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...
Itajai
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...
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:...
18 Jul 2024 midday – Instructions on Food in Caturmasya (English) | Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Song: Sri Radhe Rani: de daro na baansuri meri… About Lord Jagannatha’s ekadasi of rest. One of the characteristics of bhakti is being absorbed in chanting the...
17 Jul 2024 evening – The glories of Ekadashi-tithi (English) | Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
On Ekadashi do not eat 5 kinds of grains as all sins remain there. Sri Vishnu glorifies sadhu-sanga in front of Narada Rishi (a black bee, a cuckoo bird, a newborn baby)...
17 Jul 2024 midday – Krishna and the Gopis at Kurukshetra (English) | Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The gopis meet Krishna in Kurukshetra and reproach Him for His behaviour. The gopis feel anger when Krishna suggests that they meditate on the Lord. Ishvara-koti...
17 Jul 2024 morning walk – The Origin of Jagannatha’s Form (English) | Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The form of Jagannatha: Lila of how the bodies of Krishna, Balarama and Subhadra melted. Gour Govinda Svami Maharaja on the Mahabhava Prakasha. Shravanam is a very...