24 Jul 2023 morning – Sri Bhajana-rahasya (English) – Manila, Philippines | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • How to enter into a deeper bhajana.
  • The two types of sadhaka.
  • Sambandha (knowledge of relationship), abhidheya (process) and prayojana (goal).
  • daivī hy eṣā guṇa-mayī mama māyā duratyayā (Srimad Bhagavad Gita, 7.14).
  • The 2 types of activities of maya towards the living entities.
  • If you surrender to Krishna, He will control your mind.
  • The Gopala mantra is the king of mantras and helps to control the mind.
  • The 5 obstacles to bhajana.
  • The main stage of sadhana is sadhu-sanga.
  • Cultivate good associations and despise bad associations.
  • Sadhu-sanga mahima: the glories of association with the sadhu.
  • Story of Yamaraja and the sadhu who wanted to go to naraka (hell).
  • Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu distributes the highest prema of Goloka Vrndavana to the most fallen souls.
  • Sri Krishna gave prema only to His associates within Vrndavana.
  • Song: Jadi Gauranga Nahito, by Srila Narahari Sarakara.
  • Lord Ramacandra gave vaikuntha-prema when He came into this world.
  • Our ultimate goal is to attain manjari-bhava.
  • The 6 stages of anisthita-bhajana-kriya.
  • The story of the sadhaka who left his guru and the temple to read the Bhagavad Gita alone.