09 Jun 2023 evening – The Essence of Human Life (English) – Alto Paraiso, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
3 years ago
Without spiritual practice, life is useless.
The meaning of spiritual life is that you should practise, not just talk.
Verse: āpani ācāra prabhu jīvera śikhāinu, means you should practise yourself.
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu came to give an example of how to practise and teach spiritual life.
Do not be lazy when entering into tattva-siddhanta. Verse: siddhānta baliyā citte nā kara alasa ihā haite kṛṣṇe lāge sudṛḍha mānasa (Cc. Ādi 2.117).
Differences between kanistha-bhakta (beginner), madhyama-bhakta (intermediate) and uttama-bhakta (advanced) devotees.
Verses defining sraddha (faith): sraddha tv anyopaya-varjam bhakty-unmukhi citta-vrtti-visesah (Amnaya-sutra, 57) and śraddhā śabde viśvāsa sudṛḍha niścayakṛṣṇe bhakti kaile sarva-karma kṛta haya (Cc. Madhya 22.62).
Example of parts of the body that didn’t want to work to feed the stomach.
Srimad Bhagavatam says that if we water the root of the tree, all the other parts of the tree will be nourished.
The main goal is to achieve the worship of Krishna.
Verse: ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥ kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam (SB 1.3.28).
The name of our school is Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya-Sampradaya.
Meaning of Gaudiya: “Gaudi” is one who worships Srimati Radhika and Gauranga.
In Kali-yuga we should worship Sri Sacinandana Gaurahari, who is the combined form of Radha and Krsna.
The three subcategories of each type of devotee: kanistha-bhakta, madhyama-bhakta and uttama-bhakta.
If you want to become a devotee of the Lord, you must have faith in the guru and the sastras.
Verse: dhyāna-mūlaṃ guror mūrtiḥ pūjā-mūlaṃ guror padam mantra-mūlaṃ guror vākyam mokṣa-mūlaṃ guroḥ kṛpā.
When Krsna and the guru are in the same place, you must first worship the guru.
Verse: guru-śuśrūṣayā bhaktyā sarva-labdhārpaṇena ca saṅgena sādhu-bhaktānām īśvarārādhanena ca (SB 7.7.30).
Vapu-seva (serving Sri Guru in physical form) and vani-seva (hearing hari-katha and spreading it throughout the world: brhad-mrdanga-seva).
Everyone should preach Sri Guru’s message all over the world and chant the holy names from door to door.
