27/01/22pm – Importance of sadhu-sanga for other limbs of bhakti (English) – Brazil

-Meaning of Krishna’s name Acyuta.
-All the holy rivers manifest where there is hari-katha & all listeners take bath in them.
-Srila Vamana Gosvami Maharaja on ajnanis not desiring to listen to hari-katha.
-Except butchers everyone wants to listen to hari-katha & who is a butcher.
-Meaning of Krishna & Vasudeva.
-Effects of listening to hari-katha on listeners.
-5 main limbs of bhakti.
-Story of an old brahmana doing manasika-seva to Lord & attaining Vaikuntha.
-Nama-sankirtana is the topmost among the 5 limbs; do it in sadhu-sanga.
-All other 4 main limbs of bhakti associated with sadhu-sanga.
-Without the association of sadhu & hari-katha you cannot attain Lord.
-Lila of Srila Svami Maharaja saying to a person that chanting is important & not vegetarianism.
-Bhakti means to serve the Lord.
-Srila Rupa Gosvami’s uttama-bhakti definition; avyapti-dasha (under-extension rule) with Yashoda-maiya example & ativyapti-dasha (over-extension rule) with Chanura & Mushtika.
-Only by listening to high class rasika-bhakta vraja-prema will manifest.
-Listen from suddha-vaishnava but not from avaishnava.
-One who criticises guru & vaishnava is an offender & Krishna won’t give him mercy.
-Srila Parama-Gurudeva says one who criticises vaishnava is lower than animal.