14/07/23 morning – Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in South India (Hindi) – Delhi | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • Mahaprabhu brought two books from South India: Brahma-samhita and Krishna-karnamrita, Brahma-samhita is full of tattva-siddhanta and Krishna-karnamrita is full of rasa-siddhanta.
  • Vaidhi-bhakti takes us to Vaikuntha, but raganuga-bhakti can take us to Goloka Vrndvana.
  • The story of Bilvamangala Thakur, the author of Krishna-karnamrita.
  • Explanation of the first verse of Krishna-karnamrita “cintāmaṇir jayati somagirir gurur me…”
  • Vartma-pradarsakha-guru is the one who shows us the path of bhakti.
  • Chaitya-guru inspires the heart when the sukrti is ripe, so that we can attain sadhu-sanga and harikatha.
  • Diksha Guru, Siksha Guru and Mahanta Guru.
  • In Bengal, if the person does not have diksha, no one drinks even the water offered by him.
  • You must receive the diksha-mantras from a Vaishnava guru within one of the 4 authorised sampradayas.
  • The glory of diksha-guru and siksha-guru.
  • Diksha-guru and siksha-guru must be of the same mood (bhava).
  • Bhakti-pura will manifest in the heart of one who reads Krishna-karnamrita.
  • Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu classifies Bilvamangala Thakur as a sadhaka, and what are we then? Sadhaka-abhasa, the shadow, the likeness of a practitioner.
  • Pastimes of Sugriva and Vali, Vali and Ravana and Ramachandra and Vali.
  • How to chant the holy names at the time of death.
  • Caitanya Mahaprabhu deceives the gipsies.

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