28 Aug 2023 evening – Srila Rupa Gosvami Disappearance Day (Hindi) – Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • Without the mercy of Srila Rupa Gosvamipada we cannot understand the heart of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
  • He gave the definition of pure bhakti in the sloka: anyabilasita sunyam (Caitanya-Caritamrta, Madhya Lila, 19.167).
  • The three types of knowledge (about the soul, about God and about unification with the impersonal brahman).
  • The conversation between Vyasadeva and Narada Rsi.
    -Krsna is the source of all His incarnations.
  • Questions by Sanatana Gosvami to Mahaprabhu: “Who am I, what is the ultimate goal of the soul and how to achieve it?”
  • The six symptoms of saranagati.
  • Sloka: brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān (Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya Lila 19.151).
  • Krsna-seva-vasana, the desire to serve Krsna.
  • Two very important books, Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu and Ujjvala-nilamani, explain the different moods of relationship with Krsna.
  • The stages to cross material existence and reach Krsna’s abode (sraddha, sadhu sanga, bhajana kriya, anarta nivritti, nistha, ruci, asakti, bhava, prema…).
  • The different types of sadhu.
  • Two types of kriya bhajana, anistitha (unstable), and nisthita (stable).
  • Summary of sadhana process: sadhana bhakti, bhava bhakti and prema bhakti.
  • Srimati Radhika’s lila with Srila Rupa Gosvami and Srila Sanatana Gosvami.
  • The glories of bhajana are explained in the books Harinama-cintamani and Bhajana-rahasya.

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