gopis: types

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2024, Mexico City 2024, Mexico 2024, Christmas 2024, anartha-nivritti: removal of unwanted things (cleansing of the heart; stage of bhakti development), bhajana-kriya: beginning of devotional practices (engagement in bhakti activities; stage after accepting guidance from guru), gopis: types, lineage: guru-parampara, siddha-pranali: system of spiritual lineage (process of receiving the identity of one's spiritual form through a lineage of teachers)

25 Dec 2024 evening – Our Guru-parampara (English) | Mexico City, Mexico | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 25, 2024 6:26 PM

Before taking diksha, carefully realise our guru-parampara. Pancharatriki-parampara and bhagavatiya-parampara. How Baladeva Vidyabhushana Prabhu proved that Srimati Radharani was married to Sri Krishna. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura boldly opened his siddha-pranali. 2 types of siddha-pranali. Shraddha, sadhu-sanga, bhajana-kriya, anartha-nivritti, nishtha, ruchi, asakti, bhava and prema. Do not hear hari-katha from a non-Vaishnava. Shloka: avaiṣṇava-mukhodgīrṇaṁ pūtaṁ hari-kathāmṛtam… (Padma...

2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Bhuj 2024, Gujarat 2024, India 2024, gopis: types, rasa dance: rasa-lila, relatives

22 Nov 2024 morning – Highest Harikatha (English translation) | Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

November 22, 2024 9:39 AM

The lila of Kapiladeva and His mother Devahuti. Rasa-lila is the most powerful lila. On how to obtain unbreakable faith. Definition of sukrti. The example of the little girl who became the servant of Srimati Radhika. On how offenses come from attachment to parents, children and close relatives. On Sukadeva and Radharani. On the three types of gopis. On how Cintamani was not a prostitute but an emanation of Sri Krsna. On the many levels of bhakti. About vaisnava-aparada. The two scriptures that...

2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Bhuj 2024, Gujarat 2024, India 2024, gopis: types, rasa dance: rasa-lila, relatives

22 Nov 2024 morning – Highest Harikatha (Hindi) | Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

November 22, 2024 9:39 AM

The lila of Kapiladeva and His mother Devahuti. Rasa-lila is the most powerful lila. On how to obtain unbreakable faith. Definition of sukrti. The example of the little girl who became the servant of Srimati Radhika. On how offenses come from attachment to parents, children and close relatives. On Sukadeva and Radharani. On the three types of gopis. On how Cintamani was not a prostitute but an emanation of Sri Krsna. On the many levels of bhakti. About vaisnava-aparada. The two scriptures that...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Badger 2024, USA 2024, bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, bhakti: sadhana-bhakti; bhava-bhakti; prema-bhakti, bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, gopis: types, samskaras

01 Aug 2024 evening – How to Develop Spiritual Life in Sadhu-sanga (English) | Badger, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

August 1, 2024 6:31 PM

Sadhu-sanga and Harikatha are eternal! The devotee accepts what the sadhu says according to his capacity and moves forward. The process must be followed step by step: sadhana-bhakti; bhava-bhakti; prema-bhakti. Radha’s Lila writing a letter to Krsna whose content is Her tears. The different types of gopis: not all of them reveal themselves as manjaris. The forty-nine ingredients that come together in staybhava for the sadhaka to be able to taste love, everything happens step by step...

2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Chandra-sarovara, Vraja 2023, Vrindavana 2023, India 2023, Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2023, gopis: types, rasa dance: rasa-lila, sakhis: types, Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2023

11 Nov 2023 morning – Chandra-sarovara (Hindi) – Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

November 11, 2023 9:57 AM

– Krsna’s rasa with different types of sakhis, pancaya-rasa. – About vasanti-rasa, mentioned in Gita Govinda. – Candra Sarovara is a place where Krsna performs lila with Radha and the gopis (rasa-stali). – In Candra Sarovara cows are grazed during the day. – Krsna’s great-grandson built the Candra Sarovara. – The reason the place is called Candra Sarovara. – The different types of rasas mentioned in the sacred scriptures. – Radha and...

2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Chandra-sarovara, Vraja 2023, Vrindavana 2023, India 2023, Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2023, gopis: types, rasa dance: rasa-lila, sakhis: types, Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2023

11 Nov 2023 morning – Chandra-sarovara (English translation) – Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

November 11, 2023 9:57 AM

Krsna’s rasa with different types of sakhis, pancaya-rasa. About vasanti-rasa, mentioned in Gita Govinda. Candra Sarovara is a place where Krsna performs lila with Radha and the gopis (rasa-stali). In Candra Sarovara cows are grazed during the day. Krsna’s great-grandson built the Candra Sarovara. The reason the place is called Candra Sarovara. The different types of rasas mentioned in the sacred scriptures. Radha and Krsna accept everything they receive in Seva Kunja. One should...

2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Vraja 2023, Vrindavana 2023, India 2023, gopis: types

25 Oct 2023 evening room – Different Forms of Devotion (English translation) – Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

October 25, 2023 7:37 PM

– Whatever you do, offer it to God and then your karma will not be a cause of bondage. – First help yourself, then help others. To do that completely surrender to Bhagavan. – Original potency is Srimati Radhika. – Jiva-shakti, cit-shakti and maya-shakti. – The different avataras of Krishna. The manifestation of Mahaprabhu. – The problems of having a long beard. – Diksha is about getting transcendental knowledge. – Bhagavan takes His form as per...

2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Brisbane 2023, Australia 2023, gopis: nitya-siddha, gopis: types

13 Oct 2023 morning – The Two Types of Gopis (Hindi) – Brisbane, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

October 13, 2023 9:13 AM

Krsna tells the sadhana-siddha-gopis about the pastime of the man who planted mangoes. Krsna savors the condensed prema of the gopis, which He makes manifest and mature through the fire of separation. The gopis ask Krsna: “and what do we gain?”, and He responds: “more bliss in separation?” Krsna is the personification of rasa. He creates and savors. The gopis again ask Krsna: “What do you gain from seeing us suffering?, “the sweetness condensed by separation”. Krsna was married in Dvaraka and...

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