Sadhana-bhakti

03 Sep 2026 midday – Purify Your Life: Follow the Rules and Practice Sadhana (Hindi) – Delhi, India

– For purification, it is good to perform a fire ceremony at home. – When the sadhu comes to your house, it is purified. – The different purification processes for each yuga/era. – People don’t want to chant the Holy Names, but by chanting them, their homes and hearts are purified. – Don’t eat garlic and onions, chant the Holy Names, and there will be health and purification. – Practice sadhana in good and bad times. – Story of a little deer...

03 Sep 2026 midday – Purify Your Life: Follow the Rules and Practice Sadhana (English translation) – Delhi, India

– For purification, it is good to perform a fire ceremony at home. – When the sadhu comes to your house, it is purified. – The different purification processes for each yuga/era. – People don’t want to chant the Holy Names, but by chanting them, their homes and hearts are purified. – Don’t eat garlic and onions, chant the Holy Names, and there will be health and purification. – Practice sadhana in good and bad times. – Story of a little deer...

13 Aug 2026 morning – Sadhana and Bhajana (English) – Pindamonhangaba, Brazil

– How can we develop our sadhana and bhajana? – Differences between sadhana and bhajana. – It is only possible to practice bhajana when one realizes one’s own eternal soul identity. – On inevitable death. – On Pariksit Maharaja. – On the types of liberation, mukti. – Radha-kunda is the highest realm. – On attaining one’s own siddha-deha. – Song: Dekhite Dekhite. – ⁠Difference between nitya-siddha-manjaris and sadhana-siddha...

04 Jul 2026 morning – Types of Bhakti (English) – Seattle, USA – Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Bhakti Chakora Ashram * If you practice bhakti and approach a sadhu, two things will manifest in your heart: jnana (transcendental knowledge) and vairagya (detachment from sense gratification). * Seva-vrtti is para-bhakti, the highest devotional service. * There are different types of bhakti. Sakama-bhakti is serving the Lord with material desires, for example: Dhruva Maharaja. * Even practicing devotional service with material desires, we will automatically abandon that desire when Krsna-rasa...

21 Apr 2026 morning – Sadhana-bhakti (English) – Paris, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

On advancing in spiritual practice depending on knowledge of slokas (verses). Indication of the Sri Slokamrtam-Bindu, a book containing the main verses we should learn. On the three stages of bhakti: sadhana, bhava, and prema. The first stage of bhakti, sraddha, means faith in the Guru and the Scriptures. The glories of the gopala-mantra, the king of all mantras. A pastime where munis and rsis meet Lord Ramachandra after chanting the gopala-mantra for over ten thousand years. Lord Ramacandra...

19 Oct 2025 morning – Instructions for Spiritual Practice (Bengali) – Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

The meaning behind the two fingers that Mother Yasoda always lacked to bind Krsna. Without effort we do not attain the Lord’s mercy. On the six limbs of saraṇagati – Verse: ānukūlyasya saṅkalpaḥ prātikūlyasya varjanam… (CC Madhya-lila 22.100). To obtain Bhagavan’s mercy and achieve our goal we need to practice sadhana. Bhakti discusses three tattvas: sambandha, abhidheya, and prayojana. We must know them to progress in spiritual life. There are two types of madhurya: parakiya...

19 Oct 2025 morning – Instructions for Spiritual Practice (English translation) – Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

The meaning behind the two fingers that Mother Yasoda always lacked to bind Krsna. Without effort we do not attain the Lord’s mercy. On the six limbs of saraṇagati – Verse: ānukūlyasya saṅkalpaḥ prātikūlyasya varjanam… (CC Madhya-lila 22.100). To obtain Bhagavan’s mercy and achieve our goal we need to practice sadhana. Bhakti discusses three tattvas: sambandha, abhidheya, and prayojana. We must know them to progress in spiritual life. There are two types of madhurya: parakiya...