samskaras

25 Apr 2023 morning – Sri Bhajana-rahasya (English) – Callus, Spain | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Sadhana and bhajana are not the same. Sadhana-bhakti, bhava-bhakti. Reject jiva-brahma-aikya-jnana, but study tat-padartha-jnana and tvam-padartha-jnana. Committing suicide is aparadha. Shanta-rasa has no mamata and seva is still included in our rasa as it has nishtha. Svakiya mood, parakiya mood Parakiya mood is a sinful activity in the material world. The love of the gopis is aprakrita kama, transcendental lust. Sambandhatmika-bhakti, kamatmika-bhakti. Whatever the gopis do, they do to please...

08 Apr 2023 morning – Following the Guidelines of the Scriptures (Hindi) – Punjab, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 1 -Vaidhi-bhakti and raganuga-bhakti.-Raganuga-bhakti is practised when one has samskaras from other lives.-The spontaneous mood that is at the heart of the Vrajavasis is known as raganuga-bhakti.-On the days of Ekadashi, all kinds of sins fall into the five kinds of grains… If you need to eat, you can eat fruit.-Whoever comes to me, I never let him go empty-handed.-Prasada is nirguna, but, we should not honour grain prasada on Ekadashi because that is the scriptural rule and we have to...

08 Apr 2023 morning – Following the Guidelines of the Scriptures (English translation) – Punjab, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 1 -Vaidhi-bhakti and raganuga-bhakti.-Raganuga-bhakti is practised when one has samskaras from other lives.-The spontaneous mood that is at the heart of the Vrajavasis is known as raganuga-bhakti.-On the days of Ekadashi, all kinds of sins fall into the five kinds of grains… If you need to eat, you can eat fruit.-Whoever comes to me, I never let him go empty-handed.-Prasada is nirguna, but, we should not honour grain prasada on Ekadashi because that is the scriptural rule and we have to...

27 Dec 2022 evening – Hari-nama & Sadhu-sanga (English) – USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Lila of Krsna giving His army to Duryodhana & Himself on Arjuna’s side without a weapon.-Lila of Bhishma Pitamaha making Krsna take weapon in Кurukshetra.-Mahaprabhu predicted one day His name will be preached all over the world.-Highest perfection can be achieved by chanting holy names.-3 things needed to preach: guru, sastra and place.-Holy name is higher than Sri Hari.-People want dharma,artha,kama,moksha. Krsna-Prema is pancham purushartham.-Lila of Sanatana Gosvami at first...

13 Nov 2022 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 5 (English translation) – Narela, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 1

-The worshippable deity of Gaudiya Vaishnavas is Krishna-Devaki and Vasudeva vs Nanda and Yashoda-Samskaras related to baby birth-The importance of taking pure food-Putana-mokshana-lila-Never dishonour demigods-Lila of Krishna and the fruit seller lady-Durvasa Rishi in Vraja-Srimati Radhika’s appearance

PART 2

13 Nov 2022 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 5 (Hindi) – Narela, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-The worshippable deity of Gaudiya Vaishnavas is Krishna-Devaki and Vasudeva vs Nanda and Yashoda-Samskaras related to baby birth-The importance of taking pure food-Putana-mokshana-lila-Never dishonour demigods-Lila of Krishna and the fruit seller lady-Durvasa Rishi in Vraja-Srimati Radhika’s appearance

14 Aug 2022 – Spiritual Impressions (Hindi) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Bhava comes from mercy, not from sadhana-A man’s samskaras are imprinted on his heart-If you want to get spiritual samskarа imprints on your heart, your consciousness must be pure and your heart must be soft-Question: How do you make a heart soft?-Adhuniki and praptaniki samskaras-Krishna manifests different incarnations according to the rasas of His devotees-The definition of sadhana-The story of Bilvamangala Thakura-The process of becoming a spiritual body-The story of the son-in-law...