Krishna-tattva

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Rio de Janeiro 2023, Brazil 2023, Krishna-tattva, Bhagavan: sach-chid-ananda (sat-chid-ananda)

16 Jun 2023 evening – How Krishna Manifested the Form of Jagannatha (English) – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 16, 2023 6:52 PM

Krishna comes into the material world to protect dharma and devotees. Story of villagers gathering at the temple to pray to God for rain. Krishna’s three abode and His life in Dvaraka. Story of Varunadeva and the woodcutter who lost his axe in the lake. We come to this material world to do bhajana and sadhana. Hearing about Krishna’s pastimes destroys all impurities in the heart. Krishna’s children are not ordinary people, their bodies are sat-cit-ananda-vigraha. Krishna is...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Alto Paraiso de Goias 2023, Brazil 2023, Krishna-tattva, lilas: Indrajalika-lilas

07 Jun 2023 evening – Krishna’s Human Being Lilas (English) – Alto Paraiso de Goias, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 7, 2023 6:46 PM

A short list of Krishna’s naravata-lilas: snana-yatra-lila, indrajalika-lilas, sakhya-lilas, vatsalya-lilas, etc.

The story of how Saubari Rishi, by committing an offence, lost the fruit of severe austerities and married 50 daughters of King Mandata.

Perform bhajana and sadhana to Krishna while you are young.

The Lord has no beard; He never grows old.

The story of the woodcutter who lost his axe and his wife.

The power of krishna-katha.

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Balneario Camboriu 2023, Brazil 2023, Krishna-tattva, body: gross body, body: subtle body, karma: cycle of birth and death, samskaras, self-realisation, soul: conditioned soul

04 Jun 2023 evening – We Are All Eternal Servants of Krishna (English) – Balneario Camboriu, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 4, 2023 6:15 PM

All living entities are eternal servants of Krishna. Krishna speaks to Arjuna in BG 15.7. Our duty is to serve Krishna. Maya-devi punishes anyone who does not serve Krishna. Verse: kṛṣṇa bhuli’ sei jīva anādi-bahirmukha ataeva māyā tāre deya saṁsāra-duḥkha (Cc. Madhya 20.117). Although the souls suffer the three miseries in this material world, they do not think about how to get out of it and seek self-realisation. Why do we suffer the three miseries of maya (illusory energy)? Answer: The...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Siedelsbrunn 2023, Germany 2023, Krishna-tattva

31 May 2023 morning darshana – Sri Krishna’s Daily Lilas (English) – Siedelsbrunn, Germany | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 31, 2023 8:09 AM

Naimittika lilas (prakata Vrindavana) and nitya-lilas (aprakata Vrindavana) of Krishna. Krishna spends most of His time with the gopis. 3.30 – 6.00 a.m. – nishanta-lila (with Srimati Radhika in the kunja); 6.00 – 9.00 a.m. (with Nanda and Yashoda, go-charana-lila); 11.30 – 3.30 p.m. – madhyana-lila (noon) – vamshi-chori-lila; etc. Strict austerities are useless without worshipping God. Take a lot of maha-prasada, but with one condition: you should dance and...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Bordeaux 2023, France 2023, Krishna-tattva

14 May 2023 evening – The Meeting of Radha and Krishna (English) – Bordeaux, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 14, 2023 6:40 PM

Vaidhi bhakti and raganuga bhakti. This human life is something very rare. The location of Vaikuntha, Ayodhya and Dvaraka. Dvaraka is higher than Vaikuntha. Krishna manifests as Jagannatha. Narada Rsi asks Krishna why He manifested as Jagannatha. About Jagannatha of Rio and Santos and the Ratha-Yatra in Brazil. Difference between talking about one’s suffering to anyone and to the sadhu. Satyabhama and Lakshmi Devi. About family life. Jagannatha prasada. About Bhagavat-Saptah from 18 to 24...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2023, Vic 2023, Spain 2023, Atma-tattva, Krishna-tattva

01 May 2023 evening – Krishna’s Appreciation of His Devotees (English) – Vic, Spain | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 1, 2023 6:19 PM

Gratitude to devotees for their seva during the festival in Spain.

If we offer something to Krishna, He will sell Himself completely to us.

Atma-tattva.

The process of realising one’s transcendental body.

Processes common to man and animal. Human advantage over animals.

The story of a princess who lost her necklace.

A play about Krishna and a fruit seller.

The lila of Krishna and the fruit seller.

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2023, Callus 2023, Spain 2023, Krishna-tattva, body: dehatma-buddhi

24 Apr 2023 evening – Prema of Krishna, Radha and Gauranga (English) – Callus, Spain | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 24, 2023 6:25 PM

On Dehatma-buddhi. All the living entities are eternal servants of Krishna. Without the mercy of Srimati Radharani Bhakti-devi will not manifest in the heart. Gangotri and Yamunotri. Sri Radha-kripa-kataksha-stava-raja. Srimati Radhika is more merciful and wonderful than Krishna. Shachinandana Gourahari distributes His prema everywhere. Krishna is vadanya, Mahaprabhu is maha-vadanya. The symptoms of maha-bhagavata. The glories of Giriraja Govardhana. 3 Haridasas. Mahaprabhu manifests rasa-raja...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Kuala Lumpur 2023, Malaysia 2023, Krishna-tattva, body: bodily conception, jiva: jiva-tattva

12 Apr 2023 morning – Rasika-shekhara Krishna and the Gopis (English) – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 12, 2023 9:27 AM

-Gopis meet Krishna in Kurukshetra-Externally the gopis were very angry with Krishna, but internally they were happy-Meeting without separation is not fully relishable-The Gopis have no bodily conception-Krishna never leaves Vrndavana.-Why people come into the material world; jiva-tattva-Maya’s two functions: avaranatmika-vritti and vikshepatmika-vritti-Always remember: Krishna is not cruel and He is not a liar. He simply relishes different mellows from the hearts of the gopis. He is a...

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