Hari-katha

In this episode Bhakti Lalita outlines the tree planes of life: Exploitation, Renunciation & Dedication, in the line of thought of Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj.

This episode of the Hari-katha Podcast is dedicated to the disappearance day, "tirobhāva-tithi", of Śrīla Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswāmī Mahārāj, the spiritual master of Bhakti Lalita Devi. Herein Bhakti Lalita shares and reflects upon His Divine Grace's glories, his pastimes on this earth and his disappearance from this physical world like "the setting sun".

This is the second anniversary episode of the Hari-katha Podcast which began on Gaura-Pūrṇimā in 2023. In this episode Bhakti Lalita begins explaining how Gaura-Pūrṇimā, the divine appearance of Lord Gaurahari, is traditionally celebrated in the Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math. Then Malati Devi Dasi, accompanied by Yuvati on karatals, chants the Bengali verses chanted on Gaura-Pūrṇimā from the Chaitan...

In this episode Bhakti Lalita glorifies Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu on His divine appearance day, Nityānanda-trayodashi.

In this episode of the Hari-katha Podcast Bhakti Lalita chants the song Śrī Maṅgala-gītam by Śrī Jayadev Goswāmī from Śrī Gīta-Govinda.

Bhakti Lalita tells three short wisdom fables from Vedic? Bengali culture of India.

This is episode 13 of the Hari-katha Podcast, where Bhakti Lalita answers the following questions from our viewers: 1) Q: I just missed meeting Srila Govinda Maharaj, he left the world right when I arrived to the Math. He left so many qualified representatives I know, but I wanted his connection… 2) Q: It’s not always easy to share and speak such high things as the concepts of our Gurus to the peo...

This episode is dedicated to the holy appearance day (Śrī Vyāsa-pūjā) of Śrīla Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswāmī Mahārāj. Bhakti Lalita offers her heart-felt glorification of His Divine Grace and tells the story of his miraculous birth and pastimes as a youth, as a divine servitor and successor Acharya of his beloved Guru Maharaj and as a Paramahamsa Vaishnava of the highest calibre.

In this episode Bhakti Lalita interviews Sudarshan Prabhu, a lifelong Vaishnava who has a deep understanding of the art of surrender (śaraṇāgati) and lives by it while remaining unencumbered by a modern day busy life raising his family as well as leading a devotional community in America. In this episode Bhakti Lalita and Sudarshan Prabhu discuss the different limbs of surrender, what it means to...

Watch and listen to Bhakti Lalita, with Abhiram Prabhu on mrdanga & Yuvati on Karatals, chant the Dāmodarāṣṭakam, an ancient Sanskrit song composed by Satyavrata Muni. Bhakti Lalita tells the backstory and meaning of the song which is chanted daily during the holy month of Damodar (Kartik).

In this episode Bhakti Lalita answers questions sent in by the Hari-katha Podcast viewers: 1.) By following spiritual practices, maintaining religious principals and doing service can we be certain to become realized?  2.) What should we remember as we go about our daily lives?  3.) Is there any confirmation that our spiritual ideals and ultimate goal really exist?  4.) How do we deal with and tol...

Join Bhakti Lalita Devi on a tour of the Temple gardens. Make sure to click "details" for the video filmed by award winning cinematographer Devendra Prabhu (Reichert). Enjoy!

In this episode Bhakti Lalita tells the epic wisdom story of the Brahmana Avadhūt Dattatreya's 24 gurus — the earth, wind, sky, water, fire, moon, sun, pigeon and python; the ocean, moth, bumblebee, elephant and beekeeper; the deer, the fish, the prostitute Piṅgalā, the hawk and the child; the young maiden, an arrowsmith, serpent, spider, wasp — and additionally a 25th guru which is his own bo...

In this episode Bhakti Lalita chants and discusses the song ātma-samarpaṇe gelā abhimāna by Śrīla Bhakti Vinod Ṭhākur from his book, "Śaraṇāgati".

In this episode Bhakti Lalita takes the concept of true friendship to the ultimate by referencing the words and teachings of Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj and Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj.

In this episode Bhakti Lalita talks about harmony referencing the teachings and practices of her gurus and the third verse of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu's Śikṣāṣṭakam: “Be humbler than a blade of grass, more forbearing than a tree, never aspire for respect, position, or prestige, and give honor to all.”

In this episode Bhakti Lalita recites and expounds on verses 9.43-46 from "Śrī Śrī Prapanna-jīvanāmṛtam" (Life-Nectar of the Surrendered Souls, Positive and Progressive Immortality), by Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣak Śrīdhar Dev-Goswāmī Mahārāj.

In this episode Bhakti Lalita tells the wisdom story of "Yaksha Prashna", or the legend of the virtuous crane, from the Mahabharata. It's the story of a question-and-answer dialogue between ⁠Yudhishthira⁠ Maharaj and a ⁠yaksha (a celestial entity or nature spirit) who was actually Lord Dharma or Yamaraja, the father of ⁠⁠Yudhishthira⁠⁠, in disguise. The story is set as the five Panda...

In her first episode, released on Sri Gaura-Purnima: the appearance day of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bhakti Lalita D.D. briefly introduces herself and welcomes her listeners/viewers to her new podcast, "Hari-katha". Bhakti Lalita reads verses from the Chaitanya-Charitamrta about the divine appearance of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu — getting off to an auspicious start!