habits: bad habits

2026, Discourses in Hindi 2026, Gaudiya Vedanta Vidyalaya School 2026, Orissa 2026, India 2026, Bhakti Bibuddha Bodhayana Maharaja, Bhaktivedanta Tirtha Maharaja, habits: bad habits, institution: Gaudiya Vedanta Vidyalaya School, Talks at Institutions 2026

09 Mar 2026 midday – Hari-katha at Gaudiya Vedanta Vidyalaya School (Hindi) – Odissa, India

March 9, 2026 12:00 PM

– Glorifications to Srila Bhaktivedanta Bodhayana Maharaja and Srila Bhaktivedanta Sridhara Maharaja.
– The village where people used to eat fish has now abandoned bad habits and uses kanthi-mala, revealing themselves as followers of Mahaprabhu.

2026, Discourses Translated into English 2026, Gaudiya Vedanta Vidyalaya School 2026, Orissa 2026, India 2026, Bhakti Bibuddha Bodhayana Maharaja, Bhaktivedanta Sridhara Maharaja, habits: bad habits, institution: Gaudiya Vedanta Vidyalaya School, Talks at Institutions 2026

09 Mar 2026 midday – Hari-katha at Gaudiya Vedanta Vidyalaya School (English translation) – Odissa, Indiа

March 9, 2026 12:00 PM

– Glorifications to Srila Bhaktivedanta Bodhayana Maharaja and Srila Bhaktivedanta Sridhara Maharaja.

– The village where people used to eat fish has now abandoned bad habits and uses kanthi-mala, revealing themselves as followers of Mahaprabhu.

2026, Discourses in English 2026, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2026, Sao Paulo 2026, Brazil 2026, Gauranga, Nityananda, and the Sadhu Who Called Alcohol Ananda, Morning walks 2026, apasampradayas: unauthorized disciplic lines (deviations from the teachings of the original sampradaya; improper interpretations of bhakti), habits: bad habits

07 Feb 2026 morning walk – Questions and Answers (English) – Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 7, 2026 7:00 AM

Radha doesn’t like the color black, but she does like dark blue. Wool should not be used in the altar puja because it sheds fibers and disturbs the Thakuraji. On the new moon, Radhaji uses the color dark blue, and on purnima She uses the color white. The Holy Names are very powerful; if you see someone using them, advise them to chant them, but no more than three times. The importance of accepting the vow of sannyasa. Crazy people can talk about anything. Purity in food is very important...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2025, Bogota 2025, Colombia 2025, Glories of the Holy Names, habits: bad habits, mantra: mantra of purification

11 Dec 2025 morning – Mahamantra Transforms Sinner into a Pious Person (English) – Bogota, Colombia

December 11, 2025 9:00 AM

– Hippies and carnival-goers like to dance and sing in the namasankirtana and, little by little, they abandon their bad habits. – Remembering how Srila Swami Prabhupada began his preaching to the hippies. – The impurities of the body are cleansed by water, and the impurities of the heart are cleansed by the Mahamantra. – Mantra of purification: om apavitraḥ pavitro vā sarvāvasthāṁ gato ’pi vā yaḥ smaret puṇḍarīkākṣaṁ sa bahyābhyantara-śuciḥ (Garuda Purana). –...

2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Murwillumbah 2024, Australia 2024, Bhagavan: sach-chid-ananda (sat-chid-ananda), habits: bad habits, impressions: bad impressions

13 Sep 2024 evening – What Is Service (Hindi) | Murwillumbah, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 13, 2024 6:12 PM

Those who have no love for Vaisnava commit aparadha. ⁠Love is service. ⁠Radha is the only one who fulfills all of Krsna’s desires. ⁠Krsna is sat-cit-ananda-vigraha. ⁠This material world is an inverted reflection of the spiritual world. ⁠Pleasure in the material world results in misery. ⁠Bali, Sugriva’s brother, holds Ravana under his armpit. ⁠Dialogue between Ramacandra and Bali, Sugriva’s brother. ⁠We should ask/pray for the sidelong glance of Srimati Radhika: Radha Krpa...

2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Murwillumbah 2024, Australia 2024, Bhagavan: sach-chid-ananda (sat-chid-ananda), habits: bad habits, impressions: bad impressions

13 Sep 2024 evening – What Is Service (English translation) | Murwillumbah, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 13, 2024 6:12 PM

Those who have no love for Vaisnava commit aparadha. ⁠Love is service. ⁠Radha is the only one who fulfills all of Krsna’s desires. ⁠Krsna is sat-cit-ananda-vigraha. ⁠This material world is an inverted reflection of the spiritual world. ⁠Pleasure in the material world results in misery. ⁠Bali, Sugriva’s brother, holds Ravana under his armpit. ⁠Dialogue between Ramacandra and Bali, Sugriva’s brother. ⁠We should ask/pray for the sidelong glance of Srimati Radhika: Radha Krpa...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into French 2024, Mirepoix 2024, France 2024, habits: bad habits, impressions: bad impressions

16 May 2024 midday – Our Goal Is Radha-nistha (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 16, 2024 12:44 PM

Radha-nistha is the essence of our sadhana. ⁠About the devotee Mirabhai who only had nistha in Krsna. ⁠The Gaudiya Vaisnavas have nistha in Radha. ⁠Verse: anayārādhito nūnaṁ (SB 10.30.28). ⁠The meaning of having only one ticket to Vrndavana. ⁠Obstacles to achieving bhava: Laya (sleep);Vikshepa (distraction);Apratipatti (inability to concentrate on Ishtadeva, indifference or disinterest in spiritual matters);Kashaya (tendency to bad habits, bad impressions from past lives);Rasasvada (taste for...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2024, Alto Paraiso de Goias 2024, Brazil 2024, disease: diseases, habits: bad habits, liberation, soul: conditioned soul

02 Mar 2024 morning – The Power of the Holy Names (English) – Alto Paraiso, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

March 2, 2024 9:37 AM

PART 2 The acarya founder of our Gaudiya mission is Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada. Preaching without practicing bhajana and sadhana is useless, fruitless. Therefore we must practice and then preach. To defeat the Mayavadi philosophy, one must understand it. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu established the acintya-bheda-abheda-tattva philosophy. The jivas (souls) are eternal, minute, portions of the Lord, and will never be transformed into Brahma. Meaning of BODY (body) in English: b (birth:...

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