Importance of Listening to Hari-katha

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Kuala Lumpur 2025, Malaysia 2025, Chaitanya-charitamrita Madhya 20.108, Importance of Listening to Hari-katha, bhagavata: bhakta-bhagavata and grantha-bhagavata (the devotee Bhagavata; the scripture Bhagavata), bhaktas: how to discriminate between Vaishnavas, Vaishnavas: types

28 Sep 2025 midday – Without Harikatha, Life is Useless (English) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

September 28, 2025 12:00 PM

* Wherever the exalted devotees of the Lord go, they become imbued with prema. * The benefit we receive is according to our faith. * Sadhu-sanga is hearing Harikatha, but without association, faith will not grow in our hearts. * Only Harikatha can protect us from Maya-devi. * There are two types of sadhus: bhakta-bhagavata and grantha-bhagavata. * First, we must try to understand: “Who am I?” The answer is in the verse: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya — kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’… (CC Madhya 20...

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04 Sep 2025 morning walk – Harikatha Purifies Hearts (Hindi) | Brisbane, Australia

September 4, 2025 7:00 AM

– On the power of sadhana. – Harikatha has the power to remove all our anarthas. – Who doesn’t cry when hearing the Harikatha of Sita and Rama? People filled with anarthas in their hearts. – Signs of spiritual development: realization of the Lord, knowledge, and renunciation of what is not favorable to the Lord. – Devotion arises, and in the same proportion, renunciation of material things occurs. More renunciation, in the same percentage, more knowledge...

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04 Sep 2025 morning walk – Harikatha Purifies Hearts (English translation) | Brisbane, Australia

September 4, 2025 7:00 AM

– On the power of sadhana.– Harikatha has the power to remove all our anarthas.– Who doesn’t cry when hearing the Harikatha of Sita and Rama? People filled with anarthas in their hearts.– Signs of spiritual development: realization of the Lord, knowledge, and renunciation of what is not favorable to the Lord.– Devotion arises, and in the same proportion, renunciation of material things occurs. More renunciation, in the same percentage, more knowledge...

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26 Apr 2025 evening – The Benefits of Hearing Krsna-katha (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 26, 2025 8:08 PM

In Srimad Bhagavatam, Sukadeva Gosvami Pada told Pariksit Maharaja: Everyone wants to hear Krsna-katha. Confidential matters between Lord Narayana and Narada Rsi. Rohini Devi glorifies Krsna-katha in Dvaraka. In Jagannatha Puri, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu cries in the Mood of Separation from Krsna. The importance of having sambandha-jnana (knowledge of relationship with the Lord) Through the instructions of the sadhu and chanting of the Holy Names, we can see the Beautiful Form of the Lord...

28 Sep 2025 midday – Without Harikatha, Life is Useless (English) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

04 Sep 2025 morning walk – Harikatha Purifies Hearts (Hindi) | Brisbane, Australia

04 Sep 2025 morning walk – Harikatha Purifies Hearts (English translation) | Brisbane, Australia

26 Apr 2025 evening – The Benefits of Hearing Krsna-katha (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

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