* Srila Gurudeva explains the difference between maan and anger
* The modes of material nature (Maya) cannot reach the spiritual world.
* Examples of the maan of Laksmi Devi and Satyabhama.
* The mood of the gopis, especially the mood of anger (maan), enables the gopis to control Sri Krsna.
* Srila Gurudeva explains the meaning of Bhagavan (God) and Svayam Bhagavan (Supreme Personality of Godhead).
Vraja 2025
31 Oct 2025 afternoon – Bhandiravana (English translation) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sridhama has a very close relationship with Krsna and was feeling separation from Him in this place. Different pastimes took place here in Vamsivat and Bhandirvan, such as herding cows. A rasa-lila also took place in this location. In the transcendental world, when love becomes very condensed, it becomes maan. There are different types of maan. The banks of the Yamuna River are a very enchanting place. The forest in this place is so dense that neither the sun’s rays nor the moon’s...
31 Oct 2025 afternoon – Bhandiravana (Hindi) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sridhama has a very close relationship with Krsna and was feeling separation from Him in this place. Different pastimes took place here in Vamsivat and Bhandirvan, such as herding cows. A rasa-lila also took place in this location. In the transcendental world, when love becomes very condensed, it becomes maan. There are different types of maan. The banks of the Yamuna River are a very enchanting place. The forest in this place is so dense that neither the sun’s rays nor the moon’s...
31 Oct 2025 At Surya-kunda there is a sacred stone (Hindi)
At Suryakund, there rests a sacred stone known as the Mukut Shila — the crown-imprint of Srimati Radharani. Once, when Radharani came here with Her sakhis, She placed Her crown on a nearby rock before bathing in the kund. In that moment, the crown — a conscious being in Goloka — suddenly felt separation from Her divine touch. Overwhelmed by longing to again be upon Her head, the crown burned with the fire of separation, and the stone beneath it melted, leaving behind the eternal mark of its...
31 Oct 2025 morning – Akrura-ghata (English translation) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
We are on the border between Mathura and Vrndavana. The distance between Mathura and Vrndavana is only two fingers’ width. Vrndavana is the land of sweetness, and Mathura, of opulence. Kamsa sent many demons to Vrndavana, but none of them returned. After Kamsa had used all the available demons without obtaining a satisfactory result, he lost hope. Kamsa’s conclusion was that as long as Krsna was in Vrndavana, he would not be able to kill Him. Akrura was the person who had a...