karma: previous life

24 Oct 2024 evening – Sri Bhagavata-saptaha, day 4 (Hindi) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

The Rsis ask Saunaka Rsi questions. ⁠Prahlada says that if you surrender to the Lord, He will protect you. ⁠The demigods take shelter of the Lord, and the asuras take shelter of their own strength and are against the Lord. ⁠Instructions are given to those who have faith! ⁠Difference between sukrti and punya. ⁠Lila of Ramacandra with Bali, king of Kiskindha. Beautiful prayers by Vrtasura indicating gopi-bhava: ahaṁ hare tava pādaika-mūla-… (SB 6.11.24–27). A profound explanation of attachment:...

24 Oct 2024 evening – Sri Bhagavata-saptaha, day 4 (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

The Rsis ask Saunaka Rsi questions. ⁠Prahlada says that if you surrender to the Lord, He will protect you. ⁠The demigods take shelter of the Lord, and the asuras take shelter of their own strength and are against the Lord. ⁠Instructions are given to those who have faith! ⁠Difference between sukrti and punya. ⁠Lila of Ramacandra with Bali, king of Kiskindha. Beautiful prayers by Vrtasura indicating gopi-bhava: ahaṁ hare tava pādaika-mūla-… (SB 6.11.24–27). A profound explanation of attachment:...

24 Oct 2024 – Practise Devotional Service (Hindi) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Sweet words to the owners of the house.

Karma is practised even while we are breathing and in a material body.

In the present life we ​​receive wealth corresponding to what we did in the previous life.

Interesting story of the dialogue between a pig and a lawyer.

Practice service to the Lord, life is useless if we do not practise sadhana.

According to your capacity and ability, listen to Harikatha.

Harikatha nourishes the soul!

24 Oct 2024 – Practise Devotional Service (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Sweet words to the owners of the house.

Karma is practised even while we are breathing and in a material body.

In the present life we ​​receive wealth corresponding to what we did in the previous life.

Interesting story of the dialogue between a pig and a lawyer.

Practice service to the Lord, life is useless if we do not practise sadhana.

According to your capacity and ability, listen to Harikatha.

Harikatha nourishes the soul!

08 Feb 2024 midday – Appearance of Srila Gurudeva BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja (English) – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Tomorrow we will celebrate the appearance of Srila Gurudeva BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja and Mauni Amavasya of Siva. ⁠Parvati’s lila doubting that Ramacandra is Bhagavan. ⁠If you have doubts in the Guru, the Vaisnavas and Bhagavan, you will lose everything. ⁠Parvati committed many offences: She lied to Siva and pretended to be Sita Devi. This was a reason for Sati (Parvati in the previous life) to abandon Her body. ⁠The glories of Narayana Gosvami Maharaja, he was born while everyone was...

23 Dec 2023 evening – The Bhagavad Gita is Powerful! (English) – London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– The Bhagavad Gita is known as “The Sound Incarnation of the Lord”. – If you recite the verses of Bhagavad Gita, you will be protected from Maya. – The nature of the human body’s senses is to go towards objects that attract them. – The three sections of the Bhagavad Gita: karma yoga, bhakti yoga and jnana yoga. – Verse: īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ (Brahma-samhita, 5.1). – The jivas are tiny and the Lord is grand, this is the main...

16 Dec 2023 evening – How to Cross the Ocean of Material Existence (Bengali) – Mithlikhala, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

About the installation of the Deities made at the site. The katha of Ajamila, where the glories of the holy names are described. This material world is called dunya (place of sadness) and everyone commits sins in some way, even if unconsciously. Song: Ke Jabi Ke Jabi Bhai Bhava Sindhu Para, by Locana Dasa Thakura. Krsna did not accept food from Duryodhana, as he was not His devotee, but He accepted banana peels from Vidurani (Description from Caitanya Bhagavata). A Vaisnava, be it Kanistha...

16 Dec 2023 evening – How to Cross the Ocean of Material Existence (English translation) – Mithlikhala, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

About the installation of the Deities made at the site. The katha of Ajamila, where the glories of the holy names are described. This material world is called dunya (place of sadness) and everyone commits sins in some way, even if unconsciously. Song: Ke Jabi Ke Jabi Bhai Bhava Sindhu Para, by Locana Dasa Thakura. Krsna did not accept food from Duryodhana, as he was not His devotee, but He accepted banana peels from Vidurani (Description from Caitanya Bhagavata). A Vaisnava, be it Kanistha...