21 Sep 2023 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 6 (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 1

  • If we do not glorify Guru and Vaisnavas, our sadhana will not bear fruit. Grantha-bhagavata and bhakta-bhagavata.
  • Lila of Mother Yasoda tying Krsna.
  • Rasa is a beautiful word and has many definitions.
  • Satisfying one’s desires is kama. Prema is the rasa-lila of God, very high class.
  • Klim, the sound of Krsna’s flute, promotes different resonances, depending on the rasa of the devotees.
  • Krsna is a thief, He steals, assumes His thefts, smiles at the robbed, and runs away happily while being chased by His pilfered gopis.
  • God knows how to communicate with all beings. He is beautiful and all attractive.
  • Rasa is not performed by any avatara, only by Krsna.
  • The gopis come from Hladini Srimati Radhika. It satisfies Krsna completely and the variety increases the pleasure of rasa.
  • Krsna is dhira-lalita-naiyaka: beautiful, carefree and controlled by His Beloved.
  • Beautiful lila of perplexed Krishna, seeing the designs on Sri Radhe’s lotus feet, She pushes Him with Her foot, marking His forehead with kunkuma.
  • Without separation, the sweetness of the meeting is not complete.
  • Explanation of Ramacandra’s blessings to Krsna’s devotees. A stimulus is needed for everything to happen.
  • Rasa only happens within Vrndavana: time, place and circumstance.
  • The gopis argue with Krsna by telling the story of the wife who served a deity of her husband who travelled.
  • Should we stop the worship of the Deity that belongs to Gurudeva to worship the Guru who has just arrived?
  • Abandon the person who is against the path of spirituality.
  • Krsna, surprised by the prema/love of the gopis, says: “I owe you an unpayable debt of love”.
  • The rasa dance is done by Krsna / God with His powers / the gopis, which are His own energy. Krsna plays with Himself, there is no problem in that! Hearing this kind of harikatha, all lust leaves the heart!

PART 2

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