lineage: guru-parampara

03 Feb 2026 midday – Sampradaya (English) – Cochabamba, Bolivia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

About the Sri Brahma Madhava Gaudiya Sampradaya established by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s contribution to suddha-bhakti (pure devotion to God). Glorification of Guru Parampara of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, His Acaryas, Srila Rupa Gosvami, Santana Gosvami, Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami, Srivasa, Narottama, Srivasa and etc. About the three apa-sampradayas that are not recommended because they do not have reliable gurus, such as sakhi-bhekis and sahajiyas. Glorification of...

23 Sep 2025 evening – The Need for Shelter in the Guru Parampara (English translation) – Perth, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

About Bhisma-stutis and mentioning the beauty of the Kunti-stutis. Sukadeva Gosvami responds to Pariksit Maharaja about how his grandfather Arjuna defeated great fighters in the Battle of Kuruksetra. Krsna clarifies to Arjuna: “Win or lose is in the hands of God.” About the garland of fame, respect, and reputation. The story of a devotee who donated a fan to the temple. Arjuna’s false ego due to possessing the bow Gandiva. Bhisma on the bed of arrows offers beautiful prayers...

23 Sep 2025 evening – The Need for Shelter in the Guru Parampara (Hindi) | Perth, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

About Bhisma-stutis and mentioning the beauty of the Kunti-stutis. Sukadeva Gosvami responds to Pariksit Maharaja about how his grandfather Arjuna defeated great fighters in the Battle of Kuruksetra. Krsna clarifies to Arjuna: “Win or lose is in the hands of God.” About the garland of fame, respect, and reputation. The story of a devotee who donated a fan to the temple. Arjuna’s false ego due to possessing the bow Gandiva. Bhisma on the bed of arrows offers beautiful prayers...

30 Aug 2025 बरसाना या रावल? क्या आप जानते हैं इस कल्प में राधा रानी का जन्मस्थान कहाँ है? (Hindi)

बरसाना या रावल? क्या आप जानते हैं इस कल्प में राधा रानी का जन्मस्थान कहाँ है? Barsana or Raval? Do you know the real birthplace of Srimati Radharani in this age? This Radhashtami we remember the divine birth of the Queen of Vrindavan, the life of every lila, the crest jewel of devotion. Her birth is transcendental, eternal, beyond time and space, spoken by saints, and carried from heart to heart. For generations, the world has lovingly called Her, Barsane wali. Barsana remains worshipable...

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...

29 Jan 2025 evening – The appearance day of Srila BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja (English) | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Today is Mauni-amavasya and the appearance day of Srila BV Narayana GM. After 144 years there is a maha kumbha-mela in India. The glories of Bharata-varsha by Srila Krishnadasa Kaviraja. Always be mentally in Vraja. Verse: tan-nāma-rūpa-caritādi-sukīrtanānu… (Upadeshamrita 8). If you find a sadhu’s heart full of vraja-rasa, hear hari-katha from him. If you are cooking, it is actually Srimati Radhika and Her sakhis and manjaris who are cooking. The definition of bhakti is given in Bhakti...

15 Jan 2025 evening – Guru-parampara and siddha-pranali (English) | Gaia Vrindavana, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu danced in the Ratha-yatra as a 16-year-old boy. Stupid people say that Gaudiya Vaishnavas have no guru-parampara. The description of our guru-parampara. Siddha-pranali is a perfect process to achieve a goal. Siddha-pranali of Mahaprabhu and Srila Rupa Gosvami. Your potential is within you, it cannot be changed, but it can be developed to appear (examples with different seeds, Pandavas and the disciples Vijaya Kumara and Vrajanatha). Verse: nitya-siddha kṛṣṇa-prema...

03 Jan 2025 midday – How to Serve the Guru Parampara (English) | Zoom, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

How, in the beginning, Lord Narayana manifested everything in the heart of His disciple, Lord Brahma. About the examples of how the Guru nurtures his disciples: those who surrender completely, without duplicity. About the three types of disciples that exist, those in the mode of ignorance, those in the mode of passion and those in the mode of goodness. Ekalavya, a disciple of Dronacarya, is an example of a disciple in the mode of ignorance. Karma, a disciple of Parasurama, is an example of a...