14/08/23 morning – Mahaprabhu’s Mood of Separation in the Gambhira (English translation) – Jagannatha Puri, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s lilas in Gambhira as a sannyasi.
- Mahaprabhu’s 3 stages of consciousness: the internal, the external and the semi-external.
- Book: Jagannatha-vallabha-nataka, by Raya Ramananda.
- The external symptoms of Mahaprabhu’s mahabhava.
- The definitions of prema and kama, and the internal and external symptoms of prema.
- The definition of atiantik-sraddha.
- Srimati Radhika glorifies Lord Krishna in the mood of separation.
- The meaning of going to Gambhira is to talk about the deep bhava of Srimati Radhika in which Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was absorbed.
- Lila of when Mahaprabhu, in a state of maha-bhava, changed his body into that of a tortoise and was rescued by Raya Ramananda.
- Verse on Radha tattva: devī kṛṣṇa-mayī proktā rādhikā para-devatā (Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, 4.83).
- Verse on Radha tattva: kasmād vṛnde priya-sakhī hareḥ pāda-mūlāt kuto ‘sau (Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, 4.125).
- Krsna’s lila of learning to dance with the trees of Vrndavana.
- Song of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura: Palya-dasi Kori.
- The process required to serve Lord Krishna in His prakrata-lila.
- The 5 stages of perfection: sadhana-siddhi, mantra-siddhi, svarupa-siddhi, and vastu-siddhi (Jewels of the Heart book).
- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu gave the darshan of His rasa-raja-mahabhava-svarupa to Raya Ramananda (Sri Caitanya Caritamrta).
- One of the symptoms of prema is humility.
- Loyalty to the guru is essential to spiritual practice.
- Krishna’s two blessings to Narada Rsi regarding His pastime places.
