Alto Paraiso de Goias 2024
02 Mar 2024 morning – The Power of the Holy Names (English) – Alto Paraiso, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 2 The acarya founder of our Gaudiya mission is Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada. Preaching without practicing bhajana and sadhana is useless, fruitless. Therefore we must practice and then preach. To defeat the Mayavadi philosophy, one must understand it. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu established the acintya-bheda-abheda-tattva philosophy. The jivas (souls) are eternal, minute, portions of the Lord, and will never be transformed into Brahma. Meaning of BODY (body) in English: b (birth:...
02 Mar 2024 morning – Questions and Answers (English) – Alto Paraiso, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
First we must have a fixed mind and be one-pointed towards Guru and Krsna. Story of Arjuna when he stared at the bird he needed to aim to shoot the arrow. The nature of the mind is to always be restless and it is not easy to control it. How to control it then? Through devotional practices and the renunciation of material things. First we must read the Bhagavad Gita. About aropa-siddha-bhakti, “aropa” means imposition. Gurudeva says to serve Thakuraji as our own son. We must achieve perfection...
01 Mar 2024 evening – We Are Servants of Krsna: How to Understand This? (English) – Alto Paraiso, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 In Kali-yuga people do not have time to listen to hari-katha and harinama, they are always busy with material matters. Human beings have forgotten the Lord, and their true identity: eternal servants of Krsna. You are not this body, you are the soul. You are not a resident of this world, but of the spiritual world. What is your real home address? Who are your real father, mother, friends? Spiritual science explains, but how to understand? Chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. If I sing...
01 Mar 2024 morning – Celebration of 150 Years of the Appearance of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura (English) – Alto Paraiso, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Bhaktivinoda Thakura manifested Goura Dhama, the pastime places of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and preached suddha-bhakti. – He prayed to Srimati Radhika for help from one Nayana Manjari, who was born as her son. – Bhaktivinoda Thakura instructed his son to follow his mission. Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati prayed to Srimati Radhika, who sent Vinoda Manjari, Bhakti Prajnana Kesava. – Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura was like a refulgent Moon, whose rays were followers of him...
29 Feb 2024 evening – The Glories of Srila Gurudeva Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada (English) – Alto Paraiso, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Srila Bhaktisiddhanta used to teach by analogy between sheep and men who follow blindly; and between the half-chicken philosophy and those who accept God but not His powers. – The second birth is the one in which we receive diksa-mantras from the Guru. – The person who studies the Vedas is called “vipra”; whoever chants the Holy Names is called “brahmana”; and whoever does not sing or study, “sudra”. – Brahmana is the one who chants the Holy Names and follows the...