bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti

04 Oct 2022 morning – Svarupa-siddhi & Sweet lila (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Prema-bhakti is bought by greed but not by sukriti.-One has to sit in front of Vraja rasik santa mahatma & has to listen hari-katha then vraja-bhava will come in our heart slowly.-What is greed.-In sadhaka sarira one has to follow vaidhi-bhakti & suddha sadachar.-Pleasing Bhagavan is bhakti.-Importance of following varnashrama-dharma while practising sadhana-bhakti.-About 3 characteristics of greed.-Meaning of Tirtha-pada.-How one advances to madhurya-rasa starting from dasya-rasa...

04 Oct 2022 morning – Svarupa-siddhi & Sweet lila (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Prema-bhakti is bought by greed but not by sukriti.-One has to sit in front of Vraja rasik santa mahatma & has to listen hari-katha then vraja-bhava will come in our heart slowly.-What is greed.-In sadhaka sarira one has to follow vaidhi-bhakti & suddha sadachar.-Pleasing Bhagavan is bhakti.-Importance of following varnashrama-dharma while practising sadhana-bhakti.-About 3 characteristics of greed.-Meaning of Tirtha-pada.-How one advances to madhurya-rasa starting from dasya-rasa...

02 Oct 2022 morning – Raya Ramananda Samvada (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Raya Ramananda said to give up all varieties of sva-dharma & submit oneself to Krsna.-Mahaprabhu wants to listen about svarupa-anubhandi-vritti & sadya-vastu.-Jiva has inherent potency at jiva-ghatana samay.-Just by following varnashrama-dharma jivas svarupa-anubhandi-vritti willn’t manifest.-Wherever Gita completes Srimad Bhagavatam starts there.-When one surrenders unto lotus feet of Bhagavan one will be cleared of ones debt.-Dhanachand-katha of deciding to lay down dead just...

02 Oct 2022 morning – Raya Ramananda Samvada (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Raya Ramananda said to give up all varieties of sva-dharma & submit oneself to Krsna.-Mahaprabhu wants to listen about svarupa-anubhandi-vritti & sadya-vastu.-Jiva has inherent potency at jiva-ghatana samay.-Just by following varnashrama-dharma jivas svarupa-anubhandi-vritti willn’t manifest.-Wherever Gita completes Srimad Bhagavatam starts there.-When one surrenders unto lotus feet of Bhagavan one will be cleared of ones debt.-Dhanachand-katha of deciding to lay down dead just...

30 Aug 2022 morning – Spiritual Greed (English) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-All potency comes from Radharani-If you hold Nityananda Prabhu and Mahaprabhu in your heart, all spiritual knowledge will manifest in it-Why are the devotees like cuckoos sitting on top of a mango tree; the non-devotees like camels and the impersonalists like crows sitting on top of a neem tree-Bhagavan’s six opulences-Impersonalists are like owls who claim there is no sun just because they have not seen it-Krishna is purna shaktiman and Srimati Radhika is purna shakti-The meaning of the word...

25 Aug 2022 morning – Sraddha is the basis (Hindi) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-About samvit, sandhini & hladini-saktis & their predominating deities.-Krsna is sat-cid-ananda vigraha.-Bhagavan is the cause of all causes.-How jiva is entrapped in subtle & gross bodies.-How is Krsna different from baddha-jivas with respect to body & soul.-Paramarthika-bhajana starts when there is atyantiki-sraddha.-About sraddha & its condensed form takes different stages up to prema.-Different stages of prema.-Srimati Radhika is the embodiment of madanakhya-mahabhava...

25 Aug 2022 morning – Sraddha is the basis (English translation) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-About samvit, sandhini & hladini-saktis & their predominating deities.-Krsna is sat-cid-ananda vigraha.-Bhagavan is the cause of all causes.-How jiva is entrapped in subtle & gross bodies.-How is Krsna different from baddha-jivas with respect to body & soul.-Paramarthika-bhajana starts when there is atyantiki-sraddha.-About sraddha & its condensed form takes different stages up to prema.-Different stages of prema.-Srimati Radhika is the embodiment of madanakhya-mahabhava...

13 Aug 2022 morning – Sri Baladeva-purnima (Hindi) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Srnvan su-bhadrani rathanga-paner sloka discussion-Premi-bhakta’s behaviour. Shukadeva Gosvami’s example-The story of the goldsmith who considered his shop a temple and his customers as ishtadevas-Adau guru mukkha… – We should listen to hari-katha from the lotus mouths of Gurudeva-Nivrtta-tarsara upagyamanad sloka discussion-Baladeva Prabhu’s service to Krishna-Baladeva Prabhu is a vishaya-vigraha, but He plays the role of sadhaka-Vaidhi-bhakti, raganuga-bhakti-Baladeva...