04 Sep 2023 evening – The glories of Krsna-katha (English) – Capelle aan den IJssel, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
- 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.
