Discourses in English 2022

25 Mar 2022 morning – Summary of recent parikrama (English) – Vrindavana, India

-First we visited Panihati, then Bhramara-ghata, Cir-ghata, Tapavana, Gopihata-Lila of Yamuna whose waters have parted after the gopis said that Krishna is paksha-brahmacari and Durvasa Rishi did not eat anything-Once Durvasa came into Durvasa-tila-Caitanyavata, Vishramvata is the next place we have visited-Lila of Kamsa who came in Vrindavana and Purnamasi-devi putting him into a pond and turning him into an old woman-Badrimana is the next place we have visited-We have visited the place where...

24 Mar 2022 midday – Navadvipa parikrama summary for Chinese devotees (English) – Zoom

-The places visited in Navadvipa-dhama parikrama-Glories of Srila BV Madhusudana Gosvami Maharaja-Nityananda Prabhu is searching for Kanhayi in Navadvipa-Mahaprabhu stayed for 48 years out of which 24 is grihastha-lila & 24 is sannyasa-lila.-Little Nimai in his childhood three times ate the offering of a brahmana, teased at brahmanas and at young girls who worshipped Shivaji-Mahaprabhu’s marriage with Lakshmipriya-devi and Vishnupriya-devi-Nimai Pandita became Bhavuka Nimai after meeting...

24 Mar 2022 morning – Why Nitai sends Jiva to Vrindavana (English) – Vrindavana, India

-ārādhitam nava-vanam vraja-kānanam te sloka discussion-yathā yathā gaura-padāravinde sloka discussion-gaur amara, je-saba sthane verse discussion-Rupa and Sanatana got instruction from Mahaprabhu to manifest: 1) Krishna’s birthplace and lila-bhumi; 2) granthas and 3) vidhi-marga and raga-marga-When you have lots of love for vigraha, vigraha will speak with you-Sakshi Gopala katha: older brahmana promises to marry his daughter to younger brahmana but denies afterwards-Navadvipa-parikrama is non...

20 Mar 2022 evening – Why Mahaprabhu came into this world (English) – Navadvipa, India

-Krishna comes into this world in one day of Brahma-Sambandhatmika and kamatmika bhakti-Sambhoga-icha-mayi, tat-tat-bhava-icha-mayi-Srimati Radhika’s mood reflected in the hearts of the manjaris-Rati Manjari teases at Rupa Manjari’s red marks on the face-Srimati Radhika completely covers the body of Krishna and manifests as Mahaprabhu-Advaita Acharya’s calling of Krishna-Duties of Vishnu is to kill demons and duties of Vrajendra-nandana Shyamasundara is to perform sweet lilas with the gopis...

11 Mar 2022 midday – Nrisimha pali (English) – India

-When our anarthas will be fully destroyed we can fully perform bhajana and sadhana-Without the mercy of the pure sadhu we cannot attain our perfection goal-Lord Nrisimhadeva gives us mercy to remove all obstacles-We used to come here every year before Navadvipa-parikrama to have successful parikrama-Curse of Jaya and Vijaya-The meaning of Hiranyaksha (Hiranya – gold, aksha – eye) – “the one attracted to gold”. Why do people keep gold? For sense gratification-The meaning of...

03 Mar 2022 morning – Types of vraja-prema (English) – Brazil

-Satyavrata Muni describes how Krishna performs many lilas in Vraja-Sambandhatmika-prema and kamatmika-prema-Sambhoga-iccha-mayi and tat-tat-bhava-iccha-mayi prema-About how one man wanted to straighten a dog’s tail-Don’t go to maya. Tamaso ma-Manjari-bhava-Guru-nishtha is a backbone of our bhajana-sadhana-Nama-nishtha and bhajana-nishtha is our goal. Be one-pointed-Types of gopis-Mana of Srimati Radhika at rasa-lila