Discourses in Hindi 2025

20 Mar 2025 morning – Birthplace of Sri Ramanujacarya (Hindi) | South India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Explanation of the Four Authorized Sampradayas. It is not enough to read the mantra in a book, it is necessary to receive it from a bona fide Guru. Explanation of how the seed of the fig tree is potentiated by the organism of the bird that ate the fruit. The Guru who has attained perfection is able to grant mantra-siddhi, the mantra with the potency to bear fruit when the disciple recites it. Ramanujacarya is the preeminent Acarya of the Sri Sampradaya. He is not an ordinary person, he is an...

19 Mar 2025 – Sri Tirupadi Venkateshvara Baladevaji (Hindi) | Kanchipuram, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Yesterday we had the divine darshana of Sri Venkateshvara at the Balaji temple in Tirupati. Katha on how Krishna was killed by a Jara hunter in Balka-tirtha. Pravritti-marga and nivritti-marga. The lila on how Bhrigu Rishi came to the conclusion of who Bhagavan is. A husband is like God, a wife is like Lakshmi-devi. Different kathas are told by local people: how Lakshmi-devi left Narayana and did austerities, how Lakshmi-devi became Padmavati and Narayana became Venkateshvara, how Narayana...

17 Mar 2025 evening – The Manifestation of Nrsimhadeva in Ahobilam (Hindi) | Anobhilam, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Mahaprabhu visited Ahobilam in South India to have darsana of Lord Nrsimhadeva. Verse: rāmadāsa mahādeve karila daraśana ahovala-nṛsiṁhere karilā gamana… (CC Madhya-lila 9.16). There is no way to enter into bhakti without the mercy of Nrsimhadeva, for He removes all obstacles. The Lord did not kill the demons willingly, He killed them because it was their karma. Verse: paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām… (BG 4.8). The gopis say that Kamsa died according to his karma. Krsna declares that...

14 Mar 2025 afternoon (room) – The Magnanimity of Caitanya Mahaprabhu (Hindi) | Navadvipa, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 1 Even though it is the last day of the Navadvipa Dhama parikrama, the parikrama never actually ends because the spiritual world is infinite. About how Caitanya Mahaprabhu made prema appear in the hearts of those who had His darsana. About how prema does not manifest in the heart today because of offenses. About how Caitanya Mahaprabhu distributed prema in the same way as releasing a horse without reins. Krsna distributed prema within Vrndavana only. About the magnanimity of Caitanya...

13 Mar 2025 – Navadvipa-parikrama Day 5: Places Visited on This Day (Hindi) | Navadvipa, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

About Bhagiratha and Jahnu Rsi. The glories of the Ganges River. Everyone should have Ganges water, Bhagavad Gita and Tulasi at home. The Ganges purifies, but seeing a Vaisnava purifies more, however, hearing Harikatha promotes complete purification. It is not enough to follow varna-asrama, you must practice sadhana-bhajana, otherwise you will go to hell. The story of Indra who shared the sin of killing a brahmana with the trees, women, water and Earth. ⁠Take a little water and sand from the...