On the process of Bhakti, which depends on bhajana and sadhana. Under the influence of Maya, souls are obscured, unaware of their own nature and identity. Analogy of the bhakti process with the cooking of rice. On the activities of the conditioned soul in the material world being opposed to bhakti. Explanation of the elimination of anarthas (impurities), which is necessary for the svarupa (original form) of the soul to be revealed. On listening with our material conception and under the...
Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2026
05 Jan 2026 morning – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 2 (English) – Gaia Vrindavana, Brazil
TRANSCRIPT Time Stamp – 2:25:21-2:56:14 This Bhagavatam is not speaking any duplicity and hypocrisy. Srimad-Bhagavatam is always speaking what is absolutely true. Always speak the truth. If you’ll speak the truth [people] will be angry. This is true or not? This is the truth. If you speak the truth then people will become very angry. This is true. But other Puranas katha is called madhu-pushpita-vakyam, understand or no? Madhu-pushpita-vakyam means that katha is little bit sweet katha but...
04 Jan 2026 midday – The Fruit of Bhagavat-katha Comes When We Meditate on It (English) – Viamao, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Krishna appeared in this Kali-yuga in the form of Srimad Bhagavatam. Bhagavatam is a bridge by which we can cross the ocean of material existence. The katha of the avaricious brahmana and how only Bhagavat-katha liberated an individual from the ghost body. The essence of life is to practice sadhana and bhajana. The ghost body is a body that feels much pain. It is no use listening to any katha if we do not remember it afterwards. The fruit of the katha comes when, in addition to listening, one...
03 Jan 2026 evening – Glorification of Srimad-Bhagavatam (English) – Viamao, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Srimad-Bhagavatam is the essence of all Vedas, Puranas, and Upanishads. Srimad-Bhagavatam is the only sacred scripture that focuses on prema-katha. Sloka: aradhyo bhagavan vrajesa-tanayas… (Caitanya-matta-manjusa). Radhakanta means: Krishna, the beloved of Srimati Radhika. Confidential matters should be kept secret. The married mood (svakiya-bhava) is only to attract the common audience. The eagerness to hear hari-katha comes from constantly listening to it. Sloka: nivṛtta-tarṣair upagīyamānād…...