– Description of the meeting between Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Gopala Bhatta Gosvami. – Explanation about the Bhatta family who had received diksha in the Sri Sampradaya and worshipped Lakshmi-Narayana. – The evidence presented in the Brahma-samhita that Krishna is Svayam Bhagavan. – On the specific, fixed potency of the sadhaka. – Example of Prabodhanda Sarasvati who, in the lila of Radha and Krishna, is Tungavidya sakhi. – On the condition of association...
Bhatta family (parivara): Venkata Bhatta; Trimalla Bhatta and Prabodhananda Sarasvati (nephew of Gopala Bhatta)
30 Jul 2026 evening – Prabodhananda Sarasvati Disappearance (English) – Santos, Brazil
– Silence means not speaking about worldly things, only about topics related to the Lord. – In this Kali-yuga, it is not easy to find a place to speak Harikatha, but everyone wants to hear about worldly matters. – Conditioned souls know nothing about the transcendental world, but they can come to know by hearing Harikatha. – Baddha-jivas and mukta-jivas. – By hearing about the transcendental world, the desire to dwell there awakens in the person. – Sukriti...
30 Sep 2025 morning – Hari-katha (English) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Can conditioned souls have different destinies?– When conditioned souls manifest from marginal potency, they already harbor a potency in their hearts, and through association with a sadhu (sage), this potency manifests.– If you plant five types of seeds on the banks of the Ganges, different fruits will grow according to the potency of the seed.– Through association with a sadhu, anarthas are removed, and in sthayibhava (the state of stability/fixity), the mood will not...
02 Sep 2025 midday – Our Goal and Self-Realization (English) | Murwillumbah, Australia
– About the love and affection of devotees dedicated to Sri Srimad BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja. – Vapu-seva means serving the Gurudeva by cooking, washing clothes, and massaging his feet. – Vani-seva is the service of listening to Harikatha and spreading the teachings to everyone. – All Vaisnavas aspire to become rupanugas, that is, to serve Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu under the guidance of Rupa Gosvami. – Quote from the verse composed by Narottama Dasa Thakura: śrī...
28 May 2025 midday – Sapta Sindhu Gunavati Sri Radha (English) | Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Sri Mahaprabhu’s visit to Gopala Bhatta family. – Verse: ārādhyo bhagavān vrajeśa-tanayas… (Chaitanya Manjushta). – Mahaprabhu tells the Bhatta family about Lakshmi-devi’s failure to enter rasa dance, then gopi-tattva and mahishi-tattva. – Krishna accepts Lakshmi-devi as a golden line on His chest but in Her shukshma-sharira she cannot enter His rasa dance. – When a sadhaka enters sthayi-bhava, their mood will not change again: ‘nitya-siddha kṛṣṇa-prema...
22 May 2025 midday – Tattva Important for Spiritual Life (English) | Paris, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
It is very important to develop spiritual life. Mahaprabhu told us to serve Guru, Vaisnavas and chant the Holy Names: sadhu-sanga, namasankirtana, bhagavad-sravana (hear from pure devotees), serve Thakuraji and be in Vraja even in thought. Sloka that warns us not to hear Harikatha from non-devotees: avaiṣṇava-mukhodgīrṇaṁ… (Padma Purana mentioned in CC Antya-lila 13.113). Radha-kunda is a place very protected by Yogamaya. The highest places in Vrndavana are called Brhad Vrndavana, and so is...
02 Apr 2025 morning – The Power of Hearing (Hindi) | Nainital, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The glories of the Govinda Bhatta family of devotees. Mahaprabhu stayed with the Bhatta family for 4 months. 4 ways of politics: sama, dama, danda and bheda. The best way to donate is to donate knowledge, because when you share it, it does not diminish. The story of the kapalika-sadhu and his question about the skull (King Vikramaditya and Kalidasa). The story of Vikramaditya seeing 3 dolls in the market. The gopis’ prema is spontaneous. Diksha-mantras build sambandha-jnana. The blessing...
21 Mar 2025 evening – Journey to the Footprints of Caitanya Mahaprabhu (Hindi) | Rameshvara, South India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About the places where Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s footprints are and where the travelers had darsana of seven Nrsimhadevas. About the place where Caitanya Mahaprabhu spent the four months of caturmasya in Srirangam, in the Bhatta family house (Bhatta parivar). The travelers had darsana of the place where Ramacandra went after killing Ravana. About how Bhagavan has great love for Lord Siva. And how Ramacandra sets the example of how we should always honor Lord Siva. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura...