If we want to realize bhajana, we must acquire renunciation. Story of Saci Devi, also known as Gangamata Gosvamini. We should never criticize any woman. If we want Bhakti Devi to manifest in our hearts, we must listen to the story of Gangamata Gosvamini. How Mahaprabhu liberated Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya. By taking sannyasa, Mahaprabhu liberated six types of people who did not want to receive His prema. Mahaprabhu gives darsana of His six-armed form, Shad-bhuja, to Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya. Each...
eternal nature of the soul: svarupa of the jiva (constitutional position; identity as an eternal servant of Krishna)
08 Mar 2026 late evening – Gangamata Gosvamini and Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya (English translation) – Gangamata Gaudiya Matha, India
If we want to realize bhajana, we must acquire renunciation. Story of Saci Devi, also known as Gangamata Gosvamini. We should never criticize any woman. If we want Bhakti Devi to manifest in our hearts, we must listen to the story of Gangamata Gosvamini. How Mahaprabhu liberated Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya. By taking sannyasa, Mahaprabhu liberated six types of people who did not want to receive His prema. Mahaprabhu gives darsana of His six-armed form, Shad-bhuja, to Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya. Each...
17 Jan 2026 morning – The Svarupa of the Jiva (English) – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The Pandavas have love and affection for Krishna. The Pandavas tried to become gopis and performed severe austerities in the form of trees on the banks of Radha Kunda. The svarupa of the jiva does not change by association; it manifests according to the potency already existing in the soul. On the teachings of Jaiva Dharma. Mayavada philosophy. On the different divine potencies (saktis). The size and form of the soul present in the hearts of all living entities. There are unlimited jivas. Jivas...
11 Apr 2025 morning – Introduction to Bhakti (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About how we have all the power within us, just like a seed. And with Harikatha everything will manifest. Recommendation to read the book by Syamarani Didi called Svarupa of the Jiva. About how the vrajavasis have forgotten that Krsna is Bhagavan, they consider Him as a member of their family. Uddhava tries to explain Krsna with the mood of opulence, but Nanda Maharaja sees Krsna only as a member of his family. As an example, we can see that Narayana has no mother, but Krsna has mother Yasoda...
31 Jul 2024 morning – The Power of Hari-katha (English) | New Vraja, CA, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The best friend is the one who gets others to listen to krishna-katha and krishna-nama. Shloka: parasparānukathanaṁ pāvanaṁ bhagavad-yaśaḥ (SB 11.3.30). The exemplary bhajana of the Six Gosvamis (shloka). Why the Six Gosvamis spent each night under a different tree. Srimati Radhika’s verse glorifying Giriraja Govardhana: hantāyam adrir abalā hari-dāsa-varyo (SB 10.21.18). 3 Haridasas: Yudhishthira Maharaja, Uddhava and Giriraja Govardhana. Giriraja Govardhana’s seva and his ecstatic symptoms of...
28 Jun 2024 morning – About Svarupa of the Jiva (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
0:20:35 – Kathā pierces the heart; relationship with Krishna develops while material attachments break; love means both pain and joy—separation and meeting. Meeting Krishna brings happiness; separation brings tears. Viraha: vi – special, raha – meeting. 0:26:03 – Example: if you lose something valuable, you will always remember it; remembrance is like meeting in the heart. 0:27:05 – Story of Bharata Maharaja and the deer; Krishna says in the Bhagavad-gita that the next birth depends on what or...
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...
13 Aug 2023 morning – Sri Ksetra Mandala Parikrama: The Glories of Alarnatha (Hindi) – Jagannatha Puri, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About how Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada established all the gaudiya-mathas and spoke about the svarupa of the jiva. The story told in Jaiva Dharma about the different moods present in the svarupa of Vijay Kumara and Vrajanatha, although both received diksa from the same guru. Syamarani Didi fulfilled the heart of Srila Gurudeva BV Narayana Maharaja by manifesting Svarupa of the Jiva book Anyone can chant verses, but the meaning you give to them is the most important thing. The two...