service: vapu-seva

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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...

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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...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Hari-katha 2025 (Undisclosed country), Undisclosed, bhava: bhava-siddhi (perfection of bhava; attainment of the stage of bhava-bhakti), body: subtle body, perfection: vastu-siddhi/perfection of the self (attainment of one's eternal spiritual identity; realization of one's true nature), sadhana: sadhana-siddhi, service: vani-seva, service: vapu-seva, siddha-pranali: system of spiritual lineage (process of receiving the identity of one's spiritual form through a lineage of teachers), svarupa-siddhi: realization of one's spiritual identity (attainment of the eternal constitutional position of the soul; perfection of one's true nature)

21 Apr 2025 evening – How to Reach Goloka Vrndavana (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 21, 2025 7:03 PM

Verse: yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādo yasyāprasādān na gatiḥ kuto ’pi… (Gurvastakam 8). Mantra: Dhyana Mulan Guru Murti… The importance of vapu-seva (physical service), vani-seva (preaching) and brhat-mridanga-seva (printing and distribution of books). In transcendental Goloka Vrndavana the bodies are made of three elements: sat, cit and ananda. Song: Sri Sad Gosvami Astakam. Song: Yamuna Puline. Five perfections necessary to reach Goloka Vrndavana: mantra-siddhi, then sadhana-siddhi, svarupa...

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04 Jan 2025 evening – Guru-tattva (English) | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

January 4, 2025 5:49 PM

Sloka: guru-śuśrūṣayā bhaktyā… (ŚB 7.7.30-31). We must serve the spiritual master to reach the abode of the Lord. To satisfy Sri Guru, one must fulfill his desire, and for that, one must know his heart. The story of the Guru who was thirsty and asked his disciple to bring him water. We must follow the Guru’s orders without arguing. Guru means heavy, and serving him is something difficult. According to Srila BV Svami Maharaja, there are two types of people we should not keep in the Temple:...

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18 Dec 2024 morning morning – Srila BS Sarasvati Prabhupada Disappearance (English) | Maui, Hawaii, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 18, 2024 8:55 PM

Goshthanandi and bhajananandi devotees. The exemplary bhajana of the Six Gosvamis. How Srila Prabhupada took diksha from Srila Gaura Kisora Dasa Babaji Maharaja. Ashutosh Bandhupadhyaya, prolific Bengali mathematician, royal Bengal tiger, deeply honoured Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. Naistika brahmachari, Srila BS Sarasvati Prabhupada Thakura is blessed by Srila Gaurakishora dasa Babaji Maharaja to preach boldly everywhere. The qualities of a true brahmana. Varnashrama manifested by...

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05 Nov 2024 evening – Disappearance of Sri Srimad BV Svami Maharaja (Hindi) | Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

November 5, 2024 4:34 PM

The significance of the appearance and disappearance of the Vaisnavas. A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svami Prabhupada is a direct manifestation of sankirtana. Brief description of the origin of Svami Mahaja and his trajectory as a businessman and householder. The reason for the appearance of the Vaisnavas. The prediction of a great poet upon hearing Svami Maharaja. Govinda Deva destroys all material life. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada granted diksa to Sri Abhay Charan, and gave him the...

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05 Nov 2024 evening – Disappearance of Sri Srimad BV Svami Maharaja (English translation) | Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

November 5, 2024 4:34 PM

The significance of the appearance and disappearance of the Vaisnavas. A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svami Prabhupada is a direct manifestation of sankirtana. Brief description of the origin of Svami Mahaja and his trajectory as a businessman and householder. The reason for the appearance of the Vaisnavas. The prediction of a great poet upon hearing Svami Maharaja. Govinda Deva destroys all material life. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada granted diksa to Sri Abhay Charan, and gave him the...

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04 Nov 2024 evening – On Disappearances (Hindi) | Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

November 4, 2024 6:41 PM

– To enter bhajana we must listen to the pastimes of Guru-varga.

– Verse: guru-śuśrūṣayā6 bhaktyā sarva-labdhārpaṇena ca… (Srimad Bhagavatam, 7.7.30-31).

– Vani-seva is higher than vapu-seva.

– Verse: Sri Caitanya mano bhistham… (CC Antya-lila 1.117).

– Srila Bhaktivedanta Vamana Maharaja published transcripts of his Guru’s classes.

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