06 Jan 2026 morning walk – The Nature of the Soul (English) – Gaia Vrindavana, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • On the process of Bhakti, which depends on bhajana and sadhana.
  • Under the influence of Maya, souls are obscured, unaware of their own nature and identity.
  • Analogy of the bhakti process with the cooking of rice.
  • On the activities of the conditioned soul in the material world being opposed to bhakti.
  • Explanation of the elimination of anarthas (impurities), which is necessary for the svarupa (original form) of the soul to be revealed.
  • On listening with our material conception and under the influence of the qualities of nature: the gunas of Maya.
  • The need for bhajana and sadhana to free ourselves from the material conception.
  • Explanation of our consciousness and the consciousness of Bhagavan, the greatest conscious Being.
  • About our attachments that bind us to Maya.
  • Explanation of the origin of everything in the material world.
  • Krishna plays His flute and everything transforms, even the Moon forgets to move.
  • Krishna and His expansions are no different.
  • In the transcendental world, all beings collaborate in Krishna’s pastimes.
  • A beautiful pastime where Krishna steals the sweets offered by Mother Yashoda to Lord Narayana.
  • All of Krishna’s pastimes are arranged by Yogamaya for the pleasure of Krishna and the Vrajavasis.
  • In this material world, Maya creates all kinds of illusions to punish conditioned souls.
  • When we meet with the Guru and when we chant namabhasa, the sins of this life and past lives are eliminated.

00:30:00 – Question: What is immortality? Anu-chaitanya and brihad-chaitanya. Two functions of maya
00:48:00 – Explanation of Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.1.1
01:03:00 – Krishna is addicted to stealing. Lila: Krishna is eating laddu but tells Mother Yashoda it is in the stomach of Narayana
01:07:00 – Listening to hari-katha is sadhana. Otherwise you will not be free from maya.
01:13:00 – Prarabdha-karma and aprarabdha-karma. The power of nama-abhasa.
01:17:00 – Uttama-adhikari always chants shuddha-nama, madhyama-adhikari chants nama-abhasa and kanishtha-adhikari chants nama-aparadha.

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