08 May 2023 p.m. – The Importance of Reading Granthas (English) – Italy | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
- Glorification of the organisers of the festival in Italy.
- The importance of book-seva, brihad-mridanga-seva.
- If you know tattva-siddhanta, your mind will never be disturbed.
- Bhava-grahi Janardana: The Lord accepts your mood.
- The story of an illiterate boy trying to read Bhagavad-gita.
- Diksha-guru and shiksha-guru are very important for progress in our spiritual life.
- The story of Bhagavan dasa, the king and his jealous subjects.
- In Vrindavana everything is conscious, even dust.
- Feeling, willing and knowing are the symptoms of consciousness.
- Durjaya-mana of Srimati Radhika: encountering a cobra on a narrow path.
- Chant mantras with realisation, not mechanically.
- Maha-mantra is ashta-yugala nama. Ashta-kaliya-lila is there in the holy names.
- The glories of Bhajana-rahasya, Sva-niyama-dashakam and Madhurya-kadambini.
- Krishna says, “Srimati Radhika is My prema-guru”.
- Question: Should we read books on tattva-siddhanta or rasa-siddhanta?
