service: vani-seva

2025, Discourses Translated into English 2025, Chaitanya Gaudiya Matha 2025, Delhi 2025, New Delhi 2025, Temple of Srila Bhakti Vallabha Tirtha Gosvami Maharaja 2025, India 2025, Bhakti Vallabha Tirtha Maharaja, service: vani-seva

16 Oct 2025 evening – Hari-katha at the Temple of Sri Vallabha Tirtha Gosvami Maharaja (English translation) | Sri Caitanya Gaudiya Math, New Delhi, India

October 16, 2025 6:00 PM

About the glories of Srila Vallabha Tirtha Gosvami Maharaja. Vani-seva is more important. First sentence of a greeting to Rupa Gosvami spoken by Narottama Dasa Thakura: śrī-caitanya mano-‘bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam (Prema-bhakti-candrikā). Srila Gurudeva says, “May Srila Ballabha Tirtha Gosvami Maharaja grant me shelter at his lotus feet!” The difference between rupanuga and raganuga. Narottama Dasa longed to serve Rupa Gosvami and be...

2025, Discourses Translated into English 2025, Delhi 2025, India 2025, Damodarashtaka 2025, mood: aishvarya (majesty; opulence; divine greatness), service: vani-seva

16 Oct 2025 morning – Sri Damodarastakam 2nd Sloka – Day 8 (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

October 16, 2025 7:00 AM

Satyavrata Muni beautifully describes the baby Krsna. Krsna runs, but Mother Yasoda catches Him and punishes Him; Krsna cries like a common child, and Mother Yasoda’s heart melts. The logic of the monkey is that of the cat. The two fingers Mother Yasoda needs to tie Krsna represent the devotee’s effort and the Lord’s mercy: cesta and krpa. The story of Sridhara Svami, who did not want to marry but was forced to, had a son, and was left a widower. ⁠The Lord allows Himself to be...

2025, Discourses in Hindi 2025, Delhi 2025, India 2025, Damodarashtaka 2025, mood: aishvarya (majesty; opulence; divine greatness), service: vani-seva

16 Oct 2025 morning – Sri Damodarastakam 2nd Sloka – Day 8 (Hindi) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

October 16, 2025 7:00 AM

Satyavrata Muni beautifully describes the baby Krsna. Krsna runs, but Mother Yasoda catches Him and punishes Him; Krsna cries like a common child, and Mother Yasoda’s heart melts. The logic of the monkey is that of the cat. The two fingers Mother Yasoda needs to tie Krsna represent the devotee’s effort and the Lord’s mercy: cesta and krpa. The story of Sridhara Svami, who did not want to marry but was forced to, had a son, and was left a widower. ⁠The Lord allows Himself to be...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Perth 2025, Australia 2025, Bhakti Pramoda Puri Maharaja, liberation, lineage: disciplic succession, Pranavananda Brahmachari, service: vani-seva

26 Sep 2025 evening – Appearance of Srila Bhakti Pramoda Puri Maharaja (English) | Perth, Australia

September 26, 2025 6:00 PM

If we chant the Holy Names, all our faults will disappear. In the Sanskrit verse, it says “nasty eva,” which means “not possible.” This is said three times to refer to the fact that, in this age of Kali, there is no other means of liberation than the chanting of the Holy Names. The Lord has invested all His potency in His Holy Names, and there are no rules or regulations for chanting them. Srila Bhakti Pramoda Puri Gosvami Maharaja is linked to the line of disciplic...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Murwillumbah 2025, Australia 2025, Self-Realization, Bhatta family (parivara): Venkata Bhatta; Trimalla Bhatta and Prabodhananda Sarasvati (nephew of Gopala Bhatta), service: cooking, service: vani-seva, service: vapu-seva, sleeping: dreams

02 Sep 2025 midday – Our Goal and Self-Realization (English) | Murwillumbah, Australia

September 2, 2025 12:00 PM

– About the love and affection of devotees dedicated to Sri Srimad BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja. – Vapu-seva means serving the Gurudeva by cooking, washing clothes, and massaging his feet. – Vani-seva is the service of listening to Harikatha and spreading the teachings to everyone. – All Vaisnavas aspire to become rupanugas, that is, to serve Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu under the guidance of Rupa Gosvami. – ⁠Quote from the verse composed by Narottama Dasa Thakura: śrī...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Manila 2025, Philippines 2025, Govinda Damodara Madhaveti, Krishna's Qualities, Krishna-tattva, service: vani-seva, service: vapu-seva

27 Aug 2025 evening – Krishna is the Embodiment of Divine Love (English) | Manila, Philippines

August 27, 2025 6:00 PM

– Never lose your enthusiasm for bhakti. – If you are a sadhaka, always chant the holy names. – Vapu-seva and vani-seva, the service of distributing books. – Verse: ‘jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya — kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’ …’ (CC Madhya 20.108). – You are not your body; you are your soul. – If we chant the holy names, perform bhajana and sadhana, associate with sadhus, and listen to hari-katha, we will realise that we are souls...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Italian 2025, Bari 2025, Puglia 2025, Italy 2025, Bhakti's Superiority Over Other Paths, body: gross body, karma: cycle of birth and death, service: vani-seva, service: vapu-seva, soul: conditioned soul

29 May 2025 evening – The Meaning of the Word Yoga (English) | Bari, Puglia, Italy

May 29, 2025 6:00 PM

– Srila Gurudeva BV Vana Gosvami Maharaja expresses his joy at being with the Italian devotees and praises their dedication to Srila Gurudeva BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja. – Only by the mercy of Gurudeva, Nitai and Gouranga is it possible to organize a Festival. – Difference between vapu-seva and vani-seva to the Guru. – Srila Gurudeva comments in detail on how the Italian devotees did vani-seva with excellence. – Yoga means to unite and viyoga means to separate...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Hari-katha 2025 (Undisclosed country), Undisclosed, Sadhana-bhakti, service: vani-seva, service: vapu-seva

23 Apr 2025 evening – Make a Temple out of Your Heart (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 23, 2025 6:52 PM

PART 1 PART 2 Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu once said that His name will be preached throughout the world. Make a temple out of your heart so that Radha-Krishna can reside there. The meaning of Gundicha-marjana lila. Devotees need a physical temple to gather together, a spiritual master to develop their bhakti and granthas (spiritual books). The importance of brihad-mridanga seva. Vapu-seva and vani-seva. The meaning of the name Krishna. GOD is G (Generator), (O) Operator and (D) Destroyer. Please...

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