Krsna-lila and Goura-lila happen simultaneously. Dhira-lalita-nayaka Krsna stays in Vrndavana; Mathuradish Krsna is in Mathura; Dvarakadish Krsna is in Dvaraka. Krsna appears once every kalpa (one day of Brahma), a period of time that corresponds to a thousand times the four yugas). Mahaprabhu distributed prema to everyone, whether qualified or not. In this Dhanya-Kali-yuga (special yuga), He promised to liberate all living entities. Krsna gave prema only in Vrndavana, and Putana is an...
Krishna-tattva
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into French 2024, Mirepoix 2024, France 2024, Nishanta-lila, Krishna's Abode
15 May 2024 morning – Sweet Vraja-lilas (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The meaning of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra. Sri Radha is called Hara because she steals the heart of Krishna. The meaning of the name Krishna. The meaning of Srimati Radhika’s name Shyama. Radha-Krishna katha is not worldly, it is transcendental. Krishna is dhira-lalita-nayaka. 5 obstacles to the perception of transcendental knowledge: laya, vikshepa, apratipatti, kashaya, rasasvada. We, the Gaudiyas, do not say ‘Radha-Rama’, only ‘Radha-Ramana’. Shaunakadi Rishi...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Undisclosed, Germany 2024, ananyas cintayanto mam, gopyah kamad bhayat kamso, kamad dvesad bhayat snehad, yuyam nr-loke bata bhuri-bhaga, Bhagavad-gita 9.22, Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.1.30, Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.1.31, Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.1.32, Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.15.75, Krishna-tattva, character quality: envy, mantra: gopala-mantra
02 May 2024 evening – How to Reach Krishna (English) – Germany | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
In the process of cleaning the heart, when the heart becomes soft: anartha-nvrtti. Simplicity, when the heart becomes simple it is possible to understand Mahaprabhu’s instructions. Lila from Narada Muni and the hunter Mrgari. Whatever you need, Krsna will provide. Sloka: ananyāś cintayanto māṁ… (Bhagavad Gita 9.22). Lila of Krsna with Sudama Vipra. Bhakti does not depend on money, knowledge or beauty, it only depends on: how much love you have to give! Lila of Mahaprabhu and Kesava...
2024, Discourses in Bengali 2024, Kashinagar 2024, West Bengal 2024, India 2024, Krishna-tattva, Krishna: krishna-nama, Radha: radha-nama
03 Apr 2024 midday – Krishna is Attained Only Through Prema (Bengali) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Maya cannot be where Krishna is. The qualities of Bhagavan Krishna and His incarnations. The disciple should tolerate his guru’s punishment for spiritual development. The best way to invest and purify money. Knowledge is the way to donate, because it never diminishes when you donate it. The best knowledge to acquire is the knowledge of how to attain the lotus feet of Bhagavan. The story of a mouse who became a princess in her next life after she tasted the gheewick offered to the deity...
2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Kashinagar 2024, West Bengal 2024, India 2024, Krishna-tattva, Krishna: krishna-nama, Radha: radha-nama
03 Apr 2024 midday – Krishna is Attained Only Through Prema (English translation) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Maya cannot be where Krishna is. The qualities of Bhagavan Krishna and His incarnations. The disciple should tolerate his guru’s punishment for spiritual development. The best way to invest and purify money. Knowledge is the way to donate, because it never diminishes when you donate it. The best knowledge to acquire is the knowledge of how to attain the lotus feet of Bhagavan. The story of a mouse who became a princess in her next life after she tasted the gheewick offered to the deity...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2024, Caraguatatuba 2024, Brazil 2024, Krishna-tattva, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), rasa dance: rasa-lila
02 Jan 2024 midday – Krishna’s sweet boating pastimes (English) – Caraguatatuba, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Pastimes of Mahaprabhu and His associates, crossing the Ganges to each island of Nabadwip. – Krishna’s promise to the gopis in Kurukshetra that He will return to Vrindavana. – Krishna’s topmost lila is rasa-lila, vraja-parakiya-lila. – The sweet boating pastimes of rasa-lila. – By hearing rasa-lila, the topmost medicine, all bhada-jivas can be free from anarthas. – How to hear harikatha with aikuntiki shradha. – Pastime of Krishna disguised as a boat...
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Christchurch 2023, New Zealand 2023, Krishna-tattva, liberation, renunciation, renunciation (vairagya)
16 Oct 2023 morning – Yasoda and Nanda’s Love for Krishna (Hindi) – Christchurch, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The Lord is self-manifest, svayam-prakasa, and everything manifests from Him. One of the meanings of Brahma is Bhagavan, He who has six opulences (Caitanya Caritamrta). Verse: aiśvaryasya samagrasya (Visnu Purana 6.5.47). Question from Pariksit Maharaja: “What pious activities or austerities did Yasoda and Nanda do to be the parents of Krsna in the material world?” The benefits of giving birth to a Vaisnava. The meanings of the names Hari and Bhagavan. Yasoda and Nanda are the...
2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Christchurch 2023, New Zealand 2023, Krishna-tattva, liberation, renunciation, renunciation (vairagya)
16 Oct 2023 morning – Yasoda and Nanda’s Love for Krishna (English translation) – Christchurch, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The Lord is self-manifest, svayam-prakasa, and everything manifests from Him. One of the meanings of Brahma is Bhagavan, He who has six opulences (Caitanya Caritamrta). Verse: aiśvaryasya samagrasya (Visnu Purana 6.5.47). Question from Pariksit Maharaja: “What pious activities or austerities did Yasoda and Nanda do to be the parents of Krsna in the material world?” The benefits of giving birth to a Vaisnava. The meanings of the names Hari and Bhagavan. Yasoda and Nanda are the...