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2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2024, Guaruja 2024, Brazil 2024, anarthas: removal of anarthas, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart)

31 Dec 2024 evening – Hari-katha on New Year’s Eve (English) | Guaruja, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 31, 2024 6:23 PM

00:00 – The necessity of taking inventory of one’s achievements in the old year.08:00 – The five stages of the removal of anarthas (unwanted desires); about developing guru-nishtha (steadfast faith in the guru).21:00 – The level of bhava-dosha (defects in spiritual emotion).25:00 – The nature of the madness of the material world; the example of Kumbhakarna.37:00 – About transcendental madness.50:00 – How to chant the holy names.53:00 – Analysis of...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2024, Guaruja 2024, Brazil 2024, service: guru-seva, Tulasi-devi

31 Dec 2024 midday – The Subtleties of Moods of Love for the Lord (English) | Guaruja, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 31, 2024 12:17 PM

PART 1 PART 2 PART 1 0:00:00 – Read the book about Ekadashi. Anuradha Didi designed the cover, and Shyamasundara Prabhu compiled the book from lectures. 0:02:38 – Shyamasundara Prabhu speaks. 0:03:20 – If you focus your mind on harinama and hari-katha, then your mind will not run towards various gossips. All of you must write a small book; I request everyone to write books. 0:07:30 – Gurudev inspired everyone to distribute books. One day, someone will read them and...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2024, Guaruja 2024, Brazil 2024, Morning walks 2024, ashta-kaliya-lila: eightfold daily pastimes (Krishna's eternal pastimes throughout the eight periods of the day), bhakti: 3 stages of development (sadhana-bhakti; bhava-bhakti and prema-bhakti), bhakti: stages, karma: cycle of birth and death, samskaras

31 Dec 2024 morning walk – Hari-katha (English) | Guaruja, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 31, 2024 8:11 AM

0:00:02 – When a sadhaka ascends to the level of asakti (spontaneous attachment), free from bhava-doshas (defects in spiritual emotion), as Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami said, he realizes his svarupa (spiritual form) and can perform manasi-seva (mental service). Mahaprabhu gave the instruction: when one is completely free from material attachments and rises to the level of asakti… 0:02:39 – A story: Once, Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami fell ill. A Kaviraj (Ayurvedic doctor) said his high...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2024, Guaruja 2024, Brazil 2024, Nishanta-lila, animals: dogs, guru-varga, liberation, liberation: merge with the Lord, lineage: guru-parampara, renunciation

30 Dec 2024 evening – Don’t Be Slaves of Maya (English) | Guaruja, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 30, 2024 7:20 PM

0:02:12 – How to progress in our spiritual life? We need three things: Sambandha (relationship with the Lord), Abhideya (the process of bhakti), and Prayojana (the ultimate goal). Srila Rupa Gosvamipada speaks about this in Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu. The one goal is to give happiness to Krishna; this mood should be uninterrupted, like a continuous stream of honey. Bhakti should not stop; all efforts should be for Krishna’s happiness. For Krishna’s happiness, we must give up...

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