Vraja 2020

28 Nov 2020 – Narada-kunda (Hindi) – Vraja-mandala parikrama – India

– Original Svarupa: Naradiya gopi;- Narada doesn’t create quarrel, he increases the love;- Service in gaura-lila as a grhastha Srivas Thakur;- Son of Srivas gives up his body in the middle of the kirtan;- 5 places in which Mahaprabhu is always present;- Srivas’ mother-in-law and the brahmachari who used to drink only milk who wanted to see the nama-sankirtan lila in Srivas Thakur’s house;- What is the purpose of renunciation and mauna-vrat (ārādhito yadi haris tapasā...

28 Nov 2020 – Narada-kunda (English translation) – Vraja-mandala parikrama – India

– Original Svarupa: Naradiya gopi;- Narada doesn’t create quarrel, he increases the love;- Service in gaura-lila as a grhastha Srivas Thakur;- Son of Srivas gives up his body in the middle of the kirtan;- 5 places in which Mahaprabhu is always present;- Srivas’ mother-in-law and the brahmachari who used to drink only milk who wanted to see the nama-sankirtan lila in Srivas Thakur’s house;- What is the purpose of renunciation and mauna-vrat (ārādhito yadi haris tapasā...

27 Nov 2020 – Raval – Appearance place of Srimati Radhika (English translation) – India

– In different eras, Srimati Radhika appears in different ways (from egg, from fire etc);- “Vraja” means to move: Nanda Maharaja and Vrsabhanu Maharaja used to live close by no matter where (Nanda Gaon/ Varsana, Gokula/ Raval);- Parvati and Shiva concerned that Nandi and Ganesha might be carried away with all the donations that Nanda Maharaja was giving;- The beauty of the nature in the moment that Vrsabhanu Maharaja finds Srimati Radhika on a lotus in the Yamuna river;...

27 Nov 2020 – Raval – The appearance of Srimati Radhika (Hindi) – Vraja mandala parikrama – India

– Srimati Radhika in Her beautiful form as a baby when She appears in this world;- “Vraja” means that vrajavasis are always moving (Raval was a place where Vrsabhanu Maharaja resided);- Shiva and Parvati afraid that their son and bull might be carried away with the donations of Nanda Maharaja;- Srimati Radhika appearing on a lotus in the Yamua in Raval (and the beauty of the nature at that time);- Narada comes and has the darshan of Srimati Radhika and blesses Her.

27 Nov 2020 – Raval – The appearance of Srimati Radhika (English translation) – India

– Srimati Radhika in Her beautiful form as a baby when She appears in this world;- “Vraja” means that vrajavasis are always moving (Raval was a place where Vrsabhanu Maharaja resided);- Shiva and Parvati afraid that their son and bull might be carried away with the donations of Nanda Maharaja;- Srimati Radhika appearing on a lotus in the Yamua in Raval (and the beauty of the nature at that time);- Narada comes and has the darshan of Srimati Radhika and blesses Her.

27 Nov 2020 – Raval – Appearance place of Srimati Radhika (Hindi) – India

– In different eras, Srimati Radhika appears in different ways (from egg, from fire etc);- “Vraja” means to move: Nanda Maharaja and Vrsabhanu Maharaja used to live close by no matter where (Nanda Gaon/ Varsana, Gokula/ Raval);- Parvati and Shiva concerned that Nandi and Ganesha might be carried away with all the donations that Nanda Maharaja was giving;- The beauty of the nature in the moment that Vrsabhanu Maharaja finds Srimati Radhika on a lotus in the Yamuna river;...

27 Nov 2020 – Vraja-mandala parikrama – Brahmanda Ghata (Hindi) – India

Mother Yashoda sees universes in Krsna + Krsna’s pastimes with His friends – Lila of Krsna eating mud;- Krishna shows all the universes inside His belly to Mother Yashoda, but she doesn’t believe He is Bhagavan (pure vatsalya rasa x Arjuna’s reaction seeing the universal form);- Lila of when the friends of Krsna say to Him that He is adopted (because His color is different from His parents’);- ittham satam brahma-sukhanubhutya (SB 10.12.11): the good fortune of the...