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2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2025, San Jose 2025, Costa Rica 2025, Raganuga-bhakti, bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, mantra: gopala-mantra, rasa: rasa-siddhanta, samskaras

18 Dec 2025 morning – Raganuga-bhakti Katha (English) – San Jose, Costa Rica | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 18, 2025 7:00 AM

About Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami, Rupa Gosvami and Jiva Gosvami. ⁠About Guru Parampara (Rupanuga). ⁠Bhagavat-parampara and Siksa-parampara (Pancaratra-parampara). ⁠Detailed description of the difference between raganuga-bhakti and vaidhi-bhakti. ⁠Ramacandra and the Rsis who followed Him. ⁠In the gopala-mantra there are the moods sakhya, vatsalya and madhurya. When it is said “chant the Mahamantra and be happy,” the goal is to encourage devotees (utsaha). What is favorable, neutral, and unfavorable...

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17 Dec 2025 morning – How to Get Raganuga-bhakti (English) – San Jose, Costa Rica

December 17, 2025 7:00 AM

– Bhakti should only be applied towards Krishna. – There are 64, 9 and 5 limbs of bhakti. – Never stay alone in Vraja. – Krishna is Rasa-bihari and Srimati Radhika is Raseshvari; She controls Krishna. – Srimati Radhika is the pleasure potency of Krishna. – Raganuga-bhakti: iste svarasika ragah; paramavishtata (BRS 1.2.272). – Lila: The friends of Krishna ate His rasagulla and jokingly accused Lobhasura of it. – Verse: Itthaṁ satāṁ brahma...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2025, San Jose 2025, Costa Rica 2025, Raganuga-bhakti, bhaktas: sadhaka and siddha, bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, devotees: types, liberation, prema: utkantha-mayi-prema, prema: viveka-shunya-prema

15 Dec 2025 morning – What Is Raganuga Bhakti (English) – San Jose, Costa Rica | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

December 15, 2025 7:00 AM

The difference between vaidhi-bhakti and raganuga-bhakti. Verse: iṣṭe svārasikī rāgaḥ paramāviṣṭatā bhavet… (Bhakti Rasamrta Sindhu 1.2.272). Two characteristics of raganuga-bhakti: spontaneous attachment and never wanting to be separated from Krishna! The love of the gopis is utkantha-mayi-prema, love with extreme greed. The love of trees, birds, and other animals for Krishna is viveka-sunya-prema; they do not know whether Krishna is in Vrndavana or not. The love of the sakhas for Krishna is...

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

December 14, 2025 7:00 AM

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...

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