– Madhya-lila, Chapter 13. – Mahaprabhu thinks He is Radha, and Jagannatha is Krishna. – Lila: Krishna proposes to the gopis that they practise yoga to see Him in their hearts instead of meeting Him directly. – Lila: Madhumangala Tells Radha That Madhusudhana Has Gone and Will Never Return. – Lila: Srimati Radhika is alone, absorbed in Krishna, and imagines Krishna closing Her eyes with His hands while asking Her to guess who did it. – Verse: bhaktiḥ...
Ratha-yatra Pastimes
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...
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...
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...
25 Jun 2025 morning – The Story of Gundicha Temple (English) | Alto Paraiso, Brazil
– The Gundicha-marjana temple was built by Indradyumna Maharaja in memory of his wife, Gundicha Devi. – Indradyumna Maharaja was concerned that the yagna-adhishthatra-devata did not appear in his fire sacrifice. – Ramachandra’s fire sacrifice was not possible without His wife, Sita-devi, so His guru, Vasishtha, allowed Him to use a golden statue of Her instead. – Dasharatha Maharaja had 360 queens, three of whom were the most prominent: Kaushalya, Kaikeyi and...
24 Jun 2025 evening – Cleaning of the Gundica Temple (English) | Alto Paraiso de Goias, Brazil
– Significance of the cleaning of the Gundica Temple. – Explanation of the procession that takes Lord Jagannatha from His Temple to the Gundica Temple. – About the mercy granted by Lord Jagannatha to all living beings without any distinction. – The liberation from birth from a mother’s womb obtained by darsana, vision, of Lord Jagannatha. – Kapila Muni answers the questions of His mother Devahuti, Third Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam about not wanting to be born...