21 Jul 2022 morning – Brihad-bhagavatamrita (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

-Gopa-kumara is telling about his bhajana-sadhana to his disciple.
-Gopa-kumara has no ego inspite of getting Brahma’s position.
-Lila of Brahmaji being stopped by Krsna’s doorkeeper. He was asked, “Which Brahma are you?” and discovered for the first time that there are actually millions of Brahmas
-What do karmis, jnanis, yogis & bhaktas say.
-Enumeration of 28 tattvas given by Baladeva Vidyabhushana.
-Srimad-Bhagavatam discusses about bhakti-tattva.
-By the causeless mercy of Krsna you will attain Him.
-Story of a sadhu advising an old lady not to search outside the house for a needle.
-When bhakti manifests one will automatically get jnana & vairagya.
-Whose bhakti is higher – Nanda Maharaja or Dasaratha Maharaja?
-Bhakti means seva-vritti
-Service to the Lord should be uninterrupted & exclusively for the pleasure of Krsna.
-The coverings of this universe, and what is beyond those coverings in sequence up to Vaikunthaloka.
-Gopa-kumara in Sadashiva-loka.
-Story of a King who wanted to defeat his minister, and the 2 ponds: one with kheer & another with stool.
-Why Gopa-kumara didn’t feel happy in Vaikuntha.
-Gopa-kumara in Vaikunta & his conversations with Lord Vishnu.
-One chants nama only in the spiritual world but not mantra.
-Mantra is sampradhana & nama is sambhodanatmaka.