To chant the Holy Names, we must abandon the ten types of offenses against them. One who worships Lord Visnu is a Vaisnava. The twenty-six qualities of a Vaisnava cannot...
New Zealand
18 Sep 2025 evening – The Glories of the Holy Names in Kali-yuga (English) | Auckland, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The text Hari Bhakti Vilasa explains that on Ekadasi day, it is permitted to eat certain foods. On Ekadasi day, it is important to be very close to the Lord —...
18 Sep 2025 midday – The Glories of Ekadasi-tithi (English) | Auckland, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Ekadasi is the mother of suddha-bhakti. Whoever observes the ekadasi fast properly has bhakti awakened in their heart. Ekadasi purifies the heart of all sins. One of the...
17 Sep 2025 midday – Stay at Radharani’s Places (English) | Whangarei, New Zealand
This place is as beautiful as Vrindavana. Concentrate your mind on krishna-lila. Verse: rādhā karāvacita pallava-vallarī ke… (Radha-rasa-sudha-nidhi, 14). Let my mind be...
17 Sep 2025 morning walk – The Nine Questions of the Gopis to Krishna (English) | Whangarei, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The gopis asked Krishna what lust was. The gopis also asked Krishna why He had caused them so much pain by disappearing. The gopis wanted to hear about the different...
16 Sep 2025 evening – The Nature of the Soul (English) | Whangarei, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– On the difficulties of hearing Harikatha and chanting the Holy Names. – The sabdha-brahma, a transcendental vibration, which enters through the ears and...
16 Sep 2025 midday – Self-Realization, the Best Realization (English) | Whangarei, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Gurudeva, for the first time in the city of Whangarei, speaks of the beauty of the place. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s declaration: “One day My names will be...