26 Jun 2023 evening – Kurukshetra Milana and the Inner Meaning of Ratha Yatra (English) – Lisbon, Portugal | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
- The inner mood of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
- The story of Srila Gurudeva’s arrival at the Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti at the Sri Devananda Gaudiya Matha in Navadwipa.
- At that time Srila BV Narayana Goswami Maharaja preached the Kurukshetra-milana-katha.
- The Ratha Yatra is Lord Jagannatha’s journey from Kuruksetra to Vrndavana. This is the mood of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
- All our sins and offences are destroyed by having darshan (vision) and offering obeisances to Lord Jagannatha in the chariot.
- All the Vrajavasis, kings and queens, rishis, munis, gopis, gopas, went to Kurukshetra to meet Krishna.
- In Srimad-Bhagavatam, the highest feeling of separation of the gopis is described in this meeting with Krishna – Kurukshetra-milana.
- Verse: gopyaś ca kṛṣṇam upalabhya cirād abhīṣṭaṁ yat-prekṣaṇe dṛśiṣu pakṣma-kṛtaṁ śapanti (…) Srimad Bhagavatam (10.82.39).
- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is absorbed in the feeling of separation, thinking that it is Radha who feels separation from Krishna, in Kurukshetra.
- Krishna explains to the gopis that long separation depends on time (kala).
- Five tattvas: Isvara (Supreme Controller), jiva (living entities), prakriti (matter, nature), kala (time) and karma ( fruitive activities).
- To know the Lord, one must practise devotional service.
- The Lord is one, but has three aspects: Brahman ( effulgence ), Paramatma ( Supersoul ) and Bhagavan ( Supreme Personality of Godhead ).
- Verse: āhuś ca te nalina-nābha padāravindaṁ yogeśvarair hṛdi vicintyam agādha-bodhaiḥ (…) Srimad Bhagavatam (10.82.48).
- Lalita, Vishakha, Rupa Manjari are parikara-tattva, not jiva-tattva.
- The gopis have no corporeal material conception and are angry with Krishna who tells them to meditate on Paramatma like yogis.
