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18 May 2023 morning – Srimati Radhika’s Level of Sharanagati (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 1 Krishna surrenders completely to Srimati Radhika. Radha calls Krsna a lampata (debauchee), but keeps Him in Her heart. Saranagati-akincana, total surrender, is fundamental. Saranagati in this world is temporary, but in the transcendental world it is eternal. Six symptoms of saranagati/surrender, sloka:ānukūlyasya saṅkalpaḥprātikūlyasya varjanamrakṣiṣyatīti viśvāsogoptṛtve varaṇaṁ tathāātma-nikṣepa-kārpaṇyeṣaḍ-vidhā śaraṇāgatiḥ Six debts: to the demigods, to the sadhus, to the parents, to...

22 Dec 2022 midday – The Message From Guru and Vaishnavas (English translation) – USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-This material world is not our permanent residence-We are all prisoners here. Guru and Vaishnavas always give us messages to come back to God-Why do we worship Hanuman, the monkey? He is bhagavad-bhakta, the Lord’s devotee-Before leaving this world, we must chant Bhagavan’s name-Sita Ram kahiye bhajana-Do not leave your non-devotee relatives, just connect them with Krishna-Accept everyone as a servant of Krishna and make your house a temple-Grihasthas and grihamedhis-Shuddha-bhakata charana...

22 Dec 2022 midday – The Message From Guru and Vaishnavas (Hindi) – USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-This material world is not our permanent residence-We are all prisoners here. Guru and Vaishnavas always give us messages to come back to God-Why do we worship Hanuman, the monkey? He is bhagavad-bhakta, the Lord’s devotee-Before leaving this world, we must chant Bhagavan’s name-Sita Ram kahiye bhajana-Do not leave your non-devotee relatives, just connect them with Krishna-Accept everyone as a servant of Krishna and make your house a temple-Grihasthas and grihamedhis-Shuddha-bhakata charana...

28 Jan 2022 midday – Being born into a family of devotees (English) – Brazil

Part 1 -How to know who sadhu is and who Bhagavan is-It’s better to born into a not rich family of devotees than a rich family of non devotees-19 signs on the lotus feet of Bhagavan-Sarvasva tomara carana sampiya bhajana-Clever sober persons want to be in Krishna’s consciousness and foolish do not want-Karmi vs devotee-How many bones people have-Story of a poor man with only part of his skull left and kapalika sadhu took this skull-Srila BV Svami Maharaj: You have to be gentleman, shave your...

07 Oct 2021 evening – How to attain the Lord (Hindi) – Delhi, India

-Promise of Lord Ramachandra to the munis of Dandakaranya-Sadhana-gopis did not have association with nitya-gopis and did not develop love to Krishna in their hearts, so their relatives did not allow them to leave their houses to join rasa-lila-Story of three dogs of maya-If there is no renunciation and tattva-jnana, that means you do not progress in bhakti-How did gopis attain the Lord if they do not have both renunciation and jnana?-Everyday sing Sita-Ram kahiye-Sudarshana-chakra kills...

07 Oct 2021 evening – How to attain the Lord (English translation) – Delhi, India

-Promise of Lord Ramachandra to the munis of Dandakaranya-Sadhana-gopis did not have association with nitya-gopis and did not develop love to Krishna in their hearts, so their relatives did not allow them to leave their houses to join rasa-lila-Story of three dogs of maya-If there is no renunciation and tattva-jnana, that means you do not progress in bhakti-How did gopis attain the Lord if they do not have both renunciation and jnana?-Everyday sing Sita-Ram kahiye-Sudarshana-chakra kills...

06 Sep 2021 midday – Keep Chanting (English) – Brazil

-The house without hari-katha is a snake house-On deliverance of a devotees’ relatives-Haridas Thakur everyday chanted 3 lakhas of shuddha-nama-Everyday chant holy names. In any circumstances do it-One who chants holy names is a perfect brahmana-Advaita Acarya glorified Srila Haridas Thakur by giving him the first prasad-Give your neighbours some maha-prasad

02 Sep 2021 morning – Devotees’ Relatives (English) – Brazil

-A small head should not think about big things. Do not think about svarupa until your sadhana and bhajana are small-Iness and myness. Myness is higher than iness as madhurya bhava is higher than aishvarya bhava-If you think everybody belongs to your Gurudeva, then naturally will serve Vaishnavas-Ananga Mohan brahmachari, the disciple of Srila Bhakti Prajnana Keshava Gosvami Maharaja’s disciple got sick with TB and Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja took care of him-Kaliya got mercy from Krishna...