Gopi-prema

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25 Feb 2026 midday – Mellows of gopi-prema (English translation) – Navadvipa, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 25, 2026 12:00 PM

– You should 1) put in effort like a crow trying to get water from inside a pot; 2) put in effort like a crane who stands in the water on one leg and catches fish; 3) sleep lightly like a dog. – Eat less to be less sleepy. One-fourth of your stomach should be left empty. – Where your money is, there your mind is. – On seva in Navadvipa-dhama during Gurudeva’s earlier years: the duties of head pujaris, assisting pujaris, etc. – Gurudeva’s memories of how...

2026, Discourses in Hindi 2026, Navadvipa 2026, India 2026, ha natha ramana prestha kvasi kvasi maha-bhuja, Chaitanya-charitamrita Adi 6.71, Navadvipa-parikrama 2026, Srimati Radhika Wants to Sit on Krishna’s Shoulders but Krishna Disappears, Gopi-gita, Gopi-prema, mood: left-wing mood, mood: right-wing mood, qualities: crow; crane and dog examples (different qualities to learn from animals), Navadvipa-parikrama 2026

25 Feb 2026 midday – Mellows of gopi-prema (Hindi) – Navadvipa, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 25, 2026 12:00 PM

– You should 1) put in effort like a crow trying to get water from inside a pot; 2) put in effort like a crane who stands in the water on one leg and catches fish; 3) sleep lightly like a dog. – Eat less to be less sleepy. One-fourth of your stomach should be left empty. – Where your money is, there your mind is. – On seva in Navadvipa-dhama during Gurudeva’s earlier years: the duties of head pujaris, assisting pujaris, etc. – Gurudeva’s memories of how...

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22 Nov 2025 evening – The Gopis Serve Krishna with a Lover’s Mood (Hindi) – Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

November 22, 2025 7:17 PM

PART 1

PART 2

– The lover’s humor is the sweetest and most elevated, and is present only in the heart of Srimati Radhika.

– To attain the lover’s humor we must follow three rules: be one-pointed towards Srimati Radhika, reside in Vrndavana, and associate with Vaishnava rasikas.

– The process to attain Radha-prema begins by associating with the lotus feet of Sri Guru.

2025, Discourses Translated into English 2025, Bhuj 2025, Gujarat 2025, India 2025, Gopi-prema

22 Nov 2025 evening – The Gopis Serve Krishna with a Lover’s Mood (English translation) – Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

November 22, 2025 6:28 PM

PART 1

PART 2

– The lover’s humor is the sweetest and most elevated, and is present only in the heart of Srimati Radhika.

– To attain the lover’s humor we must follow three rules: be one-pointed towards Srimati Radhika, reside in Vrndavana, and associate with Vaishnava rasikas.

– The process to attain Radha-prema begins by associating with the lotus feet of Sri Guru.

2025, Discourses in Hindi 2025, Delhi 2025, India 2025, Gopi-prema, gopis: types

06 Nov 2025 morning – The Difference Between the Rasa of the Gopis and the Queens of Dvaraka (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

November 6, 2025 7:00 AM

In Dvaraka, Krsna married 16,108 queens. In Vrndavana, Krsna manifests His heroic moods, dhira-lalita-nayaka, and Sri Radha manifests Her corresponding heroic moods, svadhinabhartrka-nayika. Radha controls Krsna; He does everything She asks. Lila in which Krsna places Radha’s feet on His head. Description of the various activities that take place in the rasa dance: the lights, the beauty of the dance, its ornaments. Ujjvala Nilamani details the beauty of the gopis’ encounter with...

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06 Nov 2025 morning – The Difference Between the Rasa of the Gopis and the Queens of Dvaraka (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

November 6, 2025 7:00 AM

In Dvaraka, Krsna married 16,108 queens. In Vrndavana, Krsna manifests His heroic moods, dhira-lalita-nayaka, and Sri Radha manifests Her corresponding heroic moods, svadhinabhartrka-nayika. Radha controls Krsna; He does everything She asks. Lila in which Krsna places Radha’s feet on His head. Description of the various activities that take place in the rasa dance: the lights, the beauty of the dance, its ornaments. Ujjvala Nilamani details the beauty of the gopis’ encounter with...

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17 Sep 2025 morning walk – The Nine Questions of the Gopis to Krishna (English) | Whangarei, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 17, 2025 7:00 AM

The gopis asked Krishna what lust was. The gopis also asked Krishna why He had caused them so much pain by disappearing. The gopis wanted to hear about the different types of prema from Krishna. These types of people never return your love or friendship: atmarama: self-satisfied (Shukadeva Gosvami); aptakama: whose all desires are fulfilled (Janaka Maharaja); guru-drohi/aparadhi: akritajna, ungrateful. Hetu-prema is love with a cause (examples: birds love the forest for its fruits, a woman...