na vina vipralambhena sambhogah pustim asnute

13 Oct 2026 morning – Cleansing the Heart at Gundicha (English translation) – Delhi, India

Cleansing the Heart at Guṇḍicā, Kṛṣṇa Never Leaves Vraja, and the Foremost of Thieves (Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, Chapter One) • Guṇḍicā-mārjana: Continuing Antya-līlā, Chapter One, Gurudeva explains that Mahāprabhu’s cleansing of the Guṇḍicā temple teaches us to clean the chariot of the mind and the throne of the heart so that Govinda can sit there. Dirt on the body is washed with water, but the dirt of the mind is washed only with the “soap” of the holy name, as Mahāprabhu’s ceto...

13 Oct 2026 morning – Cleansing the Heart at Gundicha (Hindi) – Delhi, India

Cleansing the Heart at Guṇḍicā, Kṛṣṇa Never Leaves Vraja, and the Foremost of Thieves (Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, Chapter One) • Guṇḍicā-mārjana: Continuing Antya-līlā, Chapter One, Gurudeva explains that Mahāprabhu’s cleansing of the Guṇḍicā temple teaches us to clean the chariot of the mind and the throne of the heart so that Govinda can sit there. Dirt on the body is washed with water, but the dirt of the mind is washed only with the “soap” of the holy name, as Mahāprabhu’s ceto...

12 Oct 2026 morning – Śivānanda’s Dog, and Rūpa’s Arrival in Purī (English translation) – Delhi, India

Śivānanda’s Dog, Satyabhāmā’s Order and Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Arrival in Purī (Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, Chapter One) • Beginning the Antya-līlā: Gurudeva begins the first chapter of the Antya-līlā (final pastimes) of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, where Śrīla Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī, old and with trembling hands, says that Madana-mohana holds his hand and makes him write, expanding what he had only summarised (pūrva-likhita grantha-sūtra-anusāre, “according to the threads written before”). He...

12 Oct 2026 morning – Śivānanda’s Dog, and Rūpa’s Arrival in Purī (Hindi) – Delhi, India

Śivānanda’s Dog, Satyabhāmā’s Order and Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Arrival in Purī (Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, Chapter One) • Beginning the Antya-līlā: Gurudeva begins the first chapter of the Antya-līlā (final pastimes) of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, where Śrīla Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī, old and with trembling hands, says that Madana-mohana holds his hand and makes him write, expanding what he had only summarised (pūrva-likhita grantha-sūtra-anusāre, “according to the threads written before”). He...

08 Jul 2026 evening – The Glories of Giriraja Govardhana (English) – New Vraj, California, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– Verse: barhāpīḍaṁ naṭa-vara-vapuḥ karṇayoḥ karṇikāraṁ…(SB 10.21.5). – Love is like camphor. – Separation nourishes meeting: na vinā vipralambhena sambhogaḥ puṣṭim aśnute…(Ujjvala-nilamani 15.3). – Verse: hantāyam adrir abalā hari-dāsa-varyo… (SB 10.21.18). – Verse: vṛṣṇīnāṁ pravaro mantrī…(SB 10.46.1). – The root cause of bhakti is sadhu-sanga. – Giriraja Govardhana is the witness of Rahda-Krishna’s lilas. – Giriraja Govardhana creates aromatic...