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...
Vraja-bhava
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Kuala Lumpur 2025, Malaysia 2025, smara-garala-khandanam mama sirasi mandanam, Bhagavad-gita 4.8, Radha-rasa-sudha-nidhi 8, Dhanur-yajna of Kamsa, Krishna Tries to Enter Srimati Radhika’s Kunja, Dhira Samire Yamuna Tire, Vraja-bhava, Krishna: 16108 wives of Krishna, love: difference between kama (material love) and prema (transcendental love), love: symptoms of love for Krishna, viraha (separation in divine love): 3 types of viraha (bhavi-viraha; bhavana-viraha; and bhavya-viraha)
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...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Brisbane 2025, Australia 2025, Vraja-bhava
28 August 2025 evening – Mahaprabhu, Harikatha and Krsna (English) | Brisbane, Australia
– 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...
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16 Jul 2025 evening – Laukiki-sad-bandhuvat Priti (English) | New Braj, California, USA
– If you want to achieve prema, make friends with Krishna and treat Him as a family member (laukika-sad-bandhuvat-priti). – The Vrajavasis witnessed Krishna’s opulence and His great lilas. Yet they do not consider Krishna to be Narayana. They believe that Krishna can only perform great activities when Narayana possesses His body. – Brahmaji glorifies Vrajavasis, the friends of Krishna. Verse: aho bhāgyam aho bhāgyaṁ…(SB 10.14.32). – Srila Gurudeva, Srila Narayana...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into French 2025, Paris 2025, France 2025, Devotional Service to Krishna, Krishna-Devotee Relationship, Vraja-bhava
24 May 2025 midday – Service to Krsna with Greed and Spontaneous Devotion (English) | Paris, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The materialistic pursuit of karmis and the empty knowledge of jnanis. Sloka: krsna-bhakti-janma-mula haya sadhu-sanga… (CC Madhya 22.83). Devotees are like cuckoo birds in the mango forest, always chanting the Holy Names with spontaneous devotion. Life is useless without bhajana and sadhana. Sloka: vaco vegam manasah krodha-vegam… (Upadesamrta verse 1). The process of Bhakti begins with vaidhi-sraddha (initial faith) and gradually evolves into raganuga-bhakti (greed). Rupa Gosvami instructs to...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2024, Alto Paraiso de Goias 2024, Brazil 2024, Jhulana-yatra (Swing Festival) 2024, Vraja-bhava, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), rainy season
08 Aug 2024 midday – Swing Festival (English) | Alto Paraiso, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
About the Swing Festival that takes place in Vrndavana during the rainy season. Beautiful meaning and translation of the song: Jhula Jhule Radha Damodara. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu distributed the highest prema through namasankirtana. It is important to remove the anarthas, but also to cultivate Vraja-prema, just like when we clear the bush and cultivate a garden. It is not enough to just “cut down the forest”, it is necessary to plant/cultivate Vraja-prema. Cleanse your heart of the anarthas...
2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2024, Itajai 2024, Brazil 2024, Vraja-bhava, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage)
17 Jul 2024 morning walk – The Origin of Jagannatha’s Form (English) | Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The form of Jagannatha: Lila of how the bodies of Krishna, Balarama and Subhadra melted. Gour Govinda Svami Maharaja on the Mahabhava Prakasha. Shravanam is a very powerful process for a sadhaka. 3 forms of Krishna in Vraja, Dvaraka and Mathura. Raghunatha dasa Gosvami glorified the Vrajavasis in Mana-shiksha. He remained only in Radha-kunda. 3 principles for attaining radha-dasyam. Hearing Vraja-katha with unflinching faith removes anarthas. The meaning of hridroga. How to get atyantika...