– Wonderful explanation of the meaning of guru-puja. – Chant the Holy Names to purify your mind and heart. – Reciting the diksa mantras is fundamental: di (divya-jnana/transcendental knowledge), and ksa (destruction of sins). – Difference between worldly faith and spiritual faith. – People don’t remember, but everyone is being born and dying in the cycle of lives and deaths, continuously passing through 8,400,000 life forms. – The Guru is the one who...
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2025, guru-nistha, Tattva: Guru-tattva, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Spanish, Bogota, Colombia, Colombia 2025
11 Dec 2025 midday – Guru Nistha Is a Fundamental Spiritual Quality (English) – Bogota, Colombia
– The importance of faith and devotional service. – Story of a devotee who had no qualifications but wanted to see the Lord because he possessed a single quality: guru-nistha. – Detailed explanation of puja, how to worship Sri Guru: internal and external aspects of worship. – Meaning of the word puja. – The meaning of the five flames of ghee in the act of puja, and the five rasas. – Firmly hold the lotus feet of Nityananda Prabhu and Baladeva Prabhu. –...
2025, bad habits, Mantra: mantra of purification, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Spanish, Bogota, Colombia, Colombia 2025
11 Dec 2025 morning – Mahamantra Transforms Sinner into a Pious Person (English) – Bogota, Colombia
– Hippies and carnival-goers like to dance and sing in the namasankirtana and, little by little, they abandon their bad habits. – Remembering how Srila Swami Prabhupada began his preaching to the hippies. – The impurities of the body are cleansed by water, and the impurities of the heart are cleansed by the Mahamantra. – Mantra of purification: om apavitraḥ pavitro vā sarvāvasthāṁ gato ’pi vā yaḥ smaret puṇḍarīkākṣaṁ sa bahyābhyantara-śuciḥ (Garuda Purana). –...
2025, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Spanish, Bogota, Colombia, Colombia 2025, Morning walks 2025
11 Dec 2025 morning walk – Questions and Answers (English) – Bogota, Colombia
– Srila Swami Maharaja received sannyasa initiation from Srila Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Gosvami Maharaja. – We are all in the lineage of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada, he is the original Acarya of Gaudiya Vaishnava and blesses all who preach throughout the world. – You should keep your distance from the babaji sampradaya because they do not accept the teachings of the Six Gosvamis, nor the humor of Mahaprabhu. – The babaji sampradaya does not follow...
2025, akhanda-guru-tattva, guru-tattva, Liberation, renunciation, self-realisation, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Spanish, Bogota, Colombia, Colombia 2025
10 Dec 2025 evening – Chant the Holy Names with Firm Faith (English) – Bogota, Colombia
– Mahaprabhu said, “One day, people will chant the holy names throughout the world.” – Glorification of the local Sri Sri Gaura Narayana Matha. – The mercy of akhanda-Guru-Tattva, Nityananda Prabhu. – Guru-nishtha is the backbone of our bhakti. – The nine limbs of bhakti. – The mind is the cause of bondage and liberation. Control your mind through constant practice and renunciation, and chant the holy names to liberate it. – Verse: ‘Ceto-darpaṇa...
2025, krishna-samsara, Mantra: gopala-mantra, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Spanish, Bogota, Colombia, Colombia 2025
10 Dec 2025 midday – Food for the Soul (English) – Bogota, Colombia
– Food for the soul is hari-katha. – When a baby is crying far away from its mother, she cannot hear it. The baby cries and cries until it faints. In the same way, your soul cries out for hari-katha, but you do not listen to it, and it finally faints in maya. – Awaken your soul with the maha-mantra, the medicine brought by Mahaprabhu. – Chant gopala-mantra or gayatri-mantra to awaken your soul. – Create krishna-samsara in your home. Remember that your house belongs...
2025, conscious being, Mantra: gopala-mantra, seed of bhakti, Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Spanish, Bogota, Colombia, Colombia 2025, Chaitanya-charitamrita Madhya 19.151
10 Dec 2025 morning – A Seed of Bhakti (English) – Bogota, Colombia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sadhu-sanga is very important. The 5 types of manifestation of consciousness: acchadita-chetana, sankuchita-chetana, mukulita-chetana, vikasita-chetana and purna-vikasita-chetana. Feeling, willing and knowing are the three characteristics of a conscious being. Devatas are those who have faith in God, while asuras are those who do not. To devotees: You are now a vikasita-chetana. However, your goal should be to become a purna-vikasita-chetana. Verse: brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva guru...
