– Today, Mahaprabhu manifested the Gundicha-marjana līlā. – The Lord wants to sit in our heart when it is clean and resembles Vrindavana. – The Lord’s purna, purnatara and purnatama dhamas. – Krishna never leaves Vrindavana. Verse: vṛndāvanaṁ parityajya na padam ekaṁ gacchati (Yamala-Tantra, quoted in Laghu-Bhāgavatāmṛta 1.5.461). – The sakhya, vatsalya and madhurya descriptions. – Krishna is happy when the gopis scold Him. Verse: dhūrte vrajendra...
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2025, Discourses in English 2025, Hari-katha 2025 (Undisclosed country), Undisclosed, Krishna Asks Durvasa Rishi to Decide the Winner of the Wrestling Match with the Gopas, Krishna Struggles to Lift Nanda Maharaja’s Shoes, Krishna’s Friends’ Sticks Break When He Lifts Giriraja and the Gopis Tease Him That Radharani Is Holding the Hill, Chorashtaka (Chauragraganya-purushashtaka), Damodarashtaka, Krishna Appears as an Ordinary Human Being, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart)
01 May 2025 evening – Krsna’s Lilas (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Krsna’s Lilas with the gopas and Giriraja Govardana. Srila Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Gosvami Maharaja’s Lila talking and giving a lesson in a mayavadi. Description of the lila of the gopas helping Krsna hold up Govardana Mountain. But the one holding up Govardana is Sri Radha with Her sidelong glance. The vrajavasis do not believe that Krsna is Bhagavan, they see Him as a family member. The impersonalists want to merge into Brahman, they are so unfortunate! Funny lila of Krsna...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Hari-katha 2025 (Undisclosed country), Undisclosed, Shiva Explains to Parvati the Supremacy of the Name Radha, Shukadeva Gosvami Explains How Krishna Chants the Name of Srimati Radhika Through His Flute, Krishna's Energies and Administration, Krishna's Incarnations, Radha's Name, Supreme Position of Srimati Radharani, mantra: Klim, renunciation, renunciation (vairagya)
25 Apr 2025 midday – The Forms of Sri Krsna (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Lila from the Brahma Purana where Siva talks to Parvati, and Siva explains to her how the name Radha is the best of all names. “A thousand names of Lord Visnu are equal to three names of Rama. Three names of Rama are equal to one name of Krsna. And a hundred names of Krsna are equal to one name of Radha.” Even with all these names, God is only One. However, with His inconceivable potency He manifests all these forms. God is always with His own potency, His sakti which is Srimati...
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25 Apr 2025 morning – The Names of Krsna (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About the Names of Krsna. There are two categories of Names of Krsna, the Names in the mode of opulence and the Names in the mode of sweetness. How Caitanya Mahaprabhu very clearly instructs that in this Kali-yuga we should chant the Mahamantra “Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare” and not other versions. How Caitanya Mahaprabhu instructs that if we have love for Him, we should chant only the Mahamantra and not other names. A Bengali song that says: From morning to evening, go from...