Capelle aan den IJssel 2023

04 Sep 2023 evening – The glories of Krsna-katha (English) – Capelle aan den IJssel, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Hari is in the harikatha. Verse: naham vasami vaikunthe yoginam hridayena ca (Padma Purana). Verse: na dhanam na janaṁ na sundarīṁ (Śrī Śikṣāṣṭakam, 4). The highest dharma is devotional service. The renunciation and devotion of Rupa and Sanatana. The separation lila of Radha and Krsna. Verse: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya (CC Madhya 20.108-109). The meaning of go-dasa: slave of the senses; and, the origin of all sufferings, the corporeal conception of life. Verse: brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān (CC...

20 Apr 2023 evening – Gadadhara Pandita Appearance (English) – Capelle aan den IJssel, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Gadadhara is a direct manifestation of Lord Radha. Gadadhara Pandita was born in East Bengal. Where Gadadhara is, Nimai is and vice versa; as well as Sita-Rama and Radha-Krsna. Gadadhara stayed in the house of Jagannatha Misra and Mother Saci all the time. Nimai’s mood was talkative and Gadadhara’s mood was serious, deep and silent.-Gadadhara was older than Nimai and was a class ahead of Nimai in school, but Nimai liked to talk about Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar) as if he knew...

19 Apr 2023 evening – Auspiciousness of Vaishakha Month and the Glories of Tulasi-devi (English) – Capelle aan den IJssel, Netherlands

Maya is very powerful. Only the most fortunate people do bhajana and sadhana. The creepers of sadhana-bhakti, bhava-bhakti and prema-bhakti. Uddhava performs severe austerities to attain vraja-prema. 64 limbs of bhakti; 9 limbs of bhakti. Never listen to hari-katha from a non-Vaishnava (example of milk contaminated by a snake’s mouth). Vigraha is a direct manifestation of Bhagavan. 10 nama-aparadhas. The month of Vaishakha is very auspicious. Giriraja Govardhana, Tulasi and Ganga-jala are...

18 Apr 2023 evening – The Pastimes of Shukadeva Gosvami (English translation) – Capelle aan den IJssel, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

The birth of Shukadeva Gosvami. Shukadeva Gosvami walked towards the forest. The apsaras, beautiful women, didn’t feel ashamed when Shukadeva Gosvami passed by them without any clothes on. The beautiful answer of the apsaras to Vyasadeva’s question. Radha is the soul of Krishna. Atmarama and aptakama are just words for Krishna. In the transcendental world there is no difference between the limbs of the body and the body and the soul of the body, it’s all one. Why is Krishna...

18 Apr 2023 evening – The Pastimes of Shukadeva Gosvami (Hindi) – Capelle aan den IJssel, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

The birth of Shukadeva Gosvami. Shukadeva Gosvami walked towards the forest. The apsaras, beautiful women, didn’t feel ashamed when Shukadeva Gosvami passed by them without any clothes on. The beautiful answer of the apsaras to Vyasadeva’s question. Radha is the soul of Krishna. Atmarama and aptakama are just words for Krishna. In the transcendental world there is no difference between the limbs of the body and the body and the soul of the body, it’s all one. Why is Krishna...