Igualada
05 Jun 2025 evening – Ganga, Gangamata Gosvamini & Baladeva Vidhyabhusana (English) | Spain
– Detailed history of Gangamata Gosvamini, her family name was Sacidevi. She was born into a high-class royal family and her father was King Naresh Narayana of Puntiya. – Perform bhajana and sadhana, do not keep repeating the same experiences life after life, chewing what has already been chewed. – Story of the assembly of panditas in the court of a king who debated about which river is higher, the Ganges or the Yamuna. Jiva Gosvami concludes that the Ganges is the higher...
05 Jun 2025 morning – The Reason of Shankaracharya’s Teaching (English) | Igualada, Spain
– Dashami is auspiscious, Navami-tithi is auspiscious, Amavasya is auspiscious. – Today is Ganga-dashahara – The meaning of the word Gita. – Pure devotees don’t want any type of mukti – Hero is zero and zero is hero – Vedas manifested from the mouth of the Lord – Internal significance of Shankaracharya’s teaching (Shiva took the form of Shankaracharya to preach mayavada philosophy by the Lord’ instruction to protect Him but the...
04 Jun 2025 evening – The Fulfilling Power of the Holy Names (English) | Igualada, Spain
– The essence of this Kali-yuga is nama-sankirtana. – The holy name will fulfil all your desires. – The story of a man who dreamed of owning a horse. – We can die at any moment. – People enjoy life like a cow in a slaughterhouse, happily eating grass before her death. – When there is prema in one’s heart, it is very difficult to tolerate separation, even for a moment. – Enter into tattva-siddhanta. – Lila: Lord Shiva sends his disciple to Sanatana...
04 Jun 2025 midday – Ganga-dashahara (English) | Igualada, Spain | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Today we will go to nagara-sankirtana. – Take a lot of maha-prasada but then chant the holy names and dance to digest. – Verse: pṛthivīte āche yata nagarādi grāma… (Caitanya-bhagavata, Antya-khaṇḍa 4.126). – Tomorrow is Ganga-dashahara. – Lila: Krishna meets Viraja sakhi (Ganga-devi), and Radha gets angry with Him. – Story about Sagara Maharaja up to Bhagiratha bringing the Ganges to Prithivi-loka. – The lila of how the Ganga manifested from the lotus...
04 Jun 2025 morning – Questions & Answers (English) | Igualada, Spain
PART 1 PART 2 – Question: What are the signs that a disciple has fully surrendered to Sri Guru? – Srimati Radhika is the best example of surrender. – Trinad api sunicena verse: detailed explanation. – In which situations do the following statements take place? 1) If Krishna becomes angry at a disciple of the Guru, the Guru will save him. 2) If the Guru becomes angry at his disciple, Krishna will not save the disciple. – Examples of when the guru is angry:...