Guru-tattva

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07 Feb 2026 evening (airport) – Guru Nistha and Guru Bhakti (English) – Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 7, 2026 6:00 PM

SUMMARY On the stages of bhakti. The material body does not tolerate prema, it is something very rare. Practice bhajana and sadhana life after life. In the nistha and ruci stages, the sadhaka no longer falls, especially in the ruci stage. Step-by-step explanations are provided in the Madhurya Kadambini. On the boomerang and arrow disciples. The main point is guru-nistha and guru-bhakti, the backbone of sadhana and bhajana. An example of loyalty to the guru is the behavior of a dog towards its...

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07 Feb 2026 midday – Guru-Nistha & Guru-Bhakti (English) – Sao Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

February 7, 2026 12:00 PM

The conditioned soul does not want to hear Harikatha, but Guru and Vaishnavas give an injection of Harikatha, that is, they give strength like a doctor gives medicine. Bhakti means surrendering completely with love and affection to the Guru. We must be single-mindedly focused on Gurupada Padma. Story of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada and Vinoda Bihari Brahmacari who was going to meet his mother. The true meaning of guru-nistha. We must focus on which stage we are in and which asrama...

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31 Dec 2025 midday – Faith in Guru’s Words is Fundamental (English) – Palhoca, Brazil

December 31, 2025 12:00 PM

– 2025 will never come back. – A vast amount of knowledge is useless. Self-realisation is the only important thing. – Always listen to hari-katha and surrender completely to Krishna to protect yourself from maya. – Without surrendering to the guru, we cannot surrender to Krishna. – Guru-vakya-vishvasa: faith in one’s guru’s words is very important. – Verse: ‘Guru-mukha-padma-vākya, citete koriyā aikya’ (Prema-bhakti-chandrika 2)...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2025, Puebla 2025, Mexico 2025, Guru-disciple Relationship

21 Dec 2025 evening – Transcendental Relationship Can Never Be Destroyed (English) – Puebla, Mexico

December 21, 2025 6:00 PM

* Without sambandha-jnana we cannot reach the highest goal of perfection. * Knowledge of the relationship of our heart (sambandha-jnana) is given by guru through diksa-mantras. * If we do sadhana and bhajana with knowledge of the relationship, we will never fall. * The three important things for spiritual life and the three things we need to have in spiritual life. * The material world is changeable and destructible. * Material relationships are perishable and changeable, but the transcendental...

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18 Dec 2025 evening – Mantra and Guru Are Fundamental (English) – Mexico City, Mexico | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 18, 2025 6:00 PM

On the preaching of the Gaudiya Vaishnavas. Suddha-bhakti manifests when we practice sadhana-bhajana in connection with Guru Parampara and his Harikatha. Lila of longing (separation) that the gopis feel when Krishna leaves the rasa dance. The three miseries of Maya: adhyatmika, adhibhautika, and adhidaivika. Krishna-katha brings all auspiciousness and purifies the hearts of these three miseries. Only butchers, those who kill animals, do not like to hear Harikatha. A verse that affirms this:...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2025, Bogota 2025, Colombia 2025, Glories of Guru, Guru-disciple Relationship, Guru-nishtha, ceremony: guru-puja, religion: Buddhism

11 Dec 2025 evening – Gurudeva Is Everything (English) – Bogota, Colombia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 11, 2025 6:00 PM

– Wonderful explanation of the meaning of guru-puja. – Chant the Holy Names to purify your mind and heart. – Reciting the diksa mantras is fundamental: di (divya-jnana/transcendental knowledge), and ksa (destruction of sins). – Difference between worldly faith and spiritual faith. – People don’t remember, but everyone is being born and dying in the cycle of lives and deaths, continuously passing through 8,400,000 life forms. – The Guru is the one who...

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11 Dec 2025 midday – Guru Nistha Is a Fundamental Spiritual Quality (English) – Bogota, Colombia

December 11, 2025 12:00 PM

– The importance of faith and devotional service. – Story of a devotee who had no qualifications but wanted to see the Lord because he possessed a single quality: guru-nistha. – Detailed explanation of puja, how to worship Sri Guru: internal and external aspects of worship. – Meaning of the word puja. – The meaning of the five flames of ghee in the act of puja, and the five rasas. – Firmly hold the lotus feet of Nityananda Prabhu and Baladeva Prabhu. –...

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20 Oct 2025 evening – The Guru’s Mercy Is Everything (Hindi) – Vrindavana, India

October 20, 2025 6:00 PM

Location: Gopinatha Bhavana – Baladeva Prabhu destroys all anarthas. – We should pray to the Guru’s manjari form, guru-rupa-manjari. – Song: Kabe Sri Caitanya More. – Baladeva Prabhu is akhanda-guru-tattva, but from the rasa point of view, Radharani is the Guru. – The seven oceans of Srimati Radhika. – Verse: iṣṭe svārasikī rāgaḥ paramāviṣṭatā bhavet… (Bhakti Rasamrta Sindhu 1.2.272). – All rupanugas are raganugas, but not all raganugas are...

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