anu-chaitanya and brihad-chaitanya: two types of consciousness (individual consciousness; Supreme consciousness)

03 Aug 2026 evening – Seeking the nature of the soul (English) – Fortaleza, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– Very few people know about the nature of the soul. – Difficult to know the souls nature by material senses. – The soul is in the body, therefore the body is moving. – Material existence is a perverted reflection of spiritual sky. – People find it difficult to understand transcendental world. – Shloka explaining Krishna is beyond our limited perception, and only by His mercy can we see Him: nāyam ātmā pravacanena…(Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.23). – We need...

11 Dec 2024 evening – Bhagavad-tattva (English) | Bronx, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Today is Giya Jayanti and Mokshada Ekadashi.

Different chapters of Bhagavad-gita are about different types of yoga.

Atma-tattva from Bhagavad-gita.

Anu-chaitanya (jiva) and brihad-chaitanya (God).

Three aspects of the Lord.

Sloka: vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvaṁ yaj jñānam advayam… (SB 1.2.11).

6 opulences of Bhagavan.

Everyone is enchanted with Krishna’s beauty, His glance, His garments, His flute.

Absorption and greed of the gopis.

Lila: the new bride took darshana of Krishna and went mad.