airport – Reading and translations of verses from Jagadananda Pandit’s Prema-vivarta. – Svarupa Damodara asks Jagadananda Pandit to write pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to benefit the world. – Instruction to find lectures online by Srila Gurudeva, Sri Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja on Prema-vivarta. – Pastime of Jagadananda Pandit carrying oil for Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu from Bengal to Jagannatha Puri. – Story of Jagadananda Pandit...
New Zealand 2026
13 Sep 2026 evening – Our Ears Are Blocked by the Desire for Sense Gratification (English) – Auckland, New Zealand
– The four types of anarthas that exist. – We cannot have the darshan of Vrndavana with our material eyes. – When Krishna plays His flute, the bija mantra klim (seed mantra) echoes, and all the gopis think they are being called individually. – Krishna is calling all living entities with His flute. – We are not going to meet Krishna because we are not listening to the sound of His flute due to our ears being completely closed by the desire for sense gratification...
13 Sep 2026 midday – Anuraga (English) – Auckland, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– We belong to the Gaudiya Sampradaya because our Adorable Deity is not Krishna, but Srimati Radhika. – That sampradaya that worships only Krishna is impersonal. – We worship Krishna because Srimati Radhika has love and affection for Him. – Krishna keeps the peacock feather on His head because Radha’s name is written on it. – Srimati Radhika is Krishna’s Guru, therefore He leaves Her on His head. – How Srimati Radhika manifested from Krishna...
12 Sep 2026 midday – The Eternal Seed of Devotion and the Path Back to Vraja (English) – Auckland, New Zealand
– Jivas have never fallen from Vaikuntha-dhama. – Jaya and Vijaya are parsada-tattva. – Jivas-tattva come to the material world and suffer the three miseries to which the conditioned soul is subject. – The trustworthy Guru gives the seed of devotion in the disciple’s heart. – It is necessary to water bhakti-lata-bija through the Guru’s Harikatha. – Svarupa-bhrama is the illusion about our transcendental identity. – The eternal nature of the...
11 Sep 2026 evening – The Supremacy of Madhurya Rasa (English) – Auckland, New Zealand
– On how Radha and Krishna engage in pastimes of loving quarreling, something very confidential, something that can only be savored and understood by devotees realized in madhurya-rasa. – Without separation, the encounter cannot be savored. – There are four types of encounter and four types of separation. – Transcendental anger serves the purpose of increasing the love of Radha and Krishna more and more. – Krishna is always bowed (tribhanga-lalita), just like...