13.33h, House program
– Songs.
– Conversation with some devotees.
– Birth from our mother, and our second birth through diksa-mantra initiation.
– The cycle of birth and death.
– The importance of receiving initiation from an authentic Guru.
Discourses in English 2026
25 Jun 2026 evening – Pandava Nirjala Ekadashi (English) – Lampeter, Wales
– Pastime of Krishna instructing Bhima to kill the elephant named Asvatthama. – Do not eat the five types of grains on Ekadasi day, as all sins enter these grains on that day. – Have faith in the Lord’s instructions; do not doubt the instructions of the Vedas. – Pastime of Mahaprabhu spending the entire night performing sankirtana and only partaking of Jagannatha’s mahaprasada when breaking the fast the following day. – Bhagavan is not bound by...
25 Jun 2026 A rare glimpse into a very deep subject
A rare glimpse into a very deep subject: bhakti and bhakti rasa are not the same. As explained by Srila Gurudeva Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Vana Gosvami Maharaja Ji, when devotion matures through the ingredients of rasa, the heart begins to taste bhakti rasa.
[bhakti, bhakti rasa, Rupa Gosvami, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Gaudiya Vaishnavism, Krishna bhakti, Bhakti Chakor, Vana Madhuryam]
25 Jun 2026 midday – Ekadashi (English) – Lampeter, Wales, UK
– Practice Ekadasi; you must follow what the sastra (scripture) says. – On the day of Ekadasi, all sins take shelter in the five types of grains. – The Lord’s words are free from the four defects: bhrama (error), pramada (illusion), vipralipsa (the tendency to cheat), and karanapatava (imperfect material senses). – It is necessary to follow Krishna’s instructions; the lila (pastime) of how Dronacarya was killed on the battlefield of Kurukshetra...
24 Jun 2026 evening – Ganga-dashahara – Lampeter, Wales, UK
– Baladeva Vidyabhushana Prabhu’s Disappearance Day, Ganga-dashahara, and Gangamata Gosvamini’s Appearance Day are today. – Baladeva Vidyabhushana Prabhu is our sampradaya-rakshaka, the protector of our sampradaya. – It is difficult to have faith in a sadhu, but easy to have faith in Ganga. – Verse: gaṅgāra paraśa hoile paścāte pāvana darśane (Ei-bāro karuṇā koro 3). – Ganga-devi is no less than Yamuna-devi. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu worshipped Ganga-devi...