bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti

08 Apr 2023 morning – Following the Guidelines of the Scriptures (Hindi) – Punjab, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 1 -Vaidhi-bhakti and raganuga-bhakti.-Raganuga-bhakti is practised when one has samskaras from other lives.-The spontaneous mood that is at the heart of the Vrajavasis is known as raganuga-bhakti.-On the days of Ekadashi, all kinds of sins fall into the five kinds of grains… If you need to eat, you can eat fruit.-Whoever comes to me, I never let him go empty-handed.-Prasada is nirguna, but, we should not honour grain prasada on Ekadashi because that is the scriptural rule and we have to...

14 Mar 2023 morning – The Glories of Rasa-lila (English translation) – Puri, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 1 -The Lord performs human-like lilas-Anugrahaya bhaktanam sloka discussion-Indrajalika-lilas (illusionary) lilas of Bhagavan-Lila of Krishna giving His flute to Madhumangala-The rasa-lila description-The effects of listening to rasa-lila, kama-vijaya-lila-Narada Rishi and Lord Shiva could not defeat lust-Do not even think of copying God-Immersion in Krishna. Examples of Kamsa, Shishupala-The Lord cannot be controlled with vaidhi-bhakti-The gopis are so much absorbed in krishna-lila and...

14 Mar 2023 morning – The Glories of Rasa-lila (Hindi) – Puri, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-The Lord performs human-like lilas-Anugrahaya bhaktanam sloka discussion-Indrajalika-lilas (illusionary) lilas of Bhagavan-Lila of Krishna giving His flute to Madhumangala-The rasa-lila description-The effects of listening to rasa-lila, kama-vijaya-lila-Narada Rishi and Lord Shiva could not defeat lust-Do not even think of copying God-Immersion in Krishna. Examples of Kamsa, Shishupala-The Lord cannot be controlled with vaidhi-bhakti-The gopis are so much absorbed in krishna-lila and krishna...

15 Jan 2023 midday – Bhagavatiya-parampara (English) – USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Trnad api sunicena is siddha-pranali by Mahaprabhu-If you go to sahajiya sampradaya for one day they will already give you siddha-pranali ))-The process of obtaining siddha-deha, transcendental body-Even shraddha is not so easy to come-Srila BV Svami Prabhupada: Guru is like a fisherman-Vaidhi-bhakti is like the rough side of the leaf and raganuga-bhakti is like the smooth side of the leaf-Laukiki-diksha, paramarthiki-diksha; panharatriki-diksha and bhagavatiya-diksha-Sri Baladeva...

14 Dec 2022 morning – Glories of Bhakti-yoga (English) – Mexico | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Destination of karmis, jnanis, yogis & bhaktas.-Only bhaktas attain Lord & reason for it.-Krsna said to Arjuna to declare that His devotee will never fall down.-api cet su duracaro sloka discussion.-Krsna says if one one-pointed with Me & does bhajan-sadhan I will clear all his faults & purify his heart quickly.-If you are one-pointed with guru & Krsna , Krsna will purify the heart.-What is sin, dharma & adharma?-Telling a lie isn’t a sinful activity in some...

07 Nov 2022 – Lobha-mayi-bhakti (English) – India

Part 1 -Lila of Devaki, Vasudeva sending Krsna to Ujjain so that He won’t move to Vrindavan for Nanda Baba & Yashoda-maiya.-Krsna lifted Govardhan at 7 years & did rasa-lila at 8 years.-What is rasa & what lilas are in it & about sambhoga-lila.-Krsna relished the mellows from the heart of gopis.-Gopis are experts in different kinds of art.-One has to get trained from nitya-siddha gopis to enter into rasa dance.-Manjaris offer water, showing their art in front of Divine...

25 Oct 2022 morning – Significance of Satyavrata Muni prayers (Bengali) – India

-We should respect all vaishnavas & honour them.-Effects of disrespecting vaishnavas.-Respect all jivas as Krsna is in all living entities.-Satyavarata Muni prayers of paying obeisances to Lord & saying he don’t want liberation& hankers for darshan of Lord Krsna’s beautiful form-Baddha-jivas want peace & happiness but don’t get it.-Jiva wanders in this samsara like a blinded ox going around in a circle.-Hari-bhajan is the only difference between animals &...

25 Oct 2022 morning – Significance of Satyavrata Muni prayers (English translation) – India

-We should respect all vaishnavas & honour them.-Effects of disrespecting vaishnavas.-Respect all jivas as Krsna is in all living entities.-Satyavarata Muni prayers of paying obeisances to Lord & saying he don’t want liberation& hankers for darshan of Lord Krsna’s beautiful form-Baddha-jivas want peace & happiness but don’t get it.-Jiva wanders in this samsara like a blinded ox going around in a circle.-Hari-bhajan is the only difference between animals &...