05 Aug 2023 afternoon – Renunciation That Comes Through Self-Realisation (Hindi) – Bangalore, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
- The harikatha of God is boundless, just like Him.
- The catur-slokas of the Srimad Bhagavatam.
- Brahmaji’s lila, telling Narada Rsi how it came from a lotus flower.
- The three kinds of mercy given by the Guru to his surrendered disciple.
- The story of the Guru and the disciple who accepted his instructions and thus received all knowledge in his heart (hardik).
- The lila written by Vyasadeva about the princess who had nistha (firm faith) in a false guru.
- Verse: tasmād guruṁ prapadyeta (SB 11.3.21).
- Verse: brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva (CC Madhya 19.151).
- With the accumulation of sukrti, one attains sadhu-sanga and thus the spiritual world.
- In the West, doing bhajana is like sitting in the middle of a circle of fire, where samskaras constantly attack the practitioner.
- The five forbidden activities in Kali-yuga.
- The lila’s teaching of how Duryodhana exploited Vidura.
- When we realise that this world is full of misery, we will attain true renunciation.
- The teaching of the gopis on how to be detached from family members.
- Many grhastas are serving in the West.
- Pray to God that you have a favourable environment for your spiritual life, and everything will be arranged!
- Verse: satāṁ prasaṅgān mama vīrya-saṁvido (ŚB 3.25.25).
- Lila of the poisonous snake that tried to bite Srimati Radhika.
- The story contained in the Prabhupada Lilamrta: when Srila Svami Maharaja hit the ice with his danda.
- Without following the process of sadhana, there is no way to reach the ultimate goal.
