• 8 verses of Shikshashtaka include everything. • Jivas coming out of tatastha-shakti. • Avaranatmika and vikshepatmika functions of maya. • The soul is very minute. Verse: bālāgra-śata-bhāgasya śatadhā kalpitasya ca… (Shvetashvatara Upanishad 5.9). • Verse: are vā atma draṣṭavyaḥ śrotavyaḥ mantavyah nididhyāsitavyah (Brihad-aranyaka-upanisad, 4.5.6). • Adhyatmika, adhibhautika and adhidaivika. • The difference between the suffering of the devotees and the non-devotees (example of...
Itajai 2025
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18 Jun 2025 midday – The Components of Bhakti (English) | Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
• Svarupa-lakshana and tatastha-lakshana of anyabhilashita shunyam and anukulyena krishnanu shilanam. • 5 types of principal moods: shanta, dasya, sakhya, vatsalya and madhurya and 7 types of secondary moods: hasya, adbhuta, vira, karuna, raudra, bibhatsa, bhaya. • Lila: Krishna is binding the gopi. • Song: Damodarashtaka. • Avyapti-dosha and ativyapti-dosha: overextension rule and underextension rule: examples of mother Yashoda saving the milk in the oven and Chanura and Mushtika...
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17 Jun 2025 morning – Who is the Guru (English) | Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Gurudeva answers questions about the distances at which pastimes occur.
– About pastimes in different kalpas, eras.
– How to behave when faced with criticism of guru and Vaisnavas.
– Meaning of the verse written by Vyasa deva: Guru Brahma, Visnu.
– About five anarthas.
– Pastime where a gopi tries to tie Krsna’s hands in a mortar.
– Detailed explanation about the function of the Guru.
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11 Jan 2025 morning – The Eternal “Here and Now” of the Spiritual World (English) | Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
00:00 – Svakiya and parakiya (conjugal love in wedlock and as paramour); the various moods of the gopis.0:04:36 – Hero and heroine; the three abodes (dhama) of Krishna: Dvaraka, Mathura, Vrindavan; Purna, Purnatara, Purnatama; 96 types of nayikas (heroines). Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati explains: “Before you were in darkness, now it’s also dark. How do you get out? Listen to hari-katha.”0:11:50 – Vigraha and milana (separation and meeting); three types of...
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10 Jan 2025 evening – Ekadasi Tithi (English) | Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The lila of the demon Mura who asks Lord Siva as a boon that Sri Visnu may not kill him. About how the five forms of sin are in the grains on this Ekadasi day. About the name “Upavas Ekadasi” which means sitting next to the Lord. About how the Lord’s body is made of sat-cit-ananda, how He is Isvara, the Supreme Controller and how He is the all-attractive. About the nature of our soul which is also sat-cit-ananda and how it is in this body and that is why we should follow...
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10 Jan 2025 midday – Different Types of Viraha, Separation (English) | Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About viraha, separation. About bhavi-viraha, the suffering of separation in advance, when the gopis feel separation from Krsna and Balarama before They leave to Mathura. About bhavan-viraha, the suffering of separation in the present moment, when the gopis see Krsna getting on the chariot to Mathura. And about bhavya-viraha or bhuta-viraha, it is the pain of suffering due to separation that has already occurred and increases more with time (past separation). About the different versions of...
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10 Jan 2025, morning walk – Questions and Answers (English) | Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
0:00 – Question: What to do when doubts arise?5:00 – When should one stop association?13:00 – Question about the pastimes (lilas) in the universe.22:00 – On the importance of making the mind steady; the stages of steady and unsteady bhajan.28:00 – Question: How to become absorbed, for example, on Ekadashi?30:00 – On following Ekadashi; all efforts are for Krishna’s happiness.40:00 – Briefly about the katha of Mandava Rishi.49:00 – An example...