Australia 2025
05 Sep 2025 morning – The Glories of Rama-lila (English), (Hindi), (English translation) | Brisbane, Australia
– There is no point in performing severe austerities for years just to obtain mystical powers with the intention of deceiving people. – The abode of the Lord is reached only through the practice of bhakti, loving devotional service. – Hanuman once used a mystical power that consists of becoming very small while crossing the ocean and a demon fought against him. – Like Hanuman, those who are pure devotees also possess mystical powers, but they do not want to display their...
04 Sep 2025 evening – Ekadashi (English) | Brisbane, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– The meaning of Parsva Ekadasi relates to when the Lord sleeps, and Uttana Ekadasi to when the Lord awakens. – The house of a person who practices sadhana becomes Goloka Vrndavana. – When a pure sadhu goes to your house, the house becomes a maha-tirtha, a place of pilgrimage; it is purified. – A house whose inhabitants do not practice sadhana is like a snake’s den; Ravana’s house is an example. – The five chaste women: Kunti, Draupadi, Mandodari...
04 Sep 2025 midday – About Ekadasi and the Seva of Vrnda Devi (English) | Brisbane, Australia
– Today is Parsva Ekadasi (ekadasi, which refers to the moment when the Lord turns sideways while sleeping), and today is the appearance day of Jiva Gosvami. – The Lord performs sweet lilas. – When we sleep, we do not remember the body, but the Lord performs yoga-nidra. – Srimati Radhika curses Her brother Sridhama to be born as a demon, and he curses Radha to be born in the material world. – Encounter and separation. – Sridhama is born as the demon Jalandhar...
04 Sep 2025 morning walk – Harikatha Purifies Hearts (English translation) | Brisbane, Australia
– On the power of sadhana.– Harikatha has the power to remove all our anarthas.– Who doesn’t cry when hearing the Harikatha of Sita and Rama? People filled with anarthas in their hearts.– Signs of spiritual development: realization of the Lord, knowledge, and renunciation of what is not favorable to the Lord.– Devotion arises, and in the same proportion, renunciation of material things occurs. More renunciation, in the same percentage, more knowledge...
04 Sep 2025 morning walk – Harikatha Purifies Hearts (Hindi) | Brisbane, Australia
– On the power of sadhana. – Harikatha has the power to remove all our anarthas. – Who doesn’t cry when hearing the Harikatha of Sita and Rama? People filled with anarthas in their hearts. – Signs of spiritual development: realization of the Lord, knowledge, and renunciation of what is not favorable to the Lord. – Devotion arises, and in the same proportion, renunciation of material things occurs. More renunciation, in the same percentage, more knowledge...
03 Sep 2025 evening – Special Kali-yuga (English) | Murwillumbah, Australia
– Verse: tatraiva gaṅgā yamunā ca veṇī godāvarī sindhu sarasvatī ca…(Padyavali 44). – in Kali-yuga, the age of quarrel, everybody quarrels. – Krishna takes responsibility for purifying those who are one-pointed towards Him. – In Kali-yuga there are many diseases so only nama-sankirtana is possible. – Verse: ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanam bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpanam… (Shikshastaka 1). – Verse: nivṛtta-tarṣair upagīyamānād…(SB 10.1.4). – Verse: tṛṇād...
03 Sep 2025 midday – Sapta-sindhu Gunavati Sri Radha (English) | Murwillumbah, Australia
– Quality is better than quantity. – Krishna has 64 qualities, Radha has 25 qualities but Her qualities are very powerful. – 7 oceans of Srimati Radhika’s qualities. – Verse: vaidagdhya-sindhur anurāga-rasaika-sindhur, vātsalya-sindhur, ati-sāndra-kṛpaika sindhuḥ…(Radha-rasa-sudha-nidhi 18). – There are 7 oceans, 7 islands and 9 varshas of Jambudvipa. – Bhajana: Bandhu-saṅge yadi tava raṅga parihāsa. – Bhajana: Bandhu-saṅge yadi tava raṅga parihāsa...