– The process of connection, yoga, to attain suddha-bhakti. – Animal life versus spiritual life. – Bhakti yoga teaches how to lovingly serve the Lord. – Mayavada apasiddhanta. – Story of the illogical wolf killing the lamb analogy. – The wonders of the soul and creation. – Shloka on uniqueness of the human being: āhara-nidrā-bhaya-maithunaṁ ca (Hitopadesa 25). – Example: Lord Indra comes a pig body. – Purport: Soul is in this body, therefore...
energy: achintya-shakti
10 May 2026 midday – Material Love and Divine Love (English) – Manresa, Spain | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Yoga means union, when two substances mix. It is not possible to achieve this union with only one substance. Where can we obtain divine love? We can obtain it through the heart of the sadhu. Without love, our life is useless. In this material world, love is temporary and will eventually be destroyed. If we have love for God, we can reach Him. When love exists, those elements are close and they do not want to separate. Within the mantra we have acintya-sakti, the inconceivable potency, a...
10 Jan 2026 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 7 (English) – Gaia Vrindavana, Brazil
Srimad Bhagavatam is eternal, nityam. Acintya-sakti (inconceivable potency) of Krsna. It is difficult to concentrate on Harikatha for more than twenty minutes at a time. Asura-bhava and Deva-bhava. Spiritual realization arises through the mercy of Guru and Krsna when the devotee surrenders to Them. The concept of sara-svabhava: simple heart. Sloka: labdhvā su-durlabham idaṁ bahu-sambhavānte… (SB 11.9.29). Sloka: kṛṣṇa-bhakti-janma-mūla haya ‘sādhu-saṅga’… (CC Madhya 22.83). On...
02 Sep 2025 evening – Srimati Radhika’s Childhood (English) | Murwillumbah, Australia
– Recalling various pastimes in which Krsna defeats the demons. – About how Sukadeva Gosvami spoke to Parikisit Maharaja. – Pastimes performed by Srimati Radharani as a baby, which are not well known. – The childhood of Srimati Radhika, growing up in the home of Her parents, Vrsabhanu Maharaja and Kirtida-devi. – The pastime in which Kirtida-devi is attacked by a crocodile while swimming in the Yamuna with her sakhis. – The Vrajavasis see Krsna as one of...
05 Dec 2024 midday – The Power of Harikatha Spoken by a Pure Devotee – Harikatha Online for Chinese Devotees (English) | Skype, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Srila Gurudeva speaks sweet words to the Chinese devotees. Krsna is wonderful and merciful and arranges for the devotees to meet Gurudeva. One must nourish the soul, not just the body. Harikatha nourishes the soul. If we do not hear Harikatha, material desires enter the heart. Prahlada Maharaja said: śrī-prahrāda uvāca śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ… (SB 7.5.23-24). Hearing Harikatha brings great strength to our body, mind and soul. Rasa-lila-katha is a powerful medicine. Harikatha removes all...
15 June 2024 midday – The Wonders of Bhagavan Sri Krsna (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sloka: ārādhyo bhagavān vrajeśa-tanayas… (Caitanya-matta-manjusa, by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura). Siddhanta from Harivamsa Purana, which provides evidence that Nanda Maharaja’s wife has two names: Devaki and Yasoda. Krsna in different moods in His different abodes, Dvaraka, Mathura and Vrndavana. The example of a perfect grhasta is Lord Ramacandra. About the ninety-six different types of heroes (nayakas) of Bhagavan Sri Krsna. The lilas of Dvaraka, Mathura and Vrndavana, and the...
20 May 2024 midday – How to Obtain Bhagavan’s Darsana (English, Hindi) – Zoetermeer, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Uddhava glorifies the prema of the Vraja gopis (Srimad Bhagavatam). Ahankara, the false ego, is the anartha most rooted in the heart and is what keeps living entities away from Bhagavan. We do nothing, Bhagavan is the one who does everything. If God protects us, no one can kill us. Jayadratha was killed by Arjuna with the help of Krsna even though he had special blessing. Bhagavan’s darsana causes material desires to cease. Verse: utsāhān niścayād dhairyāt tat-tat-karma-pravartanāt… (Sri...
11 May 2024 midday – The Original Form of Bhagavan (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
We should not be lazy when entering tattva-siddhanta, avoiding laziness the mind will become fixed. The Gaudiya conception of tattva-siddhanta is very subtle and lays the foundation that enables us to enter rasa-siddhanta. Without the foundation of tattva-siddhanta it is not possible to enter rasa-siddhanta. The first three slokas of the book Sri Upadesamrta. From beginners to advanced, all devotees must read Sri Upadesamrta. Cutting the bush, plowing the land and planting seeds is necessary...