Prema Beyond Self-interest: Śikṣāṣṭaka 8, the Veṇu-gīta and Rādhā’s Abhisāra • Worldly Love Turns Violent: There is love in every baddha jīva, but where self-interest is hurt, that love turns into violence, abuse and hatred. True prema does not look to its own happiness; Rādhā even says She would fall at the feet of the one Kṛṣṇa desires so that He is not unhappy (Caitanya-caritāmṛta Antya 20.52–53). • Śikṣāṣṭaka 8: Let Him embrace Me or trample Me, give darśana or break My heart, let Him be a...
Radha-rasa-sudha-nidhi 14
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22 Oct 2026 midday – Hari-katha (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Prema Beyond Self-interest: Śikṣāṣṭaka 8, the Veṇu-gīta and Rādhā’s Abhisāra • Worldly Love Turns Violent: There is love in every baddha jīva, but where self-interest is hurt, that love turns into violence, abuse and hatred. True prema does not look to its own happiness; Rādhā even says She would fall at the feet of the one Kṛṣṇa desires so that He is not unhappy (Caitanya-caritāmṛta Antya 20.52–53). • Śikṣāṣṭaka 8: Let Him embrace Me or trample Me, give darśana or break My heart, let...
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17 Sep 2026 evening – Radha-tattva (English) – Christchurch, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Varsana means Rain of Prema of Transcendental Divine Love. – Radhika is the personification of Divine Love. – To understand what prema is, it is necessary to experience all the stages of sadhana-bhakti. – From sraddha to prema, and from prema to its condensation into madhanakiya-mahabhava. – Sat (existence), cit (knowledge), ananda (bliss). – Sat alone = brahman; sat + cit = Paramatma; sat + cit + ananda = Bhagavan. – Ra means anuraga, and dha means...
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20 Aug 2026 evening – Beautiful Glorification of Srimati Radhika (English) – Barcelona, Spain
Espai Kaala – About Radha Rasa Sudha Nidhi, The Nectar of Srimati Radhika’s Ocean of Sweetness. – Mantra: Yatra Krsna tatra Radha Yatra Radha tatra Krsna – Where is Krsna there is Radha Where is Radha there is Krsna. – All jivas originate from tatastha-sakti, the marginal potency of the Lord. – One of the slokas that express the beauty of Gaudiya Vaisnava philosophy: aradhyo bhagavan vrajesa-tanayas tad-dhama vrndavanam … (Caitanya Manjusa by Srila Visvanatha...
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30 Jul 2026 midday – Gopala Bhatta Gosvami and Prabodhananda Sarasvati (English) – Santos, Brazil
Gaudiya Satsang Bhavan – Explanations on impersonal philosophy. – Mahaprabhu says that impersonal philosophy is an offense to the Supreme Lord, because the Lord has form and innumerable potencies. – Sloka that reveals the form and variety of the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna: īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ… (Brahma Samhita 5.1). – About Gopala Bhatta Gosvami. – Prabodhananda Sarasvati and his glorification of Srimati Radhika in his book Radha Rasa Sudha...
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01 Jul 2026 evening – First Follow then Preach, Absorb Mind in Vrindavana (English) – Portland, USA
– The glories of the Ratha-yatra festival in Seattle.– I live in this body to speak hari-katha, and for no other purpose. This is our Gaudiya Vaishnava dharana (conviction).– Mention of the story of Bilvamangala Thakura.– Verse: karma-kanda, jnana-kanda, kevala visera bhanda… (Prema-bhakti-chandrika).– Verse: anyabhilasita-sunyam jnana-karmady-anavrtam (Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu 1.1.11).– Verses 1-3 of Upadeshamrita.– Mention of Gundicha-marjana-lila.– One must both practice and preach:...
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23 Apr 2026 midday – The Beauty of Service to Krishna Svayam Bhagavan (English) – Siedelsbrunn, Germany | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sattvika-vikara refers to the eight symptoms of ecstatic love for God that manifest in the body of a devotee: stamba (paralysis); svada (sweating); romanca (shivering); svara-bhanga (voice alteration); kampa (tremor); vaivarna (paleness); asru (tears); pralaya (fainting). Residents of Vrndavana possess spontaneous love for Krishna because they are nitya-parikaras, eternal companions. Ragatmikas are those who serve under the guidance of the nitya-parikaras. Jiva-tattva and parikara-tattva...
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21 Apr 2026 evening – Appearance of Shankaracarya (English) – Paris, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Quotation on the glorification of Shankaracarya by Bhaktivinoda Thakura. On the capacity of great devotees to understand the heart of Shankaracarya. The manifestation of Lord Shiva in this age as Shankaracarya and the objective of his preaching of impersonalism. On the most important sacred river, the Ganges, and, among the Eighteen Puranas, the highest is the Srimad Bhagavatan. On the Mayavada philosophy, which sees that everything in this material world is false, there are no living entities...