Morning walks 2024

11 Feb 2024 morning walk – Rasas (English) – Buenos Aires, Argentina | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

If you pray to Lord Nrsinhadeva, He will solve all your problems.

Song: keśava dhṛta-narahari-rūpa jaya jagadīśa hare (Sri Nrsimha Pranama)

A rasa opposition between the bumblebee and the lotus.

Nrsinhadeva has much love and affection for His devotees.

Where does Srimati Radhika’s feeling of maan come from?

All the “incarnations” of Sri Krsna manifest in Srimati Radhika.

One of the forms of Srimati Radhika is the astavakra, She has eight curves.

10 Jan 2024 morning walk – Srimati Radhika’s Disappearance Lila (English) – Bogota, Colombia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– Krishna and the gopis in Kurukshetra; the separation of the gopis. – Lila of Srimati Radhika’s disappearance. – Vrishabhanu-nandini Sri Radha, Samyogini Radha and Viyogini Radha. – The queens of Dvaraka are the incarnations of Radha and the gopis. – The sleep of a conditioned soul and the sleep of a guru are completely different. – The bodily conception (dehatma-buddhi) of a conditioned soul. The example of the dog and the bullock cart. – 4...

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 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...

06 Jan 2024 morning walk – The Steps to Spiritual Perfection (English) – Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

How to achieve the ultimate goal? Harinama is the goal and the process, without chanting the goal will not be achieved. The goal is only achieved with sudha-nama: the pure chanting of the Holy Name. Initially, nama-aparadha is chanted, singing with offence. Secondly, he sings nama-abhasa, the appearance of the Holy Name, he still has no relationship with the Guru and Krsna, but he already sings it without offence. The last stage of chanting is sudha-nama, the pure Holy Name, when one abandons...

05 Jan 2024 morning walk – Don’t Miss Japa Mala (English) – Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

How to achieve the ultimate goal? Harinama is the goal and the process, without chanting the goal will not be achieved. The goal is only achieved with sudha-nama: the pure chanting of the Holy Name. Initially, nama-aparadha is chanted, singing with offence. Secondly, he sings nama-abhasa, the appearance of the Holy Name, he still has no relationship with the Guru and Krsna, but he already sings it without offence. The last stage of chanting is sudha-nama, the pure Holy Name, when one abandons...