11/05/23 a.m. – Q & A (English) – England | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • About santa-rasa. But in Vrndavana everything is conscious. Although the elements of nature are in santa-rasa, everything in the nature of Vrndavana is serving, seva-vrtti.
  • Everything and everyone has love and affection for Krsna in Vrndavana.
  • The importance of Dhruva and Prahlada katha for common people, because if we speak very high kathas they don’t understand.
  • Explanation of how santa-rasa works in Vaikuntha.
  • What happens to souls that merge into brahma.
  • Sukadeva Gosvami is not a brahmavadi.
  • About the Four Kumaras.
  • Not all who speak rasa-katha are high devotees.
  • Hanuman would not go to Vrndavana, he could not bear to see Mother Yasoda twisting Krsna’s ears.
  • Haridasa Thakura does not have a location in Vraja.
  • Mugdhata and sarvajnata.
  • There is Narayana and Mula-Narayana Sri Krsna.
  • About the acyntia-bheda-abheda tattva concept.
  • Explanation of how Baladeva Prabhu perceives that Krsna has expanded into all of His friends and calves.
  • The beautiful lila in which Krsna disguises himself as Brahma while expanding into all cowherd boys and calves.
  • The Adorable Deity of Lord Brahma is Garbhodakasayi Visnu.
  • Krsna is only happy with Brahma’s prayers when he speaks the verse:
    aho bhāgyam aho bhāgyaṁ
    nanda-gopa-vrajaukasām
    yan-mitraṁ paramānandaṁ
    pUrṇaṁ brahma sanātanam
  • Brahma circulates Krsna only 3 times to enjoy that He was pleased with the verse “aho bhāgyam”.
  • Krsna’s pastimes are very sweet, but one must engage in tattva-siddhanta. However, if one remains only in tattva-siddhanta, one becomes jnani.
  • You need both: rasa-siddhanta and tattva-siddhanta.
  • Story of the jackal who fell into the blue dye.
  • About Srimati Radhika’s 5 categories of sakhis.
  • About the manjaris.

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