devotees: types

13 Oct 2024 evening – Sri Bhagavata-saptaha, day 4: Nistha and Appearance and Birth of Sri Krsna (English translation) | Lucknow, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– Our real relationship is with atma and Paramatma, when we give up the body all material relationships end.– Attachment to the body and relationships in the material world.– Topics about the birth of Sukadeva Gosvami, who radiated Krsna-prema to all beings who had his darsana.– If, when chanting the mantra, prema does not manifest, it is because the heart is full of anarthas.– The power of sabda-brahma, the transcendental vibration.– The beauty of Sri Krsna’s form, Govinda darsana.–...

23 Jul 2024 evening – Sadhu-sanga-mahima (English) – Miami, Florida | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Arcana Dipika explains which type of flowers to offer to Thakurji, and which not. The five types of devotees: panca-upasana. Two meanings of the word suman: flower, and clean and pure mind, for offering. Discussion of abhiman, dihatma-bhuti and suddha-abhiman. Maya-devi is not happy with us being in maya. Only gaura-krpa-hi-kavalam will save us from this suffering in this material world: how to receive this mercy. Glorification of Prabhodananda Sarasvati Gosvami. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu stays...

16 Jul 2024 evening – Guru-nistha (English) | Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Sloka that gives evidence that Sri Krsna is the Original Personality of God: ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥ kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam indrāri-vyākulaṁ lokaṁ mṛḍayanti yuge yuge (SB 1.3.28). Why do many people worship the demigods? Because the jivas have many desires in their hearts. ⁠Krsna says that the conditioned souls do not know who God is, and they surrender to the demigods. ⁠Four types of devotees who worship Krsna: catur-vidha bhajante mam… (BG 7.16). Arto (sufferers/Gagendra); arto-jijnasu...

07 Jun 2024 evening – Variety in the Transcendental World (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Sloka: anya-abhilāṣitā-śūnyam …(CC Madhya 19.167), definition of sudha bhakti. Sanatana Gosvami in his Brhad Bhagavatamrtam talks about the five types of devotees. The five types of devotees are: jñānī-bhakta prahlāda mahārāja, śuddha-bhakta ambarīṣa mahārāja, premī-bhakta hanumān, prema-para-bhakta pāṇḍavas, premātura-bhakta uddhava mahārāja. Among the vrajavasis, the gopis stand out; among these, the highest devotee, bhakta mukuṭa-śiromaṇi is Srimati Radhika. Dhruva-Mahārāja is sakāma-bhakta...

01 Apr 2024 evening – Bhagavata Katha (Bengali) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Srimad Bhagavatam is the essence of all Vedas, Puranas and Upanisads. Maya Devi’s three punishments: adhidaivika, adhibhautika and adhyatmika. The different manifestations of Krsna. Verse: tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.31.9). When you reach the abode of the Lord, you never return to the material world. The different moods of worship (sakhya, dasya, vatsalya and madhurya) lead to different abodes. Lila by Nrsimhadeva Bhagavan. Subhal and Sridama’s friendly mood...

01 Apr 2024 evening – Bhagavata Katha (English translation) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Srimad Bhagavatam is the essence of all Vedas, Puranas and Upanisads. Maya Devi’s three punishments: adhidaivika, adhibhautika and adhyatmika. The different manifestations of Krsna. Verse: tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.31.9). When you reach the abode of the Lord, you never return to the material world. The different moods of worship (sakhya, dasya, vatsalya and madhurya) lead to different abodes. Lila by Nrsimhadeva Bhagavan. Subhal and Sridama’s friendly mood...

19 Oct 2023 evening – An Incomparable Grantha Gita Govinda (English translation) – Auckland, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Caitanya Mahaprabhu speaks to Sanatana Gosvami about the forms and potencies of Vrajendra-nandana. Krsna manifests in three different forms for the devotees: Brahman, Paramatma, and Bhagavan. Two types of devotees: aisvarya-marga and bhakti-marga. What’s the use of having eyes if you can’t have Govinda’s darsana? Funny lila of Krsna sending Garuda to call Hanuman. Bhagavan is only one, but He has innumerable forms. His highest form is that of Krsna bent in three places. The...

19 Oct 2023 evening – An Incomparable Grantha Gita Govinda (Hindi) – Auckland, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Caitanya Mahaprabhu speaks to Sanatana Gosvami about the forms and potencies of Vrajendra-nandana. Krsna manifests in three different forms for the devotees: Brahman, Paramatma, and Bhagavan. Two types of devotees: aisvarya-marga and bhakti-marga. What’s the use of having eyes if you can’t have Govinda’s darsana? Funny lila of Krsna sending Garuda to call Hanuman. Bhagavan is only one, but He has innumerable forms. His highest form is that of Krsna bent in three places. The...