Bhagavata-saptaha in Kashinagar 2025
28 Mar 2025 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 6 (Hindi) | Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About the glories of Srila Tirtha Maharaja who built the Temple where the Harikatha is happening at the moment. Krsna explains to Uddhava how to talk about the rasas. About how the activities of the material and spiritual worlds are contrary. About rasa-lila-katha. The glories of Srimati Radhika. Higher than Vrndavana, we have Giriraja Govardana where Krsna calls all the gopis to do the rasa-lila. About the reaction of the gopis when they hear the sound of Krsna’s flute. About how...
27 Mar 2025 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 5 (Hindi) | Kashinagar, South India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Fortunate jivas have the opportunity to hear Bhagavd-katha. Pariksiti Maharaja heard the Bhagavatam from Sukadeva Gosvami, the parrot of Srimati Radhika, but Pariksiti attained gopi-bhava. The listener is not always inferior to the speaker: Srila Gurudeva exalts the audience. Harikatha is spoken according to the qualification of the listeners. Candidasa and Vidyapati performed wonderful kirtans and they took shelter of Mahaprabhu. Narottama Dasa Thakura wrote the Prema Bhakti Candrika, a...
25 Mar 2025 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 3 (Hindi) | Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
It is not possible to cover the entire Srimad Bhagavatam, the 18,000 slokas, verses, in two hours. Three discussions are prominent on Srimad Bhagavatam. Suta Gosvami Pada appeared in an assembly, and six essential questions were asked, and the answers are the treasure of Srimad Bhagavatam. The first question: What are the benefits of Bhagavatam? The second question: What is the ultimate goal for the benefit of all people? The third question: How to satisfy God? Why did Lord Vasudeva come to...
