Krishna: reasons for Krishna to take birth on Earth

08 Sep 2026 evening – The Defeat of Putana (English) – Hong Kong | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– On using all the senses to practice bhakti. – Song of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura: Dekhite Dekhite. – Story involving a hunter, his dog, and a deer. – Sloka: nāma cintāmaṇiḥ kṛṣṇaś… (Padma Purana, and, CC Madhya-lila 17.133). – On the two reasons why Krishna and His associates came from Goloka Vrndavana to the material world. – Explanation of the primary and secondary reasons for Krishna’s coming to the material world. – On Vrajendra...

07 Sep 2026 morning walk – Glories of the Gopis (English) – Hong Kong | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– Krishna gives His Darshan to high class sadhus like Narada Muni. – Shloka: anugrahāya bhaktānāṁ mānuṣaṁ…(SB 10.33.36) gives importance to Krishna’s merciful katha*. – His primary reason for coming is rasa-lila parakiya-bhava, the essence of all mellows. – This parakiya-bhava only manifests in Vraja Vrindavana.  – Shloka: prema-rasa-niryāsa karite..(CC Ādi-lila 4.16-16). – When Krishna descends, all His Avatars are inside, and only His Vishnu form...

06 Sep 2026 evening – Why Are We Here? (English) – Hong Kong | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– The innermost portion of spiritual love is sraddha (spiritual faith). – Our goal is to attain prema (divine love). – God is the embodiment of divine love, and we are parts of God that contain this power of love in our hearts. – Our minds and hearts are contaminated by Maya-devi because we have forgotten Krishna and the true nature of the soul, which is to love one another. – The jivas have turned to Maya (the material world), and for this reason, they have...

17 Mar 2026 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 6 (Bengali) – Kashinagar, India

On the birth of Krishna as an ordinary child in Gokula, from the womb of Mother Yasoda. On the Vrajavasis not accepting that Krishna is God. Yogamaya’s arrangement for transcendental pastimes to occur simultaneously in Goloka Vrndavana and in this world. On Krishna’s highest pastime with the gopis, rasa-lila, which removes all lust from a qualified listener. Explanation about Krishna killing the demons and establishing religion (dharma), even though it was not His duty. Gurudeva...

17 Mar 2026 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 6 (English translation) – Kashinagar, India

On the birth of Krishna as an ordinary child in Gokula, from the womb of Mother Yasoda. On the Vrajavasis not accepting that Krishna is God. Yogamaya’s arrangement for transcendental pastimes to occur simultaneously in Goloka Vrndavana and in this world. On Krishna’s highest pastime with the gopis, rasa-lila, which removes all lust from a qualified listener. Explanation about Krishna killing the demons and establishing religion (dharma), even though it was not His duty. Gurudeva...