United Kingdom 2025
01 Aug 2025 evening – The Wonders of Firm Faith in the Guru’s Words (English) | Brighton, UK
– What I hear from my Gurudeva is the absolute truth. – Many people have different opinions, but you should neither listen to nor accept anything that does not come from Sri Guru. – If you are single-pointed to the Guru, your spiritual life will be successful; otherwise, it will be ruined. – We must have firm faith in the Guru’s words so that our minds do not become confused and disturbed. – Our husband is Krsna, and by being single-pointed to Him, we can...
01 Aug 2025 midday – Krsna Is Only Happy If We Glorify Vraja (English) | Brighton, UK
– Where the holy Vaisnava is, there is Goloka Vrndavana. – If the place is very opulent like Vaikunta, but if there are no devotees of the Lord there, it will be useless. – Krsna said: “The cowherd boys of Vraja are My life and soul”. – We should not do anything in a hurry. – When circumambulating [the Altar or sacred place], it is correct to make at least four circles. – Sadhana consists of following the 64 limbs of bhakti (devotion). – Firm...
31 Jul 2025 evening – The Human Body and the Service to the Lord (English) | Brighton, UK
The human body is very rare to attain. – Scripture specifies the number of material bodies that exist among the 8,400,000 species of life. Sloka: jalajā nava-lakṣāṇi sthāvarā lakṣa-viṁśati…(Visnu Purana in CC Madhya-lila 19.138). – The human being was created in the image of the Supreme Lord. – Meaning of the word “body”: birth, old age, disease, Yamaraja (the lord of death). – Ajamila, his son Narayana, the Yamadutas, the Visnudutas, and the power of the Holy...
31 Jul 2025 midday – Srila Gurudeva Is Always With Us (English) | Wales, UK
– Srila Gurudeva Vana Maharaja comments on several episodes he spent with Srila Gurudeva BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja. – Story that exemplifies that Srila Gurudeva is always with his disciples: the disciple’s walk on the beach with his Gurudeva and the footprints in the sand. – Three types of feelings of separation: bhavi-viraha: suffering in anticipation of future separation (premeditated separation); bhavan-viraha: desperate suffering due to the separation that is...
30 Jul 2025 evening – Guru-nishtha is Everything (English) | Wales, UK | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Hari-katha and sadhu-sanga are very rare. – Verse: anāradhya rādhā-padāmbhoja-reṇum…(Sva-sankalpa-prakasha-stotra 1). – 3 principles to submerge into the highest conjugal mood, shyama-shringara rasa. – Verse: nivṛtta-tarṣair upagīyamānād…(SB 10.1.4). – Lord Shivaji explained to Devi Parvati about whom we should worship: ārādhanānāṁ sarveṣāṁ viṣṇor ārādhanaṁ param…(Padma Purana). – Before worshipping the Lord, worship His devotees. – Song: Gurvashtaka...