Regarding the liberation pastimes of Gajendra by Lord Vishnu. By offering a lotus to the Lord in his mind, Gajendra was liberated. We should take shelter at the lotus feet of a trustworthy guru. Those who follow the advaita path, as soon as they touch the dust of Vrndavana, their conception changes. Vrndavana is not an ordinary place, the dust of Vrndavana is transcendental. Krishna covers the sun with His pitambara to cover the footprints of Srimati Radhika. The highest place is Radha-kunda...
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2025, Discourses in Hindi 2025, Bhavnagar 2025, Gujarat 2025, India 2025, Glories of Vrindavana, Krishna's Abode, liberation, Svananda-sukhada kunja
23 Nov 2025 evening – The Glories of Vrndavana (Hindi) – Bhavanagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Regarding the liberation pastimes of Gajendra by Lord Vishnu. By offering a lotus to the Lord in his mind, Gajendra was liberated. We should take shelter at the lotus feet of a trustworthy guru. Those who follow the advaita path, as soon as they touch the dust of Vrndavana, their conception changes. Vrndavana is not an ordinary place, the dust of Vrndavana is transcendental. Krishna covers the sun with His pitambara to cover the footprints of Srimati Radhika. The highest place is Radha-kunda...
2025, Discourses Translated into English 2025, Bhavnagar 2025, Gujarat 2025, India 2025, Glories of Vrindavana, Krishna's Abode, liberation, Svananda-sukhada kunja
23 Nov 2025 evening – The Glories of Vrndavana (English translation) – Bhavanagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Regarding the liberation pastimes of Gajendra by Lord Vishnu. By offering a lotus to the Lord in his mind, Gajendra was liberated. We should take shelter at the lotus feet of a trustworthy guru. Those who follow the advaita path, as soon as they touch the dust of Vrndavana, their conception changes. Vrndavana is not an ordinary place, the dust of Vrndavana is transcendental. Krishna covers the sun with His pitambara to cover the footprints of Srimati Radhika. The highest place is Radha-kunda...
2025, Discourses Translated into English 2025, Dvaraka 2025, India 2025, Bhagavata-saptaha in Dvaraka 2025, harinama: absorption in harinama, rasa dance: rasa-lila, Svananda-sukhada kunja, Bhagavata-saptaha in Dvaraka 2025
12 Nov 2025 evening – Sri Bhagavata-saptaha, day 6 (English translation) – Dvaraka, India
– Giriraja Govardhana was manifested from the heart of Srimati Radhika. – Lila: Pulastya Rishi bringing Govardhana to Vraja. – Do not take stones from Govardhana. Do not climb on it. – The six Gosvamis spent every night under a different tree in Vrindavana, as all these trees are witnesses to the pastimes of Radha and Krishna. – Three Haridasas; the service of Giriraja Govardhana; eight kunjas of sakhis and Svananda-sukhada-kunja. – The gopis are an excellent...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Whangarei 2025, New Zealand 2025, anaradhya radha-padambhoja-renum, Chaitanya-charitamrita Adi 1.4, Radha-rasa-sudha-nidhi 14, Sva-sankalpa-prakasha-stotra 1, Krishna Hoite Chatur Mukha, Supreme Position of Srimati Radharani, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), character quality: lust and anger, consciousness: Krishna Consciousness, gopis: types, guru-varga, Krishna: reasons why Krishna came to this world as Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, kundas: kundas of 8 sakhis, mantra: pranama-mantra of Srila BV Svami Maharaja, Radha: 3 principles to attain radha-dasyam (service to Srimati Radhika), rasa: unnata-ujjvala-rasa, sakhis: types, Svananda-sukhada kunja
17 Sep 2025 midday – Stay at Radharani’s Places (English) | Whangarei, New Zealand
This place is as beautiful as Vrindavana. Concentrate your mind on krishna-lila. Verse: rādhā karāvacita pallava-vallarī ke… (Radha-rasa-sudha-nidhi, 14). Let my mind be in places completely dominated by Srimati Radhika. Sri Radha, wearing a crown, is in Surya-kunda, meeting Krishna. The description of Radha-kunda includes the ashta-sakhis kundas, the Svananda-sukhada kunja and a bridge. Set your goal and do your bhajana-sadhana only after you have done so. We should observe three principles to...
2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, The Hague 2024, Netherlands 2024, Svananda-sukhada kunja
04 Dec 2024 evening – The Rare Gift of Hari-katha (Hindi) | The Hague, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Bhajana: Suddha-bhakata- carana-renu. A house with hari-katha and seva is Goloka Vrindavana. To hear hari-katha is rare even for demigods, but we don’t think it’s worth listening to because it’s free. Hari-katha is food for the soul. Types of suffering: adhyatmika, adhibhautika and adhidaivika + lack of hari-katha. Shloka: tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ… (SB 10.31.9). Srimati Radhika says: Krishna, Your katha is a nectar”. Bindu Madhava is a darshana of the Lord, who...
2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, The Hague 2024, Netherlands 2024, Svananda-sukhada kunja
04 Dec 2024 evening – The Rare Gift of Hari-katha (English translation) | The Hague, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Bhajana: Suddha-bhakata- carana-renu. A house with hari-katha and seva is Goloka Vrindavana. To hear hari-katha is rare even for demigods, but we don’t think it’s worth listening to because it’s free. Hari-katha is food for the soul. Types of suffering: adhyatmika, adhibhautika and adhidaivika + lack of hari-katha. Shloka: tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ… (SB 10.31.9). Srimati Radhika says: Krishna, Your katha is a nectar”. Bindu Madhava is a darshana of the Lord, who...
2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Gujarat 2024, Rajkot 2024, India 2024, harinama: japa-mala, Svananda-sukhada kunja
27 Nov 2024 evening – Kundas and Kunjas of Vrindavana (Hindi) | Rajkot, Gujarat, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The definition of devatas and asuras. Shloka: ahaṁ hare tava pādaika-mūla-dāsānudāso bhavitāsmi bhūyaḥ (ŚB 6.11.24). Vritrasura-katha: the attachment of a baby bird to its mother, the attachment of a calf to its mother. In happiness and sadness always remember God. The prayers of Kunti. Bhajana of Mirabai. Primary and secondary rasas. Different colours represent different rasas and each rasa has its presiding deity. Krishna is a presiding deity of sringara-rasa. Shloka: anāradhya rādhā...