27 May 2023 afternoon – Worldly Love and Transcendental Love (English) – Paris, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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When prema, divine love, manifests itself in the heart of the devotee, he becomes jubilant.
Example of Srila Jiva Gosvamipada in Priti-sandarbha: The story of the father who supported his family with little money and a lot of hard work, just for love.
Those who feel love are not concerned with their own happiness, only with the happiness of their loved one.
Love is sacrifice.
If you feel material love for your family, in the same way you can apply your love to Sri Krsna.
Love and attachment to Krsna and His parikaras (eternal associates) are transcendental, hladini shakti vritti (the pleasure potency of love).
Material love and affection are maya-vritti.
The essence of prema is bhava, the essence of bhava is maha-bhava, and the essence of maha-bhava is Srimati Radhika, who is the embodiment of maha-bhava (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta).
Srimati Radhika is Krsna’s pleasure potency.
All the activities of the gopis are exclusively for the pleasure of Krsna (Prema-samputa).
Mana, the transcendental wrath of Srimati Radhika, is just to give pleasure to Krsna.
All siddhis manifest from the lotus toenails of Srimati Radhika.
All bhavas manifest from Srimati Radhika.
All of Srimati Radhika’s sakhis are experts in playing instruments, singing and dancing.
“Rasa“ consists of these activities, singing, dancing and playing instruments, not sexual activities.
Sukadeva Gosvamipada explained these lilas in detail.
Lalita-devi is skilled in preparing tambula, and the other sakhis are also skilled in various types of arts.
The song Sri Radhikastakam, which was written by Srila Rupa Gosvamipada, explains the worship (archana) of Srimati Radhika. As She and the gopis are cleaning the kunja for Govinda’s arrival.
A kanistha-adhikari worships the deities but has not yet manifested devotion towards the devotees, this is his qualification.
The archana of an uttama-mahabhagavata and a kanistha-adhikari are completely different.
An uttama-mahabhagavata may be sweeping the temple (kunja-seva) and manifesting the mood of Vraja.
The day before the Jagannatha Ratha Yatra, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu cleans the temple.
Story of the sadhu who played a rhythm (raga) that evoked a female deity.
Before serving the Divine Couple in the Goloka Vrndavana aprakrita one should receive training from Lalita and the other sakhis to learn how to do everything.
The difference between common service and special service.
Example of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada about the boy who taught harmonium.
There are several lives until you reach the different perfections (siddhis), it depends on your bhajana and sadhana.
Sakhis are experts, “from A to Z”, in everything.
In Jaiva-dharma are the teachings for us to understand more about the knowledge of the sakhis.
To be able to study more, you need to sleep less, but with quality.
