India 2025
09 Mar 2025 morning – The Meeting Place of Nimai and Nitai. Sri Navadvipa-dhama parikrama, day 1 (Hindi) | Navadvipa, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
00:00:00 — This place is called Uccha-udyana. In the beginning, Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu came here, and it is here that the first meeting of Nityananda Prabhu and Mahaprabhu took place. Nityananda Prabhu was singing kirtan and calling out: “Where is Krishna? Where is Kanaiya?” and thus came to Navadvipa 00:01:43 — Nityananda Prabhu thought: “If this is My Nimai Krishna, then He will surely recognize Me.” He came to the house of Nandana Acharya, and the associates were told: “There is such an...
09 Mar 2025 midday – Yogapitha. Sri Navadvipa-dhama parikrama, day 1 (Hindi) | Navadvipa, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
00:50 — This is our great fortune—Antardvipa. The 84-kos Vraja parikrama corresponds to this: each island represents one limb of bhakti. There are nine islands, representing the nine processes of devotion—shravanam, kirtanam, smaranam, and so on. This island represents atma-nivedanam (full surrender) 00:02:15 — There is a story of how Brahma committed an offense while under illusion, thinking Krishna to be an ordinary cowherd boy. When Brahma realized his mistake, he came here to beg...
