– About Tungavidya, a very dear friend of Srimati Radhika.– Explanation of Sri Radha Rasa Suddha Nidhi by Prabodhananda Sarasvatipada.– About the Seven Oceans and their meanings.– Explanation of the Nine Islands described by Sukadeva Gosvamipada.– Summary of Bharata Maharaja.– Pastime where Srimati Radhika refuses to sit next to Krsna.– About the golden color that covers the color of Krsna.– The reason for the manifestation of the different...
Italy 2025
2025, guru-nistha, siksa-guru, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Italian, Bari, Puglia, Italy, Italy 2025
01 Jun 2025 evening – The importance of Diksa for the Disciple (English) | Bari, Puglia, Italy
* Diksa is the seed through which one can gradually attain perfection. This seed only germinates when we water it every day with Harikatha and sankirtana. * One who has Guru-nistha can conquer the entire world. * When one attains sambandha-jñana, one never falls into Maya again. * Gurudeva gives sambandha-jñana to the heart of the disciple through mantra. * Diksa-mantra is the seed of suddha-bhakti in the heart. * Rupa Gosvami says that the material body becomes transcendental when the tendency...
2025, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Italian, Bari, Puglia, Italy, Italy 2025
31 May 2025 evening – Dharma (English) | Bari, Puglia, Italy | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
• The primary meaning of dharma is the intrinsic or essential nature of something. • What is the intrinsic nature of the soul? The spontaneous nature of the soul is to serve Krsna. • Sloka: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya — kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’… (CC Madhya 20. 108-109). • Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura shows respect to all religions, recognizing their different types of relationship with the Lord. • The grantha Sri Brahma Samhita presents evidence of the existence of the transcendental world of...
2025, conditioned soul, cycle of birth and death, gross body, vani-seva, vapu-seva, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Italian, Bari, Puglia, Italy, Italy 2025
29 May 2025 evening – The Meaning of the Word Yoga (English) | Bari, Puglia, Italy
– Srila Gurudeva BV Vana Gosvami Maharaja expresses his joy at being with the Italian devotees and praises their dedication to Srila Gurudeva BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja. – Only by the mercy of Gurudeva, Nitai and Gouranga is it possible to organize a Festival. – Difference between vapu-seva and vani-seva to the Guru. – Srila Gurudeva comments in detail on how the Italian devotees did vani-seva with excellence. – Yoga means to unite and viyoga means to separate...