- The difference between sadhana and bhajana.
- From sradha to asakti is called sadhana. After sadhana comes the stages of asakti and bhava. Then slowly the sadhaka begins to realise his eternal form (siddha-deha) and then he can serve Radha and Krsna directly, this is called bhajana.
- Bhajana means seva-vrtti and the jiva will serve according to his mood: sakhya, vatsalya or madhurya.
- Bhakti and bhakti-rasa are different.
- Rasa manifests on the stage of bhava and prema and on the platform of staybhava (fixed mood).
- On the stayibhava platform, 49 ingredients are manifested: 1 stayibhava; 7 minor moods, 8 asta-sattvika-bhavas and 33 sancari-bhavas.
With these 49 ingredients, the devotee can taste rasa. - In one life he hears, in the next he practices, in the next he has fulfilment, and in the fourth he attains Goloka Vrndavana.
- Story of Narada Rsi and a devotee who asks what the Lord is doing.
- What are four lives? Have faith in Bhagavan, He makes the possible impossible and the impossible possible!
- Story of Gokarna and Dundukari.
- Listen and remember to have the fruit.
- Different kinds of bhakti practice. There are 81 types, but the highest practice is uttama-bhakti, whose definition is
anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ
jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam
ānukūlyena kṛṣṇānu-
śīlanaṁ bhaktir uttamā - Various definitions of bhakti.
- Description of the 49 ingredients that manifest on the devotee’s staybhava platform.
- Deities presiding over each of the five rasas and their respective colours.
- Jata-rati-sadhaka (rati manifested in the heart) and ajata-rati-sadhaka (rati not manifested in the heart).
- Madhurya kadambini (tattva-siddhanta) and bhajana-rahasya (rasa-siddhanta).
- Paramarthika-sradha (spiritual faith) and laukika-sradha (worldly faith).
- Explanation of nishanta: nisha (darkness) and anta (end). When the darkness in the heart of the sadhaka comes to an end, he attains sadhu-sanga.
- Punya and sukrti are not the same, you have to collect sukrti.
- Ajnatha-sukrti (not knowing) and jnatha-sukrti (knowing). The story of the mouse who became a princess in the next life.
- Vaidhi-sraddha (leading to Vaikuntha) and raganuga-sraddha (leading to Goloka Vrndavana), and the example of the two sides of the leaf of the plant. One must follow vaidhi-marga to reach raganuga-marga.
- The importance of serving Tulasi-devi.
- One who has sradha is qualified for devotional service to the Lord.
- Funny story about an old woman who always slept during the Bhagavad-katha.
- The highest sradha is chanting the holy names with faith.
- Story of the lazy disciple who pretended to chant japa to avoid serving in the temple.
- The only process that clears the heart is chanting the holy names and serving Hari, Guru and the Vaisnavas.
- There is a beautiful story about a brahmana who ran after a thief who stole bread with butter. So with Mahaprabhu running to give nama and prema.
- Difference between Rama, Krishna and Mahaprabhu.
- Mahaprabhu’s associates are like his body parts and his weapon is harinama.
- The beauty of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
27 Apr 2023 morning – Sri Bhajana-rahasya (English) – Callus, Spain | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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