for beginners
28 Jan 2025 midday – The Rare Human Birth (English) | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Gurudeva declares: believe it or not, this form of life is very rare! Animals cannot associate with a sadhu, chant the Holy Names or listen to Harikatha. We are not the...
12 Feb 2024 evening – The Essence of Human Life (English) – Buenos Aires, Argentina | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Song: Bhaja Hu Re Mana. Story of Bharata Maharaja. Bhakti Devi manifests in a person’s heart after he associates with a saint. Verse: kṛṣṇa-bhakti-janma-mūla haya...
31 Jan 2024 midday – Q&A (English) – Seattle, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– The power of maha-mantra. – Structure of the gross body, subtle body and soul (mentioning the book Journey of the Soul). – The soul changes bodies...
30 Jan 2024 midday – How we come to Krishna Consciousness (English) – Seattle, USA
– In life, where have we come from and where do we go? – God creates the human being as like Him. – Ananga-mayi-jagad – our ultimate goal...
08 Jan 2024 evening – The Purpose of Human Life (English) – Bogota, Colombia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Human life is very rare. It is the only form among the 8 million and 400 thousand species that is capable of practicing spiritual life. Verse: durlabho mānuṣo deho —...
05 Sep 2023 evening – How we can stop our suffering (English) – Birmingham, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
PART 1 Krishna Consciousness means how to give love and affection. The cause of our suffering in this material world. In this Kali-yuga, we can only return to our real...
23 Jun 2023 evening – Primary Issues of the Spiritual Life (English) – Viseu, Portugal | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
This world is not our home. We are travellers, moving from one body to another. In each body we have a different bodily conception and identity: man, woman, animal, and...