On Madhavi-devi. You cannot listen to hari-katha and do something else at the same time, like chanting the holy names or doing some service, because the mind will not be able to concentrate and neither will be done qualitatively. Only uttama-mahabhagavatas can combine these things. As much as one surrenders to Guru, one receives Guru’s mercy. Examples of Mrigari, Ekalavya. With Guru’s mercy, realisation will come. Efforts of a sadhaka should be there (example of Mother Yashoda...
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05 Jun 2023 evening – The Importance of Guru Seva and Chanting the Gayatri Mantras (English) – Jaragua do Sul, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Lord Krishna is our father and mother. By practising our spiritual goal, through sadhana and bhajana, we can return to our original abode. We are like immigrants in this material world. Through sadhu-sanga we can get the realisation of our soul. How to surrender completely to the lotus feet of the spiritual master. With the association of the sadhu, krsna-bhakti manifests in the heart. To attain spiritual development, one must be one-pointed to the spiritual master. How to worship the guru...
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05 Jun 2023 morning – Disappearance of Shyamananda Prabhu (English) – Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
One who does not take shelter at the lotus feet of the guru and the Vaishnavas does not receive mercy and remains trapped in maya. 3 things that are very powerful and can liberate us from the material world if we accept them with faith: the water that washed the lotus feet of the Vaishnavas, the remnants of their food and the dust of their lotus feet. Verse from Sri Caitnaya Caritamrita: bhakta-pada-dhūli āra bhakta-pada-jala. Srila Vamana Gosvami Maharaja recommended that his devotees drink...
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04 Jun 2023 evening – We Are All Eternal Servants of Krishna (English) – Balneario Camboriu, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
All living entities are eternal servants of Krishna. Krishna speaks to Arjuna in BG 15.7. Our duty is to serve Krishna. Maya-devi punishes anyone who does not serve Krishna. Verse: kṛṣṇa bhuli’ sei jīva anādi-bahirmukha ataeva māyā tāre deya saṁsāra-duḥkha (Cc. Madhya 20.117). Although the souls suffer the three miseries in this material world, they do not think about how to get out of it and seek self-realisation. Why do we suffer the three miseries of maya (illusory energy)? Answer: The...
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03 Jun 2023 evening – History of Snana Yatra and Ratha Yatra (English) – Santos, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Invitation to the Ratha Yatra in São Paulo on 18 June 2023. The Ratha Yatra in the mood of the gopis is when Krishna goes from Kuruksetra to Vrndavana. In the lila of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Lord Jagannatha is going from Jagannatha Puri to Gundicha. Just by seeing Lord Jagannatha on the chariot, one reaches Goloka Vrndavana. The reason for the Ratha Yatra is connected with the Snana Yatra. The Lord is Parambrahma Bhagavan, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and is no different from Sri...
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03 Jun 2023 midday – The Festival of Snana Yatra (English) – Santos, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The festival of Snana Yatra is the public bath of Lord Jagannatha. Story of King Indradyumna Maharaja in Satya-yuga. Aradhya is one of the names of the Lord. Prahlada Maharaja also manifested this katha in the Ratha Yatra. Lila of Nila Madhava, the Deity. 4 types of mukti. About sayujya-mukti. When you have the darshan of Nila Madhava, you reach the abode of the Lord. Indradyumna Maharaja wanted to have the darshan of Nila Madhava and sent Vidyapati to fetch this Deity. The sweet smell that...
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03 Jun 2023 morning – The Meaning and Mood of Gaura Arati (English) – Santos, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Every day Sri Caitanya worshipped the river Ganges, Ganga-devi. The moods of krsna-lila are also manifested in gaura-lila. Sri Caitanya was doing nama-sankirtana and manifesting Srimati Radhika’s mood of separation. This is different from chanting the holy names out loud. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was manifesting Srimati Radhika’s mood of separation. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura expressed the mood of servitude to Srimati Radhika under the guidance of Ananga Manjari in his song. Without...
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02 Jun 2023 evening – Snana-yatra (English) – Santos, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Human life, sadhu-sanga and hari-katha are very rare. The human body is the door that leads us to the Supreme Lord.-The Bible says that the Lord created man in His own image and likeness. Human life has the power of discrimination. Spiritual life is the path of light, material life is the path of darkness. Ghosts dance in the dark at night. Purnima means full moon. Beautiful lila of Srimati Radhika coming out on a full moon night dressed in white. About the Snana Yatra of Lord Jagannatha...