The Difference Between Appearance & Birth — Janmashtami Special ✨ Media and TV often present Lord Krishna’s pastimes with inaccuracies. That’s why our scriptures advise — always hear Hari-katha from pure Vaishnavas. For example: Lord Nrisimhadeva appeared from a pillar — but does that make the pillar His father and mother? No. There’s a vast difference between Appearance (Prakatya) and Birth (Janma). Similarly, Shri Krishna’s Appearance was in Mathura, but His Birth (Janma) — as celebrated...
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14 Aug 2025 evening – Krsna and His Activities (Hindi) | 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 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 (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...
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...
11 Aug 2025 morning – Bhagavan Maintains Us All (Hindi) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Morning walk and Nagara-sankirtana
– Harikatha should be heard repeatedly, as a routine.
– Bhagavan maintains our body.
– The material body only functions when the soul is in it.
– Everything in our life is predefined and predestined.
11 Aug 2025 morning – Bhagavan Maintains Us All (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Morning walk and Nagara-sankirtana
– Harikatha should be heard repeatedly, as a routine.– Bhagavan maintains our body.– The material body only functions when the soul is in it.– Everything in our life is predefined and predestined.
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...