The highest education is to study about Krsna. Examples of devotees who achieved perfection by following only one of the members of bhakti. Obtaining the association of pure devotees and hearing harikatha is the highest thing in this world. The greatest pain there is is being distant from the Vaishnavas. When this happens Maya comes and catches us. Explanation of the song radha-krsna-keli: which expresses the loving exchanges between Radha and Krsna. The problem is not mukti (liberation) but...
self-realisation
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into French 2024, Elven 2024, France 2024, association: bad association, bhakti: bhakti-yoga (path of devotion; the practice of connecting with Krishna through devotional service; the process of awakening love for Krishna), self-realisation, Vilapa-kusumanjali
25 May 2024 midday – How to Awaken Bhakti in the Heart (English) – Elven, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
What the Scriptures say about the difference between brahmana and sudra. By practising karma, yoga, tapasya it is not possible to achieve suddha-bhakti. Little by little the heart is purified by listening to harikatha, chanting the Holy Names, doing kirtana and other spiritual practices. About self-realisation (atma-buddhi). The meaning of a miserable, petty person. The story of the rich boy who went to see an astrologer. The main cause of the emergence of bhakti is sadhu-sanga. Bhakti-yoga...
2024, Discourses in Bengali 2024, Kashinagar 2024, West Bengal 2024, India 2024, character quality: duplicity, renunciation, renunciation (vairagya), renunciation: yukta-vairagya, self-realisation, service: guru-seva
01 Apr 2024 midday – The Difference Between Seva and Aparadha (Bengali) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sadhu-sanga happens when sukrti becomes mature and accumulated. Proper renunciation (yukta-vairagya) and false renunciation, like a monkey (markata-vairagya, renunciation without self-realisation). Renunciation only happens when the desire for sense gratification ends. It is a great offence (aparadha) to receive money in the name of Krsna, or the Temple, and use it to maintain the enjoyment of your family. There is a specific type of hell only for those who practise these activities. There is...
2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Kashinagar 2024, West Bengal 2024, India 2024, character quality: duplicity, renunciation, renunciation (vairagya), renunciation: yukta-vairagya, self-realisation, service: guru-seva
01 Apr 2024 midday – The Difference Between Seva and Aparadha (English translation) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sadhu-sanga happens when sukrti becomes mature and accumulated. Proper renunciation (yukta-vairagya) and false renunciation, like a monkey (markata-vairagya, renunciation without self-realisation). Renunciation only happens when the desire for sense gratification ends. It is a great offence (aparadha) to receive money in the name of Krsna, or the Temple, and use it to maintain the enjoyment of your family. There is a specific type of hell only for those who practise these activities. There is...
2024, Discourses in Bengali 2024, Kashinagar 2024, West Bengal 2024, India 2024, Vraja-bhava, character quality: duplicity, rasa dance: rasa-lila, self-realisation
30 Mar 2024 midday – The Process of Self-Realisation (Bengali) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Gurudeva says that there are devotees from all over the world participating in this festival, and mentions the glories of those born in Bharata (India). The word “Bharata” means: Bha = light, and, rata = love and affection. Srila Gurudeva talks about the difficulty in preaching in Western countries. To obtain self-realization one must surrender to God, saranagati. Sloka: sarva-dharmān parityajya (Bhagavad-gītā 18.66). The body’s senses are purified by listening and serving, and thus the...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2024, Itajai 2024, Brazil 2024, anugatya: following in the footsteps (submissive following of devotees; mood of guidance and service), rasas: svakiya-rasa, self-realisation
23 Feb 2024 evening – Sri Nityananda Prabhu (English) – Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2024, Itajai 2024, Brazil 2024, Morning walks 2024, anugatya: following in the footsteps (submissive following of devotees; mood of guidance and service), rasas: svakiya-rasa, self-realisation
23 Feb 2024 morning walk – Do Bhajana and Sadhana and Your Inner Spiritual Potency Will Manifest (English) – Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
In aropa-siddha-bhakti, the neophyte devotee (kanistha-adhikari) worships the Deity, but has no realisation, his faith is fragile and imposed, however, he is unidirectional to Radha, Krsna and Mahaprabhu. Simple faith means “I am a servant, of the servant, of the servant, of the servant of Krsna”, the Beloved of the Gopis. In the association of the sadhu, through transcendental knowledge, discernment begins, but as it has not yet been realised, meditation is required. In the madhyama-adhikari...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Florida 2024, Miami 2024, USA 2024, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), aparadhas (offences), character quality: envy, eternal nature of the soul: svarupa of the jiva (constitutional position; identity as an eternal servant of Krishna), self-realisation
02 Feb 2024 evening – Manifestation of the Constitutional Form of the Soul (English) – Miami, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
In this Kali-yuga, an era of fights and arguments, the spiritual process is just nama-sankirtana. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu invested all His potency in the Holy Names, which is superior to Hari Himself. It is necessary to avoid the ten offences in chanting the Holy Names, nama-sankirtana The three most dangerous offences: never criticising the sadhu, not thinking that Krsna’s name is the same as Siva’s name, never dishonouring the Guru. If Krsna is dissatisfied, the Guru can help. If...