festival: adhivasa

2026, Discourses in English 2026, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2026, Sao Paulo 2026, Sri Radha Govinda Gaudiya Matha 2026, Brazil 2026, iste svarasiki ragah paramavistata bhavet, virajantim abhivyaktam vraja-vasi janadisu, Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu 1.2.270, bhakti: 64 limbs of bhakti, bhakti: ragatmika-bhakti, festival: adhivasa

28 Jul 2026 midday – Adhivasa Tithi (English) – Sri Radha Govinda Gaudiya Matha, Sao Paulo, Brazil

July 28, 2026 12:00 PM

– On the activities performed in adhivasa tithi to attract auspiciousness and remove obstacles. – Glorification of Santana Gosvami Pada, one of the Six Gosvamis of Vrndavana. – On the puspanjali offered by Srila Raghunatha Gosvami at Vilapa Kusumanjali to Santana Gosvami Pada. – Gurudeva declares that everyone should follow the rules and practice devotional service to the Lord. – On Srila Rupa Gosvami Pada’s explanation regarding the 64 limbs of bhakti...

2026, Discourses in English 2026, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2026, Rio de Janeiro 2026, Brazil 2026, Guru-purnima (Vyasa-puja) 2026, character quality: duplicity, festival: adhivasa

17 Jan 2026 evening – Adhivasa Vasa (Day Before Vyasapuja) and Mauni Amavasya (English) – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

January 17, 2026 6:00 PM

Eve of the Vyasapuja of Srila Gurudeva Sri Srimad BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja, adhivasa-vasa. Adhivasa-tithi and its two meanings: making arrangements for the celebration of the following day and also performing various pujas (ceremonies) causing all bad omens to go away. Mauni-amavasya (new moon of silence) and transcendental appearance of Srila Gurudeva Narayana Gosvami Maharaja. We should ask: Who remained silent and why did they remain silent on Mauni Amavasya? Devadi Deva Mahadeva Sivaji...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2024, Rio de Janeiro 2024, Brazil 2024, Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja, aparadhas (offences), festival: adhivasa, karma: previous life, Ramachandra: Rama-nama, sacred thread

08 Feb 2024 midday – Appearance of Srila Gurudeva BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja (English) – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 8, 2024 12:25 PM

Tomorrow we will celebrate the appearance of Srila Gurudeva BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja and Mauni Amavasya of Siva. ⁠Parvati’s lila doubting that Ramacandra is Bhagavan. ⁠If you have doubts in the Guru, the Vaisnavas and Bhagavan, you will lose everything. ⁠Parvati committed many offences: She lied to Siva and pretended to be Sita Devi. This was a reason for Sati (Parvati in the previous life) to abandon Her body. ⁠The glories of Narayana Gosvami Maharaja, he was born while everyone was...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2024, Rio de Janeiro 2024, Brazil 2024, book: Hari-bhakti-vilasa, festival: adhivasa, Westerners

08 Feb 2024 morning – Adhivasa: Preparatory Organization of a Vedic Celebration (English) – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 8, 2024 8:22 AM

– The Vedic Scripture explains that for a celebration to be successful, we must pray to our Istadeva and all obstacles are removed. – ⁠Whenever you do something good, many obstacles appear, including in relation to bhajana and sadhana. – ⁠The demigods disturb a person’s bhajana because they do not want him to let go of Maya. These difficulties come from the family too, that is nature. – ⁠Mother Sati did not want her son Nimai to accept sannyasi. – ⁠Do Mangala...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Undisclosed, Brazil 2023, Vasanta-panchami 2023, festival: adhivasa, vishvasa: faith (firm trust in Krishna; confidence in the process of bhakti)

24 Jan 2023 evening – Sri Adhivasa Vasanta-panchami (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

January 24, 2023 6:56 PM

-If you do not dance for Krishna, Maya will make you dance for her-The 4 most auspicious days of the year, including Vasant-panchami-India has all 6 seasons in succession-Sharadiya-rasa and vasanta-rasa-Without the yellow colour Krishna will not accept your offerings on Vasanta-panchami-Aropa-siddha-bhakti, sanga-siddha-bhakti, svarupa-siddha-bhakti-Bhava grahi janardana: the Lord accepts your mood-The story of Chandrakanta, who desperately wanted to dance for Srimati Radhika and reached Goloka...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Undisclosed, Brazil 2023, Vasanta-panchami 2023, festival: adhivasa, gopis: types, rasa dance: rasa-lila

24 Jan 2023 morning – Adhivasa Vasanta-panchami (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

January 24, 2023 9:55 AM

-Tomorrow is Vasanta-panchami. You need to decorate everything today-Deity clothing should be changed at least every 3 days, i.e. twice a week-As my Gurudevа said, “Serving the Deities is not easy at all. In the beginning, everyone is eager to serve them, but then it becomes like a throne in one’s throat.” (First vigraha, then galagraha)-Most disputes and mind-stresses in temples are due to inappropriate service to the Deities-Our acharyas did not build temples and served the...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Undisclosed, Brazil 2023, Guru-purnima (Vyasa-puja) 2023, aparadhas: ninda, ceremony: guru-puja, festival: adhivasa, guru-tattva: akhanda-guru-tattva (the principle of the undivided guru; unity of guru-tattva), guru: guru-tattva

20 Jan 2023 midday – The Meaning of Vyasa-puja (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

January 20, 2023 12:03 PM

-Tomorrow we are going to celebrate Srila Gurudeva’s Vyasa-puja-Adhivasa-puja us the day before Vyasa-puja-Adhivasa is meant to remove all obstacles to Vyasa-puja-Srila BS Prabhupada called his audience his gurus-Srila BP Keshava Gosvami Maharaja could not utter his guru’s name in his samadhi out of love. He lacked the loving chastisement of his guru-If a guru constantly glorifies you, then you are being cheated-The nature of the Lord is such that He always wants to hide with Yogamaya, but His...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Undisclosed, Brazil 2023, Guru-purnima (Vyasa-puja) 2023, festival: adhivasa

20 Jan 2023 morning – Vyasa-puja Adhivasa (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

January 20, 2023 9:48 AM

-Demigods are very jealous that’s why they create obstacles for those who perform bhajana-Demigods are baddha-jivas in satvika mode, demons are baddha-jivas in ignorance mode and people are baddha-jivas in passion mode-Adhivasa is a mangala (auspicious) activity (mantras, nama, etc) which are performed a day before Vyasa-puja-Banana leaves are very auspicious-Sat-kriya-sara-dipika, vyasa-panchaka-Kashmere brahmanas used to be very strict-Holding a preparation ceremony for Vyasa-puja-The story...

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