About Jagannatha’s return from the Gundica Temple to the Jagannatha Puri Temple. About Laksmi Devi’s anxiety about Lord Jagannatha. About the lila of Visnu, Siva and Brahma assuming the forms of brahmacaris to test the chastity of Anasuya, wife of Atri Rsi. Krsna conquers Kamadeva but is conquered by Radha’s romantic and angry sidelong glance. It is very easy to deceive a woman’s heart, they are generally innocent in the hands of a deceitful man. Very sad story of the...
Ratha-yatra 2024
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08 Jul 2024 midday – The Deep Meaning of Ratha Yatra (English) | Sao Paolo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 PART 2 People went to the Ratha Yatra to have darsan of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The dance of Krsna and the dance of Radha. The story of when King Prataparudra’s bodyguard was slapped by Srivasa Thakura illustrates how the mercy of the Vaisnavas works. Verse: dhyana mulan guru murti… which is known to all. The story of Sankaracarya’s servant Giri and his surrender. Hardika (by heart), Vacika (by speech) and Aloka-dana (by vision) are the three ways of receiving mercy from the Guru. The...
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08 Jul 2024 morning walk – The Mood Revealed in the Ratha Yatra (English) | Sao Paolo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The Jagannatha Temple is self-manifest. After the snana yatra, Lord Jagannatha wanted to travel to another place, so He goes to the Gundica Temple. Prahlada Maharaja also performed Ratha Yatra with the Deity of Visnu, in Satya Yuga. The change of place brings a change of mood to Jagannatha. Lord Caitanya recites a verse that conveys his mood (parakiya-bhava). Svarupa Damodara also recited this verse to stimulate Mahaprabhu’s mood. Srila Rupa Gosvami has written a verse in the same mood:...
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07 Jul 2024 evening – Ratha Yatra Festival (English) | Sao Paolo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 The day of Ratha Yatra is very auspicious. Holly lila means anuraga, transcendental attachment. Caitanya Mahaprabhu He remembered many lilas when He went to Giriraja Govardana. Lord Jagannatha and the mood of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Lila of Lord Jagannatha ill. Mother Yasoda is also called Devaki. Sri Krsna has three dhamas. We can worship the Lord in two ways. The service mood of the vraja gopis. Ramacandra promises to only accept Sita Devi as His wife. Sri Krsna leaves Vrndavana and goes...
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07 Jul 2024 morning – Ratha Yatra Festival (English) | Sao Paolo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
In Jagannatha Puri this Ratha Yatra festival is happening. Body and appearance are not important, what matters in Bhakti is bhava. Vraja-katha is very powerful. Rohini Devi spoke vraja-katha to the queens of Dvaraka. Viraha-katha made the hearts of Sri Krsna, Baladeva and Subadra melt for love, maha-bhava-prakasha. There are stages after prema. Uddhava went to Vrndavana and saw the transcendental madness of the gopis. Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s lilas missing Sri Krsna very much. Lila from when...