Vraja-mandala parikrama 2026

29 Oct 2026 morning – Prema-vivarta (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– Srila Gurudeva encourages everyone to dance. – The gopis dance, Krishna dances! – People don’t know what Love is. – Prema, transcendental love, is like ice and fire together, poison and nectar together. – Love is joy and sorrow; if you love someone, you will cry for that person. – Radha cries just thinking about Krishna. – Never wish to merge in brahman, never! – Wish to be a servant of Radha! – Instead of saying hello or goodbye...

28 Oct 2026 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 6 (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

• The Sixth Day: After praṇāmas to the guru-varga, Gurudeva opens the sixth day of the Bhāgavata-kathā, recalling kathā in London and the limits of time. Śukadeva told Parīkṣit the Tenth Canto pastimes in sequence: Pūtanā, who came with deceit yet received the destination of a nurse and mother, shows the Lord’s unmatched mercy (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.2.23); then Śakaṭāsura and Tṛṇāvarta, whose meanings Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura explains. • The Donkey’s Labour: Like a donkey beaten while it carries its...

28 Oct 2026 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 6 (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

• The Sixth Day: After praṇāmas to the guru-varga, Gurudeva opens the sixth day of the Bhāgavata-kathā, recalling kathā in London and the limits of time. Śukadeva told Parīkṣit the Tenth Canto pastimes in sequence: Pūtanā, who came with deceit yet received the destination of a nurse and mother, shows the Lord’s unmatched mercy (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.2.23); then Śakaṭāsura and Tṛṇāvarta, whose meanings Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura explains. • The Donkey’s Labour: Like a donkey beaten while it carries its...

28 Oct 2026 midday – All of You are Guru-Kripa Patras (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– Glories of the assembled devotees and kirtaniyas. – Always honour your Guru. – Verse proving that the safest path to Krishna is to remain under the shelter and guidance of a bona fide spiritual master: harau ruṣṭe guruḥ trātā gurau ruṣṭe na kaścana (Archana-dipika p.119). – Be careful not to commit aparadhas. – Everyone should come to Annakuta Maha-mahotsava! Otherwise, you will be punished! – The glories of Giriraja Govardhana. – Try to speak less...

28 Oct 2026 midday – All of You are Guru-Kripa Patras (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– Glories of the assembled devotees and kirtaniyas. – Always honour your Guru. – Verse proving that the safest path to Krishna is to remain under the shelter and guidance of a bona fide spiritual master: harau ruṣṭe guruḥ trātā gurau ruṣṭe na kaścana (Archana-dipika p.119). – Be careful not to commit aparadhas. – Everyone should come to Annakuta Maha-mahotsava! Otherwise, you will be punished! – The glories of Giriraja Govardhana. – Try to speak less...

28 Oct 2026 morning – Prema-vivarta (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– Conversation between Ajamila and Yamadutas is sat-sanga. – The symptoms of nama-abhasa stage. – Even the fallen one should be considered a sadhu if he is one-pointed to the Lord. – If one attains brahma-sayujya, a devotee can release him/her from there, but paramatma-sayujya is the most dangerous. One will never come out of it. – Lila: Arjuna wants to save the children of a brahmana who are dying one after another and goes into jyotir-dhama. – Bhakti-devi...

28 Oct 2026 morning – Prema-vivarta (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– Conversation between Ajamila and Yamadutas is sat-sanga. – The symptoms of nama-abhasa stage. – Even the fallen one should be considered a sadhu if he is one-pointed to the Lord. – If one attains brahma-sayujya, a devotee can release him/her from there, but paramatma-sayujya is the most dangerous. One will never come out of it. – Lila: Arjuna wants to save the children of a brahmana who are dying one after another and goes into jyotir-dhama. – Bhakti-devi...

27 Oct 2026 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 5 (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Day 5: Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s Birth in Gokula and Śrī Rādhā’s Appearance — Yaśodā-nandana, the Causes of the Līlā, Bhartṛhari’s Necklace, Pūtanā’s Liberation, the Glories of Vraja and Nārada’s Stava-rāja •Rādhā’s Birthday Today: After praṇāmas to the guru-varga, Gurudeva announces that on this fifth day he will describe Śrī Rādhā’s birth. His own Gurudeva used to say that Rādhā’s birth should be celebrated a hundred times more joyfully than Kṛṣṇa’s, for She alone is our worshipful...