Sadhana-bhakti

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2025, Alto Paraiso de Goias 2025, Brazil 2025, Sadhana-bhakti

23 Jun 2025 midday – The Importance of the Temple (English) | Alto Paraiso de Goias, Brazil

June 23, 2025 12:00 PM

– How the Temple of Lord Jagannatha came into being.
– Verse: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya — kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’ … (Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 20.108).
– The temple is like a school, a laboratory.
– How to make your heart a perfect Temple.

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Discourses Translated into French 2025, Paris 2025, France 2025, Ke Jabi Ke Jabi Bhai, Sadhana-bhakti, Self-Realization, character quality: envy, devotees: categories of devotees, kamatmika bhakti type: sambhoga-iccha-mayi, kamatmika bhakti type: tat-tad-bhava-iccha-mayi, soul: conditioned soul

22 May 2025 evening – The Development of Sadhana and Realization in Bhakti (English) | Paris, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 22, 2025 7:28 PM

A boat is made of wood suitable for it not to sink, in the same way, the Guru gives everything to the disciple whose heart is clean and tidy. ⁠The song Amara Jivana explains that the conditioned soul has no good qualities, but the devotee who recognizes his disqualification is sincere. ⁠The heart cannot be cleaned with soap and water; one must chant Harinama: harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalam… (CC Madhya-lila 6.242). ⁠The duration of life in each of the four yugas is different. ⁠The...

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Hari-katha 2025 (Undisclosed country), Undisclosed, Sadhana-bhakti

05 May 2025 morning – Process of sadhana (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 5, 2025 8:43 AM

2025, Discourses in English 2025, Hari-katha 2025 (Undisclosed country), Undisclosed, Sadhana-bhakti, The Special Position of the Current Kali-yuga, anger: krodha (one of the enemies of spiritual life; cause of material bondage), bhava: bhava-siddhi (perfection of bhava; attainment of the stage of bhava-bhakti), mood: vamya-bhava, perfection: vastu-siddhi/perfection of the self (attainment of one's eternal spiritual identity; realization of one's true nature), svarupa-siddhi: realization of one's spiritual identity (attainment of the eternal constitutional position of the soul; perfection of one's true nature)

01 May 2025 morning – Sadhana of Kali-yuga (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

May 1, 2025 7:29 AM

To understand the love that the Gosvamis have in their hearts, it is necessary to read their books. About the book Prema Vivarta (Whirlwind of Prema) by Jagadananda Pandita. Vamya-bhava and daksina-bhava in parakiya-rasa. Four bhavas of parakiya: nivaranata, durlabhata, pracchana-kamakata and vamyata. The difference between the lover’s love in the spiritual world is in the material world. Transcendental lust is the love of the gopis. Lila of Krsna missing the vrajavasis in Dvaraka;...

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23 Apr 2025 evening – Make a Temple out of Your Heart (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

April 23, 2025 6:52 PM

PART 1 PART 2 Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu once said that His name will be preached throughout the world. Make a temple out of your heart so that Radha-Krishna can reside there. The meaning of Gundicha-marjana lila. Devotees need a physical temple to gather together, a spiritual master to develop their bhakti and granthas (spiritual books). The importance of brihad-mridanga seva. Vapu-seva and vani-seva. The meaning of the name Krishna. GOD is G (Generator), (O) Operator and (D) Destroyer. Please...

2022, Discourses in English 2022, Discourses Translated into Portuguese 2022, Undisclosed, Brazil 2022, Cultivating and Perfecting Seva, Sadhana-bhakti, bhakti: vaidhi-bhakti, samskaras, service: cooking

27 Feb 2022 morning – Food offering, bathing (English) – Brazil

February 27, 2022 9:13 AM

-Question: What’s the right way to take the dust of the lotus feet of a vaishnava?-Bhakta-pada-dhuli, bhakta-pada-jala, bhakta-bhukta-shesha-Story of a pandita and his not clever servant-In vaidhi-bhakti you are not even allowed to smell what you are cooking, because if you smell it, you are considered to have eaten half of it-Bathing after passing stool and urine-Keep silence in 3 places as much as possible: hari-katha, Thakuraji and kitchen, especially during hari-katha!-Adhunika-samskaras...