Discourses Translated into English 2024
30 May 2024 midday – Detailed Description of the Wonderful Service that Radha and the Gopis Do to Krsna (English translation) – Zoom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Krsna’s curiosity about Radha’s feelings for Him. Krsna takes the form of Gouranga with the skin colour and moods of Radha. If Gouranga had not taken shelter of the Guru’s lotus feet, He would not have been able to taste the sweetness of Radha’s feelings. Mahaprabhu accepts sannyasi, He goes to Jagannatha Puri and there he freed Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya. Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya tells Mahaprabhu to meet Raya Ramananda, the governor of Prataparudra Maharaja. The first...
29 May 2024 evening – Raya-Ramananda Samvada (English translation) – Zoetermeer, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Krishna wants to realise the glories of Srimati Radhika. Radharani is ashrayа-vigraha and Krishna is vishayа-vigraha. Guru is the source of all auspiciousness (dhyana mulam guru murti…) Rasa-lila is kama-vijaya-lila. If you want to conquer lust you have to listen to rasa-lila-katha with firm faith. Mahaprabhu showed His form to Raya Ramananda. Raya Ramananda conducted the performance with the young ladies. Do not imitate rasa-lila, for you are not Shiva who drank the poison. The essence of...
28 Apr 2024 evening – Inspiration and Power (English translation) – Delhi, India| Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Ambarisa Maharaja engaged his eleven senses when doing bhajana. We must serve Bhagavan with body, mind and words. This human body is very rare and we obtain it to serve God. Story of a person trying to find the exit in a dark room. Our false ego binds us to this material world. Story of when Brahmaji wanted to resign from his position. In each part of our body a Deity presides. God gives us everything, without Him we wouldn’t even be able to raise our hands. Sloka: tṛṇād api sunīcena...
28 Apr 2024 midday – The Power of Mantra (English translation) – Delhi, India| Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Story of a brahmana who received the gopal-mantra in a dream. The power of mantra. Story that Sivaji tells a poor brahmana to go and meet Sanatana Gosvami who was rich. All material things cause pain. Only krsna-prema (pure love for God) meets all our needs. Holy rivers destroy our sins and bless us. The blessings of pilgrimage sites. Maha-mantra: śrī kṛṣṇa gopāla hare mukunda… (Bṛhad- bhāgavatāmṛtam 2.4.7). The instruction is that we should not say to anyone the mantra that Sri Guru gave us...
28 Apr 2024 morning – The Kingdom of Prema (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Loving lilies, jokes and cuteness between Sri Krsna as dhira-lalita-nayka (a type of hero) and the sakhis. Description of prema-vivartha, the whirlpool of love between beloved and lover. The difference between advaita-siddhi (all becomes one) and prema-vivartha (two appear to be one/absorption). Explanation of feelings of meeting and separation. Srimati Radhika’s Lila alone, absorbed in separation from Sri Krsna. In the transcendental world, everyone has their individual existence...
