Casa Ponte Para a Luz – He who speaks Harikatha is opening his heart and expressing it in words. – The more we hear Harikatha and the granthas, the cleaner and purer our hearts will become. – The conditioned soul is full of anarthas (undesirable things within its heart), for it has no taste for hearing Harikatha. – If we have no taste for hearing the Harikathas about Radha and Krishna, all our efforts will be in vain. – Sloka: dharmaḥ svanuṣṭhitaḥ puṁsāṁ… (SB...
Components of Bhakti
18 Jun 2025 midday – The Components of Bhakti (English) | Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
• Svarupa-lakshana and tatastha-lakshana of anyabhilashita shunyam and anukulyena krishnanu shilanam. • 5 types of principal moods: shanta, dasya, sakhya, vatsalya and madhurya and 7 types of secondary moods: hasya, adbhuta, vira, karuna, raudra, bibhatsa, bhaya. • Lila: Krishna is binding the gopi. • Song: Damodarashtaka. • Avyapti-dosha and ativyapti-dosha: overextension rule and underextension rule: examples of mother Yashoda saving the milk in the oven and Chanura and Mushtika...
03 Jan 2025 evening – Guru Tattva (English) | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About the importance of Guru Tattva. The importance of not criticizing but, at the same time, of speaking the truth. About the need to take shelter at the lotus feet of a Guru who is from the Vaisnava Sampradaya and to see if the Guru has Parampara. How Srimati Radhika’s prema was transmitted from Herself to Madhavendra Puripada, who passed it on to Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who passed it on to Rupa Gosvami Pada. About the nine phases of bhakti explained by Rupa Gosvami Pada. About the duty of...