Bhagavan: sach-chid-ananda (sat-chid-ananda)

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19 Apr 2026 evening – Bhagavat-tattva (English) – Bordeaux, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 19, 2026 6:00 PM

Impersonalists call God Brahman, which is actually His effulgence. Those who believe in the philosophy of Paramatma speak of the Supersoul that resides in the heart of all living entities. The soul will have the same size, regardless of the body, whether it is an ant or an elephant. He who has six opulences is called Bhagavan. God has many names. We can call Him Brahman, Bhagavan, or Paramatma. Hari is the one who destroys all unhappiness, and Rama is the one who is always playing in the hearts...

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10 Jan 2026 morning – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 7 (Glories of the Gopis) (English) – Gaia Vrindavana, Brazil

January 10, 2026 7:00 AM

After the hari-katha of the seventh day of hearing, there is the day of rest of Bhagavat Katha. Punishment is to purify the heart. There is no difference between Lord Rama and Sri Krishna. About rasa-vicara. Rama-lila-katha. The body of the gopis is made of sat-cit-ananda. Manava-lila. Krishna is dhira-lalita nayaka – Hero with specific characteristics. Maha-rasa-lila katha that happens only in Radha-kunda. ⁠The original Gandharvika is Srimati Radhika, She is expert in all the arts of dance and...

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02 Oct 2025 evening – Ramacandra Vijayotsava; Appearance of Madhvacarya (English) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

October 2, 2025 6:00 PM

– Today is a super-excellent day: Vijaya Dasami. – Ravana kidnapped Caya-Sita. – About the search for Sita Devi. – Vijaya Dasami narrates the day Ramacandra went to Lanka to fight Ravana and rescue Sita Devi. It is not the day Rama killed Ravana. – Today is the appearance anniversary of Madhvacarya. – About the Four Authorized Sampradayas, their founders, and their philosophical specificities. – There is a difference between the jivas. – ⁠Story of...

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09 Sep 2025 evening – Instructions From Krsna in Bhagavad-gita (English) | Christchurch, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 9, 2025 7:14 PM

PART 1 PART 2 – On the dedication of the devotees present at the Harikatha. – Supreme instructions given by Krsna in the Bhagavad Gita. – Externally: Krsna instructs His dear friend Arjuna. – Internally: Krsna instructs everyone to surrender at His lotus feet. – On the cause of the sufferings of living entities in this material world. – On the cessation of the cycle of birth and death, and the karma of previous lives. – Explanations from different...

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01 Jul 2025 morning – Meaning of Lord Jagannatha’s Chariot (English) | Sao Paulo, Brazil

July 1, 2025 7:00 AM

– Brief explanation about Lord Jagannatha’s Chariot and its meaning. – Lord Jagannatha’s Throne, its meaning. – About the stages of prema and anuraga, when love and affection arise. – About the darsana of Govinda’s form that causes forgetfulness of everything. – Story involving a Guru and his disciple in a city where there is no distinction/discrimination in the prices of products. – About the difficulty people have in understanding...

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21 May 2025 morning – Raya-Ramananda Samvada (English) | Vilnius, Lithuania | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 21, 2025 8:58 AM

On variety and similarity in this world. We like variety, which is why we try to eat and wear different things. Krishna likes variety as well. He tasted the different mellows of His devotees’ hearts. Mahaprabhu asked Raya Ramananda about the nature of the living entities, and Raya Ramananda began his response with varnashrama-dharma. The sweetness of Madhurashtakam. The explanation of the ‘bandhu-sange yadi tava ranga parihasa’ song. Thakuraji’s vigraha is transcendental, but...

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18 Feb 2025 evening – Self-realization is the Best Realization (English) | Punta Arenas, Chile | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 18, 2025 6:01 PM

Gurudeva reminds us of the rarity of the human body and that we must understand that the human body is the only one capable of rendering devotional service to the Lord. Explanation of why God created man in His image and likeness. What characteristic differentiates men, conditioned souls, from other animals. Upon reaching the abode of the Lord, a place of bliss, everyone will be very happy. The material world is incomplete, but in the transcendental world happiness is unlimited, it is an...

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07 Feb 2025 evening – Mayavadi Philosophy (English) | Alto Paraiso, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 7, 2025 6:37 PM

About the Mayavadi philosophy spread by Sankara Acarya.

How Sankara Acarya was actually a Vaisnava and guided people to suddha-bhakti.

About how we should meditate on the form of God and not on the nonexistence of form.

About how we are made in the image and likeness of God, but His body is sat-cit-ananda.

About how when we speak the truth, many people get angry, but one day they will realize this truth.

About the purity of Swami Maharaja’s disciple lineage.

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