18 Sep 2023 morning – Radha Tattva – Sri Caitanya Caritamrta: Madhya-lila, Chap. 8 (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • Srimati Radhika is hladini-sakti, She gives pleasure to Krsna, thus He tastes ananda-rasa.
  • Srimati Radhika is mahabhava-svarupini.
  • The six symptoms of mahabhava.
  • The sakhis are different manifestations of Srimati Radhika.
  • Adi-rasa is sringara-rasa: conjugal love, the source of all rasas, and Srimati Radhika is the source of all rasas who satisfies Krsna’s desires.
  • Krsna is rasa-svarupa: the personification of all rasas.
  • The main philosophical differences between impersonalists and Vaisnavas.
  • The powers of God: jiva-sakti, maya-sakti and cit-sakti.
  • Verse: mamaivāṁśo jīva-loke jīva-bhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ (Bhagavad Gita, 15.7).
  • The material world is not false according to Vaisnava philosophy, but it is a truth with a predetermined time, that is, temporary.
  • For monists, this life in this material world is false.
  • Krsna is rasa-svarupa, sweetness personified, and also the lover of sweetness.
  • Verse: rādhā-preyān vidhur jayati (Bhakti Rasamrta Sindhu, Srila Rupa Gosvami).
  • How and why Krsna manifested Radha.
  • By knowing Krsna’s desires, Srimati Radhika serves Him completely and absolutely. She is madanakhya-mahabhava: the source of all bhavas.
  • The eight symptoms of mahabhava ecstasy. Only Radha and Caitanya Mahaprabhu manifest all the symptoms simultaneously (sudipta-mahabhava).
  • Uddhava witnessed the transcendental wrath of Srimati Radhika in Vrndavana.
  • The explanation about the golden color of Gauranga and Srimati Radhika.
  • Meaning of pranaya.
  • Meaning of Sri Krsna’s pranama-mantra.

videos by date

videos by languages

videos by location

videos by topic

other videos

Discover more from Vanamadhuryam Video Archive

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading