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Sound Bhakti
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You Have no Connection to the Material World | SB 1.2.14 | HG Vaisesika Dasa | ISV
Tattva means to understand 'that, because tattva is "thatness." Tat means it's a demonstrative pronoun—there's something you can point to that exists....
Dig Deep and Pray Hard | Japa Jolt | HG Vaisesika Dasa | 27 May 2026
We're only in this life for a few seconds. In geological time it is just a flash and we have an opportunity right now to get off the wheel of saṃsāra....
There is No Peace Putting Yourself at The Center | SB 3.26.23-24 | HG Vaisesika Dasa | 25 Apr 2026
Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that you should practice giving respect to all others and not accepting respect in return. The fact is, it’s uplifting. The e...
100,008 Bhagvatams: It's Going to Happen, Be Part of It | HG Vaisesika Dasa | 26 Apr 2026
Not only does the Supreme Personality of Godhead enjoy the company of His devotees, but because He is unlimited, He wants to increase His devotees unl...
New Release - BBT’s Landmark Edition of Sri Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu | ISV | 30 May 2026
Śāstra Maṇḍala is an organization we started specifically to make a pipeline for those who want the Gosvāmī literatures, and we've been advertising fo...
The Seven Principles of Highly Intentional People | HG Vaisesika Dasa | 29 May 2026
Attention is where everything begins. It's our asset. May I go out on a limb and say it's our main asset? Or even further to the tip of the limb: it's...
Submissive Hearing Leads to Spiritual Realization | SB 1.1.8 | HG Vaisesika Dasa | ISV | 30 May 2026
Lord Caitanya has said that in this age no one needs to change his position, but one should give up the endeavor to understand the Absolute Truth by s...
The Holy Name Holds Your Hands and Takes You to Krishna | HG Vaisesika Dasa | ISV | 30 May 2026
Anugraha, which we translate oftentimes as mercy, literally means someone who grabs you and takes you in the right direction—brings you along, doesn't...
Follow in The Footsteps of The Saints | Initiation Ceremony | Sadhu Sanga, New Orleans | 25 May 2026
I have noticed that in the Kali Yuga, although the last pillar supposedly is truthfulness, that seems to have been eroding quite quickly. I have notic...
Purify Your Intellect by Reading Bhagavad-gita | SB 5.7.6 | HG Vaisesika Dasa | 26 May 2026
I gave you this example the other day of a visceral experience I had because a member of our congregation—a mother, had lost her child who was six yea...
Jiva Jago | HG Vaisesika Dasa | Sadhu Sanga Day 4 | New Orleans | 25 May 2026
When I sang this song at the very place where Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura had performed his worship of Śrī Śrī Gaura-Gadādhara, the devotees were dancing and...
Krishna Krishna Krishna He | HG Vaisesika Dasa | Sadhu Sanga | New Orleans | 25 May 2026
As Akrūra in his prayers to Kṛṣṇa on the way to Vṛndāvan said, "We’re like logs floating endlessly in the river, but there will be a time that we come...
Sadhu Sanga 2026 Kirtan by HG Vaisesika Dasa | New Orleans | 24 May 2026
-Whenever a kīrtana of pure devotees takes place, the Lord is immediately present. By chanting the holy names of the Lord, we associate with the Lord...
Envy Ruins Everything | Disciple Sanga | HG Vaisesika Dasa & HG Nirakula Dasi | 24 May 2026
Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, in a practical way, when the residents of Kulina-grāma asked him about offending devotees, he said, "Offending devotees is p...
Our Mission is To Bring The Holy Names to The Holes | SB 3.24.6 | HG Vaisesika Dasa | 08 Feb 2026
The concept of Avatāra is definitely prevalent in this verse and in this section, because Kapila is making His avatāra. If we think of it in terms of...
In Kali-yuga Our Disadvantage Becomes Our Advantage | SB 11.5.37 | HG Vaisesika Dasa | 23 May 2026
The only qualification for sincerely approaching the Lord is that one is akiñcana, meaning that one feels, "I don't have any qualification." Helplessn...
Association: The Key to Plant The Seed of Devotion | HG Vaisesika Dasa | ISV | 18 Jan 2026
I like limes better than lemons. I don't think there's any more beautiful fruit on the planet—just the color of it! Don't get me started. Imagine when...
Break The Spell of The Material Nature: Hear The Holy Name | HG Vaisesika Dasa | 20 May 2026
"The living entity, because he is transcendental, has nothing to do with this material nature. Still, because he has become conditioned by the materia...
Bhagavad-gita Ch 12 Translations | CHAD | HG Vaisesika Dasa | 09 May 2026
Chapter Twelve
Devotional Service
TEXT 1: Arjuna inquired: Which are considered to be more perfect, those who are always properly e...
You Live in a Responsive Universe | BG 13.22 | HG Vaisesika Dasa | ISV | 17 May 2026
Humans have the highest potential to develop their consciousness, and that depends on their situation within the three modes of nature. That's what th...
Take Advantage of Every Opportunity to go Deeper in Your Practice | HG Vaisesika Dasa | 17 May 2026
I went to Vṛndāvana for Puruṣottama-māsa. It was right after 9/11 and the plane was empty; there were only a couple of people on there. When we landed...
Foundations of a Healthy Relationship | HG Vaisesika Dasa and HG Nirakula Dasi | 16 May 2026
I was just thinking about when Prabhu and I first were getting to know each other—before we were even engaged, and obviously before we were married. J...
Youth Jam Kirtans | HG Vaisesika Dasa | ISV | 17 May 2026
ŚB 11.5.32
kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇaṁ
sāṅgopāṅgāstra-pārṣadam
yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyair
yajanti hi su-medhasaḥ
In...
Delay Distracting Urges With Tender Loving Neglect | HG Vaisesika Dasa | 13 May 2026
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam says that when you control the tongue, then all the other senses become controlled after that. Then, by that practice of chanting Ha...
Spiritual Lessons on a Japa Walk | HG Vaisesika Dasa | ISV | 30 Apr 2026
I was thinking about Prahlāda Mahārāj.
kaumāra ācaret prājño
dharmān bhāgavatān iha
durlabhaṁ mānuṣaṁ janma
tad apy adh...
Doyal Nitai Caitanya Bole Nach Re Amar Man | HG Vaisesika Dasa | ISV | 10 May 2026
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to Śrī Vṛndāvana Dhāma. There, he looked for Śrī Rādhā-kuṇḍa, but no one could tell him where it was, as it had been lost...
Suspend Your Disbelief and Take Shelter of Krishna | BG 6.40 | HG Vaisesika Dasa | ISV | 10 May 2026
If someone comes to us with an offer, saying, "I will take care of all your affairs"—for instance, I have an app, and this app will take care of all y...
Japa: Your Daily Appointment With Krishna | HG Vaisesika Dasa | ISV | 11 May 2026
If you consider advertising, how does it work? You have to repeat it. People say things over and over again. Also as mentioned, politically, if lies a...
Sri Brahma Samhita | HG Vaisesika Dasa | Youth Jam | ISV | 10 May 2026
Brahma Samhita verses: https://versecircle.com/?s=750
To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/...
Mother's Day Message | HG Vaisesika Dasa and HG Nirakula Dasi | ISV | 10 May 2026
Prabhu sent me a video of his mom this morning. It was when he was teaching her how to chant japa. She was 91, I think, and physically she was having...
ISV Nectarean Verses | Youth Jam | HG Vaisesika Dasa | ISV | 10 May 2026
List of nectarean verses: https://versecircle.com/?s=1118
To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark....
"I, Me, My" – The Mantra of the Material World | SB 11.13.31 | HG Vaisesika Dasa | 09 May 2026
You’ll notice that the last six verses of the 12th chapter of the Bhagavad-gītā tell us the result of practicing Kṛṣṇa consciousness in any of its for...
Unburden Your Heart of Carrying Material Desires | Narasimha Chaturdasi | 30 Apr 2026
A devotee is not vitally concerned with the ups and downs of the material world, but is concerned with going on with his or her service without deviat...
Refine Your Mind to be Fully Receptive to Krishna | Japa Jolt | HG Vaisesika Dasa | 06 May 2026
We avoid four sinful activities and especially avoid four things. Be careful about what we eat, as it directly affects your consciousness. No illicit...
Krishna Stands Besides You in Your Heart | HG Vaisesika Dasa | ISV | 03 May 2026
A person who is sincere and tries on the path of devotional service is never without knowledge. Kṛṣṇa gives knowledge. In fact, we hear in the Bhāgava...
Gauranga Bolite Habe | HG Vaisesika Dasa | ISV | 02 May 2026
When you put the sugar cane through the grinder—not once, not twice, thrice, and maybe, if you're really cheap, you put it through again—that's tuccha...
Rise Above The Boundary of Your Own Mind | HG Vaisesika Dasa | ISV | 02 May 2026
Considering the desire of the soul to experience something that is pleasurable—because we’re naturally pleasure-seekers—sac-cid-ānanda is our constitu...
Krishna Favours Those Who Continue | SB 1.2.19 | HG Vaisesika Dasa | 03 May 2026
It’s helpful to be relentless in your practice of devotional service, and it’s quite natural to be unsteady in the beginning. Part of being relentless...
Chanting: An Opportunity to Express Your Desires to Krishna | HG Vaisesika Dasa | 25 Apr 2026
Chaitanya Mahāprabhu gave a condensed list of the great benefits of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, and one of them—śreyaḥ-kairava—is poetical. It is the "bloomi...
The Historic Re-inaugration of Bhakti SF | HG Gurudasa Dasa and HG Vaisesika Dasa | 30 Apr 2026
First, I offer my respectful obeisances to Śrīla Prabhupāda, and note that this is an historic event. Hopefully, there will be plenty of photographic...