PART 1 PART 2 Those who practice devotional service to Lord Sri Krsna with their body, mind, and words. Our goal is to attain a hint of the humor of the cowherd boys of Vraja. The bodily conception is the root of all anarthas. About karma-kanda, jnana-kanda, and bhakti-kanda. There are different types of vairagya (renunciation). We must take care of our body to serve Krsna and, in no way, show others false renunciation. Our body needs to be healthy to awaken to mangala-arati, which is a limb of...
anarthas: removal of anarthas
11 Sep 2025 morning – Bhakti Comes from the Heart of the Sadhu (English) | Christchurch, New Zealand
– The kanistha-adhikari has neither sastra-jnana nor common sense. – Description of the difference between kanistha, madhyama, and uttama adhikari devotees. – The behavior of the kanistha and uttama adhikari appears the same but is completely different. – The madhyama acts with discrimination. – The uttama sees the Lord everywhere, sees sacred places everywhere, and sees people as servants of the Supreme Lord. – Uttama-adhikari is of three types: Bhagavad...
09 Sep 2025 morning – Bodily Identification (English) | Christchurch, New Zealand
– 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...
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...
05 Feb 2025 morning – Aishvarya and madhurya (English) | Praia do Presidio, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sadhaka stage and siddha stage. First, fix your mind to perform bhajana and sadhana. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu told Raghunatha dasa Gosvami to fix his mind. 6 stages of unstable bhajana. Maya Devi’s attacks on Haridasa Thakura. 5 stages of the removal of anarthas: eka-desha-vartini, bahu-desha-vartini, prayiki, purna, atyantiki. Maya-devi purifies the heart of a sadhaka. When Guru punishes, he gives his mercy (example of a mother punishing her baby). Damodarashtaka. Srimati Radhika covers the...
31 Dec 2024 evening – Hari-katha on New Year’s Eve (English) | Guaruja, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
00:00 – The necessity of taking inventory of one’s achievements in the old year.08:00 – The five stages of the removal of anarthas (unwanted desires); about developing guru-nishtha (steadfast faith in the guru).21:00 – The level of bhava-dosha (defects in spiritual emotion).25:00 – The nature of the madness of the material world; the example of Kumbhakarna.37:00 – About transcendental madness.50:00 – How to chant the holy names.53:00 – Analysis of...