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Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.5.23

2025, anger, bhakti-yoga, envy, gross body, Material sound, subtle body, transcendental sound, Discourses in English, Perth, Australia, Australia 2025, sravanam kirtanam visnoh smaranam pada-sevanam, Hitopadesha 25, Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.7.4, Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.5.23, Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.5.24

25 Sep 2025 evening – Practice Bhakti Yoga (English) | Perth, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 25, 2025 6:00 PM

Yoga Centre, Perth, Australia – On the meaning of the word body. – Within the gross body there is the subtle body formed of mind, intelligence, and false ego; and within the subtle body there is the soul. – The spontaneous nature of the soul is to serve the Lord: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya — kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’… (CC Madhya-lila 108-109). – There are different philosophies, but the best is Bhakti-yoga: bhakti-yogena manasi samyak praṇihite ’male… (SB 1.7.4). – ⁠The word...

2025, Discourses in English, Florida, Miami, USA, USA 2025, ceto-darpana-marjanam bhava-maha-davagni-nirvapanam, mamottamasloka-janesu sakhyam samsara-cakre, na tad bhasayate suryo na sasanko na pavakah, satam prasangan mama virya-samvido, srnvatam sva-kathah krsnah punya-sravana-kirtanah, Bhagavad-gita 15.6, Chaitanya-charitamrita Antya 20.12, Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.2.17, Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.31.9, Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.25.25, Srimad-Bhagavatam 6.11.27, Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.5.23

07 Jul 2025 evening – The Glories of Bhagavat-Katha (English) | Miami, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

July 7, 2025 6:00 PM

– The glories of listening to Harikatha. – Verse: śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ (SB 1.2.17). – Verse: śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ smaraṇaṁ pāda-sevanam (SB 7.5.23). – ⁠Verse: satāṁ prasaṅgān mama vīrya-saṁvido bhavanti hṛt-karṇa rasāyanāḥ kathāḥ (SB 3.25.25). – Verse: tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ kavibhir īḍitaṁ kalmaṣāpaham (SB 10.31.9). – Verse: na tad bhāsayate sūryo na śaśāṅko na pāvakaḥ (BG 15.6). – Verse: mamottamaśloka-janeṣu...

2024, acintya-sakti, anarthas, rasa-lila, stages of bhakti, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Chinese, Online discourses 2024, sravanam kirtanam visnoh smaranam pada-sevanam, tava kathamrtam tapta-jivanam, Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.31.9, Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.5.23

05 Dec 2024 midday – The Power of Harikatha Spoken by a Pure Devotee – Harikatha Online for Chinese Devotees (English) | Skype, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 5, 2024 12:47 PM

Srila Gurudeva speaks sweet words to the Chinese devotees. Krsna is wonderful and merciful and arranges for the devotees to meet Gurudeva. One must nourish the soul, not just the body. Harikatha nourishes the soul. If we do not hear Harikatha, material desires enter the heart. Prahlada Maharaja said: śrī-prahrāda uvāca śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ… (SB 7.5.23-24). Hearing Harikatha brings great strength to our body, mind and soul. Rasa-lila-katha is a powerful medicine. ⁠Harikatha removes all...

2023, anarthas, bad association, guru's mercy, offences, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Portuguese, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Brazil 2023, sravanam kirtanam visnoh smaranam pada-sevanam, Chaitanya-charitamrita Madhya 20.108, Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.5.23, Gundicha-marjana, Gundicha-marjana-lila

14 June 2023 evening – Gundicha-marjana-lila (English) – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 14, 2023 6:14 PM

Snana-yatra lila. Mahaprabhu cleaned the Gundicha temple Himself and supervised the devotees to clean it. Anarthas: (1) svarupa-bhrama (illusion about spiritual identity), (2) asat-trsna (thirst for that which is unreal; that is, material enjoyment), (3) aparadha (offences) and (4) hrdaya-daurbalya (weakness of heart). Dharma, the topmost nature of people is to serve Krishna (CC Madhya 20.108). Song: Jiva jago jiva jago. Enechi ausadhi maya nasibara lagi’: Maha-mantra is the medicine...

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