How it happens and who gets rasa-lila darsan. Transcendental things cannot be understood by logic. Those who have transcendental knowledge are not shaken by material miseries. Understanding depends on what is in the heart. Sri Krishna is seen in different ways according to the bhava of His devotees. Lila of Sri Krishna in the womb of Devaki. Bhagavan is everywhere. When one listens to hari-katha, Bhagavan Himself enters through the ears, purifies the heart and sits in it. The glory of the human...
rasa dance: rasa-lila
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Delhi 2023, India 2023, rasa dance: rasa-lila
15 Sep 2023 morning – The Incomparable Sweetness of Vraja-lila (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Raya Ramananda describes all the tattvas to Mahaprabhu. The four prominent qualities of Vrajendra-nandana Syamasundara Sri Krishna. Lila of the brahmana who spoke abusive words to Krsna. All the avataras desire the darsana of Krsna of Vrndavana. The most beautiful form of Krsna is manifested in rasa-lila. Krsna knows everything and at the same time He knows nothing. The sweetest activities of Krsna in Vraja. Krsna glorifies the unique and unparalleled devotion of the gopis. Srimati Radhika says...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Delhi 2023, India 2023, rasa dance: rasa-lila
15 Sep 2023 morning – The Incomparable Sweetness of Vraja-lila (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Raya Ramananda describes all the tattvas to Mahaprabhu. The four prominent qualities of Vrajendra-nandana Syamasundara Sri Krishna. Lila of the brahmana who spoke abusive words to Krsna. All the avataras desire the darsana of Krsna of Vrndavana. The most beautiful form of Krsna is manifested in rasa-lila. Krsna knows everything and at the same time He knows nothing. The sweetest activities of Krsna in Vraja. Krsna glorifies the unique and unparalleled devotion of the gopis. Srimati Radhika says...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Birmingham 2023, United Kingdom 2023, Entry level discourses 2023, association: bad association, consciousness: Krishna Consciousness, rasa dance: rasa-lila
05 Sep 2023 evening – How we can stop our suffering (English) – Birmingham, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 Krishna Consciousness means how to give love and affection. The cause of our suffering in this material world. In this Kali-yuga, we can only return to our real home, Goloka Vrindavana, by nama-sankirtana. Give up bad association and take shelter of vraja-rasika Vaisnavas. Glorification of senior devotees. The difference between avirbhava and janma. Krishna-tattva siddhanta. Glorification of the gopis: When Krishna suffers a headache and footdust is the cure. Laukika-sraddha katha. The...
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Vraja 2023, Vrindavana 2023, India 2023, Krishna-tattva, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), rasa dance: rasa-lila
30 Aug 2023 evening room katha – Krishna and Radha’s manifestations (Hindi) – Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1
Evidence that manjaris are present in rasa-lila with excerpts from Bhagavat Arka Marichi Mala by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura.
Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s kirtanas.
Gurudeva spoke Hindi.
The definition of parakiya.
Abhimanyu is the manifestation of Krishna’s anger. In Sanskrit Abhimanyu means ‘anger’.
Lalita, Vishakha, Chandravali, Rupa Manjari, Rati Manjari are the manifestations of Radha’s bhavas.
PART 2
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Vraja 2023, Vrindavana 2023, India 2023, Jhulana-yatra (Swing Festival) 2023, Rupa Gosvami, rasa dance: rasa-lila
27 Aug 2023 evening – Jhulana Yatra and Disappearance of Rupa Gosvami (English translation) – Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Disappearance of Srila Rupa Gosvamipada. Glorification of the festival of Jhulana Yatra in the month of sravana. Jhulana Yatra is full of rasa. Rasa-lila is meeting in the mood of parakhiya-bhava, the mood of Vraja and the gopis. How to properly hear about these lilas? Description of the Jhulana Yatra. In this month, the married girls of Vrndavana, usually return to their parents’ house. Lila of Srimati Radhika waiting for Her brother Sridama on the roof of Her house. For Vaisnavas it is...
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Vraja 2023, Vrindavana 2023, India 2023, Jhulana-yatra (Swing Festival) 2023, Rupa Gosvami, rasa dance: rasa-lila
27 Aug 2023 evening – Jhulana Yatra and Disappearance of Rupa Gosvami (Hindi) – Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Disappearance of Srila Rupa Gosvamipada. Glorification of the festival of Jhulana Yatra in the month of sravana. Jhulana Yatra is full of rasa. Rasa-lila is meeting in the mood of parakhiya-bhava, the mood of Vraja and the gopis. How to properly hear about these lilas? Description of the Jhulana Yatra. In this month, the married girls of Vrndavana, usually return to their parents’ house. Lila of Srimati Radhika waiting for Her brother Sridama on the roof of Her house. For Vaisnavas it is...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Chinese 2023, Hong Kong 2023, China 2023, Hong Kong 2023, Rupa Gosvami, atma-nivedana: full surrender of the self (complete dedication of oneself to Krishna; one of the nine processes of bhakti), rasa dance: rasa-lila, sharanagati: six limbs
22 Aug 2023 midday – The Glories of Sri Rupa Gosvamipada (English) – Hong Kong | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
How Srila Narottama das Thakura glorified Srila Rupa Gosvamipada. Rupa Gosavami receives all the treasure of Mahaprabhu’s heart. Atma-nivedana explained. Krishna tells Arjuna how to surrender to Him. The six limbs of saranagati. Gurupadpadma takes us to the shelter of Rupa Gosvamipada. The process of how Srimati Radhika is served. Everyone is to learn the verse of Srila Narrotama dasa Thakura: anyabhilasita sunyam. How we enter the moods of rasa-lila by developing our bhajana and sadhana. Only...