– Story from Prabhupada: The expert harmonium teacher charged 200 rupees to teach newcomers and 500 rupees to correct the technique of existing players. – Learn to play instruments from a qualified teacher. – The holy names are higher than Sri Hari. – Verse: harer nāma harer nāma… (CC Adi 17.21). – Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura revealed his identity in the spiritual world as Kamala Manjari. – Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s Harinama-chintamani. – Guru...
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31 Dec 2025 midday – Faith in Guru’s Words is Fundamental (English) – Palhoca, Brazil
– 2025 will never come back. – A vast amount of knowledge is useless. Self-realisation is the only important thing. – Always listen to hari-katha and surrender completely to Krishna to protect yourself from maya. – Without surrendering to the guru, we cannot surrender to Krishna. – Guru-vakya-vishvasa: faith in one’s guru’s words is very important. – Verse: ‘Guru-mukha-padma-vākya, citete koriyā aikya’ (Prema-bhakti-chandrika 2)...
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31 Dec 2025 morning walk – Radha-Krishna’s Lilas (English) – Palhoca, Brazil
– If you didn’t eat sandesh and mishri in Navadvipa, your trip was useless!
– In Vrindavana, everyone helps Radha-Krishna’s lila, including snakes, spiders and monkeys.
– The lilas of Radha and Krishna take place in different brahmandas.
– Prakata-lila, aprakata-lila and dhrishtaman-prakasha.
– Song: Gaura mana re kaha na gaura katha.
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28 Dec 2025 evening – The Glories of the Srimad Bhagavatam (English) – Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Before beginning a song, we should read its meaning and translation, so our hearts will be touched. To truly listen means to practice what you have heard. In Kali-yuga, many people will come to confuse us, and we will not know which perfect path and philosophy we should follow. Therefore, Mahaprabhu instructs us to be single-minded in Guru and Krishna, and to chant the Holy Names. If our mind is disturbed, it means we are not listening to Harikatha correctly. What our Guru Parampara is saying...
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28 Dec 2025 morning – Tolerance (English) – Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The Deity (Vigraha) is no different from the Lord. We must serve the Vaishnavas and chant the Holy Names, thus we will soon attain our perfection. If you tolerate, you can endure everything and remain, but if you do not tolerate, everything will be destroyed. The Vaishnava must be more humble than a blade of grass. Katha of the king who was blinded by a thrown stone. He who lacks common sense does not attain spiritual realization. We must first learn Vaishnava etiquette. Without nistha, there...