Lectures with transcripts
Lectures
Recordings from the nama-hatta and seminars. Every lecture comes with a full transcript in four languages — read it, listen to it, or both.
A Study of Madhurya-kadambini: How Devotion Becomes Steady
Why a beginner has no steady taste, and what makes bhakti steady: according to Vishvanatha Chakravarti, Krishna-katha and the strength of effort in shravanam-kirtanam.
52 min When Does Krishna Appear in the Heart?
Why the holy name can feel dry and how to regain the taste: the mirror of the mind, the jaundice of ignorance, respect for devotees, and humility seen in the heart.
40 min Sat-sanga and Jana-sanga: What’s the Difference
Why association with materialists binds the soul, how the same attachment turned toward the sadhu opens the door of liberation, and how a Vaishnava lives among people by giving.
55 min How to Read and Understand Shastra
How reading shastra differs from studying and serving it, why faith is born from understanding the meaning of scripture, and how to worship the Bhagavatam every day.
54 min Without Early Rising There Is No Taste (Ruchi)
The first rule of chanting the holy name: rise in the brahma-muhurta. Why without early rising there is neither goodness nor taste for the holy name, and how to build the habit.
47 min Repentance and Forgiveness Open the Spiritual Senses
Why there is no taste for the holy name without tears of repentance and the ability to forgive, and how humility opens the heart to Krishna.
1 h 9 min Guru-tattva: What Is the Position of the Guru? Guru-bhakti
Why spiritual perfection is impossible without a guru, how not to err in choosing one, and why guru-bhakti is the medicine that quickly and easily cures every disease of the heart.
57 min Why Kirtan Is More Effective Than Japa
Why japa so rarely brings taste today and what to do about it: on prema-sankirtana, Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s beda-kirtan, and why we need far more kirtan in our lives.
29 min Why There Is No Taste for Chanting Hare Krishna
Why the holy name still seems tasteless, where the taste for it comes from, and why its key is humility, which cannot be grasped by logic but only shown.
41 min How the ability to forgive is connected with the sweetness of the holy name
Why the holy name does not reveal its sweetness without the ability to forgive, how to free the heart of its “iron,” and why to seek the company of tolerant, merciful sadhus.