Krishna’s beauty. No one can be neutral in the transcendental world, because everyone takes someone’s side. Types of gopis: svapaksha, vipaksha, suhrida...
Playlist - Spain 2023
Lectures in English, Spain
25/04/23 a.m. – Sri Bhajana-rahasya (English) – Spain | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sadhana and bhajana are not the same. Sadhana-bhakti, bhava-bhakti. Reject jiva-brahma-aikya-jnana, but study tat-padartha-jnana and tvam-padartha-jnana. Committing...
Lectures in English, Spain
25/04/23 p.m. – Mahaprabhu’s Extreme Mercy (English) – Spain | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Krishna gives prema only within Vrindavana. 6 Types of people do not want to take mercy from Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is extremely merciful...
Lectures in English, Spain
26/04/23 a.m. – Acquiring Necessary Things (English) – Spain | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
CC Madhya 22.100: Accept only that which is favourable to your bhakti and reject that which is not. The story of how a man received the touchstone from Sanatana Gosvami...
Lectures in English, Spain
26/04/23 a.m. – Sri Bhajana-rahasya (English) – Spain | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The definitions of sadhana and bhajana. The number of qualities possessed by jivas, devatas, the incarnations of the Lord and Krishna. 4 extraordinary qualities of Sri...
Lectures in English, Spain
26/04/23 p.m. – The Glories of Nitai and Gauranga (English) – Spain | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sriman Mahaprabhu is indiscriminately giving His prema to all in this Dhanya Kali-yuga. Not everyone is qualified to get radha-dasyam. The requirements for getting radha...
The difference between advaitavadis and mayavadis. Two ways of understanding sastra: indirect (laksana-vrtti) and direct (abhidha-vrtti). All the bodily members of the...
Lectures in English, Spain
27/04/23 a.m. – Sri Bhajana-rahasya (English) – Spain | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The difference between sadhana and bhajana. From sradha to asakti is called sadhana. After sadhana comes the stages of asakti and bhava. Then slowly the sadhaka begins...
Lectures in English, Spain
27/04/23 p.m. – Radha, Mahabhava and Mahaprabhu (English) – Spain | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Vrajendra-nandana Syamasundara is the highest form of Krsna, the Supreme Lord, Gopi Vallabha. There are three types of holy abode: purna, purnatara and purnattama. What...
The scriptures state that Krsna is unique and manifests many forms/incarnations with His acintya-sakti, He is Yogesvara. Krsna in tattva-vicara.-According to His rasa...
Lectures in English, Spain
28/04/23 a.m. – Sri Bhajana-rahasya (English) – Spain | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
By studying the Vedas, yogis attain mukti. Story of the rsis of different ranks who heard the harikatha of Sukadeva Gosvami. The story of Sukadeva Gosvami, the parrot of...
Lilas of separation from Mahaprabhu and Mahaprabhu’s associates. Mother Saci accepts Mahaprabhu’s sannyasi and Mahaprabhu accepts Mother Saci’s request...
The babies killed by Putana were not children of devotees, they were asuras. Different Puranas explain this lila of Putana. In different kalpas (periods of 1 day of...
Festivals, Lectures in English, Spain
29/04/23 a.m. – Sita-navami (English) – Spain | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The story of Ahilya and Gautama Rsi. And the exchange of places of Treta and Dvapara Yugas. The story of Vedavati, daughter of Queen Malavati. Vedavati and Ravana...
Festivals, Lectures in English, Spain
29/04/23 p.m. – Sita-navami (English) – Spain | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The beautiful lila of Rama and the boatman. The story of Tulasi dasa, the ghost and Hanuman. Rama goes into exile for 14 years. Bharata and Satrugna return from their...
PART 1 Yamuna Devi is Vishaka Devi. Reciting the Yamunastakam is the same as remembering Vishaka Devī. All yugas (ages) have a fixed duration), Kali yuga (present age)...
Lectures in English, Spain
30/04/23 a.m. – Bhava and Karma (English) – Spain | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
When mature bhakti is manifested in the heart of the sadhaka, it is called prema-bhakti. The nine external symptoms of attaining bhava (rati). The first of these is...
Lectures in English, Spain
30/04/23 p.m. – How Can We Unite and Serve the Lord? (English) – Spain | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Yoga means union with the Lord, and bhakti-yoga teaches us how to serve the Lord. Maya punishes us because we have forgotten to serve Krsna. If we serve Krsna, Maya will...
Mantra siddhi, sadhana siddhi. Krishna never leaves Vrindavana. But Yogamaya makes the gopis suffer in separation from Krishna. 4 types of separation. Srimati...
Lectures in English, Spain
01/05/23 a.m. – Sri Bhajana-rahasya (English) – Spain | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 Madhurya-kadambini (tattva-siddhanta) and bhajana-rahasya (rasa-siddhanta). The importance of sukriti. Jnata-sukriti and ajnata-sukriti. Lakshahira, a prostitute...