It is not auspicious to travel on Navami day. Ramacandra showed His Vishnu form to Kaikeyi. Rama told Kaikeyi that she should ask two boons of His father: one that He would go into exile and the other that Bharata would become king. We can only remember the entire dream for twenty seconds after waking up. Rama and Sita have a high degree of astrological synastry. Regarding Srila Gurudeva Narayana Gosvami Maharaja’s cancer pastime being in the fourth stage. The lilas of the...
sleeping: dreams
2026, Discourses in English 2026, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2026, Santiago 2026, Chile 2026, Nityananda-trayodashi 2026, bhaktas: kanishtha-adhikari; madhyama-adhikari; uttama-adhikari, guru-tattva: akhanda-guru-tattva (the principle of the undivided guru; unity of guru-tattva), guru: guru-tattva, sleeping: dreams
30 Jan 2026 evening – Nityananda Trayodasi (English) – Santiago, Chile | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Today is the appearance of Akhanda-guru-tattva (Undivided Principle of Sri Guru): Nityananda Prabhu. In Krishna’s lila, Baladeva Prabhu is Rohini-nandana, son of Rohini Devi. In Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s lila, Nitai is the son of Padmavati and His father is Hadai Pandita. Nityananda Prabhu was born in Ekacakra. Without the mercy of Nityananda Prabhu, no one can enter into suddha-bhakti. He who wishes to immerse himself in the ocean of divine love and cross the ocean of Maya must...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Murwillumbah 2025, Australia 2025, Self-Realization, Bhatta family (parivara): Venkata Bhatta; Trimalla Bhatta and Prabodhananda Sarasvati (nephew of Gopala Bhatta), service: cooking, service: vani-seva, service: vapu-seva, sleeping: dreams
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...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into French 2025, Mirepoix 2025, France 2025, api cet su-duracaro, Bhagavad-gita 9.30, body: gross body, body: subtle body, maya: two functions, samskaras, sleeping: dreams
28 May 2025 morning – Questions and Answers (English) | Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Question: Is it true that our soul is sleeping somewhere else? – Two functions of maya: avaranatmika-vritti and vikshepatmika-vritti. – The subtle body (sukshma-sharira) and the gross body (sthula-sharira). – At the stage of bhava-dasha, a sadhaka gives up their gross and subtle bodies, and their atma-sharira manifests. – The soul is very minute: ‘bālāgra-śata-bhāgya-śatadhā kalpitaḥ ca…’ (Shvetashvatara Upanishad 5.9). – You will realise...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, London 2024, United Kingdom 2024, bhakti: stages, sleeping: dreams, universe: brahmanda
04 Jul 2024 morning – Krsna and Mahaprabhu (English) | London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Some lilas of Krsna manifest themselves in different ways and in different sequences, they do not always happen exactly the same in all kalpas and yugas. In one Brahmanda, one type of lila happens and, in another Brahmanda, another lila happens. Nitya-lila is in Goloka Vrndavana. Jatila and Kutila are not in Goloka Vrndavana because there is no mood of opposition to Radha and Krsna there, but Yogamaya arranges it. Krsna is independent, He does not need His lilas to happen in the same way in...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Hari-katha 2024 (Undisclosed country), Undisclosed, sleeping: dreams
09 Jun 2024 evening – The Three Subjects of Gaudiya Vaisnava (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sambandha (knowledge about the relationship), abhidheya (the process) and prayojana (our ultimate goal). Madhana Mohana is the Deity who presides over sambandha, Govinda Devi presides over abhidheya, Gopinatha is the Deity who presides over prayojana, and Radha Ramana is the union of these Three Deities. The Deity of Radha Ramana is Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Himself. Gopala Bhatta Gosvami’s Lila meeting Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Sloka: prabhu kahe, — “vaiṣṇava-sevā, nāma-saṅkīrtana… (CC...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Caraguatatuba 2023, Brazil 2023, sleeping: dreams
30 Dec 2023 morning – The Glories of Gaurasundara (English) – Caraguatatuba, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Mahaprabhu manifests His rasaraja-mahabhava-svarupa form to Ramananda Raya on the banks of the Godavari River. – Navadvipa Dhama is no different from Vrndavana-Dhama. – Radha-kunda is the highest place of all! – White colour is a symptom of separation (viraha). – Vrndavana is completely green (madhurya mood). – Lila from when baby Radha opened Her eyes only to have Krsna’s darsana. – Lila from when Radha dreams of Mahaprabhu Gaura...
2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Vraja 2023, Vrindavana 2023, India 2023, sakhis: types, sleeping: dreams
02 Nov 2023 evening, in the room – Only Mahaprabhu Grants Manjari-bhava (Hindi) – Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
When Mahaprabhu came, Manjari-bhava’s mood manifested through Rupa Gosvami. Sloka: anarpita-carīṁ cirāt karuṇayāvatīrṇaḥ kalau (CC Adi-lila 1.4). The four types of sakhis: sakhi, nitya-sakhi, prana-sakhi, priya-sakhi, parama-presta-sakhi. Krsna’s duty is to taste rasa. Mahaprabhu’s duty is to savor and bestow rasa. In Western countries people don’t even know who Krsna is. Before Mahaprabhu, the Vaisnavas gave katha on the other moods, not manjari-bhava. Difference...