– Love is expressed through the eyes. – A simple definition of prema is presented in the sloka: ananya-mamatā viṣṇau… (CC Madhya-lila 23.8). – In the asakti stage, prema-abhasa manifests. – Two symptoms of asakti: bhajane-ruci and bhajane-asakti. – First ruci (liking) and then asakti (attachment). – In the bhava stage, three internal symptoms and nine external symptoms appear. – When it comes to prema, that which causes the destruction of love causes...
Delhi 2025
27 Nov 2025 morning – Meaning of Prema-vivarta (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Love is expressed through the eyes. – A simple definition of prema is presented in the sloka: ananya-mamatā viṣṇau… (CC Madhya-lila 23.8). – In the asakti stage, prema-abhasa manifests. – Two symptoms of asakti: bhajane-ruci and bhajane-asakti. – First ruci (liking) and then asakti (attachment). – In the bhava stage, three internal symptoms and nine external symptoms appear. – When it comes to prema, that which causes the destruction of love causes...
26 Nov 2025 evening – The Honour of Being a Vaishnava (Hindi) – East Kailash, India
– People in this world enjoy themselves, yet they never host Vaishnavas. – The meaning of the word ‘putra’. – None of Gandhari’s sons were devotees as they did not receive proper samskaras. – Prahlada Maharaja and his classmates. – The number of generations of kanishtha-adhikari, madhyama-adhikari and uttama-adhikari to be delivered. – How demigods welcome the birth of a Vaishnava. – Death can happen suddenly. – Your bhajana should be...
26 Nov 2025 evening – The Honour of Being a Vaishnava (English translation) – East Kailash, India
– People in this world enjoy themselves, yet they never host Vaishnavas. – The meaning of the word ‘putra’. – None of Gandhari’s sons were devotees as they did not receive proper samskaras. – Prahlada Maharaja and his classmates. – The number of generations of kanishtha-adhikari, madhyama-adhikari and uttama-adhikari to be delivered. – How demigods welcome the birth of a Vaishnava. – Death can happen suddenly. – Your bhajana should be...
26 Nov 2025 midday – Bhagavan is Always Pure (Hindi) – Janakpuri, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Your patience and greed are like those of the gopis.
– Krishna is forever indebted to the gopis.
– 4 weapons of parakiya-bhava: durlabhata, vamyata, nivaranata and pracchana-kamakhata.
– The conversation between Karna and Krishna about their suffering.
– All that is connected with Krishna is dharma, even if it appears to be adharma (the story of the murder of the elephant Ashvatthama).
– Bhagavad-gita is not an ordinary book. Its first name is Ganga.
26 Nov 2025 midday – Bhagavan is Always Pure (English translation) – Janakpuri, India
– Your patience and greed are like those of the gopis.
– Krishna is forever indebted to the gopis.
– 4 weapons of parakiya-bhava: durlabhata, vamyata, nivaranata and pracchana-kamakhata.
– The conversation between Karna and Krishna about their suffering.
– All that is connected with Krishna is dharma, even if it appears to be adharma (the story of the murder of the elephant Ashvatthama).
– Bhagavad-gita is not an ordinary book. Its first name is Ganga.
06 Nov 2025 morning – The Difference Between the Rasa of the Gopis and the Queens of Dvaraka (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
In Dvaraka, Krsna married 16,108 queens. In Vrndavana, Krsna manifests His heroic moods, dhira-lalita-nayaka, and Sri Radha manifests Her corresponding heroic moods, svadhinabhartrka-nayika. Radha controls Krsna; He does everything She asks. Lila in which Krsna places Radha’s feet on His head. Description of the various activities that take place in the rasa dance: the lights, the beauty of the dance, its ornaments. Ujjvala Nilamani details the beauty of the gopis’ encounter with...
06 Nov 2025 morning – The Difference Between the Rasa of the Gopis and the Queens of Dvaraka (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
In Dvaraka, Krsna married 16,108 queens. In Vrndavana, Krsna manifests His heroic moods, dhira-lalita-nayaka, and Sri Radha manifests Her corresponding heroic moods, svadhinabhartrka-nayika. Radha controls Krsna; He does everything She asks. Lila in which Krsna places Radha’s feet on His head. Description of the various activities that take place in the rasa dance: the lights, the beauty of the dance, its ornaments. Ujjvala Nilamani details the beauty of the gopis’ encounter with...