Discourses in English 2024

12 Feb 2024 morning – Story of Visnupriya Devi (English) – Buenos Aires, Argentina | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– Song: Bhaja Re Bhaja Re Amar. – The different goals of the jnana-marga, karma-marga and bhakti-marga mystical paths. – What is superior, karma or jnana? – The life story of Visnu Priya Devi. – Nimai’s lila accepting sannyasa. – Song: Bhaja Gauranga Kaha Gauranga. – Separation nourishes the encounter. – Mahaprabhu cries at Srimati Radhika’s mood. – The different types of separation, nikata-pravasa and durgata-pravasa (separation...

11 Feb 2024 evening – Nama-sankirtana (English) – La Plata, Argentina | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

It is very rare to reach the association of saints. Verse: kṛṣṇa-bhakti-janma-mūla haya ‘sādhu-saṅga’ (CC Madhya-lila 22.83). Verse: sādhu saṅga sādhu saṅga sarva śāstra (CC Madhya-lila 22.54). Sadhu-sanga means hearing about Sri Hari and practicing instructions His throughout life. Food for the soul is Sri Krsna katha. Worldly conversations leave our minds disturbed. Verse: tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ (CC Madhya-lila 10.31.9). Verse: ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ (Siksastaka 1). We are in the cycle...

11 Feb 2024 morning – Seva (English) – Buenos Aires, Argentina | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

The symptoms of vaidhi-bhakti and raganuga-bhakti. Vrajavasis love Sri Krsna. There are two types of sevas. Verse: sevā sādhaka-rūpeṇa siddha-rūpeṇa (CC Madhya-lila 22.158). Craving for Sri Krsna comes from hearing vraja-lila-katha. The different bhavas and their respective ways of serving Sri Krsna. All rasas exist in Vraja, and all rasas are contained in madhurya-bhava. Srimati Radhika’s maan is transcendental. There are three rules: first, listen to harikatha and follow the sixty-four...

11 Feb 2024 morning walk – Rasas (English) – Buenos Aires, Argentina | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

If you pray to Lord Nrsinhadeva, He will solve all your problems.

Song: keśava dhṛta-narahari-rūpa jaya jagadīśa hare (Sri Nrsimha Pranama)

A rasa opposition between the bumblebee and the lotus.

Nrsinhadeva has much love and affection for His devotees.

Where does Srimati Radhika’s feeling of maan come from?

All the “incarnations” of Sri Krsna manifest in Srimati Radhika.

One of the forms of Srimati Radhika is the astavakra, She has eight curves.

10 Feb 2024 evening – Sadhu Sanga and the Glories of Srila Gurudeva BV Narayana Maharaja (English) – Buenos Aires, Argentina | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

On the day of the appearance of a Vaisnava, we should talk about his life and contributions. The four things that animals and humans do in common: eat, sleep, mate and defend themselves. Just like the proverb that says that the sandalwood tree is very rare in a forest, in the same way sadhu-sanga is very rare to be attained. Song: Guru Parampara. ⁠Song: Gurudeva Krpa Bindu Diya. Only through Sri Guru’s mercy is it possible to become humble. Srila Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Gosvami Maharaja...

09 Feb 2024 evening – The Glories of Life and Philosophical Contributions of Srila Gurudeva BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja (English) – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– Avirbhava tithi – transcendental appearance of Srila Gurudeva. – Srila Gurudeva BV Narayana Gosvami is not an ordinary person, he is a very intimate servant of Radharani, his name is Ramana Manjari. – Our problem is how to reach the abode of the Lord and satisfy the Guru. – Srila Gurudeva came to Western countries at the request of BV Svami Prabhupada to take care of his disciples. – If there is no association with the pure devotee, it is not possible to develop...

08 Feb 2024 evening – Glories of Srila Gurudeva BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja (English) – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Amavasya means “new moon”. ⁠When Mahaprabhu was born, everyone was doing nama-sankirtana. ⁠Srila Gurudeva is Ramana Manjari but, as a young man, he chant sixty-four rounds of japa, was married and had two daughters. ⁠Lila of when Srila Gurudeva Narayana Gosvami Maharaja met his Gurudeva. ⁠Comparison of the lives of Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami and Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja. ⁠Correct association with the sadhu results in vairagya. ⁠Lila of how Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja abandoned family...

08 Feb 2024 midday – Appearance of Srila Gurudeva BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja (English) – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Tomorrow we will celebrate the appearance of Srila Gurudeva BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja and Mauni Amavasya of Siva. ⁠Parvati’s lila doubting that Ramacandra is Bhagavan. ⁠If you have doubts in the Guru, the Vaisnavas and Bhagavan, you will lose everything. ⁠Parvati committed many offences: She lied to Siva and pretended to be Sita Devi. This was a reason for Sati (Parvati in the previous life) to abandon Her body. ⁠The glories of Narayana Gosvami Maharaja, he was born while everyone was...