habits: bad habits

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Discourses Translated into French 2023, Bordeaux 2023, France 2023, aparadhas (offences), aparadhas: offenses (obstacles in devotional service; offenses against Krishna, devotees, holy name, dhama and other aspects of bhakti), aparadhas: types, aparadhas: vaishnava-aparadha, atmarama: self-satisfied souls (those who are satisfied in the self; liberated persons absorbed in spiritual realization), Bhagavan: sach-chid-ananda (sat-chid-ananda), guru: guru-nishtha, guru: guru-tattva, habits: bad habits, renunciation: aptakama ((those whose desires are fulfilled)

14 May 2023 morning – Never Dishonour Guru (English) – Bordeaux, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 14, 2023 11:47 AM

Radharani fulfils all the wishes of Krishna. She is prema-mayi-murti. Radharani knows Krishna’s heart. How do we serve our Istadeva? Example of the guru asking his disciple to bring him water. What is a sevaka? Who can serve Krishna? He is atmarama and aptakama. The word Radha means priti, love. Nama-seva. Prasada-seva is the best seva. Sudha-bhakata song. Through seva one conquers maya. Maha Prasada Govinde song. Ausadi-seva – the service that is medicine. Krishna is sat-cit-ananda...

2023, Discourses in English 2023, Undisclosed, USA 2023, habits: bad habits, impressions: bad impressions, renunciation, renunciation (vairagya)

13 Jan 2023 morning – Bhagavan, His Abodes and His Devotees (English) – USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

January 13, 2023 9:56 AM

-Bhakti means to serve Krishna-God is one-The description of the different Lord’s incarnations, His dhamas and His devotees’ seva-rasas (Vaikuntha, Ayodhya)-1 qualification of shanta-rasa: nishtha-Lila on how Lakshmana took rama-seva from Hanuman-Hanuman is a pure devotee in dasya-rasa but he possesses bhagavad-buddhi-2 qualifications of dasya-rasa: nishtha and seva-vritti-3 qualifications of sakhya-rasa: nishtha, seva-vritti and friendship-5 obstacles to bhajana: laya (sleepness);...

2022, Discourses in English 2022, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2022, Undisclosed, Brazil 2022, anartha-nivritti: removal of unwanted things (cleansing of the heart; stage of bhakti development), guru: diksha-guru, guru: shiksha-guru, habits: bad habits, service: cooking

28 Feb 2022 morning – Questions and answers (English) – Brazil

February 28, 2022 9:26 AM

-Question: How to give up all bad habits and surrender to Guru?-Question: Why is the process of anartha-nivritti so slow?-Question: How to attain greed to hari-katha?-3 symptoms of spiritual greed-Gurudev is a boatman who helps living entities cross the material ocean-Duties of diksha-guru and shiksha-guru-Story of Kunti’s son Karna-Palya-dasi kori Lalita Sundari nourishes living entities. She is very merciful-Srila Trivikrama Gosvami Maharaja did everything on his own: serving the Deities...

2022, Discourses in English 2022, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2022, Undisclosed, Brazil 2022, anartha-nivritti: removal of unwanted things (cleansing of the heart; stage of bhakti development), guru: diksha-guru, guru: shiksha-guru, habits: bad habits, service: cooking

28 Feb 2022 morning – Questions and answers (English) – Brazil

February 28, 2022 9:10 AM

-Question: How to give up all bad habits and surrender to Guru?-Question: Why is the process of anartha-nivritti so slow?-Question: How to attain greed to hari-katha?-3 symptoms of spiritual greed-Gurudev is a boatman who helps living entities cross the material ocean-Duties of diksha-guru and shiksha-guru-Story of Kunti’s son Karna-Palya-dasi kori Lalita Sundari nourishes living entities. She is very merciful-Srila Trivikrama Gosvami Maharaja did everything on his own: serving the Deities...

2022, Discourses in English 2022, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2022, Undisclosed, Brazil 2022, habits: bad habits

18 Feb 2022 evening – Give food for soul (English) – Brazil

February 18, 2022 6:07 PM

PART 1 -Srila Shukadeva Gosvami told Parikshit Maharaja which days are good & which are bad.-Jivas’ food for the soul is bhagavata-kathamrita.-What is food for the mind?-If you don’t listen to bhagavata-kathamrita then atma feels morose-Comparison of atma with parrot & cage with the body & giving food for the cage but not for the parrot makes the parrot die.-Baddha-jivas completely forget to give food to the soul.-Animal killers aren’t compassionate.-Srila...

2022, Discourses in English 2022, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2022, Undisclosed, Brazil 2022, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), animals: dogs, habits: bad habits, renunciation (vairagya), sadhu-sanga: importance

11 Jan 2022 evening – Importance of sadhu-sanga (English) – Brazil

January 11, 2022 6:43 PM

-Extremely fortunate living entity get sadhu-sanga & their samsara-dasa diminishes & krsna-rati appears in him.-In Kali-yuga only one medicine i.e., harinama maha-mantra.-Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura explains if the samsara-roga isn’t diminishing then you aren’t taking the medicine properly.-You can not conquer maya without the mercy of sadhu & guru.-Take sankalpa to give up bad habits.-About pavarga (material existence) & what each letter pa, pha, ba, bha, ma stands...

2021, Discourses in Hindi 2021, Mathura 2021, India 2021, habits: bad habits

02 Jun 2021 morning – Nrisimhadeva-Prahlada charitra (Hindi) – Mathura, India

June 2, 2021 7:48 AM

Nrisimhadeva wants to give benediction to PrahladaAlways stay in sadhu-sanga to get rid of bad habits‘When was your last breath?’ Story of SokratesNarada Rishi and Yudhishthira MaharajProcess of atma-anubhuti8 moods of heroines. Abhisarika-nayika. Lalita teaches RadhikaGurudeva recalls how as children they used to walk with a stick during floods so as not to fall into a pitSo many people speak imaginary things like they feed Krishna from their hand

2021, Discourses Translated into English 2021, Mathura 2021, India 2021, habits: bad habits

02 Jun 2021 morning – Nrisimhadeva-Prahlada charitra (English translation) – Mathura, India

June 2, 2021 7:46 AM

Nrisimhadeva wants to give benediction to PrahladaAlways stay in sadhu-sanga to get rid of bad habits‘When was your last breath?’ Story of SokratesNarada Rishi and Yudhishthira MaharajProcess of atma-anubhuti8 moods of heroines. Abhisarika-nayika. Lalita teaches RadhikaGurudeva recalls how as children they used to walk with a stick during floods so as not to fall into a pitSo many people speak imaginary things like they feed Krishna from their hand

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