23/10/23 morning – Commentary on Sri Bhajana-Rahasya (Hindi) – Christchurch, New Zealand | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
- The internal symptoms of bhava and rati.
- The example of Paraksit Maharaja.
- Sri Bhajana-Rahasya: the meaning of jata and ajata-rati-sadhaka, their external and internal symptoms.
- The meaning of nisanta-bhajana.
- Symptoms of those who practice devotional service, bhakti.
- Verse: tasmin mahan-mukharitā madhubhic-caritra (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 4.29.39-40).
- The symptoms of raganuga-bhaki and vaidhi-bhakti.
- The process from sraddha to prema.
- The difference between vidhi-marga and raga-marga.
- Story of Vibhisana, the younger brother of Ravana.
- Verse: nivṛtta-tarṣair upagīyamānād (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 10.1.4).
- To understand lila-katha it is necessary to have the basis of tattva-siddhanta.
- The five tattvas (philosophical truths): Isvara (God), jiva (soul), prakrti (nature), kala (time) and karma (fruitive actions).
- Verse: śrī-prabuddha uvāca karmāṇy ārabhamāṇānāḿ (Srimad Bhagavatam, 11.3.18).
- Meditate on nisanta-lila (and other lilas) while chanting the holy names.
- Song: Palya Dasi Kori, by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura.
- The five types of sakhis.
- The role of Vrnda Devi in the lilas of Radha and Krsna.
