– If you want to achieve prema, make friends with Krishna and treat Him as a family member (laukika-sad-bandhuvat-priti). – The Vrajavasis witnessed Krishna’s opulence and His great lilas. Yet they do not consider Krishna to be Narayana. They believe that Krishna can only perform great activities when Narayana possesses His body. – Brahmaji glorifies Vrajavasis, the friends of Krishna. Verse: aho bhāgyam aho bhāgyaṁ…(SB 10.14.32). – Srila Gurudeva, Srila Narayana...
Rasa-tattva
2025, Discourses Translated into English 2025, Houston 2025, Texas 2025, USA 2025, Sanatana & Rupa & Anupama, Rupa Gosvami, Sanatana Gosvami, Bhava-bhakti, Rasa-tattva, Sadhana-bhakti
10 Jul 2025 midday – The Bhava the Sadhaka Realizes Is Natural (English translation) | Houston, USA
– On the service mood of the manjaris and gopis.– On the love of the vrajavasis for Krsna’s lilas.– The vrajavasis are very fond of Sanatana Gosvami.– On the lotus flower that grows in the mud but is fragrant, beautiful, and serves at the Lord’s feet.– On the brothers Sanatana, Rupa, and Anupama.– The name of Radha is higher than the names of Visnu, Rama, and Krsna.– Lila of Siva with Parvati and the Holy Names.– On the qualities...
2025, Discourses in Hindi 2025, Houston 2025, Texas 2025, USA 2025, Sanatana & Rupa & Anupama, Rupa Gosvami, Sanatana Gosvami, Bhava-bhakti, Rasa-tattva, Sadhana-bhakti
10 Jul 2025 midday – The Bhava the Sadhaka Realizes Is Natural (Hindi) | Houston, USA
– On the service mood of the manjaris and gopis. – On the love of the vrajavasis for Krsna’s lilas. – The vrajavasis are very fond of Sanatana Gosvami. – On the lotus flower that grows in the mud but is fragrant, beautiful, and serves at the Lord’s feet. – On the brothers Sanatana, Rupa, and Anupama. – The name of Radha is higher than the names of Visnu, Rama, and Krsna. – Lila of Siva with Parvati and the Holy Names. – On the...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Florida 2025, Miami 2025, USA 2025, Madhurya-rasa, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), anuraga: deep attachment (stage of prema; intense love and constant attraction toward Krishna)
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...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Sao Paulo 2025, Brazil 2025, Chaitanya-charitamrita Madhya 19.151, Shikshashtaka 1, Radhikashtaka, Meeting and Separation, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), atma-nivedana: full surrender of the self (complete dedication of oneself to Krishna; one of the nine processes of bhakti), consciousness: Krishna Consciousness, hari-katha: etiquette of listening to hari-katha, mangala-arati: importance, mantra practice and surrender: mantrartha-chintanam; nyasa-mudra; prapatti; sharanagati and atma-nivedana, mood: lamentation mood, Six Gosvamis exemplary bhajana, translator: instructions to a translator
02 Jul 2025 evening – A Mood of Lamentation (English) | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Where there is a Vaishnava, there is Vrindavana. – We need to cleanse our hearts. – Tilaka and kanthimala alone are not enough. We need to follow four principles. – Every day, you must attend mangala-arati. – The heart is cleansed by chanting the holy names. – Verse: ‘Ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanam bhāva-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpanam…’ (Sri Shikshashstaka 1). – Seva without listening to hari-katha is dangerous, as those who perform seva but do not...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Sao Paulo 2025, Brazil 2025, Ratha-yatra 2025, Kurukshetra-milana Lila, Jagannatha-tattva, Kurukshetra-milana, Ratha-yatra Pastimes, bhajana-kriya: beginning of devotional practices (engagement in bhakti activities; stage after accepting guidance from guru)
01 Jul 2025 evening – Meaning of Ratha Yatra (English) | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sadhu, Gurudeva and Vaisnava give us the best medicine, even if by force. About the sweetness of the katha of Ratha-yatra, it contains the essence of the Puranas, Vedas, Srimad Bhagavatam, and is the heart of Caitanya Caritamrta. Only Svarupa Damodara and Rupa Gosvami realized the color motif of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabu. Only by the mercy of the Lord is it possible to understand the moods of Ratha-yatra. By hearing Harikatha repeatedly we develop the process of Bhakti: faith (sradha), sadhu...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Sao Paulo 2025, Brazil 2025, Ratha-yatra 2025, Krishna Asks Yudhishthira Maharaja to Say That Ashvatthama Is Dead, Kurukshetra-milana Lila, Jagannatha-tattva, Kurukshetra-milana, Ratha-yatra Pastimes, bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, Jagannatha: the meaning of chariot in ratha-yatra, Krishna: Krishna's form in Vrindavana, Krishna: reasons for Krishna to perform the rasa dance, mood: moods of Vraja, sakhis: types, truth: importance of speaking truth, Vaishnavas: 26 qualities
01 Jul 2025 midday – The Mood of Ratha Yatra (English) | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Explanation of the meaning of the Chariot and Asana (seat) of Lord Jagannatha. – The Mood of service to Krsna and the qualities of a sadhaka. – About the two stages of sadhana-bhakti, a process where the 26 qualities of a Vaisnava will manifest. – About speaking the truth. – Pastime where Krsna asks Yudhisthira Maharaja to say that Asvatthama, Dronacarya’s son, is dead. – Reasons for Krsna to perform the rasa dance – The moods of Vraja: sakhya...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Sao Paulo 2025, Brazil 2025, Ratha-yatra 2025, Personal Recollections 2025, Kurukshetra-milana Lila, A Guru and His Disciple Vaishnava Dasa (Panir Dasa) in a City Where All Products Cost the Same, An Alcoholic Dhanurdhar in Love with His Girlfriend, Jagannatha-tattva, Kurukshetra-milana, Ratha-yatra Pastimes, anuraga: deep attachment (stage of prema; intense love and constant attraction toward Krishna), anuraga: stages, Bhagavan: sach-chid-ananda (sat-chid-ananda), darshana: consequences for those who have Lord's darshana, Jagannatha: Jagannatha's chariot, Jagannatha: the meaning of chariot in ratha-yatra, Jagannatha: the meaning of Jagannatha's throne, prema: stages, spiritual understanding: difficulty in understanding spiritual matters
01 Jul 2025 morning – Meaning of Lord Jagannatha’s Chariot (English) | Sao Paulo, Brazil
– 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...