– In different eras, Srimati Radhika appears in different ways (from egg, from fire etc);- “Vraja” means to move: Nanda Maharaja and Vrsabhanu Maharaja used to live close by no matter where (Nanda Gaon/ Varsana, Gokula/ Raval);- Parvati and Shiva concerned that Nandi and Ganesha might be carried away with all the donations that Nanda Maharaja was giving;- The beauty of the nature in the moment that Vrsabhanu Maharaja finds Srimati Radhika on a lotus in the Yamuna river;...
Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2020
27 Nov 2020 – Vraja-mandala parikrama – Brahmanda Ghata (Hindi) – India
Mother Yashoda sees universes in Krsna + Krsna’s pastimes with His friends – Lila of Krsna eating mud;- Krishna shows all the universes inside His belly to Mother Yashoda, but she doesn’t believe He is Bhagavan (pure vatsalya rasa x Arjuna’s reaction seeing the universal form);- Lila of when the friends of Krsna say to Him that He is adopted (because His color is different from His parents’);- ittham satam brahma-sukhanubhutya (SB 10.12.11): the good fortune of the...
27 Nov 2020 – Vraja-mandala parikrama – Brahmanda Ghata (English translation) – India
Mother Yashoda sees universes in Krsna + Krsna’s pastimes with His friends – Lila of Krsna eating mud;- Krishna shows all the universes inside His belly to Mother Yashoda, but she doesn’t believe He is Bhagavan (pure vatsalya rasa x Arjuna’s reaction seeing the universal form);- Lila of when the friends of Krsna say to Him that He is adopted (because His color is different from His parents’);- ittham satam brahma-sukhanubhutya (SB 10.12.11): the good fortune of the...
26 Nov 2020 – Srila Raghunatha Das Gosvami Vraja Pastimes (English Translation) – India
Glories of Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami, the most prominent rupanuga acarya – Srila Dasa Gosvami did his bhajana only in Radha kunda; – Mahaprabhu offered Srila Raghunatha Das Gosvami to Svarupa Damodar (Svarupera Raghu); – After the disappearance of Mahaprabhu, Srila Das Gosvami shifted from Puri to Vrindavana (Radha-kunda); – Srimati Radhika Herself made a shade for Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami with Her veil; – Raganuga and rupanuga; – Bhakti and bhakti...
26 Nov 2020 – Srila Raghunatha Das Gosvami Vraja Pastimes (Hindi) – India
Glories of Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami, the most prominent rupanuga acarya – Srila Dasa Gosvami did his bhajana only in Radha kunda; – Mahaprabhu offered Srila Raghunatha Das Gosvami to Svarupa Damodar (Svarupera Raghu); – After the disappearance of Mahaprabhu, Srila Das Gosvami shifted from Puri to Vrindavana (Radha-kunda); – Srimati Radhika Herself made a shade for Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami with Her veil; – Raganuga and rupanuga; – Bhakti and bhakti...
26 Nov 2020 – Kartik – Damodarastakam Sloka 5 and 6 (English translation) – India
Part 1 – Verse 5 and 6 Damodarastakam;- Gopis did their bodily activities and household chores only by habit and by the arrangement of Yogamaya (because they are completely absorbed in Krsna);- Gopis had no kids of their own;-Importance of listening to harikatha and finding a balance between chanting, serving and listening to harikatha;- Gopis curse Brahma for the creation of eyelids;- Symptom of vatsalya-rasa: kissing the cheeks and sniffing the head of the child;- Anisthita bhajana...
25 Nov 2020 – Gopis who attained the panchayati rasa – Vraja mandala parikrama (English translation) – India
Importance of dancing + Seva of Raghava Pandit (English translation) – Shape of Giriraja is like a sleeping cow and a peacock; – Autumn season rasa-lila vs. spring season rasa-lila; – Panchayati rasa that took place in Vrndavana, and which kind of gopis attained to it; – How the Sarna Sitas (golden statues of Sita) became gopis; – Dandakaranya rsis saw to Lord Rama and got His blessing to be born as a gopi in krishna-lila; – Rsis of Dandakaranya waited so...
25 Nov 2020 – Disappearance of Srila Gaura Kishora dasa Babaji Maharaja (English translation) – India
– The internal and external meaning of the renunciation;- Raghunatha Das to Sanatana Gosvami: vairagya-yug-bhakti-rasam prayatnair (Vilapa Kusumanjali);- Srila Gaura Kishora Dasa Babaji Maharaja would defeat the arguments and cut the philosophy of even great panditas such as Prana Gopal Gosvami;- Srila Gaura Kishora dasa Babaji Maharaja didn’t want to give initiation to Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada;- Some newly married man comes to seek Babaji Marahaja’s blessings for his...