character quality: lust and anger

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Whangarei 2025, New Zealand 2025, anaradhya radha-padambhoja-renum, Chaitanya-charitamrita Adi 1.4, Radha-rasa-sudha-nidhi 14, Sva-sankalpa-prakasha-stotra 1, Krishna Hoite Chatur Mukha, Supreme Position of Srimati Radharani, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), character quality: lust and anger, consciousness: Krishna Consciousness, gopis: types, guru-varga, Krishna: reasons why Krishna came to this world as Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, kundas: kundas of 8 sakhis, mantra: pranama-mantra of Srila BV Svami Maharaja, Radha: 3 principles to attain radha-dasyam (service to Srimati Radhika), rasa: unnata-ujjvala-rasa, sakhis: types, Svananda-sukhada kunja

17 Sep 2025 midday – Stay at Radharani’s Places (English) | Whangarei, New Zealand

September 17, 2025 12:00 PM

This place is as beautiful as Vrindavana. Concentrate your mind on krishna-lila. Verse: rādhā karāvacita pallava-vallarī ke… (Radha-rasa-sudha-nidhi, 14). Let my mind be in places completely dominated by Srimati Radhika. Sri Radha, wearing a crown, is in Surya-kunda, meeting Krishna. The description of Radha-kunda includes the ashta-sakhis kundas, the Svananda-sukhada kunja and a bridge. Set your goal and do your bhajana-sadhana only after you have done so. We should observe three principles to...

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...

2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Bhuj 2024, Gujarat 2024, India 2024, Bhagavata-saptaha in Bhuj 2024, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), character quality: lust and anger, Vedavyasa, Vyasadeva, Bhagavata-saptaha in Bhuj 2024

21 Nov 2024 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 2 (Hindi) | Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

November 21, 2024 6:37 PM

The story of the birth of Sukadeva Gosvami and how he heard about the Bhagavatam uttered by Siva to Parvati. ⁠Bhagavad-katha is a nectar that is drunk through the ears. ⁠Money should be used for bhakti-seva, this is a good use of money, for the good of others. ⁠About the importance of Temples. ⁠Just like money, give Harikatha to those who are qualified to receive this wealth. ⁠Vyasadeva attracts Sukadeva through the recitation of the Bhagavatam. ⁠Krsna attracts everyone with the beautiful sound...

2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Bhuj 2024, Gujarat 2024, India 2024, Bhagavata-saptaha in Bhuj 2024, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), character quality: lust and anger, Vedavyasa, Vyasadeva, Bhagavata-saptaha in Bhuj 2024

21 Nov 2024 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 2 (English translation) | Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

November 21, 2024 6:37 PM

The story of the birth of Sukadeva Gosvami and how he heard about the Bhagavatam uttered by Siva to Parvati. ⁠Bhagavad-katha is a nectar that is drunk through the ears. ⁠Money should be used for bhakti-seva, this is a good use of money, for the good of others. ⁠About the importance of Temples. ⁠Just like money, give Harikatha to those who are qualified to receive this wealth. ⁠Vyasadeva attracts Sukadeva through the recitation of the Bhagavatam. ⁠Krsna attracts everyone with the beautiful sound...

2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Lucknow 2024, India 2024, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), character quality: lust and anger

13 Oct 2024 morning – Do Not Be Slaves of Maya (Hindi) | Lucknow, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

October 13, 2024 9:02 AM

PART 1 PART 2 00:12 – In life we should practice as it is taught in Jaiva-dharma; lust and anger control us10:57 – In Chaitanya-charitamrita (Madhya-lila, Chapter 16): when you yourself realize that this world is full of suffering, Maya gives you illusory happiness; a servant is higher than a slave; an example is given of when girls are kidnapped and forced into prostitution26:08 – Question: how to understand from which karma or which life these sufferings have come?26:33 – Krishna says: where...

2024, Discourses Translated into English 2024, Lucknow 2024, India 2024, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), character quality: lust and anger

13 Oct 2024 morning – Do Not Be Slaves of Maya (English translation) | Lucknow, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

October 13, 2024 9:02 AM

PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 00:12 – In life we should practice as it is taught in Jaiva-dharma; lust and anger control us10:57 – In Chaitanya-charitamrita (Madhya-lila, Chapter 16): when you yourself realize that this world is full of suffering, Maya gives you illusory happiness; a servant is higher than a slave; an example is given of when girls are kidnapped and forced into prostitution26:08 – Question: how to understand from which karma or which life these sufferings have come?26:33 – Krishna says:...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Perth 2024, Australia 2024, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), bhakti: bhakti-yoga (path of devotion; the practice of connecting with Krishna through devotional service; the process of awakening love for Krishna), body: gross body, body: subtle body, character quality: lust and anger

03 Oct 2024 evening – Meeting and Separation (English) | Perth, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

October 3, 2024 6:03 PM

What is a bad day? The day we do not hear Harikatha! ⁠A good day is the day when we associate with the sadhu to hear Harikatha. ⁠Yoga (meeting), viyoga (separation). ⁠Radha is purna-sakti. Sakti and saktiman. ⁠Gross body, subtle body and soul body. ⁠Lila of Siva (Sankaracarya) entering the body of a king. ⁠Yogis can separate the subtle body from the gross body. ⁠Devotees can separate the soul from the subtle and gross bodies. ⁠The Bhagavad Gita talks about each yoga: karma-yoga, bhakti-yoga...

2024, Discourses in Hindi 2024, Navadvipa 2024, India 2024, Navadvipa-parikrama 2024, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), character quality: lust and anger, Krishna: krishna-nama, Navadvipa-parikrama 2024

20 Mar 2024 evening – The Glories of Mahishis and Gopis (Hindi) – Sri Navadvipa-dhama, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

March 20, 2024 4:53 PM

Analysis of the shloka ‘tyaktvā su-dustyaja-surepsita-rājya-lakṣmīṁ’ (SB 11.5.34). Lila of Mahaprabhu becoming a sannyasi after being cursed by a brahmana. The sufferings of this world; people’s vain efforts to become happy. Nrisimha-Prahlada short katha. The story of the old woman gathering brushwood who met Yamaraja. Kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇaṁ (SB 11.5.32) – this shloka refers to Mahaprabhu. Srila Jiva Gosvami described the colours of Krishna’s incarnations in his...

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