Alto Paraiso de Goias 2025
26 Jun 2025 evening – Radha Takes Krsna from Dvaraka to Vrndavana (English) | Alto Paraiso, Brazil
– About the Ratha Yatra that takes place in India. – Lord Jagannatha sits in the chariot and goes from the Jagannatha Puri Temple to the Gundica Temple. – Those who see Lord Jagannatha in His chariot are liberated from the material world. – In Vrndavana all beings sing Radhe Radhe. – Lord Caitanya is absorbed in the mood of Radha upon seeing Lord Jagannatha. – Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya surrenders to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. – How King...
26 Jun 2025 morning – Jagannatha Goes from Kuruksetra to Vrndavana (English) | Alto Paraiso, Brazil
– Explanation about the lila in which Krsna went from Dvaraka Puri to Vrndavana due to an auspicious astrological positioning. – In His absorption, Mahaprabhu forgets His identity. – Originally, Krsna is the son of Mother Yasoda and one of her names is Devaki. – About Krsna’s meeting with the vrajavasis in Kuruksetra; everyone feels separation despite the meeting. – About the intellectual procedure of the panditas, argumentation and speculation. We should...
25 Jun 2025 evening – Naughty Krishna’s Lilas (English) | Alto Paraiso, Brazil
– Today, Mahaprabhu manifested the Gundicha-marjana līlā. – The Lord wants to sit in our heart when it is clean and resembles Vrindavana. – The Lord’s purna, purnatara and purnatama dhamas. – Krishna never leaves Vrindavana. Verse: vṛndāvanaṁ parityajya na padam ekaṁ gacchati (Yamala-Tantra, quoted in Laghu-Bhāgavatāmṛta 1.5.461). – The sakhya, vatsalya and madhurya descriptions. – Krishna is happy when the gopis scold Him. Verse: dhūrte vrajendra...
25 Jun 2025 morning – The Story of Gundicha Temple (English) | Alto Paraiso, Brazil
– 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...
24 Jun 2025 evening – Cleaning of the Gundica Temple (English) | Alto Paraiso de Goias, Brazil
– 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...