27 Apr 2023 morning – Sri Bhajana-rahasya (English) – Callus, Spain | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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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.
