Church XL – It is very rare for a jiva to hear harikatha. – Our life as a drop of water on a lotus petal – Durlabha mānaśo deho illustrates this (S.B. 11.2.29). – Speciality of the human body is to achieve suddha-bhakti. – Tulasi Das tells our fortune to receive Sadhu-sanga by mercy of Lord Ramacandra. – We must relentlessly endeavour for spiritual life, as like the lion hunts the deer. – Pastimes of Mukunda Datta and his son, Raghunandana. – Lord...
Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.2.29
07 Jul 2025 midday – The Types of Bhakti (English) | Miami, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Mahaprabhu came to give the highest divine love that exists to everyone, without discrimination. – Verse: anarpita-carīṁ cirāt karuṇayāvatīrṇaḥ kalau (CC Adi-lila 1.4). – The difference between maan, maan-abhasa and kroda. – Verse: kṛṣṇa-kāntā-gaṇa dekhi tri-vidha prakāra (CC Adi-lila 4.74). – The difference between sadhana-bhakti, bhava-bhakti and prema-bhakti. – Verse: kṛti-sādhyā bhavet sādhya-bhāvā sā sādhanābhidhā (CC Madhya 22.105). – The gopis...
15 May 2024 evening – How to Receive Diksha and Serve (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Human life is very rare: durlabho mānuṣo deho dehināṁ kṣaṇa-bhaṅguraḥ (SB 11.2.29)
Vishrambhena guru-seva.
He who has no common sense, how can he attain transcendental knowledge?
The meaning of diksha.
One needs good qualification (sat-guna) to serve God.
Sadhana-siddhi, bhava-siddhi, svarupa-siddhi and vastu-siddhi.
The gopis will give you training.
Hari-katha is the essence of human life.
ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇaṁ (Sri Shikshashtaka 1)
25 Jan 2023 morning -Sri Vasanta-panchami/Raghunatha dasa Gosvami (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-If you serve the Vaishnavas and Krishna on Vasantha-panchami day, you will attain a benefit that I even cannot explain in my life-The demigods dream of serving the Vaishnavas, Radha, Krishna and Mahaprabhu on that day-Bhaktis tu bhagavad-bhakta sangena parijayate-The story of how, thanks to sukriti, a mouse became a princess, а devotee of the Lord in his next life-Prapya punya-krtam lokan sloka: If someone has not attained perfection in devotional service, Krishna will give him birth into a...