- The song: Govardhanastakam by Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura.
- The potency (shakti) is in japa-mala, so it is possible to chant the holy names without japa-mala, but the potency (shakti) will not manifest.
- Every guru-varga says that we should chant with japa-mala.
- Extract from the song: Sri Sri Sad-Gosvamiastakam, by Srila Srinivas Acharya.
- Every day you must sing a certain number of rounds of japa-mala.
- Japa-mala is no different from Radha and Krishna.
- The 108 beads in the japa-mala are for remembering the rasa-lila-katha.
- The 8 main sakhis: Lalita, Vishakha, Chitralekha, Champakalata, Tungavidya, Indulekha, Rangadevi and Sudevi.
- The song: Yamuna Puline Kadamba Vana Men by Madhuri Priya Devi Dasi.
- The song: Dekhite Dekhite by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura.
- Verse: sevā sādhaka-rūpeṇa siddha-rūpeṇa cātra hi tad-bhāva-lipsunā kāryā vraja-lokānusārataḥ (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, 1.2.295).
- Siddha-deha (realisation of one’s own spiritual form) and Guru-siddha-deha (realisation of Sri Guru’s spiritual form).
- The guru is like the mother and the disciple is like the baby.
- Without the compassion of the Guru one cannot ‘open one’s eyes’. Verse: om ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ (Srimad Bhagavatam, 4.24.52).
- Verse: Mane nija-siddha-deha kariyā bhāvana rātri-dine kare vraje kṛṣṇera sevana (CC Madhya 22.156-157).
-When the sadhaka reaches the stage of asakti-dasa, he will attain siddha-deha-abhasa (appearance/shadow of siddha-deha). - The song: Radha Krsna Prana Mora, by Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura.
- How the sakhis instruct each other.
- Srimati Radhika’s mana (transcendental anger) completely controls Krishna.
- The meeting of Radha and Krishna and the bravery of Jatila and Kutila.
09 Jun 2023 morning – Q & A (English) – Alto Paraiso, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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