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...
Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.21.18
2026, Discourses in English 2026, California 2026, New Vraja (USA) 2026, USA 2026, barhapidam nata-vara-vapuh karnayoh karnikaram, hantayam adrir abala hari-dasa-varyo, na vina vipralambhena sambhogah pustim asnute, vrsninam pravaro mantri, Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.21.18, Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.21.5, Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.46.1, Ujjvala-nilamani 15.3
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...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, California 2025, New Vraja (USA) 2025, USA 2025, advaitam acyutam anadim ananta-rupam, hantayam adrir abala hari-dasa-varyo, naham vasami vaikunthe yoginam hrdayesu va, sthavara-jangama dekhe na dekhe tara murti, vaikunthaj janito vara madhu-puri tatrapi rasotsavad, yatradhipatyam vrsabhanu-putrya yenodayet, Brahma-samhita 5.33, Chaitanya-charitamrita Madhya 8.274, Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.21.18, Upadeshamrita 9, Vrindavanashtaka 6, Vrindavanashtaka, Supreme Position of Srimati Radharani, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), devotees: types
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...