16 Oct 2023 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.
