rasas: sakhya-bhava

16 Jan 2024 midday – The Many Glories of Bhakti (English) – Cuernavaca, Mexico | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– Lord Krishna is completely controlled by vraja-raganuga-bhakti, devotional service unto Him. – Krishna explains to Narada Rsi where He stays. – Harikatha of Durvasa Rsi and his 60,000 disciples visiting the Pandavas, and Draupadi’s mystical Aksaya patra. – Raman-reti-lila by the bank of the Yamuna with Krishna, His friends and Durvasa Rsi. – Sweet sakhya-bhava pastimes of Krishna and His friends; how they control Him. – The sweetness of Damodara-lila...

05 Sep 2023 morning – Krishna Janmastami Hari-katha (English/Hindi) – Coventry, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Krishna is sarva-avatari, source of all incarnations. First establish tattva-siddhanta. Which Krishna do we celebrate on Janmastami? Purna (complete), purna-tara (more complete) and purna-tama (most complete: relating to Dvarakadhisha Krishna, Mathuradhisha Krishna and Vrindavana Krishna. Aradhyo bhagavan vrajesa-tanayas: very important shloka. (Sri Slokamrtam-bindu, pg 14) Srimad-Bhagavatam is the spotless purana, paran-samrat. Material world as the perverted reflection of the spiritual world...

06 Aug 2023 evening – Sri Bhagavata-saptaha, day 6 (Hindi) – Bangalore, India

PART 1 PART 2 Just to give mercy to the conditioned souls, God manifests His pastimes in this world. Lila of the rsis who wanted to serve Ramacandra in madhurya-rasa. Putana is the personification of duplicity and hypocrisy. We must abandon all kinds of duplicity and hypocrisy. The story of Nalakuvara and Manigriva. Those people who are completely absorbed in material consciousness do not believe in Guru and Vaisnavas. The story of the devotee who studied Sanskrit. The heart of the sadhu is...

06 Aug 2023 evening – Sri Bhagavata-saptaha (day 6) (English translation) – Bangalore, India

PART 1 PART 2 Just to give mercy to the conditioned souls, God manifests His pastimes in this world. Lila of the rsis who wanted to serve Ramacandra in madhurya-rasa. Putana is the personification of duplicity and hypocrisy. We must abandon all kinds of duplicity and hypocrisy. The story of Nalakuvara and Manigriva. Those people who are completely absorbed in material consciousness do not believe in Guru and Vaisnavas. The story of the devotee who studied Sanskrit. The heart of the sadhu is...

23 May 2023 morning – Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s Magnanimity & Nectar (English) – Dijon, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

How the bhakta gets unconscious due to Bhagavan’s qualities of saundarya, saurabhya, sausvarya, saukumarya, saurasya, audarya and karunya & Bhagavan makes bhakta to taste the nectar. Bhakta’s dainya (humility). Prema is ice and fire at the same time. The more prema is, the more humility is. The nectar in the material and transcendental world (jadamrita, svargamrita, mokshamrita, vaikunthamrita, goloka vrindavanamrita). Goloka vrindavanamrita types are sakhya-bhava amrita, vatsalya-bhava...

08 Jan 2023 evening – The Different Moods of the Devotees (English) – USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Hari-katha is the food for the soul-Atma and Paramatma on the branches of the tree-Mahaprabhu brought very powerful medicine – harinama-Harer nama harer nama harer nama sloka-The glories of sadhu-sanga-Nitya-siddha krishna-prema sloka discussion-The creepers of bhakti-The importance of sambandha-jnana-Tambularpana pada mardana sloka – the service of Rupa Manjari-Define your goal and then practise to reach your destination-Vatsalya-bhava of Yashoda-maiya; sakhya-bhava of Krishna’s...

29 Oct 2022 evening – Srila BV Svami Maharaja Disappearance (English translation) – India

-In Kartik month Krsna manifested many lilas.-By glorifying Vaishnavas we will be uplifted from maya.-By hearing about bhakta-bhagavata inspiration comes in the heart.-Srila Parama-Gurudeva says Gaurasundara’s shaktyavesha-avatara is Srila Svami Maharaja.-Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvatipada is the root cause of preaching in Western world.-Mahaprabhu’s nitya-parikaras are coming from Svetadvipa-dhama to preach in every village & town.-Rabindranath Tagore glorifying Abhaya babu that his...

29 Oct 2022 evening – Srila BV Svami Maharaja Disappearance (Hindi) – India

-In Kartik month Krsna manifested many lilas.-By glorifying Vaishnavas we will be uplifted from maya.-By hearing about bhakta-bhagavata inspiration comes in the heart.-Srila Parama-Gurudeva says Gaurasundara’s shaktyavesha-avatara is Srila Svami Maharaja.-Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvatipada is the root cause of preaching in Western world.-Mahaprabhu’s nitya-parikaras are coming from Svetadvipa-dhama to preach in every village & town.-Rabindranath Tagore glorifying Abhaya babu that his...