12 Jun 2023 morning – Relationship and Service to the Guru (English) – Trancoso, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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Without suffering, humility does not reach the hearts of sadhakas.
Song: Amara Jivana by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura.
When humility comes, you will pray to Krsna, just as Kunti prayed (Kunti-stuti).
Verse from the Bhagavad-gita: catur-vidhā bhajante māṁ janāḥ su-kṛtino ’rjuna ārto jijñāsur arthārthī jñānī ca bharatarṣabha. The four types of people who attain the Supreme Lord if they have sukriti.
Everyone invokes the name of the Lord when they are suffering.
Those who are pure devotees have no karma. Yogamaya makes your bodies transcendental, sat-chid-ananda.
Verse from Srimad Bhagavad-gita: janma karma ca me divyam evaṁ yo vetti tattvataḥ tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti so ’rjuna.
When the sadhaka reaches the stage of bhava, all anarthas are destroyed.
The reason sadhus get sick is out of mercy, a pastime to awaken the humility and love of devotees for the Guru, an opportunity for service.
Story of Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami.
Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami went four days without eating. Just mentally he cooked and offered food to Srimati Radhika, then fed on his leftovers.
If you offend Vaishnavas, you lose everything. Bhakti-devi does not tolerate those who criticise Vaishnavas.
Never see the face of those who offended the Vaishnavas.
Song: Ashraya Koriya Vando by Srī Sanatana dasa.
If you accidentally hear a criticism from a Vaishnava, take water from the Ganges to purify yourself.
Gradually by chanting the holy names you purify yourself and in the process you get the pure chanting of the holy names.
The process of sadhana and bhajana is a step by step process.
Guru-nishtha and guru-bhakti are the backbone of spiritual life.
If you chant 64 rounds and serve the temple, you won’t have time to gossip.
