Vraja-mandala parikrama 2023

13 Nov 2023 afternoon – Jiva Tattva, Parikara Tattva and Dipavali (English+Hindi) – Govardhana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 1 PART 2 Bhajana-kriya, the purification of the sadhaka, happens by continually listening to harikatha. Upon reaching the stage of rati (attachment to Krsna) the heart becomes completely purified. The jivas manifest from Baladeva Prabhu. The Lord and His cit-sakti, maya-sakti and jiva-sakti powers. Manifestations of the Lord’s potency: svarupa sakti, are His parikaras (eternal companions). When the jiva is freed and goes to Goloka Vrndavana, it resembles the parikaras, as if it were...

13 Nov 2023 morning – Sri Shikshashtaka (Bengali) – Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu spoke Siksastakam to Sri Svarupa Damodara and Sri Raya Ramananda at Gambhira. Verse: keto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇaṁ (CC Antya-lila 20.12). Manifestations of Baladeva Prabhu. The definition of conditioned souls and liberated souls according to Jaiva Dharma. Verse: nāhaṁ vipro na ca nara-patir nāpi vaiśyo na śūdro (CC Madhya-lila 13.80). The prominent process of bhakti in Kali-yuga is the chanting of the holy names. The ten offenses against the holy...

13 Nov 2023 morning – Sri Shikshashtaka (English translation) – Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu spoke Siksastakam to Sri Svarupa Damodara and Sri Raya Ramananda at Gambhira. Verse: keto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇaṁ (CC Antya-lila 20.12). Manifestations of Baladeva Prabhu. The definition of conditioned souls and liberated souls according to Jaiva Dharma. Verse: nāhaṁ vipro na ca nara-patir nāpi vaiśyo na śūdro (CC Madhya-lila 13.80). The prominent process of bhakti in Kali-yuga is the chanting of the holy names. The ten offenses against the holy...

13 Nov 2023 morning – The Bhajana of Sanatana Gosvami, Chaklesvara Mahadeva and the Manasi Ganga (Hindi) – Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu spoke Siksastakam to Sri Svarupa Damodara and Sri Raya Ramananda at Gambhira. Verse: ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇaṁ (CC Antya-lila 20.12). Manifestations of Baladeva Prabhu. The definition of conditioned souls and liberated souls according to Jaiva Dharma. Verse: nāhaṁ vipro na ca nara-patir nāpi vaiśyo na śūdro (CC Madhya-lila 13.80). The prominent process of bhakti in Kali-yuga is the chanting of the holy names. The ten offenses against the holy...

13 Nov 2023 morning – The Bhajana of Sanatana Gosvami, Chaklesvara Mahadeva and the Manasi Ganga (English translation) – Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu spoke Siksastakam to Sri Svarupa Damodara and Sri Raya Ramananda at Gambhira. Verse: ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇaṁ (CC Antya-lila 20.12). Manifestations of Baladeva Prabhu. The definition of conditioned souls and liberated souls according to Jaiva Dharma. Verse: nāhaṁ vipro na ca nara-patir nāpi vaiśyo na śūdro (CC Madhya-lila 13.80). The prominent process of bhakti in Kali-yuga is the chanting of the holy names. The ten offenses against the holy...

12 Nov 2023 evening room – Prema in Gaudiya Siddhanta (English) – Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Sri Krsna appeared in Dvaraka and was born from the womb of Mother Yasoda. Sri Krsna killed many demons in Mathura and reestablished varnasrama-dharma. In Vrndavana, Sri Krsna enjoyed sweet pastimes until he was ten years and eight months old. The types of rasa-lilas in the different seasons. Description of the rasas of Giriraja Govardana and his mercy. Srimati Radhika glorifies Giriraja Govardana. Srila Gurudeva BV Narayana Maharaja was absorbed in the song Sri Radha Krsna Pada Kamala. When...

12 Nov 2023 evening – The Glories of Sacred Sites (English translation) – Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– About the sacred places where various lilas take place, and which are visited during the parikrama. – Srila Gurudeva BV Vamana Gosvami Maharaja located a Temple in Govardhana. – Verse: anugrahāya bhaktānāṁ mānuṣaṁ deham āsthitaḥ (ŚB 10.33.36). – Sri Krsna sees that the souls of the world are full of suffering, in Maya. – Lila in which Sri Krsna tells Srimati Radharani that They needed to come to the material world. – Just hearing about the glories of...

12 Nov 2023 evening – The Glories of Sacred Sites (Bengali) – Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– About the sacred places where various lilas take place, and which are visited during the parikrama. – Srila Gurudeva BV Vamana Gosvami Maharaja located a Temple in Govardhana. – Verse: anugrahāya bhaktānāṁ mānuṣaṁ deham āsthitaḥ (ŚB 10.33.36). – Sri Krsna sees that the souls of the world are full of suffering, in Maya. – Lila in which Sri Krsna tells Srimati Radharani that They needed to come to the material world. – Just hearing about the glories of...