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

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Hari-katha 2025 (Undisclosed country), Undisclosed, anarthas: four types, anarthas: removal of anarthas, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), aparadhas: offenses (obstacles in devotional service; offenses against Krishna, devotees, holy name, dhama and other aspects of bhakti), aparadhas: types, bhajana-kriya: beginning of devotional practices (engagement in bhakti activities; stage after accepting guidance from guru)

20 Apr 2025 morning – Entering Tattva Siddhanta (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 20, 2025 6:08 AM

Verse: ādau śraddhā tataḥ sādhu-saṅgo ’tha bhajana-kriyā… (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.4.15-16). Two types of bhajana-kriya: unstable (anisthita) and stable (nisthita). Six subdivisions of anisthita-bhajana-kriya: utsaha-mayi, ghana-tarala, vyudha-vikalpa, visaya-sangara, nyamaksama and taranga-rangini. Four types of anarthas: svarupa-bhrama, asat-trsna, hrdaya-daurbalya and aparadha. ⁠Four other types of anarthas: duskrti-utha-anartha, sukrti-utha-anartha, bhakti-utha-anartha and aparadha-utha...

2025, Discourses in Bengali 2025, West Bengal 2025, India 2025, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart)

06 Mar 2025 morning (9:30 a.m.) – The Mahamantra Purifies the Heart (Bengali) | West Bengal, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

March 6, 2025 9:58 AM

Krsna and His avataras use weapons to annihilate the wicked, but Mahaprabhu does not use weapons, only the Mahamantra. ⁠Comparison between the different seasons, the phases of the bamboo, and the true purification of the anarthas. ⁠Sloka: harer nāma harer nāma… (CC Madhya-lila 6.242). ⁠In Kali-yuga, only the mahamantra takes us to God; karma, jnana and yoga do not lead to God. ⁠In the stage of the anarthas the sadhaka still does not feel love for the Lord. ⁠By listening to Harikatha...

2025, Discourses Translated into English 2025, West Bengal 2025, India 2025, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart)

06 Mar 2025 morning (9:30 a.m.) – The Mahamantra Purifies the Heart (English translation) | West Bengal, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

March 6, 2025 9:58 AM

Krsna and His avataras use weapons to annihilate the wicked, but Mahaprabhu does not use weapons, only the Mahamantra. ⁠Comparison between the different seasons, the phases of the bamboo, and the true purification of the anarthas. ⁠Sloka: harer nāma harer nāma… (CC Madhya-lila 6.242). ⁠In Kali-yuga, only the mahamantra takes us to God; karma, jnana and yoga do not lead to God. ⁠In the stage of the anarthas the sadhaka still does not feel love for the Lord. ⁠By listening to Harikatha...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Praia do Presidio 2025, Brazil 2025, anarthas: removal of anarthas, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart)

05 Feb 2025 morning – Aishvarya and madhurya (English) | Praia do Presidio, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 5, 2025 8:58 AM

Sadhaka stage and siddha stage. First, fix your mind to perform bhajana and sadhana. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu told Raghunatha dasa Gosvami to fix his mind. 6 stages of unstable bhajana. Maya Devi’s attacks on Haridasa Thakura. 5 stages of the removal of anarthas: eka-desha-vartini, bahu-desha-vartini, prayiki, purna, atyantiki. Maya-devi purifies the heart of a sadhaka. When Guru punishes, he gives his mercy (example of a mother punishing her baby). Damodarashtaka. Srimati Radhika covers the...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Trancoso 2025, Brazil 2025, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart)

21 Jan 2025 evening – Reasons to Speak Harikatha (English) | Trancoso, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

January 21, 2025 6:52 PM

Gurudeva speaks about the time of his Harikatha and the reason for giving devotees the opportunity to speak before him. Gurudeva declares that we need to listen to what devotees have to say. Harikatha corrects the heart of the speaker. We should be humble when speaking Harikatha, thinking that we did not practice spiritual life, that we did not do bhajana and sadhana. In this way, the mood of regret will arise. Without a mood of regret, Harikatha is useless. Whether the audience will reap...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Gaia Vrindavana 2025, Viamao 2025, Brazil 2025, Dama-bandhana Lila, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), aparadhas: offenses (obstacles in devotional service; offenses against Krishna, devotees, holy name, dhama and other aspects of bhakti), mood: vamya-bhava, rasa: rasa-siddhanta, tattva-siddhanta and rasa-siddhanta: philosophical conclusions and rasa conclusions (established truths about reality; conclusions about devotional relationships and spiritual emotions)

15 Jan 2025 midday – Anartrhas and aparadhas (English) | Gaia Vrindavana, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

January 15, 2025 12:37 PM

When Mahaprabhu travelled in southern India, He took tattva-siddhanta and rasa-siddhanta granthas with Him. Brahma-samhita is the tattva-siddhanta grantha. Verse: gururbrahmā gururviṣṇuḥ gururdevo maheśvaraḥ (Guru-stotra). Instructions to mothers to control their babies on hari-katha. Types of anarthas: svarupa-bhrama, hridaya-daurbalya, asat-trishna and aparadha. Nama-aparadha is very dangerous. Types of Vaishnava aparadhas. Types of anarthas. The Lord can do any kind of activity with any limb...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Itajai 2025, Brazil 2025, Morning walks 2025, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), maya: gunas, renunciation: aptakama ((those whose desires are fulfilled), siddha-pranali: system of spiritual lineage (process of receiving the identity of one's spiritual form through a lineage of teachers)

09 Jan 2025, morning walk – Prema (English) | Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

January 9, 2025 7:13 AM

Dialogue about prema between the gopis and Krsna. ⁠Categories of prema:Hetu-prema: love with a cause;Ahetu-prema: love without a cause;Aptakama: self-satisfied;Aptarama: fulfills one’s desires;Gurudrohi: offender;Krtajnata: gratitude;Akrtajnata: ingratitude. Krsna tells the gopis that His feelings are not in these categories of prema because He has sahaja-prema: spontaneous love. ⁠It is not perfect to say “I love Gurudeva” because Guru is asraya-tattva and we feel love for visaya-tattva...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Matinhos 2025, Brazil 2025, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), renunciation: aptakama ((those whose desires are fulfilled)

07 Jan 2025 evening – How to Get Rid of Anarthas (English) | Matinhos, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

January 7, 2025 6:48 PM

The gopis, cowherd girls of Vrndavana, asked Krsna several questions, mainly about prema, love. Krsna disappears from the rasa dance, and the gopis glorify Him in the Gopi Gita. Description of the beautiful form of Krsna, His yellow cloth, and His garland that had been offered by the gopis. The gopis offer asana to Krsna, the seat offered is their cloths wet with tears and stained with kunkuma. The gopis are happy that Krsna accepts the seat offered by them. Krsna-Yogesvara, He manifests...

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