– 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...
liberation: brahma-sayujya
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 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...
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...
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...
27 Feb 2025 morning – Shiva-tattva (English) | London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 The Madhurya Kadambini sheds light on Siva-tattva. Explanation of two types of Brahma: Vairaja Brahma (jiva-koti-brahma/jiva-tattva) and Hiranyagarbha Brahma (Isvara-koti-brahma/Isvara-tattva). When a jiva attains the qualification for the Brahma position, he receives sakti from the Lord to be able to assume the function of creation. A funny story of how the proud Brahma sent a letter of resignation to Lord Visnu. The jiva who performs perfectly in the Brahma position attains the Siva...
15 Aug 2024 airport – Preaching is very important (English) | London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Question: People don’t know anything about yoga… Answer: When you preach, people will start coming. Question: Sometimes we spend a lot of money and effort and the result is insignificant… Answer: Don’t consider aiming at the result, that is not bhakti! You should just do your duty, Krsna says so in the Bhagavad Gita. Karmis aim at their own benefit, bhaktas don’t! Jnanis want to detach themselves with the help of knowledge and merge into the brahman effulgence (brahma...
17 Aug 2023 morning – Never Look at Vaisnavas with a Worldly Eye (English translation) – Jagannatha Puri, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Through the Lord’s mercy and bhajana, the devotee’s body becomes transcendentalised and thus serves the Lord. Krsna approaches devotees and deceives non-devotees. Memorise the verses of Upadesamrta. Do not criticise the Vaisnava’s old body, harsh words or apparent faults, nor ignore Vaisnavas. About Astavakra Muni and the Apsara who was cursed to be born as Aghasura. Agha means sin. Krsna liberates Aghasura and saves His friends. Those who are killed by the Lord enter brahma...