bhuj 2024, age: old age, character quality: duplicity, liberation, samskaras, Vedavyasa, Vyasadeva, Bhagavata-saptaha in Bhuj 2024
24 Nov 2024 evening – Sri Bhagavad-saptaha, day 5 (English translation) | Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
0:03:06 – The presiding deity of the Gaudiya Vaishnavas is Srimati Radhika; this is established in the Brahma-samhita from the perspective of rasa-vichara (analysis of spiritual mellows); Krishna says, “I am alone,” and They manifest in various forms; this is stated in the First Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam; dharma, dasya (adi-rasa and sringara-rasa); everything is manifest in sringara-rasa (conjugal love); there are 5 primary and 7 secondary rasas; all rasas are manifest in...
2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Bhuj 2024, Gujarat 2024, India 2024, Bhagavata-saptaha in Bhuj 2024, age: old age, character quality: duplicity, liberation, samskaras, Vedavyasa, Vyasadeva, Bhagavata-saptaha in Bhuj 2024
24 Nov 2024 evening – Sri Bhagavad-saptaha, day 5 (Hindi) | Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 0:03:06 – The presiding deity of the Gaudiya Vaishnavas is Srimati Radhika; this is established in the Brahma-samhita from the perspective of rasa-vichara (analysis of spiritual mellows); Krishna says, “I am alone,” and They manifest in various forms; this is stated in the First Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam; dharma, dasya (adi-rasa and sringara-rasa); everything is manifest in sringara-rasa (conjugal love); there are 5 primary and 7 secondary rasas; all rasas are manifest...
2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Delhi 2024, India 2024, Bhagavata-saptaha in Delhi 2024, Dama-bandhana Lila, age: old age, liberation, Bhagavata-saptaha in Delhi 2024
25 Oct 2024 evening – Bhagavad Saptaha Day 5 (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About the appearance of Sri Krsna. About how Sri Krsna, despite being one, He is also many at the same time. About how it is very easy for Bhagavan to kill demons, and what would be the reasons for His appearance. About how many things in Srimad Bhagavatam are spoken indirectly to be more docile. The ninety chapters of the Tenth Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam. About how one can receive diksa just by contact with the dust of Vrndavana. Transcendental lila of Putana and newborn Krsna. The reason why...
2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Delhi 2024, India 2024, Bhagavata-saptaha in Delhi 2024, Dama-bandhana Lila, age: old age, liberation, Bhagavata-saptaha in Delhi 2024
25 Oct 2024 evening – Bhagavad Saptaha Day 5 (Hindi) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About the appearance of Sri Krsna. About how Sri Krsna, despite being one, He is also many at the same time. About how it is very easy for Bhagavan to kill demons, and what would be the reasons for His appearance. About how many things in Srimad Bhagavatam are spoken indirectly to be more docile. The ninety chapters of the Tenth Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam. About how one can receive diksa just by contact with the dust of Vrndavana. Transcendental lila of Putana and newborn Krsna. The reason why...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Perth 2024, Australia 2024, age: old age, religion: Buddhism, self-realisation
05 Oct 2024 evening – The Human Body is a Rare Opportunity (English) | Perth, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sloka: ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥ… (ŚB 1.3.28). The human body is very rare. Sloka: īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ… (Śrī brahma-saṁhitā 5.1). The power of self-realisation. About Buddhism. The material world is a perverted reflection of the spiritual world. The three aspects of Bhagavan: Brahma, Paramatma and Bhagavan. The capacity of the “computers” of Yamaloka, the seat of the Lord of Death Yamaharaja. The weak memory of the souls of this world. We belong to Brahma and will never be Him. The difference...
2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Delhi 2024, India 2024, age: old age
29 Jun 2024 evening darshana – Listening to Harikatha is Very Important! (Hindi) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About the five goals of human life: dharma, artha, kama and moksa and, the best of all, prema-bhakti. About karma-kanda. About mukti and how prema-bhaktas think about the subject. Self-realization is the best realization. Abandon dry logic and listen to harikatha from a bona fide rasika-prema-bhakta saint. Do bhajana in the asram you are in. There is no need to change asrams. Do not practice bhajana only in old age, you need to practice at whatever age you are. The importance of hearing...