Ratha-yatra 2023

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

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...

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

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...

17 Jun 2023 evening – Sri Ratha Yatra /Tirobhava-tithi of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura and Gadadhara Pandita (English) – Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Every year the Ratha Yatra Maha Mahotsava is held in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. At this time of the year, this festival also takes place in Jagannatha Puri. Lord Jagannatha inspires the hearts of devotees to come for the Ratha Yatra. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu experienced the mood of Srimati Radhika going to meet Krsna in Vrindavana. The gopis are very eager to have darshan of Govinda. Even their eyelids are an obstacle for them to have the vision of Krsna. The gopis curse Brahma to death for...

15 Jun 2023 evening – Ratha-yatra (English) – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Speaking is easy, listening is difficult. 3 types of listeners: shrota (one who listens); sarota (one who does not listen); and, sota (one who sleeps). Not listening to hari-katha is an offence, but if you also gossip during hari-katha, it is a much worse offence. We got the opportunity of the human body only after we were born into the 8,400,000 life forms. And the human body is given to us to hear hari-katha from the lotus-mouths of sadhus, gurus and vaisnavas. God is in hari-katha. Never...

03 Jun 2023 evening – History of Snana Yatra and Ratha Yatra (English) – Santos, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Invitation to the Ratha Yatra in São Paulo on 18 June 2023. The Ratha Yatra in the mood of the gopis is when Krishna goes from Kuruksetra to Vrndavana. In the lila of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Lord Jagannatha is going from Jagannatha Puri to Gundicha. Just by seeing Lord Jagannatha on the chariot, one reaches Goloka Vrndavana. The reason for the Ratha Yatra is connected with the Snana Yatra. The Lord is Parambrahma Bhagavan, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and is no different from Sri...

22 Jan 2023 evening – Sri Ratha-yatra Celebration (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Mahaprabhu’s dancing and singing at Ratha-yatra-Playing the mridanga and singing at the same time takes a lot of energy-Kirtana makes the heart happy-Anyabhilasita sunyam sloka discussion-Thanks to those who prepared prasadа and painted the chariot for Ratha-yatra-Always think that everything is prepared by Gurupada-padma and that Krishna gives energy in your heart to do something-The story of the Pandavas and Barbaric (in brief)-Radha is where Krishna is and Krishna is where Radha is...