Morning walks 2024

21 Jun 2024 morning walk – Do Pure Devotees Possess the Quality of Mugdhata? (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

00:01:00 – Which qualities of Kṛṣṇa are found in pure devotees, which are found only in Vaiṣṇavas and the guru, and which belong exclusively to Kṛṣṇa00:08:00 – Question: Does anyone besides Kṛṣṇa have the quality of mugdhata? The main qualities of Kṛṣṇa; what attracts the gopīs to Him — sarvajñatā (omniscience) and mugdhata (sweet innocence)00:14:00 – Asādhaka, asādhana, and asādhya

08 Mar 2024 morning walk – The Truth About Lord Siva (English) – São Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Sadasiva is a manifestation of the Lord, of His potency of Nrsimhadeva Bhagavan, it is a very complex tattva. Siva has fifty-five qualities, among them the tama-guna of Maya, so that he can accomplish destruction. Siva is not jiva-tattva, nor maya-tattva, nor Visnu-tattva, he is a mixture of tattvas, he is sankara-tattva. Sivaji received diksa-mantra from Maha Visnu, he is a pure devotee of Lord Visnu, param-bhakta. We are worshipping Sadasiva (asraya-bhava) and Gopisvara Mahadeva (madhurya...

27 Feb 2024 morning walk – The sweetness of rasa-lila katha – (English) – Gaia Vrindavana, Viamao, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– This Kali-yuga is special, danya-kali, because Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared. – Don’t think too much: have the one hope of how to attain the one sprinkle footdust of Srimati Radhika. – Discussion of sadhaka-rupena and siddha-rupena. – Who are the real Vrajavasis? – We are to follow how Rupa Sanatana performed their bhajan and sadhana with deep attachment, tad anuragi. – Direct vision of pastimes comes to the Gosvami’s when they write their poetry...

26 Feb 2024 morning walk – Questions and Answers (English) – Porto Alegre, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– Meaning of bhava-matra. – Nitya-lila, eternal pastimes, and naimitika-lila, transitory pastimes. – The story of Ramacandra Kaviraja. – The conception of material intelligence is not capable of conceiving the lilas of the Lord. – Verse: nāyam ātmā pravacanena labhyo (Mundaka Upanisad 3.2.3). – Gaura-lila and Vrndavana-lila happen simultaneously. – Navadvipa-lila is nitya-lila, but Mahaprabhu’s sannyasa lila is naimitika-lila. – The asta...

23 Feb 2024 morning walk – Do Bhajana and Sadhana and Your Inner Spiritual Potency Will Manifest (English) – Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

In aropa-siddha-bhakti, the neophyte devotee (kanistha-adhikari) worships the Deity, but has no realisation, his faith is fragile and imposed, however, he is unidirectional to Radha, Krsna and Mahaprabhu. Simple faith means “I am a servant, of the servant, of the servant, of the servant of Krsna”, the Beloved of the Gopis. In the association of the sadhu, through transcendental knowledge, discernment begins, but as it has not yet been realised, meditation is required. In the madhyama-adhikari...