Fortaleza 2026

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04 Aug 2026 morning – Fixed Mood (English) – Fortaleza, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

August 4, 2026 8:00 AM

– Description of the meeting between Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Gopala Bhatta Gosvami. – Explanation about the Bhatta family who had received diksha in the Sri Sampradaya and worshipped Lakshmi-Narayana. – The evidence presented in the Brahma-samhita that Krishna is Svayam Bhagavan. – On the specific, fixed potency of the sadhaka. – Example of Prabodhanda Sarasvati who, in the lila of Radha and Krishna, is Tungavidya sakhi. – On the condition of association...

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03 Aug 2026 evening – Seeking the nature of the soul (English) – Fortaleza, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

August 3, 2026 6:00 PM

– Very few people know about the nature of the soul. – Difficult to know the souls nature by material senses. – The soul is in the body, therefore the body is moving. – Material existence is a perverted reflection of spiritual sky. – People find it difficult to understand transcendental world. – Shloka explaining Krishna is beyond our limited perception, and only by His mercy can we see Him: nāyam ātmā pravacanena…(Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.23). – We need...

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03 Aug 2026 midday – Disappearance day of Gopala Bhatta Gosvami (English) – Fortaleza, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

August 3, 2026 12:00 PM

– Tirobhava Tithi of Gopal Bhatta Gosvami. – If we hear the pastimes of Vaishnavas, then we’ll be free from maya. – Everybody has to know the six Gosvamis. – The four important instructions for the six Gosvamis. – The bhajana of the six Gosvamis in Vrindavana. – Pastimes of Mahaprabhu spending Caturmasya with Bhatta-parivar. – Sloka illuminating the glories of hearing rasa-lila katha: vikrīḍitaṁ vraja-vadhūbhir… (S.B.10.33.39). – The...

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02 Aug 2026 evening – The Powers of Krishna (English) – Fortaleza, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

August 2, 2026 6:00 PM

– On existing species. – By the Lord’s mercy we receive a human body (among the 400,000 species of human beings) that is capable of worshipping the Lord. – All animals are seeking to satisfy their senses, except for human beings who can practice bhajana and sadhana to the Lord and who, therefore, are distinguished from animals. – Katha on the manifestation of Brahmaji. * Meaning of Omkara. * Krishna has countless potencies (saktis) but His principal potency is...

2026, Discourses in English 2026, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2026, Fortaleza 2026, Brazil 2026, The Conditioned Soul, attachment: conditioned souls are attached to material things and this attachment is the cause of their death, debts: 5 types of debts, debts: the only way to get rid of them, happiness: he who lives a simple life and has no debts is happy in this world, holy names: chanting the Holy Names frees us from illusion and attachments, world: its other name is Maya-karagara

02 Aug 2026 midday – How to Get Rid of Debt (English) – Fortaleza, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

August 2, 2026 12:00 PM

* He who lives a simple life and has no debts is happy in this world. * There are five types of debt. * Without getting rid of debts, jivas remain entangled in this world, and the only way to get rid of them and not return to this world is by performing bhajana and sadhana to Mukunda (He who grants liberation). * One of the names of this world is Maya-karagara (the prison of Maya). * Conditioned souls are attached to material things, and this attachment is the cause of their death. * Only...

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01 Aug 2026 evening – Holy Names (English) – Fortaleza, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

August 1, 2026 6:00 PM

– How we live our human lives and the similarities and differences between human life and animal life. – Devotional spiritual practice to the Lord is what differentiates us from animals. – When inquisitive thought arises, the practice of spiritual life begins. – In all previous lives, we enjoyed different senses. – What is the reason we were born into this material world and the relationship of cause and effect? – This body only functions because there...