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