Navadvipa-parikrama 2026

25 Feb 2026 evening – Hari-katha (Hindi) – Navadvipa, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Srila Gurudeva explains how to obtain the darsana of the sacred dhama through the ears. Quote from Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura about the mercy granted by Yogamaya. Explanation regarding our offenses that are eliminated in Navadvipa by the mercy of Mahaprabhu. About Gaurasundara being the Svarupa of Radha and Krishna. About how to obtain the prema of the gopis by sheltering in Sacinandana Gaura Hari. About association with Vaisnavas rasikas. Example of bees and frogs by a lake, where only the...

25 Feb 2026 evening – Hari-katha (English translation) – Navadvipa, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Srila Gurudeva explains how to obtain the darsana of the sacred dhama through the ears. Quote from Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura about the mercy granted by Yogamaya. Explanation regarding our offenses that are eliminated in Navadvipa by the mercy of Mahaprabhu. About Gaurasundara being the Svarupa of Radha and Krishna. About how to obtain the prema of the gopis by sheltering in Sacinandana Gaura Hari. About association with Vaisnavas rasikas. Example of bees and frogs by a lake, where only the...

25 Feb 2026 evening room – The Glories of Navadvipa-dhama (Hindi) – Navadvipa, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Explanation of how to attain the darsana of Dhama through listening to Harikatha. Quote from Bhaktivinoda Thakura speaking of the mercy of Yogamaya. On the fruits of performing the Parikrama of Navadvipa Dhama. On Gaura-dhama which eliminates past aparadhas (offenses). Reasons to take refuge in Goura-dhama and surrender to Sacinandana Gourahari, destroy our offenses and easily attain the prema of the gopis. How it will be possible to understand the higher prema of Radharani. On understanding...

25 Feb 2026 evening room – The Glories of Navadvipa-dhama (English translation) – Navadvipa, India

Explanation of how to attain the darsana of Dhama through listening to Harikatha. Quote from Bhaktivinoda Thakura speaking of the mercy of Yogamaya. On the fruits of performing the Parikrama of Navadvipa Dhama. On Gaura-dhama which eliminates past aparadhas (offenses). Reasons to take refuge in Goura-dhama and surrender to Sacinandana Gourahari, destroy our offenses and easily attain the prema of the gopis. How it will be possible to understand the higher prema of Radharani. On understanding...

25 Feb 2026 midday – Mellows of gopi-prema (English translation) – Navadvipa, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– You should 1) put in effort like a crow trying to get water from inside a pot; 2) put in effort like a crane who stands in the water on one leg and catches fish; 3) sleep lightly like a dog. – Eat less to be less sleepy. One-fourth of your stomach should be left empty. – Where your money is, there your mind is. – On seva in Navadvipa-dhama during Gurudeva’s earlier years: the duties of head pujaris, assisting pujaris, etc. – Gurudeva’s memories of how...

25 Feb 2026 midday – Mellows of gopi-prema (Hindi) – Navadvipa, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– You should 1) put in effort like a crow trying to get water from inside a pot; 2) put in effort like a crane who stands in the water on one leg and catches fish; 3) sleep lightly like a dog. – Eat less to be less sleepy. One-fourth of your stomach should be left empty. – Where your money is, there your mind is. – On seva in Navadvipa-dhama during Gurudeva’s earlier years: the duties of head pujaris, assisting pujaris, etc. – Gurudeva’s memories of how...

25 Feb 2026 morning – The Glories of Devananda Gaudiya Matha (Hindi) – Navadvipa, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Srila Gurudeva narrates his arrival at Devananda Gaudiya Matha in 1988. On his association with the brahmacaris who resided there, Krsna Kripa, Kamala Brahmacari. Gurudeva reveals that, in this Matha, he received harinama, diksa, and the order of sannyasa. On the rarity of the birth of a Guru. Gurudeva fondly remembers his uncle Madhusudhana Brahmacari. On the lack of financial resources experienced in the past by the Temple, which housed between 20 and 25 brahmacaris at that time. About how...

25 Feb 2026 morning – The Glories of Devananda Gaudiya Matha (English translation) – Navadvipa, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Srila Gurudeva narrates his arrival at Devananda Gaudiya Matha in 1988. On his association with the brahmacaris who resided there, Krsna Kripa, Kamala Brahmacari. Gurudeva reveals that, in this Matha, he received harinama, diksa, and the order of sannyasa. On the rarity of the birth of a Guru. Gurudeva fondly remembers his uncle Madhusudhana Brahmacari. On the lack of financial resources experienced in the past by the Temple, which housed between 20 and 25 brahmacaris at that time. About how...