Krishna-tattva

14 Aug 2025 evening – Krsna and His Activities (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Those who reach Krsna’s abode do not return to this world. This world is full of unhappiness (sattva, rajas, tamas gunas), but the spiritual world is completely blissful. There is suffering in this world because people do not practice sadhana and bhajana. On Mahamaya and Yogamaya. On the primary and secondary reasons for Krsna’s coming to this world. Krsna bestowed prema only in Vraja, but Mahaprabhu bestowed it throughout the world without discrimination. Krsna is so beautiful and...

14 Aug 2025 morning – Krsna Manifests Himself to the Jiva (English translation) | Delhi, India

  – Krsna is the one who tastes transcendental sweets. He is ananda-mayi-brahma; there is no unhappiness in Him.– There is nothing and no one superior or greater than the Lord.– The Lord has no form or material qualities; He is totally spiritual and transcendental.– Sloka that defines the greatness of Krsna: īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ… (Brahma Samhita 5.1).– Gaudiya Vaisnavas accept and worship the form of the Lord, but Advaitavadas do not...

14 Aug 2025 morning – Krsna Manifests Himself to the Jiva (Hindi) | Delhi, India

– Krsna is the one who tastes transcendental sweets. He is ananda-mayi-brahma; there is no unhappiness in Him. – There is nothing and no one superior or greater than the Lord. – The Lord has no form or material qualities; He is totally spiritual and transcendental. – Sloka that defines the greatness of Krsna: īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ… (Brahma Samhita 5.1). – Gaudiya Vaisnavas accept and worship the form of the Lord, but Advaitavadas do not...

01 Aug 2025 midday – Krsna Is Only Happy If We Glorify Vraja (English) | Brighton, UK

– Where the holy Vaisnava is, there is Goloka Vrndavana. – If the place is very opulent like Vaikunta, but if there are no devotees of the Lord there, it will be useless. – Krsna said: “The cowherd boys of Vraja are My life and soul”. – We should not do anything in a hurry. – When circumambulating [the Altar or sacred place], it is correct to make at least four circles. – Sadhana consists of following the 64 limbs of bhakti (devotion). – Firm...

23 Jul 2025 midday – Krishna’s Relations with Friends, Parents and Srimati Radhika (English) | Seattle, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 1 PART 2 Don’t go to maya. It’s hard to come back. The gopis always remember Krishna. They feel what He feels, yet they never believe that He is Bhagavan. The relationship between Krishna and His friends, and between Krishna and Nanda and Yashoda. Dama-bandhana-lila. Song: Damodarashtaka. Verse: kṛṣṇera yateka khelā, sarvottama nara-līlā…(CC Madhya 21.101). Verse: iṣṭe svārasikī rāgaḥ paramāviṣṭatā bhavet…(CC Madhya 22.150). Verse: yugāyitaṁ nimeṣeṇa cakṣuṣā prāvṛṣāyitam…(CC...

02 Jul 2025 morning – Krishna in Nava-Vrindavana (English) | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 1 – Lakshmi-devi is angry with Jagannatha for not paying her any attention. – Dakshina-bhava and vamya-bhava. – The difference in how Western and Indian people raise their children. – Lakshmi-devi wants to enter Vrindavana, but does not want to acquire the necessary qualifications. – Krishna accepts Lakshmi-devi in the form of the golden line on His chest. – Lila: Bhrigu Rishi confirms that Vishnu is Bhagavan. – Shiva and Brahma are subject to the...