2022 Swami Padmanabha

Q & A at Bhaktivan, Kansas on April 23, 2022

•Baladeva-tattva
•Meaning of Vrindadevyastakam´s Last Verse
•How Krishna Protects his Devotees?

Lecture given at Bhaktivan, Kansas on April 22, 2022

Brahma-stuti, Verse 2: Krishna is a Byproduct of the Love of his Devotees

ŚB 10.14.2

अस्यापि देव वपुषो मदनुग्रहस्य

स्वेच्छामयस्य न तु भूतमयस्य कोऽपि ।

नेशे महि त्ववसितुं मनसान्तरेण

साक्षात्तवैव किमुतात्मसुखानुभूते: ॥ २ ॥

asyāpi deva vapuṣo mad-anugrahasya

svecchā-mayasya na tu bhūta-mayasya ko ’pi

neśe mahi tv avasituṁ manasāntareṇa

sākṣāt tavaiva kim utātma-sukhānubhūteḥ

Translation

My dear Lord, neither I nor anyone else can estimate the potency of this transcendental body of Yours, which has shown such mercy to me and which appears just to fulfill the desires of Your pure devotees. Although my mind is completely withdrawn from material affairs, I cannot understand Your personal form. How, then, could I possibly understand the happiness You experience within Yourself?

Q & A (at Bhaktivan, Kansas on April 22, 2022

•Definition and Problems of Teleological Inherence
•Nitya-siddha-prema Coming to Us
•Guru-bhakti and Krishna-bhakti
•Jiva Goswami´s Affinity for Sakhya

Lecture given at Bhaktivan, Kansas on April 21, 2022

Brahma-stuti, Lecture 3: Verse 1, The Unique Charming Form of Sri Vraja Krishna

ŚB 10.14.1

श्रीब्रह्मोवाच

नौमीड्य तेऽभ्रवपुषे तडिदम्बराय

गुञ्जावतंसपरिपिच्छलसन्मुखाय ।

वन्यस्रजे कवलवेत्रविषाणवेणु-

लक्ष्मश्रिये मृदुपदे पशुपाङ्गजाय ॥ १ ॥

śrī-brahmovāca

naumīḍya te ’bhra-vapuṣe taḍid-ambarāya

guñjāvataṁsa-paripiccha-lasan-mukhāya

vanya-sraje kavala-vetra-viṣāṇa-veṇu-

lakṣma-śriye mṛdu-pade paśupāṅgajāya

Translation

Lord Brahmā said: My dear Lord, You are the only worshipable Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and therefore I offer my humble obeisances and prayers just to please You. O son of the king of the cowherds, Your transcendental body is dark blue like a new cloud, Your garment is brilliant like lightning, and the beauty of Your face is enhanced by Your guñjā earrings and the peacock feather on Your head. Wearing garlands of various forest flowers and leaves, and equipped with a herding stick, a buffalo horn and a flute, You stand beautifully with a morsel of food in Your hand.

Lecture given at Bhaktivan, Kansas on April 21, 2022

Interview with Arcana-siddhi Dasi

Lecture given at Bhaktivan, Kansas on April 19, 2022

Brahma-stuti, Lecture 2: Introduction (part 2), Significance & Intricacies of Brahma´s Prayers

Lecture given at Bhaktivan, Kansas on April 17, 2022

Brahma-stuti, Lecture 1: Introduction (part 1), Aghasura-lila & Brahma-vimohana-lila

Lecture given at Bhaktivan, Kansas on April 16, 2022

Radha-kunda´s Appearance Day

Q&A at Bhaktivan, Kansas on April 16, 2022

•Gaura Refers to Saci´s Previous Life as Being Devaki
•The Relevance of Sannyasa-asrama in Modern Days
•Is Receiving Initiation becoming a Rare Thing?
•The Role of Diksa in Connection Harinama
•The Nature of the Soul in Connection to Bhakti

Lecture given at Bhaktivan, Kansas on April 15, 2022

Presentation of Inherent or Inherited?: The Need for Dynamism in our Gaudiya Sampradaya