guru: guru-bhakti

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Santos 2025, Brazil 2025, Glories of the Holy Names, guru: guru-bhakti, guru: guru-nishtha, soul: conditioned soul

06 Dec 2025 evening – Chanting the Holy Names Is Everything (English) – Santos, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 6, 2025 6:00 PM

– Meaning of the name Jay Govinda: Jay means all glories and also victory, and Govinda is He who gives pleasure to all living entities. – Glorification to the beloved devotee Jay Govinda Dasa Prabhu Brahmacari who left his body on December 1, 2025. – The conditioned soul does not have spontaneous love for Guru and Krishna. – Glorifying the Vaishnavas is very important! – Importance of guru-nistha and guru-bhakti. – Sloka: harer nāma harer nāma… (CC...

2025, Discourses in Hindi 2025, Gopinatha Bhavana 2025, Vraja 2025, Vrindavana 2025, India 2025, Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2025, Bhaktivedanta Trivikrama Gosvami Maharaja, Bhaktivedanta Vamana Gosvami Maharaja, anuraga: deep attachment (stage of prema; intense love and constant attraction toward Krishna), guru: guru's mercy, guru: guru-bhakti, guru: guru-nishtha, guru: guru-tattva, guru: siksa-guru, Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2025

24 Oct 2025 midday – Disappearance of Srila Bhaktivedanta Vamana Gosvami Maharaja and Disappearance of Srila Trivikrama Gosvami Maharaja (Hindi) – Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

October 24, 2025 12:00 PM

Guru-tattva. Only the mercy of Sri Guru saves. Recently, a news article appeared in the newspaper about a plane crash in which only one person survived, and the Bhagavad-Gita remained untouched, without burning. The scriptures say that in Sutalaloka, sensory enjoyment is billions of times greater than in Svargaloka. Bali was surrendered (saranagati) and took refuge in Vamana Deva, therefore he was sent to Sutalaloka. By the mercy of the Guru, you will obtain service in the transcendental Goloka...

2025, Discourses Translated into English 2025, Gopinatha Bhavana 2025, Vraja 2025, Vrindavana 2025, India 2025, Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2025, Bhaktivedanta Trivikrama Gosvami Maharaja, Bhaktivedanta Vamana Gosvami Maharaja, anuraga: deep attachment (stage of prema; intense love and constant attraction toward Krishna), guru: guru's mercy, guru: guru-bhakti, guru: guru-nishtha, guru: guru-tattva, guru: siksa-guru, Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2025

24 Oct 2025 midday – Disappearance of Srila Bhaktivedanta Vamana Gosvami Maharaja and Disappearance of Srila Trivikrama Gosvami Maharaja (English translation) – Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

October 24, 2025 12:00 PM

Guru-tattva. Only the mercy of Sri Guru saves. Recently, a news article appeared in the newspaper about a plane crash in which only one person survived, and the Bhagavad-Gita remained untouched, without burning. The scriptures say that in Sutalaloka, sensory enjoyment is billions of times greater than in Svargaloka. Bali was surrendered (saranagati) and took refuge in Vamana Deva, therefore he was sent to Sutalaloka. By the mercy of the Guru, you will obtain service in the transcendental Goloka...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Kuala Lumpur 2025, Malaysia 2025, Guru-disciple Relationship, Importance of Guru, guru: guru-bhakti, guru: guru-nishtha

03 Oct 2025 midday – Spiritual Perfection Through the Guru – Sampradāya and Loving Service to Krsna (English) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

October 3, 2025 12:00 PM

– The distinctions between the philosophy of Madhvacarya and the philosophy of Mayavada. – On the purity of devotion. – Our eternal identity and loving service. – Srimad Bhagavatam is a direct commentary on the Vedanta Sutra. – On the assembly in Jaipur to discuss the worship or removal of Srimati Radhika alongside Krsna, and whether or not She is married to Krsna. – Baladeva Vidyabhusana Prabhu, roaring like a lion, cites extensive evidence from the sastras...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Wales 2025, United Kingdom 2025, Gurvashtaka, Guru-nishtha, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), anuraga: deep attachment (stage of prema; intense love and constant attraction toward Krishna), guru: guru-bhakti, mood: madanakya-mahabhava

30 Jul 2025 evening – Guru-nishtha is Everything (English) | Wales, UK | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

July 30, 2025 6:00 PM

– Hari-katha and sadhu-sanga are very rare. – Verse: anāradhya rādhā-padāmbhoja-reṇum…(Sva-sankalpa-prakasha-stotra 1). – 3 principles to submerge into the highest conjugal mood, shyama-shringara rasa. – Verse: nivṛtta-tarṣair upagīyamānād…(SB 10.1.4). – Lord Shivaji explained to Devi Parvati about whom we should worship: ārādhanānāṁ sarveṣāṁ viṣṇor ārādhanaṁ param…(Padma Purana). – Before worshipping the Lord, worship His devotees. – Song: Gurvashtaka...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Matinhos 2025, Brazil 2025, guru: guru-bhakti, guru: guru-nishtha, mantra: Klin

07 Jan 2025 midday – The Different Names of God (English) | Matinhos, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

January 7, 2025 12:45 PM

When guru-nistha and guru-bhakti, steadfastness and loyalty, manifest in the heart, it is possible to render devotional service to the Lord. The practice of a disciple without guru-nistha is like throwing ghee on ashes, a waste. Srila Haridasa Thakura declares that even if his body is cut into pieces he will never stop chanting the Holy Names. The different names of God: the primary names and the secondary names. The meaning of the name Radha Raman Bihari. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu discourses on...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Kuala Lumpur 2024, Malaysia 2024, guru: guru-bhakti

01 Sep 2024 evening – Sharanagati. The Glories of Radha-kunda (English) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 1, 2024 7:53 PM

Krishna is the Supreme Lord It is only possible to realize the Lord by His mercy, when you surrender yourself to Him How to surrender to Bhagavan When sambandha-gyana (knowledge of one’s relationship with Guru and Krishna) manifests, you will never fall Guru-nishtha (firm faith in the Guru) and guru-bhakti (devotion to the Guru) are the backbone of spiritual life Without surrendering to Guru and Krishna, hearing hari-katha and chanting are not yet considered bhakti Krishna-bhakti and Krishna...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, London 2024, United Kingdom 2024, Hari-katha at Airports 2014, Bhagavan: Brahman effulgence, guru: guru-bhakti, liberation: brahma-sayujya, service: guru-seva

15 Aug 2024 airport – Preaching is very important (English) | London, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

August 15, 2024 2:41 PM

Question: People don’t know anything about yoga… Answer: When you preach, people will start coming. Question: Sometimes we spend a lot of money and effort and the result is insignificant… Answer: Don’t consider aiming at the result, that is not bhakti! You should just do your duty, Krsna says so in the Bhagavad Gita. Karmis aim at their own benefit, bhaktas don’t! Jnanis want to detach themselves with the help of knowledge and merge into the brahman effulgence (brahma...

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