Discourses Translated into Spanish 2025

05 Jun 2025 morning – The Reason of Shankaracharya’s Teaching (English) | Igualada, Spain

– Dashami is auspiscious, Navami-tithi is auspiscious, Amavasya is auspiscious. – Today is Ganga-dashahara – The meaning of the word Gita. – Pure devotees don’t want any type of mukti – Hero is zero and zero is hero – Vedas manifested from the mouth of the Lord – Internal significance of Shankaracharya’s teaching (Shiva took the form of Shankaracharya to preach mayavada philosophy by the Lord’ instruction to protect Him but the...

04 Jun 2025 evening – The Fulfilling Power of the Holy Names (English) | Igualada, Spain

– The essence of this Kali-yuga is nama-sankirtana. – The holy name will fulfil all your desires. – The story of a man who dreamed of owning a horse. – We can die at any moment. – People enjoy life like a cow in a slaughterhouse, happily eating grass before her death. – When there is prema in one’s heart, it is very difficult to tolerate separation, even for a moment. – Enter into tattva-siddhanta. – Lila: Lord Shiva sends his disciple to Sanatana...

04 Jun 2025 midday – Ganga-dashahara (English) | Igualada, Spain | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– Today we will go to nagara-sankirtana. – Take a lot of maha-prasada but then chant the holy names and dance to digest. – Verse: pṛthivīte āche yata nagarādi grāma… (Caitanya-bhagavata, Antya-khaṇḍa 4.126). – Tomorrow is Ganga-dashahara. – Lila: Krishna meets Viraja sakhi (Ganga-devi), and Radha gets angry with Him. – Story about Sagara Maharaja up to Bhagiratha bringing the Ganges to Prithivi-loka. – The lila of how the Ganga manifested from the lotus...

04 Jun 2025 morning – Questions & Answers (English) | Igualada, Spain

PART 1 PART 2 – Question: What are the signs that a disciple has fully surrendered to Sri Guru? – Srimati Radhika is the best example of surrender. – Trinad api sunicena verse: detailed explanation. – In which situations do the following statements take place? 1) If Krishna becomes angry at a disciple of the Guru, the Guru will save him. 2) If the Guru becomes angry at his disciple, Krishna will not save the disciple. – Examples of when the guru is angry:...

22 Feb 2025 morning – Instructions for the Mind (English) | Punta Arenas, Chile | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Prema-bhakti can be obtained only by the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Sloka: śrī-caitanya-mano-‘bhīṣṭaṁ… (CC Antya-lila 1.117). About the forms of Rupa Manjari and Srila Rupa Gosvamipada. Rupa Gosvamipada glorified the moods of the manjaris in his books and also glorified suddha-bhakti. Sloka: anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ… (CC Madhya 19.167). Bhakti means devotional service to the Lord, seva-vrtti, the tendency to serve the Lord. The mind is restless and very difficult to...

21 Feb 2025 evening – What We Should Do in Bhakti (English) | Punta Arenas, Chile | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

• About the five types of devotees of the Lord that exist.  • About the importance of the lilas of Dhruva Maharaja and Prahlada Maharaja.  • To achieve everything, we must do nama sankirtana. Nama Prabhu is very merciful and kind.  • About the worship of Lord Siva.  • The lila of a brahmana, a disciple of Shiva, who one day needed money for his daughters’ wedding and was sent to Vrndavana to find Sanatana Gosvami Pada.  • About the importance of listening to...

21 Feb 2025 morning – Vaidhi-bhakti and Suddha-bhakti (English) | Punta Arenas, Chile | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

About Granta Madhurya Kadambini by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Pada. About vaidhi-bhakti and raganuga-bhakti. About different vaidhi-bhakti: serving in a mood of opulence; serve for fear of going to hell. Raganuga-bhakti: lobha-mayi-bhakti, bhakti enriched by the pure yearning to attain transcendental service to Sri Sri Radha Krsna. About suddha-bhakti and how in Kali-yuga only Caitanya Mahaprabhu can give us suddha-prema, vraja-prema. Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the embodiment of munificence and...