05 Aug 2023 morning – Maya Devi, Nama and Mantra (English translation) – Bangalore, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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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.
