TRANSCRIPT Time Stamp – 2:04:50-2:10:36 Srila Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakura explains, there is a food for soul and a food for body. Food for soul that is called krishna-katha. Your soul is crying. You listen or not? You are not listening. Baby is crying inside the room. Mother she is a little bit outside. So for this regard mother is not listening her baby crying. That means is what? Your soul, atma, jivatma, is crying. Jivatma is hungry. Jivatma is saying, โGive me food! Give me food!โ...
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06 Jan 2026 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 3 (English) – Gaia Vrindavana, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 PART 2 On the beautiful form of Krishna who savors all rasas. A pastime where Krishna sees an elephant drowning in a lake. How the yamadutas punish those who commit sinful activities. On Srimati Radhika, the personification of compassion. Explanation about Visnurath, the other name of Pariksit Maharaja. If we listen to this katha, bhakti will manifest in our hearts. Explanation of the creation of the material world by Krishna. On our impressions from past lives that govern our current...
06 Jan 2026 morning – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 3 (English) – Gaia Vrindavana, Brazil
On the specific sequence of the Bhagavat-katha. On the location where the Bhagavat-katha was recited: Naimisaranya Forest, on the banks of the Gomadi River. On pertinent questions to be asked of the sadhu in the Harikatha. The five questions asked in the Bhagavat-katha. The first question: What is the most sacred thing? On sreya, that which is gratifying to the soul, and preya, which gives satisfaction to the senses. On our soul that cries out for Harikatha and we don’t realize it. For...
06 Jan 2026 morning walk – The Nature of the Soul (English) – Gaia Vrindavana, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
On the process of Bhakti, which depends on bhajana and sadhana. Under the influence of Maya, souls are obscured, unaware of their own nature and identity. Analogy of the bhakti process with the cooking of rice. On the activities of the conditioned soul in the material world being opposed to bhakti. Explanation of the elimination of anarthas (impurities), which is necessary for the svarupa (original form) of the soul to be revealed. On listening with our material conception and under the...
05 Jan 2026 morning – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 2 (English) – Gaia Vrindavana, Brazil
TRANSCRIPT Time Stamp – 2:25:21-2:56:14 This Bhagavatam is not speaking any duplicity and hypocrisy. Srimad-Bhagavatam is always speaking what is absolutely true. Always speak the truth. If youโll speak the truth [people] will be angry. This is true or not? This is the truth. If you speak the truth then people will become very angry. This is true. But other Puranas katha is called madhu-pushpita-vakyam, understand or no? Madhu-pushpita-vakyam means that katha is little bit sweet katha but...
16 Jan 2025 evening – Self-realization in Kali-yuga (English) | Gaia Vrindavana, Viamao, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Animals and humans eat, sleep, defend themselves and have children, but only human beings are capable of practicing spiritual life. โ The types of consciousness: avrta-cetana (covered/trees and mountains); sankucita-cetana (shrunken/animals), mukulita-cetana (emerging/humans), vikacita-cetana (flourishing/human who understands the soul and God), purna-vikacita-cetana (completely awakened/self-realized human aware of his own soul and God). – โ Sloka: jฤซvera โsvarลซpaโ haya โ kแนแนฃแนera โnitya...