02/10/23 midday – The Glories of Sadhu-Sanga and Hari-katha (Hindi) – Canberra, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • Verse: ‘sādhu-saṅga’, ‘sādhu-saṅga’ — sarva-śāstre kaya (Caitanya-Caritamrta, Madhya-lila, 22.54).
  • When we associating with a sadhu, material desires go away, and the desire to meet Govinda arises.
  • Story of Narada Rsi in Vaikuntha, when he met Bhagavan and asked Him to explain to him the glories of sadhu-sanga.
  • Birth, marriage and death are in the hands of the Lord.
  • Story of the death of Srivasa Thakura’s son.
  • The soul is purified just by seeing (darsan) a sadhu.
  • The story of Jada Bharata.
  • The duty of the soul that attains the human body is specifically to perform bhajana (devotional service) to the Lord.
  • Verse: durlabho mānuṣo deho dehināṁ kṣaṇa-bhaṅguraḥ (Śrimad-Bhagavatam, 11.2.29).
  • Verse: śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ (Śrimad-Bhagavatam, 1.2.17).
  • Harikatha is sabda-brahma, a transcendental vibration that cleanses the heart.
  • The essence of all avataras is Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the combined form of Radha and Krsna, we must take shelter in Him.
  • Krsna’s lila of stealing butter.

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