Gaura-lila

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Sao Paulo 2025, Brazil 2025, Hari-katha at Airports 2025, Mahaprabhu’s Childhood Pastimes and Playful Activities, Kali-yuga: Kali Maharaja's five places, lilas: Gaura-lila & krishna-lila, lilas: nitya-lila & naimittika-lila

03 Jul 2025 midday (airport) – Krsna-lila and Goura-lila (English) | Sao Paulo, Brazil

July 3, 2025 12:00 PM

– Krsna is always in Vrndavana. – Navadvipa is non-different from Vrndavana. – Goura-lila and Krsna-lila are side by side, happening simultaneously. – Nitya-lila and naimitika-lila of Krsna and Mahaprabhu. – The sweet and intimate friendship of Krsna and His friends. – The difference in humor between Krsna and Ramacandra. – Mahaprabhu and His childish pranks. – Pariksiti Maharaja meets Kali Maharaja and defines the five places where Kali can...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Cavalcante 2025, Brazil 2025, Gundicha-marjana 2025, Gundicha-marjana Lila, Bhaktivinoda Thakura, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), apasampradayas: unauthorized disciplic lines (deviations from the teachings of the original sampradaya; improper interpretations of bhakti), character quality: envy, liberation (mukti): types, liberation: brahma-sayujya

25 Jun 2025 midday – Gundicha-marjana, Bhaktivinoda Thakura Glories (English) | Cavalcante, Brazil

June 25, 2025 12:00 PM

– Mahaprabhu cried while cleaning the Gundicha Marjana Temple because He was absorbed in Srimati Radhika’s mood. – Purva-raga, mana, pravasa and prema-vaichittya. – In viraha-dasha, there is no ‘servitor’ mood because a devotee is always crying. – Love does not display unhappiness to others. – Sri Radha calls Her sakhis to decorate the kunja for Krishna. – Only Svarupa Damodara understood the heart of Sriman Mahaprabhu. – Ishvara...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Alto Paraiso de Goias 2025, Brazil 2025, Gundicha-marjana 2025, Gundicha-marjana Lila, Ratha-yatra Pastimes

25 Jun 2025 morning – The Story of Gundicha Temple (English) | Alto Paraiso, Brazil

June 25, 2025 7:00 AM

– The Gundicha-marjana temple was built by Indradyumna Maharaja in memory of his wife, Gundicha Devi. – Indradyumna Maharaja was concerned that the yagna-adhishthatra-devata did not appear in his fire sacrifice. – Ramachandra’s fire sacrifice was not possible without His wife, Sita-devi, so His guru, Vasishtha, allowed Him to use a golden statue of Her instead. – Dasharatha Maharaja had 360 queens, three of whom were the most prominent: Kaushalya, Kaikeyi and...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Alto Paraiso de Goias 2025, Brazil 2025, Gundicha-marjana 2025, Gundicha-marjana Lila, Ratha-yatra Pastimes, liberation

24 Jun 2025 evening – Cleaning of the Gundica Temple (English) | Alto Paraiso de Goias, Brazil

June 24, 2025 6:00 PM

– Significance of the cleaning of the Gundica Temple. – Explanation of the procession that takes Lord Jagannatha from His Temple to the Gundica Temple. – About the mercy granted by Lord Jagannatha to all living beings without any distinction. – The liberation from birth from a mother’s womb obtained by darsana, vision, of Lord Jagannatha. – Kapila Muni answers the questions of His mother Devahuti, Third Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam about not wanting to be born...

2025, Discourses in Hindi 2025, Capelle aan den IJssel 2025, Netherlands 2025, Advaita Acharya Honors Haridasa Thakura Above All the Brahmanas, Daksha Prajapati’s Offense to Lord Shiva, karma: cycle of birth and death

14 May 2025 morning – The Teachings of Mother Yashoda (Hindi) | Capelle ad IJssel, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 14, 2025 7:35 AM

Mother Yashoda celebrates the appearance day of Gopala.

The teachings of Mother Yashoda: By taking the names of the Lord, we can break the endless cycle of birth and death.

Lila: Advaita Acharya honoured Haridasa Thakura above all other brahmanas by feeding him first.

Feeding a pure Vaishnava is like feeding thousands of brahmanas.

Daksha Prajapati’s offence against the lotus feet of Lord Shiva.

2025, Discourses in Hindi 2025, Navadvipa 2025, India 2025, Navadvipa-parikrama 2025, Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu Meet for the First Time, Navadvipa-parikrama 2025

09 Mar 2025 morning – The Meeting Place of Nimai and Nitai. Sri Navadvipa-dhama parikrama, day 1 (Hindi) | Navadvipa, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

March 9, 2025 8:44 AM

00:00:00 — This place is called Uccha-udyana. In the beginning, Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu came here, and it is here that the first meeting of Nityananda Prabhu and Mahaprabhu took place. Nityananda Prabhu was singing kirtan and calling out: “Where is Krishna? Where is Kanaiya?” and thus came to Navadvipa 00:01:43 — Nityananda Prabhu thought: “If this is My Nimai Krishna, then He will surely recognize Me.” He came to the house of Nandana Acharya, and the associates were told: “There is such an...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Philadelphia 2024, USA 2024, Bhagavad-gita 1.1, Bhagavad-gita 2024, Arjuna and Krishna on Kurukshetra, Mahaprabhu and the Illiterate Young Man Who Read Bhagavad-gita with Love and Sincerity, A King Plows the Land and Indra Asks Him Why He Is Doing So, Yamaraja Going to Pick Up an Old Lady Who Didn’t Want to Go with Him, Sri Guru Charana Padma, guru: guru-nishtha, jnana: brahma-jnana (knowledge of Brahman; realization of the impersonal aspect of the Absolute Truth), karma: karma-tattva, knowledge: 5 primary types of knowledge in Bhagavad-gita, prema: types

07 Dec 2024 morning evening – The Glory of Srimad Bhagavad-gita (English) | Philadelphia, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 7, 2024 6:17 PM

0:01:33 – Gita means that if you recite all the verses from the Bhagavad-gita, you will be protected from maya. 0:03:43 – The story of a 6-7 year old boy who tried to read the Bhagavad-gita and cried because he didn’t know Sanskrit; he was seen by Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. 0:10:13 – Bhajan: ‘Sri Guru Charana Padma’. 0:11:20 – Guru-nishtha (steadfast faith in the guru), guru-bhakti—this is the backbone of sadhana and bhajan. You must have faith in the...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Hari-katha 2024 (Undisclosed country), Undisclosed, aradhyo bhagavan vrajesa-tanayas, ceto-darpana-marjanam bhava-maha-davagni-nirvapanam, cintamani-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vrksa, Brahma-samhita 5.29, Chaitanya-charitamrita Antya 20.12, Chaitanya-mata-manjusha 1.1, Akrura Takes Krishna and Balarama from Vrindavana to Mathura, Srivasa Acharya in Samadhi, Shankaracarya Enters the Body of a Recently Deceased King, Heroes and Heroines, energy: achintya-shakti, heroes: types, mind: chitta-vritti (movements of the mind), samskaras, understanding: sadharana-vichar (ordinary consideration; general understanding), vishesha-vichara: specific consideration (detailed analysis; consideration of particular aspects of a subject), Yashoda: evidence that Nanda Maharaja's wife has two names Devaki and Yashoda

15 June 2024 midday – The Wonders of Bhagavan Sri Krsna (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 15, 2024 12:00 PM

Sloka: ārādhyo bhagavān vrajeśa-tanayas… (Caitanya-matta-manjusa, by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura). Siddhanta from Harivamsa Purana, which provides evidence that Nanda Maharaja’s wife has two names: Devaki and Yasoda. Krsna in different moods in His different abodes, Dvaraka, Mathura and Vrndavana. The example of a perfect grhasta is Lord Ramacandra. About the ninety-six different types of heroes (nayakas) of Bhagavan Sri Krsna. The lilas of Dvaraka, Mathura and Vrndavana, and the...

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