About the importance of Tulasi and Ganga. About the incorrect interpretation of the Scriptures by the sahadiyas. Gurudeva is like Brahma because he creates suddha-bhakti in the hearts of disciples. Gurudeva is like Visnu because he nourishes the hearts of disciples with suddha-bhakti. Gurudeva is like Siva/Mahesvara because he destroys the anarthas in the hearts of disciples. Mantra: Gurur Brahmā Gurur Viṣṇur Gurur devo Maheśvaraḥ Guruḥ sākṣāt paraṁ Brahma tasmai śrī gurave namaḥ Gurudeva...
Discourses Translated into Spanish 2024
14 Feb 2024 evening – Vasanta-panchami (English) – Cochabamba, Bolivia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Sharadiya-rasa and vasantika-rasa are the two main rasas. – Description of different kundas. – Sri Radha is the pleasure potency of Krishna, still She manifests Herself in many forms to please Krishna. – The glories of Vishakha-devi. – All rasas come from Srimati Radhika. – Tattva-siddhanta and rasa-siddhanta are both crucial to know. – Shringara-rasa gives birth to all other mellows. – Sadharani-rati, samanjasya-rati and samartha-rati. –...
14 Feb 2024 morning – Pundarika Vidyanidhi Appearance/Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakura Disappearance (English) – Buenos Aires, Argentina | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Vamshi-chori lila (before prayer). People think that Pundarika Vidyanidhi is a complete materialist, but in fact he is a great Vaishnava in gaura-lila. Vaishnava-prayi and vishayi-prayi. Gadadhara Pandita took diksha-initiation from Pundarika Vidyanidhi. Keep your diksha-mantras secret. Pundarika Vidyanidhi at Jagannatha Puri. Starched clothes are considered impure. Lila of Ramanujacharya kicked out from one temple to another. Lord Jagannatha becomes very angry if someone criticises his pujari...
13 Feb 2024 evening – Glorification of Raghunatha Dasa Thakura (English) – Buenos Aires | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The exclusive seva of Vrinda Devi for Krishna on Vasanta-panchami. In Vraja, all offerings are yellow like the flowers there in the Spring season. rādhā-kunḍa-taṭa-kuñja-kuṭīr bhajana (Sri Gaudiya Giti-Guccha, page 218). When we associate with sadhu, jnana and vairagya manifest in our heart. Three types of jnana: tat parartha; tvam parartha and jiva-brahma aikya jnana. ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥ kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam explanation (SB 1.3.28) Vishayi-praiya and Vaishnava-praiya explanation...
13 Feb 2024 morning – Vasanta-panchami and rasa-lila katha (English) – Buenos Aires, Argentina | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Four days are very auspicious and important in Vedic culture and astrology: Rama-navami, aksaiya-tritiya, Vijaya-dasami and Vasanta-panami. Many social and spiritual activities can be performed on this day without consulting the astrologer. Today also, Sarasvati-puja is performed, who is the presiding deity of knowledge. Many Vaisnava and Vaisnavi’s avirbhava and tirabhava tithis’s today. Vasantic-rasa-lila description. Harikatha of all gopis who attend the autumn season rasa-lila. Sri Rupa...
12 Feb 2024 evening – The Essence of Human Life (English) – Buenos Aires, Argentina | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Song: Bhaja Hu Re Mana. Story of Bharata Maharaja. Bhakti Devi manifests in a person’s heart after he associates with a saint. Verse: kṛṣṇa-bhakti-janma-mūla haya ‘sādhu-saṅga’ (CC Madhya-lila 22.83). Only through Bhakti can we reach Krsna. Verse: nivṛtta-tarṣair upagīyamānād (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.1.4) Story of the princess who lost her necklace in the river. Verse: harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalam (CC Madhya-lila 6.242). Verse: ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni...
12 Feb 2024 morning – Story of Visnupriya Devi (English) – Buenos Aires, Argentina | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Song: Bhaja Re Bhaja Re Amar. – The different goals of the jnana-marga, karma-marga and bhakti-marga mystical paths. – What is superior, karma or jnana? – The life story of Visnu Priya Devi. – Nimai’s lila accepting sannyasa. – Song: Bhaja Gauranga Kaha Gauranga. – Separation nourishes the encounter. – Mahaprabhu cries at Srimati Radhika’s mood. – The different types of separation, nikata-pravasa and durgata-pravasa (separation...
11 Feb 2024 evening – Nama-sankirtana (English) – La Plata, Argentina | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
It is very rare to reach the association of saints. Verse: kṛṣṇa-bhakti-janma-mūla haya ‘sādhu-saṅga’ (CC Madhya-lila 22.83). Verse: sādhu saṅga sādhu saṅga sarva śāstra (CC Madhya-lila 22.54). Sadhu-sanga means hearing about Sri Hari and practicing instructions His throughout life. Food for the soul is Sri Krsna katha. Worldly conversations leave our minds disturbed. Verse: tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ (CC Madhya-lila 10.31.9). Verse: ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ (Siksastaka 1). We are in the cycle...