06/10/23 evening – How to Get a Taste for Chanting the Holy Names (English) – Murwilumbah, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • The grantha Bhajana-rahasya by Bhakitivinoda Thakura explains how a sadhaka can develop his sadhana.
  • In general, devotees chant nama-aparadha, insulting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra.
  • We don’t like chanting the holy names because we forget Krsna.
  • There is no difference between the holy names and Sri Hari. Krsna-nama is krsna-prema.
  • Even the fallen, foolish and stupid, if they chant the holy names, they will be able to attain a high destiny..
  • Krsna says to Uddhava: “Who can chant the holy names? That one worshipped My Adorable Deity, Vasudeva, for a hundred lifetimes, and acquired sukriti”.
  • In Kali-yuga there is no spiritual process to reach the perfect goal, other than chanting the holy names.
  • Why do we read granthas and do different activities? To discover how to get a taste for chanting the holy names.
  • Ten offences against the holy names.
  • When chanting the names of Gaura there is no need to worry about offences, He is very merciful.
  • This prema does not manifest in any Kali-yuga, only in Dhanya Kali-yuga.
  • Raya Ramananda Samvada – the dialogue between Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Raya Ramananda.
  • Rasa-raja-mahabhava-svarupa, the combined form of Radha-Krsna manifested by Mahaprabhu to Raya Ramananda.
  • Srimati Radharani is embracing Krsna Himself with Her golden complexion. Krsna inside, Radha outside, this is Goura Avatara.
  • Our Adorable Deity in Kali-yuga is Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The sacrifice in Kali-yuga is nama-sankirtana, the chanting of the holy names.
  • One should chant the holy names remembering the sweet pastimes of Radha and Krsna.
  • When you get the taste for chanting the holy names, everything bad will leave your heart.

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