15/07/23 morning – Chaitanya-charitamrita, Madhya 9 (English translation) – Delhi | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
- Mahaprabhu meets Raya Ramananda.
- By having Mahaprabhu’s darshan, everyone became a Vaishnava.
- Srimati Uma Didi and her mother cooked beautifully. And Srimati Uma Didi made Jagannatha’s favourite sweet pitha pana very well.
- Mahaprabhu’s favourite sweet, dudh lauki lauki.
- Lila of Mahaprabhu and Sridhara.
- Mahaprabhu and Sri Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya.
- At this age it is best to hear, remember (read the scriptures – smaranakhya-bhakti) and chant the holy names.
- At the stage of soul perfection, we achieve service in Vrndavana and Navadvipa Dhama at the same time.
- Separation enriches the sweetness and value of the meeting.
- About the passion of the hero and heroine that happens through the exchange of glances (nayane-priti).
- There is a karmic debt between relatives and couples who are reunited.
- Lila of the thief who wanted to repay the debt in the next life and the businessman.
- The true story of the friend who poisoned the other and how the karma returned.
- The lila of Rukmini’s abduction and the lila of Subhadra’s abduction.
- The causeless love of Radha and the gopis for Krishna.
- Klim: the sound of the flute.
- Srila BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja and his visit to the Vrajavasis.
- The delicious and varied preparations of Bengal.
- Jiva Gosvamipada explains Krsna’s three types of lilas: deva-lila, rajit-lila, and manusa-lila.
- The jiva can attain ultimate benefit through sanatana-dharma.
- Love is one thing: meeting and separation.
- For the sadhaka, the best is viraha (separation; word meaning: vi, special + raha, meeting).
