10 Mar 2024 morning – Visnu-tattva and Jiva-tattva (English) – São Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– Only harikatha can purify the heart. – The nature of the Vaisnavas is to glorify the Vaisnavas. – Bhagavan can digest anything, poison or nectar. – Sri Krsna is eager to hear about Your pastimes in Vraja with Srimati Radhika and the gopis. – Verse: naham vasami vaikunte yoginam (Padma Purana): “I do not dwell in Vaikuntha nor in the hearts of yogis, but I dwell where My devotees chant My name, ó Narada.” – Original Siva is original Sri Krsna. – Siva tattva katha. – Purusa and prakrti, The enjoyer and the enjoyed. – Verse: rādhā — pūrṇa-śakti, kṛṣṇa — pūrṇa-śaktimān (CC Adi-lila 4.96-98). – Verse: govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi (Srimad Bhagavatam 7.9.10). – When Bhagavam needs to assume the post of Siva, that is Sadasiva, and when He assumes the post of Brahma, that is Hiranyagarbha Brahma (Visnu-tattva). – When Bhagavan grants His potency (sakti) to a jiva, he can create. – The gunas are present in Brahma and Siva, but they are not present in Lord Visnu, He is beyond the gunas. – Bhagavan is brhad-ceta and the jivas are anu-ceta. – Ceta (conscious); jara (unconscious). – Badha-jivas and mukta-jivas. – Detailed explanation of santa-rasa. – Dasya-rasa has nistha and seva-vrtti, and can develop sambandha-jnana and mamatha. – Mother Yasoda’s lila trying to tie Sri Krsna and the gopis saying that maybe she couldn’t. – Comparison between the feeling of material and transcendental possession (me and mine).