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2025, Discourses in English 2025, California 2025, New Vraja (USA) 2025, USA 2025, Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.33.36, Shikshashtaka 2025, Manah-shiksha 2025, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, soul: conditioned soul

17 Jul 2025 evening – Manah-siksa and Siksastakam (English) | New Braj, California, USA

July 17, 2025 6:00 PM

– If you don’t hear Harikatha, you hear worldly matters. – Maya and Chaya (shadow), that which is not true but poses as truth. – The conditioned soul is like a deer chasing a mirage in the desert, trying to achieve reputation, name, and fame. – Sloka that talks about how we can overcome the desire for prestige and fame: pratisthasa dhrsta svapaca-ramani me hrdi natet… (Manah Siksa 7). – Maya and Chaya, one goes first and the other comes second. – The...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Alto Paraiso de Goias 2025, Brazil 2025, Shikshashtaka 2025

23 Jun 2025 evening – The Power of Reciting Siksastakam (English) | Alto Paraiso de Goias, Brazil

June 23, 2025 6:00 PM

– Verse: ceto darpana marjanam… (Sri Siksastakam). – The Siksastakam is the most powerful mantra of all the Vedas, Puranas and Upanisads, for it was manifested from the mouth of Mahaprabhu. – Verse: harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalam… (CC Madhya 6.242). – Harinama is the dharma of this age of Kali. – Song: Ke jabi ke. – Manjari-bhava is the sweetest thing there is. – The method of chanting the Holy Names. – Ahangata, I am the author, and...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Hari-katha 2025 (Undisclosed country), Undisclosed, Shikshashtaka 2025, bhakti: sadhana-bhakti

21 Apr 2025 morning – Sri Siksastaka and the Bhakti Process (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 21, 2025 8:57 AM

The Siksastaka highlights sambhanda-jnana (relationship knowledge), abhidheya (process) and prayojana (goal) of sadhana-bhakti. Song: Sri Krsna Bhajane Jadi. Verse: dhana, jana nāhi māgoṅ, kavitā sundarī…(CC Antya-lila 20.30). We should pray for ahaituki-bhakti, unmotivated devotional service. Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami expresses his mood of separation after Mahaprabhu’s departure. Verse: kāhāṅ mora prāṇa-nātha muralī-vadana (CC Madhya-lila 2.15). Song: Sri Gusvastakam. Bhagavatya...

2025, Discourses in Hindi 2025, Delhi 2025, India 2025, Shikshashtaka 2025, bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti

04 Apr 2025 evening – Sri Siksastaka and the Bhakti Process (Hindi) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 4, 2025 6:51 PM

Ramacandra’s katha should be studied first. Vaidhi-bhakti comes first. Ramacandra is the embodiment of Vaisnava etiquette. Harikatha on social castas. The example of Parasurama. Sabari, Ramacandra’s devotee is an example of faith in her Guru. About the importance of Ramayana and how Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja spoke about Valmiki. The Ramayana written by Valmiki is the original Ramayana. About Radha and Krsna in the Bhagavad Gita. Just like a crow, jivas use one...

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