Srimati Radhika’s love and affection for Krishna is unique and unparalleled. The ingredients for Srimati Radhika’s bath: aguru, camphor, chandana and kunkuma. Anointing the body with oil. First Radharani’s body is bathed in the nectar of karuna (compassion), then in the nectar of yauvana (youth), and then in the nectar of lustre itself. Garuda and Kaka Bhushundi katha. Cows should always be protected, even if they do not give milk. The ways in which love comes. The...
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20 Sep 2023 morning – Srimati Radharani’s Three Baths (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Srimati Radhika’s love and affection for Krishna is unique and unparalleled. The ingredients for Srimati Radhika’s bath: aguru, camphor, chandana and kunkuma. Anointing the body with oil. First Radharani’s body is bathed in the nectar of karuna (compassion), then in the nectar of yauvana (youth), and then in the nectar of lustre itself. Garuda and Kaka Bhushundi katha. Cows should always be protected, even if they do not give milk. The ways in which love comes. The...
19 Sep 2023 evening – Govinda’s sweet childhood pastimes – Bhagavat Saptaha, day 4 (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 PART 2 If our hearts are not melting after hearing beautiful harikatha then there are offences in our heart, it is like a stone. What does aparadha mean? The Appearance and Birth of Krishna katha. The poisonous plan of Putana. Bali Maharaja and the three steps of Lord Vamanadeva katha. How important it is to follow the teachings of Lord Ramachandra. To follow the rules of society and to respect all family members. The dwindling of Indian culture and rituals. Sweet lila’s of Govinda: Him...
19 Sep 2023 evening – Govinda’s sweet childhood pastimes – Bhagavat Saptaha, day 4 (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 PART 2 If our hearts are not melting after hearing beautiful harikatha then there are offences in our heart, it is like a stone. What does aparadha mean? The Appearance and Birth of Krishna katha. The poisonous plan of Putana. Bali Maharaja and the three steps of Lord Vamanadeva katha. How important it is to follow the teachings of Lord Ramachandra. To follow the rules of society and to respect all family members. The dwindling of Indian culture and rituals. Sweet lila’s of Govinda: Him...
19 Sep 2023 morning – Radha-tattva – The inconceivable potencies of Srimati Radhika (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The nature and potency of an object. The different potencies explained. Krishna tastes the bliss and gives it to His devotees. The source of all potencies is Srimati Radhika. Without power we cannot do anything. Power is sometimes manifest and sometimes unmanifest, and it comes from within. Inconceivable potency exists everywhere but it is limited in kali-yuga. Gurudeva tells the story of the black magician and the child that died by a snake bite that he himself witnessed. Mahaprabhu tells that...
19 Sep 2023 morning – Radha-tattva – The inconceivable potencies of Srimati Radhika (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The nature and potency of an object. The different potencies explained. Krishna tastes the bliss and gives it to His devotees. The source of all potencies is Srimati Radhika. Without power we cannot do anything. Power is sometimes manifest and sometimes unmanifest, and it comes from within. Inconceivable potency exists everywhere but it is limited in kali-yuga. Gurudeva tells the story of the black magician and the child that died by a snake bite that he himself witnessed. Mahaprabhu tells that...
18 Sep 2023 evening – Sri Bhagavata-saptaha, day 3 (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Through His Yogamaya potency, The Lord carries out various activities. The pastimes between Srimati Radhika and Her parrot Suka. Verse: tava katamrtam tapta jivanam (Gopi Gita). History of the narration of Srimad Bhagavatam by Sukadeva Gosvami to Suta Gosvami, and from Suta Gosvami to Saunaka Rsi. The three types of speakers. The right time to practice bhajana is now. Bhakti with cause and without cause. History of Pariksit Maharaja’s name and his ancestry (Arjuna). Story of the end of...
18 Sep 2023 evening – Sri Bhagavata-saptaha, day 3 (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 PART 2 Through His Yogamaya potency, The Lord carries out various activities. The pastimes between Srimati Radhika and Her parrot Suka. Verse: tava katamrtam tapta jivanam (Gopi Gita). History of the narration of Srimad Bhagavatam by Sukadeva Gosvami to Suta Gosvami, and from Suta Gosvami to Saunaka Rsi. The three types of speakers. The right time to practice bhajana is now. Bhakti with cause and without cause. History of Pariksit Maharaja’s name and his ancestry (Arjuna). Story of...