bhakti: sadhana-bhakti

2025, Discourses in English 2025, California 2025, New Vraja (USA) 2025, USA 2025, Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.33.36, Shikshashtaka 2025, Manah-shiksha 2025, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, soul: conditioned soul

17 Jul 2025 evening – Manah-siksa and Siksastakam (English) | New Braj, California, USA

July 17, 2025 6:00 PM

– If you don’t hear Harikatha, you hear worldly matters. – Maya and Chaya (shadow), that which is not true but poses as truth. – The conditioned soul is like a deer chasing a mirage in the desert, trying to achieve reputation, name, and fame. – Sloka that talks about how we can overcome the desire for prestige and fame: pratisthasa dhrsta svapaca-ramani me hrdi natet… (Manah Siksa 7). – Maya and Chaya, one goes first and the other comes second. – The...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Florida 2025, Miami 2025, USA 2025, Chaitanya-charitamrita Adi 1.4, Chaitanya-charitamrita Adi 4.74, Chaitanya-charitamrita Madhya 22.105, Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.2.29, Types of Bhakti, anger: mana & mana-abhasa & krodha, bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, life goals (purusharthas): dharma (duty and religious principles) artha (material prosperity) kama (material desires) and moksha (liberation)

07 Jul 2025 midday – The Types of Bhakti (English) | Miami, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

July 7, 2025 12:00 PM

– Mahaprabhu came to give the highest divine love that exists to everyone, without discrimination. – Verse: anarpita-carīṁ cirāt karuṇayāvatīrṇaḥ kalau (CC Adi-lila 1.4). – The difference between maan, maan-abhasa and kroda. – Verse: kṛṣṇa-kāntā-gaṇa dekhi tri-vidha prakāra (CC Adi-lila 4.74). – The difference between sadhana-bhakti, bhava-bhakti and prema-bhakti. – Verse: kṛti-sādhyā bhavet sādhya-bhāvā sā sādhanābhidhā (CC Madhya 22.105). – The gopis...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Sao Paulo 2025, Brazil 2025, Ratha-yatra 2025, Krishna Asks Yudhishthira Maharaja to Say That Ashvatthama Is Dead, Kurukshetra-milana Lila, Jagannatha-tattva, Kurukshetra-milana, Ratha-yatra Pastimes, bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, Jagannatha: the meaning of chariot in ratha-yatra, Krishna: Krishna's form in Vrindavana, Krishna: reasons for Krishna to perform the rasa dance, mood: moods of Vraja, sakhis: types, truth: importance of speaking truth, Vaishnavas: 26 qualities

01 Jul 2025 midday – The Mood of Ratha Yatra (English) | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

July 1, 2025 12:00 PM

– Explanation of the meaning of the Chariot and Asana (seat) of Lord Jagannatha. – The Mood of service to Krsna and the qualities of a sadhaka. – About the two stages of sadhana-bhakti, a process where the 26 qualities of a Vaisnava will manifest. – About speaking the truth. – Pastime where Krsna asks Yudhisthira Maharaja to say that Asvatthama, Dronacarya’s son, is dead. – Reasons for Krsna to perform the rasa dance – The moods of Vraja: sakhya...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Hari-katha 2025 (Undisclosed country), Undisclosed, Maya-tattva, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhakti: sadhana-bhakti

25 Apr 2025 evening – Jiva Gets Free from Maya (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 25, 2025 7:47 PM

About how Maya caught the jivas who turned their faces towards her instead of looking at Krsna. About transcendental knowledge, jnana, and the realization of knowledge, vijnana. To get free from Maya, it is important to cleanse the heart with Harikatha in sadhu-sanga. About Rupa Gosvami’s highest katha: when Srimati Radhika is looking at the beautiful and ever-fresh form of Sri Krsna eating fruit, and Krsna ends up kissing Her on the cheek, leaving a beautiful red mark. When you practice...

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21 Apr 2025 morning – Sri Siksastaka and the Bhakti Process (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 21, 2025 8:57 AM

The Siksastaka highlights sambhanda-jnana (relationship knowledge), abhidheya (process) and prayojana (goal) of sadhana-bhakti. Song: Sri Krsna Bhajane Jadi. Verse: dhana, jana nāhi māgoṅ, kavitā sundarī…(CC Antya-lila 20.30). We should pray for ahaituki-bhakti, unmotivated devotional service. Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami expresses his mood of separation after Mahaprabhu’s departure. Verse: kāhāṅ mora prāṇa-nātha muralī-vadana (CC Madhya-lila 2.15). Song: Sri Gusvastakam. Bhagavatya...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2025, Undisclosed, Costa Rica 2025, bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti

14 Feb 2025 evening – From Vaidhi Bhakti to Raganuga Bhakti (English) | Costa Rica | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 14, 2025 6:20 PM

About who we are, eternal souls. We are a part of God, eternal servants of Krsna. How we must go through sadhana-bhakti, then bhava-bhakti and finally prema-bhakti. For this we must practice vaidhi-bhakti and then comes raganuga-bhakti and finally vraja-bhakti. The importance of always hearing Harikatha, but from the mouth of a pure Vaisnava. About Krsna’s relations, which are very close with the vrajavasis, they never think that Krsna is God. About how Krsna loves the gopis so much that...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2024, Puebla 2024, Mexico 2024, bhakti: definition of sadhana-bhakti, bhakti: sadhana-bhakti

27 Dec 2024 morning – Radha-nistha (English) | Puebla, Mexico | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 27, 2024 8:32 AM

The definition of sadhana-bhakti.

About Radha-seva.

Sri Radha criticizes Sri Krsna: Ramacandra’s lila in which Surpanaka wants to marry Him.

Sri Radha talks about how Krsna is deceitful and the example of Vamanadeva’s lila.

How Sri Krsna feels separation from Sri Radha.

About how after the rasa dance Srimati Radhika and Sri Krsna go to rest and the moment They are awakened.

About how Jatila tries to catch Radha and Krsna together.

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Hawaii 2024, Maui 2024, USA 2024, Chaitanya-charitamrita Adi 1.4, Srimati Radhika Fights with a Bee That Wanted to Sit on Her Feet, Ke Jabi Ke Jabi Bhai, Krishna Deva Bhavantan Vande, Radha Ramana Giridhari, Radha-kripa-kataksha-stava-raja, bhakti: sadhana-bhakti, bhakti: stages

19 Dec 2024 morning – How to Attain Krsna-prema (English) | Maui, Hawaii, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 19, 2024 9:03 AM

It is not possible to put two swords in the same sheath, in the same way, when we develop our spiritual life, our material life restrains. ⁠When one practices bhakti, dharma, artha, jnana and moksa want to serve the devotee. ⁠Stages: sadhana-bhakti, bhava-bhakti, prema-bhakti. ⁠The first two leaves of Bhakti, klesaghni and subhada, appear in the stage of sadhana-bhakti. ⁠The two leaves sudurlabha and moksa-laghuta-krt appear in the stage of bhava-bhakti. ⁠The two leaves sandrananda-visesatma...

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