Ratha-yatra 2022

04 Jul 2022 evening – Mahaprabhu in Ratha-yatra (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-About different ratha-yatras being done by different devotees.-Lord Jagannatha is seated on ratha-yatra & giving darshana to all jivas.-Mahaprabhu manifested Vrindavana mood in Ratha-yatra.-Only one with Mahaprabhu’s mood can pull rope.-Ask Lord for highest prema & manjari-bhava.-About people’s Ganga-hathi-snana.-Mahaprabhu is singing & dancing as in rasa dance in Radhika’s bhava.-Jagannatha’s surprise on how Srimati Radhika is dancing in front of Him.-Lila...

04 Jul 2022 evening – Ratha-yatra (English) – Zoom

-Jagannatha is the Lord of the Universe-Mahaprabhu and the devotees cleanse the temple of Gundicha-Dormant desires of baddha-jiva-Saloka, samipya, sarsti and sayujya-mukti are rejected by devotees. Sayujya is considered to be a kind of punishment as jivas never become Brahman-Prema-seva-uttara and sukha-aisvarya-uttara. Sukha-aisvarya-uttara should be rejected by devotees-pratiṣṭhāśa dhṛṣṭā śvapaca-ramaṇī me hṛdi naṭet sloka-Sadhakas should not have kutinati, duplicity-Radhika calls Krishna to...

03 Jul 2022 evening – Ratha-yatra (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Today by the mercy of Jagannatha we had Ratha-yatra without any obstacles-Self-manifested Jagannathadeva, mahabhava-prakasha, is the mercy of the Lord to all living entities-Dvarakavasis do not know realise separation of Krishna from Vrajavasis-Narada Rishi asks Krishna to manifest in separation His mahabhava-prakasha Jagannathadevaji

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02 Jul 2022 evening – Radhika inviting Krsna in Kurukshetra (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Ratha-yatra is about milana & viraha.-Jagannatha gives darshana to all living entities & purifies their hearts.-Transcendental love cannot be manifested in the material world.-Different stages from sraddha to prema & prema’s different levels.-Srimati Radhika meeting Krsna in royal dress in Kurukshetra & asking Him to come to Vraja due to lack of uddipana in Kurukshetra.-Krsna is rasaraja & Srimati Radhika is mahabhava-svarupa.-Different kinds of uddipana in Vraja.-How...

02 Jul 2022 midday – Jagannatha’s Manifestation (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Lord Jagannatha’s form is mahabhava-prakasa.-Svetasvatara Upanishad explains Lord has beautiful form which is transcendental-When sadhaka comes to prema-dasa one will realise mahabhava.-Different stages from sraddha to prema & prema’s different levels.-When Lord mercifully manifests all tattva one will understand.-Mahaprabhu told Jagannatha You aren’t vigraha but son of Nanda Maharaja.-To give pleasure to all devotees in different rasas Lord manifests many forms &...

01 Jul 2022 evening – Jagannatha Ratha-yatra (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Jagannatha is going from Jagannatha temple to Gundicha temple.-Sundarananda Prabhu arranged Ratha-yatra with Srila Parama-Gurudeva.-Spiritual life 3 things are needed. 1.Temple 2.Books 3.Spiritual master-First establish a temple in your heart.-By Gundicha-marjana lila Mahaprabhu taught us how to clean our hridaya-mandira from anarthas.-If you think Krsna is Bhagavan you aren’t qualified to attain Goloka Vrindavana.-Ishvara is Supreme Controller, sat-cid-ananda & the cause of all...

23 Jun 2022 morning – Dancing of the Lord at Ratha-yatra (7) (English) – USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Mahaprabhu recited the verse from Sahitya-darpana.-Only Svarupa Damodara & Rupa Gosvami understood Mahaprabhu’s bhava.-Krsna meeting Vrajavasis in Kurukshetra & pacifying them.-Mahaprabhu speaking to Lord Jagannatha the way Radharani spoke to Krsna in Kurukshetra.-Madhurya-rasa bhaktas don’t like opulences & they are simple living.-Effects of eating highly delicious foods, wearing gorgeous dresses.-Story of a fat sadhu saved by his guru from the king’s punishment...

19 Jun 2022 morning – Dancing of the Lord at Ratha-yatra (4) (English) – USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-CC Madhya 13-Jagannatha stops when Mahaprabhu was not in front of Him-Mahaprabhu’s mood in Ratha-yatra: I am going from Kuruksetra to Vrindavana-Devaki thinks Krishna is her son, not Yashoda’s. Rohini-devi distracts her by taking her to the queens-The nature of meeting and separation-Everyone in Vrindavana serves Radha and Krishna-Nikata-pravasa, dura-pravasa-Even a moment without Krishna is the eternity for them-The gopis want to get the deer’s body to freely meet with Krishna-The gopis scold...