AN INVITATION TO THE 2026
ŚRĪLA RŪPA GOSVĀMĪ CONFERENCE ON VAIṢṆAVISM
VRINDAVANA’S PREMIER SEMINAR ON VAISHNAVISM FOR THREE DECADES
under the auspices of
Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Gosvāmī Mahārāja
Now in our Twenty-second Year
AUGUST 24 -25 - 26 · 2026
Srila Rupa Goswami is revered in the Gaudiya Vaishnava community as the chief of the Six Goswamis, the direct disciples of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. His voluminous body of literature –treatises, dramas, and poetry – were written following the instructions of Sriman Mahaprabhu and comprise the theology of Gaudiya Vaishnavism.
Forty years ago, at the Rupa Sanatana Gaudiya Math in Seva Kunj, Vrindavana, Srila BV Narayana Goswami Maharaja convened a three-day Hindi conference to discuss the glories of Srila Rupa Goswami. To this day, the conference continues every Jhulan. This year, the three-day Hindi conference will be held at Gopinath Bhavan. Srila Maharaja also began English morning sessions at Gopinath Bhavan. These morning talks are now in their twenty-second year.
The Rupa Goswami Conference is a forum for Vaishnavas and scholars to speak on the glories of Srila Rupa Goswami and various aspects of Vaishnavism in relation to him, as well as to engage in extended discussion on these subjects. It is meant to enliven the Vaishnava community with topics that are relevant to their devotional practice and about which they are eager to hear.
It is my honor on behalf of the conference to invite you to attend the Sri Rupa Goswami Conference on Vaishnavism. An international assembly of distinguished scholars will be speaking and we welcome your participation. While we don’t expect a large crowd to the English morning sessions, we do promise a comfortable assembly of like-minded scholars and attentive listeners.
Conference Venue
This year, the English sessions have moved to the Gopinath Bhavan Conference Room, on the top floor of Gopinath Bhavan, Room 401. Gopinath Bhavan is located next to Imli Tala, on the Parikrama Marg in the Seva Kunj area. Below, please find the Rupa Goswami Conference Program, with listings of both morning English and evening Hindi sessions.
Internet Venues
Facebook: The Rupa Goswami Conference will also be seen live on Facebook, on the page “Rupa Goswami Conference: https://www.facebook.com/Rupa-Goswami-Conference-123213948300853/ . Videos show on Facebook only for one month.
YouTube: We have two Youtube channels in which videos do not disappear, as they do on Facebook. The most recent is entitled, “Rupa Goswami Conference Vrindavana.” We will be uploading our Rupa Goswami Conference talks to this channel every evening. There is a previously set up historic YouTube channel entitled, “Rupa Goswami Festival” that has talks from several years ago.
MONDAY • AUGUST 24 • Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī Tirobhāva Mahotsava
Sunrise Lectures • Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Samādhi
8:15 • Conference Ekadasi Breakfast • Buckwheat Pakoras and Tamarind Chutney, and Full Prasāda in Temple
8:45 • Bhakti Sangīta Yaṅ Kali Rūpa Śrī Kisori-mohana dāsa
9:00 to 12:30 • Morning Session • Gopīnāth Bhavan Room 401
- Sri Brajanātha dāsa The Relationship Between Srila Rūpa Gosvāmi and Srila Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura
- Sri Toṣan-krsna dāsa The Foundational Influence of Sanātana Gosvāmi's Sri Brhad Bhāgavatāmrta on Rūpa Gosvāmi's Teachings of Rasa-tattva
- Sri Hare Krsna dāsa 1. Demystifying Sādhana-bhakti and Tad Tad Bhāvatmika Rati. 2.The Purpose of Celebrating Jhulan on This Day.
- Sri Gopijanaballabha dāsa Why Sria Rūpa Gosvāmi is Important to the Jiva Followers of Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu
- Kumāri Rati Maṣjarī dāsi The Glories of Sria Rūpa Gosvāmi
- Sri Kisori-mohana dāsa Anarpita Ciriṁ Cirāt
- Sripad Bhaktivedānta Padmanābha Mahārāja Sria Rūpa Gosvāmis' “Prārthanā Paddhati”
Evening Hindi Session, Gopīnāth Bhavan • 5:00 to 8:30
- Mangalacharana Sri Vasanta lāl Caturvedi
- Sabhāpati Dr. Acyuta lāl Bhaṭṭa
- Moderator Sri Vasanta lāl Caturvedi
- Distinguished Guest Sripad Bhaktivedānta Vana Mahārāja
- Distinguished Speaker Sri Sanjaya dāsa
- Speakers Srimad Priyānanda Vana Mahārāja, Srimad Bhaktibhūṣaṇa Bodhāyana Mahārāja, Sripad Bhaktivedānta Padmanābha Mahārāja, Sri Rāmacandra dāsa, Sri Gokula-candra dāsa, Sri Sundara Gopāla dāsa, Sri Ramani-mohan dāsa, Sri Shyāma dāsa.
TUESDAY • AUGUST 25
8:15 • Conference Breakfast • Doughnuts
8:45 • Bhakti Sangīta Śrī Rūpa Maṣjarī-pada Sri Kisori-mohana dāsa
9:00 to 12:30 • Morning Session • Gopīnāth Bhavan Room 401
- Sri Srivatsa Goswāmi Auspicious Words of Sri Rūpa Gosvāmi
- Sri Mukunda Datta dāsa Sevā Sādhaka-rūpena, and Krsnaṁ Smaran Janaṁ Cāsya (BRS 1.2.294-295)
- Srimati Savitri dāsi Rūpa Gosvāmi, a Source of Inspiration
- Srimati Bakulā dāsi Sublime Parakiyā-rasa
- Sri Isvara dāsa Srila Rūpa Gosvāmi: the Bhakti-rasācharya
- Sri Sanjaya dāsa The Glories of Srila Rūpa Gosvāmi
- Sripad Bhaktivedānta Vana Mahārāja The Avadāna (Glorious Achievement) of Rupa Goswami in Our Gauḍiya Society
Evening Hindi Session • Gopīnāth Bhavan • 5:00 to 8:30
- Sabhāpati Srimad Bhaktivedānta Vana Mahārāja
- Moderator Srimad Bhaktivedānta Bodhāyana Mahārāja
- Distinguished Speaker Srimad Vicāra Viṣnu Mahārāja
- Speakers Srimad Bhaktivedānta Sridhara Mahārāja, Srimad Bhaktivedānta Sānta Mahārāja, Srimad Bhakti-kiṅkara Damodara Mahārāja, Srimad Bhaktivedānta Paramahamsa Mahārāja, Srimad Bhaktivedānta Sāgara Mahārāja, Sri Parameśvari dāsa, Sri Amala-krsna dāsa, Sri Mādhava Priya dāsa, Sri Rohininandana dāsa, Sri Krsna dāsa, Sri Kisori-mohana dāsa, Sri Jitendra dāsa, Sri Mādhava dāsa, Sri Syāmānanda dāsa, Sri Caitanya-candra dāsa.
WEDNESDAY • AUGUST 26
8:15 • Conference Breakfast • Dokla with Tamarind Chutney and Flatrice with Kadhi
8:45 • Bhakti Sangīta Hari he! Sri Rūpa Gosāĩ • Śrī Madhukar dāsa
9:00 to 12:30 • Morning Session • Gopīnāth Bhavan Room 401
- Sripad Giri Mahārāja The Essence of Ujjvala-nilamani
- Srimati Navalātikā dāsī The Speciality of the Nāṭakas of Srila Rūpa Gosvāmi. From the conversation with Sri Raya Rāmānanda.
- Sri Ramani-mohana dāsa Bābāji Mahārāja The Glories of Rūpa Sanātana, and how they identify sādhanā bhakti to be the first stage on the way to suddha bhakti
- Srimatī Poonam dāsi Srila Rūpa Gosvāmi and Srila Visvanāth Cakravarti Thākura, as Explained by Srila Gurudeva
- Sri Kisori-mohana dāsa Anarpita Cirīṁ Cirāt
- Sri Dhira-krsna dāsa Hare Nāma Mahāmantra, the Foundation of the Teachings of Rūpa Gosvāmi
- Sripad Paramādvaiti Mahārāja Jaya Srila Prabhupāda!
- Gosvāmi Dr. Sri Acyuta lāl Bhatta From Sanskrit Aesthetics to Theological Rasa: Sri Rūpa Gosvāmi in Context
Evening Hindi Session • Gopīnāth Bhavan • 5:00 to 8:30
- Sabhāpati Sri Premadāsa Bābāji Mahārāja
- Moderator Srimad Bhaktivedānta Padmanābha Mahārāja
- Distinguished Speaker Srimad Bhaktivedānta Bodhāyana Mahārāja
- Speakers Sri Mathūra dāsa Bābāji Mahārāja, Sripad Bhaktivedānta Vaiṣnava Mahārāja, Sripad Bhaktivedānta Giri Mahārāja, Sri Dhira-krsna dāsa, Sri Navina-krsna dāsa, Sri Gaurasundara dāsa, Sri Vāsudeva dāsa, Sri Keśava dāsa, Sri Tamāla-krsna dāsa.
Your servant,
Manjari dasi
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