Delhi
12 Feb 2026 midday – Story of Shabari Devi (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Story of Shabari, disciple of Matanga Rsi, and her strong devotion to Ramacandra. – Shabari Devi, who was a queen in her previous life, prayed to be born into a low-caste family, free from royal rules so she could worship her Adorable Deity freely, and never marry. – On the mood of separation. – Shabari picked fruit (which she never bit into) and prepared the path with flowers every day for Sri Ramacandra because she had faith in her Guru’s words that one day He...
12 Feb 2026 midday – Story of Shabari Devi (English translation) – Delhi, India
Story of Shabari, disciple of Matanga Rsi, and her strong devotion to Ramacandra.
Shabari Devi, who was a queen in her previous life, prayed to be born into a low-caste family, free from royal rules so she could worship her Adorable Deity freely, and never marry.
On the mood of separation.
Shabari picked fruit (which she never bit into) and prepared the path with flowers every day for Sri Ramacandra because she had faith in her Guru’s words that one day He would come.
27 Nov 2025 morning – Meaning of Prema-Vivarta (Hindi) – 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...
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.