Srimad-Bhagavatam 2026
12 Mar 2026 midday – The Importance of Listening to Srimad-Bhagavatam Katha (Bengali) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
House program at Chandrashekhara Prabhu’s house – Story of Pariksit Maharaja, the curse he received, and his hearing of Srimad Bhagavatam. – Each type of sadhu provides different guidance. – Difference between material sound and transcendental sound. – This material world is the prison of Maya Devi. – In this prison of Maya, Maya Devi is punishing us. – We did not come to this material world to have children and do business; we came to do Hari-bhajana...
12 Mar 2026 midday – The Importance of Listening to Srimad-Bhagavatam Katha (English translation) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Story of Pariksit Maharaja, the curse he received, and his hearing of Srimad Bhagavatam. Each type of sadhu provides different guidance. Difference between material sound and transcendental sound. This material world is the prison of Maya Devi. In this prison of Maya, Maya Devi is punishing us. We did not come to this material world to have children and do business; we came to do Hari-bhajana. We must listen to Srimad Bhagavatam-katha because it empowers us to escape the bondage of Maya. People...
17 Feb 2026 evening – Sri Bhagavata-saptaha, day 4 (Bengali) – Canning, West Bengal, India
SUMMARY About the assembly of Parikisit Maharaja where Sukadeva Gosvami gave Harikatha. About the guests and uninvited who attended the assembly, the 88,000 sadhus present. Srimati Radharani appears to Sukadeva and asks that Her name and the names of the gopis not be pronounced in the Harikatha, as it would not be appropriate to speak their names before people lacking faith. Explanation about the need to glorify the Guru before Bhagavan, because without the Guru’s mercy it is not possible...
17 Feb 2026 evening – Sri Bhagavata-saptaha, day 4 (English translation) – Canning, India
Bada Mahaprabhu, Vishvanatha Prabhu, Radha Kunja House SUMMARY – About the assembly of Parikisit Maharaja where Sukadeva Gosvami gave Harikatha. – About the guests and uninvited who attended the assembly, the 88,000 sadhus present. – Srimati Radharani appears to Sukadeva and asks that Her name and the names of the gopis not be pronounced in the Harikatha, as it would not be appropriate to speak their names before people lacking faith. – Explanation about the need to...
16 Feb 2026 evening – Sri Bhagavata-saptaha, day 3 (Bengali) – Canning, West Bengal, India
Sukadeva explains to Pariksit Maharaja about knowledge and renunciation. Bhakti is seva-vrtti. Verse: na sādhayati māṁ yogo na sāṅkhyaṁ dharma uddhava… (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.14.20). Pastime between Krsna and Sridama demonstrates the mood of the Vrajavasis (lokik-sad-bandhu-prat-vriti). The Lord is at the same time: Sarvajnata = knows everything; Mugdhata = completely innocent. Mother Yasoda binds Krishna to the mortar (Dama-bandhana-lila). Seven generations receive the opportunity for...