Madhurya-rasa
28 Dec 2025 morning walk – Knowledge Obscures Madhurya (English) – Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The reason why Krishna is bathed with five ingredients. Lila about the first time Srimati Radhika prepared butter and Krishna disguised Himself as sakhi. According to logic, it is impossible to establish Krishna-lila. Jnanis want to know everything according to their logic, while prema-bhaktas ask nothing, they only savor. Knowledge obscures madhurya. Jnani is a masculine word and lila is feminine. Love is spontaneous, it doesn’t ask the reasons why one loves. Love is not seeking a reason...
15 Aug 2025 morning – How to Obtain Eternal Happiness (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– One of the names of this material world is duniya, which means suffering. – When we experience a small, fleeting material pleasure, like fireworks, we call it happiness. – We remain completely deluded by Maya within the uninterrupted cycle of birth and death. – There is no true happiness in this world, which is the place of suffering. – If we act in the mode of goodness, we can obtain worldly happiness, such as being born into a high family, having wealth, and...
07 Jul 2025 morning – Krodha, Mana and Mana-abhasa (English) | Miami, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 Always give respect to those who took shelter of Sri Gurudeva before you, they have more knowledge about sadhana and bhajana. Krsna offered a flower to Rukmini because she is the senior Queen of Dvaraka, but Satyabhama remained in mana-abhasa. Srimati Radhika never gets really angry with Krsna, She only enters into maan for His pleasure. Two characteristics of Bhagavan: sarvagata and mugdata (knows everything and at the same time is completely innocent). The stages of bhava condense and...