The reason why Krishna is bathed with five ingredients. Lila about the first time Srimati Radhika prepared butter and Krishna disguised Himself as sakhi. According to logic, it is impossible to establish Krishna-lila. Jnanis want to know everything according to their logic, while prema-bhaktas ask nothing, they only savor. Knowledge obscures madhurya. Jnani is a masculine word and lila is feminine. Love is spontaneous, it doesn’t ask the reasons why one loves. Love is not seeking a reason...
knowledge: tattva-jnana
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13 Mar 2025 – Navadvipa-parikrama Day 5: Places Visited on This Day (Hindi) | Navadvipa, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About Bhagiratha and Jahnu Rsi. The glories of the Ganges River. Everyone should have Ganges water, Bhagavad Gita and Tulasi at home. The Ganges purifies, but seeing a Vaisnava purifies more, however, hearing Harikatha promotes complete purification. It is not enough to follow varna-asrama, you must practice sadhana-bhajana, otherwise you will go to hell. The story of Indra who shared the sin of killing a brahmana with the trees, women, water and Earth. Take a little water and sand from the...
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01 Dec 2024 morning – Sri Bhajana Rahasya (Hindi) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
It is necessary to enter into tattva-siddhanta to fix the mind. Bhakti purifies the heart, but jnana (knowledge of the Scriptures) does not. The kanistha-adhikari lacks tattva-jnana, knowledge about the soul, God, maya, and therefore his bhajana is weakened. How to attain mantra-siddhi (perfection through mantra). Verse: tuṇḍe tāṇḍavinī ratiṁ vitanute tuṇḍāvalī-labdhaye… (CC Antya-lila 1.99). The separation that Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami felt after Srila Rupa Gosvami’s departure. The...
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01 Dec 2024 morning – Sri Bhajana Rahasya (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
It is necessary to enter into tattva-siddhanta to fix the mind. Bhakti purifies the heart, but jnana (knowledge of the Scriptures) does not. The kanistha-adhikari lacks tattva-jnana, knowledge about the soul, God, maya, and therefore his bhajana is weakened. How to attain mantra-siddhi (perfection through mantra). Verse: tuṇḍe tāṇḍavinī ratiṁ vitanute tuṇḍāvalī-labdhaye… (CC Antya-lila 1.99). The separation that Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami felt after Srila Rupa Gosvami’s departure. The...
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30 May 2024 midday – Detailed Description of the Wonderful Service that Radha and the Gopis Do to Krsna (Hindi) – Zoom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Krsna’s curiosity about Radha’s feelings for Him. Krsna takes the form of Gouranga with the skin colour and moods of Radha. If Gouranga had not taken shelter of the Guru’s lotus feet, He would not have been able to taste the sweetness of Radha’s feelings. Mahaprabhu accepts sannyasi, He goes to Jagannatha Puri and there he freed Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya. Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya tells Mahaprabhu to meet Raya Ramananda, the governor of Prataparudra Maharaja. The first...
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30 May 2024 midday – Detailed Description of the Wonderful Service that Radha and the Gopis Do to Krsna (English translation) – Zoom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Krsna’s curiosity about Radha’s feelings for Him. Krsna takes the form of Gouranga with the skin colour and moods of Radha. If Gouranga had not taken shelter of the Guru’s lotus feet, He would not have been able to taste the sweetness of Radha’s feelings. Mahaprabhu accepts sannyasi, He goes to Jagannatha Puri and there he freed Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya. Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya tells Mahaprabhu to meet Raya Ramananda, the governor of Prataparudra Maharaja. The first...
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28 Apr 2024 evening – Inspiration and Power (Hindi) – Delhi, India| Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Ambarisa Maharaja engaged his eleven senses when doing bhajana. We must serve Bhagavan with body, mind and words. This human body is very rare and we obtain it to serve God. Story of a person trying to find the exit in a dark room. Our false ego binds us to this material world. Story of when Brahmaji wanted to resign from his position. In each part of our body a Deity presides. God gives us everything, without Him we wouldn’t even be able to raise our hands. Sloka: tṛṇād api sunīcena...
2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Delhi 2024, India 2024, trnad api sunicena taror api sahisnuna, Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.2.7, A Devotee Asks Yamaraja the Benefit of Listening to Twenty-Four Minutes of Harikatha, A Person Trying to Find the Exit in a Dark Room, Yamaraja Going to Pick Up an Old Lady Who Didn’t Want to Go with Him, aparadhas: meaning of the word, atma-nivedana: full surrender of the self (complete dedication of oneself to Krishna; one of the nine processes of bhakti), avidya: ignorance (illusion about the self and reality; lack of spiritual knowledge), bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, knowledge: tattva-jnana, senses: eleven senses
28 Apr 2024 evening – Inspiration and Power (English translation) – Delhi, India| Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Ambarisa Maharaja engaged his eleven senses when doing bhajana. We must serve Bhagavan with body, mind and words. This human body is very rare and we obtain it to serve God. Story of a person trying to find the exit in a dark room. Our false ego binds us to this material world. Story of when Brahmaji wanted to resign from his position. In each part of our body a Deity presides. God gives us everything, without Him we wouldn’t even be able to raise our hands. Sloka: tṛṇād api sunīcena...