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.
