Rasa-lila

10 Aug 2026 morning walk – Importance of hearing Rasa-lila katha (English) – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Pepê beach – Question: To whom do I speak rasa-lila katha when I am conditioned soul? – Shloka in question: vikrīḍitaṁ vraja-vadhūbhir (S.B.10.33.39). – The need for unflinching faith in Vrajendra Nandana Syamasundara. – Have to hear Rasa-lila katha from uttam Bhagavat like Sukadeva Gosvamipada. – Stages of kanistha, madhyam and uttam adhikari explained in this light. – Prema will come before anarthas are removed. Light comes before darkness is expelled...

16 Feb 2026 – Lord Shiva Ji longed to join Krishna’s divine Rāsa-līlā! (Hindi)

🔱 Did you know? Lord Shiva Ji longed to join Krishna’s divine Rāsa-līlā! ♥️ So intoxicated with Krishna’s pastimes, he prayed to Yogamaya Paurnamasi for permission to enter the Rāsa dance in Vrindavan. She instructed Shiva Ji to bathe in Brahma Kunda, and after emerging, he was transformed into a beautiful Gopi. He then went to the place where rasa-lila was being performed and hid there in a grove. However, as the Rāsa-līlā began, Krsna and the gopis sensed that a different mood had come. The...

21 Mar 2025 morning – Rasa-lila Katha (Hindi) | South India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

About getting darsana of the Lord and Sri Radha, and we should start the vision from Their feet. About the place where Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s footprints are and how Caitanya Mahaprabhu was in the mood of Srimati Radhika at that place. We should listen to rasa-lila katha because otherwise the result of listening to all other kathas is zero. About how Laksmi Devi is the most chaste woman in this Universe and yet she was attracted to Krsna and wanted to enter the rasa dance. How Narayana is...

09 Oct 2024 morning – The Intimate Pastimes of Radha and Krishna (Hindi) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Prema-vilasa-vivartha grantha. Mahaprabhu covered Raya Ramananda’s mouth so that he would not speak in public about the intimate loving pastimes of Sri Sri Radha and Krishna. Prema should be kept as camphor is kept in a bottle. The main meaning of the word Brahma is Bhagavan. Samvit, sandhini and hladini energies and their representatives. The connection between Bhagavan and Maya (the examples of a spider and its web and a man and his hair/nails). Radha and Krishna compete in Their beauty...

09 Oct 2024 morning – The Intimate Pastimes of Radha and Krishna (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Prema-vilasa-vivartha grantha. Mahaprabhu covered Raya Ramananda’s mouth so that he would not speak in public about the intimate loving pastimes of Sri Sri Radha and Krishna. Prema should be kept as camphor is kept in a bottle. The main meaning of the word Brahma is Bhagavan. Samvit, sandhini and hladini energies and their representatives. The connection between Bhagavan and Maya (the examples of a spider and its web and a man and his hair/nails). Radha and Krishna compete in Their beauty...

14 Sep 2024 midday – Rasa Lila Katha (Hindi) | Murwillumbah, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

The nature of divine love. Radhaji compares prema to a bright lamp, description of Prema Samputa. The story of the gold that emerges from the substance of the jamelon in the Yamuna River and is captured by the demigods. Difference between love and lust. Sloka: ātmendriya-prīti-vāñchā — tāre bali ‘kāma’… (CC Ādi 4.165). Planet Earth is blessed because Vrndavana Dhama is present on it. The different origins of the gopis and the Golden Sitas. ⁠Sloka: śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvāca… (ŚB 10.29.1). The...

14 Sep 2024 midday – Rasa Lila Katha (English translation) | Murwillumbah, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

The nature of divine love. Radhaji compares prema to a bright lamp, description of Prema Samputa. The story of the gold that emerges from the substance of the jamelon in the Yamuna River and is captured by the demigods. Difference between love and lust. Sloka: ātmendriya-prīti-vāñchā — tāre bali ‘kāma’… (CC Ādi 4.165). Planet Earth is blessed because Vrndavana Dhama is present on it. The different origins of the gopis and the Golden Sitas. ⁠Sloka: śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvāca… (ŚB 10.29.1). The...

06 Aug 2024 evening – Firm faith in Sadhu-sanga and rasa-lila katha (English) | Miami, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Maya will not come when Harikatha is being spoken. The power and glory of Harikatha. vande nanda-vraja-strinam shloka (Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.47.63). lokik-sambandha-vrtti explained. Pastime of Krishna becoming sick whilst He resided in Dwaraka-puri. Rasa-lila katha is very powerful medicine and is the only thing that will cure the heart disease of lust. vikkriditam vraja-vadhubhir idam ca visnoh shloka (Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.33.30). Must hear rasa-lila katha with firm faith, daily, for this whole...