17 Feb 2024 midday – The Beauty of Vrndavana Dhama (English) – Cochabamba, Bolivia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 1

PART 2

  • Beautiful description of when Krsna is grazing and thousands of cows are around Him.
  • Sloka: aṭati yad bhavān ahni kānanaṁ truṭi yugāyate tvām apaśyatām (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.31.15).
  • How beautiful is the form and face of Govinda and Srimati Radhika!
  • What happens when the gopis have Govinda’s darsana.
  • Where Radha is, there is also Krsna and vice versa.
  • Song: Radha Nace Krsna Nace.
  • About the book Sri Vrndavana Mahimamrta, which tells the glories of Krsna’s sweet pastimes. If you read it, your heart will be filled with joy!
  • How should the disciple receive Gurudeva properly in his home? With flower petals!
  • Sweet description of how the trees welcome Govinda – when He arrives in Vrndavana, the ground is completely covered with colorful flower petals forming a fragrant and soft carpet for Him to walk on.
  • What the ideal family life should be like: wife, husband and children serving Krsna, Govinda-seva.
  • The vines of Vrndavana are the female personification and the trees are the male personification, the fruits are the children.
  • Song: Suddha Bhakata Carana Renu.
  • If you receive a sadhu (saint) in your home, it means Vrndavana Dhama is there!
  • The gopis’ hearts melt completely when having Govinda’s darsana. This is called varsana (divine love).
  • Description of the Varsana location.
  • About the lilas places of Radha and Krsna in Vrndavana and the twelve forests around the river Yamuna, five on one side and seven on the other.
  • About the different lilas of the appearance of Srimati Radhika in the different kalpas (long periods of time between the creation and recreation of the Universe).
  • Description of aprakrta (unmanifest and transcendental) Goloka Vrndavana.
  • The example of the circle of fire formed when turning a burning stick compared to the different lilas that occur in different universes.
  • Who goes to Vrndavana? If your home is Vrndavana, why want to leave?