prema: utkantha-mayi-prema

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2025, San Jose 2025, Costa Rica 2025, Raganuga-bhakti, bhaktas: sadhaka and siddha, bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, devotees: types, liberation, prema: utkantha-mayi-prema, prema: viveka-shunya-prema

15 Dec 2025 morning – What Is Raganuga Bhakti (English) – San Jose, Costa Rica | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 15, 2025 7:00 AM

The difference between vaidhi-bhakti and raganuga-bhakti. Verse: iṣṭe svārasikī rāgaḥ paramāviṣṭatā bhavet… (Bhakti Rasamrta Sindhu 1.2.272). Two characteristics of raganuga-bhakti: spontaneous attachment and never wanting to be separated from Krishna! The love of the gopis is utkantha-mayi-prema, love with extreme greed. The love of trees, birds, and other animals for Krishna is viveka-sunya-prema; they do not know whether Krishna is in Vrndavana or not. The love of the sakhas for Krishna is...

2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Delhi 2024, India 2024, Damodarashtaka 2024, Govardhana-dharana Lila, Krishna Tries to Enter Srimati Radhika’s Kunja, Subala-milana Lila, ashta-kaliya-lila: eightfold daily pastimes (Krishna's eternal pastimes throughout the eight periods of the day), prema: utkantha-mayi-prema, prema: viveka-shunya-prema

27 Oct 2024 morning – Sri Damodarashtaka 8 (Hindi) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

October 27, 2024 8:25 AM

00:00 Who is Makhancor? About the Ashta-kaliya-lila.10:00 Krishna is completely controlled by the gopis’ love.19:00 What is Goshapali? About the Govardhana-lila; what kind of devotion can control Krishna.26:00 Explanation of the verse where Krishna begs to be let into the kunja.35:00 About the education of the gopis in Vraja; explanation of the verse from Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu 1.3.3.3.44:00 Comparison of rasas in the context of controlling Krishna; how Krishna cries and sobs trying to...

2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Delhi 2024, India 2024, Damodarashtaka 2024, Govardhana-dharana Lila, Krishna Tries to Enter Srimati Radhika’s Kunja, Subala-milana Lila, ashta-kaliya-lila: eightfold daily pastimes (Krishna's eternal pastimes throughout the eight periods of the day), prema: utkantha-mayi-prema, prema: viveka-shunya-prema

27 Oct 2024 morning – Sri Damodarashtaka 8 (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

October 27, 2024 8:25 AM

00:00 Who is Makhancor? About the Ashta-kaliya-lila.10:00 Krishna is completely controlled by the gopis’ love.19:00 What is Goshapali? About the Govardhana-lila; what kind of devotion can control Krishna.26:00 Explanation of the verse where Krishna begs to be let into the kunja.35:00 About the education of the gopis in Vraja; explanation of the verse from Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu 1.3.3.3.44:00 Comparison of rasas in the context of controlling Krishna; how Krishna cries and sobs trying to...

2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Vraja 2024, Vrindavana 2024, India 2024, Balarama Rasa-yatra 2024, prema: utkantha-mayi-prema, rasa dance: rasa-lila, spiritual paths: vidhi-marga

19 Aug 2024 evening (room) – Baladeva Prabhu’s Rasa Lila (Hindi) | Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

August 19, 2024 5:02 PM

Baladeva Prabhu’s rasa-lila is described in Srimad Bhagavatam.

Jahnava Devi’s svarupa is Ananga Manjari.

The difference between vidhi-marga and raga-marga.

Baladeva Prabhu’s expansions.

The separation of the gopis increased when Baladeva went to Vraja to pacify them.

The love of the gopis is utkantha-mayi-prema.

2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Vraja 2024, Vrindavana 2024, India 2024, Balarama Rasa-yatra 2024, prema: utkantha-mayi-prema, rasa dance: rasa-lila, spiritual paths: vidhi-marga

19 Aug 2024 evening (room) – Baladeva Prabhu’s Rasa Lila (English translation) | Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

August 19, 2024 5:02 PM

Baladeva Prabhu’s rasa-lila is described in Srimad Bhagavatam.

Jahnava Devi’s svarupa is Ananga Manjari.

The difference between vidhi-marga and raga-marga.

Baladeva Prabhu’s expansions.

The separation of the gopis increased when Baladeva went to Vraja to pacify them.

The love of the gopis is utkantha-mayi-prema.

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Seattle 2024, USA 2024, bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, mood: aishvarya (majesty; opulence; divine greatness), prema: utkantha-mayi-prema

01 Feb 2024 morning – Different Types of Sadhana (English) – Seattle, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 1, 2024 9:22 AM

About vaidhi-bhakti practised out of fear (bhaya) of going to hell; and vaidhi-bhakti practised with opulence (aisvarya). ⁠Types of raganuga-bhakti, e.g. lobha-mayi-bhakti (eagerly) to attain service in madhurya-bhava. ⁠How greed manifests itself in the heart. ⁠Sloka: kṛṣṇa-bhakti-rasa bhāvitā matiḥ krīyatāṁ yadi kuto ’pi labhyate (CC Madhya-lila 8.70). Sukrti is not enough to reach the supreme goal. It is necessary to listen to harikatha and practice sadhana in order to achieve the spontaneous...

2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Vraja 2023, Vrindavana 2023, India 2023, Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2023, Balarama Rasa-yatra 2023, prema: utkantha-mayi-prema, Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2023

07 Nov 2023 evening – Balarama-rasa (Hindi) – Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

November 7, 2023 8:08 PM

The gopis’ reaction to Krishna taking the form of Narayana.

The great fire of the gopis’ separation cannot be distinguished by Uddhava or Balarama coming to Vraja

Utkantha-mayi-prema, vishrambha-prema and viveka-shinya-prema.

What rasa is. Nama-sankirtana is also rasa.

2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Vraja 2023, Vrindavana 2023, India 2023, Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2023, prema: utkantha-mayi-prema, Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2023

07 Nov 2023 evening – Balarama-rasa (English translation) – Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

November 7, 2023 8:08 PM

The gopis’ reaction to Krishna taking the form of Narayana.

The great fire of the gopis’ separation cannot be distinguished by Uddhava or Balarama coming to Vraja

Utkantha-mayi-prema, vishrambha-prema and viveka-shinya-prema.

What rasa is. Nama-sankirtana is also rasa.

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