21/10/23 morning – The Importance of Sravana and Kirtana (English translation) – Auckland, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • About krsna-seva-vasana (the desire to serve Krsna).
  • Sravana and kirtana (listening and chanting) is the cultivation of the seed of the vine of devotion, bhakti-lata-bija.
  • Goloka Vrndavana is like a flower, and Vrndavana consists of the center of it.
  • The different moods and the most prominent of them, madhurya.
  • The five different types of sakhis, including manjari-bhava.
  • The devotee should listen to harikatha, in sadhu-sanga, according to his bhava (mood).
  • Offenses are like a mad elephant that can uproot the vine of devotion.
  • One should abandon dharma, artha, kama and moksa.
  • When the fruit is ripe, the gardener can enjoy the harvest.
  • By following bhakti, prema will manifest.
  • First Bhagavan deceives His devotee by giving him material things.
  • The more material things you have, the more suffering appears, although at first it seems to be very good.
  • People are controlled by lust, anger, desire and run after material things.
  • The heart is like a throne, so that Govinda sits on it.
  • The more the heart is purified, the more joy one feels when hearing harikatha.
  • To drive Maya away, one must listen to the harikatha of Citraketu Maharaja.
  • The story of Citraketu Maharaja.

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