17/08/23 evening – The Guru’s Love Is Unconditional (English translation) – Jagannatha Puri, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
- The difference between kama (desire) and prema (love).
- The story of the servant who agreed with everything the king said because he had his interests. Conditioned souls are like this.
- The guru’s love is unconditional because prema is not of this world, it is divine and transcendental.
- The story of the crow and the jackal.
- The prema of the gopis is the lust of the gopis and vice versa.
- Don’t hear harikatha from non-Vaisnavas, hear it from pure devotees.
- People in this world just want their egos to be massaged.
- About Sukadeva Gosvami.
- Raya Ramananda replying to Mahaprabhu’s questions.
- Sadhya means goal.
- Punya (piety) leads to Svargaloka (heavenly planets), and papa (sin) leads to the lower planets.
- Our supreme goal is Radha-dasya (to be a servant of Srimati Radhika).
- Rupa Manjari massages the lotus feet of Srimati Radhika, and Raghunatha Gosvami asks to serve under Rupa’s guidance.
- The essence of the Vedas and the scriptures of the Gosvamis is in Caitanya Caritamrta.
- Without the guidance of the gopis, it is not possible to reach Krishna.
- Note: ahamgraha upasana means to meditate on the Supreme without form or attributes.
- Sloka: vaco vegam manasah krodha-vegam (Upadesamrta 1).
- Touching song: Hari He! Bhajane Utsahah.
