Swami B.P. Padmanabha's 2022 Lectures: Recent Episodes
Swami B. P. Padmanabha
Swami Padmanabha is an author, monk and one of the most renowned practitioners of the ancient mystic tradition of Bhakti Yoga in America and Europe.
His versatility is displayed in different areas, being a prominent speaker, prolific musician, scholar in different disciplines and leader of spiritual communities.
He was born on November 15th in 1980, in a loving and simple family that gave him a formation with beautiful values and ideals. From a very tender age, a strong thirst in relation to truth and life´s ultimate purpose awakened in Swami, which led him to travel different paths.
His restless intellect led him to deep studies and contact with different ascetic disciplines. In this search he got in touch with the message of the Hindu Devotional Vedanta (also called bhakti), which would eventually become his spiritual path for life.
At the age of 19, Swami begins his priestly life and at the age of 28 he officially accepts the order of sannyasa, which teaches about how to move in the world without becoming attached to it.
Swami Padmanabha keeps developing and encouraging innumerable projects linked to philosophy, psychology, art, and, especially, he carries out a broad campaign of social awareness through multiple discussions, seminars, retreats and articles in social media. He is also engaged in academic circles, giving talks at different universities around the globe.
When he is not traveling around the world, Swami mainly resides in Godrum, a spiritual community located in a beautiful island in Argentina. From there, he inspires members of the community and visitors who come from different countries with his teachings and personal example. His deep humanity and sharp vision combined with resounding personal integrity, make him an undeniable spiritual referent for the present times we are living.
Author of Inherent or Inherited: Bhakti in the Jiva According to Gaudiya Vedanta
Radical Personalism Series, Lecture 5: “Vulnerability & Empowerment (part 1): Staying Strong by Embracing our Weakness”
Lecture given at Ananda-asrama, North Carolina on December 27, 2022
Personalism vs Impersonalism Explained
An interview with Arjuna from @TheologyUnleashed, released on December 21, 2022
Radical Personalism Series, Lecture 4: “Reasons to Remain or Leave as a Gaudiya Vaisnava”
Lecture given at Ananda-asrama, North Carolina on December 20, 2022
Radical Personalism Series, Lecture 3: “The Collective Unconscious of the Gaudiya Sampradaya”
Lecture given at Ananda-asrama, North Carolina on December 13, 2022
Radical Personalism Series, Lecture 2: “Holy Shift: Upgrading our Gaudiya Paradigm”
Lecture given at Ananda-asrama, North Carolina on December 6, 2022
Radical Personalism Series, Lecture 1: “Upgrading My Loyalty as a Gaudiya by Critiquing My Own Tradition”
Lecture given at Ananda-asrama, North Carolina on November 29, 2022
Rasa-lila: Life is a Sacred Circular Dance—Not a Mere Survival
Lecture given at Ananda-asrama, North Carolina on November 7, 2022
Sri Gopastami: Transitions & Rites of Passage in God´s Life—And Our Own
Lecture given at Ananda-asrama, North Carolina on November 1, 2022
Govardhana-puja: The Most Unexpected Shelter During the Most Unexpected Tragedy
Lecture given at Ananda-asrama, North Carolina on October 25, 2022
What Shines in the Darkness: Learning from Crisis, Uncertainty & Paradox
Lecture given at Ananda-asrama, North Carolina on October 20, 2022
Sri Brahma-stuti, Conclusion (part 3): Brahma’s Ultimate Success in Gaura-lila
Lecture given at Madhuvan, Costa Rica on August 31th, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Conclusion (part 2), How to Really Understand the Vrajavasis´ Love
Lecture given at Madhuvan, Costa Rica on August 30, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Conclusion (part 1): What Happened After Brahma Left?
Lecture given at Madhuvan, Costa Rica on August 29, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Verse 40: Brahma´s Final Prayer
Lecture given at Madhuvan, Costa Rica on August 26, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Verse 39: Brahma Asks Permission to Leave
Lecture given at Madhuvan, Costa Rica on August 25, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Verse 38: Brahma Fully Knows that He Doesn´t Know
Lecture given at Madhuvan, Costa Rica on August 24, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Verse 37: The Ultimate Reason for Krishna´s Nara-lila on Earth
Lecture given at Madhuvan, Costa Rica on August 23, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Verse 36: Nothing is a Shackle if Connected to Krishna´s Seva
Lecture given at Madhuvan, Costa Rica on August 22, 2022
Srila Prabhupada Avirbhava Mahotsava: His Unique Identity as Portrayed in his Pranama-mantra
Lecture given at Madhuvan, Costa Rica on August 20, 2022
Sri Krishna Janmastami: The True Meaning & Implications of Krishna´s Birth
Lecture given at Madhuvan, Costa Rica on August 19, 2022
Q & A:
•Is Nanda Maharaja a Denizen of Heaven?
•Is Mahaprabhu Aware of his Existence as Krishna?
•Who is Subhadra in Gaura-lila?
•Which is the Type of Radha-bhava that Mahaprabhu Experiences in Nitya Navadvipa?
•Is Svayam Bhagavan Krishna in the Aprakata-lila when He Performs his Prakata-lila?
Lecture given at Madhuvan, Costa Rica on August 18, 2022
Japa Retreat, Lecture 6: Concluding Thoughts
Lecture given at Madhuvan, Costa Rica on August 18, 2022
Q & A:
•Levels of Chanting According to One´s Stage in Bhakti
•Is Krsna the One who Desires to Receive some Specific Service from Us or are We the Ones who Desire to Offer that to Him?
•The Difference Between Bhakta-rupa and Bhakta-avatara
Lecture given at Madhuvan, Costa Rica on August 17, 2022
Japa Retreat, Lecture 5: Accessing the Domain of Sacred Prayer
Lecture given at Madhuvan, Costa Rica on August 17, 2022
Japa Retreat, Lecture 4: A Novel Approach to Nama-aparadha
Lecture given at Madhuvan, Costa Rica on August 16, 2022
Japa Retreat, Lecture 3: Detecting the Main Obstacles to our Chanting
Lecture given at Madhuvan, Costa Rica on August 15, 2022
Japa Retreat, Lecture 2: The Glorious Ontology of Sri Nama Prabhu
Lecture given at Madhuvan, Costa Rica on August 13, 2022
Japa Retreat, Lecture 1: The Need for Retreats
Lecture given at Madhuvan, Costa Rica on August 12, 2022
220811 Sri Baladeva Purnima: Crystal is the Color of Transparency and Proper Representation
Lecture given at Madhuvan, Costa Rica on August 11, 2022
Q & A:
•Seriousness and Laughter in Bhakti
•Is it Possible to Take Precautions in Life and Remain Surrendered?
- How to be Kind to Ourselves as Bhaktas?
Lecture given at Mahaprabhu Mandira, Bulgaria on August 2, 2022
Q & A:
•A Bumblebee Trapped in the Heart
•How to Deal with the World at Our Present Times?
•Why Sastra Promises Quick Attainment of the Goal but we Don´t See Many Devotees Attaining it?
•Is There a Nitya Jagannatha Puri?
•Is Gambhira Where Gaura Needs more Assistance?
•Chanting our Rounds Without Interruption
•What is the Mood of our Gaudiya Prayer?
Lecture given at Sadananda & Prema Devi´s House, Zurich on July 31, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Verse 35: Brahma´s Ultimate Bewilderment and Krishna´s Eternal Debt
Lecture given at Ananda-dhama, Switzerland on July 30, 2022
Q & A
•Does Krishna Actually Like Milk Products?
•The Vrajavasis´ Second Naivete
•Srimad Bhagavatam as a Revised Edition of the Bhagavata Purana
•Considerations on Devotional Samadhi
Lecture given at Ananda-dhama, Switzerland on July 29, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Verse 34: Brahma Prays for Bathing in the Dust of Vraja
Lecture given at Ananda-dhama, Switzerland on July 29, 2022
Srila B. R. Sridhara Deva Goswami´s Tirobhava Mahotsava
Lecture given at Ananda-dhama, Switzerland on July 28, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Verse 33: Brahma and the Devas are also Fortunate
Lecture given at Ananda-dhama, Switzerland on July 28, 2022
Q & A:
- The Drama of Life and Death
- Understanding the Principle of Dasadasadasanudasa
- The Svarupa of the Jiva
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Lecture given at Ananda-dhama, Switzerland on July 27, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Verse 32: How Fortunate! How Fortunate!
Lecture given at Ananda-dhama, Switzerland on July 27, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Verse 31: Krishna is Greedy for the Vrajavasis´ Milk
Lecture given at Ananda-dhama, Switzerland on July 26, 2022
Q & A:
•Accepting Sickness and Problems in Our Worship
•How to Face Death on a Practical Level?
•Is it Correct to Practice Thinking that we May Die Soon?
•Why are the Gopis Mostly Males in Gaura-lila?
•Hearing Lila Before or After Becoming Pure?,
•How Much Should We Become Involved in Relative Issues?
Lecture given at Ananda-dhama, Switzerland on July 25, 2022
220725a Brahma-stuti, Verse 30: Brahma prays for Dasya-bhava
Lecture given at Ananda-dhama, Switzerland on July 25, 2022
Q & A:
•Effort and Grace in the Context and Nama-seva
•Why Dasa Goswami Addresses Krishna as Bakabhida in Manah-siksa 5?
•How to Appreciate Other Spiritual Traditions?
Lecture given at Ananda-dhama, Switzerland on July 23, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Verse 29: A Slight Trace of Grace
Lecture given at Ananda-dhama, Switzerland on July 23, 2022
Q & A:
•Is the Atma Geographically Located in the Material or Spiritual Worlds?
•Which is the Svarupa of our Acaryas in Gaura-lila, How Important Diksa Is?
•Why Brahma Had to Wait so Long Before the Darsana of Sakhya-bhava?
•The Lila is Eternally the Same but Krishna Does get Old?
Lecture given at Ananda-dhama, Switzerland on July 22, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Verse 28: Dismissing the Unreal in Order to Accept Reality
Lecture given at Ananda-dhama, Switzerland on July 22, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Verse 27: The Ignorance of the Ignorant Astonishes Brahma
Lecture given at Vaisnava Culture Festival, Poland on July 15, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Verse 26: Both Liberation and Bondage are Illusory
Lecture given at Vaisnava Culture Festival, Poland on July 14, 2022
220713 Sri Guru Purnima: To Celebrate Guru Always Implies Celebrating Our Duty as Disciple
Lecture given at Vaisnava Culture Festival, Poland on July 13, 2022
220712b Brahma-stuti, Verse 25: Bhagavan is the Root of the Atma
Lecture given at Vaisnava Culture Festival, Poland on July 12, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Verse 24: How Secret Knowledge is Imparted
Lecture given at Sri Caitanya Dhama, Finland on July 4, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Verse 23: The Many Attributes of Sri Hari
Lecture given at Sri Caitanya Dhama, Finland on July 3, 2022
220702b Q & A
•Different Dimensions in Lila According to Krishna Ages
•The Names of Radha and Balarama in the Maha-mantra
•History and Possibilities of Siddha-Pranali, Is Rohini Aware of Krishna´s Parakiya?
Lecture given at Sri Caitanya Dhama, Finland on July 2, 2022
220702a Brahma-stuti, Verse 22: The Experience of Maha-maya
Lecture given at Sri Caitanya Dhama, Finland on July 2, 2022
Sri Ratha-yatra According to Dvaraka Dhama
Lecture given at Sri Caitanya Dhama, Finland on July 1, 2022
220630b Gundica-marjana-lila
Lecture given at Sri Sadbhuja Mandira, Finland on June 30, 2022
220630a Brahma-stuti, Verse 21: The Where’s, How’s, and When’s of Krishna´s Form
Lecture given at Sadbhuja Mandira, Finland on June 30, 2022
Tirobhava Mahotsava: Sri Gadadhara Pandita & Sri Thakura Bhaktivinoda
Lecture given at Sad-bhuja Mandira, Finland on June 28, 2022
Q & A
- Does Arjuna Accompany Krishna Constantly in his Earthly Lilas?
- Is a Devotee Living in a Temple More Advanced than those Living Outside?
- Should we Understand every Statement of Sastra Literally?
Lecture given at Taruna Yoga-shala, Sofia on June 26, 2022
220626 Brahma-stuti, Verse 20: Krishna is the Root of All Lila-avataras
Lecture given at Mahaprabhu Mandira, Sofia on June 26, 2022
Q & A
- Who Remained in Brahma´s Post after Brahma Attained Perfection as Haridasa Thakura?
- Dealing with Pride
- Why is it that Narasingha Appeared if Prahlada´s Istadeva was Krishna?
Lecture given at Mahaprabhu Mandira, Sofia on June 25, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Verse 19: Krishna is the Root of All Guna-avataras
Lecture given at Mahaprabhu Mandira, Sofia on June 26, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Verse 18: Krishna is the Most Charming Non-dual Brahman
Lecture given at Mahaprabhu Mandira, Sofia on June 24, 2022
Srivasa Pandita´s Tirobhava Mahotsava
Lecture given at Mahaprabhu Mandira, Sofia on June 23, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Verse 17: The Outside and Inside of Krishna´s Form is the Same
Lecture given at Mahaprabhu Mandira, Sofia on June 22, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Verse 16: Brahma Recalls Yasoda´s Vision
Lecture given at Mahaprabhu Mandira, Sofia on June 21, 2022
The Art of Agreeing to Disagree: Presentation of “Inherent or Inherited?”
Lecture given at B. K. Tirtha Maharaja´s asrama, Sofia on June 19, 2022
Q & A
•If Rasa is Tasted After More That One Lifetime
•Will we Always Receive a Guru in the Same Rasa?,
•How to Go from Understanding Surrender to Actually Being Surrendered
Lecture given at Mahaprabhu Mandira, Sofia on June 18, 2022
Sri Panihati´s Cida-dahi Danda Mahotsava
Lecture given at Bhaktivedanta Gaudiya Institute, Alachua on June 12, 2022
220611 Sri Gaura-kathamrita (part 3)
Lecture given at Bhaktivedanta Gaudiya Institute, Alachua on June 11, 2022
Q & A
•Finding Ourselves in Our Transformational Journey
•How to Meditate on Ourselves as Souls
•First Comes Dasya in Gaura-lila
•The Price for a Siddha-deha
Lecture given at Radha-Gopinatha Mandira, Alachua on June 10, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Verse 15: Brahma Reflects on Krishna´s Darsana
Lecture given at Radha-Gopinatha Mandira, Alachua on June 8, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Verse 14: God is an Aspect of Krishna
Lecture given at Radha-Gopinatha Mandira, Alachua on June 7, 2022
Sri Ratha-yatra According to Kuruksetra Dhama
Lecture given at Radha-Gopinatha Mandira, Alachua on June 6, 2022
Sri Gaura-kathamrita (part 2)
Lecture given at Bhaktivedanta Gaudiya Institute, Alachua on June 5, 2022
Sri Gaura-kathamrita (part 1)
Lecture given at Bhaktivedanta Gaudiya Institute, Alachua on June 4, 2022
Lecture given at The Harmony Collective, Michigan on May 30, 2022
Q & A
•Ascertaining our Adhikara and its Implications
•Acknowledging our Fanaticism
•What´s the Meaning of “First Deserve, Then Desire”?
•Are There Actually Too Many Ways of Displeasing Krishna?
Lecture given at The Harmony Collective, Michigan on May 28, 2022
Q & A
•My Opinion on Siddha-deha
•How Krishna Experience Pleasure Through our Senses?
•Implications of Existing under the Jurisdiction of Daivi-sakti
Lecture given at The Harmony Collective, Michigan on May 27, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Verse 13: Krishna is the Mother as well and the Father
Lecture given at The Harmony Collective, Michigan on May 26, 2022
Vrindavana Dasa Thakura´s Avirbhava Mahotsava
Lecture given at The Harmony Collective, Michigan on May 25, 2022
Guru, Sastra & Sadhu: Which is Paramount?
Lecture given at The Harmony Collective, Michigan on May 25, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Verse 12: Krishna is the Source of the Second Purusa
Lecture given at The Harmony Collective, Michigan on May 22, 2022
220522 Diving into Gaura-lila (part 2)
Lecture given at The Harmony Collective, Michigan on May 21, 2022
Diving into Gaura-lila (part 1)
Lecture given at The Harmony Collective, Michigan on May 20, 2022
Sri Raya Ramananda´s Tirobhava Mahotsava
Lecture given at The Harmony Collective, Michigan on May 20, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Verse 11: Krishna is the Source of the First Purusa
Lecture given at The Flute Song´s Farm, North Carolina on May 15, 2022
Radha-Ramana Avirbhava Mahotsava
Lecture given at Gopala-bhavana, North Carolina on May 14, 2022
Sri Narasingha Caturdasi 2022: Gaudiyas Worship the Golden Lion
Lecture given at Kanu-Rama´s and Heather’s Home, North Carolina on May 13, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Verse 10: Crying Yoga
ŚB 10.14.10
अत: क्षमस्वाच्युत मे रजोभुवो
ह्यजानतस्त्वत्पृथगीशमानिन: ।
अजावलेपान्धतमोऽन्धचक्षुष
एषोऽनुकम्प्यो मयि नाथवानिति ॥ १० ॥
ataḥ kṣamasvācyuta me rajo-bhuvo
hy ajānatas tvat-pṛthag-īśa-māninaḥ
ajāvalepāndha-tamo-’ndha-cakṣuṣa
eṣo ’nukampyo mayi nāthavān iti
Translation
Therefore, O infallible Lord, kindly excuse my offenses. I have taken birth in the mode of passion and am therefore simply foolish, presuming myself a controller independent of Your Lordship. My eyes are blinded by the darkness of ignorance, which causes me to think of myself as the unborn creator of the universe. But please consider that I am Your servant and therefore worthy of Your compassion.
Q & A at Ananda Asrama, North Carolina on May 11, 2022
•Meaning of Last Verse of Sri Vrindadevyastakam
•The Significance of the Songs of our Acaryas
•The Difference Between Doing What Pleases Krishna and Having the Intention to Please Him
Lecture given at Amal Syama´s and Atula-sakhi’s House, North Carolina on May 8, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Verse 9: The Art of Devotional Lamentation
ŚB 10.14.9
पश्येश मेऽनार्यमनन्त आद्ये
परात्मनि त्वय्यपि मायिमायिनि ।
मायां वितत्येक्षितुमात्मवैभवं
ह्यहं कियानैच्छमिवार्चिरग्नौ ॥ ९ ॥
paśyeśa me ’nāryam ananta ādye
parātmani tvayy api māyi-māyini
māyāṁ vitatyekṣitum ātma-vaibhavaṁ
hy ahaṁ kiyān aiccham ivārcir agnau
Translation
My Lord, just see my uncivilized impudence! To test Your power I tried to extend my illusory potency to cover You, the unlimited and primeval Supersoul, who bewilder even the masters of illusion. What am I compared to You? I am just like a small spark in the presence of a great fire.
Lecture given at Krishna Caitanya´s and Gopal Nandini’s House, North Carolina on May 7, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Verse 8: How Can We Inherit Krishna?
ŚB 10.14.8
तत्तेऽनुकम्पां सुसमीक्षमाणो
भुञ्जान एवात्मकृतं विपाकम् ।
हृद्वाग्वपुर्भिर्विदधन्नमस्ते
जीवेत यो मुक्तिपदे स दायभाक् ॥ ८ ॥
tat te ’nukampāṁ su-samīkṣamāṇo
bhuñjāna evātma-kṛtaṁ vipākam
hṛd-vāg-vapurbhir vidadhan namas te
jīveta yo mukti-pade sa dāya-bhāk
Translation
My dear Lord, one who earnestly waits for You to bestow Your causeless mercy upon him, all the while patiently suffering the reactions of his past misdeeds and offering You respectful obeisances with his heart, words and body, is surely eligible for liberation, for it has become his rightful claim.
Lecture given at Giriraja Mandira, North Carolina on May 6, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Verse 7: Everything is Measurable Except for Sri Krishna
ŚB 10.14.7
गुणात्मनस्तेऽपि गुणान् विमातुं
हितावतीर्णस्य क ईशिरेऽस्य ।
कालेन यैर्वा विमिता: सुकल्पै-
र्भूपांशव: खे मिहिका द्युभास: ॥ ७ ॥
guṇātmanas te ’pi guṇān vimātuṁ
hitāvatīṛnasya ka īśire ’sya
kālena yair vā vimitāḥ su-kalpair
bhū-pāṁśavaḥ khe mihikā dyu-bhāsaḥ
Translation
In time, learned philosophers or scientists might be able to count all the atoms of the earth, the particles of snow, or perhaps even the shining molecules radiating from the sun, the stars and other luminaries. But among these learned men, who could possibly count the unlimited transcendental qualities possessed by You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who have descended onto the surface of the earth for the benefit of all living entities?
Q & A at Ananda Asrama, North Carolina on May 4, 2022
•Are We Non-Different from our Siddha-deha?
•Features and Activities of the Different Gaudiya Parivaras
•In which Sense Mahaprabhu´s Gift is Beyond the Reach of Brahma and Siva?
•The Difference Between Codependency and Devotional Surrender
•Why Gaura Tastes Radha-bhava on Earth if He can do so in Nitya Navadvipa?
Lecture given at Ananda Asrama, North Carolina on May 1, 2022
Brahma-stuti, verse 6: The Formless Form of the Absolute
ŚB 10.14.6
तथापि भूमन्महिमागुणस्य ते
विबोद्धुमर्हत्यमलान्तरात्मभि: ।
अविक्रियात् स्वानुभवादरूपतो
ह्यनन्यबोध्यात्मतया न चान्यथा ॥ ६ ॥
tathāpi bhūman mahimāguṇasya te
viboddhum arhaty amalāntar-ātmabhiḥ
avikriyāt svānubhavād arūpato
hy ananya-bodhyātmatayā na cānyathā
Translation
Nondevotees, however, cannot realize You in Your full personal feature. Nevertheless, it may be possible for them to realize Your expansion as the impersonal Supreme by cultivating direct perception of the Self within the heart. But they can do this only by purifying their mind and senses of all conceptions of material distinctions and all attachment to material sense objects. Only in this way will Your impersonal feature manifest itself to them.
Lecture given at Ananda Asrama, North Carolina on April 30, 2022
Sri Gadadhara Pandita Avirbhava Mahotsava: The Supreme Personality of Radha
Lecture given at Ananda Asrama, North Carolina on April 29, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Verse 5: Yoga Bears Fruit Only Through Bhakti
ŚB 10.14.5
पुरेह भूमन् बहवोऽपि योगिन-
स्त्वदर्पितेहा निजकर्मलब्धया ।
विबुध्य भक्त्यैव कथोपनीतया
प्रपेदिरेऽञ्जोऽच्युत ते गतिं पराम् ॥ ५ ॥
pureha bhūman bahavo ’pi yoginas
tvad-arpitehā nija-karma-labdhayā
vibudhya bhaktyaiva kathopanītayā
prapedire ’ñjo ’cyuta te gatiṁ parām
Translation
O almighty Lord, in the past many yogīs in this world achieved the platform of devotional service by offering all their endeavors unto You and faithfully carrying out their prescribed duties. Through such devotional service, perfected by the processes of hearing and chanting about You, they came to understand You, O infallible one, and could easily surrender to You and achieve Your supreme abode.
Lecture given at Bhaktivan, Kansas on April 25, 2022
Vrindavana Dasa Thakura´s Tirobhava Mahotsava
Lecture given at Bhaktivan, Kansas on April 24, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Verse 4: The Uselessness of Jñana Without Bhakti
ŚB 10.14.4
श्रेय:सृतिं भक्तिमुदस्य ते विभो
क्लिश्यन्ति ये केवलबोधलब्धये ।
तेषामसौ क्लेशल एव शिष्यते
नान्यद् यथा स्थूलतुषावघातिनाम् ॥ ४ ॥
śreyaḥ-sṛtiṁ bhaktim udasya te vibho
kliśyanti ye kevala-bodha-labdhaye
teṣām asau kleśala eva śiṣyate
nānyad yathā sthūla-tuṣāvaghātinām
Translation
My dear Lord, devotional service unto You is the best path for self-realization. If someone gives up that path and engages in the cultivation of speculative knowledge, he will simply undergo a troublesome process and will not achieve his desired result. As a person who beats an empty husk of wheat cannot get grain, one who simply speculates cannot achieve self-realization. His only gain is trouble.
Q & A at Bhaktivan, Kansas on April 23, 2022
•Baladeva-tattva
•Meaning of Vrindadevyastakam´s Last Verse
•How Krishna Protects his Devotees?
Lecture given at Bhaktivan, Kansas on April 23, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Verse 3: The Glories of Brain-Dead Bhakti
ŚB 10.14.3
ज्ञाने प्रयासमुदपास्य नमन्त एव
जीवन्ति सन्मुखरितां भवदीयवार्ताम् ।
स्थाने स्थिता: श्रुतिगतां तनुवाङ्मनोभि-
र्ये प्रायशोऽजित जितोऽप्यसि तैस्त्रिलोक्याम् ॥ ३ ॥
jñāne prayāsam udapāsya namanta eva
jīvanti san-mukharitāṁ bhavadīya-vārtām
sthāne sthitāḥ śruti-gatāṁ tanu-vāṅ-manobhir
ye prāyaśo ’jita jito ’py asi tais tri-lokyām
Translation
Those who, even while remaining situated in their established social positions, throw away the process of speculative knowledge and with their body, words and mind offer all respects to descriptions of Your personality and activities, dedicating their lives to these narrations, which are vibrated by You personally and by Your pure devotees, certainly conquer Your Lordship, although You are otherwise unconquerable by anyone within the three worlds.
Lecture given at Bhaktivan, Kansas on April 22, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Verse 2: Krishna is a Byproduct of the Love of his Devotees
ŚB 10.14.2
अस्यापि देव वपुषो मदनुग्रहस्य
स्वेच्छामयस्य न तु भूतमयस्य कोऽपि ।
नेशे महि त्ववसितुं मनसान्तरेण
साक्षात्तवैव किमुतात्मसुखानुभूते: ॥ २ ॥
asyāpi deva vapuṣo mad-anugrahasya
svecchā-mayasya na tu bhūta-mayasya ko ’pi
neśe mahi tv avasituṁ manasāntareṇa
sākṣāt tavaiva kim utātma-sukhānubhūteḥ
Translation
My dear Lord, neither I nor anyone else can estimate the potency of this transcendental body of Yours, which has shown such mercy to me and which appears just to fulfill the desires of Your pure devotees. Although my mind is completely withdrawn from material affairs, I cannot understand Your personal form. How, then, could I possibly understand the happiness You experience within Yourself?
Q & A (at Bhaktivan, Kansas on April 22, 2022
•Definition and Problems of Teleological Inherence
•Nitya-siddha-prema Coming to Us
•Guru-bhakti and Krishna-bhakti
•Jiva Goswami´s Affinity for Sakhya
Lecture given at Bhaktivan, Kansas on April 21, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Lecture 3: Verse 1, The Unique Charming Form of Sri Vraja Krishna
ŚB 10.14.1
श्रीब्रह्मोवाच
नौमीड्य तेऽभ्रवपुषे तडिदम्बराय
गुञ्जावतंसपरिपिच्छलसन्मुखाय ।
वन्यस्रजे कवलवेत्रविषाणवेणु-
लक्ष्मश्रिये मृदुपदे पशुपाङ्गजाय ॥ १ ॥
śrī-brahmovāca
naumīḍya te ’bhra-vapuṣe taḍid-ambarāya
guñjāvataṁsa-paripiccha-lasan-mukhāya
vanya-sraje kavala-vetra-viṣāṇa-veṇu-
lakṣma-śriye mṛdu-pade paśupāṅgajāya
Translation
Lord Brahmā said: My dear Lord, You are the only worshipable Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and therefore I offer my humble obeisances and prayers just to please You. O son of the king of the cowherds, Your transcendental body is dark blue like a new cloud, Your garment is brilliant like lightning, and the beauty of Your face is enhanced by Your guñjā earrings and the peacock feather on Your head. Wearing garlands of various forest flowers and leaves, and equipped with a herding stick, a buffalo horn and a flute, You stand beautifully with a morsel of food in Your hand.
Lecture given at Bhaktivan, Kansas on April 19, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Lecture 2: Introduction (part 2), Significance & Intricacies of Brahma´s Prayers
Lecture given at Bhaktivan, Kansas on April 17, 2022
Brahma-stuti, Lecture 1: Introduction (part 1), Aghasura-lila & Brahma-vimohana-lila
Q&A at Bhaktivan, Kansas on April 16, 2022
•Gaura Refers to Saci´s Previous Life as Being Devaki
•The Relevance of Sannyasa-asrama in Modern Days
•Is Receiving Initiation becoming a Rare Thing?
•The Role of Diksa in Connection Harinama
•The Nature of the Soul in Connection to Bhakti
Lecture given at Bhaktivan, Kansas on April 15, 2022
Presentation of Inherent or Inherited?: The Need for Dynamism in our Gaudiya Sampradaya
Lecture given at Broome Street Ganesh, NYC on April 12, 2022
The Unique Treasure of Sadhu-sanga
Lecture given at Mauricio´s House, New Jersey on April 9, 2022
Sankirtana Movement Beyond the Script
Lecture given at Prit Govinda´s House, New Jersey on April 8, 2022
Priorities in Grihasta Life
Online lecture given at Premarnava Prabhu´s House, New Jersey on April 5, 2022
Traversing Anartha-nivritti
Lecture given at Bhakta Bandav, New York on April 3, 2022
The Charming Supremacy of Gaura-tattva
Online lecture given at Giriraja Mandira, North Carolina on March 28, 2022
Has Monasticism Reached Its Shelf Life?
Online lecture given at Giriraja Mandira, North Carolina on March 15, 2022
Book Launch: Inherent or Inherited? Bhakti in the Jiva According to Gaudiya Vedanta
Online lecture given at Sri Sri Kanu-Rama Mandira, Buenos Aires on March 11, 2022
Q & A (Good and Bad Karma in a Devotee´s Life, Tulasi-tattva)
Online lecture given at Sri Sri Kanu-Rama Mandira, Buenos Aires on March 4, 2022. Is Praying for Others During War Part of Uttama-bhakti?
Q&A with Swami B.P. Padmanabha on February 25, 2022 given at Jagannatha Mandira, Argentina
•Asuras in Krishna-lila: Tatastha-jivas or Nitya-parisadas?
•Harinama & Diksa in the Sarasvata Line
Q&A with Swami B.P. Padmanabha on February 18, 2022 at Godrum, Argentina
•Are Attachment and Affection the Same?
•The Role of Social Media in the Life of a Devotee
Online Lecture given by Swami B.P. Padmanabha on February 17, 2022 at Godrum, Argentina. The 4 Regs 2.0 - Updating our Approach to the Four Regulative Principles
Q&A with Swami B.P. Padmanabha on January 31, 2022 at Madhuvana, Costa Rica
•Krishna Upgrades his Adhikara as Mahaprabhu
•Go-dhuli as Uddipana for Every Rasa in Vraja
•Sri Nama Invoking Different Levels of Samadhi
Q&A with Swami B.P. Padmanabha on January 30, 2022 at Madhuvana, Costa Rica
•The Implications of Sadhu-sanga in Community Life
•Making our Relative Issues Part of the Lila
•Dealing with Pain, Regrets and Lack of Self-confidence
Online Lecture given by Swami B.P. Padmanabha on January 29, 2022 at Madhuvana, Costa Rica. Venu-gita (Lecture 24): Verse 10.21.20 & Conclusion
Online Lecture given by Swami B.P. Padmanabha on January 28, 2022 at Madhuvana, Costa Rica. Venu-gita (Lecture 23): Verse 10.21.19
Q&A with Swami B.P. Padmanabha on January 27, 2022 at Madhuvana, Costa Rica
•How does a Guru Receive the Disciple´s Karma?
•Vrindavana as a Physical and Mental Place of Residence
•Can we Do Anything in the Dhama and Nonetheless be Liberated?
•Differences Between Aparadha and Ninda
Online Lecture given by Swami B.P. Padmanabha on January 25, 2022 at Madhuvana, Costa Rica. Venu-gita (Lecture 22): Verse 10.21.18 (part 2)
Online Lecture given by Swami B.P. Padmanabha on January 24, 2022 at Madhuvana, Costa Rica. Venu-gita (Lecture 21): Verse 10.21.18 (part 1)
Online Lecture given by Swami B.P. Padmanabha on January 23, 2022 at Madhuvana, Costa Rica. Can Sex Be Bhakti?
Online Lecture given by Swami B.P. Padmanabha on January 22, 2022 at Madhuvana, Costa Rica. Venu-gita (Lecture 20): Verse 10.21.17 (part 2)
Online Lecture given by Swami B.P. Padmanabha on January 21, 2022 at Madhuvana, Costa Rica. Venu-gita (Lecture 19): Verse 10.21.17 (part 1)
Q&A with Swami B.P. Padmanabha on January 20, 2022 at Madhuvana, Costa Rica
•Some Words on Sri Ramacandra Kaviraja
•Meaning and Implications of “Ki Jaya!”
•Using an Alarm for Remembering Astakaliya-lila
Online Lecture given by Swami B.P. Padmanabha on January 18, 2022 at Madhuvana, Costa RicaVenu-gita Venu-gita (Lecture 18): Verse 10.21.16
Online Lecture given by Swami B.P. Padmanabha on January 17, 2022 at Madhuvana, Costa Rica. Venu-gita (Lecture 17): Verse 10.21.15 (part 2)
Online Lecture given by Swami B.P. Padmanabha on January 15, 2022 at Madhuvana, Costa Rica. Venu-gita (Lecture 16): Verse 10.21.15 (part 1)
Online Lecture given by Swami B.P. Padmanabha on January 14, 2022 at Madhuvana, Costa Rica. Venu-gita (Lecture 15): Verse 10.21.14
Q&A with Swami B.P. Padmanabha on January 13, 2022 at Madhuvana, Costa Rica
•How to Deal with Pride?
•Understanding the Gopis´ Husband’s Apparent Dislike towards Krishna
Online Lecture given by Swami B.P. Padmanabha on January 11, 2022 at Madhuvana, Costa Rica. Venu-gita (Lecture 14): Verse 10.21.13
Online Lecture given by Swami B.P. Padmanabha on January 10, 2022 at Madhuvana, Costa Rica. Venu-gita (Lecture 13): Verse 10.21.12
Online Lecture given by Swami B.P. Padmanabha on January 8, 2022 at Madhuvana, Costa Rica. Venu-gita (Lecture 12): Verse 10.21.11
Online Lecture given by Swami B.P. Padmanabha on January 7th, 2022 at Madhuvana, Costa Rica. Venu-gita (Lecture 11): Verse 10.21.10
Q&A with Swami B.P. Padmanabha on January 6th, 2022 at Madhuvana, Costa Rica
•How to Approach Sastra as a Sadhaka?
•Three Types of Sahajiyas
Online lecture given by Swami B.P. Padmanabha on January 4th, 2022 at Madhuvana, Costa Rica; Venu-gita (Lecture 10): Verse 10.21.9
Online lecture given by Swami B.P. Padmanabha on January 3rd, 2022 at Madhuvana, Costa Rica; Venu-gita (Lecture 9): Verse 10.21.8
Online lecture given by Swami B.P. Padmanabha on January 1st, 2022 at Madhuvana, Costa Rica; Venu-gita (Lecture 8): Verse 10.21.7