26/06/22 midday – Stages in Sadhana (English) – USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-The importance of diksha-mantras; paramarthika-jivana
-If you don’t receive your diksha-mantra Krsna wont accept your offering.
-Baddha-jivas have so many anarthas & are full of sinful activities.
-Lila of Narada Rishi converting the thief Ratnakar to Valmiki Rishi by initiating him with rama-nama.
-Lila of Lord Shivaji directing a brahmana to Sanatana Gosvami for wealth & Sanatana Gosvami giving him touchstone & then harinama (Nama-chintamani).
-What is shraddha?
-With nama-abhasa Ajamila reached Vaikuntha.
-Human life meant for bhajana & hari-katha sravana.
-Sukriti importance for sadhu-sanga & sraddha. Types of sukriti.
-Story of a mouse catching fire from ghee lamp & Thakuraji thinking it is doing arati & awarded it the life of princess.
-Always associate with exalted vraja-rasika Vaishnava.
-Types of nishtha & Hanuman’s nishtha for Rama & Radharani’s nishtha for Krsna.
-Never give up guru & harinama.
-Lila of Srimati Radhika coming to listen to a conversation between Rupa Gosvami & Sanatana Gosvami about radha-krsna-lila.
-Krsna stays where vraja-katha happens.
-2 viraha-murti in Puri Jagannatha.
-Types of bhajana & 6 types of anishthita-bhajana.
-Dont follow markata-vairagya.
-About nishtha, ruci, asakti & bhava-dasa.
-Maha-prasada is very powerful.

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