Episodes
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 tolerate all the opposing forces in our environment? Oftentimes it is very difficult to find the...
Published 10/31/24
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!
Published 10/05/24
Published 10/05/24
In this episode Bhakti Lalita chants and discusses the song ātma-samarpaṇe gelā abhimāna by Śrīla Bhakti Vinod Ṭhākur from his book, "Śaraṇāgati".
Published 09/07/23
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.
Published 07/24/23
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.”
Published 04/20/23
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.
Published 04/06/23
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 Pandava brothers together with their wife Draupadi end their twelve years of exile in the forest, and were about to...
Published 03/21/23
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! 
Published 03/06/23