12 Sep 2023 evening – The Glories of the Sadhu-sanga (English) – Brighton, United Kingdom | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
- Glorification of the Janmastami Festival in Wales, United Kingdom, 2023.
- Man proposes, God disposes.
- The creation, nourishment and destruction of the material world by the Lord.
- Problems arise when we think: “I am the doer”.
- Wandering in the repeated cycle of births and deaths (samsara) and the example of Bharata Maharaja attached to a baby deer.
- We cannot achieve our goal of perfection through knowledge alone.
- Only when our sukrti is mature and accumulated can we truly associate with the sadhu and develop our bhakti-lata-bija.
- Sadhu-sanga is very rare and means we hear his harikatha and follow his mood.
- Sloka: brahmanda bhramite kona bhayavan jiva shloka explained (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, madhya-lila, 22.115)
- Our faith will come when we follow the instructions of Guru and sastra, then he will give bhakti-lata-bija.
- There is no need to give up anything, just connect with Krishna and do Krishna-samsara: everything belongs to Him.
- The process of doing bhajana and sadhana and realizing that we are eternal servants of Krishna.
- We are just two fingers away from Goloka Vrndavana.
- Our great luck to have been born in this dhanya-kali-yuga is that this Kali-yuga is very special.
- Those who chant the holy names are not ordinary people.
- The Lord mercifully gives us the opportunity to associate with the sadhu. He organizes everything, not by chance: gaura-krpa.
- Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s prediction and promise to all the jivas of this Kali-yuga, whether qualified or not.
- Always be absorbed in Nityananda Prabhu who is more merciful than Sri Sacinandana Gaurahari: guru-krpa-eva-kevalam.
- Radha-Krsna-lila katha of the glories of the dust of the lotus feet of Srimati Radhika.
- Srila Gurudeva tells about a tree he saw in Vrndavana with the name of Srimati Radhika on each leaf.
