rasa dance: rasa-lila

05 Nov 2022 morning – Damodarashtaka (Bengali) – India

-Parana (time of breaking) of Ekadashi is very important; the glories of Ambarisha Maharaja-If you do not have thirst for hari-katha, it means you do not do bhajana properly-Bhakti is always humble, Vaishnava is always humble-Yashoda-Damodara katha, Radha-Damodara katha and Gopi-Damodara katha-Satyavrata Muni glorifies the Lord Damodara-Rasa-lila-katha is kama-vijaya-lila katha. It removes all lust from the heart of the listener-Svarupa-anubhava-vritti will be revealed through sadhu-sanga-2...

05 Nov 2022 morning – Damodarashtaka (English translation) – India

-Parana (time of breaking) of Ekadashi is very important; the glories of Ambarisha Maharaja-If you do not have thirst for hari-katha, it means you do not do bhajana properly-Bhakti is always humble, Vaishnava is always humble-Yashoda-Damodara katha, Radha-Damodara katha and Gopi-Damodara katha-Satyavrata Muni glorifies the Lord Damodara-Rasa-lila-katha is kama-vijaya-lila katha. It removes all lust from the heart of the listener-Svarupa-anubhava-vritti will be revealed through sadhu-sanga-2...

31 Oct 2022 morning – Rama-ghata (English translation) – India

-Lord Balarama performed rasa-lila here-Srila BV Tirtha Gosvami Maharaja used to cry here-Krishna’s lilas in Mathura and Dvaraka-Krishna always remembered Vrajavasis in Mathura-3 types of vraja-prema-Bhava-alankaras of the gopis-Baladeva Prabhu dragged Yamuna river with His plough-With which gopis did Baladeva Prabhu perform rasa-lila-Lila of Krishna proving the chastity of Srimati Radhika

31 Oct 2022 morning – Rama-ghata (Bengali) – India

-Lord Balarama performed rasa-lila here-Srila BV Tirtha Gosvami Maharaja used to cry here-Krishna’s lilas in Mathura and Dvaraka-Krishna always remembered Vrajavasis in Mathura-3 types of vraja-prema-Bhava-alankaras of the gopis-Baladeva Prabhu dragged Yamuna river with His plough-With which gopis did Baladeva Prabhu perform rasa-lila-Lila of Krishna proving the chastity of Srimati Radhika

21 Oct 2022 morning – Rasa-lila (Hindi) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-By Giriraj Govardhan Vrindavan is beautiful.-Giriraj Govardhana 2 eyes are Radha-kunda & Shyama-kunda.-A dust particle of Radha-kunda is higher than al kundas together.-Krsna did rasa-vilasa with Radha & gopis.-Suddha-bhaktas on hearing rasa-sabda is relishing madhurya.-Topmost lila of Krsna is rasa-lila & it happens only in Vrindavan.-In Radha-kunda only svapaksha gopis are only allowed.-Enumerating different lilas included in rasa-lila.-About Madhu-paan lila.-Only svapaksha-gopis...

19 Oct 2022 evening – The Glories of Govardhana (Hindi) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Krishna enchants everyone with His beautiful form-Description of rasa-lila-Madhavendra Puri gets sandalwood for Khira-cora Gopinatha-Why Mahaprabhu did not recommend to stay long in Vrindavana-Gurudeva always told not to disturb any trees or other plants of Vrindavana and Govardhana-Govardhana-dhrana-lila-Annakuta-mahotsava

19 Oct 2022 evening – The Glories of Govardhana (English translation) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Full translation

Part 1

-Krishna enchants everyone with His beautiful form-Description of rasa-lila-Madhavendra Puri gets sandalwood for Khira-cora Gopinatha-Why Mahaprabhu did not recommend to stay long in Vrindavana-Gurudeva always told not to disturb any trees or other plants of Vrindavana and Govardhana-Govardhana-dhrana-lila-Annakuta-mahotsava

Part 2

18 Oct 2022 morning – Paitha Gaon Govardhan (English translation) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-The name of the lake here is Narayana-sarovara. Narayana has four arms here-This is the place of rasa-lila-Dasharatha Maharaja had 360 wifes but Ramachandra had only one wife, Sita-devi-Krishna is gopa and He accepts only the gopis into the rasa dance. Otherwise it is rasabhasa-dasha-Gopala-mantra is the king of all the mantras-Paitha means ‘go inside’. It’s because Krishna put His Narayana’s additional two arms inside His belly when He noticed Srimati Radhika