– 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...
Discourses Translated into Spanish 2025
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...