22/10/23 evening – What is Your Purpose? (English) – Auckland, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 1

  • Before practicing sadhana, discover your purpose.
  • Dharma, artha, kama and moksa are not our goals.
  • We need guru-krpa. The guru makes us realize prema, Sri Radha and Sri Krsna.
  • The importance of guru-seva and sadhu-sanga.
  • Description of vapu-seva and vani-seva.
  • Stories about the relationship between master and disciple.
  • Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura made a pramana-mantra glorifying Srila Rupa Gosvami.
  • The harikatha of the trustworthy guru is sabdha-brahma (transcendental sound) and cleanses the heart.
  • Kapiladeva always encourages his mother to serve the Vaisnava gurus.
  • Sambandha-jnana and the different ways of serving with spontaneous love.
  • Love and lust seem the same in this world, but in fact, they are the opposite of each other.
  • Love is God, God is love. God is the personification of Divine Love.
  • Mahaprabhu brought the medicine of Harinama from Vrndavana.
  • Even animals surrendered to Mahaprabhu.
  • Sri Krsna presents Himself in His tribhanga form only to Sri Radha.
  • Sri Krsna plays His flute to call the gopis. His flute sings “Radhe Radhe!”.
  • Sri Krsna says that He learned everything from Srimati Radhika, that She is His prema-guru.
  • Radharani’s name is on Sri Krsna’s peacock feather, so He wears it on His head.
  • Sri Krsna and Srimati Radhika manifest Their most beautiful forms in Vrndavana.

PART 2

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