Mexico 2024

11 Jan 2024 evening – Bhakti-yoga (English) – Mexico City, Mexico | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Yoga means union: the difference between the jiva (soul) and Bhagavan (Supreme Lord). ⁠The soul is an integral part of the Lord. All souls are servants of the Lord. ⁠Sloka: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya — kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’kṛṣṇera ‘taṭasthā-śakti’ ‘bhedābheda-prakāśa’ (CC Madhya-lila 20.108-109). We are not the body, the body is not our true identity. We are trapped in the cycle of birth and death, always changing bodies. ⁠Everyone is going to die but nobody thinks they are going to die. ⁠Harikatha...

10 Jan 2024 morning walk – Srimati Radhika’s Disappearance Lila (English) – Bogota, Colombia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– Krishna and the gopis in Kurukshetra; the separation of the gopis. – Lila of Srimati Radhika’s disappearance. – Vrishabhanu-nandini Sri Radha, Samyogini Radha and Viyogini Radha. – The queens of Dvaraka are the incarnations of Radha and the gopis. – The sleep of a conditioned soul and the sleep of a guru are completely different. – The bodily conception (dehatma-buddhi) of a conditioned soul. The example of the dog and the bullock cart. – 4...