devotees: types

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15 Dec 2025 morning – What Is Raganuga Bhakti (English) – San Jose, Costa Rica | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 15, 2025 7:00 AM

The difference between vaidhi-bhakti and raganuga-bhakti. Verse: iṣṭe svārasikī rāgaḥ paramāviṣṭatā bhavet… (Bhakti Rasamrta Sindhu 1.2.272). Two characteristics of raganuga-bhakti: spontaneous attachment and never wanting to be separated from Krishna! The love of the gopis is utkantha-mayi-prema, love with extreme greed. The love of trees, birds, and other animals for Krishna is viveka-sunya-prema; they do not know whether Krishna is in Vrndavana or not. The love of the sakhas for Krishna is...

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16 Jul 2025 morning (good sound) – Our Mistress Srimati Radhika (English) | New Vraja, California, USA

July 16, 2025 7:00 AM

– The dead body of Haridasa Thakura made tirtha out of the ocean. In the same way, Srila Gurudeva Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja made tirtha out of any place he visited. – Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja installed deities here. – Srimati Radhika glorified Giriraja Govardhana (SB 10.21.18). – Srimad-Bhagavatam describes three Haridasas: Yudhishthira, Uddhava and Govardhana. – 5 types of devotees; jnani-bhaktas, shuddha-bhaktas, premi-bhaktas, premapara-bhaktas...

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16 Jul 2025 morning (low sound) – Our Mistress Srimati Radhika (English) | New Vraja, California, USA

July 16, 2025 7:00 AM

– The dead body of Haridasa Thakura made tirtha out of the ocean. In the same way, Srila Gurudeva Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja made tirtha out of any place he visited. – Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja installed deities here. – Srimati Radhika glorified Giriraja Govardhana (SB 10.21.18). – Srimad-Bhagavatam describes three Haridasas: Yudhishthira, Uddhava and Govardhana. – 5 types of devotees; jnani-bhaktas, shuddha-bhaktas, premi-bhaktas, premapara-bhaktas...

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21 Feb 2025 evening – What We Should Do in Bhakti (English) | Punta Arenas, Chile | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 21, 2025 6:36 PM

• About the five types of devotees of the Lord that exist. • About the importance of the lilas of Dhruva Maharaja and Prahlada Maharaja. • To achieve everything, we must do nama sankirtana. Nama Prabhu is very merciful and kind. • About the worship of Lord Siva. • The lila of a brahmana, a disciple of Shiva, who one day needed money for his daughters’ wedding and was sent to Vrndavana to find Sanatana Gosvami Pada. • About the importance of listening to...

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19 Feb 2025 evening – Different Types of Devotees (English) | Punta Arenas, Chile | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 19, 2025 6:45 PM

Your heart is like a garden where God plants the flowers but if you are not in sadhu-sanga listening to hari-katha then these flowers will be dry. Verse: sādhu-saṅga’, ‘sādhu-saṅga’ — sarva-śāstre kaya…(CC Madhya 22.54). 4 types of liberation: sarupya, samipyа, sarsti and salokya. Krishna-prema is higher than liberation. There are different types of prema in the transcendental world: vaikuntha-prema, ayodhya-prema, dvaraka-prema, mathura-prema and prema of Goloka Vrindavana. 5 categories of...

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29 Jan 2025 evening – The appearance day of Srila BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja (English) | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

January 29, 2025 8:28 PM

Today is Mauni-amavasya and the appearance day of Srila BV Narayana GM. After 144 years there is a maha kumbha-mela in India. The glories of Bharata-varsha by Srila Krishnadasa Kaviraja. Always be mentally in Vraja. Verse: tan-nāma-rūpa-caritādi-sukīrtanānu… (Upadeshamrita 8). If you find a sadhu’s heart full of vraja-rasa, hear hari-katha from him. If you are cooking, it is actually Srimati Radhika and Her sakhis and manjaris who are cooking. The definition of bhakti is given in Bhakti...

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06 Jan 2025 morning – Three types of devotees (English) | Sao Paulo, Airport | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

January 6, 2025 8:50 AM

0:00:01 – A kanishtha-adhikari has very firm faith (nishtha) but lacks scriptural knowledge. If problems arise, he may abandon worship of Thakuraji. He must study tattva-siddhanta.0:02:40 – Bhaktivinoda Thakur explains that such a person is not yet a pure devotee; he must develop understanding of tattva and study the shastras.0:04:03 – There are three types of devotees: kanishtha-kanishtha, kanishtha-madhyama, and kanishtha-uttama.0:05:04 – A madhyama-adhikari possesses...

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13 Oct 2024 evening – Sri Bhagavata-saptaha, day 4: Nistha and Appearance and Birth of Sri Krsna (Hindi) | Lucknow, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

October 13, 2024 7:14 PM

– Our real relationship is with atma and Paramatma, when we give up the body all material relationships end.– Attachment to the body and relationships in the material world.– Topics about the birth of Sukadeva Gosvami, who radiated Krsna-prema to all beings who had his darsana.– If, when chanting the mantra, prema does not manifest, it is because the heart is full of anarthas.– The power of sabda-brahma, the transcendental vibration.– The beauty of Sri Krsna’s form, Govinda darsana.–...

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