Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2024

10 Mar 2024 morning – Visnu-tattva and Jiva-tattva (English) – São Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– Only harikatha can purify the heart. – The nature of the Vaisnavas is to glorify the Vaisnavas. – Bhagavan can digest anything, poison or nectar. – Sri Krsna is eager to hear about Your pastimes in Vraja with Srimati Radhika and the gopis. – Verse: naham vasami vaikunte yoginam (Padma Purana): “I do not dwell in Vaikuntha nor in the hearts of yogis, but I dwell where My devotees chant My name, ó Narada.” – Original Siva is original Sri Krsna...

09 Mar 2024 morning – Siva Caturdasi and the Personification of Divine Love (English) – São Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

About the Twelve Mahajanas, meaning: one who is full of wealth of prema (prema-dhana). ⁠Sivaji is the highest Vaisnava, as he is completely surrendered to Krsna. ⁠Parvati Devi is very adept at dancing. Lila from the competition about who dances better, the demigods or the demigoddesses? ⁠The three activities that make up Samgita: singing, dancing and playing musical instruments. ⁠Sivaji’s dance of destruction, description from Mahapralaya. ⁠Sivaji manifested from the forehead of Lord...

08 Mar 2024 morning walk – The Truth About Lord Siva (English) – São Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Sadasiva is a manifestation of the Lord, of His potency of Nrsimhadeva Bhagavan, it is a very complex tattva. Siva has fifty-five qualities, among them the tama-guna of Maya, so that he can accomplish destruction. Siva is not jiva-tattva, nor maya-tattva, nor Visnu-tattva, he is a mixture of tattvas, he is sankara-tattva. Sivaji received diksa-mantra from Maha Visnu, he is a pure devotee of Lord Visnu, param-bhakta. We are worshipping Sadasiva (asraya-bhava) and Gopisvara Mahadeva (madhurya...

07 Mar 2024 evening – Mahaprabhu Beautifully Glorifies His Guru Isvara Puri (English) – São Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Before speaking, you must study. Tomorrow, glorify Lord Siva with evidence from the Scriptures. ⁠Mahaprabhu accepted Isvara Puri as Guru to teach humanity. ⁠Madhavendra Puri is known as the “sprout of divine love” because Radha’s mood of separation manifested in his heart and he began this preaching. ⁠Madhavendra Puri granted the mood of separation to Isvara Puri, who “passed” it to Mahaprabhu. ⁠Serving Srila Gurudeva means reciting to him the slokas that increase his moods of separation...

07 Mar 2024 – The Mercy of Guru and Krsna (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Before asking questions, listen carefully. If you listen, you will understand. ⁠Krsna is in Vrndavana with His sakti, there is no difference between sakti and saktiman. ⁠We are tatastha-sakti (marginal potency) of Krsna. Example of the Sun and its rays. ⁠By derivation, we all belong to Goloka Vrndavana; explaining tatastha-sakti. ⁠Read the Jaiva Dharma. Our question now is how to reach the abode of the Lord. ⁠This material world is a chain of Maya. The most important thing now is to question...