Sādhu-saṅga and Kṣamā: Lessons from Vasiṣṭha and Viśvāmitra • The Place of Vasiṣṭha: Speaking in English with Russian translation at Vashisht, the place of Vasiṣṭha Ṛṣi, guru of Lord Rāmacandra, Gurudeva begins with the guru: even Rāmacandra took mantra from Vasiṣṭha, and Mahāprabhu took dīkṣā from Īśvara Purī and sannyāsa from Keśava Bhāratī. Without initiation and complete surrender to the guru, sādhana and bhajana are useless. • Two Kinds of Dīkṣā: Formal (ānuṣṭhānika) initiation, when the...
tava kathamrtam tapta-jivanam
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13 Aug 2026 midday – Sadhu-sanga Is Fundamental (English) – Santo Antonio do Pinhal, Brazil
– The cause of bhakti is sadhu-sanga; without it, Bhakti Devi does not manifest in our hearts. – We should associate with a devotee who is completely clean and without hypocrisy, completely surrendered and realized in Krishna, one who does not commit offenses or defamatory criticisms. – Difference between offense and lucidity. – Story of the clever thief who ran away. – A senior is one who practices sadhana and bhajana, who has tattva-siddhanta, and is more...
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25 Jun 2026 midday – Ekadashi (English) – Lampeter, Wales, UK
– Practice Ekadasi; you must follow what the sastra (scripture) says. – On the day of Ekadasi, all sins take shelter in the five types of grains. – The Lord’s words are free from the four defects: bhrama (error), pramada (illusion), vipralipsa (the tendency to cheat), and karanapatava (imperfect material senses). – It is necessary to follow Krishna’s instructions; the lila (pastime) of how Dronacarya was killed on the battlefield of Kurukshetra...
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06 May 2026 evening – Raya Ramananda Disappearance (English) – Igualada, Spain
– Why Krishna appeared as Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu: sri radhaya pranaya mahima – Verse: rādhikāra bhāva-kānti curi kare kṛṣṇa avatīrṇa hailā gaura rūpa dhari. – Kṛṣṇa steals the bhāva [humor] and kānti [golden complexion] from Śrīmatī Rādhikā and descends into Śrī Navadvīpa-dhāma appearing as Śrī Gaurāṅga. – If you do not understand sharanagati, you will not understand pranaya-mahima and madanakhya-mahabhava. – Srimati Radhika is the embodiment of madanakya...
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15 Apr 2026 evening – You are the soul (English) – Rome, Italy | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
The majority of the books in your library are devotional. The Madana-Mohana deity is one of the three most important deities for Gaudiya Vaishnavas, alongside Govinda and Gopinatha. The lila of Radha Madana-Mohana asking Srila Sanatana Gosvami to feed Him. The lila of Radha Madana-Mohana making the merchant’s boat move in the river and the merchant arranging things for Radha Madana-Mohana. The big parikrama of Sanatana Gosvami: Giriraja Govardhana, Mathura and Vraja. The parikrama of...
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14 Feb 2026 evening – Sri Bhagavata saptaha, day 1 (English translation) – Canning, India
PART 1 PART 2 The nectar of hearing Harikatha: Harikathamrtam. Sloka: tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ… (ŚB 10.31.9). All demigods glorify the katha of Srimad Bhagavatam. After enjoying the celestial planets due to punya-karma, conditioned souls need to return to the material world. The fruit of hearing Bhagavat Kathamrtam. The glorification of Srimad Bhagavatam is mentioned in the scriptures. Story of Brahmaji weighing the Bhagavatam on a scale: the Bhagavatam on one side of the scale and all the...
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14 Feb 2026 evening – Sri Bhagavata-saptaha, day 1 (Bengali) – Canning, West Bengal, India
Bada Mahaprabhu, Vishvanath Prabhu, Radha Kunja House Canning – The nectar of hearing Harikatha: Harikathamrtam. – Sloka: tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ… (ŚB 10.31.9). – All demigods glorify the katha of Srimad Bhagavatam. – After enjoying the celestial planets due to punya-karma, conditioned souls need to return to the material world. – The fruit of hearing Bhagavat Kathamrtam. – The glorification of Srimad Bhagavatam is mentioned in the scriptures...
tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁkavibhir īḍitaṁ kalmaṣāpahamśravaṇa-maṅgalaṁ śrīmad ātataṁbhuvi gṛṇanti ye bhūri-dā janāḥ Nectarean discussions about You are the life and soul of those who are tormented by separation from You, and greatly learned personalities, such as Brahma, Shiva and the four Kumaras, sing of them. Those narrations vanquish the distress of past sins (prarabda and aprarabda). Immediately upon being heard, they bestow the highest auspiciousness, and especially the wealth of prema...