29 Jun 2023 afternoon – Soul and Material Body (English) – Tampere, Finland | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
- What do we love, this body or the soul?
- We all know this body, but we don’t know the soul.
- The body functions because the soul is in it.
- The body is like a cage.
- Story of how the soul and the Supersoul are inside the body.
- Music: Tava Kathamrta Tapta Jivanam.
- The best giver is he who speaks of Krishna’s lilas.
- Sloka: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya – kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’… (Cc Madhya-lila 20.108-109).
- Story of the king asking his minister: Who has seen God, where is He, and what is He doing?
- Sloka: ādau śraddhā tataḥ sādhu- saṅgo ‘tha bhajana-kriyā… (Cc Madhya-lila 23.14-15).
- Who has the capacity to serve Krishna? Only he who has faith in the instructions of the guru!
- The service and sadhana of one who has no faith in the instructions of the guru are useless.
- Practise devotional service to the Lord.
- Nothing is automatic; there is always a force that controls things.
- God is the Supreme Controller.
Tampere
