29 May 2025 evening – The Meaning of the Word Yoga (English) | Puglia, Italy

– Srila Gurudeva BV Vana Gosvami Maharaja expresses his joy at being with the Italian devotees and praises their dedication to Srila Gurudeva BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja.
– Only by the mercy of Gurudeva, Nitai and Gouranga is it possible to organize a Festival.
– Difference between vapu-seva and vani-seva to the Guru.
– Srila Gurudeva comments in detail on how the Italian devotees did vani-seva with excellence.
– Yoga means to unite and viyoga means to separate.
– ⁠The conditioned soul has been separated from Krsna since time immemorial due to his forgetfulness of Him, as stated in the sloka: kṛṣṇa bhuli’ sei jīva anādi-bahirmukha… (CC Madhya-lila 20.117).
– We should reunite with the Lord.
– The eight limbs of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra: yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana, samadhi.
– Who are you? The answer is in the sloka: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya — kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’… (CC Madhya-lila 20.108-109).
– ⁠The gross body functions only as long as the soul lives within it. When the soul leaves, the body dies, and thus we are trapped in the cycle of birth and death.
– Mahaprabhu wrote only eight instructions, and the first one is: ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇaṁ… (Siksastakam 1).