Bhavi-viraha: feeling of future separation; Bhavya-viraha: feeling of past separation; bhavan-viraha: feeling of present separation. Story of Yamaraja with Rsi Mandap. Sloka: śrī-gopya ūcuḥ aho vidhātas tava na kvacid dayā… (SB 10.39.19). Explanation of the different types of viraha. The suffering of the gopis in separation from Krsna after He went to Mathura. Funny lila of the gopis asking Krsna why He is dark. He says it is because He was born at midnight and other hilarious explanations...
rasa dance: rasa-lila
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Chinese 2024, Online discourses 2024, sravanam kirtanam visnoh smaranam pada-sevanam, tava kathamrtam tapta-jivanam, Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.31.9, Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.5.23, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhakti: stages, energy: achintya-shakti, rasa dance: rasa-lila
05 Dec 2024 midday – The Power of Harikatha Spoken by a Pure Devotee – Harikatha Online for Chinese Devotees (English) | Skype, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Srila Gurudeva speaks sweet words to the Chinese devotees. Krsna is wonderful and merciful and arranges for the devotees to meet Gurudeva. One must nourish the soul, not just the body. Harikatha nourishes the soul. If we do not hear Harikatha, material desires enter the heart. Prahlada Maharaja said: śrī-prahrāda uvāca śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ… (SB 7.5.23-24). Hearing Harikatha brings great strength to our body, mind and soul. Rasa-lila-katha is a powerful medicine. Harikatha removes all...
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26 Nov 2024 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 7: Nistha, the Spine of Spiritual Life (English translation) | Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Krsna is received as a dear friend by the trees and creepers of Vrndavana. Trees and creepers cry out to Krsna not to be forgotten. Visvanatha Cakravarti Pada describes Vrndavana with the humor of a family man, where the trunks of the trees are fathers, the branches are mothers, the leaves are sons and the fruits are daughters. Family life is happy where all members are serving Gurudeva and Krsna, all tied by the thread of prema. Srila Sukadeva Gosvami Pada, in Venu Madhuryam, describes the...
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26 Nov 2024 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 7: Nistha, the Spine of Spiritual Life (Hindi) | Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Krsna is received as a dear friend by the trees and creepers of Vrndavana. Trees and creepers cry out to Krsna not to be forgotten. Visvanatha Cakravarti Pada describes Vrndavana with the humor of a family man, where the trunks of the trees are fathers, the branches are mothers, the leaves are sons and the fruits are daughters. Family life is happy where all members are serving Gurudeva and Krsna, all tied by the thread of prema. Srila Sukadeva Gosvami Pada, in Venu Madhuryam, describes the...
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22 Nov 2024 morning – Highest Harikatha (English translation) | Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The lila of Kapiladeva and His mother Devahuti. Rasa-lila is the most powerful lila. On how to obtain unbreakable faith. Definition of sukrti. The example of the little girl who became the servant of Srimati Radhika. On how offenses come from attachment to parents, children and close relatives. On Sukadeva and Radharani. On the three types of gopis. On how Cintamani was not a prostitute but an emanation of Sri Krsna. On the many levels of bhakti. About vaisnava-aparada. The two scriptures that...
2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Bhuj 2024, Gujarat 2024, India 2024, gopis: types, rasa dance: rasa-lila, relatives
22 Nov 2024 morning – Highest Harikatha (Hindi) | Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The lila of Kapiladeva and His mother Devahuti. Rasa-lila is the most powerful lila. On how to obtain unbreakable faith. Definition of sukrti. The example of the little girl who became the servant of Srimati Radhika. On how offenses come from attachment to parents, children and close relatives. On Sukadeva and Radharani. On the three types of gopis. On how Cintamani was not a prostitute but an emanation of Sri Krsna. On the many levels of bhakti. About vaisnava-aparada. The two scriptures that...
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30 Oct 2024 evening – Hari-katha (English translation) | Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Mahaprabhu in the Jarikanda forest. You have made this beautiful kutira. The meaning of the name Govinda. Devotees from many, many countries are gathered here. Govindadev Temple Lord Madana Mohan, Govinda Dev, and Gopinath are the three principal presiding Deities of Vrindavan. Govinda Dev represents the Abhideya-tattva (the process of devotional service). Gopinath represents the Prayojana-tattva (the ultimate goal of life, pure love of Godhead). Sanatana Goswami manifested the Deity of Madana...
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20 Oct 2024 evening – The Glories of the Bhagavat Saptaha in the Month of Kartika (Hindi) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Kartik-vrata and Damodara-vrata destroy all anarthas. The presiding Deity of the month of Kartika is Srimati Radharani Herself, the internal potency of Sri Krsna. She is the embodiment of prema. Wherever Srimati Radhika looks, She only sees Sri Krsna. The essence of all prema is bhava, of all bhava is maha-bhava, and the essence of everything is maha-bhava-svarupini Srimati Radhika. The mahamantra is mentioned in the Kali Upanisad. Sri Krsna incarnated in the form of Srimad Bhagavatam. Lord...