-Lord Jagannatha’s form is mahabhava-prakasa.
-Svetasvatara Upanishad explains Lord has beautiful form which is transcendental
-When sadhaka comes to prema-dasa one will realise mahabhava.
-Different stages from sraddha to prema & prema’s different levels.
-When Lord mercifully manifests all tattva one will understand.
-Mahaprabhu told Jagannatha You aren’t vigraha but son of Nanda Maharaja.
-To give pleasure to all devotees in different rasas Lord manifests many forms & simultaneously He is relishing also.
-Indradyumna Maharaja hearing about Nila-Madhava from a brahmana & desiring to have darshana & sending his men in 4 directions to find Nila-Madhava.
-Vidyapati taking darshana of Nila-Madhava with the help of his wife Lalita & father-in-law Visvavasu.
-Vidyapati thinking of suicide after seeing a crow attain Vaikuntha.
-Indradyumna Maharaja can’t get Nila-Madhava darshana & an aerial voice says 4 logs of wood would come in sea to be used for Nila-Madhava’s deity.
-Daru Brahma (logs of wood) moved to shore by Vidyapati & Visvavasu.
-Brahmana agreed to carve deity provided temple doors are closed for 21 days.
-Gundicha-devi forced Indradyumna Maharaja to open temple doors & could see the Lord without hands, legs, dilated eyes.
-An aerial voice proclaiming to worship in that Jagannatha form.
-When you see the Lord on a chariot you will get liberated.
-Lord can do the function of one limb with any other limb.
-Lila of Jagannatha taking everything from a devotee offering & giving back His remnants.
-Lila behind the current tradition of singing Jayadeva Gosvami’s Gita-Govinda before resting Jagannatha.
Brazil, Festivals, Lectures in English, Translated into Portuguese, Brazil 2022
