15 Apr 2026 evening – You are the soul (English) – Rome, Italy | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • The majority of the books in your library are devotional.
  • The Madana-Mohana deity is one of the three most important deities for Gaudiya Vaishnavas, alongside Govinda and Gopinatha.
  • The lila of Radha Madana-Mohana asking Srila Sanatana Gosvami to feed Him.
  • The lila of Radha Madana-Mohana making the merchant’s boat move in the river and the merchant arranging things for Radha Madana-Mohana.
  • The big parikrama of Sanatana Gosvami: Giriraja Govardhana, Mathura and Vraja.
  • The parikrama of Govardhana-shila is equal to the Govardhana parikrama.
  • Srila Rupa Gosvami and the Rupanugas.
  • Those who have faith can acquire perfect knowledge.
  • Without sadhana, you will never attain perfection.
  • The body works when there is a soul inside it.
  • Verse: na jāyate mriyate vā kadācin… (BG 2.20).
  • Food for the soul is hari-katha.
  • Verse: tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ…(SB 10.31.9).
  • After you leave this world, as a devotee, you will reach Jyotir-mayi dhama, then Sadashiva-loka, then Vaikuntha-dhama, then Ayodhya-dhama, then Dvaraka-puri, then Mathura-dhama, then Goloka, the boundary of Vrindavana, and finally Vrindavana.
  • Verse: cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vṛkṣa… (Brahma-samhita, 5.29).
  • The description of Vrindavana.
  • Verse: dīvyad-vṛndāraṇya-kalpa-drumādhaḥ…(CC Adi 1.16).
  • Our aim is to return to Goloka Vrindavana.
  • Verse: are vā atma draṣṭavyaḥ śrotavyaḥ mantavyah nididhyāsitavyah (Brihad-aranyaka-upanisad 4.5.6).
  • Realise that you are the soul.
  • Verse: uttiṣṭhata jāgrata prāpya varānnibodhata…(Katha Upanishad 1.3.14).
  • Verse: ārādhyo bhagavān vrajeśa-tanayas…(Chaitanya-manjusha).
  • Srila BV Narayana GM persuaded Srila BV Svami Maharaja to take sannyasa.
  • Verse: harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalam…(CC Adi 7.76).
  • The glorification of the local devotees.

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