– 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...
bhava: bhava-shabalya (mixture of emotions; simultaneous appearance of different spiritual emotions)
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...
10 Mar 2025 evening (room) – The Highest Gopi-prema. Sri Navadvipa-dhama parikrama, day 2 (Hindi) | Navadvipa, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
00:00 — The dimensions of Navadvipa-dhama; Navadvipa as the purifier; that which gives happiness to Krishna 08:00 — The glories of Krishna in Vraja; the highest of Krishna’s names is Makhan-chor (the butter thief) 14:00 — When the sense of possession transforms into mamata (deep affectionate attachment) 20:00 — When prema develops into sneha; the gopis’ loving complaints toward Krishna, with examples 31:00 — Aishvarya and madhurya paths; vamya and dakshina moods; the gopis rebuking Brahma 45:00...