soul: conditioned soul

2025, Discourses in Hindi 2025, Christchurch 2025, New Zealand 2025, Gundicha-marjana Lila, The Conditioned Soul, anarthas: four types, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), bhaktas: how to respect Vaishnavas, body: bodily conception, character quality: lust and anger, maya: two functions, soul: conditioned soul

14 Sep 2025 morning – Anger and Lust Are Never Satisfied (Hindi) | Christchurch, New Zealand

September 14, 2025 7:00 AM

* Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu teaches us how to honor and respect Vaisnavas. * The reason Mahaprabhu collected stones and threw them away from the Gundica Temple. * First, the sadhaka must cleanse his heart. * Lust and anger will never be satisfied, no matter how much we serve them. * The conditioned soul has become a slave to lust and anger, hence wandering in this cycle of repeated birth and death. * The good fortune of associating with a sadhu and following his instructions eliminates lust and...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Christchurch 2025, New Zealand 2025, The Conditioned Soul, anarthas: liberation from anarthas, anarthas: purification stages (eka-desa-varttini; bahu-desa-varttini; prayiki; purna and atyantiki), anarthas: removal of anarthas, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), body: bodily identification, jiva: forgetting true identity, Krishna: Krishna is the Supreme Enjoyer, liberation, siddha-deha: spiritual body (eternal perfected body for serving Krishna in the spiritual realm), soul: conditioned soul, spiritual perfection: realisation of siddha-deha

09 Sep 2025 morning – Bodily Identification (English) | Christchurch, New Zealand

September 9, 2025 7:00 AM

– The importance of the sadhaka knowing how to free himself from anarthas (impurities). – On freeing himself from deep attachment to the material body. – The cause of all kinds of disturbances and unhappiness of the conditioned soul. – On forgetting our true identity and turning to Maya. – The practices involved in the process of liberation from anarthas. – Through the practice of bhajana and sadhana, we will forget our bodily identification. – The...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Manila 2025, Philippines 2025, Glories of the Holy Names, age: old age, soul: conditioned soul

21 Aug 2025 evening – The Power of the Mahamantra (English) | Manila, Philippines

August 21, 2025 6:00 PM

– Human life is very rare. The human body is acquired after passing through 8,400,000 life forms. – Animals are not capable of practicing spiritual life, only humans. – God created the human body so that the conditioned soul can practice spiritual life. – Animals and humans eat, defend themselves, mate, and sleep; the difference is that humans are capable of associating with sadhus and practicing sadhana. – Story of Narada Muni imparting teachings to the hunter...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, California 2025, New Vraja (USA) 2025, USA 2025, Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.33.36, Shikshashtaka 2025, Manah-shiksha 2025, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, soul: conditioned soul

17 Jul 2025 evening – Manah-siksa and Siksastakam (English) | New Braj, California, USA

July 17, 2025 6:00 PM

– If you don’t hear Harikatha, you hear worldly matters. – Maya and Chaya (shadow), that which is not true but poses as truth. – The conditioned soul is like a deer chasing a mirage in the desert, trying to achieve reputation, name, and fame. – Sloka that talks about how we can overcome the desire for prestige and fame: pratisthasa dhrsta svapaca-ramani me hrdi natet… (Manah Siksa 7). – Maya and Chaya, one goes first and the other comes second. – The...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Santos 2025, Brazil 2025, Entry level discourses 2025, soul: conditioned soul, universe, Talks at Institutions 2025

12 Jun 2025 evening – Fundamental Questions (English) | Santos, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

June 12, 2025 6:00 PM

UNIFESP University – In this material world there are various types of knowledge. But we must attain para-vidya, transcendental spiritual knowledge. – ⁠The Scriptures present various evidences and one is pure: sabdha-pramana that comes directly from the Lord. – ⁠Four types of defects of the conditioned soul: bhrama — error; pramāda — illusion; vipralipsā — tendency to deceive; karaṇapāṭava — inefficiency of the material senses. – The Lord perfectly performs any activity...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Lisbon 2025, Portugal 2025, Goal of bhakti, soul: conditioned soul

07 Jun 2025 evening – How to Attain the Supreme Abode Goloka (English) – Lisbon/Portugal

June 7, 2025 8:39 PM

•⁠ ⁠This human body, among all species of life, is the only one capable of performing devotional service to the Lord. •⁠ ⁠The conditioned soul is focused on sense gratification: eating, sleeping, mating and defending itself. •⁠ ⁠Srila Gurudeva, through an analogy with a necklace and its reflection in water, teaches that this material world is like an imperfect and contaminated copy of the spiritual world. •⁠ ⁠The abode of the Supreme Lord, Goloka Vrndavana, is a beautiful place, free from the...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Italian 2025, Bari 2025, Puglia 2025, Italy 2025, Bhakti's Superiority Over Other Paths, body: gross body, karma: cycle of birth and death, service: vani-seva, service: vapu-seva, soul: conditioned soul

29 May 2025 evening – The Meaning of the Word Yoga (English) | Bari, Puglia, Italy

May 29, 2025 6:00 PM

– Srila Gurudeva BV Vana Gosvami Maharaja expresses his joy at being with the Italian devotees and praises their dedication to Srila Gurudeva BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja. – Only by the mercy of Gurudeva, Nitai and Gouranga is it possible to organize a Festival. – Difference between vapu-seva and vani-seva to the Guru. – Srila Gurudeva comments in detail on how the Italian devotees did vani-seva with excellence. – Yoga means to unite and viyoga means to separate...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into French 2025, Paris 2025, France 2025, Development of Bhakti, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhakti: bhakti-lata-bija (seed of bhakti), karma: cycle of birth and death, soul: conditioned soul

24 May 2025 evening – How to Progress in Bhakti (English) | Paris, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 24, 2025 7:48 PM

Brief history of the life of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu (Sacidananda Goura Hari) in this material world. Immersed in the illusion of Maya, the conditioned soul forgot Kṛṣṇa, thus remaining trapped in the incessant cycle of birth and death. Developing the mood of separation (viraha) is essential for progress in spiritual life. ⁠The stages of the process of bhakti are: faith (śraddhā), association with a pure devotee (sādhu-saṅga), learning devotional service (bhajana-kriyā), eradication of...

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