Krishna-tattva

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...

25 Jun 2025 evening – Naughty Krishna’s Lilas (English) | Alto Paraiso, Brazil

– 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...

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...