– Srila Gurudeva BV Vana Gosvami Maharaja says he tries to preach throughout the world as Mahaprabhu desired and predicted: pṛthivīte āche yata nagarādi grāma… (Caitanya Bhagavata: Antya-khanda 4.126).– Srila Gurudeva BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja said, “I want to build a Temple in your hearts.” This happens by hearing Harikatha.– Listen to Harikatha from a vraja-rasika devotee.– Song: Anaradhya Radha Padambhoja.– Kings Sibi and Hariscandra made donations to...
Rasa-tattva
2025, Discourses Translated into English 2025, Delhi 2025, India 2025, Madhurya-rasa, Purpose of Human Life
15 Aug 2025 morning – How to Obtain Eternal Happiness (English translation) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– One of the names of this material world is duniya, which means suffering. – When we experience a small, fleeting material pleasure, like fireworks, we call it happiness. – We remain completely deluded by Maya within the uninterrupted cycle of birth and death. – There is no true happiness in this world, which is the place of suffering. – If we act in the mode of goodness, we can obtain worldly happiness, such as being born into a high family, having wealth, and...
2025, Discourses Translated into English 2025, Vraja 2025, Vrindavana 2025, India 2025, Parakiya-bhava
08 Aug 2025 morning (room) – The Supremacy of Parakiya-bhava (English translation) | Vrindavana, India
– The more we glorify Vaisnavas, the more we are protected from Maya.– Often, after the appearance of a prominent Vaisnava, many quarrels occur, but it is the specialty of these Vaisnavas to keep everyone together.– The moods: svakīya-bhāva refers to those who are part of the family, and parakīya-bhāva refers to those who are outsiders or who are very close and dear.– Of these two moods, parakīya is better; although it is considered degraded in this material world, it...
2025, Discourses in Hindi 2025, Vraja 2025, Vrindavana 2025, India 2025, Parakiya-bhava
08 Aug 2025 morning (room) – The Supremacy of Parakiya-bhava (Hindi) | Vrindavana, India
– The more we glorify Vaisnavas, the more we are protected from Maya. – Often, after the appearance of a prominent Vaisnava, many quarrels occur, but it is the specialty of these Vaisnavas to keep everyone together. – The moods: svakīya-bhāva refers to those who are part of the family, and parakīya-bhāva refers to those who are outsiders or who are very close and dear. – Of these two moods, parakīya is better; although it is considered degraded in this material world, it...
2025, Discourses in Hindi 2025, Delhi 2025, India 2025, Parakiya-bhava, rasa: rasa-siddhanta
03 Aug 2025 evening – The Sweetness of Parakiya-bhava (Hindi) | Delhi, India
* All the stations in Vrndavana are serving Krsna. * About the three types of prema that exist. * Srimati Radhika touches only Krsna. * The gopis are manifestations of Srimati Radhika. * Krsna wants to taste various flavors, and it is Srimati Radhika who provides them for Him, manifesting Herself in various forms to satisfy Him. * Yogamaya arranged Srimati Radharani’s marriage only so that one can taste parakiya-bhava (lover/extramarital mood). * Parakiya-bhava has four infallible weapons...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Wales 2025, United Kingdom 2025, Goal of bhakti, Prema-rasa, bhava: gopi-bhava, character quality: duplicity, sound: transcendental sound
29 Jul 2025 evening – Instructions for Attaining the Highest Prema (English) | Wales, UK
– Sukadeva Gosvami speaks to Parikisit Maharaja about the importance of Harikatha, the sabdha-brahma (transcendental sound) that enters through the ear and cleanses the heart. – Association with a sadhu and hearing Harikatha are the primary causes of Krsna-bhakti. – Quote from Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Prabhupada on the protection of the Guru. – Srila Rupa Gosvami Pada explains, in Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu, about chanting the Holy Names in association with a sadhu...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Portland 2025, USA 2025, Goal of bhakti, Manjari-bhava, morning: brahma-muhurta
25 Jul 2025 morning – The Goal of the Gaudiya Vaisnava is Manjari Bhava (English) | Portland, USA
– We must first establish our destiny and then practice spiritual life. – All our activities must be exclusively for the pleasure of Krsna. – Our destiny, upon boarding the Harinama boat, is to go to Goloka Vrndavana and serve Srimati Radhika under the guidance of Rupa Manjari. – It is not possible to cross a river with one foot in different boats, just as one cannot serve Maya and Sri Radha at the same time. – Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami received the highest blessing...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Seattle 2025, USA 2025, Dama-bandhana Lila, Krishna and His associates, Rasas, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage)
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...