– About Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura and his wonderful books.– About the books of Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami.– Two types of upasana (worship) in sadhana: mantra-mayi-upasana (in the initial phase of sadhana, it is meditation with the help of sacred verses); svarasiki-upasana (in the advanced phase, it is meditation done with spontaneous absorption).– About asta-kaliya-lila, the different types of lilas of Radha and Krsna.– Swimming lila: Radha and Krsna...
Discourses in Hindi 2026
14 May 2026 midday – Glories to the Vaishnavas (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Shiva Mandira – Acknowledgments.– Brahma and all the demigods pray to attain Vraja Dhama.– Sloka spoken by Brahma to Krishna in honor of the Vrajavasis: aho bhāgyam aho bhāgyaṁ nanda-gopa-vrajaukasām… (SB 10.14.32).– Madhavendra Puripada held the Annakuta festival for Govardana for a long time.– On choosing names for children.– On Mother Yasoda’s vatsalya mood.– Lila of Mother Yasoda offering a ghee lamp in the Yamuna River with Krishna.–...
14 May 2026 morning – Glories of Vrndavana Dasa Thakura/Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami (Hindi) – Delhi, India
– Mahaprabhu’s Lila advising His elevated disciple, Saranga Murari, to have a disciple.– The difficult stage of aging of the body, and the mind that does not age even in this phase.– Moments of life that are very difficult: birth and death.– It is very difficult to find a good sevaka in Kali-yuga.– Saranga Murari resurrects the young Murari and makes him his disciple.– Vrndavana Dasa Thakura described all of Mahaprabhu’s Lilas in the...
13 May 2026 evening – Bhakta-pada-dhūli shloka explanation (Hindi) – Delhi, India
– The story of how Dhanurdhara gave up his girlfriend because of the beauty of the deity, and surrendered to Ramanujacharya. Later, Ramanujacharya would lean on Dhanurdhara’s shoulders, preferring him to his other disciples.– The story of how Dhanurdhara and his wife were robbed by their godbrothers and proved their surrender to Ramanujacharya.– Verse: bhakta-pada-dhūli āra bhakta-pada-jala…(CC Antya 16.60-62).– Muri (puffed rice) and mishri (sugar) are not the...
10 May 2026 evening – Mother’s Day (Hindi) – Barcelona, Spain | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Without Guru’s mercy, we cannot understand anything. A mother’s tolerance is superior in this material world. One cannot hide a sin, just as one cannot dry up the ocean. It is impossible to repay the debt to one’s mother, but if we surrender to Govinda, that debt ends. On the ten types of nama-aparadha. On the seven types of mother and the five types of father. The duty of parents is to control their own senses in order to firmly establish themselves in devotional rules, so...