– How the six Gosvamis were absorbed in the worship of their Ishtadeva, Srimati Radhika. – How they performed their sadhana and bhajan. – Katha of Raghunatha Das Gosvami and Bhakari-krishna. – The goal of Gaudiya Vaisnavas, radha-dhasyam. – Our only hope in this Kali-yuga is Gaura-krpa and Nityananda-krpa: we receive this by surrendering at Their lotus feet. – We must take shelter of Navadvip Dhama and Sri Gaurasundara. – Mana re! Kaho na gaura katha...
siddha-deha: spiritual body (eternal perfected body for serving Krishna in the spiritual realm)
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Vraja 2023, Vrindavana 2023, India 2023, Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2023, siddha-deha: spiritual body (eternal perfected body for serving Krishna in the spiritual realm), Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2023
12 Nov 2023 evening room – Prema in Gaudiya Siddhanta (English) – Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sri Krsna appeared in Dvaraka and was born from the womb of Mother Yasoda. Sri Krsna killed many demons in Mathura and reestablished varnasrama-dharma. In Vrndavana, Sri Krsna enjoyed sweet pastimes until he was ten years and eight months old. The types of rasa-lilas in the different seasons. Description of the rasas of Giriraja Govardana and his mercy. Srimati Radhika glorifies Giriraja Govardana. Srila Gurudeva BV Narayana Maharaja was absorbed in the song Sri Radha Krsna Pada Kamala. When...
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Jagannatha Puri 2023, India 2023, Kshetra-mandala Parikrama 2023, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), guru: guru-tattva, siddha-deha: spiritual body (eternal perfected body for serving Krishna in the spiritual realm), soul: conditioned soul, Kshetra-mandala Parikrama 2023
12 Aug 2023 evening, beach walk – The Potency of Harikatha (Hindi) – Jagannatha Puri, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Radha controls Krsna with Her maan (transcendental anger), a very high feeling in parakiya-bhava. Maan is like the goad that controls the elephant (man-ankusam). Song: Śrī Rādhā-kripa-kaṭākṣa-stava-rāja. Krsna runs after Radharani. Jayadeva Gosvami talks about the spring rasa dance. About the stimuli created in Gurudeva’s heart by seeing the sea of Jagannatha Puri. Harikatha destroys all the anarthas of the heart. It’s no use taking a bath in the waters of holy places without...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Jagannatha Puri 2023, India 2023, Kshetra-mandala Parikrama 2023, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), guru: guru-tattva, siddha-deha: spiritual body (eternal perfected body for serving Krishna in the spiritual realm), soul: conditioned soul, Kshetra-mandala Parikrama 2023
12 Aug 2023 evening, beach walk – The Potency of Harikatha (English translation) – Jagannatha Puri, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Radha controls Krsna with Her maan (transcendental anger), a very high feeling in parakiya-bhava. Maan is like the goad that controls the elephant (man-ankusam). Song: Śrī Rādhā-kripa-kaṭākṣa-stava-rāja. Krsna runs after Radharani. Jayadeva Gosvami talks about the spring rasa dance. About the stimuli created in Gurudeva’s heart by seeing the sea of Jagannatha Puri. Harikatha destroys all the anarthas of the heart. It’s no use taking a bath in the waters of holy places without...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Baguio 2023, Philippines 2023, siddha-deha: spiritual body (eternal perfected body for serving Krishna in the spiritual realm)
19 Jul 2023 morning – Sri Bhajana-rahasya (English) – Baguio, Philippines | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The meaning of the words ‘bhajana’ and ‘rahasya’. Bhajana: to realise one’s own siddha-deha (transcendental constitutional form) and then to serve the Lord in it. Sadhana: to practise oneself and teach others. Jata-rati-sadhaka and ajata-rati-sadhaka. 6 limbs of sharanagati. Upadeshamrita 3. The Lord is the cause of all causes, the Supreme, and He has a transcendental form. Impersonalists do not believe that the Lord has a form. The original meaning of Brahma is...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Helsinki 2023, Finland 2023, Chaturmasya-vrata 2023, Ekadashi-vrata 2023, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, harinama: japa-mala, institution: ISKCON, siddha-deha: spiritual body (eternal perfected body for serving Krishna in the spiritual realm), Vilapa-kusumanjali
29 Jun 2023 darshana – Ekadashi, Chaturmasya and Sadhana (English) – Helsinki, Finland | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Ekadasi and Lord Jagannatha. The four months of Chaturmasya. Vaishnava calendar rules. We must follow the rules of Chaturmasya. Today is the appearance of Srila Bhakti Vijnana Bharati Gosvami Maharaja and Lokanatha Dasa Gosvami. About ISKCON devotees who followed Srila Gurudeva Narayana Gosvami Maharaja. Srila Gurudeva Narayana Gosvami Maharaja and the Vraja-mandala parikrama. Srila Gurudeva Narayana Gosvami Maharaja beautifully taught Vilapa-kusumanjali. What did Srila Gurudeva give us? We...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Alto Paraiso de Goias 2023, Brazil 2023, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), guru-varga, harinama: japa-mala, rasa dance: rasa-lila, siddha-deha: spiritual body (eternal perfected body for serving Krishna in the spiritual realm)
09 Jun 2023 morning – Q & A (English) – Alto Paraiso, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The song: Govardhanastakam by Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura. The potency (shakti) is in japa-mala, so it is possible to chant the holy names without japa-mala, but the potency (shakti) will not manifest. Every guru-varga says that we should chant with japa-mala. Extract from the song: Sri Sri Sad-Gosvamiastakam, by Srila Srinivas Acharya. Every day you must sing a certain number of rounds of japa-mala. Japa-mala is no different from Radha and Krishna. The 108 beads in the japa-mala are for...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Siedelsbrunn 2023, Germany 2023, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, character quality: lust and anger, karma: previous life, service: guru-seva, siddha-deha: spiritual body (eternal perfected body for serving Krishna in the spiritual realm), uttama-adhikari (highest-class devotees): 3 types of uttama-adhikari (murchita-kashaya; nirdhuta-kashaya; and bhagavata-parsada-deha-prapta)
01 Jun 2023 midday – The Sadhaka and the Spiritual Life (English) – Siedelsbrunn, Germany | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Krishna gives us sanga and then He turns away, so is this world, the sun rises and sets, the waves of the sea come and go. You can’t even imagine how many countless souls are born and die in this cycle, come and go. When Krishna was here, you were all here. In this path of repeated birth and death, one day the soul attains sadhu-sanga and hari-katha, and then Bhakti-devi manifests in the heart. Sloka: satāṁ prasaṅgān mama vīrya-saṁvido There are different sadhus and different bhakta...