anartha-nivritti: removal of unwanted things (cleansing of the heart; stage of bhakti development)

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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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29 Apr 2025 morning (airport) – End of Karma (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 29, 2025 8:26 AM

Explanation about the manifestation of Srimad Bhagavatam. About the end of karma only happening with complete surrender to Guru and Krsna. The Caitanya Caritamrta clarifies that the devotee, upon surrendering to the Guru, begins to be taken care of by Krsna. In Madhurya-Kadambini, Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura explains that, by simply chanting a namabhasa, a stage in which one has not yet reached pure chanting, karma is destroyed. There is a need for a little karma to maintain the body here in...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2024, Mexico City 2024, Mexico 2024, Christmas 2024, anartha-nivritti: removal of unwanted things (cleansing of the heart; stage of bhakti development), bhajana-kriya: beginning of devotional practices (engagement in bhakti activities; stage after accepting guidance from guru), gopis: types, lineage: guru-parampara, siddha-pranali: system of spiritual lineage (process of receiving the identity of one's spiritual form through a lineage of teachers)

25 Dec 2024 evening – Our Guru-parampara (English) | Mexico City, Mexico | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 25, 2024 6:26 PM

Before taking diksha, carefully realise our guru-parampara. Pancharatriki-parampara and bhagavatiya-parampara. How Baladeva Vidyabhushana Prabhu proved that Srimati Radharani was married to Sri Krishna. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura boldly opened his siddha-pranali. 2 types of siddha-pranali. Shraddha, sadhu-sanga, bhajana-kriya, anartha-nivritti, nishtha, ruchi, asakti, bhava and prema. Do not hear hari-katha from a non-Vaishnava. Shloka: avaiṣṇava-mukhodgīrṇaṁ pūtaṁ hari-kathāmṛtam… (Padma...

2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Brisbane 2024, Australia 2024, anartha-nivritti: removal of unwanted things (cleansing of the heart; stage of bhakti development), bhajana-kriya: beginning of devotional practices (engagement in bhakti activities; stage after accepting guidance from guru)

18 Sep 2024 evening – From Attachment to Freedom (Hindi) | Brisbane, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 18, 2024 6:32 PM

An unfortunate day from a material and transcendental point of view. Maya does not hold us, it creates the illusion that it does. Tulasi dasa gives the example of a monkey holding a potato in a jar and a bird holding a wheel. Shloka: daivī hyeṣhā guṇa-mayī mama māyā duratyayā… (BG 7.14). Shloka: ‘śraddhā’-śabde – viśvāsa kahe sudṛḍha niścay… (CC Madhya 22.62). The spiritual steps up to prema: shraddha, sadhu-sanga, bhajana-kriya, anartha-nivritti, nishtha, ruchi, asakti...

2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Brisbane 2024, Australia 2024, anartha-nivritti: removal of unwanted things (cleansing of the heart; stage of bhakti development), bhajana-kriya: beginning of devotional practices (engagement in bhakti activities; stage after accepting guidance from guru)

18 Sep 2024 evening – From Attachment to Freedom (English translation) | Brisbane, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 18, 2024 6:32 PM

An unfortunate day from a material and transcendental point of view. Maya does not hold us, it creates the illusion that it does. Tulasi dasa gives the example of a monkey holding a potato in a jar and a bird holding a wheel. Shloka: daivī hyeṣhā guṇa-mayī mama māyā duratyayā… (BG 7.14). Shloka: ‘śraddhā’-śabde – viśvāsa kahe sudṛḍha niścay… (CC Madhya 22.62). The spiritual steps up to prema: shraddha, sadhu-sanga, bhajana-kriya, anartha-nivritti, nishtha, ruchi, asakti...

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03 Jul 2024 midday – Sadhana-bhakti and Bhava-bhakti (English) | London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

July 3, 2024 12:24 PM

Time and tide wait for no one. Remember 5 Tattvas: Ishvara, jiva, prakriti, kala and karma. Endless cycle of birth and death. Krishna says, ‘One who attains My Abode will not return to the material world. Sadhana-bhakti, bhava-bhakti and prema-bhakti. The stages of saddhana-bhakti: shraddha, sadhu-sanga, bhajana-kriya, anartha-nivritti, nishtha, ruchi and asakti. Kleshagni and subhada, the two leaves of sadhana-bhakti. Moksha-laghutakrit and sudurlabha, the two leaves of bhava-bhakti...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2023, Sao Paulo 2023, Brazil 2023, anartha-nivritti: removal of unwanted things (cleansing of the heart; stage of bhakti development), anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), association: bad association, bhajana-kriya: beginning of devotional practices (engagement in bhakti activities; stage after accepting guidance from guru)

22 Jun 2023 afternoon – Darshana on the Balcony (English) – Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 22, 2023 12:13 PM

Many children are children of Vaishnavas, they receive all devotional impressions, but they become atheists. In the world all people are disturbed in mind and criticise those who wear tilaka and kanthi. Give up bad association! Have faith that Krishna is your protector and maintainer. tat te ‘nukampāṁ su-samīkṣamāṇo… Srimad Bhagavatam 10.14.8. aho bhāgyam aho bhāgyaṁ… Srimad Bhagavatam 10.14.32. Whenever there is a problem, think, “This is my karma and this is Krishna’s mercy...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Mirepoix 2023, France 2023, anartha-nivritti: removal of unwanted things (cleansing of the heart; stage of bhakti development), consciousness: Krishna Consciousness, Mahaprabhu: rasaraja mahabhava svarupa, morning: brahma-muhurta, sleeping: dreams

21 May 2023 morning – Rasa-raja-mahabhava-svarupa (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 21, 2023 11:47 AM

How the sadhu creates desire in our hearts. About the care to be taken in speaking too high katha. From the stage of anartha-nivritti it is possible to understand about transcendental things. This body cannot stand the stage of prema. Mahaprabhu asks Srivasa how he came to be in Krishna consciousness, his life story. A sannyasi brahmana appears in Srivasa’s dream. About dreams during brahma-muhurta. The sloka harer nama harer nama that Srivasa read in the Purana. Srivasa goes to Devananda...

anartha-nivritti: removal of unwanted things (cleansing of the heart; stage of bhakti development)

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