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

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), aparadhas: offenses (obstacles in devotional service; offenses against Krishna, devotees, holy name, dhama and other aspects of bhakti)

07 Jan 2025, morning darshan – How to Avoid Anarthas (English) | Matinhos, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

January 7, 2025 7:17 AM

What are the causes of the lack of taste in chanting the Holy Names?

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Pada teaches how to be free from aparadhas.

One who completely surrenders to Krsna becomes absorbed 24 hours in serving Krsna.

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04 Jan 2025 evening – Guru-tattva (English) | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

January 4, 2025 5:49 PM

Sloka: guru-śuśrūṣayā bhaktyā… (ŚB 7.7.30-31). We must serve the spiritual master to reach the abode of the Lord. To satisfy Sri Guru, one must fulfill his desire, and for that, one must know his heart. The story of the Guru who was thirsty and asked his disciple to bring him water. We must follow the Guru’s orders without arguing. Guru means heavy, and serving him is something difficult. According to Srila BV Svami Maharaja, there are two types of people we should not keep in the Temple:...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2024, Guaruja 2024, Brazil 2024, anarthas: removal of anarthas, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart)

31 Dec 2024 evening – Hari-katha on New Year’s Eve (English) | Guaruja, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 31, 2024 6:23 PM

00:00 – The necessity of taking inventory of one’s achievements in the old year.08:00 – The five stages of the removal of anarthas (unwanted desires); about developing guru-nishtha (steadfast faith in the guru).21:00 – The level of bhava-dosha (defects in spiritual emotion).25:00 – The nature of the madness of the material world; the example of Kumbhakarna.37:00 – About transcendental madness.50:00 – How to chant the holy names.53:00 – Analysis of...

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

27 Dec 2024 evening – Guru Parampara and Family Life (English) | Puebla, Mexico | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 27, 2024 6:35 PM

About Guru Parampara Tattva.

How the babajis criticize the Gaudiya Sampradaya.

About what happened to Swami Maharaja’s devotees after he left this world.

The importance of controlling our senses and cleaning the anarthas in order to practice bhakti.

About how the gopis take care of their family duties absorbed in Krsna.

About the need to work hard in family life.

About the katha of Vrndavana that glorifies Sri Radha.

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

19 Dec 2024 evening – The Pure Devotee Distributes Mahaprabhu’s Magnanimity Throughout the World (English) | Maui, Hawaii, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 19, 2024 7:11 PM

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada established Temples all over the world through his disciples such as Srila Svami Prabhupada, because this is the desire of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. ⁠One who chants the Holy Names purifies his heart from anarthas. ⁠Sloka: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya — kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’… (CC Madhya-lila 108-109). ⁠We should remove the mayavada philosophy from our heart because it makes the heart hard as lightning. ⁠Prahlada Maharaja says that family life is like a dry and dark...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Chinese 2024, Online discourses 2024, sravanam kirtanam visnoh smaranam pada-sevanam, tava kathamrtam tapta-jivanam, Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.31.9, Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.5.23, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhakti: stages, energy: achintya-shakti, rasa dance: rasa-lila

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

December 5, 2024 12:47 PM

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...

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

03 Dec 2024 evening – Complete Surrender to the Sadhu (English translation) | Zoetermeer, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 3, 2024 6:07 PM

We need to surrender completely to the sadhu so that the anarthas, imperfections, are removed, this is the first step to enter the devotional realm. The Lord has love for all living entities, He has no friends or enemies. There is no one on the same level as the Lord or on a higher level than Him. The example of the elephant that goes to the market and the dog that keeps barking and running after the elephant. The story of the scholar who meets another scholar, they will talk on the same level...

2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Zoetermeer 2024, Netherlands 2024, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart)

03 Dec 2024 evening – Complete Surrender to the Sadhu (Hindi) | Zoetermeer, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 3, 2024 6:07 PM

We need to surrender completely to the sadhu so that the anarthas, imperfections, are removed, this is the first step to enter the devotional realm. The Lord has love for all living entities, He has no friends or enemies. There is no one on the same level as the Lord or on a higher level than Him. The example of the elephant that goes to the market and the dog that keeps barking and running after the elephant. The story of the scholar who meets another scholar, they will talk on the same level...

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