sampradayas: Vaishnava sampradayas

06 Feb 2025 morning – Day of the Disappearance of Sri Madhvacarya and His Glories (English) | Fortaleza, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

The Vedas and Puranas say that the Lord possesses saktis/potentia, so whoever says otherwise is an offender/aparadhi. ⁠Madhvacarya says that the Lord is saktiman (The possessor of all potencies). ⁠Difference between jiva and jiva; jiva and inert matter (Maya); jiva and Bhagavan; inert matter (Maya) and inert matter (Maya); inert matter (Maya) and Bhagavan. ⁠About the different humors of the jivas, the liberated and the conditioned, panca-bheda (five differences). ⁠The conscious being is the one...

05 Mar 2024 evening – Ekadasi Tithi Observance (English) – Pipa, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– Why do we observe Ekadasi Tithi? Because pap, sins, remain the five types of grains on Ekadasi. – For spiritual things we have to follow instructions of sastra, who are like our mother and father whom we have faith in. – Discussion of the four Vaisnava Sampradayas: Sri, Rudra, Brahma and Sanaka. – We belong to Vishnu and we are all His eternal servants: jivera ‘svarupa’ haya (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila, 20:108). – Spiritual life will start when we have...