05/06/23 evening – The Importance of Guru Seva and Chanting the Gayatri Mantras (English) – Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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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.
