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16 Apr 2026 evening – Those Who Receive Diksha from Great Vaishnavas Are Not Ordinary People (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

g It is impossible to compare worldly people with those who chant the Holy Names. On the suffering felt by worldly people when others die. A touching sloka that defines the greatest of sorrows: ‘duḥkha-madhye kona duḥkha haya gurutara?’… (CC Madhya-lila 8.248). Ajamila heard the dialogue between the Yamadutas and the Visnudutas. Dialogue of the Visnudutas with Ajamila after some years. Difference between namabhasa and suddha-nama. One who chants the Holy Names is not an ordinary...

29 Jan 2026 morning – Ekadasi and Varahadeva Bhagavan (English) – Santiago, Chile

– Instructions on the practice of Ekadasi fasting. – On the Ekadasi practiced by the Pandavas. – On the purity of nature in Satya-yuga; the different types of mystical practices and lifespan in each of the four yugas. – In Kali-yuga, Mahaprabhu mercifully distributes prema to all jivas because they are all very fallen in this age. – Story of how a king decides to divide his inheritance among his four sons. – In Kali-yuga we should chant the Hare Krishna...

10 Sep 2025 evening – Do Not Criticise Anyone (English) | Christchurch, New Zealand

– In the Kali Yuga, people do not ask themselves what their lives are for. – Krishna tells Arjuna that all living entities are His part and parcel. – Self-realisation is the best realisation. – Ask yourself: where will you go after you die? – The relationships in this world mean nothing. – We are caught in the cycle of birth and death. We must return to God, as the material world is not our permanent home. – Kapiladeva instructs Devahuti: ‘satāṁ...

28 May 2025 morning – Questions and Answers (English) | Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– Question: Is it true that our soul is sleeping somewhere else? – Two functions of maya: avaranatmika-vritti and vikshepatmika-vritti. – The subtle body (sukshma-sharira) and the gross body (sthula-sharira). – At the stage of bhava-dasha, a sadhaka gives up their gross and subtle bodies, and their atma-sharira manifests. – The soul is very minute: ‘bālāgra-śata-bhāgya-śatadhā kalpitaḥ ca…’ (Shvetashvatara Upanishad 5.9). – You will realise...