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24 Jun 2026 evening – Ganga-dashahara – Lampeter, Wales, UK

– Baladeva Vidyabhushana Prabhu’s Disappearance Day, Ganga-dashahara, and Gangamata Gosvamini’s Appearance Day are today. – Baladeva Vidyabhushana Prabhu is our sampradaya-rakshaka, the protector of our sampradaya. – It is difficult to have faith in a sadhu, but easy to have faith in Ganga. – Verse: gaṅgāra paraśa hoile paścāte pāvana darśane (Ei-bāro karuṇā koro 3). – Ganga-devi is no less than Yamuna-devi. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu worshipped Ganga-devi...

24 Jun 2026 midday – Baladeva Vidyabhushana Disappearance Day (English) – Wales, UK

– Baladeva Vidyabhushana’s Disappearance Day and Ganga-dashahara are today. – Thanks to Baladeva Vidyabhushana, we can now worship Radha and Krishna. Baladeva Vidyabhushana is the protector of our sampradaya. – Govindadeva (abhidheya-adhishthatri-devata), Gopinatha (prayojana-adhishthatri-devata) and Madana Mohana (sambandha-adhishthatri-devata) are the three main deities of Gaudiya Vaishnavas. Vajranabha manifested these deities with the help of Mother Uttara. –...

22 Jun 2026 evening – Radha-Dasyam Is the Goal (English) – Birmingham, UK – Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  – The lila (pastime) of Madhavendra Puripada and the deity Kheer-cora Gopinatha. – If a Vaishnava accords us respect, we should accept it. – How to attain service to Srimati Radhika: only through sadhana under the guidance (anugatya) of the Vraja Gopis. – Verse: vāco vegaḿ manasaḥ krodha vegaḿ… (Sri Upadesamrta 1). – Sadhana begins with the Upadesamrta and, step by step, leads to Radha-dasyam. – Sadhu-sanga means listening to Harikatha...

22 Jun 2026 midday – Sadhu-Sanga and Faith Come First (English) – Coventry, UK

House program – Verse: ‘sādhu-saṅga’, ‘sādhu-saṅga’ — sarva-śāstre kaya… (CC Madhya 22.54). – Verse: satāṁ prasaṅgān mama vīrya-saṁvido bhavanti hṛt-karṇa rasāyanāḥ kathāḥ…(Srimad Bhagavatam 3.25.25). – Without a faithful saint there is no chance of leaving the material world, for he emanates a transcendental sound, sabda-brahma. – According to the Scriptures, the first instruction is that we should serve and respect our parents. – Mahaprabhu instructed...

21 Jun 2026 evening – The Truth About Cintamani (English) – Birmingham, UK

– The two most important things in our body: eyes and teeth. – Cintamani was not a prostitute, and Bilvamangala Thakura crossed the river because he wanted to hear her Harikatha. – We have two types of eyes: the inner transcendental vision and the material vision. – About the meeting of Krishna and Bilvamangala Thakura. – The definition of sadhaka is: a person whose rati heart has manifested. – Bilvamangala Thakura is called a sadhaka. A vraja-raganuga...

21 Jun 2026 midday – Sadhu Sanga Gives Us Discernment (English) – Birmingham, UK

– There are three types of love in the hearts of vrajavasis: viveka-sunya prema, visrambha prema, and utkantha-mayi prema. – In naravata-lila, Krishna does not know that He is Bhagavan because if He knew, He could not realize His lila. – Bhagavan Sri Krishna is sarvajñata (knowledgeable) and mugdata (innocence/unconsciousness) at the same time. – Explanation of the highest mood: parakiya-bhava. – Parakiya-bhava does not manifest anywhere other than Vrndavana (not...