Radha's Qualities

11 Sep 2026 evening – The Supremacy of Madhurya Rasa (English) – Auckland, New Zealand

– On how Radha and Krishna engage in pastimes of loving quarreling, something very confidential, something that can only be savored and understood by devotees realized in madhurya-rasa. – Without separation, the encounter cannot be savored. – There are four types of encounter and four types of separation. – Transcendental anger serves the purpose of increasing the love of Radha and Krishna more and more. – Krishna is always bowed (tribhanga-lalita), just like...

09 Apr 2026 morning – The Glorious Qualities of Srimati Radhika (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Verse: vaidagdhya-sindhur anurāga-rasaika-sindhur, vātsalya-sindhur, ati-sāndra-kṛpaika sindhuḥ… (Radha-rasa-sudha-nidhi, 18). Radha possesses oceanic, immense, and unfathomable qualities. Radha controls Krishna with Her qualities, especially with Her ocean of anuraga. The condensation of love/prema is compared to the condensation of milk, which becomes increasingly sweet. The condensation of prema awakens different bhavas that acquire different characteristics and names: prema, sneha, maan...

09 Apr 2026 morning – The Glorious Qualities of Srimati Radhika (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Verse: vaidagdhya-sindhur anurāga-rasaika-sindhur, vātsalya-sindhur, ati-sāndra-kṛpaika sindhuḥ… (Radha-rasa-sudha-nidhi, 18). Radha possesses oceanic, immense, and unfathomable qualities. Radha controls Krishna with Her qualities, especially with Her ocean of anuraga. The condensation of love/prema is compared to the condensation of milk, which becomes increasingly sweet. The condensation of prema awakens different bhavas that acquire different characteristics and names: prema, sneha, maan...

03 Sep 2025 midday – Sapta-sindhu Gunavati Sri Radha (English) | Murwillumbah, Australia

– Quality is better than quantity. – Krishna has 64 qualities, Radha has 25 qualities but Her qualities are very powerful. – 7 oceans of Srimati Radhika’s qualities. – Verse: vaidagdhya-sindhur anurāga-rasaika-sindhur, vātsalya-sindhur, ati-sāndra-kṛpaika sindhuḥ…(Radha-rasa-sudha-nidhi 18). – There are 7 oceans, 7 islands and 9 varshas of Jambudvipa. – Bhajana: Bandhu-saṅge yadi tava raṅga parihāsa. – Bhajana: Bandhu-saṅge yadi tava raṅga parihāsa...

29 Jul 2025 morning – The Seven Oceans of Divine Love (English) | Wales, UK

– On the training necessary for perfection in the five sciences. – Training to speak in a whisper. – The duties of Srimati Radhika’s manjaris. – Training to be attentive to the sound of Krsna’s flute. – Be careful not to judge yourself to be on the level of the manjaris. – Comparing the Seven Oceans with the profound qualities of Srimati Radhika. – Quoting the Seven Oceans of Divine Love. – On Srimati Radhika’s intoxication due...

24 Jul 2025 morning – The Seven Oceans of Bhava of Srimati Radhika (English) | Seattle, USA

– Sloka describing the seven qualities of Srimati Radhika that are as vast as the seven oceans of the universe: vaiḍagdhya sindhūr anurāga rasaīka sindhūr… (Rādhā-rasa-sudhā-nidhiḥ 18). – The anuraga of Sri Radhe is compared to condensed milk, sweet and thick. – Radha in mahabhava dialogues with Lalita, making it very difficult to understand Her logic. – Types of feelings of separation: Bhavi-viraha is: suffering in anticipation of future separation (premeditated...

09 Jul 2025 evening – The Mercy of Vrindavaneshvari Sri Radha (Hindi) | Houston, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 1 PART 2 Our eyes were created to behold the Lord, and our tongues to glorify Him. The glories of Hari Priya didi, the host of the house. Krishna says: ‘Those who worship Me are not actually My devotees, but those who worship My devotees are.’ Shivaji explains to his wife Parvati the deity to be worshipped in our times. Vanam vanamtare: Krishna goes from forest to forest searching for the gopis. The grazing of the cows is just an external reason. When Bhagavan glorifies His...

28 May 2025 midday – Sapta Sindhu Gunavati Sri Radha (English) | Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– Sri Mahaprabhu’s visit to Gopala Bhatta family. – Verse: ārādhyo bhagavān vrajeśa-tanayas… (Chaitanya Manjushta). – Mahaprabhu tells the Bhatta family about Lakshmi-devi’s failure to enter rasa dance, then gopi-tattva and mahishi-tattva. – Krishna accepts Lakshmi-devi as a golden line on His chest but in Her shukshma-sharira she cannot enter His rasa dance. – When a sadhaka enters sthayi-bhava, their mood will not change again: ‘nitya-siddha kṛṣṇa-prema...