Delhi 2023

19 Aug 2023 midday – The Holy Names Are Everything (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

In Kali-yuga, the best austerities are listening to bhagavat-katha and chanting the holy names. The story of the great sinner Ajamila and how he was saved by chanting the name of his son Narayana. The holy names have a transcendental vibration. Citragupta takes notes and knows everything that each of us does here in the material world. About the Visnudutas and the Yamadutas. The twelve Mahajanas. When you wake up early in the morning, chant the holy names. The scriptures confirm the importance...

19 Aug 2023 morning – The Sweetness of Separation Described in Caitanya Caritamrta (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

About when Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu gave His darsana in the form of rasa-raja-mahabhava to Raya Ramananda. The higher moods are confidential. Krsna is the object of divine love (eka-rasa), while the gopis and Srimati Radhika are the shelter of divine love (bahu-rasa). The glories of separation in the transcendental world. Lila of Radhaji in maan and the bumblebee. The four types of separation and the different types of maan. Lila of when Krsna embraces the gopis. The comparison of Srimati...

19 Aug 2023 morning – The Sweetness of Separation Described in Caitanya Caritamrta (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

About when Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu gave His darsana in the form of rasa-raja-mahabhava to Raya Ramananda. The higher moods are confidential. Krsna is the object of divine love (eka-rasa), while the gopis and Srimati Radhika are the shelter of divine love (bahu-rasa). The glories of separation in the transcendental world. Lila of Radhaji in maan and the bumblebee. The four types of separation and the different types of maan. Lila of when Krsna embraces the gopis. The comparison of Srimati...

18 Aug 2023 evening – The Glories of Mercy of Gaurasundara and Nityananda (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

The merciful power of Gaura-Nitai. There is no difference between Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Krishna. Caitanya Mahaprabhu is our Adorable Deity in Kali-yuga. Without bhajana, everything is useless. Those who do not believe in the existence of Caitanya Mahaprabhu are demons. When we worship Gaurasundara, we automatically worship Radha and Krsna. Caitanya Mahaprabhu gives bhakti to everyone indiscriminately. The different types of worshippers. Chant the holy names, observing the ten nama-aparadhas...

18 Aug 2023 evening – The Glories of Mercy of Gaurasundara and Nityananda (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

The merciful power of Gaura-Nitai. There is no difference between Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Krishna. Caitanya Mahaprabhu is our Adorable Deity in Kali-yuga. Without bhajana, everything is useless. Those who do not believe in the existence of Caitanya Mahaprabhu are demons. When we worship Gaurasundara, we automatically worship Radha and Krsna. Caitanya Mahaprabhu gives bhakti to everyone indiscriminately. The different types of worshippers. Chant the holy names, observing the ten nama-aparadhas...

08 Aug 2023 morning- Raya-ramananda Samvada – Radha-tattva (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Discussion, that, of the three shakti’s Sri Krishna possesses; antaranga-shakti is topmost. The topic of sandhini, samvit and hladini. The process of attaining our svarupa and prema. The different moods of Srimati Radhika and discussion of Her rival, Candravali. The four types of friendship mood amongst the gopis. There are no differences between the deha and dehi (body and soul) in the transcendental world, unlike the material body. The transformations of the material body, how the senses...

28 Jul 2023 morning – The Glories of Lalita Humour by Srimati Radhika (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Srimati Radhika always pleases Krsna. Srimati Radhika manifests in the form of asta-sakhis. Srimati Radhika completely controls Krsna. Lalita-devi is the presiding deity of Lalita mood. Rupa Manjari is the embodiment of the beauty of Srimati Radhika. Explanation of the sloka: sri-rupa-manjari-kararcita-pada-padma (Vilapa-kusumanjali, 72) Lalita-devi instructs Srimati Radhika, and Krsna is afraid of her talkative mood. Vamya-bhava is the jewel of parakiya-bhava and the best of weapons...

28 Jul 2023 morning – The Glories of Lalita Humour by Srimati Radhika (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Srimati Radhika always pleases Krsna. Srimati Radhika manifests in the form of asta-sakhis. Srimati Radhika completely controls Krsna. Lalita-devi is the presiding deity of Lalita mood. Rupa Manjari is the embodiment of the beauty of Srimati Radhika. Explanation of the sloka: sri-rupa-manjari-kararcita-pada-padma (Vilapa-kusumanjali, 72) Lalita-devi instructs Srimati Radhika, and Krsna is afraid of her talkative mood. Vamya-bhava is the jewel of parakiya-bhava and the best of weapons...