Brazil 2025

12 Jun 2025 midday – Lord Jagannatha (English) | Santos, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 1 PART 2 Lord Jagannatha retires to rest because He falls ill after the Snana Yatra. ⁠Lila of Mahaprabhu in separation from Krsna and He enters the transcendental madness of Sri Radha. ⁠Samiyiogini-Radha (in Uddhava Kyari) and Viyogini-Radha (in Kuruksetra). ⁠Deity of Halanatha. Hala means “the representative of the Lord”, and Natha means “The Lord/Master”. ⁠Gurudeva is not Bhagavan, he is a very close servant, a representative of the Lord. ⁠Sevya-bhagavan and sevaka-bhagavan. ⁠Uddhava...

12 Jun 2025 morning – Different Levels of the Vaikuntha Planets (English) | Araras, Brazil

– In Vaikuntha, all the Avataras of Krsna are found in Their respective abodes. – ⁠Quality of the Vaikuntha Planets: purna (complete), purnatara (most complete), purnattama (most complete). – ⁠The difference between Narayana-Vaikuntha-Dhama and Dvaraka Puri. – ⁠The difference between brahmacari and grhastha life. – ⁠The life of a brahmacari is like that of a soldier, always ready, alert. – ⁠Kamadeva (Cupid) visits Dvaraka Puri. – ⁠There are three...

11 Jun 2025 evening – Snana-yatra. Lord Jagannatha’s Appearance Lila (English) | Araras, Brazil

– G-O-D stands for Generator, Operator and Destroyer. – God mercifully accepts service from His devotees in various forms of relationship (shanta, dasya, sakhya, vatsalya and madhurya). – God has His own beautiful form. – During Jagannatha’s Snana-yatra lila, the deity is made to feel cold after being bathed and cannot give darshana to visitors to the temple. – Indradyumna Maharaja hears about Nila-Madhava from a brahmana and wishes to see Them, sending his...

24 Feb 2025 morning – The Rasa Raja Mahabhava Svarupa of Sriman Mahaprabhu (English) | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Prema-bhakti can be obtained only by the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Sloka: śrī-caitanya-mano-‘bhīṣṭaṁ… (CC Antya-lila 1.117). About the forms of Rupa Manjari and Srila Rupa Gosvamipada. Rupa Gosvamipada glorified the moods of the manjaris in his books and also glorified suddha-bhakti. Sloka: anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ… (CC Madhya 19.167). Bhakti means devotional service to the Lord, seva-vrtti, the tendency to serve the Lord. The mind is restless and very difficult to...