uttama-adhikari (highest-class devotees): 3 types of uttama-adhikari (murchita-kashaya; nirdhuta-kashaya; and bhagavata-parsada-deha-prapta)

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27 Jul 2026 midday – Processes to attain Prema-bhakti (English) – Centro de Bhakti Yoga, Curitiba, Brazil

July 27, 2026 12:00 PM

– Observing Caturmasya and katha of some of the festivals therein. – Satyaraja Khan asks Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu how to serve Vaisnavas. – The levels of Vaisnavas and the five types of worshippers. – By following third verse of Sri Siksastaka a the sadhaka will attain suddha-nama. – Process surrounding chanting holy names and diksa mantras. – How the practitioner will know they have committed an offense. – The five stages of obstacles to be removed...

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09 Jul 2026 midday – Miscellaneous Topics (English) – Sierra Nevada, California, USA

July 9, 2026 12:00 PM

– Punishment is also the Lord’s mercy; it removes the anarthas from the heart. – One of Maya’s names is Krpa, Mercy. – Maya is very strict; you have to practice sadhana and thus get rid of punishment. – Bhakti manifests in our hearts through sadhu-sanga. – Different sadhus: bhagavad-parsada-deha-prapt (e.g., Narada Muni); murchitta-kasaya (e.g., Narada Muni in a previous life); nirdhuta-kasaya (e.g., Sukadeva Gosvami). – Suta Gosvami and...

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11 Feb 2026 evening (airport) – Categories of Devotees (English) – Zoetermeer, Netherlands

February 11, 2026 6:00 PM

– Shraddha and sadhu-sanga are the stages of kanishtha-kanishtha adhikari; bhajana-kriya and anartha-nivritti are the stages of kanishtha-madhyama adhikari; nishtha is the stage of kanishtha-uttama adhikari; ruchi is the stage of madhyama-kanishtha adhikari, asakti is the stage of madhyama-madhyama adhikari, rati is the stage of madhyama-uttama adhikari, the stages from bhava to prema correspond to uttama-adhikari. – The stages of anartha-nivritti are: eka-desha-vartini, bahu-desha...

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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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22 Nov 2023 morning – The Teaching of Shikshashtaka (Hindi) – Govardhana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

November 22, 2023 8:49 AM

Shikshashtaka was manifested by Mahaprabhu to give us the teaching of nama-sankirtana. The mirror of our heart can be cleansed by nama-sankirtana. Do not disturb karmis by telling them about bhakti, just engage them in seva. The importance of sadhu-sanga. The story of a mouse who became a princess in her next life after she tasted the gheewick offered to the deity and unconsciously rolled around in front of the deity performing arati. Vidhi-marga bhakti and raga-marga bhakti. Jnata-sukriti and...

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22 Nov 2023 morning – The Teaching of Shikshashtaka (English translation) – Govardhana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

November 22, 2023 8:49 AM

Shikshashtaka was manifested by Mahaprabhu to give us the teaching of nama-sankirtana. The mirror of our heart can be cleansed by nama-sankirtana. Do not disturb karmis by telling them about bhakti, just engage them in seva. The importance of sadhu-sanga. The story of a mouse who became a princess in her next life after she tasted the gheewick offered to the deity and unconsciously rolled around in front of the deity performing arati. Vidhi-marga bhakti and raga-marga bhakti. Jnata-sukriti and...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Siedelsbrunn 2023, Germany 2023, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, character quality: lust and anger, karma: previous life, service: guru-seva, siddha-deha: spiritual body (eternal perfected body for serving Krishna in the spiritual realm), uttama-adhikari (highest-class devotees): 3 types of uttama-adhikari (murchita-kashaya; nirdhuta-kashaya; and bhagavata-parsada-deha-prapta)

01 Jun 2023 midday – The Sadhaka and the Spiritual Life (English) – Siedelsbrunn, Germany | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 1, 2023 12:26 PM

Krishna gives us sanga and then He turns away, so is this world, the sun rises and sets, the waves of the sea come and go. You can’t even imagine how many countless souls are born and die in this cycle, come and go. When Krishna was here, you were all here. In this path of repeated birth and death, one day the soul attains sadhu-sanga and hari-katha, and then Bhakti-devi manifests in the heart. Sloka: satāṁ prasaṅgān mama vīrya-saṁvido There are different sadhus and different bhakta...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Kuala Lumpur 2023, Malaysia 2023, bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, uttama-adhikari (highest-class devotees): 3 types of uttama-adhikari (murchita-kashaya; nirdhuta-kashaya; and bhagavata-parsada-deha-prapta)

17 Apr 2023 evening – The Lilas of Narada Rishi (English) – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 17, 2023 6:36 PM

The glories and power of sadhu-sanga. The rare gift of the human body. Darshana of bhagavata-bhakta is very rare. Mahaprabhu in Jagannatha Puri is completely in Radhaji’s mood of separation. Original Srimati Radhika and original Krishna always stay together in Vrindavana. A sadhaka should realise his sambandha-jnana. Then he will never fall. Sambandha, abhidheya, prayojana-tattva. The stages of sadhana-bhakti and bhava-bhakti. The definition of shraddha The Lord has invested all His powers in...

uttama-adhikari (highest-class devotees): 3 types of uttama-adhikari (murchita-kashaya; nirdhuta-kashaya; and bhagavata-parsada-deha-prapta)

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