21 Oct 2023 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.
