Santos 2024
05 Jul 2024 evening – Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Disappearance (English) | Santos, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Today is Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura tirobhava-tithi and Gadadhara Pandita tirobhava-tithi. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura is called 7th Gosvami. Shloka: śrī-rūpa, sanātana bhaṭṭa-raghunātha… (CC Antya 1.3-4). Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura manifested the birthplace of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura manifested Nayana Mani Manjari, i.e. Srila BS Sarasvati Prabhupada. Life history of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura arrested one yogi Bishkishan who claimed to...
08 Jan 2024 morning walk – Questions and Answers (English) – Santos, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
We should never ask Guru and Vaisnavas about material things, only things related to spiritual life. When practicing bhajana and sadhana two characteristics are manifested: klesagni (all types of miseries disappear) and subadha (all good qualities gradually appear). The six questions that Srila Sanatana Gosvami asked Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu (CC Madhya-lila 20.103). Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura explains how to be adept in the reliable process of suddha-bhakti: following the four principles and...
07 Jan 2024 evening – Ekadasi-tithi and Respect for Vaisnavas (English) – Santos, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
When we observe Ekadasi-tithi, Bhakti Devi manifests in our hearts. Song: Suddha Bhakata Carana Renu, by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura. On the day of Ekadasi, all forms of sins are in the five types of grains, and therefore we should not eat them on that day. We must emphasise chanting the Holy Names on that day, not just fasting completely. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu observed Ekadasi at Srivasa Thakura’s house. The Holy Names are the process and also the goal. Very powerful! Srivasa...
07 Jan 2024 midday – The Day of Ekadasi-tithi (English) – Santos, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Ekadasi-tithi is a very auspicious day. The different names of Ekadasi. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu observed Ekadasi at Srivasa Thakura’s house. The rules on the day of Ekadasi. We must follow and accept the sastras, as it was Sri Krsna himself who recited the Vedas. One should not argue what Sri Krsna says. Lila in which some brahmanas question Caitanya Mahaprabhu about whether we should accept/honor mahaprasada of grains on the day of Ekadasi. Song: mahā-prasāde govinde nāma-brahmaṇi...
07 Jan 2024 morning walk – Viraha – Feeling of Separation (English) – Santos, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Srimati Radhika feel separation from Sri Krsna with the same intensity. Radha-viraha-vidur-Krsna and Krsna-viraha-vidur-Radha. Separation nourishes love. Lord Jagannatha is the manifestation of Sri Krsna’s viraha by Srimati Radhika. Question: How does the feeling of separation from Sri Krsna manifest if we never meet Him? First we must develop sambandha-jnana (knowledge of relationship) and then viraha will happen. Chant guru-mantra and krsna-mantra and then you...