– Sukadeva Gosvamipada only glorified saradiya-rasa-lila and Srila Jayadeva Gosvamipada vasanta-lila explained in Gita-govinda grantha, which is very important. – Rasa-lila katha. Krishna only performs rasa dance for Srimati Radhika. Cintamani-maya bhajan (Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, Sri Gaudiya Giti-guccha, page 116). – Krishna’s topmost name is Mohan-candra. When we do bhajan sadhana and slowly progress, we will understand. – The holy names will give you...
rasa dance: rasa-lila
27 Feb 2024 midday – Glorification of Srila Bhakti Prajnana Keshava Gosvami Maharaja (English) – Gaia Vrindavana, Viamao, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Srila Bhakti Prajnana Keshava Gosvami Maharaja early life pastimes. Story of Lord Ramachandra and the frog who could not bear the weight of His Bow and Arrow. How karma affects our life. If we practise Bhakti, all kinds of facilities will come. Stages of the progress of Bhakti. We are searching for Krishna, but He is searching for the gopis. How we accumulate other peoples’ pap (sinful) and punya (pious) karmas (karma-marga). If we practise Bhakti, all sins and pious deeds are destroyed. Karma...
27 Feb 2024 morning walk – The sweetness of rasa-lila katha – (English) – Gaia Vrindavana, Viamao, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– This Kali-yuga is special, danya-kali, because Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared. – Don’t think too much: have the one hope of how to attain the one sprinkle footdust of Srimati Radhika. – Discussion of sadhaka-rupena and siddha-rupena. – Who are the real Vrajavasis? – We are to follow how Rupa Sanatana performed their bhajan and sadhana with deep attachment, tad anuragi. – Direct vision of pastimes comes to the Gosvami’s when they write their poetry...
13 Feb 2024 morning – Vasanta-panchami and rasa-lila katha (English) – Buenos Aires, Argentina | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Four days are very auspicious and important in Vedic culture and astrology: Rama-navami, aksaiya-tritiya, Vijaya-dasami and Vasanta-panami. Many social and spiritual activities can be performed on this day without consulting the astrologer. Today also, Sarasvati-puja is performed, who is the presiding deity of knowledge. Many Vaisnava and Vaisnavi’s avirbhava and tirabhava tithis’s today. Vasantic-rasa-lila description. Harikatha of all gopis who attend the autumn season rasa-lila. Sri Rupa...
12 Feb 2024 evening – The Essence of Human Life (English) – Buenos Aires, Argentina | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Song: Bhaja Hu Re Mana. Story of Bharata Maharaja. Bhakti Devi manifests in a person’s heart after he associates with a saint. Verse: kṛṣṇa-bhakti-janma-mūla haya ‘sādhu-saṅga’ (CC Madhya-lila 22.83). Only through Bhakti can we reach Krsna. Verse: nivṛtta-tarṣair upagīyamānād (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.1.4) Story of the princess who lost her necklace in the river. Verse: harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalam (CC Madhya-lila 6.242). Verse: ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni...
04 Feb 2024 evening – Sadhu Sanga in Kali-yuga (English) – Miami, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Yamaraja said that whoever does not chant the Holy Names goes to his home. Katha of the visnudutas protecting Ajamil. Verse: kṛṣṇa-bhakti-janma-mūla haya ‘sādhu-saṅga’ (CC Madhya-lila 22.83). Different types of sadhu. The humor of Sacinandana Goura Hari. Verse: namo mahā-vadānyāya kṛṣṇa-prema-pradāya te (CC Madhya-lila 19.53). Goura katha means Radha-Krsna katha. Verse: anaradha radha-padambhoja-renum (Sva-sankalpa-prakasa-stotra 1). Sanskaras are very powerful, realizations happen in our...
29 Jan 2024 evening – The Story of Srila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami (English) – Seattle, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu instructed the Gosvamis to manifest the Deities, Krsna’s pastime places in Vrndavana, and also told them to manifest books on Vaisnava etiquette, Vaisnava-suddha-sadacara. Srila Gopala Batta Gosvami collected the slokas of Sri Sampradaya, from where he and his family received diksa-mantras, and then he handed them over to Srila Sanatana Gosvamipada who manifested the book Hari-Bhakti-Vilasa. The Batta family had Mahaprabhu’s darsan and invited Him to stay in...
24 Jan 2024 evening – The Glories of Giriraja Govardhana (English) – New Vraj, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Vrindavana is full of rasa because Srimati Radharani is there. Sharadiya-rasa-lila and vasantika-rasa-lila. Viraha-agni of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Exemplary bhajana of our Six Gosvamis. The beauty of Vrindavana. Giriraja Govardhana manifested from the inner core of Srimati Radhika’s heart.-Sloka: hantāyam adrir abalā hari-dāsa-varyo. Uddhava advises Krishna to kill Jarasandha and then to visit Yudhishthira Maharaja’s rajasuya-jajna. Krishna sends Uddhava to Vrindavana. Krishna-katha is non...