New Zealand

24 Sept 2024 morning – Radhe Krsna’s Nisanta-lila (English translation) | Auckland, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Sri Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami in Govinda-lilamrta describes the Lila of Krsna’s awakening. The sakis think about the softness and delicacy of Radhe and Krsna and how to make the bed soft for a comfortable and deep sleep. Description of the beauty and lightness of the Divine Couple’s bed, compared to the foam formed on the surface of milk, as soon as the milk is milked from the cow. Vrinda Devi instructs the birds, the parrots Suka and Sari, to awaken the couple. Manju Bhashini...

24 Sept 2024 morning – Radhe Krsna’s Nisanta-lila (Hindi) | Auckland, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Sri Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami in Govinda-lilamrta describes the Lila of Krsna’s awakening. The sakis think about the softness and delicacy of Radhe and Krsna and how to make the bed soft for a comfortable and deep sleep. Description of the beauty and lightness of the Divine Couple’s bed, compared to the foam formed on the surface of milk, as soon as the milk is milked from the cow. Vrinda Devi instructs the birds, the parrots Suka and Sari, to awaken the couple. Manju Bhashini...

23 Sep 2024 evening – The Supreme Beauty of Krsna (English) | Auckland, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Story of the King and the Dancing Girl. Verse: ārādhyo bhagavān vrajeśa-tanayas tad-dhāma vṛndāvanam… (Caitanya-manjusa). Verse: barhāpīḍaṁ naṭa-vara-vapuḥ karṇayoḥ karṇikāraṁ… (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.21.5). Our worshipable Deity is the Divine Couple Radha-Krsna, our aim is to serve Them, yugala-carana-seva. Song: Radha Krsna Prana Mora. Srimati Radhika is the embodiment of madhanakiya-maha-bhava, the highest stage of love. Radha Kunda is our highest goal. Verse: anāradhya rādhā-padāmbhoja-reṇum…...

23 Sep 2024 midday – The Best Benefit of Human Life is Hari Bhajana (English translation) | Auckland, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

We should practise bhajana all the time because we do not know when we will depart from this world. Our devotion should be one-pointed towards Bhagavan Sri Krsna, and we should see the demigods as devotees of the Lord, thus giving them due respect. ⁠Verse: sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja… (Bhagavad Gita 18.66) Shiva, Brahma, all the demigods chant the names of the Lord. Verse: īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ… (Brahma Samhita). Song: Bhaja Hu Re Mana. Everyone...

23 Sep 2024 midday – The Best Benefit of Human Life is Hari Bhajana (Hindi) | Auckland, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

We should practise bhajana all the time because we do not know when we will depart from this world. Our devotion should be one-pointed towards Bhagavan Sri Krsna, and we should see the demigods as devotees of the Lord, thus giving them due respect. ⁠Verse: sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja… (Bhagavad Gita 18.66) Shiva, Brahma, all the demigods chant the names of the Lord. Verse: īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ… (Brahma Samhita). Song: Bhaja Hu Re Mana. Everyone...