Discourses Translated into English 2023

06 Mar 2023 evening – Serving with Sambandha-jnana (English translation) – Navadvipa, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-By the mercy of Nityananda Prabhu and Nrisimhadeva Bhagavan we have completed Navadvipa-parikrama-Many people do not lack money but they lack the mercy-The topmost anuraga is that of Radharani’sIf you serve someone without knowledge of the relationship then you do it for your own gratification and once you are satisfied, the service is stopped-The essence of all spiritual life is Guru’s mercy-You should have honey-type of love, not ghee-type-Jiva Gosvami says kirtanakya-bhakti is the best...

06 Mar 2023 morning – Mamagachhi (English translation) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-This is the place of Srila Vrindavana dasa Thakura-Narayani didi, the mother of Vrindavana dasa Thakura used to serve Caitanya Mahaprabhu-The granthas Chaitanya-mangala (by Narottama dasa Thakura), Chaitanya-bhagavata (by Vrindavana dasa Thakura) and Chaitanya-charitamrita (by Krishnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami) are enough to understand Mahaprabhu-Separation nourishes the meeting-This is a very special place-Saranga Murari katha-There should be a servital mood in the parikrama: we should serve maha...

05 Mar 2023 evening – The glories of Sri Radha-kunda and Srimati Radharani (English translation) – Navadvipa, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Radharani is completely devoted to the lotus feet of Krishna-She is always presented in Radha-kunda in visible or invisible form-Krishna chases after Radharani-Why Radha is called Radha-She is qualified to fill all Krishna’s desires

05 Mar 2023 evening – The Glories of the Ganges (English translation) – Navadvipa, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Ganga destroys sins-Garuda’s struggle with the serpent and how the serpent touched the water of the Ganga-Lila on how Radharani saw Krishna meet Viraja sakhi (Ganga-devi)-2 bulls fighting each other-Yamuna is even more glorious than Ganga-The other names of the Ganges-Although the Ganges is very long, the place matters: bathing in Navadvipa’s Ganga is more powerful than anywhere else-The glories of Nirdaya ghata-The loving quarrels of Srila BV Narayana Gosvami and Srila BV...

05 Mar 2023 morning – Champahata (English translation) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-The place of beautiful champaka flowers, where all the sakhis collect them-Beautiful pastimes of Caitanya Mahaprabhu happened here-The mood of separation described in Gita-govinda-Jayadeva Gosvami is completely renounced yet experiencing these deep moods-Krishna is controlled by his lovers-About Gita-govinda and the 4 types of roles played by Krsna, 8 played by Radharani-We must listen about Gita-govinda from uttama-maha-bhagavata, and the heart must be very soft and pure to understand these...

04 Mar 2023 evening – Navadvipa Destroys Offences (English translation) – Navadvipa, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Summary of today’s parikrama-Ego drives offences-Indra’s offence to the lotus feet of Krishna-Respect demigods but do think that they are supreme-Do not think you are the doers. The Lord is the doer-Why cows are glorified in the scriptures-Indra is the King Prataparudra in chaitanya-lila-Markandeya Rishi was foretold to die as a child, but he paid obeisances to the sadhu and the sadhu blessed him with a long life-Aishvarya-kadambini is a nice book-Take the Lord’s darshana with your ears, not...

04 Mar 2023 morning – Samadhi of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura (English translation) – Navadvipa, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Srimati Radhika is the dearest of Kamala Manjari, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura-Bhaktivinoda Thakura reveаled his svarupa-Bhaktivinoda Thakura was a district magistrate in India-He opened Yogapitha, the birthplace of Caitanya Mahaprabhu-He preached Mahaprabhu’s vani and nama-sankirtana

03 Mar 2023 evening – Maya’s Job (English translation) – Navadvipa, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-How to get Brahma’s post-Following varnashrama-dharma without doing bhajana leads to hell-How to get Shiva’s post-The job of Yogamaya and the job of Mahamaya-Maya is one but manifests as Yogamaya and Mahamaya. Maya means ‘kripa’-Avaranatmika-vritti and vikshepatmika-vritti of maya-Jivatma and Paramatma interaction-On Proudha-maya-Yogamaya helps Krishna to perform rasa-lila in Rasoli-Sadashiva is Vishnu-tattva-The Lord is nirguna, beyond the gunas-Destruction is a very big responsibility of...