India 2025
21 Mar 2025 evening – Journey to the Footprints of Caitanya Mahaprabhu (Hindi) | Rameshvara, South India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About the places where Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s footprints are and where the travelers had darsana of seven Nrsimhadevas. About the place where Caitanya Mahaprabhu spent the four months of caturmasya in Srirangam, in the Bhatta family house (Bhatta parivar). The travelers had darsana of the place where Ramacandra went after killing Ravana. About how Bhagavan has great love for Lord Siva. And how Ramacandra sets the example of how we should always honor Lord Siva. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura...
21 Mar 2025 morning – Rasa-lila Katha (Hindi) | South India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About getting darsana of the Lord and Sri Radha, and we should start the vision from Their feet. About the place where Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s footprints are and how Caitanya Mahaprabhu was in the mood of Srimati Radhika at that place. We should listen to rasa-lila katha because otherwise the result of listening to all other kathas is zero. About how Laksmi Devi is the most chaste woman in this Universe and yet she was attracted to Krsna and wanted to enter the rasa dance. How Narayana is...
20 Mar 2025 evening – Mahaprabhu’s Mood (Hindi) | Sri Rangam Temple, South India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About Mahaprabhu feeling like Radha in separation. The Bhatta family lived here and they were from the Sri Sampradaya. Mahaprabhu spoke about the highest prema. The Bhatta family loved to hear Mahaprabhu speak Harikatha. Mahaprabhu teases the Bhatta family that Laksmi Devi is a chaste Visnu wife but wants to enter the rasa dance with Krsna. Krsna explains to Laksmi about everything she has to learn from the gopis to qualify to enter the rasa dance, but she does not want to learn...
20 Mar 2025 evening – Mahaprabhu’s Mood (English translation) | Sri Rangam Temple, South India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About Mahaprabhu feeling like Radha in separation. The Bhatta family lived here and they were from the Sri Sampradaya. Mahaprabhu spoke about the highest prema. The Bhatta family loved to hear Mahaprabhu speak Harikatha. Mahaprabhu teases the Bhatta family that Laksmi Devi is a chaste Visnu wife but wants to enter the rasa dance with Krsna. Krsna explains to Laksmi about everything she has to learn from the gopis to qualify to enter the rasa dance, but she does not want to learn...
20 Mar 2025 morning – Birthplace of Sri Ramanujacarya (Hindi) | South India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Explanation of the Four Authorized Sampradayas. It is not enough to read the mantra in a book, it is necessary to receive it from a bona fide Guru. Explanation of how the seed of the fig tree is potentiated by the organism of the bird that ate the fruit. The Guru who has attained perfection is able to grant mantra-siddhi, the mantra with the potency to bear fruit when the disciple recites it. Ramanujacarya is the preeminent Acarya of the Sri Sampradaya. He is not an ordinary person, he is an...