21/10/23 midday – How to Destroy the Root of Karma (English) – Auckland, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • Dhrtarastra’s question to Vyasadeva at the advent of the battle of Kuruksetra.
  • It all depends on karma, therefore, everyone collects reactions from actions done in past lives.
  • True happiness is having Bhagavan’s darsan.
  • No one can understand the deep roots of karma.
  • The example of the mango tree and the fruits that ripen.
  • The story of the curse that the bird pronounced on Dhrtarastra in a previous life.
  • Verse: yat karoṣi yad aśnāsi (Bhagavad-gītā 9.27).
  • The example of bamboo when uprooted.
  • The root of karma is destroyed by chanting the holy names.
  • The story of Ajamil and his son whose name was Narayana.
  • Chanting Krsna’s name a hundred times is equivalent to one name of Radha.
  • One obtains the fruit of chanting the holy names, even when they are chanted in a joking manner.
  • About suddha-nama, the chanting of the pure holy names.
  • In this Kali-yuga, all living beings are completely affected by Maya.
  • One should not chant the holy names and commit sinful activities like the sahajiyas do.
  • Verse: api cet su-durācāro bhajate mām ananya-bhāk (Bhagavad-gītā 9.30).
  • The essence of the instructions contained in the verse: “man-manā bhava mad-bhakto…” (Bhagavad-gītā 9.34).
  • Verse: tṛṇād api sunīcena taror api sahiṣṇunā (Śikṣāṣṭaka 3).
  • Peace will come when you completely surrender to Krsna.
  • Vrnda Devi’s lila telling the birds to flap their wings to awaken Radha and Krsna from Their rest.

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