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2025, Discourses in Hindi 2025, Christchurch 2025, New Zealand 2025, anyabhilasita-sunyam jnana-karmady-anavrtam, Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu 1.1.11, Devotional Service to Krishna, sharanagati: six limbs, sound: shabda-brahman

14 Sep 2025 evening – Bhakti is Deep Attachment to the Lord (Hindi) | Christchurch, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 14, 2025 6:00 PM

If we want to know about mahabhava, we must first understand about saranagati (surrender). About the six limbs of saranagati. Bhakti is deep attachment to the Lord. All our efforts should be for the pleasure of Krsna. This is the definition of bhakti – verse: anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.1.11). Hearing Harikatha from the sadhu’s lotus mouth corresponds to associating directly with the sadhu. ⁠The sadhu’s Harikatha is very powerful because it...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Christchurch 2025, New Zealand 2025, The Conditioned Soul, body: bodily conception, body: dehatma-buddhi, Krishna: Krishna's flute, Krishna: Krishna's peacock feather, prema: stages, service: krishna-seva, soul: conditioned soul

14 Sep 2025 midday – Bodily Conception Is the Root of Mental Disturbance (English) | Christchurch, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 14, 2025 12:00 PM

Once a year, Lord Jagannatha comes out of His Temple and grants His darsana to all the fallen souls. The minds of the gopis become very disturbed when Krsna goes out to herd, for they cannot tolerate separation from Him. Sneha means love and affection. In Kali-yuga, the conditioned soul has a disturbed mind, fighting within itself or with others because of its bodily conception (dehātmā-buddhiḥ). The thought of being this body and the supreme enjoyer is what disturbs our mind. ⁠The moment we...

2025, Discourses in Hindi 2025, Christchurch 2025, New Zealand 2025, Gundicha-marjana Lila, The Conditioned Soul, anarthas: four types, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), bhaktas: how to respect Vaishnavas, body: bodily conception, character quality: lust and anger, maya: two functions, soul: conditioned soul

14 Sep 2025 morning – Anger and Lust Are Never Satisfied (Hindi) | Christchurch, New Zealand

September 14, 2025 7:00 AM

* Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu teaches us how to honor and respect Vaisnavas. * The reason Mahaprabhu collected stones and threw them away from the Gundica Temple. * First, the sadhaka must cleanse his heart. * Lust and anger will never be satisfied, no matter how much we serve them. * The conditioned soul has become a slave to lust and anger, hence wandering in this cycle of repeated birth and death. * The good fortune of associating with a sadhu and following his instructions eliminates lust and...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Christchurch 2025, New Zealand 2025

13 Sep 2025 evening – Hari-katha (English) | Christchurch, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 13, 2025 6:00 PM

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Christchurch 2025, New Zealand 2025, Atma-tattva, Self-Realization, book: Bible, book: Quran, karma: cycle of birth and death, self-realisation, soul: size of the soul

12 Sep 2025 evening – Self-Realization Is the Best Realization (English) | Christchurch, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 12, 2025 6:00 PM

The Bible reveals that God created man in His image and His likeness. This human body enables us to perform devotional service. We must have an inquisitive attitude and humor, just as scientists do. It is not possible to conquer death and become immortal; thus, we go through a cycle of birth and death. We are not the body; we are the soul, and it is the soul that makes this body function. Everything that exists has an intrinsic nature; in the case of the soul, its nature is to serve the Lord...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Christchurch 2025, New Zealand 2025, Sadhana-bhakti, anarthas: purification stages (eka-desa-varttini; bahu-desa-varttini; prayiki; purna and atyantiki), anarthas: removal of anarthas, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), aparadhas: vaishnava-aparadha, bhaktas: difference between sadhakas and siddha-bhaktas, bhakti: definition of sadhana-bhakti, bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, body: bodily conception, body: bodily identification, paths of spiritual practice: karma-kanda; jnana-kanda and bhakti-kanda (paths of action; knowledge and devotion), renunciation, renunciation (vairagya), renunciation (vairagya): types, renunciation: yukta-vairagya

12 Sep 2025 morning – The Definition of Sadhana-bhakti (English) | Christchurch, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 12, 2025 8:20 AM

PART 1 PART 2 Those who practice devotional service to Lord Sri Krsna with their body, mind, and words. Our goal is to attain a hint of the humor of the cowherd boys of Vraja. The bodily conception is the root of all anarthas. About karma-kanda, jnana-kanda, and bhakti-kanda. There are different types of vairagya (renunciation). We must take care of our body to serve Krsna and, in no way, show others false renunciation. Our body needs to be healthy to awaken to mangala-arati, which is a limb of...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Christchurch 2025, New Zealand 2025, Entry level discourses 2025, Chaitanya-charitamrita Madhya 20.102, Chaitanya-charitamrita Madhya 22.54, Hitopadesha 25, A Sadhu Who Liberated All the Suffering Souls in the Hell Solely by the Aroma of His Body, Purpose of Human Life, karma: cycle of birth and death, karma: law of karma, liberation

11 Sep 2025 evening – The Meaning of Life (English) | Christchurch, New Zealand

September 11, 2025 6:00 PM

– In Kali-yuga, people only want to enjoy pleasures and it is very difficult for them to sit down to hear Harikatha. – In Kali-yuga, people are completely atheistic; they have no faith in the Lord or in the existence of reincarnation. This atheistic philosophy is completely false. – ⁠On Yamaraja, the law of karma, and Citragupta (Yamaraja’s servant who records all the acts of all human beings). – Scientific discoveries, such as the computer, are discovered because...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Christchurch 2025, New Zealand 2025, Chaitanya-charitamrita Madhya 25.159, Mahaprabhu and the Illiterate Young Man Who Read Bhagavad-gita with Love and Sincerity, Importance of Vaishnava Association, anarthas: purification stages (eka-desa-varttini; bahu-desa-varttini; prayiki; purna and atyantiki), anarthas: removal of anarthas, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhagavata: jivanta-bhagavata, bhaktas: kanishtha-adhikari; madhyama-adhikari; uttama-adhikari, bhakti: aropa-siddha-bhakti; sanga-siddha-bhakti; svarupa-siddha-bhakti, bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, bhakti: sadhana-bhakti; bhava-bhakti; prema-bhakti, karma: previous life, uttama-adhikari (highest-class devotees): 3 types of uttama-adhikari (murchita-kashaya; nirdhuta-kashaya; and bhagavata-parsada-deha-prapta)

11 Sep 2025 morning – Bhakti Comes from the Heart of the Sadhu (English) | Christchurch, New Zealand

September 11, 2025 7:00 AM

– The kanistha-adhikari has neither sastra-jnana nor common sense. – Description of the difference between kanistha, madhyama, and uttama adhikari devotees. – The behavior of the kanistha and uttama adhikari appears the same but is completely different. – The madhyama acts with discrimination. – The uttama sees the Lord everywhere, sees sacred places everywhere, and sees people as servants of the Supreme Lord. – ⁠Uttama-adhikari is of three types: Bhagavad...

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