sacred thread

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2024, Alto Paraiso de Goias 2024, Brazil 2024, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, ghosts, maya: gunas, sacred thread, service: vani-seva, service: vapu-seva

29 Feb 2024 evening – The Glories of Srila Gurudeva Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada (English) – Alto Paraiso, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 29, 2024 6:11 PM

– Srila Bhaktisiddhanta used to teach by analogy between sheep and men who follow blindly; and between the half-chicken philosophy and those who accept God but not His powers. – ⁠The second birth is the one in which we receive diksa-mantras from the Guru. – ⁠The person who studies the Vedas is called “vipra”; whoever chants the Holy Names is called “brahmana”; and whoever does not sing or study, “sudra”. – ⁠Brahmana is the one who chants the Holy Names and follows the...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2024, Rio de Janeiro 2024, Brazil 2024, Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja, aparadhas (offences), festival: adhivasa, karma: previous life, Ramachandra: Rama-nama, sacred thread

08 Feb 2024 midday – Appearance of Srila Gurudeva BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja (English) – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 8, 2024 12:25 PM

Tomorrow we will celebrate the appearance of Srila Gurudeva BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja and Mauni Amavasya of Siva. ⁠Parvati’s lila doubting that Ramacandra is Bhagavan. ⁠If you have doubts in the Guru, the Vaisnavas and Bhagavan, you will lose everything. ⁠Parvati committed many offences: She lied to Siva and pretended to be Sita Devi. This was a reason for Sati (Parvati in the previous life) to abandon Her body. ⁠The glories of Narayana Gosvami Maharaja, he was born while everyone was...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, South Florida 2024, USA 2024, sacred thread

04 Feb 2024 midday – Sanatana Dharma (English) – South Florida, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 4, 2024 12:28 PM

– Sanatana-dharma is the eternal, eternally transcendental and ever-flourishing religion. – All culture came from the Lord, since Creation. – When the ages turn upside down and people forget the dharma, Sri Krsna comes to reestablish it. – Verse: ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥ kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam (SB 4.30.24). – The different avatars of Sri Krsna. – Verse: govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi (Śrī Brahma-saṁhitā 34). – In this way, Lord Brahma shows that...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Florida 2024, Miami 2024, USA 2024, Bilvamangala Thakura, rasa: rasa-siddhanta, sacred thread

04 Feb 2024 morning – The Sadhaka Bilvamangala Thakura (English) – Miami, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 4, 2024 9:44 AM

The five types of sadhaka. One who performs sadhana and bhajana for God is a sadhaka. Bilvamangala Thakura is an example of a sadhaka. Life story of Bilvamangala Thakura. He was a rasika-vaisnava and obtained qualification to see the Lord. There are many different types of brahmana. Verse: aho Bata śva-paco ’to garīyān (Srimad Bhagavatam 3.33.7). We are not brahmanas just because we were born into a family of brahmanas and have a sacred thread. Chant the Gayatri mantras. Give all your...

2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Delhi 2023, India 2023, ghosts, sacred thread

11 Jul 2023 evening – Glories of the Holy Names and the Lords associates (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

July 11, 2023 6:32 PM

What are the qualities of a Vaisnava? Explanation of trinad api sunicena. Duties of the four varnas. An explanation of our ancestry from Lord Brahma (Why a baby cries at birth). Our two births: shakra-janma (material birth) and savitri-janma (diksha initiation). Vipra-janma when we are qualified to study vedas. Those who worship Bhagavad-nama, they are known as brahmana. Story of a boy who forgot the sacred mantras and whose life was saved by the sacred thread. Glories of chanting the holy...

2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Delhi 2023, India 2023, ghosts, sacred thread

11 Jul 2023 evening – Glories of the Holy Names and the Lords associates (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

July 11, 2023 6:17 PM

What are the qualities of a Vaisnava? Explanation of trinad api sunicena. Duties of the four varnas. An explanation of our ancestry from Lord Brahma (Why a baby cries at birth). Our two births: shakra-janma (material birth) and savitri-janma (diksha initiation). Vipra-janma when we are qualified to study vedas. Those who worship Bhagavad-nama, they are known as brahmana. Story of a boy who forgot the sacred mantras and whose life was saved by the sacred thread. Glories of chanting the holy...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Mirepoix 2023, France 2023, bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, sacred thread, soul: conditioned soul

21 May 2023 morning – Miracles Happen When We Practise Bhakti (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 21, 2023 9:43 AM

Our bhajana/sadhana should always be one-pointed. On the Vedic marriage ceremony. Devi Bhagavata or Devi Bhagavati? Why did Srivasa Thakura not tell Mahaprabhu during the nama-sankirtana that his son had left the body? The soul never dies. We should bathe in the Ganges after touching/seeing a dead body. The rules for cleaning/purifying in the Archana Dipika for worshipping the Deity. Why don’t women wear sacred thread/sing brahma-gayatri? About the urine/dung of cows. About accepting what...

2022, Discourses in English 2022, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2022, Undisclosed, Brazil 2022, Brihad-bhagavatamrita 2022, mantra: gopala-mantra, sacred thread

20 Jul 2022 morning – Brihad-bhagavatamrita (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

July 20, 2022 9:10 AM

-Hiranyagarbha Brahma/Ishvara-koti Brahma vs Jiva-koti Brahma.-When Lord manifests the potency in the jiva selected as Brahma, then he can create.Eg: Suryakanthamani getting capacity from Sun.-Brahmana’s duties, brahma-gayatri-mantra & thread’s significance.-Story of a boy taking diksha-mantra & sacred thread, & seeing how that thread saved him when he is caught tied to tree branch with that thread.-When Gopa-kumara sees Brahmaji worshipping Sahasra-Sirsha Vishnu, he...

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