Regarding the liberation pastimes of Gajendra by Lord Vishnu. By offering a lotus to the Lord in his mind, Gajendra was liberated. We should take shelter at the lotus feet of a trustworthy guru. Those who follow the advaita path, as soon as they touch the dust of Vrndavana, their conception changes. Vrndavana is not an ordinary place, the dust of Vrndavana is transcendental. Krishna covers the sun with His pitambara to cover the footprints of Srimati Radhika. The highest place is Radha-kunda...
Guaruja 2025
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02 Jan 2025 evening – Disappearance of Jiva Gosvami and the Departure of Madana Gopal Prabhu (English) | Guaruja, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Jiva Gosvami is Vilasa Manjari, intimate servant of Srimati Radhika. Srila Gurudeva talks about Krsna’s desire: “Man proposes and God disposes”. Life and death are not in our hands. Krsna says in the Bhagavad Gita that the person who understands that His pastimes are transcendental does not take birth again in this material world. Guru and Vaisnavas come from the transcendental world to the material world by the desire of Krsna. The neophyte devotee, kanistha, liberates seven generations...
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02 Jan 2025 afternoon – Jiva Gosvami’s Disappearance Day (English) | Guaruja, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Vrndavana Dhama is the embodiment of madhurya (sweetness) and Navadvipa Dhama is the embodiment of audarya (generosity). All offenses are destroyed in Navadvipa, just chant Goura-nama. Goura Dhama is superior to Vrndavana Dhama. Whoever worships Navadvipa Dhama qualifies to enter Vrndavana Dhama. Nemi Maharaja and the Nava Yogendras. About Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His eternal associates. The self-realized soul divides into two and performs madhurya-seva and audarya-seva. Lila by Rupa...
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02 Jan 2025 morning – The Greatness of Srila Gurudeva (English) | Guaruja, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Srila Gurudeva feels fallen and disqualified. The crow and the cuckoo bird. About the beauty of the humility and mercy of the Gaudiya Vaisnavas. About the merciful kindness of Srila Gurudeva BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja when he saw beauty within the hearts of the devotees. About the causeless mercy of the Guru. By the mercy of the Guru we can reach the highest bhava. Mantra: Dhyana Mulam Guru Murti Puja Mulam Guru Padam Mantra Mulam Guru Vakyam Moksa Mulam Guru Kripa. About Srila Gurudeva Vana...
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01 Jan 2025 evening – Srimati Radhika’s Vrindavana (English) | Guaruja, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The way to solve our endless problems. Verse: ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇaṁ… (Sri Siksastakam 1). How to clean our hearts. The meaning of the name Govinda. Everybody needs love, even a street dog. Funny story about a lost donkey. Svagatam, svagatam – Vrindavana welcomes Krishna. Srimati Radhika is Krishna’s guru. In Vrindavana there are footprints of Srimati Radhika everywhere. Lila: Krishna wanted to protect Srimati Radhika from the scorching sun with His pitambara...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Guaruja 2025, Brazil 2025, Nishanta-lila, anuraga: deep attachment (stage of prema; intense love and constant attraction toward Krishna), anuraga: two symptoms, mood: madanakya-mahabhava
01 Jan 2025 morning – Sakhya-rasa nourishes madhurya-rasa (English) | Guaruja, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Jaiva-dharma: a man who wanted to make money from the sea waves made a checkpoint and took money from those who wanted to go through. The destination point of our sampradaya and other sampradayas. God creates different relationships with His devotees in different rasas. Sakhya-rasa nourishes madhurya-rasa. Priya-narma-sakhas help organise Krishna’s conjugal pastimes. Two lilas in which Subala took the form of Srimati Radhika. On nishanta-lila. The meaning of arati. Two symptoms of...