16/10/23 morning – Yasoda and Nanda’s Love for Krishna (English translation) – Christchurch, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • The Lord is self-manifest, svayam-prakasa, and everything manifests from Him.
  • One of the meanings of Brahma is Bhagavan, He who has six opulences (Caitanya Caritamrta).
  • Verse: aiśvaryasya samagrasya (Visnu Purana 6.5.47).
  • Question from Pariksit Maharaja: “What pious activities or austerities did Yasoda and Nanda do to be the parents of Krsna in the material world?”
  • The benefits of giving birth to a Vaisnava.
  • The meanings of the names Hari and Bhagavan.
  • Yasoda and Nanda are the eternal parents of Krsna, nitya-parikara.
  • Verse: anugrahāya bhaktānāṁ (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.33.36).
  • Naimitika-lila and nitya-lila.
  • The story of Drona and Dhara and Brahma’s blessing.
  • The story of Lord Ramacandra’s oath and Hanuman’s oath.
  • The story of Prsni and Sutapa.
  • When bhakti manifests in the heart, jnana (knowledge) and vairagya (renunciation) automatically manifest.
  • According to Srila Jiva Gosvami, there are three types of knowledge.
  • Sravana, kirtana and smarana.
  • Chanting: Sri Damodarastakam.
  • How different moods manifest in each devotee.
  • The story of the liberation of Putana.

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