Brazil 2026
08 Jan 2026 morning walk – Questions and Answers (English) – Gaia Vrindavana, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sreya and preya, that which is favorable for spiritual life and that which is favorable for material life. The trees reacted to the transcendental dialogues of Rupa and Sanatana. Sri Radha makes sweet rice for Rupa and Sanatana. She wanted to continue listening to their sweet dialogue. The different types of relationship – sambandha – with Krishna that the Vrajavasis have. Meaning of kama in the transcendental world. Srimati Radhika is the personification of all rasas. Radha-dasya is our goal...
07 Jan 2026 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 4 (English) – Gaia Vrindavana, Brazil
TRANSCRIPT Time Stamp – 2:04:50-2:10:36 Srila Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakura explains, there is a food for soul and a food for body. Food for soul that is called krishna-katha. Your soul is crying. You listen or not? You are not listening. Baby is crying inside the room. Mother she is a little bit outside. So for this regard mother is not listening her baby crying. That means is what? Your soul, atma, jivatma, is crying. Jivatma is hungry. Jivatma is saying, ‘Give me food! Give me food!’...
07 Jan 2026 morning – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 4 (English) – Porto Alegre, Brazil
– The appearance of Brahma on the lotus stem. – The 5 types of manifestation of consciousness: acchadita-chetana, sankuchita-chetana, mukulita-chetana, vikasita-chetana and purna-vikasita-chetana. – Human life is very rare. – Verse: tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ…(SB 10.31.9). – The behaviour of uttama-bhagavatas. – Verse: vikrīḍitaṁ vraja-vadhūbhir idaṁ ca viṣṇoḥ…(SB 10.33.39). – Lila: mana of Srimati Radhika, cobra on the narrow road. – Dhruva...
07 Jan 2026 morning walk – Srimati Radhika is Eager to Listen to Hari-katha (English) – Porto Alegre, Brazil
– Srimati Radhika disguised Herself as a village girl and approached Rupa and Sanatana, who were absorbed in a discussion of hari-katha. – Song: Radha-kripa-kataksha-stava-raja. – Srimati Radhika created a pot and some wood for cooking, and cooked for a long time just to hear the discussion of hari-katha between Rupa and Sanatana. – Sambandhatmika-bhakti and kamatmika-bhakti. – Matrita-abhimana (Yashoda’s) and pitrita-abhimana (Nanda Maharaja’s)...
06 Jan 2026 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 3 (English) – Gaia Vrindavana, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 PART 2 On the beautiful form of Krishna who savors all rasas. A pastime where Krishna sees an elephant drowning in a lake. How the yamadutas punish those who commit sinful activities. On Srimati Radhika, the personification of compassion. Explanation about Visnurath, the other name of Pariksit Maharaja. If we listen to this katha, bhakti will manifest in our hearts. Explanation of the creation of the material world by Krishna. On our impressions from past lives that govern our current...
06 Jan 2026 morning – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 3 (English) – Gaia Vrindavana, Brazil
On the specific sequence of the Bhagavat-katha. On the location where the Bhagavat-katha was recited: Naimisaranya Forest, on the banks of the Gomadi River. On pertinent questions to be asked of the sadhu in the Harikatha. The five questions asked in the Bhagavat-katha. The first question: What is the most sacred thing? On sreya, that which is gratifying to the soul, and preya, which gives satisfaction to the senses. On our soul that cries out for Harikatha and we don’t realize it. For...
06 Jan 2026 morning walk – The Nature of the Soul (English) – Gaia Vrindavana, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
On the process of Bhakti, which depends on bhajana and sadhana. Under the influence of Maya, souls are obscured, unaware of their own nature and identity. Analogy of the bhakti process with the cooking of rice. On the activities of the conditioned soul in the material world being opposed to bhakti. Explanation of the elimination of anarthas (impurities), which is necessary for the svarupa (original form) of the soul to be revealed. On listening with our material conception and under the...