22 Jul 2023 evening – Harikatha: Glories and Blessings (English) – Baguio, Philippines | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
- It’s not easy to get a human body.
- The four human activities are equal to animals.
- Sadhu-sanga is harikatha.
- Verse: durlabho mānuṣo deho (ŚB 11.2.29).
- Song: Radha Nace Krsna Nace.
- The glories of Vrndavana.
- The Gopi-gita consists of 19 verses recited by the gopis and the meaning of the verse: tava kathāmṛtaṁ (ŚB 10.31.9).
- Differences between Svarga-loka and Goloka Vrndavana.
- Verse: yānti deva-vratā devān (Bhagavad-gītā 9.25).
- The best giver is he who distributes krsna-katha.
- The three sufferings: adhibhautika, adhidaivika, adhyatmika.
- All mangala ( auspiciousness ) comes to one who hears harikatha.
- Abandon duplicity, hypocrisy and offence at the lotus feet of Vaishnavas.
- The story of the lowly prostitute and the hypocritical saint.
- The example and comparison of the eye of the needle and the holes of the sieve.
- Verse: tṛṇād api sunīcena (Śikṣāṣṭaka 3).
- Verse: harer nāma harer nāma (CC Madhya 6.242).
- Krishna does not consider minor offences committed by the sadhaka during his spiritual practice.
- Chant Sri Gurvastakam every day.
- Loyalty to the guru is very important.
