02/09/23 evening – The Seed of Devotion is Watered by Hari-katha (English) – London, England | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 1

  • Hari is in the harikatha.
  • Verse: naham vasami vaikunthe yoginam hridayena ca (Padma Purana).
  • Verse: na dhanam na janaṁ na sundarīṁ (Śrī Śikṣāṣṭakam, 4).
  • The highest dharma is devotional service.
  • The renunciation and devotion of Rupa and Sanatana.
  • The separation lila of Radha and Krsna.
  • Verse: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya (CC Madhya 20.108-109).
  • The meaning of go-dasa: slave of the senses; and, the origin of all sufferings, the corporeal conception of life.
  • Verse: brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān (CC Madhya 19.151).
  • Krsna-seva-vasana: the desire to serve Krsna.
  • Pure devotees go everywhere to give harikatha and water the seed of the vine of devotion.
  • Harikatha is very powerful and clears all anarthas from the heart of the conditioned soul.
  • Verse: dharmaḥ projjhita-kaitavo ‘tra paramo (ŚB 1.1.2).
  • Srimati Radhika’s lilas remembered by the Six Gosvamis.
  • The lila of the rasa dance.
  • You must listen to harikatha with unwavering faith and under the guidance of a high-class sadhu.
  • Gaudiya-vaisnava means how to serve Srimati Radhika under the guidance of Srila Rupa Gosvami.
  • Explanation of the verse “anāradhya rādhā-padāmbhoja-reṇum…” (Sankalpa Prakasa Stotra, 1).
  • The foundation of radha-nistha is guru-nistha.

PART 2

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