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...
self-realisation
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Brisbane 2023, Australia 2023, Bhagavan: sach-chid-ananda (sat-chid-ananda), bhakti: bhakti's associates jnana and vairagya, renunciation (vairagya), self-realisation
12 Oct 2023 midday – About Mahabhava (Hindi) – Brisbane, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The gopis tell Sukadeva Gosvami not to pronounce their names at the recitation of Srimad-Bhagavatam because there were people in that assembly who were not qualified to hear madhurya-katha. What we call ‘love’ here is actually lust (that which has self-interest). Sloka: akaitava kṛṣṇa-prema, yena jāmbūnada-hema, (CC Madhya-lila 2.43). In the transcendental world, love is eternal and indestructible. Sukadeva Gosvami’s conflict: The scriptures say we must speak the name of Guru...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Brisbane 2023, Australia 2023, Bhagavan: sach-chid-ananda (sat-chid-ananda), bhakti: bhakti's associates jnana and vairagya, renunciation (vairagya), self-realisation
12 Oct 2023 midday – About Mahabhava (English translation) – Brisbane, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The gopis tell Sukadeva Gosvami not to pronounce their names at the recitation of Srimad-Bhagavatam because there were people in that assembly who were not qualified to hear madhurya-katha. What we call ‘love’ here is actually lust (that which has self-interest). Sloka: akaitava kṛṣṇa-prema, yena jāmbūnada-hema, (CC Madhya-lila 2.43). In the transcendental world, love is eternal and indestructible. Sukadeva Gosvami’s conflict: The scriptures say we must speak the name of Guru...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Perth 2023, Australia 2023, Krishna-tattva, consciousness: Krishna Consciousness, self-realisation
26 Sep 2023 evening – Krishna Is Eager to Speak to Us (English) – Perth, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Yoga means to unite. To unite the jiva soul with Paramatma. Our spiritual science teaches us about atma and Supersoul. The body is a tree. There are two birds on the branches: one is the witness; Paramatma, and the other is the doer, the atma, soul. There is one black screen separating us from Paramatma. The black screen is maya. Although there are many names of God, the maha-mantra is the most powerful, especially in this Kali-yuga. If you chant this maha-mantra, all the unwanted things in...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Delhi 2023, India 2023, Radhashtami 2023, Radha: Radha-tattva, self-realisation
23 Sep 2023 morning – Sri Radhashtami celebration: Radha-tattva (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Today is the day of Sri Krsna’s potency of pleasure: Srimati Radhika. Radha-tattva is very difficult and rare to understand. One of Radha’s names is Durga, and one of Her meanings is: that which is very rare. All the names of the demigoddesses belong to Srimati Radhika, and all the names of the demigods belong to Krsna. Srimati Radhika is the source of all potencies (sakti), and Krsna is the possessor of all potencies (saktiman). Krsna’s Guru is Srimati Radhika. Radha taught...
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Delhi 2023, India 2023, Radhashtami 2023, Radha: Radha-tattva, self-realisation
23 Sep 2023 morning – Sri Radhashtami celebration: Radha-tattva (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Today is the day of Sri Krsna’s potency of pleasure: Srimati Radhika. Radha-tattva is very difficult and rare to understand. One of Radha’s names is Durga, and one of Her meanings is: that which is very rare. All the names of the demigoddesses belong to Srimati Radhika, and all the names of the demigods belong to Krsna. Srimati Radhika is the source of all potencies (sakti), and Krsna is the possessor of all potencies (saktiman). Krsna’s Guru is Srimati Radhika. Radha taught...
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Delhi 2023, India 2023, samskaras, self-realisation
16 Sep 2023 morning – Karmas and Samskaras (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The meaning of God’s name “Bhagavan”, which includes the five elements. There are twenty-eight tattvas of creation and fourteen maha-tattvas. About the ahankara (false-ego), the mind, the desire, the heart and the samskaras. Everything we do today is determined by samskaras (impressions from past lives). About punya-karma and papa-karma. We must pray to have tolerance towards the reactions of our karma. Study the Bhagavad Gita, as everything is explained there. Bhakti is capable of...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Delhi 2023, India 2023, samskaras, self-realisation
16 Sep 2023 morning – Karmas and Samskaras (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The meaning of God’s name “Bhagavan”, which includes the five elements. There are twenty-eight tattvas of creation and fourteen maha-tattvas. About the ahankara (false-ego), the mind, the desire, the heart and the samskaras. Everything we do today is determined by samskaras (impressions from past lives). About punya-karma and papa-karma. We must pray to have tolerance towards the reactions of our karma. Study the Bhagavad Gita, as everything is explained there. Bhakti is capable of...