– Srila Gurudeva Vana Maharaja comments on several episodes he spent with Srila Gurudeva BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja. – Story that exemplifies that Srila Gurudeva is always with his disciples: the disciple’s walk on the beach with his Gurudeva and the footprints in the sand. – Three types of feelings of separation: bhavi-viraha: suffering in anticipation of future separation (premeditated separation); bhavan-viraha: desperate suffering due to the separation that is...
Wales 2025
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Wales 2025, United Kingdom 2025, Gurvashtaka, Guru-nishtha, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), anuraga: deep attachment (stage of prema; intense love and constant attraction toward Krishna), guru: guru-bhakti, mood: madanakya-mahabhava
30 Jul 2025 evening – Guru-nishtha is Everything (English) | Wales, UK | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Hari-katha and sadhu-sanga are very rare. – Verse: anāradhya rādhā-padāmbhoja-reṇum…(Sva-sankalpa-prakasha-stotra 1). – 3 principles to submerge into the highest conjugal mood, shyama-shringara rasa. – Verse: nivṛtta-tarṣair upagīyamānād…(SB 10.1.4). – Lord Shivaji explained to Devi Parvati about whom we should worship: ārādhanānāṁ sarveṣāṁ viṣṇor ārādhanaṁ param…(Padma Purana). – Before worshipping the Lord, worship His devotees. – Song: Gurvashtaka...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Wales 2025, United Kingdom 2025, Bhagavatarka-marichi-mala 2025, Radha's Name, bhava: bhava-shabalya (mixture of emotions; simultaneous appearance of different spiritual emotions), Radha: radha-nama
30 Jul 2025 midday – The Glories of Radha-nama (English) | Wales, UK | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Glorification of the local devotees. – Surrender to the lotus feet of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. – The reason why we chant radha-nama and Hare Krishna maha-mantra. – The meaning of the name Rama (not Ramachandra, not Parashurama). – Everyone is intoxicated with Krishna and at the same time Krishna is intoxicated with Srimati Radhika. – Read my book Sapta-sindhu Gunavati Srimati Radhika. – The reason why the name of Srimati Radhika is not mentioned...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Wales 2025, United Kingdom 2025, Morning walks 2025, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), bhava: bhava-shabalya (mixture of emotions; simultaneous appearance of different spiritual emotions), mood: divya-unmada
30 Jul 2025 morning walk – Questions and Answers (English) | Wales, UK | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Announcement about the 2026 New Year Festival in Brazil. – Aropa-siddha-bhakti, sanga-siddha-bhakti and svarupa-siddha-bhakti. – Gopis do archana to Krishna with their sidelong glances. – Verse: vividha-kusuma-vṛndotphulla-dhammilla-ghāṭī…(Radhika-ashtaka 4). – Without gaura-lila no one can enter krishna-lila. – The 4 stages of bhava of the vraja-gopis: bhava-udaya, a mood that manifests and increases; bhava-shabalya, when another mood arises that...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Wales 2025, United Kingdom 2025, Goal of bhakti, Prema-rasa, bhava: gopi-bhava, character quality: duplicity, sound: transcendental sound
29 Jul 2025 evening – Instructions for Attaining the Highest Prema (English) | Wales, UK
– Sukadeva Gosvami speaks to Parikisit Maharaja about the importance of Harikatha, the sabdha-brahma (transcendental sound) that enters through the ear and cleanses the heart. – Association with a sadhu and hearing Harikatha are the primary causes of Krsna-bhakti. – Quote from Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Prabhupada on the protection of the Guru. – Srila Rupa Gosvami Pada explains, in Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu, about chanting the Holy Names in association with a sadhu...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Wales 2025, United Kingdom 2025, The Special Position of the Current Kali-yuga, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), character quality: envy, lineage: guru-parampara
29 Jul 2025 midday – The Fortune of This Kali-yuga (English) | Wales, UK | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Reflection: If Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu had not come in this Kali-yuga. – On the manifestation of prema in the heart of the Guru-parampara. – The highest prema is coming from our Guru-parampara, and the qualified jivas (souls) accept it. – Illustration of a beautiful lake, where a black bumblebee can collect the honey from the lotus, and where frogs cannot taste it. – On the vessel needed to collect the prema that is being distributed indiscriminately by Lord...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Wales 2025, United Kingdom 2025, Sapta-sindhu-gunavati Sri Radha 2025, Radha's Qualities, bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, sakhis: types
29 Jul 2025 morning – The Seven Oceans of Divine Love (English) | Wales, UK
– On the training necessary for perfection in the five sciences. – Training to speak in a whisper. – The duties of Srimati Radhika’s manjaris. – Training to be attentive to the sound of Krsna’s flute. – Be careful not to judge yourself to be on the level of the manjaris. – Comparing the Seven Oceans with the profound qualities of Srimati Radhika. – Quoting the Seven Oceans of Divine Love. – On Srimati Radhika’s intoxication due...
