Only with the human body can we associate with the sadhu and hear Harikatha. Katha about the three dolls with different values: if we are listening to Harikatha correctly, we will receive its fruit. We must practice what we are hearing in the Harikatha. Without practice, everything will come out the other ear. The primary cause of krsna-bhakti is sadhu-sanga. A moment of association with the sadhu makes it possible to attain the highest perfect goal, but it is necessary to associate with the...
Bhakti-tattva
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2025, San Jose 2025, Costa Rica 2025, Raganuga-bhakti, gopis: nitya-siddha, jiva: jiva-tattva, rasa dance: rasa-lila
14 Dec 2025 morning – Raganuga-bhakti (English) – San Jose, Costa Rica | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Conditioned souls do not have spontaneous love for Krishna, for this reason they have no taste for hearing Harikatha, chanting the Holy Names and performing devotional service. We must first understand about ragatmika-bhakti, and then we can understand about raganuga-bhakti. Raganuga means following in the footsteps of the Vrajavasis. Radha and Krishna have the same svarupa. Krishna disguises himself as Syamala-sakhi and steals butter. We can obtain vraja-prema when greed arises in our hearts...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2025, San Jose 2025, Costa Rica 2025, Bhakti's Superiority Over Other Paths, bhakti: definitions of bhakti, consciousness: Krishna Consciousness, Mahabharata
13 Dec 2025 morning – Bhakti Is Something Very Valuable (English) – San Jose, Costa Rica
– Bhakti means the tendency to serve Krishna, and the root cause of Krishna-bhakti is association with the sadhu. – Sloka: bhaktis tu bhagavad-bhakta… (Brhan-naradiya Purana, 4.33). – The difference between punya-karma (pious activities) and sukrti (spiritual pious activities). – Trees also feel cold, heat, and pain, but they can’t do anything about it. – The states of consciousness of the soul are: acchadita-cetana (covered, as in plants), sankucita...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2025, Bogota 2025, Colombia 2025, Glories of the Holy Names, habits: bad habits, mantra: mantra of purification
11 Dec 2025 morning – Mahamantra Transforms Sinner into a Pious Person (English) – Bogota, Colombia
– Hippies and carnival-goers like to dance and sing in the namasankirtana and, little by little, they abandon their bad habits. – Remembering how Srila Swami Prabhupada began his preaching to the hippies. – The impurities of the body are cleansed by water, and the impurities of the heart are cleansed by the Mahamantra. – Mantra of purification: om apavitraḥ pavitro vā sarvāvasthāṁ gato ’pi vā yaḥ smaret puṇḍarīkākṣaṁ sa bahyābhyantara-śuciḥ (Garuda Purana). –...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2025, Bogota 2025, Colombia 2025, Glories of the Holy Names, guru-tattva: akhanda-guru-tattva (the principle of the undivided guru; unity of guru-tattva), guru: guru-tattva, liberation, renunciation, self-realisation
10 Dec 2025 evening – Chant the Holy Names with Firm Faith (English) – Bogota, Colombia
– Mahaprabhu said, “One day, people will chant the holy names throughout the world.” – Glorification of the local Sri Sri Gaura Narayana Matha. – The mercy of akhanda-Guru-Tattva, Nityananda Prabhu. – Guru-nishtha is the backbone of our bhakti. – The nine limbs of bhakti. – The mind is the cause of bondage and liberation. Control your mind through constant practice and renunciation, and chant the holy names to liberate it. – Verse: ‘Ceto-darpaṇa...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2025, Bogota 2025, Colombia 2025, Importance of Listening to Hari-katha, Krishna-samsara: Krishna-centered household; family life devoted to Krishna, mantra: gopala-mantra
10 Dec 2025 midday – Food for the Soul (English) – Bogota, Colombia
– Food for the soul is hari-katha. – When a baby is crying far away from its mother, she cannot hear it. The baby cries and cries until it faints. In the same way, your soul cries out for hari-katha, but you do not listen to it, and it finally faints in maya. – Awaken your soul with the maha-mantra, the medicine brought by Mahaprabhu. – Chant gopala-mantra or gayatri-mantra to awaken your soul. – Create krishna-samsara in your home. Remember that your house belongs...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2025, Bogota 2025, Colombia 2025, Chaitanya-charitamrita Madhya 19.151, Beginning of Bhakti, bhakti: bhakti-lata-bija (seed of bhakti), consciousness: conscious being, mantra: gopala-mantra
10 Dec 2025 morning – A Seed of Bhakti (English) – Bogota, Colombia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Sadhu-sanga is very important. The 5 types of manifestation of consciousness: acchadita-chetana, sankuchita-chetana, mukulita-chetana, vikasita-chetana and purna-vikasita-chetana. Feeling, willing and knowing are the three characteristics of a conscious being. Devatas are those who have faith in God, while asuras are those who do not. To devotees: You are now a vikasita-chetana. However, your goal should be to become a purna-vikasita-chetana. Verse: brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva guru...
2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Guaruja 2025, Brazil 2025, Glories of the Holy Names, kunja: Svananda-sukhada kunja, liberation
07 Dec 2025 evening – The Glories of Harinama (English) – Guaruja, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Regarding the liberation pastimes of Gajendra by Lord Vishnu. By offering a lotus to the Lord in his mind, Gajendra was liberated. We should take shelter at the lotus feet of a trustworthy guru. Those who follow the advaita path, as soon as they touch the dust of Vrndavana, their conception changes. Vrndavana is not an ordinary place, the dust of Vrndavana is transcendental. Krishna covers the sun with His pitambara to cover the footprints of Srimati Radhika. The highest place is Radha-kunda...