PART 1 Gopis are the internal potency of Krishna. 6 ways to attain the Lord: kamat, dveshat, bhayat, snehat, bhaktya, sambahdhat. Gopis attained Krishna through kama, which is not lust but pure transcendental love. Sri Sampradaya: vidhi-marga and seva-nishtha; Brahma-madhva sampradaya: dvaitavada, pancha-bheda; Rudra Sampradaya: vatsalya-bhava, Sanaka Sampradaya: svakiya-bhava, parakiya-bhava and Madhvacharya Sampradaya: gopi-bhava. Nimitta-karana (reason) and upadana-karana (ingredients)...
spiritual paths: vidhi-marga
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2024, Cuernavaca 2024, Mexico 2024, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), anuraga: deep attachment (stage of prema; intense love and constant attraction toward Krishna), aparadhas (offences), bhakti: bhakti-yoga (path of devotion; the practice of connecting with Krishna through devotional service; the process of awakening love for Krishna), bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, guru: guru-bhakti, guru: guru-nishtha, kamatmika bhakti type: tat-tad-bhava-iccha-mayi, spiritual paths: vidhi-marga
18 Jan 2024 morning – Bhakti Marga – The Path of Devotion (English) – Cuernavaca, Mexico | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Everyone who practises bhakti-yoga must be careful not to commit vaisnava-aparadha. Whoever commits offences becomes unfit to receive Krsna’s mercy. Only see your own flaws. He who follows the rules of the Scriptures, little by little, reaches the highest spiritual destiny. In the sadhana stage, the sadhaka must follow vaidhi-bhakti. Sloka: sevā sādhaka-rūpeṇa siddha-rūpeṇa cātra hi tad-bhāva-lipsunā kāryā vraja-lokānusārataḥ (CC Madhya-lila 22.158). About vidhi-marga and raga-marga...
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Govardhana 2023, Vraja 2023, India 2023, Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2023, sadhu-sanga: importance, spiritual paths: vidhi-marga, uttama-adhikari (highest-class devotees): 3 types of uttama-adhikari (murchita-kashaya; nirdhuta-kashaya; and bhagavata-parsada-deha-prapta), Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2023
22 Nov 2023 morning – The Teaching of Shikshashtaka (Hindi) – Govardhana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Shikshashtaka was manifested by Mahaprabhu to give us the teaching of nama-sankirtana. The mirror of our heart can be cleansed by nama-sankirtana. Do not disturb karmis by telling them about bhakti, just engage them in seva. The importance of sadhu-sanga. The story of a mouse who became a princess in her next life after she tasted the gheewick offered to the deity and unconsciously rolled around in front of the deity performing arati. Vidhi-marga bhakti and raga-marga bhakti. Jnata-sukriti and...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Govardhana 2023, Vraja 2023, India 2023, Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2023, sadhu-sanga: importance, spiritual paths: vidhi-marga, uttama-adhikari (highest-class devotees): 3 types of uttama-adhikari (murchita-kashaya; nirdhuta-kashaya; and bhagavata-parsada-deha-prapta), Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2023
22 Nov 2023 morning – The Teaching of Shikshashtaka (English translation) – Govardhana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Shikshashtaka was manifested by Mahaprabhu to give us the teaching of nama-sankirtana. The mirror of our heart can be cleansed by nama-sankirtana. Do not disturb karmis by telling them about bhakti, just engage them in seva. The importance of sadhu-sanga. The story of a mouse who became a princess in her next life after she tasted the gheewick offered to the deity and unconsciously rolled around in front of the deity performing arati. Vidhi-marga bhakti and raga-marga bhakti. Jnata-sukriti and...
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Christchurch 2023, New Zealand 2023, Bhajana-rahasya 2023, Nishanta-lila, bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, sakhis: types, spiritual paths: vidhi-marga
23 Oct 2023 morning – Commentary on Sri Bhajana-Rahasya (Hindi) – Christchurch, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The internal symptoms of bhava and rati. The example of Paraksit Maharaja. Sri Bhajana-Rahasya: the meaning of jata and ajata-rati-sadhaka, their external and internal symptoms. The meaning of nisanta-bhajana. Symptoms of those who practice devotional service, bhakti. Verse: tasmin mahan-mukharitā madhubhic-caritra (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 4.29.39-40). The symptoms of raganuga-bhaki and vaidhi-bhakti. The process from sraddha to prema. The difference between vidhi-marga and raga-marga. Story of...
2022, Discourses in Hindi 2022, Delhi 2022, India 2022, gopis: nitya-siddha, karma: previous life, service: cooking, spiritual paths: vidhi-marga
28 Nov 2022 morning – Question & Answer (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Kanishta adhikari follows vidhi-marga.-What is vidhi-marga?-Difference in ragatmika-bhakti of Hanuman & Vrajavasis.-Raga-marg sadhakas first follow vidhi-marga.-Some do archana in bhava-marga based on previous life samskara.-Sadhaka in raga-marg is following vidhi-marg but internally desiring to attain nitya-siddha Vrajavasis bhava.-Archana means vidhi-marga. Why is sadhaka made to do archana?-By cooking for Bhagavan mamatha comes & by archana regulative life occurs.-In tattva...
2022, Discourses in English 2022, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2022, Undisclosed, Brazil 2022, Brihad-bhagavatamrita 2022, aparadhas (offences), mantra: gopala-mantra, spiritual paths: vidhi-marga
17 Jul 2022 morning – Brihad-bhagavatamrita (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Full video -Gopa-kumara meeting his Gurudeva, hearing hari-katha from him, serving him milk & getting initiated with gopala-mantra.-Gopa-kumara’s Guru Jayanta disappearing after he left for Yamuna to fetch water & Gopa-kumara also leaving Vrindavana feeling viraha of guru.-In Prayaga Gopa-kumara’s conversation with brahmana who worships Salagrama Sila.-Gopa-kumara going to Ananta Padmanabha Swamy temple-Description of Lord Ananta Padmanabha Swamy.-Brahmanas follow strictly...
2022, Discourses in Hindi 2022, Delhi 2022, India 2022, Pradyumna Misra, spiritual paths: vidhi-marga
20 May 2022 – Types of Prema (Hindi) – Delhi, India (darshana) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Prema-dharma preached by Raya Ramananda & Svarupa Damodara.-Topmost prema present in ayi dina dayadranath mathura natha sloka.-3 types of prema: uthkantha-mayi, vishrambha & viveksunya-prema.-By Krsna’s darshana only viraha due to uthkantha-mayi-prema will be under control but not by pacifying.-Uddhava pacifies sakhas but can’t pacify gopis.-Sakhas prema is vishrambha-prema.-Viveksunya-prema in trees, birds & animals.-Pradyumna Misra meeting Raya Ramananda & their...