Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023

25 Jun 2023 evening – The Soul’s Journey (English) – Lisbon, Portugal | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Every substance has an inherent property. Example: water. The soul is an integral part of the Lord. Man is mortal. What an intelligent man should do before he dies. The four common activities of man and animal. This is mine, this is yours. Everything belongs to God. āhāra-nidra-bhaya-maithunaṁ casāmānyam etat paśubhir narāṇāmdharmo hi teṣām adhiko viśeṣodharmeṇa hīnāḥ paśubhiḥ samānāḥ(Hitopadesa, 25) Bhakti-yoga, meaning. The Hare Krishna mantra, meaning of the words. God is always with you...

25 Jun 2023 midday – Hera Panchami (English) – Coelhosa, Portugal | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Why do we get a cold/flu? Jagannatha spends 15 days very weak and alone. The fresh mind X the anxious mind. Where do disturbances come from? God is our eternal well-wisher. Parents know their children. Twameva mata cha pita twamevaTwameva bandu cha sakha twamevaTwameva vidhya dravinam twamevaTwameva sarvam mama deva deva. Things come and go. We have to accept the will of the Lord. The story of the boat in the storm and the saint who helped the water come in. The desire of the Lord is the best...

24 Jun 2023 evening – How to Control the Senses and the Mind (English) – Coelhosa, Portugal | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 1 Bhakti-yoga is the devotional service that connects you to the Lord. We are residents of Goloka Vrndavana – back to God, back home. We are not the body, we are the soul. The soul is eternal and transcendental and travels in different bodies. There are 5 elements in the gross body: earth, water, fire, air and ether. The soul will complete its journey when it reaches the abode of the Lord. All souls suffer the three kinds of miseries in this material world: adhidaivika (caused by...

23 Jun 2023 evening – Primary Issues of the Spiritual Life (English) – Viseu, Portugal | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

This world is not our home. We are travellers, moving from one body to another. In each body we have a different bodily conception and identity: man, woman, animal, and so on. Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. GOD = Generator/Operator/Destroyer. God has many names and He is always with you. We are in this material world because we have forgotten God. The material world is a prison. The three miseries of Maya: adhyātmika, adhibhautika and adhidaivika. In this world happiness is...

22 Jun 2023 afternoon – Darshana on the Balcony (English) – Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Many children are children of Vaishnavas, they receive all devotional impressions, but they become atheists. In the world all people are disturbed in mind and criticise those who wear tilaka and kanthi. Give up bad association! Have faith that Krishna is your protector and maintainer. tat te ‘nukampāṁ su-samīkṣamāṇo… Srimad Bhagavatam 10.14.8. aho bhāgyam aho bhāgyaṁ… Srimad Bhagavatam 10.14.32. Whenever there is a problem, think, “This is my karma and this is Krishna’s mercy...

22 Jun 2023 morning – Krishna and the Gopis (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Krishna says, “I am always with you, just meditate on Me. Krishna has three aspects: Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan. Bhagavan is the one who has six opulences and controls the spiritual world, the material world and the jivas (chit-sakti, maya-sakti and jiva-sakti). Among the innumerable brahmandas, this one, whose Brahma has four heads, is the smallest. Lila of Lord Rama, the dog and the pujari. Be careful! Those who are bad temple presidents and bad gurus-sevakas, who misuse money and...

21 Jun 2023 evening – Mahaprabhu in Front of Jagannathadeva (English) – Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

The mood of Lord Chaitanya in front of Jagannathadeva. Rasa-pancadhyaya. How King Prataparudra got the mercy of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. The heart of a sadhu is very hard on the outside but very soft on the inside. Sloka: tava kathamritam tapta jivanam. Navadvipa-dhama is so merciful that it gives mercy to reach Vrndavana. Bhajana: Kabe gaura vane. Shachinandana Gaurahari is our ishtadeva in Kali-yuga. Samyogini-Radha and Viyogini-Radha. Original Radha and Krishna always remain in Vrindavana...

21 Jun 2023 midday – Gopis and Krishna in Kurukshetra 2 (English) – Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 1 Vrindavana-Krishna and Vrishabhanu-Nandini Srimati Radhika always remain in Vrindavana. The gopis and Srimati Radhika reproach Krishna in Kurukshetra for not coming to Vrindavana. The 5 places where Mahaprabhu always resides. Krishna remained in Vrindavana for 10 years and 8 months. Gopis tell Krishna about the suffering of Yashoda’s mother in His absence. The dispute between shuka and sari over the glories of Krishna and Radha. Srimati Radhika gave Krishna shakti to hold...