01/10/23 morning – How to Progress in Bhakti (English translation) – Sidney, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
- Chant the holy names and do not criticize anyone.
- The importance of sadhu-sanga.
- The three times of the day and the appropriate bhajana.
- Anisthita-bhajana: unstable practice has six stages.
- The jiva wanders erratically in this prison of maya.
- Detailed explanation of the verse: “bhavāpavargo bhramato yadā bhavej…” (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.51.53).
- About material relationships, death and reincarnation.
- Samsara (cycle of births and deaths) is the attachment to the corporeal conception (me and mine).
- Spiritual life begins when we ask ourselves “who am I?”.
- The glories of sadhu-sanga.
- The story of Gokarna and his brother Dundukari, when he became a ghost.
- Holy names keep ghosts away.
- The method to conquer the Lord is to chant the holy names without offense (aparadhas).
