25 Jul 2023 morning – Essence of Prema (English) – Manilla, Philippines | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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Sequence and process of how to attain prema.
Symptoms and examples of the different moods of prema.
Harikatha of Srimati Radhika’s unbreakable maan and Krishna’s plea to Her.
Harikatha of sarva-avatari.
Glories of Srimati Radhika’s many forms.
Names of Her condensed moods, likened to the names of the stages of milk condensing.
rādhā pūrṇa-śakti, kṛṣṇa pūrṇa-śaktimān: learn this shloka.
Encouragement to read Prema-samputa.
Our ultimate goal, how to attain prema.
Sadhana-bhakti, bhava-bhakti and prema-bhakti.
The nine limbs and the different types of bhakti.
Harikatha of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabbu holding His restless tongue and Gopala guru
We can chant the holy names in any circumstance; there are no rules or regulations.
Process of achieving our svarupa and sthayibhava. Examples of Murari Gupta and the rama-bhakta brahmana from South India.
Until sthayibhava is manifest, we can hear harikatha of all moods.
Svarupa of the Jiva: very important grantha.
All rasas in madhurya-rasa katha.
Sthayi-bhava is fixed, unlike passport changes in the material world.
Evidence that, just by association of sadhu, we do not necessarily become gopis. Examples include, from Jaiva-dharma, Vrajanatha and Vijaya-kumara katha.
By association of Vraja-rasika Vaisnava, our svarupa will manifest.
First chant holy names and listen to krishna-harikatha, remove anarthas.
Learn this shloka: śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ.
Always try to hear from bhakta-bhagavata, and if they are not available, read from grantha-bhagavata. We can hear harikatha from senior devotees respectfully also.
