30/05/23 morning – Obstacles to Bhajana (English) – Germany | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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Two types of ruchi: vastu-vaisista-apekshana and vastu-vaisista-anapekshana.
Taste of Shukadeva Gosvami and Pariksit Maharaja for hari-katha.
Five obstacles to doing bhajana: laya (sleep); vikshepa (distraction); apratipatti (inability to concentrate on ishtadeva); kashaya (tendency to bad habits, bad impressions from past lives); rasasvada (taste for material enjoyment).
Gopinath Mama Nivedana Shuno bhajana.
Yaḥ kaumāra hara sa eva hi vara – worldly poetry recited by Mahaprabhu and other shlokas recited by Him.
Conditions for bhakti: desha (place), kala (time), patra (audience). -If your brain does not work to memorise slokas, just chant the holy names in a solitary place.
Chanting the holy names in front of Tulasi is very powerful.
8 types of tulasi-seva.
Memories of the early days in Devananda Gaudiya Matha.
Harmonium was not allowed in Devananda Gaudiya Matha. Only mridangas and karatalas were allowed.
The mridanga is the body of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (the lila of Nrisimhadeva Bhagavan who attacked Chand Kazi for breaking the mridanga).
