0:04:20 – The story of Draupadi; the Yaksha’s conditions and how he killed the brothers; who failed the conditions; the answers of Maharaja Yudhishthira. 0:07:48 – What is the most astonishing thing in this world? Death is already predetermined; everyone leaves their body, people die every day, and yet no one is ready for death and does not want to die. 0:14:54 – The answer of Maharaja Yudhishthira in Srimad Bhagavatam. Krishna tells Arjuna: “One who is born from...
Sao Paulo
2025, Discourses translated into English, Discourses translated into Portuguese, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Brazil 2025
05 Jan 2025 midday – A Mother’s Love (English translation) | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
00:00 – The impossibility of repaying one’s debt to one’s mother. 02:00 – The story of a rich man who lent money to be repaid in the next life, and a thief who overheard the conversation of his cows. 24:00 – A story of how a young man tried to repay his debt to his mother. 30:00 – The relationship between mother and child. 34:00 – Three types of gurus from birth; the fruit of hearing Srimad Bhagavatam katha. 52:00 – A story about the value of...
2025, Discourses in Hindi, Discourses translated into Portuguese, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Brazil 2025
05 Jan 2025 midday – A Mother’s Love (Hindi) | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
00:00 – The impossibility of repaying one’s debt to one’s mother. 02:00 – The story of a rich man who lent money to be repaid in the next life, and a thief who overheard the conversation of his cows. 24:00 – A story of how a young man tried to repay his debt to his mother. 30:00 – The relationship between mother and child. 34:00 – Three types of gurus from birth; the fruit of hearing Srimad Bhagavatam katha. 52:00 – A story about the value of...
2025, anarthas, guru-tattva, transcendental sound, vani-seva, vapu-seva, Tattva: Guru-tattva, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Portuguese, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Brazil 2025
04 Jan 2025 evening – Guru-tattva (English) | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sloka: guru-śuśrūṣayā bhaktyā… (ŚB 7.7.30-31). We must serve the spiritual master to reach the abode of the Lord. To satisfy Sri Guru, one must fulfill his desire, and for that, one must know his heart. The story of the Guru who was thirsty and asked his disciple to bring him water. We must follow the Guru’s orders without arguing. Guru means heavy, and serving him is something difficult. According to Srila BV Swani Maharaja, there are two types of people we should not keep in the Temple:...
2025, transcendental vibrations, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Portuguese, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Brazil 2025, Jaiva-dharma 2025
04 Jan 2025 morning – Dasa Mula Tattva (English) | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About Dasa Mula Tattva, which is like an Ayurvedic medicine as good as a verse written by Bhaktivinoda Thakura. The transcendental evidences given by the Lord: The Vedas. About how these transcendental vibrations, the Vedas, come to us through the Guru Parampara. About Srimad Bhagavatam which is non-different from Krsna. About the Four Vedas which were first heard by the Rsis and Munis. About how the original form of Krsna (Krsna Tattva) and the original form of Baladeva (Baladeva Tattva) are...
2025, anugatya, ashta-kaliya-lila, cycle of birth and death, Mahabharata, samskaras, vani-seva, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Portuguese, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Brazil 2025, Morning walks 2025
04 Jan 2025, morning walk – Questions and Answers (English) | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
0:00:00 – Krishna gave the vow: “My devotee will never fall.” An example from the Mahabharata is cited: Bhishma Pitamaha and Krishna’s vow. Always think that Krishna Himself may not keep vows, but His devotees follow the vows given to them. 0:09:08 – Question: Yesterday you said that Krishna cannot repay His debt to Radhika. The debt to Sri Guru — how can a disciple repay it? One must serve; through vani-seva (serving the instructions). 0:13:50 – Why did...
2025, siksa-guru, Tattva: Guru-tattva, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Portuguese, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Brazil 2025
03 Jan 2025 evening – Guru Tattva (English) | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About the importance of Guru Tattva. The importance of not criticizing but, at the same time, of speaking the truth. About the need to take shelter at the lotus feet of a Guru who is from the Vaisnava Sampradaya and to see if the Guru has Parampara. How Srimati Radhika’s prema was transmitted from Herself to Madhavendra Puripada, who passed it on to Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who passed it on to Rupa Gosvami Pada. About the nine phases of bhakti explained by Rupa Gosvami Pada. About the duty of...