After the hari-katha of the seventh day of hearing, there is the day of rest of Bhagavat Katha. Punishment is to purify the heart. There is no difference between Lord Rama and Sri Krishna. About rasa-vicara. Rama-lila-katha. The body of the gopis is made of sat-cit-ananda. Manava-lila. Krishna is dhira-lalita nayaka – Hero with specific characteristics. Maha-rasa-lila katha that happens only in Radha-kunda. The original Gandharvika is Srimati Radhika, She is expert in all the arts of dance and...
mantra: Klim
25 Apr 2025 midday – The Forms of Sri Krsna (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Lila from the Brahma Purana where Siva talks to Parvati, and Siva explains to her how the name Radha is the best of all names. “A thousand names of Lord Visnu are equal to three names of Rama. Three names of Rama are equal to one name of Krsna. And a hundred names of Krsna are equal to one name of Radha.” Even with all these names, God is only One. However, with His inconceivable potency He manifests all these forms. God is always with His own potency, His sakti which is Srimati...
21 Sep 2023 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 6 (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 If we do not glorify Guru and Vaisnavas, our sadhana will not bear fruit. Grantha-bhagavata and bhakta-bhagavata. Lila of Mother Yasoda tying Krsna. Rasa is a beautiful word and has many definitions. Satisfying one’s desires is kama. Prema is the rasa-lila of God, very high class. Klim, the sound of Krsna’s flute, promotes different resonances, depending on the rasa of the devotees. Krsna is a thief, He steals, assumes His thefts, smiles at the robbed, and runs away happily...
24 Aug 2023 evening – Sri Krsna is Our Eternal Well-wisher (English) – Hong Kong | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Nobody is your friend, nor your enemy, try to understand. You seek many friends because you feel lonely. The truth is that Krsna is always with you. Who cries for you? Krsna plays the flute in Vrndavana and the “klim” vibration resounds, but thebaddha-jivas have their ears plugged. The Guru appears in this world to remove the obstructions from the ears of the baddha-jivas. The Lord cries for you and calls for you, try to understand, the Lord is your best friend. All the love of your...
15 Jul 2023 morning – Chaitanya-charitamrita, Madhya 9 (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Mahaprabhu meets Raya Ramananda. By having Mahaprabhu’s darshan, everyone became a Vaishnava. Srimati Uma Didi and her mother cooked beautifully. And Srimati Uma Didi made Jagannatha’s favourite sweet pitha pana very well. Mahaprabhu’s favourite sweet, dudh lauki lauki. Lila of Mahaprabhu and Sridhara. Mahaprabhu and Sri Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya. At this age it is best to hear, remember (read the scriptures – smaranakhya-bhakti) and chant the holy names. At the stage of...
15 Jul 2023 morning – Chaitanya-charitamrita, Madhya 9 (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Mahaprabhu meets Raya Ramananda. By having Mahaprabhu’s darshan, everyone became a Vaishnava. Srimati Uma Didi and her mother cooked beautifully. And Srimati Uma Didi made Jagannatha’s favourite sweet pitha pana very well. Mahaprabhu’s favourite sweet, dudh lauki lauki. Lila of Mahaprabhu and Sridhara. Mahaprabhu and Sri Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya. At this age it is best to hear, remember (read the scriptures – smaranakhya-bhakti) and chant the holy names. At the stage of...
13 Jun 2022 morning – Sri Snana-yatra (English) – USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
-Lord Jagannatha is hot and asks to cool Him down-Lord Jagannatha is eternal & transcendental.-Jagannatha’s snana with water from holy places.-Lila of Jagannatha coming in the dream of a brahmana who doubts about Lord’s presence in the temple & tells him that He gives darshana as per bhaktas desire & gives fruits.-By Govinda’s darshana one gets captivated by His sidelong glance & won’t return back.-Bhagavan, guru & vaishnava are wish fulfilling desire...
23 Apr 2022 midday – Govinda’s venu-dhani (English) – Wales, United Kingdom
-Lila: Krishna checks which gopi is the most beautiful, like a blackstone test sets the best quality gold-Just as like test blackstone never affects gold so Krishna’s black complexion never affects golden complexion of Srimati Radhika-Not to listen to krishna-katha is an offense-Krishna performs lilas in the material world to help all the living entities-Only butcher rejects to listen to krishna-katha-Krishna’s upper and lower lips gently massage His flute-Krishna is Madana-mohana and Radha is...