10 Jul 2023 morning – Chaitanya-charitamrita, Madhya 9 (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • Mahaprabhu established “krsnas tu bhagavan svayam”, that Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
  • Lila of the meeting of the gopis with Sri Narayana.
  • Bhatta family served Lakshmi and Narayana, but after association with Mahaprabhu, they started worshiping Radha and Krishna.
  • We should never question people’s faith, only sukriti makes people want sadhu-sanga.
  • Narayana is not different from Krishna, and Srimati Radhika is not different from Lakshmi.
  • Jiva-tattva and parikara-tattva are not the same thing. Jiva-sakti is the marginal potency of the Lord.
  • Hladini-shakti is Srimati Radhika herself, pleasure potency of the Lord, and Krishna is sat-cit-ananda. The one presiding over bliss is Srimati Radhika.
  • Only Srimati Radhika satisfies all of Krishna’s desires.
  • Srimati Radhika manifested as all gopis, manjaris and sakhis are personifications of Radha’s bhavas.
  • Lila of how Lokanatha dasa Gosvami served his Thakuraji.
  • In the rasa dance, Srimati Radhika was in maan and the gopis were proud to think that Krishna was dancing with them.
  • Lila from when Krishna wanted to arrange another marriage for Rukmini.
    -Lakshmi does not enter the rasa dance, on account of Her mood of opulence.
  • Radha and Krsna manifest in different abodes, in Ayodhya, Dvaraka, Mathura and Goloka Vrindavana. In each of these dwellings are different manifestations of the Divine Couple.
  • Srila Sanatana Gosvami’s grantha Brhad Bhagavatamrtam explains the 5 types of devotees, jnani-bhakta, suddha-bhakta, premi-bhakta, premapara-bhakta and prematura-bhakta.
  • Vrajavasis are the crown jewel of all devotees.
  • Lila of Mahaprabhu and Murari Gupta, explains why he failed to worship Radha and Krishna.
  • After reaching sthayibhava (fixed mood), the mood of worshiping the Lord does not change anymore.
    - Swarupa-anubhandi-vritti, an inherent potency of the soul, explained in the Priti Sandarbha.
  • Prabodhananda Sarasvati wrote the book Radha Rasa Sudha Nidhi, on the glories of Srimati Radhika.