PART 1 Love is essential in our life. Everyone wants love in their life, but in this world love is temporary and painful. Difference between love and lust. In the spiritual world there is love, in the material world there is lust. Process of sadhana: from shraddha to prema. From the first to the ninth Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam: sambhanda-tattva. The eleventh Canto of the Bhagavatam: abhidheya-tattva. The tenth Canto of Bhagavatam: prayojana-tattva. Sloka: anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ jñāna-karmādy...
self-realisation
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2024, Mexico City 2024, Mexico 2024, Rupa Gosvami, gopis: nitya-siddha, self-realisation
12 Jan 2024morning – Rupa Siksa: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Instructs Rupa Gosvami Pada (English) – Mexico City, Mexico | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 PART 2 Sri Rupa Gosvami is nitya-parikara, he does not need instruction. Mahaprabhu instructs him to help bhada-jivas who have forgotten their identity. Mahaprabu invested all the power of His heart in these instructions, so Rupa Gosvami can fulfill all of Mahaprabhu’s desires. Sloka: śrī-caitanya-mano-’bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale (CC Antya-lila 1.117). Mahaprabhu instructed Rupa and Sanatana to manifest a sacred book on good Vaisnava behavior, the Hari Bhakti Vilasa. Sloka: om...
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Delhi 2023, India 2023, anuraga: deep attachment (stage of prema; intense love and constant attraction toward Krishna), aparadhas (offences), liberation, prema: stages, self-realisation, soul: conditioned soul
21 Dec 2023 evening – Seva, Harikatha and Surrender (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Trees live for dozens of years, but there is no benefit in assuming a tree body. There is only benefit when we listen to harikatha. Different stages of prema: sneha, mana, pranaya, raga, anuraga, bhava, mahabhava. To cleanse the heart you need to do seva, listen to harikatha and surrender. The conditioned soul has a tendency to deceive, so everyone is being deceived. There are many ways to enjoy in Svargaloka. Story of the king, the envious barber and a man called Birbal. What does...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Delhi 2023, India 2023, anuraga: deep attachment (stage of prema; intense love and constant attraction toward Krishna), aparadhas (offences), liberation, prema: stages, self-realisation, soul: conditioned soul
21 Dec 2023 evening – Seva, Harikatha and Surrender (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Trees live for dozens of years, but there is no benefit in assuming a tree body. There is only benefit when we listen to harikatha. Different stages of prema: sneha, mana, pranaya, raga, anuraga, bhava, mahabhava. To cleanse the heart you need to do seva, listen to harikatha and surrender. The conditioned soul has a tendency to deceive, so everyone is being deceived. There are many ways to enjoy in Svargaloka. Story of the king, the envious barber and a man called Birbal. What does...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Christchurch 2023, New Zealand 2023, aparadhas (offences), bhakti: 3 stages of development (sadhana-bhakti; bhava-bhakti and prema-bhakti), bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, bhakti: stages, maya: two functions, self-realisation
16 Oct 2023 evening – Where the Jivas Come From (English) – Christchurch, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The jivas manifest out of Krsna’s marginal potency, tatastha-sakti. The two functions of Maya-devi that cover the jiva: viksepa-atmika-vrtti and avarana-atmika-vrtti. The three bodies of the jiva and the three modes of the nature of the material world. Through sadhu-sanga we get the opportunity to come out of this cycle of repeated birth and death. Two verses: brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān; mālī hañā kare sei bīja āropaṇa (CC Madhya-lila 19.151-152). The nine limbs of bhakti. Verse:...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Christchurch 2023, New Zealand 2023, self-realisation, soul: conditioned soul
15 Oct 2023 midday – Bhakti Develops Through Sadhu-sanga (English translation) – Christchurch, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Story of a brahmachari who, at the request of his Guru, went from house to house looking for a Vaisnava. We can only develop our spiritual life in sadhu-sanga. Verse: sādhu-saṅga’, ‘sādhu-saṅga’ — sarva-śāstre kaya (CC Madhya-lila 22.54). Living entities forget Sri Krsna and therefore experience the three forms of material suffering. Sloka: mamaivāṁśo jīva-loke (Bhagavad Gita 15.7). This material world is like a desert. Nama-sankirtana removes all obstacles and makes us reach Sri Krsna. Sloka:...
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Christchurch 2023, New Zealand 2023, self-realisation, soul: conditioned soul
15 Oct 2023 midday – Bhakti Develops Through Sadhu-sanga (Hindi) – Christchurch, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Story of a brahmachari who, at the request of his Guru, went from house to house looking for a Vaisnava. We can only develop our spiritual life in sadhu-sanga. Verse: sādhu-saṅga’, ‘sādhu-saṅga’ — sarva-śāstre kaya (CC Madhya-lila 22.54). Living entities forget Sri Krsna and therefore experience the three forms of material suffering. Sloka: mamaivāṁśo jīva-loke (Bhagavad Gita 15.7). This material world is like a desert. Nama-sankirtana removes all obstacles and makes us reach Sri Krsna. Sloka:...
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Brisbane 2023, Australia 2023, self-realisation
12 Oct 2023 evening – The Power of the Holy Names (Hindi) – Brisbane, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
According to past karma, we live the results of that karma in the present life. Without knowing the difference between sin and piety, people misuse money, for example, with alcoholic drinks, and thus suffer the reactions of their actions. The Bhagavad Gita says that birth, death, decay of the body and sickness are inevitable. But we always forget the sufferings of birth and death. Story of Gajendra. Why does everyone honour Hanuman? How Nal and Nil and the monkeys built the bridge to Lord Rama...