Buenos Aires 2024

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2024, Buenos Aires 2024, Argentina 2024, Pundarika Vidyanidhi, Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakura, mantras: diksha-mantras

14 Feb 2024 morning – Pundarika Vidyanidhi Appearance/Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakura Disappearance (English) – Buenos Aires, Argentina | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 14, 2024 10:04 AM

Vamshi-chori lila (before prayer). People think that Pundarika Vidyanidhi is a complete materialist, but in fact he is a great Vaishnava in gaura-lila. Vaishnava-prayi and vishayi-prayi. Gadadhara Pandita took diksha-initiation from Pundarika Vidyanidhi. Keep your diksha-mantras secret. Pundarika Vidyanidhi at Jagannatha Puri. Starched clothes are considered impure. Lila of Ramanujacharya kicked out from one temple to another. Lord Jagannatha becomes very angry if someone criticises his pujari...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2024, Buenos Aires 2024, Argentina 2024, Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, bhakti: bhakti's associates jnana and vairagya, renunciation (vairagya), renunciation: yukta-vairagya

13 Feb 2024 evening – Glorification of Raghunatha Dasa Thakura (English) – Buenos Aires | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 13, 2024 6:04 PM

The exclusive seva of Vrinda Devi for Krishna on Vasanta-panchami. In Vraja, all offerings are yellow like the flowers there in the Spring season. rādhā-kunḍa-taṭa-kuñja-kuṭīr bhajana (Sri Gaudiya Giti-Guccha, page 218). When we associate with sadhu, jnana and vairagya manifest in our heart. Three types of jnana: tat parartha; tvam parartha and jiva-brahma aikya jnana. ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥ kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam explanation (SB 1.3.28) Vishayi-praiya and Vaishnava-praiya explanation...

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13 Feb 2024 morning – Vasanta-panchami and rasa-lila katha (English) – Buenos Aires, Argentina | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 13, 2024 9:00 AM

Four days are very auspicious and important in Vedic culture and astrology: Rama-navami, aksaiya-tritiya, Vijaya-dasami and Vasanta-panami. Many social and spiritual activities can be performed on this day without consulting the astrologer. Today also, Sarasvati-puja is performed, who is the presiding deity of knowledge. Many Vaisnava and Vaisnavi’s avirbhava and tirabhava tithis’s today. Vasantic-rasa-lila description. Harikatha of all gopis who attend the autumn season rasa-lila. Sri Rupa...

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12 Feb 2024 evening – The Essence of Human Life (English) – Buenos Aires, Argentina | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 12, 2024 6:53 PM

Song: Bhaja Hu Re Mana. Story of Bharata Maharaja. Bhakti Devi manifests in a person’s heart after he associates with a saint. Verse: kṛṣṇa-bhakti-janma-mūla haya ‘sādhu-saṅga’ (CC Madhya-lila 22.83). Only through Bhakti can we reach Krsna. Verse: nivṛtta-tarṣair upagīyamānād (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.1.4) Story of the princess who lost her necklace in the river. Verse: harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalam (CC Madhya-lila 6.242). Verse: ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2024, Buenos Aires 2024, Argentina 2024, bhakti: bhakti-marga (path of devotion; the way of attaining Krishna through devotional service), karma: karma-marga

12 Feb 2024 morning – Story of Visnupriya Devi (English) – Buenos Aires, Argentina | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 12, 2024 10:00 AM

– Song: Bhaja Re Bhaja Re Amar. – The different goals of the jnana-marga, karma-marga and bhakti-marga mystical paths. – What is superior, karma or jnana? – The life story of Visnu Priya Devi. – Nimai’s lila accepting sannyasa. – Song: Bhaja Gauranga Kaha Gauranga. – Separation nourishes the encounter. – Mahaprabhu cries at Srimati Radhika’s mood. – The different types of separation, nikata-pravasa and durgata-pravasa (separation...

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11 Feb 2024 morning – Seva (English) – Buenos Aires, Argentina | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 11, 2024 9:28 AM

The symptoms of vaidhi-bhakti and raganuga-bhakti. Vrajavasis love Sri Krsna. There are two types of sevas. Verse: sevā sādhaka-rūpeṇa siddha-rūpeṇa (CC Madhya-lila 22.158). Craving for Sri Krsna comes from hearing vraja-lila-katha. The different bhavas and their respective ways of serving Sri Krsna. All rasas exist in Vraja, and all rasas are contained in madhurya-bhava. Srimati Radhika’s maan is transcendental. There are three rules: first, listen to harikatha and follow the sixty-four...

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11 Feb 2024 morning walk – Rasas (English) – Buenos Aires, Argentina | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 11, 2024 7:43 AM

If you pray to Lord Nrsinhadeva, He will solve all your problems.

Song: keśava dhṛta-narahari-rūpa jaya jagadīśa hare (Sri Nrsimha Pranama)

A rasa opposition between the bumblebee and the lotus.

Nrsinhadeva has much love and affection for His devotees.

Where does Srimati Radhika’s feeling of maan come from?

All the “incarnations” of Sri Krsna manifest in Srimati Radhika.

One of the forms of Srimati Radhika is the astavakra, She has eight curves.

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2024, Buenos Aires 2024, Argentina 2024, Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja

10 Feb 2024 evening – Sadhu Sanga and the Glories of Srila Gurudeva BV Narayana Maharaja (English) – Buenos Aires, Argentina | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 10, 2024 6:40 PM

On the day of the appearance of a Vaisnava, we should talk about his life and contributions. The four things that animals and humans do in common: eat, sleep, mate and defend themselves. Just like the proverb that says that the sandalwood tree is very rare in a forest, in the same way sadhu-sanga is very rare to be attained. Song: Guru Parampara. ⁠Song: Gurudeva Krpa Bindu Diya. Only through Sri Guru’s mercy is it possible to become humble. Srila Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Gosvami Maharaja...

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