After accumulating sukrti from many lives, we obtain sadhu-sanga, and after listening to the sadhu’s Harikatha, the desire for Bhakti manifests in the heart. Srila Visvanatha Cakravartipada says “adau sadhu-sanga” (first sadhu-sanga) and Srila Rupa Gosvami says “adam sraddha tatu sadhu-sanga” (first faith, then sadhu-sanga). Verse: anāradhya rādhā-padāmbhoja-reṇum… (Sankalpa Prakasa Stotra 1). Verse: rādhā-kuṇḍam ihāpi gokula-pateḥ premāmṛtāplāvanāt… (Sri Upadesamrta 9). The highest place...
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2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Garopaba 2025, Brazil 2025, Maha Kumbha Mela 2025
13 Jan 2025 morning – Maha Kumbha Mela (English) | Garopaba, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The origin of the Maha Kumbha Mela Festival. The story of the mother of serpents and the mother of Garuda. Garuda brought the pot of nectar from the heavenly planets to 4 places on Earth: Nasika, Ujjain, Haridvar, Prayagaraja, and Prayagaraja is where the Maha Kumbha Mela Festival takes place. By bathing in these places, all sins are extinguished. By attending the Kumbha Mela in Vrndavana, where Krsna performed lila with the demon Kaliya, one obtains suddha-bhakti. The story of Saubhari Rsi...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Garopaba 2025, Brazil 2025, aparadhas: ninda, character quality: criticism, renunciation, Vedavyasa, Vyasadeva
12 Jan 2025 midday – Bhakti-tattva (English) | Garopaba Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
00:00:00 – Listen to Hari-katha, otherwise the mind will be restless.0:03:00 – Opening prayers.0:07:20 – Bhaktivedanta Swami Sarasvati Prabhupada explains: only Hari-katha can protect us from Maya, when heard from the mouth of a rasika Vaishnava.0:13:20 – To offer respects mentally to one who chants the holy names; one who has taken diksha should offer pranams.0:13:40 – Ninda (criticism) is speaking that which is untrue. Do not speak if you are not sure of the...
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12 Jan 2025 morning – The Bathing Ceremony of Srimati Radhika (English) | Garopaba Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
00:00:00 – One who worships Radhika, worships Krishna as well. Vishaya and Ashraya tattva; Radha and Krishna are one. This is explained in the Sanak-samhita. 0:04:19 – Vrishabhanu-nandini Srimati Radhika has two expansions: Samyogini Radha (who meets with Krishna) and Viyogini Radha (who experiences pain and separation). One who worships RADHE will attain prema, as one should worship the pair. Bhaktivinoda Thakur sings about this: “Radha Krishna prana more…”...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Itajai 2025, Brazil 2025, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), character quality: envy, universe
11 Jan 2025 morning – The Eternal “Here and Now” of the Spiritual World (English) | Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
00:00 – Svakiya and parakiya (conjugal love in wedlock and as paramour); the various moods of the gopis.0:04:36 – Hero and heroine; the three abodes (dhama) of Krishna: Dvaraka, Mathura, Vrindavan; Purna, Purnatara, Purnatama; 96 types of nayikas (heroines). Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati explains: “Before you were in darkness, now it’s also dark. How do you get out? Listen to hari-katha.”0:11:50 – Vigraha and milana (separation and meeting); three types of...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Itajai 2025, Brazil 2025, Ekadashi-vrata 2025, Bhagavan: sach-chid-ananda (sat-chid-ananda)
10 Jan 2025 evening – Ekadasi Tithi (English) | Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The lila of the demon Mura who asks Lord Siva as a boon that Sri Visnu may not kill him. About how the five forms of sin are in the grains on this Ekadasi day. About the name “Upavas Ekadasi” which means sitting next to the Lord. About how the Lord’s body is made of sat-cit-ananda, how He is Isvara, the Supreme Controller and how He is the all-attractive. About the nature of our soul which is also sat-cit-ananda and how it is in this body and that is why we should follow...