Brisbane 2024

16 Sep 2024 morning – Viruddha Dharma of Radha and Krsna (English translation) | Brisbane, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Bhagavan always stands by His devotees. Virudda-dharma (paradoxes) of Krsna and Srimati Radhika. Srimati Radhika shows Her compassion to the drowning elephant. The Lord is bhakta-vatsalya. Krsna is sarva-abyata, He resides in everything and everyone in the form of Paramatma. Song: Radha Krpa Kataksa. Nayka (Hero) and Nayaka (Heroine), and Their moods. Pastime of the wife devoted to her husband as if he were God. The gopis demonstrate vamya-bhava (oppositional mood) and Krsna demonstrates...

14 Sep 2024 morning walk – Baladeva Tattva (Hindi) | Brisbane, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Srimati Radhika fulfills all the desires of Krsna. Difference between lust and love. Ananga Manjari is the manifestation of transcendental lust (kama) personified, which is synonymous with divine love (prema). Rupa Manjari is the personification of the beautiful form of Srimati Radhika. Qualities attract more than beauty. Prema arises spontaneously in the core of the heart. Here in the material world is a place of causes and effects. Tattva-vicara of Baladeva Prabhu: He serves Krsna in all...

09 Sep 2024 morning – The Glorifications of the Gosvamis to Srimati Radharani (Hindi) | Brisbane, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

The lilas of Sriman Mahaprabhu’s eternal associates in Jagannatha Puri. The granthas that the Six Gosvamis wrote after Mahaprabhu’s departure from this world. Verse: anāradhya rādhā-padāmbhoja-reṇum anāśritya vṛndāṭavīḿ tat-padāńkam… (Sankalpa Prakasa Stotra). Verse: bhajami radham aravinda-netram smarami radham madhura-smitasyam (Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami). Raganuga Bhakti emphasizes smarana, the remembrance of Krsna’s pastimes. There are two main types of practices in...