rasa: rasa-siddhanta

2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Delhi 2023, India 2023, Krishna-tattva, art: 16 arts (kalas) described in the scriptures, Bhatta family (parivara): Venkata Bhatta; Trimalla Bhatta and Prabodhananda Sarasvati (nephew of Gopala Bhatta), ghosts, rasa dance: rasa-lila, rasa: rasa-siddhanta

07 Jul 2023 morning – Krishna and His Avataras (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

July 7, 2023 8:24 AM

Mahaprabhu spent four months in Caturmasya with the Bhatta family. Mahaprabhu talks with the Bhatta family about Laksmidevi’s chastity. Caitanya Caritamrta – Madhya-lila, chapter 9. Krishna manifests different ways to savor the prema of devotees. The 4 extraordinary sweetnesses of Krishna. Krishna’s own avatars yearn to see His supreme beauty. Family life is painful. The gopis leave everything for Krishna. Krishna feels indebted to the love of the gopis. Krishna corresponds to...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Mirepoix 2023, France 2023, atmarama: self-satisfied souls (those who are satisfied in the self; liberated persons absorbed in spiritual realization), energy: achintya-shakti, mood: aishvarya (majesty; opulence; divine greatness), rasa: rasa-siddhanta, Vedavyasa, Vyasadeva

19 May 2023 morning – The Difference Between Bhagavan, Jiva and Maya (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 19, 2023 11:48 AM

Jnanis want to merge with Brahman’s effulgence, and yogis want to merge with Paramatma. But devotees want to relate to Bhagavan. There are devotees who are inclined towards aisvarya and those who are inclined towards madhurya. The Vrajavasis do not believe that Krishna is Bhagavan. Devaki and Vasudeva see Krsna as Bhagavan. Nanda and Yasoda see Krsna only as their beloved son.-The Lord is one, but He has innumerable powers. About Vyasadeva and Ganesha. Sanskrit words have many synonyms...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Mirepoix 2023, France 2023, animals: dogs, character quality: duplicity, gopis: nitya-siddha, rasa: rasa-siddhanta

18 May 2023 morning – The Glories of Harinama (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 18, 2023 11:37 AM

When harinama dances on the tongue, the devotee longs to have thousands of tongues and ears to chant and hear the holy names. Logicians only accept things according to their brains. Three labels are needed: pranipatena/pranipata (surrender), pariprasnena (submissive questioning) and savaya (tendency to serve). We hear harikatha a thousand times and don’t understand, we teach and don’t understand. One understands transcendental things only when the Lord manifests them in our hearts...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Bordeaux 2023, France 2023, Chaitanya-charitamrita (Raya Ramananda Samvad) 2023, bhajana-kriya: beginning of devotional practices (engagement in bhakti activities; stage after accepting guidance from guru), bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, guru: Chaitya-guru, rasa dance: rasa-lila, rasa: rasa-siddhanta, spiritual progress

12 May 2023 evening – Raya Ramananda Samvada (English) – Bordeaux, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 12, 2023 6:53 PM

PART 1 Caitanya Mahaprabhu asks a question: “Which of the instructions is most important for the soul?” Hearing about the amorous pastimes of Radha and Krishna is like a medicinal tonic for the ears. Conditioned souls only want to hear about worldly things. Anyone who wants to hear about Krishna’s pastimes faces many obstacles: headaches, sleep, etc. At the beginning of sadhana-bhakti, two leaves of bhakti appear: klesagni and subadha – all afflictions disappear and the...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Brighton 2023, United Kingdom 2023, rasa: rasa-siddhanta

11 May 2023 morning – Q & A (English) – Brighton, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 11, 2023 9:08 AM

About santa-rasa. But in Vrndavana everything is conscious. Although the elements of nature are in santa-rasa, everything in the nature of Vrndavana is serving, seva-vrtti. Everything and everyone has love and affection for Krsna in Vrndavana. The importance of Dhruva and Prahlada katha for common people, because if we speak very high kathas they don’t understand. Explanation of how santa-rasa works in Vaikuntha. What happens to souls that merge into brahma. Sukadeva Gosvami is not a...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Italian 2023, Milano 2023, Italy 2023, ashta-kaliya-lila: eightfold daily pastimes (Krishna's eternal pastimes throughout the eight periods of the day), guru: diksha-guru, guru: shiksha-guru, Janardana: Bhava-grahi Janardana (Lord who accepts the devotee's mood), rasa: rasa-siddhanta

08 May 2023 evening – The Importance of Reading Granthas (English) – Milano, Italy | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 8, 2023 6:18 PM

Glorification of the organisers of the festival in Italy. The importance of book-seva, brihad-mridanga-seva. If you know tattva-siddhanta, your mind will never be disturbed. Bhava-grahi Janardana: The Lord accepts your mood. The story of an illiterate boy trying to read Bhagavad-gita. Diksha-guru and shiksha-guru are very important for progress in our spiritual life. The story of Bhagavan dasa, the king and his jealous subjects. In Vrindavana everything is conscious, even dust. Feeling, willing...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2023, Callus 2023, Spain 2023, Bhajana-rahasya 2023, rasa: rasa-siddhanta

01 May 2023 morning – Sri Bhajana-rahasya (English) – Callus, Spain | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 1, 2023 11:18 AM

PART 1 Madhurya-kadambini (tattva-siddhanta) and bhajana-rahasya (rasa-siddhanta). The importance of sukriti. Jnata-sukriti and ajnata-sukriti. Lakshahira, a prostitute, surrendered to Haridasa Thakura. Narada Rishi changed the life of the hunter Mrigari. Bhagavat-kripa is very rare. 6 opulences of Bhagavan. Srimati Radhika holding Govardhana with Her gaze. The sakhas of Krishna do not allow Him to look at Srimati Radhika while holding Govardhana so as not to drop it. The lilas of baby Krishna...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2023, Callus 2023, Spain 2023, Bhajana-rahasya 2023, bhakti: definitions of bhakti, rasa: rasa-siddhanta, siddha-deha: spiritual body (eternal perfected body for serving Krishna in the spiritual realm), Tulasi-devi

27 Apr 2023 morning – Sri Bhajana-rahasya (English) – Callus, Spain | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 27, 2023 11:38 AM

The difference between sadhana and bhajana. From sradha to asakti is called sadhana. After sadhana comes the stages of asakti and bhava. Then slowly the sadhaka begins to realise his eternal form (siddha-deha) and then he can serve Radha and Krsna directly, this is called bhajana. Bhajana means seva-vrtti and the jiva will serve according to his mood: sakhya, vatsalya or madhurya. Bhakti and bhakti-rasa are different. Rasa manifests on the stage of bhava and prema and on the platform of...

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