God created human beings in His image and likeness. Human beings and animals eat, sleep, mate, and defend themselves. Spiritual science explains the difference between animals and human beings. Human beings have the ability to discriminate between right and wrong. We are not the body, we are the soul, integral parts of the Lord. The Bible speaks of vatsalya-bhava, that we are children of the Lord. God is one but has different names. Try to understand the meaning of God and the soul. Birth, old...
Itajai 2025
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Itajai 2025, Brazil 2025, rasa dance: rasa-lila
09 Jan 2025 midday – Funny Lilas (English) | Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Bhavi-viraha: feeling of future separation; Bhavya-viraha: feeling of past separation; bhavan-viraha: feeling of present separation. Story of Yamaraja with Rsi Mandap. Sloka: śrī-gopya ūcuḥ aho vidhātas tava na kvacid dayā… (SB 10.39.19). Explanation of the different types of viraha. The suffering of the gopis in separation from Krsna after He went to Mathura. Funny lila of the gopis asking Krsna why He is dark. He says it is because He was born at midnight and other hilarious explanations...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Itajai 2025, Brazil 2025, Morning walks 2025, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), maya: gunas, renunciation: aptakama ((those whose desires are fulfilled), siddha-pranali: system of spiritual lineage (process of receiving the identity of one's spiritual form through a lineage of teachers)
09 Jan 2025, morning walk – Prema (English) | Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Dialogue about prema between the gopis and Krsna. Categories of prema:Hetu-prema: love with a cause;Ahetu-prema: love without a cause;Aptakama: self-satisfied;Aptarama: fulfills one’s desires;Gurudrohi: offender;Krtajnata: gratitude;Akrtajnata: ingratitude. Krsna tells the gopis that His feelings are not in these categories of prema because He has sahaja-prema: spontaneous love. It is not perfect to say “I love Gurudeva” because Guru is asraya-tattva and we feel love for visaya-tattva...