Five days after Lord Jagannatha travelled and did not report back, Laksmi Devi goes to look for Him in anger. What Laksmi Devi feels is not maan, it is anger. The difference between maan and anger.-On Kaikei’s anger encouraged by Manthara, his servant. About Satyabhama’s anger. On the humility of Sri Radha. Krishna gets very angry with Satyabhama and the queens, speaks very harshly and praises the incomparable beauty of the gopis. What Satyabhama feels is maan-abhasa. The gopis feel...
Hera-panchami 2023
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Helsinki 2023, Finland 2023, Hera-panchami 2023, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage)
28 Jun 2023 morning – Hera-panchami (English) – Helsinki, Finland | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 Jagannathadevа goes to the Gundicha temple. Yudhishthira Maharaja curses women so that they will no longer be able to keep secrets. In this material world there is no love, only sense gratification. The anger of Lakshmi-devi when she met the servants of Jagannathadeva returning from Gundicha temple. Why did Jagannathadeva not take Lakshmi-devi with Him? The lila of Krishna giving a parijata flower to Rukmini. You can’t hold the deities with your bare left hand, you have to hold...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Coelhosa 2023, Portugal 2023, Hera-panchami 2023
25 Jun 2023 midday – Hera Panchami (English) – Coelhosa, Portugal | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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...