sadhana: sadhana-siddhi

2025, Discourses in Hindi 2025, Brisbane 2025, Australia 2025, atmaramas ca munayo, Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.7.10, Morning walks 2025, Glories of Hari-katha, Importance of Listening to Hari-katha, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhakti: stages, bhava: bhava-siddhi (perfection of bhava; attainment of the stage of bhava-bhakti), parents: good parents, perfection: vastu-siddhi/perfection of the self (attainment of one's eternal spiritual identity; realization of one's true nature), renunciation, sadhana: sadhana-siddhi, spiritual progress, svarupa-siddhi: realization of one's spiritual identity (attainment of the eternal constitutional position of the soul; perfection of one's true nature)

04 Sep 2025 morning walk – Harikatha Purifies Hearts (Hindi) | Brisbane, Australia

September 4, 2025 7:00 AM

– On the power of sadhana. – Harikatha has the power to remove all our anarthas. – Who doesn’t cry when hearing the Harikatha of Sita and Rama? People filled with anarthas in their hearts. – Signs of spiritual development: realization of the Lord, knowledge, and renunciation of what is not favorable to the Lord. – Devotion arises, and in the same proportion, renunciation of material things occurs. More renunciation, in the same percentage, more knowledge...

2025, Discourses Translated into English 2025, Brisbane 2025, Australia 2025, atmaramas ca munayo, Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.7.10, Morning walks 2025, Glories of Hari-katha, Importance of Listening to Hari-katha, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhakti: stages, bhava: bhava-siddhi (perfection of bhava; attainment of the stage of bhava-bhakti), parents: good parents, perfection: vastu-siddhi/perfection of the self (attainment of one's eternal spiritual identity; realization of one's true nature), renunciation, sadhana: sadhana-siddhi, spiritual progress, svarupa-siddhi: realization of one's spiritual identity (attainment of the eternal constitutional position of the soul; perfection of one's true nature)

04 Sep 2025 morning walk – Harikatha Purifies Hearts (English translation) | Brisbane, Australia

September 4, 2025 7:00 AM

– On the power of sadhana.– Harikatha has the power to remove all our anarthas.– Who doesn’t cry when hearing the Harikatha of Sita and Rama? People filled with anarthas in their hearts.– Signs of spiritual development: realization of the Lord, knowledge, and renunciation of what is not favorable to the Lord.– Devotion arises, and in the same proportion, renunciation of material things occurs. More renunciation, in the same percentage, more knowledge...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into French 2025, Paris 2025, France 2025, Importance of Tattva-siddhanta, Bhatta family (parivara): Venkata Bhatta; Trimalla Bhatta and Prabodhananda Sarasvati (nephew of Gopala Bhatta), perfection: vastu-siddhi/perfection of the self (attainment of one's eternal spiritual identity; realization of one's true nature), rasa: rasa-siddhanta, sadhana: sadhana-siddhi, sampradayas: four sampradayas, svarupa-siddhi: realization of one's spiritual identity (attainment of the eternal constitutional position of the soul; perfection of one's true nature)

22 May 2025 midday – Tattva Important for Spiritual Life (English) | Paris, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 22, 2025 12:24 PM

It is very important to develop spiritual life. Mahaprabhu told us to serve Guru, Vaisnavas and chant the Holy Names: sadhu-sanga, namasankirtana, bhagavad-sravana (hear from pure devotees), serve Thakuraji and be in Vraja even in thought. Sloka that warns us not to hear Harikatha from non-devotees: avaiṣṇava-mukhodgīrṇaṁ… (Padma Purana mentioned in CC Antya-lila 13.113). Radha-kunda is a place very protected by Yogamaya. ⁠The highest places in Vrndavana are called Brhad Vrndavana, and so is...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Hari-katha 2025 (Undisclosed country), Undisclosed, bhava: bhava-siddhi (perfection of bhava; attainment of the stage of bhava-bhakti), body: subtle body, perfection: vastu-siddhi/perfection of the self (attainment of one's eternal spiritual identity; realization of one's true nature), sadhana: sadhana-siddhi, service: vani-seva, service: vapu-seva, siddha-pranali: system of spiritual lineage (process of receiving the identity of one's spiritual form through a lineage of teachers), svarupa-siddhi: realization of one's spiritual identity (attainment of the eternal constitutional position of the soul; perfection of one's true nature)

21 Apr 2025 evening – How to Reach Goloka Vrndavana (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 21, 2025 7:03 PM

Verse: yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādo yasyāprasādān na gatiḥ kuto ’pi… (Gurvastakam 8). Mantra: Dhyana Mulan Guru Murti… The importance of vapu-seva (physical service), vani-seva (preaching) and brhat-mridanga-seva (printing and distribution of books). In transcendental Goloka Vrndavana the bodies are made of three elements: sat, cit and ananda. Song: Sri Sad Gosvami Astakam. Song: Yamuna Puline. Five perfections necessary to reach Goloka Vrndavana: mantra-siddhi, then sadhana-siddhi, svarupa...

2024, Discourses in English 2024, Discourses Translated into French 2024, Mirepoix 2024, France 2024, Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.2.29, bhava: bhava-siddhi (perfection of bhava; attainment of the stage of bhava-bhakti), perfection: vastu-siddhi/perfection of the self (attainment of one's eternal spiritual identity; realization of one's true nature), sadhana: sadhana-siddhi, service: guru-seva, svarupa-siddhi: realization of one's spiritual identity (attainment of the eternal constitutional position of the soul; perfection of one's true nature)

15 May 2024 evening – How to Receive Diksha and Serve (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 15, 2024 6:36 PM

Human life is very rare: durlabho mānuṣo deho dehināṁ kṣaṇa-bhaṅguraḥ (SB 11.2.29)

Vishrambhena guru-seva.

He who has no common sense, how can he attain transcendental knowledge?

The meaning of diksha.

One needs good qualification (sat-guna) to serve God.

Sadhana-siddhi, bhava-siddhi, svarupa-siddhi and vastu-siddhi.

The gopis will give you training.

Hari-katha is the essence of human life.

ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇaṁ (Sri Shikshashtaka 1)

2023, Discourses in Hindi 2023, Delhi 2023, India 2023, anuraga: deep attachment (stage of prema; intense love and constant attraction toward Krishna), bhava: bhava-siddhi (perfection of bhava; attainment of the stage of bhava-bhakti), body: gross body, body: subtle body, perfection: vastu-siddhi/perfection of the self (attainment of one's eternal spiritual identity; realization of one's true nature), rasas: twelve rasas, sadhana: sadhana-siddhi, soul: conditioned soul, svarupa-siddhi: realization of one's spiritual identity (attainment of the eternal constitutional position of the soul; perfection of one's true nature)

21 Dec 2023 morning – You Must Study (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 21, 2023 8:27 AM

ananyāś cintayanto māṁye janāḥ paryupāsateteṣāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁyoga-kṣemaṁ vahāmy aham (Bhagavad-gītā 9.22). Radha’s lila with the calf. ⁠The conditioned soul is like deer and hinds that run after mirages in the desert. ⁠The three daily baths of Sri Radha and their meanings. Read the Jaiva Dharma! ⁠Radha’s blue clothes are the colour of Krishna’s skin. It is Krsna Himself covering Her body. What a beautiful bhava! ⁠All the Gosvamis wrote in the Bengali language. ⁠About Advaita...

2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Delhi 2023, India 2023, anuraga: deep attachment (stage of prema; intense love and constant attraction toward Krishna), bhava: bhava-siddhi (perfection of bhava; attainment of the stage of bhava-bhakti), body: gross body, body: subtle body, perfection: vastu-siddhi/perfection of the self (attainment of one's eternal spiritual identity; realization of one's true nature), rasas: twelve rasas, sadhana: sadhana-siddhi, soul: conditioned soul, svarupa-siddhi: realization of one's spiritual identity (attainment of the eternal constitutional position of the soul; perfection of one's true nature)

21 Dec 2023 morning – You Must Study (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 21, 2023 8:27 AM

ananyāś cintayanto māṁye janāḥ paryupāsateteṣāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁyoga-kṣemaṁ vahāmy aham (Bhagavad-gītā 9.22). Radha’s lila with the calf. ⁠The conditioned soul is like deer and hinds that run after mirages in the desert. ⁠The three daily baths of Sri Radha and their meanings. Read the Jaiva Dharma! ⁠Radha’s blue clothes are the colour of Krishna’s skin. It is Krsna Himself covering Her body. What a beautiful bhava! ⁠All the Gosvamis wrote in the Bengali language. ⁠About Advaita...

2023, Discourses Translated into English 2023, Jagannatha Puri 2023, India 2023, perfection: vastu-siddhi/perfection of the self (attainment of one's eternal spiritual identity; realization of one's true nature), sadhana: sadhana-siddhi, svarupa-siddhi: realization of one's spiritual identity (attainment of the eternal constitutional position of the soul; perfection of one's true nature)

14 Aug 2023 morning – Mahaprabhu’s Mood of Separation in the Gambhira (English translation) – Jagannatha Puri, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

August 14, 2023 7:34 AM

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s lilas in Gambhira as a sannyasi. Mahaprabhu’s 3 stages of consciousness: the internal, the external and the semi-external. Book: Jagannatha-vallabha-nataka, by Raya Ramananda. The external symptoms of Mahaprabhu’s mahabhava. The definitions of prema and kama, and the internal and external symptoms of prema. The definition of atiantik-sraddha. Srimati Radhika glorifies Lord Krishna in the mood of separation. The meaning of going to Gambhira is to talk...

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