– Verse: tatraiva gaṅgā yamunā ca veṇī godāvarī sindhu sarasvatī ca…(Padyavali 44). – in Kali-yuga, the age of quarrel, everybody quarrels. – Krishna takes responsibility for purifying those who are one-pointed towards Him. – In Kali-yuga there are many diseases so only nama-sankirtana is possible. – Verse: ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanam bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpanam… (Shikshastaka 1). – Verse: nivṛtta-tarṣair upagīyamānād…(SB 10.1.4). – Verse: tṛṇād...
The Special Position of the Current Kali-yuga
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Wales 2025, United Kingdom 2025, The Special Position of the Current Kali-yuga, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), character quality: envy, lineage: guru-parampara
29 Jul 2025 midday – The Fortune of This Kali-yuga (English) | Wales, UK | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Reflection: If Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu had not come in this Kali-yuga. – On the manifestation of prema in the heart of the Guru-parampara. – The highest prema is coming from our Guru-parampara, and the qualified jivas (souls) accept it. – Illustration of a beautiful lake, where a black bumblebee can collect the honey from the lotus, and where frogs cannot taste it. – On the vessel needed to collect the prema that is being distributed indiscriminately by Lord...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Washington 2025, USA 2025, The Special Position of the Current Kali-yuga, sex: illicit sex
22 Jul 2025 morning – Kali Maharaja’s Shelter (English) | Washington, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Kali Maharaja and his duty to disturb. – A pastime in which Kali Maharaja surrenders to Pariksit Maharaja and asks for his shelter. – Explanation of the representation of the bull as the personification of religious principles, the Dharma, and of the cow as the personification of Mother Earth. – Kali Maharaja requests five places to take shelter: in gambling, in alcoholic beverages (intoxicants), in gold, in illicit sex, and in animal slaughterhouses. – Citation...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Hari-katha 2025 (Undisclosed country), Undisclosed, Sadhana-bhakti, The Special Position of the Current Kali-yuga, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), bhava: bhava-siddhi (perfection of bhava; attainment of the stage of bhava-bhakti), mood: vamya-bhava, perfection: vastu-siddhi/perfection of the self (attainment of one's eternal spiritual identity; realization of one's true nature), svarupa-siddhi: realization of one's spiritual identity (attainment of the eternal constitutional position of the soul; perfection of one's true nature)
01 May 2025 morning – Sadhana of Kali-yuga (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
To understand the love that the Gosvamis have in their hearts, it is necessary to read their books. About the book Prema Vivarta (Whirlwind of Prema) by Jagadananda Pandita. Vamya-bhava and daksina-bhava in parakiya-rasa. Four bhavas of parakiya: nivaranata, durlabhata, pracchana-kamakata and vamyata. The difference between the lover’s love in the spiritual world is in the material world. Transcendental lust is the love of the gopis. Lila of Krsna missing the vrajavasis in Dvaraka;...