Sloka: guru-śuśrūṣayā bhaktyā… (ŚB 7.7.30-31). We must serve the spiritual master to reach the abode of the Lord. To satisfy Sri Guru, one must fulfill his desire, and for that, one must know his heart. The story of the Guru who was thirsty and asked his disciple to bring him water. We must follow the Guru’s orders without arguing. Guru means heavy, and serving him is something difficult. According to Srila BV Svami Maharaja, there are two types of people we should not keep in the Temple:...
Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025
04 Jan 2025 morning – Dasa Mula Tattva (English) | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About Dasa Mula Tattva, which is like an Ayurvedic medicine as good as a verse written by Bhaktivinoda Thakura. The transcendental evidences given by the Lord: The Vedas. About how these transcendental vibrations, the Vedas, come to us through the Guru Parampara. About Srimad Bhagavatam which is non-different from Krsna. About the Four Vedas which were first heard by the Rsis and Munis. About how the original form of Krsna (Krsna Tattva) and the original form of Baladeva (Baladeva Tattva) are...
04 Jan 2025, morning walk – Questions and Answers (English) | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
0:00:00 – Krishna gave the vow: “My devotee will never fall.” An example from the Mahabharata is cited: Bhishma Pitamaha and Krishna’s vow. Always think that Krishna Himself may not keep vows, but His devotees follow the vows given to them. 0:09:08 – Question: Yesterday you said that Krishna cannot repay His debt to Radhika. The debt to Sri Guru — how can a disciple repay it? One must serve; through vani-seva (serving the instructions). 0:13:50 – Why did...
03 Jan 2025 evening – Guru Tattva (English) | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About the importance of Guru Tattva. The importance of not criticizing but, at the same time, of speaking the truth. About the need to take shelter at the lotus feet of a Guru who is from the Vaisnava Sampradaya and to see if the Guru has Parampara. How Srimati Radhika’s prema was transmitted from Herself to Madhavendra Puripada, who passed it on to Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who passed it on to Rupa Gosvami Pada. About the nine phases of bhakti explained by Rupa Gosvami Pada. About the duty of...
02 Jan 2025 evening – Disappearance of Jiva Gosvami and the Departure of Madana Gopal Prabhu (English) | Guaruja, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Jiva Gosvami is Vilasa Manjari, intimate servant of Srimati Radhika. Srila Gurudeva talks about Krsna’s desire: “Man proposes and God disposes”. Life and death are not in our hands. Krsna says in the Bhagavad Gita that the person who understands that His pastimes are transcendental does not take birth again in this material world. Guru and Vaisnavas come from the transcendental world to the material world by the desire of Krsna. The neophyte devotee, kanistha, liberates seven generations...
02 Jan 2025 afternoon – Jiva Gosvami’s Disappearance Day (English) | Guaruja, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Vrndavana Dhama is the embodiment of madhurya (sweetness) and Navadvipa Dhama is the embodiment of audarya (generosity). All offenses are destroyed in Navadvipa, just chant Goura-nama. Goura Dhama is superior to Vrndavana Dhama. Whoever worships Navadvipa Dhama qualifies to enter Vrndavana Dhama. Nemi Maharaja and the Nava Yogendras. About Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His eternal associates. The self-realized soul divides into two and performs madhurya-seva and audarya-seva. Lila by Rupa...
02 Jan 2025 morning – The Greatness of Srila Gurudeva (English) | Guaruja, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Srila Gurudeva feels fallen and disqualified. The crow and the cuckoo bird. About the beauty of the humility and mercy of the Gaudiya Vaisnavas. About the merciful kindness of Srila Gurudeva BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja when he saw beauty within the hearts of the devotees. About the causeless mercy of the Guru. By the mercy of the Guru we can reach the highest bhava. Mantra: Dhyana Mulam Guru Murti Puja Mulam Guru Padam Mantra Mulam Guru Vakyam Moksa Mulam Guru Kripa. About Srila Gurudeva Vana...
01 Jan 2025 evening – Srimati Radhika’s Vrindavana (English) | Guaruja, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The way to solve our endless problems. Verse: ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇaṁ… (Sri Siksastakam 1). How to clean our hearts. The meaning of the name Govinda. Everybody needs love, even a street dog. Funny story about a lost donkey. Svagatam, svagatam – Vrindavana welcomes Krishna. Srimati Radhika is Krishna’s guru. In Vrindavana there are footprints of Srimati Radhika everywhere. Lila: Krishna wanted to protect Srimati Radhika from the scorching sun with His pitambara...