Portugal 2023

2023, Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti, jiva-tattva, offences, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Portuguese, Lisbon, Portugal, Portugal 2023, Ratha-yatra, Kurukshetra-milana

26 Jun 2023 evening – Kurukshetra Milana and the Inner Meaning of Ratha Yatra (English) – Lisbon, Portugal | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 26, 2023 6:04 PM

The inner mood of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The story of Srila Gurudeva’s arrival at the Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti at the Sri Devananda Gaudiya Matha in Navadwipa. At that time Srila BV Narayana Goswami Maharaja preached the Kurukshetra-milana-katha. The Ratha Yatra is Lord Jagannatha’s journey from Kuruksetra to Vrndavana. This is the mood of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. All our sins and offences are destroyed by having darshan (vision) and offering obeisances to Lord Jagannatha in the...

2023, sadhaka and siddha, Samyogini-Radha, Viyogini-Radha, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Portuguese, Lisbon, Portugal, Portugal 2023, Ratha-yatra

26 Jun 2023 morning – Mahaprabhu’s Mood of Separation in the Ratha Yatra (English) – Lisbon, Portugal | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 26, 2023 7:59 AM

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s mood in Gambhira is the same as Viyogini-Radha, in Ratha Yatra His mood is like Samyogini-Radha. Sudirgha-vipralambha-bhava: mood after long separation Srimati Radhika meets Sri Krishna in Kurukshetra. Three types of meeting and separation: bhavi (future), bhavan (continuous present) and bhavia (past). Prema-vaichittya: a kind of love that gopis feel when they meet Krishna and think that He is not there. In the Ratha Yatra, Mahaprabhu thinks he is Radha and meets...

2023, bhakti-yoga, jnana and vijnana, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Portuguese, Lisbon, Portugal, Portugal 2023

25 Jun 2023 evening – The Soul’s Journey (English) – Lisbon, Portugal | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 25, 2023 6:21 PM

Every substance has an inherent property. Example: water. The soul is an integral part of the Lord. Man is mortal. What an intelligent man should do before he dies. The four common activities of man and animal. This is mine, this is yours. Everything belongs to God. āhāra-nidra-bhaya-maithunaṁ casāmānyam etat paśubhir narāṇāmdharmo hi teṣām adhiko viśeṣodharmeṇa hīnāḥ paśubhiḥ samānāḥ(Hitopadesa, 25) Bhakti-yoga, meaning. The Hare Krishna mantra, meaning of the words. God is always with you...

2023, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Portuguese, Coelhosa, Portugal, Portugal 2023, Hera-panchami

25 Jun 2023 midday – Hera Panchami (English) – Coelhosa, Portugal | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 25, 2023 12:46 PM

Why do we get a cold/flu? Jagannatha spends 15 days very weak and alone. The fresh mind X the anxious mind. Where do disturbances come from? God is our eternal well-wisher. Parents know their children. Twameva mata cha pita twamevaTwameva bandu cha sakha twamevaTwameva vidhya dravinam twamevaTwameva sarvam mama deva deva. Things come and go. We have to accept the will of the Lord. The story of the boat in the storm and the saint who helped the water come in. The desire of the Lord is the best...

2023, bhakti-yoga, diseases, gross body, renunciation, samskaras, subtle body, vairagya, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Portuguese, Coelhosa, Portugal, Portugal 2023

24 Jun 2023 evening – How to Control the Senses and the Mind (English) – Coelhosa, Portugal | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 24, 2023 6:24 PM

PART 1 Bhakti-yoga is the devotional service that connects you to the Lord. We are residents of Goloka Vrndavana – back to God, back home. We are not the body, we are the soul. The soul is eternal and transcendental and travels in different bodies. There are 5 elements in the gross body: earth, water, fire, air and ether. The soul will complete its journey when it reaches the abode of the Lord. All souls suffer the three kinds of miseries in this material world: adhidaivika (caused by...

2023, bodily conception, cycle of birth and death, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Portuguese, Viseu, Portugal, Portugal 2023, Entry level discourses

23 Jun 2023 evening – Primary Issues of the Spiritual Life (English) – Viseu, Portugal | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 23, 2023 6:13 PM

This world is not our home. We are travellers, moving from one body to another. In each body we have a different bodily conception and identity: man, woman, animal, and so on. Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. GOD = Generator/Operator/Destroyer. God has many names and He is always with you. We are in this material world because we have forgotten God. The material world is a prison. The three miseries of Maya: adhyātmika, adhibhautika and adhidaivika. In this world happiness is...