suffering: three types of suffering (adhyatmika; adhidaivika; adhibhautika)

14 Jan 2026 midday – Makara-sankranti (English) – Pipa, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– Today is Makara Sankranti, when the sun enters the sign of Capricorn. – This festival brings us blessings. We just need to follow it properly. – There are daivas (devotees) and adaivas/asuras (non-devotees) in this world. – Story: A test was arranged for the demigods and the demons, in which they had to feed themselves without bending their arms. – Ganesha gives riddhi and siddhi, which he takes from Krishna. – Krishna promises to provide for those who are...

24 Sep 2025 evening – Sri Krishna Mukunda Grants Mukti (English) | Perth, Australia

– Everyone wants happiness, but often ends up unhappy instead. – Great efforts in this material world lead to insignificant results (for example, a miner who finds a mouse instead of gems). – Dharma, artha and moksha create distress and unhappiness. – Govindadeva requested mukti from his ishtadevi, Durga-devi. – If the demigods can grant anything, they take it from Krishna. – Bad karma and good karma interchange. – Verse: ‘kāmais tais tair hṛta...

04 Jan 2020 evening – The human body is a rare gift (English) – Brazil

Sadhu will give you bhakti. Take this valuable thing which you have lostTemporary things in this material world would give you distress and unhappinessKrishna-nama and Krishna-katha are the bestAdhyatmika, ādhidaivika and ādhibhautika – the three folds of mayaIllusionStory of a group of cheaters who reached Vaikuntha