+ morning bhajans
Discourses Translated into Spanish 2025
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2025, Puebla 2025, Mexico 2025, Guru-disciple Relationship
21 Dec 2025 evening – Transcendental Relationship Can Never Be Destroyed (English) – Puebla, Mexico
* Without sambandha-jnana we cannot reach the highest goal of perfection. * Knowledge of the relationship of our heart (sambandha-jnana) is given by guru through diksa-mantras. * If we do sadhana and bhajana with knowledge of the relationship, we will never fall. * The three important things for spiritual life and the three things we need to have in spiritual life. * The material world is changeable and destructible. * Material relationships are perishable and changeable, but the transcendental...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2025, Puebla 2025, Mexico 2025, Eternal Position of the Soul, Identity of the Soul, Jiva-tattva, body: gross body, body: subtle body, jiva: jiva-tattva, soul: conditioned soul
21 Dec 2025 morning – Jiva-tattva (English) – Puebla, Mexico | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
* Sanatana Gosvamipada asks Caitanya Mahaprabhu: “Who am I?” * Living entities are integral parts of the Lord. * The difference and similarity between the Lord and the jivas. * The Lord is the Supreme Enjoyer and the jivas enjoy serving the Lord (seva-sukha). * From service to the Lord arises bliss (seva-ananda). * The Lord is also called rasa-ananda, the personification of all rasas. * If any substance manifests, it possesses its intrinsic nature. This nature can also be called its...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2025, Mexico City 2025, Mexico 2025, Identity of the Soul, The Conditioned Soul, anarthas: four types, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), soul: conditioned soul
20 Dec 2025 morning – Material Body and Spiritual Soul (English) – Mexico City, Mexico | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
+ morning bhajans – Difference between sadhana and bhajana. – The four types of anarthas present in the heart. – The six questions asked by Sanatana Gosvamipada to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. – The types of suffering that afflict conditioned souls. – The body only functions when the soul is present in it. – On panca-bhautika-sarira: the material body made of five elements. – On two important concepts of Maya: avarana-atmika-vrtti (covers the soul with the...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2025, Mexico City 2025, Mexico 2025, Eternal Position of the Soul, Identity of the Soul, Jiva-tattva, bhakti: bhakti-lata-bija (seed of bhakti), consciousness: Krishna Consciousness, lineage: disciplic succession, soul: conditioned soul
19 Dec 2025 evening – We Are Eternal Servants of Krishna (English) – Mexico City, Mexico | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Human life is very rare, and only in this life form can we perform devotional service to the Supreme Lord. The conditioned soul cannot perform devotional service properly because it has many defects. In other yugas (eras), people performed harsh austerities, fire sacrifices, and meditation. In this Kali-yuga, the recommended process is very simple: chanting the Holy Names, but care must be taken not to commit the ten offenses. Guru-bhogi are those gurus who are absorbed in sense gratification...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2025, Mexico City 2025, Mexico 2025, Diksha initiation, Importance of Guru, mantra: gopala-mantra
18 Dec 2025 evening – Mantra and Guru Are Fundamental (English) – Mexico City, Mexico | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
On the preaching of the Gaudiya Vaishnavas. Suddha-bhakti manifests when we practice sadhana-bhajana in connection with Guru Parampara and his Harikatha. Lila of longing (separation) that the gopis feel when Krishna leaves the rasa dance. The three miseries of Maya: adhyatmika, adhibhautika, and adhidaivika. Krishna-katha brings all auspiciousness and purifies the hearts of these three miseries. Only butchers, those who kill animals, do not like to hear Harikatha. A verse that affirms this:...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2025, San Jose 2025, Costa Rica 2025, Raganuga-bhakti, bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, mantra: gopala-mantra, rasa: rasa-siddhanta, samskaras
18 Dec 2025 morning – Raganuga-bhakti Katha (English) – San Jose, Costa Rica | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami, Rupa Gosvami and Jiva Gosvami. About Guru Parampara (Rupanuga). Bhagavat-parampara and Siksa-parampara (Pancaratra-parampara). Detailed description of the difference between raganuga-bhakti and vaidhi-bhakti. Ramacandra and the Rsis who followed Him. In the gopala-mantra there are the moods sakhya, vatsalya and madhurya. When it is said “chant the Mahamantra and be happy,” the goal is to encourage devotees (utsaha). What is favorable, neutral, and unfavorable...