- Those who wish to perform bhakti must follow the 64 angas (limbs) of bhakti.
- By following vaidhi-marga, the ray of love of the Vrajavasis will come and raganuga-bhakti will arise.
- Difference between nitya-parikara-tattva and jiva-tattva.
- Always read the Jaiva-dharma sastra.
- The different jivas come from the three expansions of the Lord: Baladeva Prabhu, Sankarsana and Karanodakasayi Visnu, the latter of which includes two types: nitya-muktas (eternally liberated) and nitya-baddhas (eternally conditioned).
- Maya Devi is like a witch, a ghost made of ethereal elements like the cloud, which we can see but not touch.
- Maya’s job is to throw us into the material world and cover us with gross and subtle elements.
- Maya always covers us with three kinds of miseries: tamas, rajas and sattva.
- Gradually the sadhu gives the medicine, which are the mantras, to get rid of Maya.
- By chanting the mantras given by the sadhu, such as the diksa mantras, the ghosts will go away.
- The maha-mantra is available to everyone because it is the best mantra.
- Perfection in the mantra can only be achieved when it is received by a self-realised soul, otherwise it just accumulates sukrti.
- The peculiarities of nama and mantra.
-Example of when Gurudeva gave all the donation money for pujari when he had darshan of the deity Govinda Dev in Jayapur. - Explanation of each word of the diksa-mantras.
- Chanting the mantra, little by little, the perfection of the mantra will come.
05 Aug 2023 morning – Maya Devi, Nama and Mantra (English translation) – Bangalore, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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