renunciation

01 Apr 2024 midday – The Difference Between Seva and Aparadha (English translation) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Sadhu-sanga happens when sukrti becomes mature and accumulated. Proper renunciation (yukta-vairagya) and false renunciation, like a monkey (markata-vairagya, renunciation without self-realisation). Renunciation only happens when the desire for sense gratification ends. It is a great offence (aparadha) to receive money in the name of Krsna, or the Temple, and use it to maintain the enjoyment of your family. There is a specific type of hell only for those who practise these activities. There is...

02 Mar 2024 morning – Questions and Answers (English) – Alto Paraiso, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

First we must have a fixed mind and be one-pointed towards Guru and Krsna. Story of Arjuna when he stared at the bird he needed to aim to shoot the arrow. The nature of the mind is to always be restless and it is not easy to control it. How to control it then? Through devotional practices and the renunciation of material things. First we must read the Bhagavad Gita. About aropa-siddha-bhakti, “aropa” means imposition. Gurudeva says to serve Thakuraji as our own son. We must achieve perfection...

22 Jan 2024 – Inauguration of Sri Rama Lala Temple in Ayodhya (Hindi) – Zoom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Day celebrated all over the world by different Sampradayas. Rama-carita-manasa, the Ramayana of Tulasi Dasa, is divided into seven sections (kanda) that symbolise steps to reach God. The first section: Bala-kanda, says that practitioners must be sincere and humble like children, with a simple faith. To access God we need to be free from duplicity, like a child. How to clean a dirty mind? Chanting the Holy Names of the Lord. Verse: ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇaṁ (CC Antya...

21 Jan 2024 midday – The Glories of Lord Ramacandra (English translation) – Houston, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– The human body is very rare and it is even rarer to obtain sadhusanga. – Rama-katha is very sweet. – Rama-raja-lila. – Story in Valmik’s Ramayana: Lord Ramacandra received His people at court to resolve and sentence disagreements, including those of animals, for example, He listened to a dog. – Sri Bhagavan knows the language of all living beings. – Story in which Lord Ramacandra receives in His court a crow and an eagle who were fighting for a nest...

01 Jan 2024 morning – Definition of Pure Devotion (English) – Caraguatatuba, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Verse: anyabilasita sunyam (Caitanya-Caritamrta, Madhya-lila 19.167). Pritti Samdarbha (book) by Srila Jiva Gosvami. Pure bhakti is always being absorbed in Krsna and serving Him, just like the vraja-gopis. Verse: ajāta-pakṣā iva mātaraṁ khagāḥ (Srimad Bhagavatam, 6.11.26). The prayer that Vrtasura made to Krsna with gopi-bhava feeling. Example of sakam-bhakti: Druva Maharaja. Verse: akāmaḥ sarva-kāmo vā mokṣa-kāma udāra-dhīḥ ( Srimad Bhagavatam, 2.3.10). Two fundamental elements for raganuga...

30 Dec 2023 evening – Chant the Holy Names and Listen to Harikatha (English) – Caraguatatuba, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada took diksa from Srila Gaura Kisora ​​Dasa Babaji Maharaja. – Verse: tasmād guruṁ prapadyeta jijñāsuḥ śreya uttamam (ŚB 11.3.21). – Pranama-mantra of Srila Gaura Kisora ​​Dasa Babaji Maharaja: namo gaura-kisoraya saksad vairagya-murtaye vipralambha-rasambudhe padambujaya te namah. – Srila Gaura Kisora ​​Dasa Babaji Maharaja is the direct manifestation of renunciation and he savors vipralambha-rasa (higher mood of...

25 Dec 2023 midday – Gita Jayanti (English) – London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

The book Srimad Bhagavad Gita presents instructions on how to surrender to the lotus feet of the Lord. Verse: mamaivāṁśo jīva-loke — jīva-bhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ (Bhagavad Gita 15.7). Verse: yadā yadā hi dharmasya — glānir bhavati bhārata (Bhagavad Gita 4.7 –8). Verse: ananyāś cintayanto māṁ ye janāḥ paryupāsate (Bhagavad Gita 9.22). The material corporeal conception is the cause of all types of miseries. Verse: ādau śraddhā tataḥ sādhu-saṅgo ’tha bhajana-kriyā (CC Madhya-lila 23.14-15). The dangers...

14 Dec 2023 afternoon – How We Can Develop Our Spiritual Life (Bengali) – Taldi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– No one desires unhappiness, but in Bhagavatam, Kunti Devi considers her misfortunes as a great mercy. – ⁠Everyone is doing karma, but it is the Lord who bestows the fruits of all actions. – ⁠About Rupa, Sanatana and Locanatha Dasa Gosvamis. – ⁠Two types of bhajana: bhajananandi (practice to free yourself) and gosthyanandi (practice for all living beings to free themselves too). – ⁠Those who fry fish in boiling oil are cursed by the dying fish. Action and reaction...