– On the rarity of birth in the human form. – Only the human form is capable of rendering service to the Lord. – The rarity of sadhu-sanga and Harikatha. – Progress in spiritual life depends on bhajana and sadhana. – The need for sukrti (pious credits) for spiritual evolution. – Bad company hinders spiritual development. – Vaco vegam: controlling the impulse to speak. – We should speak Harikatha all the time. – We should control the...
anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage)
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...
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...
23 Jul 2025 midday – Krishna’s Relations with Friends, Parents and Srimati Radhika (English) | Seattle, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 PART 2 Don’t go to maya. It’s hard to come back. The gopis always remember Krishna. They feel what He feels, yet they never believe that He is Bhagavan. The relationship between Krishna and His friends, and between Krishna and Nanda and Yashoda. Dama-bandhana-lila. Song: Damodarashtaka. Verse: kṛṣṇera yateka khelā, sarvottama nara-līlā…(CC Madhya 21.101). Verse: iṣṭe svārasikī rāgaḥ paramāviṣṭatā bhavet…(CC Madhya 22.150). Verse: yugāyitaṁ nimeṣeṇa cakṣuṣā prāvṛṣāyitam…(CC...
16 Jul 2025 morning (good sound) – Our Mistress Srimati Radhika (English) | New Vraja, California, USA
– The dead body of Haridasa Thakura made tirtha out of the ocean. In the same way, Srila Gurudeva Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja made tirtha out of any place he visited. – Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja installed deities here. – Srimati Radhika glorified Giriraja Govardhana (SB 10.21.18). – Srimad-Bhagavatam describes three Haridasas: Yudhishthira, Uddhava and Govardhana. – 5 types of devotees; jnani-bhaktas, shuddha-bhaktas, premi-bhaktas, premapara-bhaktas...
16 Jul 2025 morning (low sound) – Our Mistress Srimati Radhika (English) | New Vraja, California, USA
– The dead body of Haridasa Thakura made tirtha out of the ocean. In the same way, Srila Gurudeva Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja made tirtha out of any place he visited. – Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja installed deities here. – Srimati Radhika glorified Giriraja Govardhana (SB 10.21.18). – Srimad-Bhagavatam describes three Haridasas: Yudhishthira, Uddhava and Govardhana. – 5 types of devotees; jnani-bhaktas, shuddha-bhaktas, premi-bhaktas, premapara-bhaktas...
07 Jul 2025 morning – Krodha, Mana and Mana-abhasa (English) | Miami, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 Always give respect to those who took shelter of Sri Gurudeva before you, they have more knowledge about sadhana and bhajana. Krsna offered a flower to Rukmini because she is the senior Queen of Dvaraka, but Satyabhama remained in mana-abhasa. Srimati Radhika never gets really angry with Krsna, She only enters into maan for His pleasure. Two characteristics of Bhagavan: sarvagata and mugdata (knows everything and at the same time is completely innocent). The stages of bhava condense and...
25 Jun 2025 midday – Gundicha-marjana, Bhaktivinoda Thakura Glories (English) | Cavalcante, Brazil
– Mahaprabhu cried while cleaning the Gundicha Marjana Temple because He was absorbed in Srimati Radhika’s mood. – Purva-raga, mana, pravasa and prema-vaichittya. – In viraha-dasha, there is no ‘servitor’ mood because a devotee is always crying. – Love does not display unhappiness to others. – Sri Radha calls Her sakhis to decorate the kunja for Krishna. – Only Svarupa Damodara understood the heart of Sriman Mahaprabhu. – Ishvara...