Verse: kṛṣṇa bhuli’ sei jīva anādi-bahirmukhaataeva māyā tāre deya saṁsāra-duḥkha (CC Madhya-lila 20.117). Krsna appears in the world in the form of Sadhu, Guru, Sastra and, in His own original form, to help in the liberation of living entities who are entangled in Maya. To receive the Lord’s mercy it is necessary to be in sadhu-sanga. Verse: sādhu-saṅga’, ‘sādhu-saṅga’ — sarva-śāstre kaya (CC Madhya-lila, 22.54). To have sadhu-sanga it is necessary to have sukrti. One can obtain sukrti...
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2024, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Spanish, Mexico City, Mexico 2024, Makara-sankranti
15 Jan 2024 morning – Makara-sankranti (English) – Mexico City, Mexico | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– The meaning of the day of Makar Sankranti, the day the River Ganges arrived on this planet. – Chanting of the Holy Names destroys all sins in Kali-yuga. – Krsna explains to Uddhava, in the eleventh canto of Srimad Bhagavatam, about the pious activities that make a person able to chant the Holy Names due to purification. – Premananda Thakura: “Oh mind, why don’t you have a taste for chanting the Holy Names?” – Due to his sinful activities, papa...
2024, anarthas, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Spanish, Mexico City, Mexico 2024
14 Jan 2024 evening – Spiritual Practice (English) – Mexico City, Mexico | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Sadhu-sanga and harikatha are very rare. – Eating, sleeping, defending oneself and mating are common in animal and human life. – Being human means doing sadhana and bhajana for the Lord. – Siddha-bhakti is the desire to serve Sri Krsna. – Sloka: brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva guru-kṛṣṇa-prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja (Sri CC Madhya-lila 19.151). – The meaning in receiving diksa-mantras from the Guru is sambhanda-jnana and destruction of the anarthas...
2024, guru-nistha, guru-tattva, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Spanish, Mexico City, Mexico 2024
14 Jan 2024 morning – The Glories of Nityananda Prabhu (English) – Mexico City, Mexico | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
We must read the books of the Six Gosvamis to understand what the life of bhaktas is like. He who has Guru-nistha (faith in the Guru) can get out of the wheel of samsara. Sloka: prathamaṃ tu guruṃ pūjya tataś caiva mamārcanam kurvan siddhim avāpnoti hy anyathā niṣphalaṃ bhavet (Hari Bhakti Vilasa 4.344). Lila of a person questioning Nityananda Prabhu’s behaviour, telling Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu that he had faith in Him, but not in Nityananda. Caitanya Mahaprabhu explains that Nityananda...
2024, Book: Hari-bhakti-vilasa, diksha-mantras, Six Gosvamis exemplary bhajana, Six Sandarbhas, vani-seva, vapu-seva, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Spanish, Mexico City, Mexico 2024
13 Jan 2024 evening – Glorification of the Six Gosvamis (English) – Mexico City, Mexico | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Day of transcendental disappearance (tirobhava-tithi) of Srila Jiva Gosvamipada. – Mahaprabhu’s first instruction given to the Six Gosvamis: go to Vrndavana and discover the places of lilas of Radha and Krsna. – Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu also instructed the Six Gosvamis to manifest raga-marga-bhakti and vaidhi-marga-bhakti. – Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu instructed Srila Sanatana Gosvamipada to manifest suddha-vaisnava-sadacara (good Vaisnava behaviour). – Without...
2024, nitya-siddha, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Spanish, Mexico City, Mexico 2024, Jiva Gosvami
13 Jan 2024 morning – Tirobhava-tithi of Srila Jiva Gosvami and the Form of the Soul (English) – Mexico City, Mexico | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Verse: śrī-rūpa, sanātana bhaṭṭa-raghunātha śrī-jīva, gopāla-bhaṭṭa, dāsa-raghunātha ei chaya gurura karoṅ caraṇa vandana yāhā haite vighna-nāśa, abhīṣṭa-p ūraṇa (CC Antya 1.3-4). – Story of Jiva Gosvamipada when, as a child, he met Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. – Each living entity has a svarupa (his own soul form) and worships a specific Istadeva (Adorable Deity) [of Krsna]. – The beautiful grantha (Scripture) that everyone should read: Svarupa da Jiva, by Syamarani Devi...
2024, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Spanish, Mexico City, Mexico 2024
12 Jan 2024 evening – Engage Your Mind in Krsna Consciousness (English) – Mexico City, Mexico | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Our main goal is to satisfy the Guru, be focused and hold tightly to his lotus feet: Sri Guruvastakam. – One must have firm faith in Guru. In this world, everyone faces many problems. But everything will be resolved by chanting the Holy Names and surrendering to Sri Guru. – Everyone wants love, but where can I find it in the material world? Love really only in Goloka Vrndavana. – Who’s your friend? The Lord is our friend, our father, our mother, everything to us...
2024, nitya-siddha, self-realisation, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Spanish, Mexico City, Mexico 2024, Rupa Gosvami
12 Jan 2024morning – Rupa Siksa: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Instructs Rupa Gosvami Pada (English) – Mexico City, Mexico | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 PART 2 Sri Rupa Gosvami is nitya-parikara, he does not need instruction. Mahaprabhu instructs him to help bhada-jivas who have forgotten their identity. Mahaprabu invested all the power of His heart in these instructions, so Rupa Gosvami can fulfill all of Mahaprabhu’s desires. Sloka: śrī-caitanya-mano-’bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale (CC Antya-lila 1.117). Mahaprabhu instructed Rupa and Sanatana to manifest a sacred book on good Vaisnava behavior, the Hari Bhakti Vilasa. Sloka: om...