0:00:27 – When a sadhu speaks Hari-katha, all sins are destroyed; an example from Sadhana-bhakti is Subal and Sridam. However, one must not think, “I am Subal”; that is called impersonalism. 0:07:10 – The second stage of bhakti; the 9 external and 3 internal moods of bhakti. 0:16:12 – The third stage, Prema-bhakti; Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami tells Krishna, “I pray only for the mercy of Radharani.” This is one-pointed focus. 0:20:35 – You will possess...
bhakti: sadhana-bhakti
2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Bhuj 2024, Gujarat 2024, India 2024, bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, bhava: gopi-bhava
26 Nov 2024 midday – Gopi-bhava (English translation) | Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
0:00:27 – When a sadhu speaks Hari-katha, all sins are destroyed; an example from Sadhana-bhakti is Subal and Sridam. However, one must not think, “I am Subal”; that is called impersonalism. 0:07:10 – The second stage of bhakti; the 9 external and 3 internal moods of bhakti. 0:16:12 – The third stage, Prema-bhakti; Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami tells Krishna, “I pray only for the mercy of Radharani.” This is one-pointed focus. 0:20:35 – You will possess...
2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Delhi 2024, India 2024, Srimad-Bhagavatam 2024, Kartika-vrata 2024, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, rasa dance: rasa-lila
20 Oct 2024 evening – The Glories of the Bhagavat Saptaha in the Month of Kartika (Hindi) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Kartik-vrata and Damodara-vrata destroy all anarthas. The presiding Deity of the month of Kartika is Srimati Radharani Herself, the internal potency of Sri Krsna. She is the embodiment of prema. Wherever Srimati Radhika looks, She only sees Sri Krsna. The essence of all prema is bhava, of all bhava is maha-bhava, and the essence of everything is maha-bhava-svarupini Srimati Radhika. The mahamantra is mentioned in the Kali Upanisad. Sri Krsna incarnated in the form of Srimad Bhagavatam. Lord...
2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Delhi 2024, India 2024, Srimad-Bhagavatam 2024, Kartika-vrata 2024, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, rasa dance: rasa-lila
20 Oct 2024 evening – The Glories of the Bhagavat Saptaha in the Month of Kartika (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Kartik-vrata and Damodara-vrata destroy all anarthas. The presiding Deity of the month of Kartika is Srimati Radharani Herself, the internal potency of Sri Krsna. She is the embodiment of prema. Wherever Srimati Radhika looks, She only sees Sri Krsna. The essence of all prema is bhava, of all bhava is maha-bhava, and the essence of everything is maha-bhava-svarupini Srimati Radhika. The mahamantra is mentioned in the Kali Upanisad. Sri Krsna incarnated in the form of Srimad Bhagavatam. Lord...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Badger 2024, USA 2024, bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, bhakti: sadhana-bhakti; bhava-bhakti; prema-bhakti, bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, gopis: types, samskaras
01 Aug 2024 evening – How to Develop Spiritual Life in Sadhu-sanga (English) | Badger, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sadhu-sanga and Harikatha are eternal! The devotee accepts what the sadhu says according to his capacity and moves forward. The process must be followed step by step: sadhana-bhakti; bhava-bhakti; prema-bhakti. Radha’s Lila writing a letter to Krsna whose content is Her tears. The different types of gopis: not all of them reveal themselves as manjaris. The forty-nine ingredients that come together in staybhava for the sadhaka to be able to taste love, everything happens step by step...
2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Houston 2024, Texas 2024, USA 2024, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), anugatya: following in the footsteps (submissive following of devotees; mood of guidance and service), bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, service: cooking
27 Jul 2024 morning – Sadhana-bhakti and Bhava-bhakti (Hindi) | Houston, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About the Bhajana Rahasya Grantha. Bhajana means to serve. The two functions of sadhana-bhakti: to practice to remove the anarthas and to attain the mood of the vrajavasis. Sadhana and bhajana are different things. The first symptom of bhava-bhakti is santi (peace). The instructions that Pariksit Maharaja received from the various classes of sadhus upon learning that he would die after seven days. Sloka: harer nāma harer nāma… (CC Madhya 6.242). Doing seva, bhajana and sadhana without chanting...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2024, Rio de Janeiro 2024, Brazil 2024, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), bhakti: sadhana-bhakti
13 Jul 2024 midday – The Glories of Vrndavana Dhama (English) | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Only siddha-mahatmas can remain in Vrndavana-dhama. Lila of when Laksmi Devi tried to enter the rasa dance. If you love someone and that person becomes indifferent, anger comes naturally. In Vedic culture, the wife goes where her husband goes. The true meaning of brahmacari, which is “almost” a sannyasi. The glories of Vaikuntha and Vrndavana Dhama. If someone criticizes a person, a glorification of that person will spontaneously come afterwards. Krsna is Parama Purusa Bhagavan and, even so, He...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, London 2024, United Kingdom 2024, anartha-nivritti: removal of unwanted things (cleansing of the heart; stage of bhakti development), bhajana-kriya: beginning of devotional practices (engagement in bhakti activities; stage after accepting guidance from guru), bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, karma: cycle of birth and death
03 Jul 2024 midday – Sadhana-bhakti and Bhava-bhakti (English) | London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Time and tide wait for no one. Remember 5 Tattvas: Ishvara, jiva, prakriti, kala and karma. Endless cycle of birth and death. Krishna says, ‘One who attains My Abode will not return to the material world. Sadhana-bhakti, bhava-bhakti and prema-bhakti. The stages of saddhana-bhakti: shraddha, sadhu-sanga, bhajana-kriya, anartha-nivritti, nishtha, ruchi and asakti. Kleshagni and subhada, the two leaves of sadhana-bhakti. Moksha-laghutakrit and sudurlabha, the two leaves of bhava-bhakti...