liberation

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Perth 2025, Australia 2025, barhapidam nata-vara-vapuh karnayoh karnikaram, dhyana-mulam guror murtih, krsnera svarupa-vicara suna sanatana, Chaitanya-charitamrita Madhya 20.152, Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.21.5, Krishna's Supremacy, bhagavan: 3 aspects of the Lord (Brahman; Paramatma and Bhagavan), liberation, rasa: rasa-siddhanta

22 Sep 2025 evening – God is One (English) | Perth, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 22, 2025 6:00 PM

The Lord is one, without a second, but He expands into many forms. Rama and Krsna are not different in tattva-siddhanta, but differ in rasa-siddhanta. The three aspects of the Lord: Brahman, Paramatma, and Bhagavan. Verse: barhāpīḍaṁ naṭa-vara-vapuḥ karṇayoḥ karṇikāraṁ… (SB 10.21.5). Verse: kṛṣṇera svarūpa-vicāra śuna, sanātana… (CC Madhya 20.152). Hanuman’s faith in his Istadeva, Bhagavan Ramacandra. Without faith in a Guru, all spiritual life is ruined. Mantra and meaning: Dhyana Mulam...

2025, Discourses in Bengali 2025, Discourses in Hindi 2025, Sydney 2025, Australia 2025, Rasa-tattva, liberation, rasas: parakiya-rasa and svakiya-rasa, rasas: svakiya-rasa, Srimad-Bhagavatam: parts of Srimad-Bhagavatam, Srimad-Bhagavatam: sambandha; abhidheya and prayojana in Srimad-Bhagavatam

21 Sep 2025 еvening – True Love (Bengali & Hindi) | Sydney, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

September 21, 2025 6:00 PM

About the Srimad-Bhagavatam: From the 1st to the 9th Canto, the text discusses sambandha-jñana; the 10th Canto presents prayojana; the 11th and 12th Canto discuss abhidheya. Our goal (prayojana) is not to achieve liberation or salvation, but rather krsna-prema, krsna-sambandha, krsna-prayojana. We must first understand material love before we can discuss transcendental love. Srila Gurudeva tells a story about the path of love to explain material love. The love of the material world is not...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Christchurch 2025, New Zealand 2025, Entry level discourses 2025, Chaitanya-charitamrita Madhya 20.102, Chaitanya-charitamrita Madhya 22.54, Hitopadesha 25, A Sadhu Who Liberated All the Suffering Souls in the Hell Solely by the Aroma of His Body, Purpose of Human Life, karma: cycle of birth and death, karma: law of karma, liberation

11 Sep 2025 evening – The Meaning of Life (English) | Christchurch, New Zealand

September 11, 2025 6:00 PM

– In Kali-yuga, people only want to enjoy pleasures and it is very difficult for them to sit down to hear Harikatha. – In Kali-yuga, people are completely atheistic; they have no faith in the Lord or in the existence of reincarnation. This atheistic philosophy is completely false. – ⁠On Yamaraja, the law of karma, and Citragupta (Yamaraja’s servant who records all the acts of all human beings). – Scientific discoveries, such as the computer, are discovered because...

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, Brisbane 2025, Australia 2025, Beginning of Bhakti, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, karma: cycle of birth and death, liberation

29 Aug 2025 evening – The Bhakti Creeper and Its Leaves (English) | Brisbane, Australia

August 29, 2025 6:00 PM

– We should listen to Harikatha, but not from an avaisnava (non-Vaisnava), even though Krsna katha is very powerful. – By listening to Harikatha, all undesirable things (anarthas) are removed from our hearts. – Sadhana-bhakti goes from the stage of sradha to asakti. – Those who practice sadhana will see bhakti-lata-bija (the seed of devotion) manifest in their hearts. – The first two leaves of the bhakti creeper that sprout represent that all sorrows, sufferings...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Brighton 2025, United Kingdom 2025, Guru-nishtha, bhakti: bhakti-yoga (path of devotion; the practice of connecting with Krishna through devotional service; the process of awakening love for Krishna), character quality: duplicity, karma: cycle of birth and death, liberation

01 Aug 2025 evening – The Wonders of Firm Faith in the Guru’s Words (English) | Brighton, UK

August 1, 2025 6:00 PM

– What I hear from my Gurudeva is the absolute truth. – Many people have different opinions, but you should neither listen to nor accept anything that does not come from Sri Guru. – If you are single-pointed to the Guru, your spiritual life will be successful; otherwise, it will be ruined. – We must have firm faith in the Guru’s words so that our minds do not become confused and disturbed. – Our husband is Krsna, and by being single-pointed to Him, we can...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Houston 2025, Texas 2025, USA 2025, Narada instructs Vyasadeva after Vyasadeva feels dissatisfied, karma: cycle of birth and death, liberation, lineage: disciplic succession, Vedavyasa, Vyasadeva

11 Jul 2025 morning – Narada Rsi’s Mercy to Vyasadeva (English) | Houston, USA

July 11, 2025 7:00 AM

– Nityananda Prabhu first offered the garland to Caitanya Mahaprabhu, not to Vyasa, to explain that the original Guru is Krsna. – Caitanya is not an ordinary human being; He is Krsna Himself. – Through disciplic succession, Krsna gave all the potency of His heart to Brahmaji, and Brahma passed this potency to Narada Rsi. – Vyasa was feeling discomfort in his mind, even though he had accomplished the great work of manifesting many Scriptures. – Narada Rsi explained...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Alto Paraiso de Goias 2025, Brazil 2025, Gundicha-marjana 2025, Gundicha-marjana Lila, Ratha-yatra Pastimes, liberation

24 Jun 2025 evening – Cleaning of the Gundica Temple (English) | Alto Paraiso de Goias, Brazil

June 24, 2025 6:00 PM

– Significance of the cleaning of the Gundica Temple. – Explanation of the procession that takes Lord Jagannatha from His Temple to the Gundica Temple. – About the mercy granted by Lord Jagannatha to all living beings without any distinction. – The liberation from birth from a mother’s womb obtained by darsana, vision, of Lord Jagannatha. – Kapila Muni answers the questions of His mother Devahuti, Third Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam about not wanting to be born...

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