anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart)

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Seattle 2024, USA 2024, Guru is Brahma Vishnu Maheshvara, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhakti: bhakti-yoga (path of devotion; the practice of connecting with Krishna through devotional service; the process of awakening love for Krishna), maha-mantra: meaning of the word, universe

01 Feb 2024 midday – Guru Tattva (English) – Seattle, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 1, 2024 12:37 PM

Brahma created the material world. The Guru is called Brahma because he creates suddha-bhakti in the hearts of his disciples. ⁠Visnu nourishes the entire Universe. The Guru is called Visnu because he sustains and protects his disciples with suddha-bhakti. ⁠Siva destroys the entire material world. The Guru is called Mahesvara because he destroys all the anarthas in the hearts of his disciples. ⁠Guru: “gu” means darkness, “ru” means light. The Guru is the one who eliminates the darkness from the...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Seattle 2024, USA 2024, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart)

31 Jan 2024 morning – The Components of Bhakti (English) – Seattle, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

January 31, 2024 9:10 AM

– Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His servant Kala Krsnadasa who got involved with the gypsies. – Both seva and listening to hari-katha should be balanced so that seva does not lead to an increase in anarthas. – Raganugas and ragatmikas. – The definition of bhakti. Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu (1.1.11). – Avyapti-dasha, ativyapti-dasha (Baby Krishna sucking mother Yashoda’s breast; Krishna wrestling with Chanura and Mushtika). – CC Madhya 22.150. – Utkantha and...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Badger 2024, USA 2024, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), self-realisation

25 Jan 2024 evening – Krsna is Love and Love is Krsna (English) – Badger, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

January 25, 2024 6:43 PM

PART 1 Love is essential in our life. Everyone wants love in their life, but in this world love is temporary and painful. ⁠Difference between love and lust. In the spiritual world there is love, in the material world there is lust. ⁠Process of sadhana: from shraddha to prema. ⁠From the first to the ninth Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam: sambhanda-tattva. The eleventh Canto of the Bhagavatam: abhidheya-tattva. The tenth Canto of Bhagavatam: prayojana-tattva. ⁠Sloka: anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ jñāna-karmādy...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2024, Cuernavaca 2024, Mexico 2024, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), anuraga: deep attachment (stage of prema; intense love and constant attraction toward Krishna), aparadhas (offences), bhakti: bhakti-yoga (path of devotion; the practice of connecting with Krishna through devotional service; the process of awakening love for Krishna), bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, guru: guru-bhakti, guru: guru-nishtha, kamatmika bhakti type: tat-tad-bhava-iccha-mayi, spiritual paths: vidhi-marga

18 Jan 2024 morning – Bhakti Marga – The Path of Devotion (English) – Cuernavaca, Mexico | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

January 18, 2024 6:18 AM

Everyone who practises bhakti-yoga must be careful not to commit vaisnava-aparadha. ⁠Whoever commits offences becomes unfit to receive Krsna’s mercy. ⁠Only see your own flaws. ⁠He who follows the rules of the Scriptures, little by little, reaches the highest spiritual destiny. ⁠In the sadhana stage, the sadhaka must follow vaidhi-bhakti. ⁠Sloka: sevā sādhaka-rūpeṇa siddha-rūpeṇa cātra hi tad-bhāva-lipsunā kāryā vraja-lokānusārataḥ (CC Madhya-lila 22.158). About vidhi-marga and raga-marga...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2024, Cuernavaca 2024, Mexico 2024, Chaitanya-charitamrita Madhya 19.151, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, universe: brahmanda

17 Jan 2024 evening – Sadhu-sanga Mahima (English) – Cuernavaca, Mexico | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

January 17, 2024 6:11 PM

– When Vaishnava is sleeping he is witnessing Radha-Krishna’s lilas. – Vaidhi-bhakti and raganuga-bhakti. – The topmost definition of shraddha by Srila Jiva Gosvami. – Brahmanda bhramite kona bhagyavan jiva (CC Madhya 19.151). – Sing Gurvashtaka every morning. – Both seva and hari-katha are important so both should be present. – Hari-katha destroys all anarthas. – The story of how a pujari, a disciple of Srila Gurudeva, who did not listen to hari...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2024, Mexico City 2024, Mexico 2024, Chaitanya-charitamrita Madhya 19.151, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, universe: brahmanda

17 Jan 2024 morning – Seva & Hari-katha (English) – Mexico City, Mexico | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

January 17, 2024 9:09 AM

– When Vaishnava is sleeping he is witnessing Radha-Krishna’s lilas. – Vaidhi-bhakti and raganuga-bhakti. – The topmost definition of shraddha by Srila Jiva Gosvami. – Brahmanda bhramite kona bhagyavan jiva (CC Madhya 19.151). – Sing Gurvashtaka every morning. – Both seva and hari-katha are important so both should be present. – Hari-katha destroys all anarthas. – The story of how a pujari, a disciple of Srila Gurudeva, who did not listen to...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2024, Mexico City 2024, Mexico 2024, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart)

14 Jan 2024 evening – Spiritual Practice (English) – Mexico City, Mexico | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

January 14, 2024 6:01 PM

– Sadhu-sanga and harikatha are very rare. – Eating, sleeping, defending oneself and mating are common in animal and human life. – Being human means doing sadhana and bhajana for the Lord. – Siddha-bhakti is the desire to serve Sri Krsna. – Sloka: brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva guru-kṛṣṇa-prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja (Sri CC Madhya-lila 19.151). – The meaning in receiving diksa-mantras from the Guru is sambhanda-jnana and destruction of the anarthas...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2024, Santos 2024, Brazil 2024, Morning walks 2024, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), character quality: envy

08 Jan 2024 morning walk – Questions and Answers (English) – Santos, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

January 8, 2024 7:59 AM

We should never ask Guru and Vaisnavas about material things, only things related to spiritual life. When practicing bhajana and sadhana two characteristics are manifested: klesagni (all types of miseries disappear) and subadha (all good qualities gradually appear). The six questions that Srila Sanatana Gosvami asked Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu (CC Madhya-lila 20.103). Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura explains how to be adept in the reliable process of suddha-bhakti: following the four principles and...

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