About the importance of Guru Tattva. The importance of not criticizing but, at the same time, of speaking the truth. About the need to take shelter at the lotus feet of a Guru who is from the Vaisnava Sampradaya and to see if the Guru has Parampara. How Srimati Radhika’s prema was transmitted from Herself to Madhavendra Puripada, who passed it on to Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who passed it on to Rupa Gosvami Pada. About the nine phases of bhakti explained by Rupa Gosvami Pada. About the duty of...
Guru-tattva
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01 Feb 2024 evening – The Dedication of the Guru and Guru-Seva (English) – Seattle, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada said that it is not at all easy to bring a person to Krsna Consciousness. – It is necessary to spend five hundred gallons of blood to bring a person to Krishna consciousness. Each gallon contains more than four liters. – Example of the worm that lives in feces and sometimes returns when removed. the souls conditioned to the material world are like this. – Teachings contained in Uddhava Samvada. – It is only possible to reach...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Seattle 2024, USA 2024, Guru is Brahma Vishnu Maheshvara, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhakti: bhakti-yoga (path of devotion; the practice of connecting with Krishna through devotional service; the process of awakening love for Krishna), maha-mantra: meaning of the word, universe
01 Feb 2024 midday – Guru Tattva (English) – Seattle, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Brahma created the material world. The Guru is called Brahma because he creates suddha-bhakti in the hearts of his disciples. Visnu nourishes the entire Universe. The Guru is called Visnu because he sustains and protects his disciples with suddha-bhakti. Siva destroys the entire material world. The Guru is called Mahesvara because he destroys all the anarthas in the hearts of his disciples. Guru: “gu” means darkness, “ru” means light. The Guru is the one who eliminates the darkness from the...
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06 Jan 2024 midday – Guru-tattva and Bhagavat-tattva (English) – Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Guru is like Brahma. – Guru’s duty is to destroy anarthas in a disciple’s heart. – Gurvashtaka. – Gurudeva is called Bhagavan because he knows the past, present and future. – Bhagavan has 6 opulences. – Ashraya and vishaya. – Jiva-tattva Brahma and Bhagavat-tattva Brahma. – Jiva-koti Shiva and Ishvara-koti Shiva. – Svayama-rupa, tadekatma-rupa, avesha-rupa. – Narada Rishi observing Krishna’s lilas in Dvaraka. – Rasa dance is...
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24 Apr 2022 evening – Guru-Nishtha, Guru-Bhakti (English) – Wales, United Kingdom
-Remnants of a vaishnava are very powerful.-Guru & vaishnavas are very kind.-2 kinds of upasana: mantra-mayi, svarasiki.-About the procedure for chanting the mantra by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura in Bhajana-rahasya-Gopa-kumara katha of receiving mantra from his guru & not knowing how to chant but having faith in guru.-Guru-nishtha is the backbone of our bhajana-sadhana.-You have to sacrifice your life at the lotus feet of Gurudeva & tattva-siddhanta will manifest.-By reading sastra...
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03 Feb 2022 morning – Our gurus descended from Goloka Vrindavana (English) – Mexico
-Shuddha-bhaktas come from Goloka Vrindavana here by order of Srimati Radhika-Svarupa is the name of Gopa-kumara in his form of a cowherd boyfriend of Krishna in Goloka Vrindavana-By attaining karma, jnana, yoga, tapasya you cannot reach God. Only by mercy of Srimati Radhika you will understand all tattva-siddhanta-Acaryam mam vijaniyat – sloka-Markata-vairagya, smashana-vairagya-Spiritual life from shraddha to madanakhya-mahabhava-Srila BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: In Kali-yuga only...