– Laukiki-shraddha (worldly faith); paramarthika shraddha (spiritual faith); sadhu-sanga; bhajana-kriya (anishthita and nishthita); – The six stages of unstable bhakti. – Story: A man encounters a tiger, an elephant, rats, bees, and a python. – Bhakti-devi is a great queen, all her maidservants follow her. – How can one protect oneself from name, fame, and reputation? By offering them to Guru, who then offers them to Radha and Krishna. – Shloka expressing...
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17 Sep 2025 midday – Stay at Radharani’s Places (English) | Whangarei, New Zealand
This place is as beautiful as Vrindavana. Concentrate your mind on krishna-lila. Verse: rādhā karāvacita pallava-vallarī ke… (Radha-rasa-sudha-nidhi, 14). Let my mind be in places completely dominated by Srimati Radhika. Sri Radha, wearing a crown, is in Surya-kunda, meeting Krishna. The description of Radha-kunda includes the ashta-sakhis kundas, the Svananda-sukhada kunja and a bridge. Set your goal and do your bhajana-sadhana only after you have done so. We should observe three principles to...
04 Feb 2024 evening – Sadhu Sanga in Kali-yuga (English) – Miami, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Yamaraja said that whoever does not chant the Holy Names goes to his home. Katha of the visnudutas protecting Ajamil. Verse: kṛṣṇa-bhakti-janma-mūla haya ‘sādhu-saṅga’ (CC Madhya-lila 22.83). Different types of sadhu. The humor of Sacinandana Goura Hari. Verse: namo mahā-vadānyāya kṛṣṇa-prema-pradāya te (CC Madhya-lila 19.53). Goura katha means Radha-Krsna katha. Verse: anaradha radha-padambhoja-renum (Sva-sankalpa-prakasa-stotra 1). Sanskaras are very powerful, realizations happen in our...