Krishna: krishna-nama

07 Jan 2026 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 4 (English) – Gaia Vrindavana, Brazil

TRANSCRIPT Time Stamp – 2:04:50-2:10:36 Srila Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakura explains, there is a food for soul and a food for body. Food for soul that is called krishna-katha. Your soul is crying. You listen or not? You are not listening. Baby is crying inside the room. Mother she is a little bit outside. So for this regard mother is not listening her baby crying. That means is what? Your soul, atma, jivatma, is crying. Jivatma is hungry. Jivatma is saying, ‘Give me food! Give me food!’...

08 Jan 2025 evening – The glories of Srimad Bhagavad-gita (English) | Jaragua do Sul, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

The glories of Srimad Bhagavad-gita. Keep 3 things in your house: Tulasi, Giriraja Govardhana and Srimad Bhagavad-gita or Ganga-jala. Srimati Radhika is the internal potency of Krishna. Maya is Krishna’s servant and she keeps far away from Him. If you read Bhagavad-gita, all darkness will disappear from your heart. DIfferent types of yoga are described in Bhagavad-gita. The fruits of karma should be offered to Krishna. Adhyatmika, adhibhautika, adhidaivika. You are the soul, not the body. Give...

10 Sep 2024 midday – Svarupa Damodara Katha (English) | Murwillumbah, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Reasons why Svarupa Damodara is very prominent in Mahaprabhu’s lila. Yamuna-puline and Palya-dasi kori bhajana’s (Sri Gaudiya Giti-Guccha pages 115 & 130). Lalita Sakhi will give palya-dasi bhava. All katha regarding palya-dasi bhava and Ekadasa-bhavas are in Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s Jaiva-Dharma. Dekhite Dekhite bhajana (Sri Gaudiya Giti-Guccha page 114). First give up bodily conception then we can desire to be born in Yavat. The compassion of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, setting His...

09 Aug 2024 evening – Always chant Lord’s sweet names (English) | Cavalcante, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Shloka: pṛthivīte āche yata nagarādi grāma (Caitanya-bhagavata, Antya-khaṇḍa 4.126). Kali-yuga’s dharma is nama-sankirtana. Shloka: harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalam (CC Adi 17.21). Always chant madhurya-nama, Govinda’s sweet names. To repent for his offence, Brahmaji recited the stava-stuti to Krishna, but could please Him only when he recited the verse about Vrajavasis. Govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi (Sri Brahma-samhita. 5). Krishna is sarva-karana karanam, the cause of all...

31 Jul 2024 morning – The Power of Hari-katha (English) | New Vraja, CA, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

The best friend is the one who gets others to listen to krishna-katha and krishna-nama. Shloka: parasparānukathanaṁ pāvanaṁ bhagavad-yaśaḥ (SB 11.3.30). The exemplary bhajana of the Six Gosvamis (shloka). Why the Six Gosvamis spent each night under a different tree. Srimati Radhika’s verse glorifying Giriraja Govardhana: hantāyam adrir abalā hari-dāsa-varyo (SB 10.21.18). 3 Haridasas: Yudhishthira Maharaja, Uddhava and Giriraja Govardhana. Giriraja Govardhana’s seva and his ecstatic symptoms of...

03 Apr 2024 midday – Krishna is Attained Only Through Prema (Bengali) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Maya cannot be where Krishna is. The qualities of Bhagavan Krishna and His incarnations. The disciple should tolerate his guru’s punishment for spiritual development. The best way to invest and purify money. Knowledge is the way to donate, because it never diminishes when you donate it. The best knowledge to acquire is the knowledge of how to attain the lotus feet of Bhagavan. The story of a mouse who became a princess in her next life after she tasted the gheewick offered to the deity...

03 Apr 2024 midday – Krishna is Attained Only Through Prema (English translation) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Maya cannot be where Krishna is. The qualities of Bhagavan Krishna and His incarnations. The disciple should tolerate his guru’s punishment for spiritual development. The best way to invest and purify money. Knowledge is the way to donate, because it never diminishes when you donate it. The best knowledge to acquire is the knowledge of how to attain the lotus feet of Bhagavan. The story of a mouse who became a princess in her next life after she tasted the gheewick offered to the deity...

20 Mar 2024 evening – The Glories of Mahishis and Gopis (Hindi) – Sri Navadvipa-dhama, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Analysis of the shloka ‘tyaktvā su-dustyaja-surepsita-rājya-lakṣmīṁ’ (SB 11.5.34). Lila of Mahaprabhu becoming a sannyasi after being cursed by a brahmana. The sufferings of this world; people’s vain efforts to become happy. Nrisimha-Prahlada short katha. The story of the old woman gathering brushwood who met Yamaraja. Kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇaṁ (SB 11.5.32) – this shloka refers to Mahaprabhu. Srila Jiva Gosvami described the colours of Krishna’s incarnations in his...