Bhagavan: sach-chid-ananda (sat-chid-ananda)

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Praia do Presidio 2025, Brazil 2025, tava kathamrtam tapta-jivanam, Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.31.9, Vasanta-panchami 2025, ananya-mamata: exclusive possessiveness (pure attachment to Krishna), Bhagavan: sach-chid-ananda (sat-chid-ananda), mood: madanakya-mahabhava

05 Feb 2025 midday – Raseshvari Srimati Radhika: Vasanta Rasa Dance (English) | Praia do Presidio, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 5, 2025 12:07 PM

Yesterday was Advaita Saptami. An Advaita Acharya is a pure devotee. That’s why Krishna heard his call. Verse: tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ… (SB 10.31.9). Verse: āśliṣya vā pāda-ratāṁ pinaṣṭu mām… (Shikshashtaka 8). The gopis gave up all the rules and regulations of society. And yet Srimati Radhika’s love for Krishna is incomparable. No one can explain it. Madanakya-mahabhava is Srimati Radhika’s prerogative. Ananya-mamata. Samanjasya-rati, sadharani-rati, samartha-rati. Out...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Itajai 2025, Brazil 2025, Ekadashi-vrata 2025, Bhagavan: sach-chid-ananda (sat-chid-ananda)

10 Jan 2025 evening – Ekadasi Tithi (English) | Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

January 10, 2025 6:30 PM

The lila of the demon Mura who asks Lord Siva as a boon that Sri Visnu may not kill him. About how the five forms of sin are in the grains on this Ekadasi day. About the name “Upavas Ekadasi” which means sitting next to the Lord. About how the Lord’s body is made of sat-cit-ananda, how He is Isvara, the Supreme Controller and how He is the all-attractive. About the nature of our soul which is also sat-cit-ananda and how it is in this body and that is why we should follow...

2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Bhuj 2024, Gujarat 2024, India 2024, gopyah kamad bhayat kamso, A Gopi Leaves Her Roti Preparation and Runs to Krishna Upon Hearing His Flute, Krishna and Narada Rishi Go Begging as Sadhus and Krishna Takes Away an Old Woman’s Cow, Krishna Kills Shishupala, Yogamaya Manifests a Black Serpent to Help Krishna Break Srimati Radhika’s Mana, anuraga: first signs of anuraga (deep attachment): darshan (seeing), anuraga: signs, astrology: planets that are positioned behind, atriptata: insatiable longing, Bhagavan: sach-chid-ananda (sat-chid-ananda), darshana: darshan-atriptata (insatiable longing for sight), parasparana (mutual exchange), rasa dance: gopis that did not enter rasa dance, tattva: 28 tattvas (categories of reality described in Vaishnava philosophy), Yajnapatnis, Yogamaya: Yogamaya stoppes some gopis

25 Nov 2024 morning – Attaining Perfection (Hindi) | Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

November 25, 2024 8:05 AM

0:01:54 – How a sadhaka progresses in bhajan and sadhana: until we have realization of the atma, we cannot see our transcendental body. When we serve our inner ishtadeva (chosen Deity), it is called bhajan. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur says that during sadhana, by performing the practice, the sadaka attains perfection. 0:03:45 – The 28 tattvas (truths). Baladeva Vidyabhushana Prabhu describes the 28 tattvas. Some acharyas say there are 27 tattvas. The book Siddhanta-tattva describes 28...

2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Murwillumbah 2024, Australia 2024, Bhagavan: sach-chid-ananda (sat-chid-ananda), habits: bad habits, impressions: bad impressions

13 Sep 2024 evening – What Is Service (English translation) | Murwillumbah, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 13, 2024 6:12 PM

Those who have no love for Vaisnava commit aparadha. ⁠Love is service. ⁠Radha is the only one who fulfills all of Krsna’s desires. ⁠Krsna is sat-cit-ananda-vigraha. ⁠This material world is an inverted reflection of the spiritual world. ⁠Pleasure in the material world results in misery. ⁠Bali, Sugriva’s brother, holds Ravana under his armpit. ⁠Dialogue between Ramacandra and Bali, Sugriva’s brother. ⁠We should ask/pray for the sidelong glance of Srimati Radhika: Radha Krpa...

2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Murwillumbah 2024, Australia 2024, Bhagavan: sach-chid-ananda (sat-chid-ananda), habits: bad habits, impressions: bad impressions

13 Sep 2024 evening – What Is Service (Hindi) | Murwillumbah, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 13, 2024 6:12 PM

Those who have no love for Vaisnava commit aparadha. ⁠Love is service. ⁠Radha is the only one who fulfills all of Krsna’s desires. ⁠Krsna is sat-cit-ananda-vigraha. ⁠This material world is an inverted reflection of the spiritual world. ⁠Pleasure in the material world results in misery. ⁠Bali, Sugriva’s brother, holds Ravana under his armpit. ⁠Dialogue between Ramacandra and Bali, Sugriva’s brother. ⁠We should ask/pray for the sidelong glance of Srimati Radhika: Radha Krpa...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Florida 2024, Miami 2024, USA 2024, Bhagavan: sach-chid-ananda (sat-chid-ananda), samskaras

03 Feb 2024 evening – Sadhu Sanga Mahima (English) – Miami, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 3, 2024 7:20 PM

Sadhu Sanga Mahima: the glories of association with the sadhu. Sloka: sādhu-saṅga’, ‘sādhu-saṅga’ — sarva-śāstre kaya (CC Madhya-lila 22.54). Sloka: kṛṣṇa-bhakti-janma-mūla haya ‘sādhu-saṅga’ kṛṣṇa-prema janme, teṅho punaḥ mukhya aṅga (CC Madhya-lila 22.83). The different types of sadhus: jnani-sadhus, karmi-sadhus, bhakta-sadhus. Sambandhatmika-bhakti and kamatmika-bhakti. What is better? Feeling that “I belong to Krsna” or that “Krsna belongs to me?” Krsna belongs to me is better, this is...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2024, Cuernavaca 2024, Mexico 2024, Bhagavan: sach-chid-ananda (sat-chid-ananda), guru: guru-tattva, Radha: Gauri

16 Jan 2024 evening – The importance of one-pointedness towards Guru (English) – Cuernavaca, Mexico | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

January 16, 2024 6:07 PM

How we achieve our highest goal, the divine love of Radha-Krishna. Nityananda Prabhu and Gaurasundara are our life and soul. Our aim and object is how to absolutely surrender at the lotus feet of Sri Sacinandana Gaurahari. Gau is Govinda, Ra is Radha. The difference between the mercy of Sri Krishna and of Sri Sacinandana Gaurahari. Nityananda Prabhu is undivided akanda-guru-tattva. Harikatha of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu kalna pastimes with Gauri Das Pandit and the sweet vigraha lila. In Kali...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2024, Bogota 2024, Colombia 2024, Bhagavan: sach-chid-ananda (sat-chid-ananda), guru: guru-tattva, Radha: Gauri

09 Jan 2024 evening – Take shelter of the lotus feet of Guru (English) – Bogata, Columbia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

January 9, 2024 6:14 PM

How we achieve our highest goal, the divine love of Radha-Krishna. Nityananda Prabhu and Gaurasundara are our life and soul. Our aim and object is how to absolutely surrender at the lotus feet of Sri Sacinandana Gaurahari. Gau is Govinda, Ra is Radha. The difference between the mercy of Sri Krishna and of Sri Sacinandana Gaurahari. Nityananda Prabhu is undivided akanda-guru-tattva. Harikatha of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu kalna pastimes with Gauri Das Pandit and the sweet vigraha lila. In Kali...

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