The main point of Vedic culture comes from Ayodya, a place of liberation, extremely beautiful. Valmiki Rsi has beautifully manifested the Ramayana in Sanskrit. Without studying the Ramayna it is not possible to enter into bhakti. Sita was not kidnapped by Ravana, it was Chaya-Sita in Sita’s shadow, Mahaprabhu gave this evidence. Every syllable of this grantha destroys all sins. Whoever speaks the name of Rama, who is very powerful, obtains liberation. Srila Gurudeva said that by family...
renunciation (vairagya)
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2024, Mexico City 2024, Mexico 2024, bhakti: bhakti-yoga (path of devotion; the practice of connecting with Krishna through devotional service; the process of awakening love for Krishna), karma: cycle of birth and death, renunciation (vairagya)
11 Jan 2024 evening – Bhakti-yoga (English) – Mexico City, Mexico | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Yoga means union: the difference between the jiva (soul) and Bhagavan (Supreme Lord). The soul is an integral part of the Lord. All souls are servants of the Lord. Sloka: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya — kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’kṛṣṇera ‘taṭasthā-śakti’ ‘bhedābheda-prakāśa’ (CC Madhya-lila 20.108-109). We are not the body, the body is not our true identity. We are trapped in the cycle of birth and death, always changing bodies. Everyone is going to die but nobody thinks they are going to die. Harikatha...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Caraguatatuba 2023, Brazil 2023, Chaitanya-charitamrita Madhya 22.54, anarthas: four types, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhakti: stages, guru: guru-bhakti, guru: guru-nishtha, renunciation, renunciation (vairagya), soul: conditioned soul
30 Dec 2023 evening – Chant the Holy Names and Listen to Harikatha (English) – Caraguatatuba, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada took diksa from Srila Gaura Kisora Dasa Babaji Maharaja. – Verse: tasmād guruṁ prapadyeta jijñāsuḥ śreya uttamam (ŚB 11.3.21). – Pranama-mantra of Srila Gaura Kisora Dasa Babaji Maharaja: namo gaura-kisoraya saksad vairagya-murtaye vipralambha-rasambudhe padambujaya te namah. – Srila Gaura Kisora Dasa Babaji Maharaja is the direct manifestation of renunciation and he savors vipralambha-rasa (higher mood of...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, London 2023, United Kingdom 2023, Gita-jayanti 2023, gopis: nitya-siddha, renunciation, renunciation (vairagya), renunciation: yukta-vairagya
25 Dec 2023 midday – Gita Jayanti (English) – London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The book Srimad Bhagavad Gita presents instructions on how to surrender to the lotus feet of the Lord. Verse: mamaivāṁśo jīva-loke — jīva-bhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ (Bhagavad Gita 15.7). Verse: yadā yadā hi dharmasya — glānir bhavati bhārata (Bhagavad Gita 4.7 –8). Verse: ananyāś cintayanto māṁ ye janāḥ paryupāsate (Bhagavad Gita 9.22). The material corporeal conception is the cause of all types of miseries. Verse: ādau śraddhā tataḥ sādhu-saṅgo ’tha bhajana-kriyā (CC Madhya-lila 23.14-15). The dangers...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, West Bengal 2023, India 2023, renunciation (vairagya)
17 Dec 2023 evening – Sukrti and Bhajana (English translation) – West Bengal, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
If the holy names are transcendental and our language is material, then how is it possible for us to touch the holy names? God, His form and His names, everything in Him is transcendental. By the desire to serve Sri Hari and through His mercy, all the material senses of the devotee become “as it were” transcendental. First control your mind and then you can control your senses. In the Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna asks Sri Krsna how to control his restless mind, and Sri Krsna responds:...
2023, Discourses in Bengali 2023, Taldi 2023, West Bengal 2023, India 2023, bhakti: bhakti's associates jnana and vairagya, renunciation, renunciation (vairagya), service: guru-seva
14 Dec 2023 afternoon – How We Can Develop Our Spiritual Life (Bengali) – Taldi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– No one desires unhappiness, but in Bhagavatam, Kunti Devi considers her misfortunes as a great mercy. – Everyone is doing karma, but it is the Lord who bestows the fruits of all actions. – About Rupa, Sanatana and Locanatha Dasa Gosvamis. – Two types of bhajana: bhajananandi (practice to free yourself) and gosthyanandi (practice for all living beings to free themselves too). – Those who fry fish in boiling oil are cursed by the dying fish. Action and reaction...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Taldi 2023, West Bengal 2023, India 2023, bhakti: bhakti's associates jnana and vairagya, renunciation, renunciation (vairagya), service: guru-seva
14 Dec 2023 afternoon – How We Can Develop Our Spiritual Life (English translation) – Taldi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– No one desires unhappiness, but in Bhagavatam, Kunti Devi considers her misfortunes as a great mercy. – Everyone is doing karma, but it is the Lord who bestows the fruits of all actions. – About Rupa, Sanatana and Locanatha Dasa Gosvamis. – Two types of bhajana: bhajananandi (practice to free yourself) and gosthyanandi (practice for all living beings to free themselves too). – Those who fry fish in boiling oil are cursed by the dying fish. Action and reaction...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Bhavnagar 2023, Gujarat 2023, India 2023, body: subtle body, renunciation, renunciation (vairagya)
09 Dec 2023 morning – The Dark Well of Family Life (English translation) – Bhavanagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Story about the meeting between Srila Lokanatha Dasa Gosvami and Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura. Guru and Bhagavan are giving mercy, but many times the devotee does not want to accept it. Everyone is burning in the fire of samsara, but everyone forgets about it. The story of the man who was about to fall into a well in analogy with family life. Lila das gopis, Krsna and His flute. Control your senses, only then will your mind not be disturbed. If in one life you are brahmacari (celibate devotee)...