For most people this is just Navadvipa railway station… For Gurudev it is a maha-tirtha. Because this is the place where Yuga-acharya nitya-lila pravishta om vishnupada Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja first arrived in Sri Navadvipa-dhama. When the lotus feet of such a pure devotee touch a place, that place becomes sacred forever. Today, while traveling from Navadvipa to Jagannatha Puri, a beautiful remembrance awakened in the heart of Srila Gurudeva Srimad Bhaktivedanta Vana...
Discourses in English 2026
01 Mar 2026 – Morning poha prasada being served to 20k+ devotees – Sri Navadvipa-dhama, India
22 Feb 2026 – What a person truly values (English)
No big income. No security. No savings. If he wanted, he could slowly improve his house, upgrade his life, or keep money for comfort. Instead, he chooses seva. True inspiration — Chitaranjan Prabhu Ji from Bengal. For this festival, he went house to house collecting small donations. With that, he arranged a massive feast for nearly 2000 people. Many types of vegetables, paneer, soya, potato, five varieties of rice, five kinds of sweets, and different types of bread — everything lovingly...
11 Feb 2026 evening (airport) – Categories of Devotees (English) – Zoetermeer, Netherlands
– Shraddha and sadhu-sanga are the stages of kanishtha-kanishtha adhikari; bhajana-kriya and anartha-nivritti are the stages of kanishtha-madhyama adhikari; nishtha is the stage of kanishtha-uttama adhikari; ruchi is the stage of madhyama-kanishtha adhikari, asakti is the stage of madhyama-madhyama adhikari, rati is the stage of madhyama-uttama adhikari, the stages from bhava to prema correspond to uttama-adhikari. – The stages of anartha-nivritti are: eka-desha-vartini, bahu-desha...
07 Feb 2026 evening (airport) – Guru Nistha and Guru Bhakti (English) – Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
SUMMARY On the stages of bhakti. The material body does not tolerate prema, it is something very rare. Practice bhajana and sadhana life after life. In the nistha and ruci stages, the sadhaka no longer falls, especially in the ruci stage. Step-by-step explanations are provided in the Madhurya Kadambini. On the boomerang and arrow disciples. The main point is guru-nistha and guru-bhakti, the backbone of sadhana and bhajana. An example of loyalty to the guru is the behavior of a dog towards its...