01/10/23 morning – How to Progress in Bhakti (Hindi) – 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).

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