Bhakti-tattva

2026, Discourses in Hindi 2026, Delhi 2026, India 2026, Radha and Krishna Compete to See Who Swims Better, The Thieves Who Chanted the Names of Hari as Secret Words While Robbing a Person, Chanting the Holy Names, ashta-kaliya-lila: eightfold daily pastimes (Krishna's eternal pastimes throughout the eight periods of the day), book: Hanuman-chalisha, meditation: mantra-mayi-upasana and svarasiki-upasana (meditation through mantras; spontaneous meditation on Krishna's pastimes)

14 May 2026 late afternoon – Chanting the Holy Names (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 14, 2026 3:00 PM

– About Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura and his wonderful books.– About the books of Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami.– Two types of upasana (worship) in sadhana: mantra-mayi-upasana (in the initial phase of sadhana, it is meditation with the help of sacred verses); svarasiki-upasana (in the advanced phase, it is meditation done with spontaneous absorption).– About asta-kaliya-lila, the different types of lilas of Radha and Krsna.– Swimming lila: Radha and Krsna...

2026, Discourses Translated into English 2026, Delhi 2026, Shiva Mandira 2026, India 2026, aho bhagyam aho bhagyam nanda-gopa-vrajaukasam, vraje prasiddham navanita-cauram, Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.14.32, Draupadi’s Magical Cooking Pot and Durvasa Rishi, Makhana-chora and the Greedy Devotee, Mother Yashoda Offers Ghee Lamps to Sri Yamuna and Krishna Collects Them All, Chorashtaka (Chauragraganya-purushashtaka), Glories of Vaishnavas, character quality: duplicity, children: importance of giving spiritual names to children, ghee lamp, mood: moods of Vraja, service: cooking

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, Discourses in Hindi 2026, Delhi 2026, India 2026, aho bhagyam aho bhagyam nanda-gopa-vrajaukasam, vraje prasiddham navanita-cauram, Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.14.32, Draupadi’s Magical Cooking Pot and Durvasa Rishi, Makhana-chora and the Greedy Devotee, Mother Yashoda Offers Ghee Lamps to Sri Yamuna and Krishna Collects Them All, Glories of Vaishnavas, character quality: duplicity, children: importance of giving spiritual names to children, ghee lamp, mood: moods of Vraja, service: cooking

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, Discourses Translated into English 2026, Delhi 2026, 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 Holds Onto Dhanurdhara’s Shoulders Preferring Him to His Other Disciples, Vaishnava-seva, bhakti: bhakti-marga (path of devotion; the way of attaining Krishna through devotional service), food: Jagannatha maha-prasada, Janardana: Bhava-grahi Janardana (Lord who accepts the devotee's mood), Jhadu Thakura, Kalidasa, karma: karma-marga, rasa: rasa-siddhanta, sampradayas: four sampradayas, sukriti: types, tattva-siddhanta and rasa-siddhanta: philosophical conclusions and rasa conclusions (established truths about reality; conclusions about devotional relationships and spiritual emotions), Vaishnava: meaning of the word, varnashrama-dharma

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, Discourses in Hindi 2026, Delhi 2026, 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 Holds Onto Dhanurdhara’s Shoulders Preferring Him to His Other Disciples, Vaishnava-seva, bhakti: bhakti-marga (path of devotion; the way of attaining Krishna through devotional service), food: Jagannatha maha-prasada, Janardana: Bhava-grahi Janardana (Lord who accepts the devotee's mood), Jhadu Thakura, Kalidasa, karma: karma-marga, rasa: rasa-siddhanta, sampradayas: four sampradayas, sukriti: types, tattva-siddhanta and rasa-siddhanta: philosophical conclusions and rasa conclusions (established truths about reality; conclusions about devotional relationships and spiritual emotions), Vaishnava: meaning of the word, varnashrama-dharma

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, Discourses in English 2026, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2026, Igualada 2026, Spain 2026, Glories of the Holy Names, atmarama: self-satisfied souls (those who are satisfied in the self; liberated persons absorbed in spiritual realization), jnana: brahma-jnana (knowledge of Brahman; realization of the impersonal aspect of the Absolute Truth), renunciation: aptakama ((those whose desires are fulfilled), renunciation: difference between atmarama (self-satisfied souls) and aptakama (those whose desires are fulfilled)

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, Discourses Translated into English 2026, Zoetermeer 2026, Netherlands 2026, Surrender, atma-nivedana: full surrender of the self (complete dedication of oneself to Krishna; one of the nine processes of bhakti), Ramachandra: Rama-nama

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, Discourses in Hindi 2026, Zoetermeer 2026, Netherlands 2026, Surrender, atma-nivedana: full surrender of the self (complete dedication of oneself to Krishna; one of the nine processes of bhakti), Ramachandra: Rama-nama

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...

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