02 Nov 2023 morning – The Guru’s Mercy Awakens the Power that the Devotee Already Has (English translation) – Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • Lila of Durvasa Rsi, astonished, seeing Krsna’s friends mocking Him lovingly.
  • Krsna knows everything and is, at the same time, totally innocent.
  • Vrajavasis are absorbed in the pastimes of Krsna’s childhood, boyhood and youth.
  • Krsna corresponds with the devotee according to the devotee’s mood, and madhurya is the highest mood.
  • Krsna presents more opulence in Vraja than anywhere else, but this opulence is covered by sweetness.
  • Listening to harikatha, little by little, we will become absorbed.
  • If the love of the gopis was material, why would great holy personalities pray to achieve such love? This love is transcendental.
  • By listening to harikatha, the devotee’s heart will blossom.
  • Uddhava and the Pandavas do not attain gopi-prema, despite association with Krsna, because the madhurya potency is not in their hearts.
  • The devotee’s svarupa is not defined by the association.
  • Our only hope is that we have come to the path of Mahaprabhu, for only He grants vraja-prema.
  • The Guru’s mercy comes, but what manifests in the devotee is in accordance with his natural potency which results in his svarupa of service.