Vyasadeva

2025, Discourses Translated into English 2025, Dvaraka 2025, India 2025, Bhagavata-saptaha in Dvaraka 2025, rasa dance: rasa-lila, Twelve Mahajanas, Vedavyasa, viraha (separation in divine love): 3 types of viraha (bhavi-viraha; bhavana-viraha; and bhavya-viraha), Vyasadeva, Bhagavata-saptaha in Dvaraka 2025

13 Nov 2025 evening – Sri Bhagavata-saptaha, day 7 (English translation) – Dvaraka, India

November 13, 2025 6:00 PM

– Sukadeva Gosvami clarified all of Pariksit Maharaja’s doubts.– Without the mood of a lover, rasa-lila cannot be performed.– Rasa-lila is the highest pastime.– Impersonal jnanis see God as a light (brahman); yogis see Him as Paramatma; and devotees see Him personally, as Bhagavan.– Vyasadeva’s lila with Ganesh.– Krsna’s lila with Putana is an example of Krsna’s magnanimous mercy.– Yogamaya’s lila with Kamsa.– Kamsa...

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14 Aug 2025 morning – Krsna Manifests Himself to the Jiva (Hindi) | Delhi, India

August 14, 2025 7:00 AM

– Krsna is the one who tastes transcendental sweets. He is ananda-mayi-brahma; there is no unhappiness in Him. – There is nothing and no one superior or greater than the Lord. – The Lord has no form or material qualities; He is totally spiritual and transcendental. – Sloka that defines the greatness of Krsna: īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ… (Brahma Samhita 5.1). – Gaudiya Vaisnavas accept and worship the form of the Lord, but Advaitavadas do not...

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14 Aug 2025 morning – Krsna Manifests Himself to the Jiva (English translation) | Delhi, India

August 14, 2025 7:00 AM

– Krsna is the one who tastes transcendental sweets. He is ananda-mayi-brahma; there is no unhappiness in Him.– There is nothing and no one superior or greater than the Lord.– The Lord has no form or material qualities; He is totally spiritual and transcendental.– Sloka that defines the greatness of Krsna: īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ… (Brahma Samhita 5.1).– Gaudiya Vaisnavas accept and worship the form of the Lord, but Advaitavadas do not...

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11 Jul 2025 morning – Narada Rsi’s Mercy to Vyasadeva (English) | Houston, USA

July 11, 2025 7:00 AM

– Nityananda Prabhu first offered the garland to Caitanya Mahaprabhu, not to Vyasa, to explain that the original Guru is Krsna. – Caitanya is not an ordinary human being; He is Krsna Himself. – Through disciplic succession, Krsna gave all the potency of His heart to Brahmaji, and Brahma passed this potency to Narada Rsi. – Vyasa was feeling discomfort in his mind, even though he had accomplished the great work of manifesting many Scriptures. – Narada Rsi explained...

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10 Jul 2025 evening – Guru Purnima: Life and Contribution of Veda Vyasa (Hindi) | Houston, USA

July 10, 2025 6:00 PM

– When punya (pious activities) from many lives accumulate, we attain sadhu-sanga. – Today is the most auspicious day of celebration for the appearance of Veda Vyasa. – Parasara Rsi and Satyavati (Matsyagandha) are the father and mother of Veda Vyasa. – Story of Satyavati’s birth. – Story of Vyasa Deva’s birth. – Vyasa means “one who diffuses,” spreads Vedic knowledge; he wrote all the Vedas, Upanisads, Itihasas, and Puranas. –...

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29 Apr 2025 evening – Life Span (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 29, 2025 8:29 PM

The time we stay in this body is defined by our past karma. In this material world, whoever is born will have to die. Dhrtarastra asks Vyasadeva why his 100 sons had already died before him (Bhagavad Gita). Exposition of the reasons for the Battle of Kuruksetra. Krsna is the controller of birth and death, and according to karma everything is arranged. Surprising katha of Markandeya Rsi that takes place in Satya-yuga, in which his mother hears from an astrologer that her son would die at the age...

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29 Apr 2025 morning (airport) – End of Karma (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 29, 2025 8:26 AM

Explanation about the manifestation of Srimad Bhagavatam. About the end of karma only happening with complete surrender to Guru and Krsna. The Caitanya Caritamrta clarifies that the devotee, upon surrendering to the Guru, begins to be taken care of by Krsna. In Madhurya-Kadambini, Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura explains that, by simply chanting a namabhasa, a stage in which one has not yet reached pure chanting, karma is destroyed. There is a need for a little karma to maintain the body here in...

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12 Jan 2025 midday – Bhakti-tattva (English) | Garopaba Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

January 12, 2025 12:48 PM

00:00:00 – Listen to Hari-katha, otherwise the mind will be restless.0:03:00 – Opening prayers.0:07:20 – Bhaktivedanta Swami Sarasvati Prabhupada explains: only Hari-katha can protect us from Maya, when heard from the mouth of a rasika Vaishnava.0:13:20 – To offer respects mentally to one who chants the holy names; one who has taken diksha should offer pranams.0:13:40 – Ninda (criticism) is speaking that which is untrue. Do not speak if you are not sure of the...

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