Verse: ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥ kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam…(SB 1.3.28). Verse: rāmādi-mūrtiṣu kalā-niyamena tiṣṭhan… (Sri Brahma Samhita, 5.39). Krsna is tri-desa, as He commands Mathura, Dvaraka and Vrndavana. Krsna’s original name is Yasodanandana or Syamasundara. Concept: acintya-bhedabheda-tattva. Song: Ohe Premera Thakura Gora. Verse: ādau śraddhā tataḥ sādhu-saṅgo ’tha bhajana-kriyā… (CC Madhya-lila 23.14-15). The stages of development of bhakti in sadhaka. Verse: ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ...
bhakti: stages
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Chinese 2024, Online discourses 2024, sravanam kirtanam visnoh smaranam pada-sevanam, tava kathamrtam tapta-jivanam, Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.31.9, Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.5.23, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhakti: stages, energy: achintya-shakti, rasa dance: rasa-lila
05 Dec 2024 midday – The Power of Harikatha Spoken by a Pure Devotee – Harikatha Online for Chinese Devotees (English) | Skype, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Srila Gurudeva speaks sweet words to the Chinese devotees. Krsna is wonderful and merciful and arranges for the devotees to meet Gurudeva. One must nourish the soul, not just the body. Harikatha nourishes the soul. If we do not hear Harikatha, material desires enter the heart. Prahlada Maharaja said: śrī-prahrāda uvāca śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ… (SB 7.5.23-24). Hearing Harikatha brings great strength to our body, mind and soul. Rasa-lila-katha is a powerful medicine. Harikatha removes all...
2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Delhi 2024, India 2024, bhakti: stages
20 Oct 2024 morning – Sadhana Bhakti, Bhava Bhakti and Prema Bhakti (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Lila of mother Yasoda breastfeeding Sri Krsna and the milk boiling in the pot. One who has sradha is qualified to practice bhakti. The stages of bhakti, 81 types in total. The kanistha-adhikari has as its main quality faith in the Deity and in the words of Sri Guru. Our soul is the servant of Sri Krsna, not of demigods. Verse: jivera svarupa haya… (CC Madhya 20.108). We must develop exclusive loyalty because one cannot cross a river with one foot in each boat. Song: Damodarastakam. Sri Krsna...
2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Delhi 2024, India 2024, bhakti: stages
20 Oct 2024 morning – Sadhana Bhakti, Bhava Bhakti and Prema Bhakti (Hindi) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Lila of mother Yasoda breastfeeding Sri Krsna and the milk boiling in the pot. One who has sradha is qualified to practice bhakti. The stages of bhakti, 81 types in total. The kanistha-adhikari has as its main quality faith in the Deity and in the words of Sri Guru. Our soul is the servant of Sri Krsna, not of demigods. Verse: jivera svarupa haya… (CC Madhya 20.108). We must develop exclusive loyalty because one cannot cross a river with one foot in each boat. Song: Damodarastakam. Sri Krsna...
2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Lucknow 2024, India 2024, Ramachandra-vijayotsava 2024, Vijaya-dashami 2024, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), bhakti: stages, sampradayas: four sampradayas
13 Oct 2024 midday – The Glory of Vijaya-dashami (English translation) | Lucknow, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
00:50 – Ramayana: the main reason why Lakshmana cut off Shurpanakha’s nose and ears; Rama-navami — the day when Ramachandra went into exile; the day He married Sita; the day Ramachandra appeared10:42 – The anger of a woman, the stubbornness of a child and of a king; the power and strength of a woman13:25 – Shurpanakha’s realization that Ramachandra was not ordinary, that he would help kill Ravana; her revenge for the killing of her husband; reasons why she deceitfully claimed her ears and nose...
2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Lucknow 2024, India 2024, Ramachandra-vijayotsava 2024, Vijaya-dashami 2024, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), bhakti: stages, sampradayas: four sampradayas
13 Oct 2024 midday – The Glory of Vijaya-dashami (Hindi) | Lucknow, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
00:50 – Ramayana: the main reason why Lakshmana cut off Shurpanakha’s nose and ears; Rama-navami — the day when Ramachandra went into exile; the day He married Sita; the day Ramachandra appeared10:42 – The anger of a woman, the stubbornness of a child and of a king; the power and strength of a woman13:25 – Shurpanakha’s realization that Ramachandra was not ordinary, that he would help kill Ravana; her revenge for the killing of her husband; reasons why she deceitfully claimed her ears and nose...
2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Vraja 2024, Vrindavana 2024, India 2024, Rupa Gosvami, bhakti: stages
17 Aug 2024 midday – Srila Rupa Gosvami Pada (English translation) | Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu invested all His potency in the heart of Srila Rupa Gosvamipada. – Sloka: śrī-caitanya-mano-‘bhīṣṭaṁ… (CC Antya 4.217, Purport). – Rupa Gosvamipada fulfilled all the desires of Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s heart. – The gopis are only happy with the tribhanga-lalita form of Krsna. – About the form of Krsna in Kuruksetra. – Dhira-lalita-nayaka Sri Krsna. – The stages of bhakti. ...
2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Vraja 2024, Vrindavana 2024, India 2024, Rupa Gosvami, bhakti: stages
17 Aug 2024 midday – Srila Rupa Gosvami Pada (Hindi) | Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu invested all His potency in the heart of Srila Rupa Gosvamipada. – Sloka: śrī-caitanya-mano-‘bhīṣṭaṁ… (CC Antya 4.217, Purport). – Rupa Gosvamipada fulfilled all the desires of Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s heart. – The gopis are only happy with the tribhanga-lalita form of Krsna. – About the form of Krsna in Kuruksetra. – Dhira-lalita-nayaka Sri Krsna. – The stages of bhakti. ...