– The gopis went from Vrndavana to Kuruksetra. – Verse: mayi bhaktir hi bhūtānām amṛtatvāya (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.82.44). – The feeling of “I belong to Him” is different from “He belongs to me”. – Sukadeva Gosvami recited Muchukunda-katha for Pariksit Maharaja. – Satsanga Mahima, the glories of being in association with a sadhu. – Material life and the cycle of births and deaths. – The glories of sadhu-sanga are described in all Vedic texts. – Sri...
Brazil 2024
2024, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Portuguese, Gaia Vrindavana, Viamao, Brazil, Brazil 2024, Shikshashtaka 3, Narottama dasa Thakura
25 Feb 2024 midday – The Glories of Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura (English) – Gaia Vrindavana, Viamao, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Narottama Dasa Thakura surrendered to Lokanatha Gosvami, his Gurudeva. Narottama Dasa Thakura describes Vrndavana with the eyes of Anuvilasa Manjari. Lila of Anuvilasa Manjari decorating Srimati Radhika’s bed with flower petals, as soft as milk foam. Manjulali brought a new servant, Anuvilasa Manjari, as well as Lokanatha Gosvami and Narottama Dasa Thakura. Song: rādhā-kṛṣṇa prāṇa mora jugala-kiśora. Narottama Dasa Thakura is the personification of Mahaprabhu’s divine love, prema...
2024, true disciple, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Portuguese, Itajai, Brazil, Brazil 2024
24 Feb 2024 evening – Faithful Disciple and Most Common Disciple in Kali-yuga (English) – Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Super excellent day due to Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura’s avirbhava-tithi and Srila BV Madhusudana Maharaja’s tirobhava-tithi. In the material world everything is limited, in the transcendental world everything is unlimited and there is only one time: the eternal present moment. The story of Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura in East Bengal with Mahaprabhu, then called Nimai Pandita. The Deity Sri Radha Vinoda Lala who requested service from Lokanatha Dasa Gosvami. In Kali-yuga it is very...
2024, Song: Sita Ram Kahiye, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Portuguese, Itajai, Brazil, Brazil 2024, Bhaktivedanta Madhusudana Maharaja
24 Feb 2024 midday – Disappearance of Srila BV Madhusudana Maharaja (English) – Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Gurudeva’s meeting with his uncle, Srila Madhusudana Maharaja, at the time, Krsna Krpa Brahmacari. – The glories of Srila Madhusudana Maharaja, who was the Sanskrit teacher at Sri Devananda Gaudiya Matha. – Gurudeva said that he personally served Srila Madhusudana Maharaja for about a year and a half straight. – Krsna Krpa Brahmacari was considered seva-murti, the personification of devotional service. – The story of when a sannyasi said that Srila Gurudeva...
2024, akhanda-guru-tattva, conditioned soul, ghee lamp, guru-tattva, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Portuguese, Itajai, Brazil, Brazil 2024
24 Feb 2024 morning – Sing Nitai Nitai Nitai! (English) – Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Nityananda Prabhu goes from house to house dancing vehemently and performs Harinama Sankirtana. – The place where there is no Vaikuntha katha is like a snake’s hole, maya-karagar (Maya’s prison). – The place that receives the sadhu becomes Goloka Vrndavana. – Sloka: nāhaṁ tiṣṭhāmi vaikuṇṭhe yogināṁ hṛdayeṣu vā (Srimad Bhagavatam 4.30.35). – “Where My devotee is glorifying My pastimes, I am there personally”, thus said Krsna. – Harikatha means:...
2024, anugatya, self-realisation, svakiya-rasa, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Portuguese, Itajai, Brazil, Brazil 2024, Morning walks 2024
23 Feb 2024 morning walk – Do Bhajana and Sadhana and Your Inner Spiritual Potency Will Manifest (English) – Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
In aropa-siddha-bhakti, the neophyte devotee (kanistha-adhikari) worships the Deity, but has no realisation, his faith is fragile and imposed, however, he is unidirectional to Radha, Krsna and Mahaprabhu. Simple faith means “I am a servant, of the servant, of the servant, of the servant of Krsna”, the Beloved of the Gopis. In the association of the sadhu, through transcendental knowledge, discernment begins, but as it has not yet been realised, meditation is required. In the madhyama-adhikari...
2024, akhanda-guru-tattva, guru-tattva, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Portuguese, Itajai, Brazil, Brazil 2024
22 Feb 2024 evening – Glorification of Nityananda Prabhu: Akanda-Guru-Tattva (English) – Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– The heart is purified when we hear Nityananda katha, we should glorify Him every day. – Nitya means eternal, and ananda means bliss. – Nityananda Nistha Song: nitaiyera karuna habe braje radha-krsna pa’be dhara nitai-carana du’ khani (Verse 3). – When Krsna comes to the material world, He brings all His parikaras, including His Dhama. – In Goura-lila, Krsna comes as Mahaprabhu, Radha as Gadadhara, Balarama as Nityananda, Vrndavana as Svetadvipa. – Lila...