• The Seventh Day: Gurudeva opens the seventh day of the Bhāgavata-kathā, which has been extended by one more day. Śāstra says the havana should follow the full seven days; in Bengal this is kept strictly, though elsewhere it is often done earlier. Taking up the glory of Girirāja that Padmanābha Mahārāja had just spoken, he explains Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s words in the Veṇu-gīta (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.21.18). The word hanta expresses wonder, humility and separation, and Govardhana is the best of all...
Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.21.18
29 Oct 2026 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 7 (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
• The Seventh Day: Gurudeva opens the seventh day of the Bhāgavata-kathā, which has been extended by one more day. Śāstra says the havana should follow the full seven days; in Bengal this is kept strictly, though elsewhere it is often done earlier. Taking up the glory of Girirāja that Padmanābha Mahārāja had just spoken, he explains Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s words in the Veṇu-gīta (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.21.18). The word hanta expresses wonder, humility and separation, and Govardhana is the best of all...
12 Oct 2026 midday – Making the Home Vṛndāvana (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Making the Home Vṛndāvana: Sat-saṅga, Niṣṭhā and the Glories of Girirāja and Rādhā-kuṇḍa • A Home Becomes Goloka: Blessing the hosts’ family, Gurudeva quotes Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s “je-dina gṛhe bhajana dekhi, gṛhete goloka bhāya” (the day bhajana is seen in the home, that home becomes Goloka). Quoting Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (na yatra vaikuṇṭha-kathā-sudhāpagā…), he warns that a house without Hari-kathā and sādhus, however opulent, is like a hole that a rat digs and a...
12 Oct 2026 midday – Making the Home Vṛndāvana (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Making the Home Vṛndāvana: Sat-saṅga, Niṣṭhā and the Glories of Girirāja and Rādhā-kuṇḍa • A Home Becomes Goloka: Blessing the hosts’ family, Gurudeva quotes Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s “je-dina gṛhe bhajana dekhi, gṛhete goloka bhāya” (the day bhajana is seen in the home, that home becomes Goloka). Quoting Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (na yatra vaikuṇṭha-kathā-sudhāpagā…), he warns that a house without Hari-kathā and sādhus, however opulent, is like a hole that a rat digs and a...
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...
16 Jul 2025 morning (good sound) – Our Mistress Srimati Radhika (English) | New Vraja, California, USA
– The dead body of Haridasa Thakura made tirtha out of the ocean. In the same way, Srila Gurudeva Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja made tirtha out of any place he visited. – Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja installed deities here. – Srimati Radhika glorified Giriraja Govardhana (SB 10.21.18). – Srimad-Bhagavatam describes three Haridasas: Yudhishthira, Uddhava and Govardhana. – 5 types of devotees; jnani-bhaktas, shuddha-bhaktas, premi-bhaktas, premapara-bhaktas...