anarthas: four types

06 May 2026 evening – Raya Ramananda Disappearance (English) – Igualada, Spain

– Why Krishna appeared as Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu: sri radhaya pranaya mahima – Verse: rādhikāra bhāva-kānti curi kare kṛṣṇa avatīrṇa hailā gaura rūpa dhari. – Kṛṣṇa steals the bhāva [humor] and kānti [golden complexion] from Śrīmatī Rādhikā and descends into Śrī Navadvīpa-dhāma appearing as Śrī Gaurāṅga. – If you do not understand sharanagati, you will not understand pranaya-mahima and madanakhya-mahabhava. – Srimati Radhika is the embodiment of madanakya...

20 Dec 2025 morning – Material Body and Spiritual Soul (English) – Mexico City, Mexico | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

+ morning bhajans – Difference between sadhana and bhajana. – The four types of anarthas present in the heart. – The six questions asked by Sanatana Gosvamipada to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. – The types of suffering that afflict conditioned souls. – The body only functions when the soul is present in it. – On panca-bhautika-sarira: the material body made of five elements. – On two important concepts of Maya: avarana-atmika-vrtti (covers the soul with the...

04 Nov 2025 morning – Dauji Temple (Hindi) – India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

The need for spiritual strength to perform bhakti. Baladeva Prabhu bestows spiritual strength. Baladeva Prabhu is akhanda-guru-tattva, undivided principle of the Guru. On Baladeva Prabhu’s specialty in destroying anarthas (imperfections). On the four types of anarthas. On the subcategories of anarthas. Baladeva Prabhu teaches how to serve Krsna. On the ten types of service of Baladeva Prabhu beautifully described in the Caitanya Caritamrita. Explanation of Baladeva’s transference:...

04 Nov 2025 morning – Dauji Temple (English translation) – Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

parikrama day 8 – The need for spiritual strength to perform bhakti. – Baladeva Prabhu bestows spiritual strength. – Baladeva Prabhu is akhanda-guru-tattva, undivided principle of the Guru. – On Baladeva Prabhu’s specialty in destroying anarthas (imperfections). – On the four types of anarthas. – On the subcategories of anarthas. – Baladeva Prabhu teaches how to serve Krsna. – On the ten types of service of Baladeva Prabhu beautifully...

30 Sep 2025 morning – Hari-katha (English) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– Can conditioned souls have different destinies?– When conditioned souls manifest from marginal potency, they already harbor a potency in their hearts, and through association with a sadhu (sage), this potency manifests.– If you plant five types of seeds on the banks of the Ganges, different fruits will grow according to the potency of the seed.– Through association with a sadhu, anarthas are removed, and in sthayibhava (the state of stability/fixity), the mood will not...

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

* 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...

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

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...