19/10/23 midday – Venu-gita (Hindi) – Auckland, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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Only Krsna has four special qualities: rupa-madhurya, venu-madhurya, lila-madhurya, and prema-madhurya.
Vaisnavas never take credit for writing a book; they always give credit to Radha and Krsna.
Lila of Jayadeva Gosvami fails to write a verse from the Gita Govinda and Krsna comes to write the verse for him: “Oh, Radha, place Your feet on My head!”
Lila of how Vyasadeva included Her name, Sri, in the Bhagavatam and thus Radha, satisfied, agreed to sign the authorship of the Srimad Bhagavatam.
Without Radha, Krsna is only half.
The gopis are satisfied only when they see Krsna with the peacock feather and the flute.
Relationships with Krsna in the transcendental world are eternal; relationships in the material world, though true, are transient.
Four types of separation: purva-raga, pravasa, maan, and prema vaicittya.
Four types of meeting: sankshipta, sankirna, sampan, samriddhiman.
The increasing stages of prema condensation.
Description of the effect of the sound of Govinda’s flute on all beings in Vrndavana.
Krishna is the essence of life.
After being attracted by the sound of the flute and having Govinda’s darsana, where else would one want to go?
The surprising lila of Sanatana Gosvami and the emperor of Delhi (Akbar Vatsal), who wanted to do some service in Vrndavana.
Everything in Vrndavana is conscious, the rivers, the sand, everything.
The gopis impose their moods on the nature of Vrndavana.
You have to follow the dharma of the varna you were born in. But it is the nature of the person that expresses his qualities: brahmana, vaisya, ksatriya, sudra.
Funny lila of Krishna telling His father that He would only wear shoes and an umbrella if all the cows did too.
The cloud always protects Krsna from the heat of the sun; a true disciple never walks in front of the guru and serves the guru with all affection.
