Bhakti-tattva

2026, cooking, duplicity, ghee lamp, importance of giving spiritual names to children, moods of Vraja, Discourses translated into English, Delhi, Delhi 2026, Shiva Mandira, India, India 2026, aho bhagyam aho bhagyam nanda-gopa-vrajaukasam, vraje prasiddham navanita-cauram, Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.14.32, Draupadi and her magical cooking pot and Durvasa Rishi, Makhana-chora and a greedy devotee, Mother Yashoda offers ghee lamps to Sri Yamuna and Krishna collects all the lamps, Chorashtaka (Chauragraganya-purushashtaka), Glories of Vaishnavas

14 May 2026 midday – Glories to the Vaishnavas (English translation) – Delhi, India

May 14, 2026 12:00 PM

Shiva Mandira – Acknowledgments.– Brahma and all the demigods pray to attain Vraja Dhama.– Sloka spoken by Brahma to Krishna in honor of the Vrajavasis: aho bhāgyam aho bhāgyaṁ nanda-gopa-vrajaukasām… (SB 10.14.32).– Madhavendra Puripada held the Annakuta festival for Govardana for a long time.– On choosing names for children.– On Mother Yasoda’s vatsalya mood.– Lila of Mother Yasoda offering a ghee lamp in the Yamuna River with Krishna.–...

2026, cooking, duplicity, ghee lamp, importance of giving spiritual names to children, moods of Vraja, Discourses in Hindi, Delhi, Delhi 2026, India, India 2026, aho bhagyam aho bhagyam nanda-gopa-vrajaukasam, vraje prasiddham navanita-cauram, Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.14.32, Draupadi and her magical cooking pot and Durvasa Rishi, Makhana-chora and a greedy devotee, Mother Yashoda offers ghee lamps to Sri Yamuna and Krishna collects all the lamps, Glories of Vaishnavas

14 May 2026 midday – Glories to the Vaishnavas (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 14, 2026 12:00 PM

Shiva Mandira – Acknowledgments.– Brahma and all the demigods pray to attain Vraja Dhama.– Sloka spoken by Brahma to Krishna in honor of the Vrajavasis: aho bhāgyam aho bhāgyaṁ nanda-gopa-vrajaukasām… (SB 10.14.32).– Madhavendra Puripada held the Annakuta festival for Govardana for a long time.– On choosing names for children.– On Mother Yasoda’s vatsalya mood.– Lila of Mother Yasoda offering a ghee lamp in the Yamuna River with Krishna.–...

2026, bhakti-marga, Bhava-grahi Janardana, four sampradayas, Jagannatha maha-prasada, karma-marga, meaning of Vaishnava, Personality: Jhadu Thakura, Personality: Kalidasa, rasa-siddhanta, tattva-siddhanta and rasa-siddhanta, types of sukriti, varnashrama-dharma, Discourses translated into English, Delhi, Delhi 2026, India, India 2026, aradhitam nava-vanam vraja-kananam te, bhakta-pada-dhuli ara bhakta-pada-jala, Chaitanya-charitamrita Antya 16.60, Navadvipa-shataka 78, Upadeshamrita 5, An alcoholic Dhanurdhar in love with his girlfriend, Dhanurdhara and his wife were robbed by their godbrothers and proved their surrender to Ramanujacharya, Ramanujacharya would hold onto Dhanurdhara's shoulders preferring him to his other disciples, Vaishnava-seva

13 May 2026 evening – Bhakta-pada-dhūli shloka explanation (English translation) – Delhi, India

May 13, 2026 6:00 PM

– The story of how Dhanurdhara gave up his girlfriend because of the beauty of the deity, and surrendered to Ramanujacharya. Later, Ramanujacharya would lean on Dhanurdhara’s shoulders, preferring him to his other disciples.– The story of how Dhanurdhara and his wife were robbed by their godbrothers and proved their surrender to Ramanujacharya.– Verse: bhakta-pada-dhūli āra bhakta-pada-jala…(CC Antya 16.60-62).– Muri (puffed rice) and mishri (sugar) are not the...

2026, bhakti-marga, Bhava-grahi Janardana, four sampradayas, Jagannatha maha-prasada, karma-marga, meaning of Vaishnava, Personality: Jhadu Thakura, Personality: Kalidasa, rasa-siddhanta, tattva-siddhanta and rasa-siddhanta, types of sukriti, varnashrama-dharma, Discourses in Hindi, Delhi, Delhi 2026, India, India 2026, aradhitam nava-vanam vraja-kananam te, Chaitanya-charitamrita Antya 16.60, Navadvipa-shataka 78, Upadeshamrita 5, An alcoholic Dhanurdhar in love with his girlfriend, Dhanurdhara and his wife were robbed by their godbrothers and proved their surrender to Ramanujacharya, Ramanujacharya would hold onto Dhanurdhara's shoulders preferring him to his other disciples, Vaishnava-seva

13 May 2026 evening – Bhakta-pada-dhūli shloka explanation (Hindi) – Delhi, India

May 13, 2026 6:00 PM

– The story of how Dhanurdhara gave up his girlfriend because of the beauty of the deity, and surrendered to Ramanujacharya. Later, Ramanujacharya would lean on Dhanurdhara’s shoulders, preferring him to his other disciples.– The story of how Dhanurdhara and his wife were robbed by their godbrothers and proved their surrender to Ramanujacharya.– Verse: bhakta-pada-dhūli āra bhakta-pada-jala…(CC Antya 16.60-62).– Muri (puffed rice) and mishri (sugar) are not the...

2026, aptakama, atmarama, brahma-jnana, difference between aptakama and atmarama, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Spanish, Igualada, Spain, Spain 2026, Glories of the Holy Names

10 May 2026 morning – The Power of the Pure Holy Name (English) – Igualada, Spain | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 10, 2026 7:00 AM

Difference between atmarama and aptakama: atmarama is the one who is renounced and satisfied within (Shukadeva Gosvami) and aptakama is the one who lives in a family but is renounced (Janaka Maharaja). When we offer everything to Krishna, we become free from all sins. The symptom of brahma-jnana is having no attachment to anything, and the heart never melts. If brahma-jnanis obtain sadhu-sanga (association with the saint), their hearts will be transformed. Everything transforms when we obtain...

2026, atma-nivedana, Rama-nama, Discourses translated into English, Zoetermeer, Holland 2026, Netherlands, Surrender

01 May 2026 evening – Atma-nivedanam (English translation) – Zoetermeer, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 1, 2026 6:00 PM

Regarding Sri Guru’s request to offer what is least valuable when receiving diksha initiation, our body. First surrender, and then bhakti will spring forth in your heart. As long as we do not completely surrender at Sri Guru’s lotus feet, Bhagavan will not accept us. Nothing remains with you after death, only the Holy Names you chanted during life. In this life I must dedicate myself to bhagavad-bhajana and nothing else. Mahaprabhu said that we will cleanse the mirror of our hearts...

2026, atma-nivedana, Rama-nama, Discourses in Hindi, Zoetermeer, Holland 2026, Netherlands, Surrender

01 May 2026 evening – Atma-nivedanam (Hindi) – Zoetermeer, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 1, 2026 6:00 PM

Regarding Sri Guru’s request to offer what is least valuable when receiving diksha initiation, our body. First surrender, and then bhakti will spring forth in your heart. As long as we do not completely surrender at Sri Guru’s lotus feet, Bhagavan will not accept us. Nothing remains with you after death, only the Holy Names you chanted during life. In this life I must dedicate myself to bhagavad-bhajana and nothing else. Mahaprabhu said that we will cleanse the mirror of our hearts...

2026, bhajana-kriya, shabda-brahman, sraddha sadhu-sanga bhajana-kriya anartha-nivrtti nistha ruci asakti bhava and prema, stages of bhakti, transcendental sound, Discourses in English, Dresden, Germany, Germany 2026, anyabhilasita-sunyam jnana-karmady-anavrtam, trnad api sunicena taror api sahisnuna, Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu 1.1.11, Shikshashtaka 3, A Guru asks for a glass of water but the disciple doesn’t really listen, Development of Bhakti

28 Apr 2026 evening – Spiritual Development (English) – Dresden, Germany | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 28, 2026 6:00 PM

– Explanation of the difference between development in spiritual life and material life. – On the fruits of karma that come automatically. – On the need to take refuge at the lotus feet of Bhakti Devi for spiritual development. – Explanation of Krishna’s instruction to Arjuna to offer all the fruits of his actions to Him. – How to perform suddha-bhakti, pure devotional service to the Supreme Lord. – Sloka: anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ jñāna-karmādy...