The reason why Krishna is bathed with five ingredients. Lila about the first time Srimati Radhika prepared butter and Krishna disguised Himself as sakhi. According to logic, it is impossible to establish Krishna-lila. Jnanis want to know everything according to their logic, while prema-bhaktas ask nothing, they only savor. Knowledge obscures madhurya. Jnani is a masculine word and lila is feminine. Love is spontaneous, it doesn’t ask the reasons why one loves. Love is not seeking a reason...
Brazil 2025
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Sao Paulo 2025, Brazil 2025, Krishna: Krishna's peacock feather
27 Dec 2025 evening – Bhagavat Kathamrtam (English) – Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
+ nagara-sankirtana – When Krishna plays His flute, all the peacocks become very happy and offer their feathers to Him. – If we don’t have love and affection for someone, we don’t offer gifts. – Krishna’s peacock feather has the name Radha and is inclined to the left, demonstrating that He pays homage to Her. – The Srimad Bhagavatam is the Emperor, the essence of all the Sacred Scriptures, the Vedas, the Puranas, and the Upanishads. – Whoever...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Sao Paulo 2025, Brazil 2025, Purpose of Human Life, renunciation (vairagya)
27 Dec 2025 morning – The Essence of Life (English) – Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The essence of our life is sadhu-sanga and Harikatha. Without Harikatha, life is useless. The material senses exist so that we can perform bhajana and sadhana. Sadhu-sanga, Harikatha, and maha-prasada are very rare things; try to understand this! Sloka: nayanaṁ galad-aśru-dhārayā… (Śrī Śikṣāṣṭakam 6). Mahaprabhu teaches us how to become absorbed in chanting the Holy Names. In this Age of Kali, there is no other process to control the material senses, which always go towards the objects of the...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Guaruja 2025, Brazil 2025, Glories of the Holy Names, kunja: Svananda-sukhada kunja, liberation
07 Dec 2025 evening – The Glories of Harinama (English) – Guaruja, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Regarding the liberation pastimes of Gajendra by Lord Vishnu. By offering a lotus to the Lord in his mind, Gajendra was liberated. We should take shelter at the lotus feet of a trustworthy guru. Those who follow the advaita path, as soon as they touch the dust of Vrndavana, their conception changes. Vrndavana is not an ordinary place, the dust of Vrndavana is transcendental. Krishna covers the sun with His pitambara to cover the footprints of Srimati Radhika. The highest place is Radha-kunda...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Santos 2025, Brazil 2025, Krishna-tattva, Surrender, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage)
07 Dec 2025 morning walk – Krishna’s Wish Is the Best Wish (English) – Santos, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
FULL VIDEO PART 1 PART 2 Everything depends on Krishna’s wish. When an exalted devotee of the Lord prays to Him, He will listen. Generally, devotees do not want to change Krishna’s wish, because Krishna’s wish is the best wish. When Srimati Radharani and Krishna swim in the Radha-kunda, and She lets Krishna win, this demonstrates that the pure devotee fulfills Krishna’s wish. Srimati Radhika knows Krishna’s heart and never opposes it. This is explained in the Prema...