Dama-bandhana Lila

2026, Discourses Translated into English 2026, Canning 2026, West Bengal 2026, India 2026, na sadhayati mam yogo na sankhyam, Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.14.20, Bengal Prachar 2026, Bhagavata-saptaha in Canning 2026, Dama-bandhana Lila, Krishna: sarvajnata and mugdhata of Krishna, liberation, renunciation, Bengal Prachar 2026, Bhagavata-saptaha in Canning 2026

16 Feb 2026 evening – Sri Bhagavata-saptaha, day 3 (English translation) – Canning, West Bengal, India

February 16, 2026 7:46 PM

PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 Sukadeva explains to Pariksit Maharaja about knowledge and renunciation. Bhakti is seva-vrtti. Verse: na sādhayati māṁ yogo na sāṅkhyaṁ dharma uddhava… (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.14.20). Pastime between Krsna and Sridama demonstrates the mood of the Vrajavasis (lokik-sad-bandhu-prat-vriti). The Lord is at the same time: Sarvajnata = knows everything; Mugdhata = completely innocent. Mother Yasoda binds Krishna to the mortar (Dama-bandhana-lila). ⁠Seven generations receive the...

2026, Discourses in Bengali 2026, Canning 2026, West Bengal 2026, India 2026, na sadhayati mam yogo na sankhyam, Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.14.20, Bengal Prachar 2026, Bhagavata-saptaha in Canning 2026, Srimad-Bhagavatam 2026, Dama-bandhana Lila, Krishna: sarvajnata and mugdhata of Krishna, liberation, renunciation, Bengal Prachar 2026, Bhagavata-saptaha in Canning 2026

16 Feb 2026 evening – Sri Bhagavata-saptaha, day 3 (Bengali) – Canning, West Bengal, India

February 16, 2026 6:00 PM

Sukadeva explains to Pariksit Maharaja about knowledge and renunciation. Bhakti is seva-vrtti. Verse: na sādhayati māṁ yogo na sāṅkhyaṁ dharma uddhava… (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.14.20). Pastime between Krsna and Sridama demonstrates the mood of the Vrajavasis (lokik-sad-bandhu-prat-vriti). The Lord is at the same time: Sarvajnata = knows everything; Mugdhata = completely innocent. Mother Yasoda binds Krishna to the mortar (Dama-bandhana-lila). ⁠Seven generations receive the opportunity for...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2025, San Jose 2025, Costa Rica 2025, Dama-bandhana Lila, Raganuga-bhakti, Kalidasa

17 Dec 2025 morning – How to Get Raganuga-bhakti (English) – San Jose, Costa Rica

December 17, 2025 7:00 AM

– Bhakti should only be applied towards Krishna. – There are 64, 9 and 5 limbs of bhakti. – Never stay alone in Vraja. – Krishna is Rasa-bihari and Srimati Radhika is Raseshvari; She controls Krishna. – Srimati Radhika is the pleasure potency of Krishna. – Raganuga-bhakti: iste svarasika ragah; paramavishtata (BRS 1.2.272). – Lila: The friends of Krishna ate His rasagulla and jokingly accused Lobhasura of it. – Verse: Itthaṁ satāṁ brahma...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Kenang 2025, Malaysia 2025, Dama-bandhana Lila, Krishna Herds Cows for the First Time, Kartika-vrata 2025, archana: how to perform, mantras: diksha-mantras, paths of spiritual practice: karma-kanda; jnana-kanda and bhakti-kanda (paths of action; knowledge and devotion), varnashrama-dharma

05 Oct 2025 evening – Damodara and the Beginning of the Month of Kartika (English) | Kenang, Malaysia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

October 5, 2025 6:00 PM

– The two fingers Mother Yasoda was missing to bind Krsna represent our sadhana and bhajana, which require two things: effort and mercy. – Isvara, the Supreme Controller, cannot be bound by anyone except divine love. – Mother Yasoda binds Krsna with her vatsalya-bhava. – Only the gopis bind Krsna completely. – Radha and Krsna are one, but to perform sweet lilas, They separate and become two. – Krsna’s sweetest lilas manifest in the month of Kartika...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Seattle 2025, USA 2025, Dama-bandhana Lila, Krishna and His associates, Rasas, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage)

23 Jul 2025 midday – Krishna’s Relations with Friends, Parents and Srimati Radhika (English) | Seattle, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

July 23, 2025 8:35 AM

PART 1 PART 2 Don’t go to maya. It’s hard to come back. The gopis always remember Krishna. They feel what He feels, yet they never believe that He is Bhagavan. The relationship between Krishna and His friends, and between Krishna and Nanda and Yashoda. Dama-bandhana-lila. Song: Damodarashtaka. Verse: kṛṣṇera yateka khelā, sarvottama nara-līlā…(CC Madhya 21.101). Verse: iṣṭe svārasikī rāgaḥ paramāviṣṭatā bhavet…(CC Madhya 22.150). Verse: yugāyitaṁ nimeṣeṇa cakṣuṣā prāvṛṣāyitam…(CC...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Gaia Vrindavana 2025, Viamao 2025, Brazil 2025, Dama-bandhana Lila, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), aparadhas: offenses (obstacles in devotional service; offenses against Krishna, devotees, holy name, dhama and other aspects of bhakti), mood: vamya-bhava, rasa: rasa-siddhanta, tattva-siddhanta and rasa-siddhanta: philosophical conclusions and rasa conclusions (established truths about reality; conclusions about devotional relationships and spiritual emotions)

15 Jan 2025 midday – Anartrhas and aparadhas (English) | Gaia Vrindavana, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

January 15, 2025 12:37 PM

When Mahaprabhu travelled in southern India, He took tattva-siddhanta and rasa-siddhanta granthas with Him. Brahma-samhita is the tattva-siddhanta grantha. Verse: gururbrahmā gururviṣṇuḥ gururdevo maheśvaraḥ (Guru-stotra). Instructions to mothers to control their babies on hari-katha. Types of anarthas: svarupa-bhrama, hridaya-daurbalya, asat-trishna and aparadha. Nama-aparadha is very dangerous. Types of Vaishnava aparadhas. Types of anarthas. The Lord can do any kind of activity with any limb...

2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Delhi 2024, India 2024, Bhagavata-saptaha in Delhi 2024, Dama-bandhana Lila, age: old age, liberation, Bhagavata-saptaha in Delhi 2024

25 Oct 2024 evening – Bhagavad Saptaha Day 5 (Hindi) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

October 25, 2024 6:47 PM

About the appearance of Sri Krsna. About how Sri Krsna, despite being one, He is also many at the same time. About how it is very easy for Bhagavan to kill demons, and what would be the reasons for His appearance. About how many things in Srimad Bhagavatam are spoken indirectly to be more docile. The ninety chapters of the Tenth Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam. About how one can receive diksa just by contact with the dust of Vrndavana. Transcendental lila of Putana and newborn Krsna. The reason why...

2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Delhi 2024, India 2024, Bhagavata-saptaha in Delhi 2024, Dama-bandhana Lila, age: old age, liberation, Bhagavata-saptaha in Delhi 2024

25 Oct 2024 evening – Bhagavad Saptaha Day 5 (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

October 25, 2024 6:47 PM

About the appearance of Sri Krsna. About how Sri Krsna, despite being one, He is also many at the same time. About how it is very easy for Bhagavan to kill demons, and what would be the reasons for His appearance. About how many things in Srimad Bhagavatam are spoken indirectly to be more docile. The ninety chapters of the Tenth Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam. About how one can receive diksa just by contact with the dust of Vrndavana. Transcendental lila of Putana and newborn Krsna. The reason why...

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