Personal Recollections 2026

2026, Discourses in Hindi 2026, Auckland 2026, New Zealand 2026, Personal Recollections 2026, Ashtavakra Rishi Saves His Father Kahoda from Death After a Debate Defeat, Srimati Radhika Saves a Drowning Elephant with a Lotus Flower, Qualities of Pure Devotees

21 Sep 2026 midday – The Quality of Forgiveness (Hindi) – Auckland, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 21, 2026 12:00 PM

– Who does the quality of forgiveness come from? – Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s advice to Shubadira Raya on how to atone. – The quality of forgiveness is in Vaisnavas. – Pastime of Astavakra Rsi saving his father Kohur, from death after being defeated in a debate. – Srila Gurudeva’s pastime of the mango tree and the dog bite. – The potency of discrimination is very important. – Pastime of Radha and Krishna seeing the drowning Elephant...

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21 Sep 2026 midday – The Quality of Forgiveness (English translation) – Auckland, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 21, 2026 12:00 PM

– Who does the quality of forgiveness come from? – Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s advice to Shubadira Raya on how to atone. – The quality of forgiveness is in Vaisnavas. – Pastime of Astavakra Rsi saving his father Kohur, from death after being defeated in a debate. – Srila Gurudeva’s pastime of the mango tree and the dog bite. – The potency of discrimination is very important. – Pastime of Radha and Krishna seeing the drowning Elephant...

2026, Discourses in Hindi 2026, Delhi 2026, India 2026, Janmashtami 2026, Personal Recollections 2026, Krishna Kills Trinavarta, Krishna's Birth and Appearance, bhava-matra: lila of feeling, family: the family we love so much is only repaying karmic debts from past lives, hari-katha: shastras glorify the listeners much more than the speaker, Krishna: sarvajnata and mugdhata of Krishna, liberation: as long as the desire for liberation remains in our hearts we will never attain shuddha-bhakti (pure devotional service), sin: as long as the tendency to sin remains in our hearts we cannot practice bhagavad-bhajana (devotional service)

04 Sep 2026 midday – Sri Janmashtami (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 4, 2026 12:00 PM

– Harikatha listeners are recipients of the Lord’s mercy, for otherwise who could endure sitting for so long? – Pariksit Maharaja sat for seven days and seven nights without eating or drinking, only drinking the nectar from the lotus mouth of Sukadeva Gosvami. – The sastras glorify the listeners much more than the speaker. – Listening to Harikatha with concentration is not easy at all. – Srila BV Vana Gosvami Maharaja has been writing down everything he has...

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04 Sep 2026 midday – Sri Janmashtami (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 4, 2026 12:00 PM

– Harikatha listeners are recipients of the Lord’s mercy, for otherwise who could endure sitting for so long? – Pariksit Maharaja sat for seven days and seven nights without eating or drinking, only drinking the nectar from the lotus mouth of Sukadeva Gosvami. – The sastras glorify the listeners much more than the speaker. – Listening to Harikatha with concentration is not easy at all. – Srila BV Vana Gosvami Maharaja has been writing down everything he has...

2026, Discourses in English 2026, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2026, Rio de Janeiro 2026, Sri Gauravani Gaudiya Matha 2026, Brazil 2026, anyabhilasita-sunyam jnana-karmady-anavrtam, ceto-darpana-marjanam bhava-maha-davagni-nirvapanam, Chaitanya-charitamrita Madhya 19.167, Shikshashtaka 1, Personal Recollections 2026, Bharata Maharaja Becomes Attached to a Deer, Mahaprabhu curses Chapal Gopala for criticizing Srivasa Thakura, Beginning of Bhakti, aparadhas: types, bhakti: bhakti-lata-bija (seed of bhakti), knowledge: when knowledge does not cleanse the heart but increases false ego, sadhaka: Krishna's mercy for those who practiced bhajana (devotional worship) and sadhana (spiritual practice) but did not attain perfection, soul: size of the soul, species: 8400000 species of living beings (according to Vedic scriptures), spiritual practice: different ways to attain the Lord in different yugas (ages), sukriti: maturation of sukriti (spiritual merits)

11 Aug 2026 evening – The Seed of Bhakti (English) – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

August 11, 2026 6:00 PM

Sri Gauravani Gaudiya Matha – Glorification of Srila Rupa Gosvami Pada, who received instructions directly from Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. – On the fortune of taking shelter at the lotus feet of Guru and receiving Bhakti-lata-bija, the seed of the creeper of devotion. – On the conditioned soul that has been wandering in this material world since time immemorial. – Explanation of the eight million four hundred thousand species of life and how they are distributed. –...

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29 Jul 2026 midday – Guru-purnima: The Lineage of Vyasadeva and the Origins of the Kuru Dynasty (English) – Sri Radha Govinda Gaudiya Matha, Sao Paulo, Brazil

July 29, 2026 12:00 PM

– The dynasty of Krishna Dvaipayana Vedavyasa: Krishna Dvaipayana Vedavyasa (son), Parashara Rishi (father), Shakti Muni (grandfather). – Shakti Muni curses King Kalmashapada, who later becomes possessed by a raksasa and kills Shakti Muni. – Parashara meets Satyavati (Matsyagandha), blesses her with his glance, and her son, Krishna Dvaipayana Vedavyasa, is born. – King Shantanu marries Ganga-devi; their eighth son, Bhishma, is born after the deliverance of the seven...

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09 Apr 2026 morning – The Glorious Qualities of Srimati Radhika (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 9, 2026 7:00 AM

Verse: vaidagdhya-sindhur anurāga-rasaika-sindhur, vātsalya-sindhur, ati-sāndra-kṛpaika sindhuḥ… (Radha-rasa-sudha-nidhi, 18). Radha possesses oceanic, immense, and unfathomable qualities. Radha controls Krishna with Her qualities, especially with Her ocean of anuraga. The condensation of love/prema is compared to the condensation of milk, which becomes increasingly sweet. The condensation of prema awakens different bhavas that acquire different characteristics and names: prema, sneha, maan...

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09 Apr 2026 morning – The Glorious Qualities of Srimati Radhika (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 9, 2026 7:00 AM

Verse: vaidagdhya-sindhur anurāga-rasaika-sindhur, vātsalya-sindhur, ati-sāndra-kṛpaika sindhuḥ… (Radha-rasa-sudha-nidhi, 18). Radha possesses oceanic, immense, and unfathomable qualities. Radha controls Krishna with Her qualities, especially with Her ocean of anuraga. The condensation of love/prema is compared to the condensation of milk, which becomes increasingly sweet. The condensation of prema awakens different bhavas that acquire different characteristics and names: prema, sneha, maan...

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