kunja: Svananda-sukhada kunja

17 Sep 2026 evening – Radha-tattva (English) – Christchurch, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– Varsana means Rain of Prema of Transcendental Divine Love. – Radhika is the personification of Divine Love. – To understand what prema is, it is necessary to experience all the stages of sadhana-bhakti. – From sraddha to prema, and from prema to its condensation into madhanakiya-mahabhava. – Sat (existence), cit (knowledge), ananda (bliss). – Sat alone = brahman; sat + cit = Paramatma; sat + cit + ananda = Bhagavan. – Ra means anuraga, and dha means...

07 Dec 2025 evening – The Glories of Harinama (English) – Guaruja, Brazil | 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...