– Sadhu-sanga is the root cause of bhakti. – Human and animal life have similar processes (e.g. eating and sleeping), but only human beings can lead a spiritual life. – We receive more or less according to our karma. – A person who enjoys listening to krishna-katha is very fortunate. – You are sitting and listening to a sadhu because you are not an ordinary person; you have sukriti. – Story: King Vikramaditya and a kapalika-sadhu with a skull. – The...
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17 Dec 2025 morning – How to Get Raganuga-bhakti (English) – San Jose, Costa Rica
– Bhakti should only be applied towards Krishna. – There are 64, 9 and 5 limbs of bhakti. – Never stay alone in Vraja. – Krishna is Rasa-bihari and Srimati Radhika is Raseshvari; She controls Krishna. – Srimati Radhika is the pleasure potency of Krishna. – Raganuga-bhakti: iste svarasika ragah; paramavishtata (BRS 1.2.272). – Lila: The friends of Krishna ate His rasagulla and jokingly accused Lobhasura of it. – Verse: Itthaṁ satāṁ brahma...
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15 Dec 2025 evening – How to Attain True Love (English) – Cartago, Costa Rica | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The meaning of Bhakti-yoga. The difference between material love and transcendental love. How to find a way out of worldly suffering. The spiritual science behind the search for genuine love. By absorbing the mind in material beings, in the next life one assumes that form. Story of Bharata Maharaja. To see God, a process beginning with sadhu-sanga is necessary. How to build a relationship with Krishna. Mother’s love is the closest to divine love. Krishna is eager to meet us. Song: Sri...
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15 Dec 2025 morning – What Is Raganuga Bhakti (English) – San Jose, Costa Rica | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The difference between vaidhi-bhakti and raganuga-bhakti. Verse: iṣṭe svārasikī rāgaḥ paramāviṣṭatā bhavet… (Bhakti Rasamrta Sindhu 1.2.272). Two characteristics of raganuga-bhakti: spontaneous attachment and never wanting to be separated from Krishna! The love of the gopis is utkantha-mayi-prema, love with extreme greed. The love of trees, birds, and other animals for Krishna is viveka-sunya-prema; they do not know whether Krishna is in Vrndavana or not. The love of the sakhas for Krishna is...
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14 Dec 2025 evening – We Must Practice What We Hear (English) – San Jose, Costa Rica | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Only with the human body can we associate with the sadhu and hear Harikatha. Katha about the three dolls with different values: if we are listening to Harikatha correctly, we will receive its fruit. We must practice what we are hearing in the Harikatha. Without practice, everything will come out the other ear. The primary cause of krsna-bhakti is sadhu-sanga. A moment of association with the sadhu makes it possible to attain the highest perfect goal, but it is necessary to associate with the...
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14 Dec 2025 morning – Raganuga-bhakti (English) – San Jose, Costa Rica | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Conditioned souls do not have spontaneous love for Krishna, for this reason they have no taste for hearing Harikatha, chanting the Holy Names and performing devotional service. We must first understand about ragatmika-bhakti, and then we can understand about raganuga-bhakti. Raganuga means following in the footsteps of the Vrajavasis. Radha and Krishna have the same svarupa. Krishna disguises himself as Syamala-sakhi and steals butter. We can obtain vraja-prema when greed arises in our hearts...