Delhi 2026

2026, Discourses in Hindi 2026, Delhi 2026, India 2026, Radha and Krishna Compete to See Who Swims Better, The Thieves Who Chanted the Names of Hari as Secret Words While Robbing a Person, Chanting the Holy Names, ashta-kaliya-lila: eightfold daily pastimes (Krishna's eternal pastimes throughout the eight periods of the day), book: Hanuman-chalisha, meditation: mantra-mayi-upasana and svarasiki-upasana (meditation through mantras; spontaneous meditation on Krishna's pastimes)

14 May 2026 late afternoon – Chanting the Holy Names (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 14, 2026 3:00 PM

– About Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura and his wonderful books.– About the books of Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami.– Two types of upasana (worship) in sadhana: mantra-mayi-upasana (in the initial phase of sadhana, it is meditation with the help of sacred verses); svarasiki-upasana (in the advanced phase, it is meditation done with spontaneous absorption).– About asta-kaliya-lila, the different types of lilas of Radha and Krsna.– Swimming lila: Radha and Krsna...

2026, Discourses Translated into English 2026, Delhi 2026, Shiva Mandira 2026, India 2026, aho bhagyam aho bhagyam nanda-gopa-vrajaukasam, vraje prasiddham navanita-cauram, Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.14.32, Draupadi’s Magical Cooking Pot and Durvasa Rishi, Makhana-chora and the Greedy Devotee, Mother Yashoda Offers Ghee Lamps to Sri Yamuna and Krishna Collects Them All, Chorashtaka (Chauragraganya-purushashtaka), Glories of Vaishnavas, character quality: duplicity, children: importance of giving spiritual names to children, ghee lamp, mood: moods of Vraja, service: cooking

14 May 2026 midday – Glories to the Vaishnavas (English translation) – Delhi, India

May 14, 2026 12:00 PM

Shiva Mandira – Acknowledgments.– Brahma and all the demigods pray to attain Vraja Dhama.– Sloka spoken by Brahma to Krishna in honor of the Vrajavasis: aho bhāgyam aho bhāgyaṁ nanda-gopa-vrajaukasām… (SB 10.14.32).– Madhavendra Puripada held the Annakuta festival for Govardana for a long time.– On choosing names for children.– On Mother Yasoda’s vatsalya mood.– Lila of Mother Yasoda offering a ghee lamp in the Yamuna River with Krishna.–...

2026, Discourses in Hindi 2026, Delhi 2026, India 2026, aho bhagyam aho bhagyam nanda-gopa-vrajaukasam, vraje prasiddham navanita-cauram, Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.14.32, Draupadi’s Magical Cooking Pot and Durvasa Rishi, Makhana-chora and the Greedy Devotee, Mother Yashoda Offers Ghee Lamps to Sri Yamuna and Krishna Collects Them All, Glories of Vaishnavas, character quality: duplicity, children: importance of giving spiritual names to children, ghee lamp, mood: moods of Vraja, service: cooking

14 May 2026 midday – Glories to the Vaishnavas (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 14, 2026 12:00 PM

Shiva Mandira – Acknowledgments.– Brahma and all the demigods pray to attain Vraja Dhama.– Sloka spoken by Brahma to Krishna in honor of the Vrajavasis: aho bhāgyam aho bhāgyaṁ nanda-gopa-vrajaukasām… (SB 10.14.32).– Madhavendra Puripada held the Annakuta festival for Govardana for a long time.– On choosing names for children.– On Mother Yasoda’s vatsalya mood.– Lila of Mother Yasoda offering a ghee lamp in the Yamuna River with Krishna.–...

2026, Discourses Translated into English 2026, Delhi 2026, India 2026, yuga-dharma pravartana haya amsa haite, Chaitanya-charitamrita Adi 3.26, Mahaprabhu Reveals Radha-kunda and Krishna-kunda, Radha and Krishna Create Their Kundas, Krishnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami, Vrindavana dasa Thakura, Krishna-kripa-kataksha, Radha-kripa-kataksha-stava-raja, age: old age, guru: guru-bhakti, guru: guru-nishtha, Mahaprabhu: prema-purushottama, Saranga Murari, sukriti: types, three main Vaishnava Deities: Radha-Govinda (abhidheya/process of bhakti); Radha-Madana Mohana (sambandha/relationship); Radha-Gopinatha (prayojana/goal of krishna-prema)

14 May 2026 morning – Vrndavan Dasa Thakur/Krsnadas Kaviraj Gosvami (English translation) – Delhi, India

May 14, 2026 7:00 AM

– Mahaprabhu’s Lila advising His elevated disciple, Saranga Murari, to have a disciple.– The difficult stage of aging of the body, and the mind that does not age even in this phase.– Moments of life that are very difficult: birth and death.– It is very difficult to find a good sevaka in Kali-yuga.– Saranga Murari resurrects the young Murari and makes him his disciple.– Vrndavana Dasa Thakura described all of Mahaprabhu’s Lilas in the Caitanya...

2026, Discourses in Hindi 2026, Delhi 2026, India 2026, yuga-dharma pravartana haya amsa haite, Chaitanya-charitamrita Adi 3.26, Mahaprabhu Reveals Radha-kunda and Krishna-kunda, Radha and Krishna Create Their Kundas, Krishnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami, Vrindavana dasa Thakura, Krishna-kripa-kataksha, Radha-kripa-kataksha-stava-raja, age: old age, guru: guru-bhakti, guru: guru-nishtha, Mahaprabhu: prema-purushottama, Saranga Murari, sukriti: types, three main Vaishnava Deities: Radha-Govinda (abhidheya/process of bhakti); Radha-Madana Mohana (sambandha/relationship); Radha-Gopinatha (prayojana/goal of krishna-prema)

14 May 2026 morning – Glories of Vrndavana Dasa Thakura/Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami (Hindi) – Delhi, India

May 14, 2026 7:00 AM

– Mahaprabhu’s Lila advising His elevated disciple, Saranga Murari, to have a disciple.– The difficult stage of aging of the body, and the mind that does not age even in this phase.– Moments of life that are very difficult: birth and death.– It is very difficult to find a good sevaka in Kali-yuga.– Saranga Murari resurrects the young Murari and makes him his disciple.– Vrndavana Dasa Thakura described all of Mahaprabhu’s Lilas in the...

2026, Discourses Translated into English 2026, Delhi 2026, India 2026, aradhitam nava-vanam vraja-kananam te, bhakta-pada-dhuli ara bhakta-pada-jala, Chaitanya-charitamrita Antya 16.60, Navadvipa-shataka 78, Upadeshamrita 5, An Alcoholic Dhanurdhar in Love with His Girlfriend, Dhanurdhara and His Wife Were Robbed by Their Godbrothers and Proved Their Surrender to Ramanujacharya, Ramanujacharya Holds Onto Dhanurdhara’s Shoulders Preferring Him to His Other Disciples, Vaishnava-seva, bhakti: bhakti-marga (path of devotion; the way of attaining Krishna through devotional service), food: Jagannatha maha-prasada, Janardana: Bhava-grahi Janardana (Lord who accepts the devotee's mood), Jhadu Thakura, Kalidasa, karma: karma-marga, rasa: rasa-siddhanta, sampradayas: four sampradayas, sukriti: types, tattva-siddhanta and rasa-siddhanta: philosophical conclusions and rasa conclusions (established truths about reality; conclusions about devotional relationships and spiritual emotions), Vaishnava: meaning of the word, varnashrama-dharma

13 May 2026 evening – Bhakta-pada-dhūli shloka explanation (English translation) – Delhi, India

May 13, 2026 6:00 PM

– The story of how Dhanurdhara gave up his girlfriend because of the beauty of the deity, and surrendered to Ramanujacharya. Later, Ramanujacharya would lean on Dhanurdhara’s shoulders, preferring him to his other disciples.– The story of how Dhanurdhara and his wife were robbed by their godbrothers and proved their surrender to Ramanujacharya.– Verse: bhakta-pada-dhūli āra bhakta-pada-jala…(CC Antya 16.60-62).– Muri (puffed rice) and mishri (sugar) are not the...

2026, Discourses in Hindi 2026, Delhi 2026, India 2026, aradhitam nava-vanam vraja-kananam te, Chaitanya-charitamrita Antya 16.60, Navadvipa-shataka 78, Upadeshamrita 5, An Alcoholic Dhanurdhar in Love with His Girlfriend, Dhanurdhara and His Wife Were Robbed by Their Godbrothers and Proved Their Surrender to Ramanujacharya, Ramanujacharya Holds Onto Dhanurdhara’s Shoulders Preferring Him to His Other Disciples, Vaishnava-seva, bhakti: bhakti-marga (path of devotion; the way of attaining Krishna through devotional service), food: Jagannatha maha-prasada, Janardana: Bhava-grahi Janardana (Lord who accepts the devotee's mood), Jhadu Thakura, Kalidasa, karma: karma-marga, rasa: rasa-siddhanta, sampradayas: four sampradayas, sukriti: types, tattva-siddhanta and rasa-siddhanta: philosophical conclusions and rasa conclusions (established truths about reality; conclusions about devotional relationships and spiritual emotions), Vaishnava: meaning of the word, varnashrama-dharma

13 May 2026 evening – Bhakta-pada-dhūli shloka explanation (Hindi) – Delhi, India

May 13, 2026 6:00 PM

– The story of how Dhanurdhara gave up his girlfriend because of the beauty of the deity, and surrendered to Ramanujacharya. Later, Ramanujacharya would lean on Dhanurdhara’s shoulders, preferring him to his other disciples.– The story of how Dhanurdhara and his wife were robbed by their godbrothers and proved their surrender to Ramanujacharya.– Verse: bhakta-pada-dhūli āra bhakta-pada-jala…(CC Antya 16.60-62).– Muri (puffed rice) and mishri (sugar) are not the...

2026, Discourses Translated into English 2026, Delhi 2026, India 2026, naham vipro na ca nara-patir napi vaisyo na sudro, Mahaprabhu Protects Gopal Guru from Abhirama Thakura’s Powerful Gaze, Om apavitrah pavitro va sarvavastham gato api va, Dur Nagari Badi Dur Nagari, Identity of the Soul, Vraja-bhava, bhakti: 3 stages of development (sadhana-bhakti; bhava-bhakti and prema-bhakti), bhakti: aropa-siddha-bhakti; sanga-siddha-bhakti; svarupa-siddha-bhakti, bhakti: stages, character quality: envy, mantra: mantra of purification

09 Apr 2026 evening – We are Servants of Krishna and Residents of Vrndavana (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 9, 2026 6:00 PM

On the strong feeling of separation from Krishna that the Vrajavasis felt when Krishna went to Mathura. Vamsivat, place of sweet lilas. Srila Gurudeva recounts memories of how the Vrajavasis are sweet and hospitable, and other memories. About Sridamavat. The importance of receiving Vaishnavas cordially and affectionately. Mahaprabhu’s lila with the young man He named Gopal Guru. Mahaprabhu protects Gopal Guru from the powerful gaze of sadhu Abhirama Thakura. Mantra of purification: om...

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