Song: Sri Radhe Rani: de daro na baansuri meri… About Lord Jagannatha’s ekadasi of rest. One of the characteristics of bhakti is being absorbed in chanting the Holy Names and listening to the harikatha. Mother Yasoda tells the Ramayana for Krsna to sleep. Detailed explanation about food during Caturmasya: 1st month you don’t just eat spinach because during this period these leaves are full of insects; eggplant and honey. 2nd month, no yogurt is eaten; eggplant and honey. 3rd...
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2024, English, Portuguese, Itajai, Brazil, Brazil 2024, Chaitanya-charitamrita Madhya 20.108, Ekadashi-vrata
17 Jul 2024 evening – The glories of Ekadashi-tithi (English) | Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
On Ekadashi do not eat 5 kinds of grains as all sins remain there. Sri Vishnu glorifies sadhu-sanga in front of Narada Rishi (a black bee, a cuckoo bird, a newborn baby) Shloka: āhāra-nidrā-bhaya-maithunaṁ (Hitopadesha 25). Sukriti will bring you before a sadhu. Worldly people will not solve your problems, they will only create more. Only a bona fide guru can solve all your problems. Shloka: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya – kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’ (CC Madhya 20.108). The soul...
2024, anger, bodily conception, Rama-nama, vamya-bhava, English, Portuguese, Itajai, Brazil, Brazil 2024
17 Jul 2024 midday – Krishna and the Gopis at Kurukshetra (English) | Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The gopis meet Krishna in Kurukshetra and reproach Him for His behaviour. The gopis feel anger when Krishna suggests that they meditate on the Lord. Ishvara-koti (Hiranya-garbha) and Jiva-koti (Vairajya) Brahmas. The gopis criticise Brahma in vamya-bhava, but actually they glorify him. The gopis admire the form of Krishna. It’s very difficult to give up the desire for name, fame and reputation. Never criticise anyone and no need to glorify him. The story of how a thief transferred...
2024, anarthas, anger, Vraja-katha, English, Portuguese, Itajai, Brazil, Brazil 2024
17 Jul 2024 morning walk – The Origin of Jagannatha’s Form (English) | Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The form of Jagannatha: Lila of how the bodies of Krishna, Balarama and Subhadra melted. Gour Govinda Svami Maharaja on the Mahabhava Prakasha. Shravanam is a very powerful process for a sadhaka. 3 forms of Krishna in Vraja, Dvaraka and Mathura. Raghunatha dasa Gosvami glorified the Vrajavasis in Mana-shiksha. He remained only in Radha-kunda. 3 principles for attaining radha-dasyam. Hearing Vraja-katha with unflinching faith removes anarthas. The meaning of hridroga. How to get atyantika...
2024, guru-nistha, seed of bhakti, types of devotees, English, Portuguese, Itajai, Brazil, Brazil 2024
16 Jul 2024 evening – Guru-nistha (English) | Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sloka that gives evidence that Sri Krsna is the Original Personality of God: ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥ kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam indrāri-vyākulaṁ lokaṁ mṛḍayanti yuge yuge (SB 1.3.28). Why do many people worship the demigods? Because the jivas have many desires in their hearts. Krsna says that the conditioned souls do not know who God is, and they surrender to the demigods. Four types of devotees who worship Krsna: catur-vidha bhajante mam… (BG 7.16). Arto (sufferers/Gagendra); arto-jijnasu...
2024, English, Portuguese, Itajai, Brazil, Brazil 2024, Ratha-yatra
16 Jul 2024 midday – Ratha Yatra and Different Types of Prema (English) | Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About Jagannatha’s return from the Gundica Temple to the Jagannatha Puri Temple. About Laksmi Devi’s anxiety about Lord Jagannatha. About the lila of Visnu, Siva and Brahma assuming the forms of brahmacaris to test the chastity of Anasuya, wife of Atri Rsi. Krsna conquers Kamadeva but is conquered by Radha’s romantic and angry sidelong glance. It is very easy to deceive a woman’s heart, they are generally innocent in the hands of a deceitful man. Very sad story of the...
