04/07/23 evening – How to attain to rasa-lila (English translation) – Delhi, India I Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 1

  • Pastimes of Caitanya Mahaprabhu in South India.
  • Mayavadis will give up their desire to merge into Brahma by hearing Krishna-katha.
  • If we remember the nineteen signs on Krishna’s lotus feet, all our sins are destroyed.
  • Mahaprabhu’s pastimes in the Bhatta family during Caturmasya.
  • How Mahaprabhu changed their hearts from the worship in Sri Sampradaya to worshipping Radha-Krishna.
  • Laxmi-devi’s austerities to attain Krishna’s rasa-lila in Goloka Vrindavana.
  • Although very beautiful, the apsaras in heaven cannot attain Krishna’s pastimes.
  • How fortunate are the gopis of Vraja.
  • God is one. He has different moods. Analogy of the same man who wears doctor and lawyer dress.
  • To achieve the body of gopi, have to give up the body of a brahmani and take birth in womb of gopi.
  • The different qualities of Krishna’s avatars, jiva-atma and demigods, and His four unique and unparalleled qualities.
  • If you want to enter into rasa-madhurya you have to study radha-rasa-sudha-niddhi.
  • What the seven oceans contain: salt, alcohol, sugar cane juice, ghee, curd, milk and pure water.
  • This earth is very mysterious. Explanations in Srimad-Bhagavatam and Jaiva Dharma.
  • The glories of being born in India: the fortune to do topmost seva and preach to everyone.
  • Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaja told Western devotees if they tell Indian people to take back their own culture, they will listen.

PART 2

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