07/10/23 midday – How to Conquer Maya (English) – Gold Coast, Australia | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • The material world is a perverted reflection of the spiritual world.
  • Maya’s three dogs preside over the material world.
  • Everyone has millions of faults in Kali-yuga.
  • The supreme quality of Kali-yuga: nama-sankirtana.
  • The lila about Narada Rsi’s instruction to Hanuman.
  • In Kali-yuga it is very difficult to perform fire sacrifice.
  • By chanting the holy names, we will be able to realise our constitutional form.
  • Verse: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya — kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’ (CC Madhya 20.108-109).
  • We followed Maya’s instructions, and even so, she is not happy with us.
  • The only hope of protection in Kali-yuga is Sri Sacinandana Gaurahari.
  • Song: Mana Re Kaha Na Gaura Katha, by Narahari Sarakara.
  • Gaurahari is the embodiment of magnanimity and bestows the highest prema.
  • All problems will be solved for the one who chants the holy names.
  • Song: Yamuna Puline Kadamba Vana Men, by Madhuri Priya Devi Dasi.
  • The five stages of siddhi (spiritual attainment).
  • Association with the sadhu is the only process to win maya.
  • Before going to Goloka Vrndavana, all the sakhis train the sadhaka.
  • Song: Palya Dasi Kori, by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura.
  • What the gopis are like in the transcendental world, aged between seven and nine.

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