Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s song: Gopinatha. Humility is a characteristic when prema is present in the heart. Demons are always selfish and proud, never humble. Story of when the mountain Kailash of Parvati-Siva started to shake due to the demon Ravana. The beautiful song: Sri Radha Krsna Vijnapti – Sri Radha Krsna Pada Kamala. How an ordinary sadhaka progresses in sadhana. There must be a balance between material life and spiritual life. The human life form is very rare. Those who...
universe: brahmanda
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2023, Callus 2023, Spain 2023, animals: dogs, universe: brahmanda
28 Apr 2023 evening – Gaura-lila (English) – Callus, Spain | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Lilas of separation from Mahaprabhu and Mahaprabhu’s associates. Mother Saci accepts Mahaprabhu’s sannyasi and Mahaprabhu accepts Mother Saci’s request to stay in Jagannatha Puri. In the outer consciousness, Mahaprabhu dances, sings and converses with devotees. Every year, Sivananda Sena and several devotees stayed in Jagannatha Puri for four months to be close to Mahaprabhu.-Raghava Pandita and his sister Damayanti carried out various preparations for Mahaprabhu’s...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Undisclosed, Brazil 2023, universe: brahmanda
26 Jan 2023 midday – Srimati Radhika and Gurupada-padma (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Katha of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanting to go to take darshana of Krishna in Vrindavana; asking the cow-herd boys the way.-Lord Nityananda asks Advaita Acharya to prepare for Mahaprabhu’s arrival, His boat and cloth.-”Where there is Krishna, there is Vrindavana.”-The two rivers, Yamuna, (Jalingini), blue colour, and Ganga, white colour, flow side by side in Navadwip. This is a miracle.-Lord Caitanya tells, “Nitai! You cheat Me!”-Arrival in Advaita Acharya’s house in Shantipura.-Advaita...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Undisclosed, Brazil 2023, Sannyasa-lila of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu 2023, universe: brahmanda
26 Jan 2023 morning – Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu After He Took Sannyasa (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Katha of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanting to go to take darshana of Krishna in Vrindavana; asking the cow-herd boys the way.-Lord Nityananda asks Advaita Acharya to prepare for Mahaprabhu’s arrival, His boat and cloth.-”Where there is Krishna, there is Vrindavana.”-The two rivers, Yamuna, (Jalingini), blue colour, and Ganga, white colour, flow side by side in Navadwip. This is a miracle.-Lord Caitanya tells, “Nitai! You cheat Me!”-Arrival in Advaita Acharya’s house in Shantipura.-Advaita...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Undisclosed, USA 2023, universe: brahmanda
04 Jan 2023 morning – Sukriti, Sat-sanga and Bhakti (English) – USA
-Brahmanda bhramite sloka discussion-When our sukriti will be mature and accumulated we will get sadhu-sanga and then, with the association, Bhakti-devi will manifest in our heart-The definition of sukriti-The story of a mouse who, thanks to sukriti, became a princess in the next life-Sanatana Gosvami and Madana-mohana (dry chapati, stuck boat)-If you have a love for your house Deities, They will talk to you and walk around your house. You will see the footprints of Their lotus feet-The houses...
2022, Discourses in English 2022, Undisclosed, India 2022, anuraga: deep attachment (stage of prema; intense love and constant attraction toward Krishna), Radha: Radha-tattva, universe: brahmanda
24 Aug 2022 morning – Krishna-tattva, Radha-tattva (English) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-CC, Adi-lila, Chapter 4, sloka 56-69-There is no difference between shakti and shaktiman-Shakti always presents in shaktiman, in murta (manifest) or amurta (unmanifest) state-The time, the place, the circumstances – everything was favourable for the performance of rasa lila-Radha manifests from Krishna’s hand and He runs after Radha-Anuragena krishna dhavati yasmat iti radha. Ra means anuraga (deep spiritual loving attachment) and dha means dhavati (to run quickly and with great...
2022, Discourses in English 2022, Undisclosed, India 2022, Rupa Gosvami, anugatya: following in the footsteps (submissive following of devotees; mood of guidance and service), gopis: nitya-siddha, rasa dance: rasa-lila, universe: brahmanda
10 Aug 2022 morning – The Glories of Sri Rupa Gosvami (English) – Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Narottama dasa Thakura wrote a pranama-mantra to Srila Rupa Gosvami in which he described how Srila Rupa Gosvami fulfilled all of Lord Chaitanya’s innermost desires-Sri Rupa is the recipient of the Lord’s mercy-Srila Rupa Gosvami gave a perfect definition of bhakti-The granthas of Sri Rupa-Bhakti, that is seva-vritti, comes from Srimati Radhika-Nitya-siddha krsna-prema sloka discussion-Your svarupa is already inside you, it just needs to be awakened through sadhu-sanga-Brahmanda...
2022, Discourses in English 2022, Capelle aan den IJssel 2022, Netherlands 2022, atma-nivedana: full surrender of the self (complete dedication of oneself to Krishna; one of the nine processes of bhakti), universe: brahmanda
02 Aug 2022 evening – Sadhus’ Care for Baddha-jivas (English) – Capelle aan den IJssel, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Brahmanda bhramite kona bhagyavan jiva sloka discussion-Doing spiritual practice and continuing to commit offenses is like treating a cough with medicine, but continuing to perform activities that make the cough worse (like eating ice cream and dairy products).-Daksha Prajapati and Shiva katha (shortly)-The story of Lord Indra becoming a pig and not willing to return back to his heavenly kingdom-Krsna bhuli’ sei jiva anadi-bahirmukha: Guru and Vaishnavas again and again remind us that we are...