bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti

2025, Discourses Translated into English 2025, Gopinatha Bhavana 2025, Vraja 2025, Vrindavana 2025, India 2025, Importance of Listening to Hari-katha, anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart), bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti

02 Nov 2025 evening – Listening to Harikatha Makes Us Qualified (English translation) – Vrindavana, India

November 2, 2025 6:00 PM

* If we only follow vaidhi-bhakti, we will only reach Vaikuntha. To reach Vraja, we must perform raga-bhakti. * By following vaidhi-marga, we will gradually be able to enter raganuga-bhakti. * Greed comes from listening to Harikatha. * Loving exchanges become so profound that Krsna cannot maintain His composure and becomes restless. * If kirtan is performed along with the correct understanding of the meaning of those humors, then one can enter such humors. * The greatest desire (kama) of the...

2025, Discourses in Hindi 2025, Delhi 2025, India 2025, Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2025, Damodarashtaka 2025, bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, meditation: svarasiki-upasana/spontaneous worship (meditation on Krishna's pastimes in a natural flow; contemplation of eternal lila), Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2025

26 Oct 2025 morning – Damodarashtaka (Hindi) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

October 26, 2025 7:00 AM

Mother Yashoda tied up Gopala that time Krishna beautiful form as he is crying. Krishna drown all the Vrajavasis in ocean of bliss (ananda) by performing sweet lila. And Krishna also showing to the opulent mood bhakti (vaidhi-marga) that Krishna is only controlled by Vrajavasis (madhurya mood) Bhakti is of two types : vaidhi-bhakti and raganuga-bhakti. The prema inside the Vrajavasi is called ragatmika-bhakti. Two Symptoms of raganuga-bhakti : Praspranu sneh anubandhan aur Darshne Atriptta...

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11 Apr 2025 midday – The Five Limbs of Bhakti (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 11, 2025 12:31 PM

About the two types of bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti and raganuga-bhakti. About the different types of vaidhi-bhakti. About the five limbs of bhakti: always associate with a sadhu; always chant the Holy Names; always hear or read about Srimad Bhagavatam; always live in Vraja Mandala or Mathura Mandala; and; worship the Deity with firm faith. Always associate with devotees who are of the same mood as you, same type of nature. Srimad Bhagavatam was recited by Sukadeva Gosvami. He who drank the nectar...

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04 Apr 2025 evening – Sri Siksastaka and the Bhakti Process (Hindi) | Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 4, 2025 6:51 PM

Ramacandra’s katha should be studied first. Vaidhi-bhakti comes first. Ramacandra is the embodiment of Vaisnava etiquette. Harikatha on social castas. The example of Parasurama. Sabari, Ramacandra’s devotee is an example of faith in her Guru. About the importance of Ramayana and how Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja spoke about Valmiki. The Ramayana written by Valmiki is the original Ramayana. About Radha and Krsna in the Bhagavad Gita. Just like a crow, jivas use one...

2025, Discourses in Hindi 2025, Kashinagar 2025, West Bengal 2025, India 2025, Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.33.36, Bhagavata-saptaha in Kashinagar 2025, bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, bhava: gopi-bhava, jiva: jiva-tattva, Bhagavata-saptaha in Kashinagar 2025

27 Mar 2025 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 5 (Hindi) | Kashinagar, South India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

March 27, 2025 6:13 PM

Fortunate jivas have the opportunity to hear Bhagavd-katha. Pariksiti Maharaja heard the Bhagavatam from Sukadeva Gosvami, the parrot of Srimati Radhika, but Pariksiti attained gopi-bhava. The listener is not always inferior to the speaker: Srila Gurudeva exalts the audience. Harikatha is spoken according to the qualification of the listeners. Candidasa and Vidyapati performed wonderful kirtans and they took shelter of Mahaprabhu. Narottama Dasa Thakura wrote the Prema Bhakti Candrika, a...

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21 Feb 2025 morning – Vaidhi-bhakti and Suddha-bhakti (English) | Punta Arenas, Chile | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 21, 2025 9:08 AM

About Granta Madhurya Kadambini by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Pada. About vaidhi-bhakti and raganuga-bhakti. About different vaidhi-bhakti: serving in a mood of opulence; serve for fear of going to hell. Raganuga-bhakti: lobha-mayi-bhakti, bhakti enriched by the pure yearning to attain transcendental service to Sri Sri Radha Krsna. About suddha-bhakti and how in Kali-yuga only Caitanya Mahaprabhu can give us suddha-prema, vraja-prema. Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the embodiment of munificence and...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2025, Punta Arenas 2025, Chile 2025, Madhurya-kadambini 2025, bhagavata: jivanta-bhagavata, bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, sadhu-sanga: importance

19 Feb 2025 morning – Madhurya-kadambini (English) | Punta Arenas, Chile | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 19, 2025 9:04 AM

You need 2 books to develop your spiritual life: Bhajana-rahasya and Madhurya-kadambini. Vaidhi-bhakti (aishvarya-mula-bhakti) and raganuga-bhakti (madhurya-mula-bhakti). The importance of sadhu-sanga to awaken bhakti. Grantha-sadhu and bhakta-sadhu. If bhakta-bhagavata (jivanta-bhagavata) is not available then read grantha-bhagavata. Bhakta-bhagavata helps to interpret the true meaning of different shlokas. Without the mercy of Mahaprabhu no one can understand the true meaning of the...

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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...

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