The creepers (latas) are dancing. As they approach Govinda, the trees wave Him like fans (camaras) and offer Him fragrant flowers. The trees think, “Perhaps Krsna is hungry, after all, He has walked so much,” so they offer extremely fragrant, ripe, and sweet fruits to Sri Krsna. These are the moods of the trees of Vraja, for the gopis have transferred their moods to them. The trees tightly embrace Govinda as if He were a friend, and tears (sap) automatically flow upon having His...
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10 Oct 2025 morning – The Moods of the Vraja Forest (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The creepers (latas) are dancing. As they approach Govinda, the trees wave Him like fans (camaras) and offer Him fragrant flowers. The trees think, “Perhaps Krsna is hungry, after all, He has walked so much,” so they offer extremely fragrant, ripe, and sweet fruits to Sri Krsna. These are the moods of the trees of Vraja, for the gopis have transferred their moods to them. The trees tightly embrace Govinda as if He were a friend, and tears (sap) automatically flow upon having His...
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01 Oct 2025 evening – The Meaning of Love (English) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
– Hari-katha knows no bounds. – Song: Dhira Samire Yamuna Tire. – Jayadeva Gosvami is the most rasika Vaishnava. – Bhavi-viraha, bhavana-viraha and bhavya-viraha. – Akrura invited Krishna and Balarama to participate in Kamsa’s dhanur-yajna. – Verse: Paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām… (BG 4.8). – Krishna and Balarama proceeded to Mathura. The gopis were grief-stricken (bhavi-viraha). – Krishna married 16,108 wives in Mathura. – The...
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21 Sep 2025 еvening – True Love (Bengali & Hindi) | Sydney, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About the Srimad-Bhagavatam: From the 1st to the 9th Canto, the text discusses sambandha-jñana; the 10th Canto presents prayojana; the 11th and 12th Canto discuss abhidheya. Our goal (prayojana) is not to achieve liberation or salvation, but rather krsna-prema, krsna-sambandha, krsna-prayojana. We must first understand material love before we can discuss transcendental love. Srila Gurudeva tells a story about the path of love to explain material love. The love of the material world is not...
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21 Sep 2025 evening – True Love (English translation) | Perth, Australia
About the Srimad-Bhagavatam: From the 1st to the 9th Canto, the text discusses sambandha-jñana; the 10th Canto presents prayojana; the 11th and 12th Canto discuss abhidheya. Our goal (prayojana) is not to achieve liberation or salvation, but rather krsna-prema, krsna-sambandha, krsna-prayojana. We must first understand material love before we can discuss transcendental love. Srila Gurudeva tells a story about the path of love to explain material love. The love of the material world is not...
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19 Sep 2025 evening – The Definition of Prema (English translation) | Sydney, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
In Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya-lila 2.43, we find the definition of prema given by Krsnadasa Kaviraja. Except Krsna, everyone is enjoyee, and Krsna is the enjoyer. Sanatana consists of that which is unchanging and ever-increasing. Krsna’s dharma is to bestow love (prema). Pure love for Krsna is not present in this world. In the Ramayana, the pastime where Sita is abducted, Rama questions whether Hanuman saw Her alive, as Sita cannot bear separation from Rama. Sita sustained Her vital...
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19 Sep 2025 evening – The Definition of Prema (Bengali) | Sydney, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
In Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya-lila 2.43, we find the definition of prema given by Krsnadasa Kaviraja. Except Krsna, everyone is enjoyee, and Krsna is the enjoyer. Sanatana consists of that which is unchanging and ever-increasing. Krsna’s dharma is to bestow love (prema). Pure love for Krsna is not present in this world. In the Ramayana, the pastime where Sita is abducted, Rama questions whether Hanuman saw Her alive, as Sita cannot bear separation from Rama. Sita sustained Her vital...
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17 Sep 2025 morning walk – The Nine Questions of the Gopis to Krishna (English) | Whangarei, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The gopis asked Krishna what lust was. The gopis also asked Krishna why He had caused them so much pain by disappearing. The gopis wanted to hear about the different types of prema from Krishna. These types of people never return your love or friendship: atmarama: self-satisfied (Shukadeva Gosvami); aptakama: whose all desires are fulfilled (Janaka Maharaja); guru-drohi/aparadhi: akritajna, ungrateful. Hetu-prema is love with a cause (examples: birds love the forest for its fruits, a woman...