service: vani-seva

2026, Discourses in English 2026, Auckland 2026, New Zealand 2026, Entry level discourses 2026, Krishna's Flute, anarthas: four types, flute: Krishna's flute playing makes the bija mantra klim (seed mantra) echo and each gopi feels personally called, Krishna: Krishna's flute, mind: how to control, mind: two ways of mind control (abhyasa and vairagya), sadhu-sanga: Lord Kapiladeva's last instruction to his mother Devahuti was to stay in sadhu-sanga, service: vani-seva, service: vapu-seva

13 Sep 2026 evening – Our Ears Are Blocked by the Desire for Sense Gratification (English) – Auckland, New Zealand

September 13, 2026 6:00 PM

– The four types of anarthas that exist. – We cannot have the darshan of Vrndavana with our material eyes. – When Krishna plays His flute, the bija mantra klim (seed mantra) echoes, and all the gopis think they are being called individually. – Krishna is calling all living entities with His flute. – We are not going to meet Krishna because we are not listening to the sound of His flute due to our ears being completely closed by the desire for sense gratification...

2026, Discourses in English 2026, Siedelsbrunn 2026, Germany 2026, iste svarasiki ragah paramavistata bhavet, radha-karavacita-pallava-vallarike, sraddha tv anyopaya- varjam bhakty-unmukhi citta-vrtti-visesah, Amnaya-sutra 57, Chaitanya-charitamrita Madhya 22.150, Radha-rasa-sudha-nidhi 14, Mero Radha Ramana Giridhari, Devotional Service to Krishna, bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, guru: guru-tattva, jiva: jiva-tattva, maya: maya-tattva, sattvika-vikara: transformations of spiritual emotions (eight ecstatic symptoms arising from intense love for Krishna), service: vani-seva, service: vapu-seva, Svayam Bhagavan, svayamvara

23 Apr 2026 midday – The Beauty of Service to Krishna Svayam Bhagavan (English) – Siedelsbrunn, Germany | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 23, 2026 12:00 PM

Sattvika-vikara refers to the eight symptoms of ecstatic love for God that manifest in the body of a devotee: stamba (paralysis); svada (sweating); romanca (shivering); svara-bhanga (voice alteration); kampa (tremor); vaivarna (paleness); asru (tears); pralaya (fainting). Residents of Vrndavana possess spontaneous love for Krishna because they are nitya-parikaras, eternal companions. Ragatmikas are those who serve under the guidance of the nitya-parikaras. ⁠Jiva-tattva and parikara-tattva...

2026, Discourses in English 2026, Discourses Translated into Italian 2026, Francavilla 2026, Italy 2026, Bhakti Vallabha Tirtha Maharaja, Gurvashtaka, bhaktas: sadhaka and siddha, guru: shiksha-guru, sadhaka: sadhaka-deha, service: vani-seva, service: vapu-seva, siddha-deha: spiritual body (eternal perfected body for serving Krishna in the spiritual realm)

11 Apr 2026 evening – Disappearance Day of Srila Bhakti Vallabha Tirtha Gosvami Maharaja (English) – Francavilla, Italy | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 11, 2026 6:00 PM

Special day of disappearance of Acarya Srila Bhakti Vallabha Tirtha Gosvami Maharaja. Srila Bhakti Ballabha Tirtha Gosvami Maharaja was a surrendered disciple of Srila Bhakti Dayita Madhava Gosvami Maharaja, and this, in turn, was a very important disciple of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada. Srila Gurudeva Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja greatly glorified Srila Bhakti Ballabha Tirtha Gosvami Maharaja. Srila Bhakti Ballabha Tirtha Gosvami Maharaja glorified Srila Rupa...

2026, Discourses Translated into English 2026, Mamagachi 2026, Navadvipa 2026, India 2026, guru-susrusaya bhaktya sarva labdharpanena ca, Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.7.30, Navadvipa-parikrama 2026, Saranga Murari, Saranga Thakura, service: vani-seva, service: vapu-seva, Vedavyasa, Vyasadeva, Navadvipa-parikrama 2026

02 Mar 2026 morning – Mamagachi (English translation) – Navadvipa, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

March 2, 2026 7:00 AM

Vrndavana Dasa Thakura is the Vyasadeva of Mahaprabhu’s Lila, for he wrote the pastimes of Lord Caitanya. In the Treta-yuga, Ramacandra came to Mamagaci. Saranga Thakura was an associate of Mahaprabhu who resurrected a boy with mantras. Story of the foolish disciple who was instructed to put everything on the horse’s back to travel with his Guru. Before worshipping Bhagavan we must worship and serve the Guru, for he is very dear to Krishna. Verse: guru-śuśrūṣayā bhaktyā sarva...

2026, Discourses in Hindi 2026, Mamagachi 2026, Navadvipa 2026, India 2026, guru-susrusaya bhaktya sarva labdharpanena ca, Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.7.30, Navadvipa-parikrama 2026, Saranga Murari, Saranga Thakura, service: vani-seva, service: vapu-seva, Vedavyasa, Vyasadeva, Navadvipa-parikrama 2026

02 Mar 2026 morning – Mamagachi (Hindi) – Navadvipa, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

March 2, 2026 7:00 AM

Vrndavana Dasa Thakura is the Vyasadeva of Mahaprabhu’s Lila, for he wrote the pastimes of Lord Caitanya. In the Treta-yuga, Ramacandra came to Mamagaci. Saranga Thakura was an associate of Mahaprabhu who resurrected a boy with mantras. Story of the foolish disciple who was instructed to put everything on the horse’s back to travel with his Guru. Before worshipping Bhagavan we must worship and serve the Guru, for he is very dear to Krishna. Verse: guru-śuśrūṣayā bhaktyā sarva...

2026, Discourses in English 2026, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2026, Cochabamba 2026, Bolivia 2026, jayati te ’dhikam janmana vrajah, tava kathamrtam tapta-jivanam, Brahma-samhita 5.29, Gopi-gita 1, Gopi-gita 9, Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.7.30, Bhakti Prajnana Keshava Gosvami Maharaja, guru-varga, service: vani-seva, service: vapu-seva

04 Feb 2026 midday – Appearance Day of Srila Bhakti Prajnana Keshava Gosvami Maharaja (English) – Cochabamba, Bolivia

February 4, 2026 12:16 PM

PART 1 PART 2 – His name was Vinoda-bihari Brahmachari. – He was born in East Bengal and was extremely compassionate towards living beings. – A story is told of how his mother wanted to punish him for coming home late, but burst into tears when she found out that he was late because he had been helping a woman in need. – External compassion is giving cloth, food or medicine, but internal compassion is helping someone reach a transcendental world. – Verse: tava...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, India 2025, Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2025, Bhaktivedanta Trivikrama Gosvami Maharaja, Bhaktivedanta Vamana Gosvami Maharaja, institution: Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti, service: guru-seva, service: vani-seva, service: vapu-seva, Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2025

24 Oct 2025 afternoon – Glorification on the Day of Disappearance of Sri Srimad BV Vamana Gosvami Maharaja and Sri Srimad BV Trivikrama Gosvami Maharaja (English) – Zoom

October 24, 2025 3:00 PM

My Gurudeva was born in East Bengal, in what is now called Bangladesh. In his youth, he went to Parikrama of Navadvipa Dhama and on that occasion surrendered completely at the lotus feet of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada. Srila Vamana Gosvami Maharaja’s brahmacari name was Sajjan Sevaka and his childhood name was Santosh. Although Srila Vamana Gosvami Maharaja is an eternal associate of Srimati Radhika, he is teaching us, in his sadhaka form, how a faithful disciple surrenders...

2025, Discourses in Hindi 2025, Chaitanya Gaudiya Matha 2025, Delhi 2025, New Delhi 2025, Temple of Srila Bhakti Vallabha Tirtha Gosvami Maharaja 2025, India 2025, Bhakti Vallabha Tirtha Maharaja, service: vani-seva

16 Oct 2025 evening – Hari-katha at the Temple of Sri Vallabha Tirtha Gosvami Maharaja (Hindi) | Sri Caitanya Gaudiya Matha, New Delhi, India

October 16, 2025 6:00 PM

About the glories of Srila Vallabha Tirtha Gosvami Maharaja. Vani-seva is more important. First sentence of a greeting to Rupa Gosvami spoken by Narottama Dasa Thakura: śrī-caitanya mano-‘bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam (Prema-bhakti-candrikā). Srila Gurudeva says, “May Srila Ballabha Tirtha Gosvami Maharaja grant me shelter at his lotus feet!” The difference between rupanuga and raganuga. Narottama Dasa longed to serve Rupa Gosvami and be...

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