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.
