All qualities are present in Srimati Radhika. The highest stage of divine love, maha-bhava, is present in Srimati Radhika. The simultaneous manifestation of the eight ecstatic symptoms of prema is possible only in Radhaji and Mahaprabhu. Lila that Srimati Radhika beautifully decorates Her kunja to receive Krsna, but Padma takes Krsna to the kunja of Candravali. Srimati Radhika’s attachment to Krsna, anuraga, is red in colour. Krsna manifests three types of dhama: Gokula is purnattama...
Discourses in Hindi 2023
21 Dec 2023 evening – Seva, Harikatha and Surrender (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Trees live for dozens of years, but there is no benefit in assuming a tree body. There is only benefit when we listen to harikatha. Different stages of prema: sneha, mana, pranaya, raga, anuraga, bhava, mahabhava. To cleanse the heart you need to do seva, listen to harikatha and surrender. The conditioned soul has a tendency to deceive, so everyone is being deceived. There are many ways to enjoy in Svargaloka. Story of the king, the envious barber and a man called Birbal. What does...
21 Dec 2023 midday – Don’t Miss the Opportunity of the Human Form (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– About the Bhagavad Gita. – Krsna says that He carries in His head everything the devotee needs. – There are many rich people in this world. – The beautiful lila of Krsna and Balarama with Arjuna Misra and his doubt about a sloka. – The Lord controls countless Universes. – We must worship the Lord in a one-pointed way. – The beautiful lila of Krsna and Balarama being welcomed by Arjuna Misra’s wife, sweaty, tired and carrying the weight of...
21 Dec 2023 morning – You Must Study (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
ananyāś cintayanto māṁye janāḥ paryupāsateteṣāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁyoga-kṣemaṁ vahāmy aham (Bhagavad-gītā 9.22). Radha’s lila with the calf. The conditioned soul is like deer and hinds that run after mirages in the desert. The three daily baths of Sri Radha and their meanings. Read the Jaiva Dharma! Radha’s blue clothes are the colour of Krishna’s skin. It is Krsna Himself covering Her body. What a beautiful bhava! All the Gosvamis wrote in the Bengali language. About Advaita...
20 Dec 2023 evening – Serve Guru Without Duplicity (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– A house without hari-katha is a snake hole and a house with hari-katha is Goloka Vrindavana. – Types of brahmacharis. – Govinda resides in the hearts of His devotees. – Virochana on atma-tattva. – Who is happy in this world? – Hiranyagarbha Brahma and Vairaja Brahma. – Guru’s mercy will come to the one who serves his guru without duplicity and hypocrisy. Examples of the animals. – Vapu-seva and vani-seva. Preaching on the internet. – Never...
12 Dec 2023 morning – The mercy of Srimati Radhika (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
To please Krishna, Srimati Radhika manifests Herself into many forms. The many forms Radha and Krishna manifest Themselves for different spiritual planets. Prema becomes more and more condensed. The obstacles that arise when Srimati Radhika longs for Krishna’s darshan. The celebration that happens after the gopis have darshan of Krishna. The two types of tears. Harikatha of Srimati Radhika taking darshan of Krishna from Giriraja Govardhana. The reason we can’t see Krishna when we are asleep...
11 Dec 2023 morning – The Importance of Worship of Guru and Tulasi Maharani (Hindi) – Rajkot, Gujarat, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– The four Sampradayas: Sri Sampradaya (Laksmi Devi), Brahma Sampradaya (Brahma), Rudra Sampradaya (Siva), Sanaka Sampradaya (Four Kumaras). – Happiness in the material world is temporary; eternal happiness exists in Bhagavata-dhama, where the Lord resides, Goloka Vrndavana. – The realization that everything belongs to Bhagavan alleviates material pains. – Song: Suddha Bhakata Carana Renu, by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura. – Katha on Satyabhama. – Tulasi is more...