Guru-disciple Relationship

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Kuala Lumpur 2025, Malaysia 2025, Guru-disciple Relationship, Importance of Guru, guru: guru-bhakti, guru: guru-nishtha

03 Oct 2025 midday – Spiritual Perfection Through the Guru – Sampradāya and Loving Service to Krsna (English) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

October 3, 2025 12:00 PM

– The distinctions between the philosophy of Madhvacarya and the philosophy of Mayavada. – On the purity of devotion. – Our eternal identity and loving service. – Srimad Bhagavatam is a direct commentary on the Vedanta Sutra. – On the assembly in Jaipur to discuss the worship or removal of Srimati Radhika alongside Krsna, and whether or not She is married to Krsna. – Baladeva Vidyabhusana Prabhu, roaring like a lion, cites extensive evidence from the sastras...

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31 Jul 2025 midday – Srila Gurudeva Is Always With Us (English) | Wales, UK

July 31, 2025 12:00 PM

– Srila Gurudeva Vana Maharaja comments on several episodes he spent with Srila Gurudeva BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja. – Story that exemplifies that Srila Gurudeva is always with his disciples: the disciple’s walk on the beach with his Gurudeva and the footprints in the sand. – Three types of feelings of separation: bhavi-viraha: suffering in anticipation of future separation (premeditated separation); bhavan-viraha: desperate suffering due to the separation that is...

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04 Jan 2025 evening – Guru-tattva (English) | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

January 4, 2025 5:49 PM

Sloka: guru-śuśrūṣayā bhaktyā… (ŚB 7.7.30-31). We must serve the spiritual master to reach the abode of the Lord. To satisfy Sri Guru, one must fulfill his desire, and for that, one must know his heart. The story of the Guru who was thirsty and asked his disciple to bring him water. We must follow the Guru’s orders without arguing. Guru means heavy, and serving him is something difficult. According to Srila BV Svami Maharaja, there are two types of people we should not keep in the Temple:...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Sao Paulo 2025, Brazil 2025, Components of Bhakti, Duties of a Shiksha-guru, Guru-disciple Relationship, Rupanuga-sampradaya

03 Jan 2025 evening – Guru Tattva (English) | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

January 3, 2025 6:57 PM

About the importance of Guru Tattva. The importance of not criticizing but, at the same time, of speaking the truth. About the need to take shelter at the lotus feet of a Guru who is from the Vaisnava Sampradaya and to see if the Guru has Parampara. How Srimati Radhika’s prema was transmitted from Herself to Madhavendra Puripada, who passed it on to Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who passed it on to Rupa Gosvami Pada. About the nine phases of bhakti explained by Rupa Gosvami Pada. About the duty of...

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24 Apr 2022 evening – Guru-Nishtha, Guru-Bhakti (English) – Wales, United Kingdom

April 24, 2022 6:16 PM

-Remnants of a vaishnava are very powerful.-Guru & vaishnavas are very kind.-2 kinds of upasana: mantra-mayi, svarasiki.-About the procedure for chanting the mantra by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura in Bhajana-rahasya-Gopa-kumara katha of receiving mantra from his guru & not knowing how to chant but having faith in guru.-Guru-nishtha is the backbone of our bhajana-sadhana.-You have to sacrifice your life at the lotus feet of Gurudeva & tattva-siddhanta will manifest.-By reading sastra...

03 Oct 2025 midday – Spiritual Perfection Through the Guru – Sampradāya and Loving Service to Krsna (English) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

31 Jul 2025 midday – Srila Gurudeva Is Always With Us (English) | Wales, UK

04 Jan 2025 evening – Guru-tattva (English) | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

03 Jan 2025 evening – Guru Tattva (English) | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

24 Apr 2022 evening – Guru-Nishtha, Guru-Bhakti (English) – Wales, United Kingdom

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