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

01 Jul 2023 morning – The Difference Between Vaishnava Vyasa Puja and Sankaracarya Sampradaya Vyasa Puja (English) – Helsinki, Finland | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

The mayavadis/advaitavadis do not follow the instructions of Vyasadeva, they just worship their form. Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada explained that one should follow the instructions of the guru and then perform guru puja.-Vyasadeva has given many proofs of God’s potencies and form. The Mayavadis say that the form of the Lord is temporary, and therefore they commit an offence against the Lord. The form of the Lord is sac-cid-ananda-vigraha, eternal, transcendental, and blissful...

16 Jun 2023 evening – How Krishna Manifested the Form of Jagannatha (English) – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Krishna comes into the material world to protect dharma and devotees. Story of villagers gathering at the temple to pray to God for rain. Krishna’s three abode and His life in Dvaraka. Story of Varunadeva and the woodcutter who lost his axe in the lake. We come to this material world to do bhajana and sadhana. Hearing about Krishna’s pastimes destroys all impurities in the heart. Krishna’s children are not ordinary people, their bodies are sat-cit-ananda-vigraha. Krishna is...

14 May 2023 morning – Never Dishonour Guru (English) – Bordeaux, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Radharani fulfils all the wishes of Krishna. She is prema-mayi-murti. Radharani knows Krishna’s heart. How do we serve our Istadeva? Example of the guru asking his disciple to bring him water. What is a sevaka? Who can serve Krishna? He is atmarama and aptakama. The word Radha means priti, love. Nama-seva. Prasada-seva is the best seva. Sudha-bhakata song. Through seva one conquers maya. Maha Prasada Govinde song. Ausadi-seva – the service that is medicine. Krishna is sat-cit-ananda...

18 Jan 2023 morning – Viraha and Milana (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-In Jagannatha Puri there are two vigrahas: Radha-viraha-vidura Krishna and Krishna-viraha-vidura Radha-We go to Jagannatha Puri to get the mood of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu-Vipralambha-bhava is very important in our spiritual life-4 types of viraha and milana-Radhika bhava gambhira-The story of how blind people touched parts of an elephant and drew a picture of it-Purna, purnatama and purnatara dhamas-The Vrajavasis never believe that Krishna is Bhagavan-Tattva-siddhanta and rasa-siddhanta go...

01 Jun 2022 morning – Gopi Prema Mahima (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Maha-bhagavata will never be covered by maya.-Suddha-bhaktas activities are by Bhagavan’s desire.-Baddha-jivas do activities by maya’s desire under control of kama, krodha.-Story of 3 dogs with colours white,red, black entering into a marriage function for food.& getting punishment to signify how baddha-jivas are punished by maya.-Bhagavan is Supreme Controller & sat-cit-ananda.-Bhagavan is sarva-shaktiman. 3 main shaktis: cit-shakti, jiva-shakti & maya-shakti...

01 Jun 2022 morning – Gopi Prema Mahima (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Maha-bhagavata will never be covered by maya.-Suddha-bhaktas activities are by Bhagavan’s desire.-Baddha-jivas do activities by maya’s desire under control of kama, krodha.-Story of 3 dogs with colours white,red, black entering into a marriage function for food.& getting punishment to signify how baddha-jivas are punished by maya.-Bhagavan is Supreme Controller & sat-cit-ananda.-Bhagavan is sarva-shaktiman. 3 main shaktis: cit-shakti, jiva-shakti & maya-shakti...

23 Feb 2022 morning – How to purify our heart (English) – Brazil

PART 1 -If you go to Navadvipa-dhama what should you do there?-To accomplish these 4 things (eating, sleeping, defending and mating) we don’t need training. But in Krsna consciousness we need training-What is the purpose of our human life?-Conditioned souls always want to go into bad associations.-Example of crow and peacock birds It takes a thousand liters of blood to bring the conditioned soul to Krsna consciousness-Story of the boy who had firm faith in the Lord and said that the rain...