- Lord Krishna is our father and mother.
- By practising our spiritual goal, through sadhana and bhajana, we can return to our original abode.
- We are like immigrants in this material world.
- Through sadhu-sanga we can get the realisation of our soul.
- How to surrender completely to the lotus feet of the spiritual master.
- With the association of the sadhu, krsna-bhakti manifests in the heart.
- To attain spiritual development, one must be one-pointed to the spiritual master.
- How to worship the guru (guru-puja).
- Spreading the message of the spiritual master (guru-vani) is very important.
- Brhad-mridanga-seva: Printing and distributing books of the spiritual master is the highest seva.
- Mantra-mula-guru-vakya: To follow the instructions of the spiritual master.
- Lord Ramachandra renounced His kingdom to follow the words of His father.
- If you follow the instructions of the spiritual master, you will succeed in spiritual life.
- Guru-seva means to follow the instructions of the Guru.
- Our aim should always be to fulfil the desire of the Guru.
- Beautiful sloka in prayer to Srimati Radhika:
tavaivasmi tavaivasmi na jivami tvayā vinaiti vijnaya devi tvaṁ naya mam caraṇantikam - 5 types of liberation we attain by worshipping the spiritual master:
Sarsti: to attain opulences equal to those of the Lord.
Sarupya: To have a form like the Lord.
Samipya: To live as a personal associate of the Lord.
Salokya: To live on a Vaikuṇṭha planet.
Sayujya: To merge with the Brahma effulgence of the Lord. - Pancha-purushartha-krsna-prema: The ultimate goal is to attain krsna-prema and go to Goloka Vrndavana, but for other liberations we should reject them.
- We should desire causeless mercy, ahaituki-bhakti.
- We don’t want trivarga: dharma – religion; artha – economic development; kama – material enjoyment. Much less mukti – impersonal liberation.
- If you don’t chant the gayatri-mantra, you will go to hell and come back as an animal. Anyone who has received the gayatri mantra must chant it correctly.
- Without diksa you cannot cook for Krishna or any sadhu.
- Story of Narada Rsi and the grhasta couple who received him but had no diksa to cook for him.
- The wife received diksa and in her next life was born as a princess, but the husband did not want this and so he was born as an elephant in the same palace as the princess.
- After receiving diksa, both went to Vaikuntha.
- To go to Goloka Vrndavana, one must chant the gayatri mantra.
- The song Nitai Pada Kamala says to hold the Guru’s feet firmly.
- How to fulfil the Guru’s desires.
- Always think that the spiritual master is your eternal well-wisher.
- The only one who gives us true happiness is Lord Krishna – ananta (eternal).
- The meeting of Radha and Krsna on the banks of Radha Kunda while Radha was in ahaituki-mana (without cause).
- Srimati Radhika puts cotton in Her ears so as not to hear the mighty sound of Krsna’s flute.
- Invitation to the Ratha Yatra on 18 June 2023 in São Paulo.
- Instruction: Each person should bring 10 people to the Ratha Yatra.
2023, guru-puja, guru-seva, Liberation, Mantra: gayatri (how to chant), Discourses in English, Discourses translated into Portuguese, Jaragua do Sul, Brazil, Brazil 2023
05 Jun 2023 evening – The Importance of Guru Seva and Chanting the Gayatri Mantras (English) – Jaragua do Sul, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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