-Today is Lord Jagannatha’s appearance day-All the holy rivers are in the waters in which Jagannatha is bathed-Lord Jagannatha does not use chemical perfumes-108 or even 1108 pitchers are used to bathe Jagannathadeva-Lilas of baby Krishna-Krishna goes to Mathura-Jarasandha attacks Mathura and Krishna moves to Dvaraka Puri-Krishna’s life and separation in Dvaraka-Rohini-devi tells vraja-katha including rasa-lila-katha to the queens of Dvaraka
Snana-yatra 2022
2022, Discourses in English 2022, Undisclosed, USA 2022, Snana-yatra 2022
14 Jun 2022 morning – Snana-yatra (English) – USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Lila of Mahaprabhu being stopped by Govinda dasa after He runs after a girl singing Gita-govinda-Mahaprabhu nondifferent from Jagannatha.-Shower of mercy is always there & based on the container one has to take it.-When you chant the holy names automatically mercy will come.-Lord Himself told Svayambhu Manu that today is Lord Jagannatha’s birthday.-Snana-yatra means the birthday of Lord Jagannatha.-How Snana-yatra is done: bathing Lord, doing arati ,decorating Him & offering...
2022, Discourses in English 2022, Undisclosed, USA 2022, Snana-yatra 2022, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), mantra: Klim, rasa dance: rasa-lila
13 Jun 2022 morning – Sri Snana-yatra (English) – USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Lord Jagannatha is hot and asks to cool Him down-Lord Jagannatha is eternal & transcendental.-Jagannatha’s snana with water from holy places.-Lila of Jagannatha coming in the dream of a brahmana who doubts about Lord’s presence in the temple & tells him that He gives darshana as per bhaktas desire & gives fruits.-By Govinda’s darshana one gets captivated by His sidelong glance & won’t return back.-Bhagavan, guru & vaishnava are wish fulfilling desire...